StemCells, Inc. 10,000,000 Shares of Common Stock And Warrants to Purchase 4,000,000 Shares of Common Stock Placement Agency Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
StemCells, Inc.
10,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
And
Warrants to Purchase 4,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
October 28, 2009
October 28, 2009
Chardan Capital Markets, LLC
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
StemCells, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to
certain investors (collectively, the “Investors”) up to an aggregate of 10,000,000 shares
(the “Shares”) of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of
the Company. In addition, together with each Share sold, the Company shall issue and sell to each
Investor a warrant substantially in the form the warrant attached as Annex I to Exhibit A hereto to
purchase 0.40 shares of the Company’s Common Stock per each share issued to such Investor (the
“Warrants”). The Shares and the Warrants are collectively referred to herein as the
“Securities.” The Company desires to engage Chardan Capital Markets, LLC
(“Chardan”) as the exclusive placement agent (the “Placement Agent”) in connection
with such issuance and sale. The Securities are described in the Prospectus which is referred to
below.
The Company has prepared and filed, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Act”), with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form
S-3 (File No. 333-151891) under the Act (the “registration statement”). Amendments to such
registration statement, if necessary or appropriate, have been similarly prepared and filed with
the Commission in accordance with the Act. Such registration statement, as so amended, has become
effective under the Act.
Except where the context otherwise requires, “Registration Statement,” as used herein,
means the registration statement, as amended at the time of such registration statement’s
effectiveness for purposes of Section 11 of the Act, as such section applies to the Placement Agent
(the “Effective Time”), including (i) all documents filed as a part thereof or incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, (ii) any information contained or incorporated
by reference in a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, to
the extent such information is deemed, pursuant to Rule 430B or Rule 430C under the Act, to be part
of the registration statement at the Effective Time, and (iii) any registration statement filed to
register the offer and sale of Securities pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act.
Except where the context otherwise requires, “Prospectus Supplement,” as used herein,
means the final prospectus supplement, relating to the Securities, filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act on or before the second business day after the
date hereof (or such earlier time as may be required under the Act), in the form
furnished by the Company to you, for use by the Placement Agent and by dealers in connection with
the offering of the Securities.
Except where the context otherwise requires, “Prospectus,” as used herein, means the
Prospectus Supplement together with the basic prospectus attached to or used with the Prospectus
Supplement.
Except where the context otherwise requires, “Basic Prospectus,” as used herein, means
the basic prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time the Registration Statement
became effective under the Act.
“Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses,” as used herein, means the documents listed on
Schedule A attached hereto.
“Applicable Time,” with respect to any Investor, means the time of receipt and
acceptance by the Company of an executed Subscription Agreement (as defined below) from such
Investor.
Any reference herein to the registration statement, the Registration Statement, the Basic
Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus
shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference, or deemed
to be incorporated by reference, therein (the “Incorporated Documents”), including, unless
the context otherwise requires, the documents, if any, filed as exhibits to such Incorporated
Documents. Any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or
“supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the
Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus shall be deemed to
refer to and include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”) on or
after the initial effective date of the Registration Statement, or the date of the Basic
Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, as
the case may be, and deemed to be incorporated therein by reference.
As used in this Agreement, “business day” shall mean a day on which the New York Stock
Exchange (the “NYSE”) is open for trading. The terms “herein,” “hereof,” “hereto,”
“hereinafter” and similar terms, as used in this Agreement, shall in each case refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section, paragraph, sentence or other subdivision of
this Agreement. The term “or,” as used herein, is not exclusive.
The Company and the Placement Agent agree as follows:
1. Agreement to Act as Placement Agent. Upon the basis of the representations and
warranties of the Company and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the
Company engages the Placement Agent, on a commercially reasonable efforts basis, to act as its
exclusive placement agent in connection with the offer and sale, by the Company, of Securities to
the Investors. As compensation for services rendered, at the time of purchase (as defined below)
the Company shall pay to the Placement Agent an amount equal to 4.0% of the
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gross proceeds received or to be received by the Company from the sale of the Securities (the
“Agency Fee”). The Shares are being sold to Investors at a price of $1.25 per share, and
together with each Share, Investors will receive a Warrant to purchase 0.40 shares of the Company’s
Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per share. The Placement Agent may retain other brokers
or dealers to act as sub-agents on its behalf in connection with the offering and sale of the
Securities.
The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that the Placement Agent’s obligations hereunder
are on a reasonable efforts basis, and this Agreement shall not give rise to any commitment by the
Placement Agent or any of its affiliates to underwrite or purchase any of the Securities or
otherwise provide any financing. The Placement Agent shall have no authority to bind the Company
in respect of the sale of any Securities. The sale of the Securities shall be made pursuant to
purchase agreements substantially in the form included as Exhibit A hereto (the
“Subscription Agreements”).
2. Payment and Delivery. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, payment of the
purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, the Securities shall be made at the office of
Chardan Capital Markets, LLC at 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (or at such
other place as shall be agreed upon by you and the Company), at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on
November 2, 2009 (unless another time shall be agreed to by you and the Company). Subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, payment of the purchase price for the Securities (adjusted in the
manner set forth below) shall be made to the Company in the manner set forth below by Federal Funds
wire transfer, against delivery of certificates for the Shares, through the facilities of The
Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) and certificates for the Warrants, to such persons, and
shall be registered in such name or names and shall be in such denominations, as the Placement
Agent may request at least one business day before the time of purchase. Payment of the purchase
price for the Securities to be purchased by Investors shall be made at the time of purchase by such
Investors directly to the Company. The time at which such payment and delivery are to be made is
hereinafter sometimes called the “time of purchase.” At the time of purchase, the Company
shall deliver to the Placement Agent, by Federal Funds wire transfer, an amount in cash equal to
the sum of the aggregate Agency Fee and the Placement Agent’s bona fide estimate of the amount, if
any, of expenses for which the Placement Agent is entitled to reimbursement pursuant hereto, which
estimate shall be evidenced by expense reimbursement invoices provided by the Placement Agent to
the Company prior to the time of purchase. As soon as reasonably practicable after the time of
purchase, the Company or the Placement Agent, as applicable, shall make any necessary reconciling
or additional payment(s) with respect to such estimate in order to effect the reimbursement to
which the Placement Agent is entitled pursuant hereto. Electronic transfer of the Shares shall be
made at the time of purchase in such names and in such denominations as the Placement Agent shall
specify.
Deliveries of the documents described in Section 6 hereof with respect to the purchase of the
Securities shall be made at the offices of Chardan Capital Markets, LLC at 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
0000, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, at 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the date of the closing of the
purchase of the Securities.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and
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warrants to and agrees with the Placement Agent that:
(a) the Registration Statement has heretofore become effective under the Act or, with
respect to any registration statement to be filed to register the offer and sale of
Securities pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act, will be filed with the Commission and
become effective under the Act no later than 10:00 P.M., New York City time, on the date of
determination of the offering price for the Securities to Investors; no stop order of the
Commission preventing or suspending the use of the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus
Supplement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, or the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement, has been issued, and no proceedings for such purpose have been
instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, are contemplated by the Commission;
(b) the Registration Statement complied when it became effective, complies as of the
date hereof and, as amended or supplemented, at the time of purchase and at all times during
which a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through
compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of
Securities, will comply, in all material respects, with the requirements of the Act; the
conditions to the use of Form S-3 in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities
as contemplated hereby have been satisfied; the Registration Statement meets, and the
offering and sale of the Securities as contemplated hereby complies with, the requirements
of Rule 415 under the Act (including, without limitation, Rule 415(a)(5)); the Registration
Statement did not, as of the Effective Time, 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 Basic Prospectus complied at the time it was filed
with the Commission, and complies as of the date hereof, in all material respects with the
requirements of the Act; at no time during the period that begins on the earlier of the date
of the Basic Prospectus and the date the Basic Prospectus was filed with the Commission and
ends at the time of purchase did or will the Basic Prospectus, as then amended or
supplemented, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, and at no time during such period did or will
the Basic Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, together with any combination of one
or more of the then issued Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; each of the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus will comply, as of the date
that it is filed with the Commission, the date of the Prospectus Supplement, the time of
purchase and at all times during which a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered
(whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule)
in connection with any sale of Securities, in all material respects, with the requirements
of the Act (in the case of the Prospectus, including, without limitation, Section 10(a) of
the Act); at no time during the period that begins on the earlier of the date of the
Prospectus Supplement and the date the Prospectus Supplement is filed with the Commission
and ends at the later of the time of purchase and the end of the period during which a
prospectus is required by
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the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under
the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Securities did or will any
Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; at no time during the period that begins on the date of such Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus and ends at the time of purchase did or will any Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company
makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statement contained in the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information concerning the Placement
Agent and furnished in writing by the Placement Agent to the Company expressly for use in
the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus or such Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus; each Incorporated Document, at the time such document was or will be
filed with the Commission or at the time such document became or becomes effective, as
applicable, complied or will comply, as applicable, in all material respects, with the
requirements of the Exchange Act and did not or will not, as applicable, include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading;
(c) prior to the execution of this Agreement, the Company has not, directly or
indirectly, offered or sold any Securities by means of any “prospectus” (within the meaning
of the Act) or used any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act) in connection with the
offer or sale of the Securities, in each case other than the Basic Prospectus, the Permitted
Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, and the Prospectus (if the parties utilize the Prospectus
at or prior to the Applicable Time); the Company has not, directly or indirectly, prepared,
used or referred to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus except in compliance with Rules
164 and 433 under the Act; assuming that such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus is so sent
or given after the Registration Statement was filed with the Commission (and after such
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus was, if required pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act,
filed with the Commission), the sending or giving, by the Placement Agent, of any Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus will satisfy the provisions of Rule 164 and Rule 433 (without
reliance on subsections (b), (c) and (d) of Rule 164); the conditions set forth in one or
more of subclauses (i) through (iv), inclusive, of Rule 433(b)(1) under the Act are
satisfied, and the registration statement relating to the offering of the Securities
contemplated hereby, as filed with the Commission on June 24, 2008, includes a prospectus
that, other than by reason of Rule 433 or Rule 431 under the Act, satisfies the requirements
of Section 10 of the Act; neither the Company nor the Placement Agent are disqualified, by
reason of subsection (f) or (g) of Rule 164 under the Act, from using, in connection with
the offer and sale of the Securities, “free writing prospectuses” (as defined in Rule 405
under the Act) pursuant to Rules 164 and 433 under the Act; the Company is not an
“ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) as of the eligibility
determination date for purposes of Rules 164
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and 433 under the Act with respect to the offering of the Securities contemplated by
the Registration Statement; the parties hereto agree and understand that the content of any
and all “road shows” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act) related to the offering of the
Securities contemplated hereby is solely the property of the Company;
(d) the Securities have been registered with the Commission on Form S-3 under the Act
pursuant to the standards for such Form S-3 in effect prior to October 21, 1992;
(e) as of the date of this Agreement, the Company has an authorized and outstanding
capitalization as set forth in the section of the Prospectus entitled “Capitalization” (and
any similar sections or information, if any, contained in any Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus), and, as of the time of purchase, the Company shall have an authorized and
outstanding capitalization as set forth in the section of the Prospectus entitled
“Capitalization” (and any similar sections or information, if any, contained in any
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus) (subject, in each case, to the issuance of shares of
Common Stock upon exercise of stock options and warrants disclosed as outstanding in the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus and the Prospectus and the grant of options
under existing stock option plans described in the Registration Statement, the Basic
Prospectus and the Prospectus); and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock, including the Common Stock, of the Company have been duly authorized and validly
issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, have been issued in compliance with all
applicable securities laws and were not issued in violation of any preemptive right, resale
right, right of first refusal or similar right; the Shares are duly listed, and admitted and
authorized for trading, subject to official notice of issuance, on the Nasdaq National
Market (the “NASDAQ”);
(f) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full corporate power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in
the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free
Writing Prospectuses, if any, to execute and deliver this Agreement and to issue, sell and
deliver the Securities as contemplated herein;
(g) the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction where the ownership or leasing of its properties or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so
qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, either (i) have a
material adverse effect on the business, properties, financial condition, results of
operations or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries (as defined below) taken as a
whole, (ii) prevent or materially interfere with consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or (iii) result in the delisting of shares of Common Stock from the
NASDAQ (the occurrence of any such effect or any such prevention or interference or any such
result described in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) being herein referred to as a
“Material Adverse Effect”);
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(h) the Company has no subsidiaries (as defined under the Act) other than those
entities listed on Schedule 3(h) (the “Subsidiaries”); the Company owns all of the
issued and outstanding capital stock of the Subsidiaries; other than the capital stock of
the Subsidiaries, the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any shares of stock or
any other equity interests or long-term debt securities of any corporation, firm,
partnership, joint venture, association or other entity, other than the Company’s equity
interest in ReNeuron Group plc, as disclosed in the Registration Statement, Basic Prospectus
and the Prospectus; complete and correct copies of the charters and the bylaws of the
Company and the Subsidiaries and all amendments thereto have been delivered to you, and no
changes therein will be made on or after the date hereof through and including the time of
purchase; the Subsidiaries have all been duly incorporated and are validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State set forth on Schedule 3(h), with
full corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct
its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the
Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any; the Subsidiaries are duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and are in good standing in each
jurisdiction where the ownership or leasing of its properties or the conduct of its business
requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and
validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, have been issued in compliance with all
applicable securities laws, were not issued in violation of any preemptive right, resale
right, right of first refusal or similar right and are owned by the Company subject to no
security interest, other encumbrance or adverse claims; no options, warrants or other rights
to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue or other rights to convert any
obligation into shares of capital stock or ownership interests in the Subsidiaries are
outstanding;
(i) the Securities have been duly and validly authorized by the Company and, when
issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided in the Subscription Agreements,
the Shares will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and the Securities
will not be issued in violation of statutory and contractual preemptive rights, resale
rights, rights of first refusal and similar rights; upon issuance and delivery of the
Warrants pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, the Warrants will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company and the shares of Common Stock underlying the
Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”), if and when issued and delivered in accordance with
the terms of the Warrants, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable
and will not be issued in violation of statutory and contractual preemptive rights, resale
rights, rights of first refusal and similar rights; the Securities, when issued and
delivered against payment therefor as provided herein, will be free of any restriction upon
the voting or transfer thereof pursuant to the Company’s charter or bylaws or any agreement
or other instrument to which the Company is a party;
(j) the capital stock of the Company, including the Securities, conforms in all
material respects to each description thereof, if any, contained or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
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Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and the certificates for the Shares are in due and
proper form;
(k) this Agreement and each Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company;
(l) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in breach or violation of or in
default under (nor has any event occurred which, with notice, lapse of time or both, would
result in any breach or violation of, constitute a default under or give the holder of any
indebtedness (or a person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the
repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a part of such indebtedness under) (A) its
charter or bylaws, or (B) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan or credit
agreement or other evidence of indebtedness, or any license, lease, contract or other
agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may
be bound or affected, or (C) any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule,
or (D) any rule or regulation of any self-regulatory organization or other non-governmental
regulatory authority (including, without limitation, the rules and regulations of the
NASDAQ), or (E) any decree, judgment or order applicable to it or any of its properties,
except, with respect to clauses (B), (C), (D) or (E), for such breaches, violations,
defaults and events as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(m) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the issuance and sale of
the Securities, the issuance of the Warrant Shares and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will not conflict with, result in any breach or violation of or
constitute a default under (nor constitute any event which, with notice, lapse of time or
both, would result in any breach or violation of, constitute a default under or give the
holder of any indebtedness (or a person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require
the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a part of such indebtedness under) (or
result in the creation or imposition of a lien, charge or encumbrance on any property or
assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to) (A) the charter or bylaws of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (B) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bank
loan or credit agreement or other evidence of indebtedness, or any license, lease, contract
or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party
or by which any of them or any of their respective properties may be bound or affected, or
(C) any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule, or (D) any rule or
regulation of any self-regulatory organization or other non-governmental regulatory
authority (including, without limitation, the rules and regulations of the NASDAQ), or (E)
any decree, judgment or order applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of
their respective properties, except, with respect to clause (B), for such conflicts,
breaches, violations, defaults and events as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect;
(n) except as have been obtained or made, no approval, authorization, consent or order
of or filing with any federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory
commission, board, body, authority or agency, or of or with any self-regulatory organization
or other non-governmental regulatory authority, or approval of the
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stockholders of the Company, is required in connection with the issuance and sale of
the Securities, the issuance of the Warrant Shares or the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated hereby, other than (i) registration of the Securities and the
Warrant Shares under the Act, which has been effected (or, with respect to any registration
statement to be filed hereunder pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act, will be effected in
accordance herewith), (ii) any necessary qualification under the securities or blue sky laws
of the various jurisdictions in which the Securities or Warrant Shares are being offered,
(iii) under the Conduct Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
(“FINRA”) or (iv) any necessary qualification with or notice to NASDAQ, which shall
be effected or made in a timely manner;
(o) except as described in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus and the
Prospectus, (i) no person has the right, contractual or otherwise, to cause the Company to
issue or sell to it any shares of Common Stock or shares of any other capital stock or other
equity interests of the Company, (ii) no person has any preemptive rights, resale rights,
rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase any shares of Common Stock or shares of
any other capital stock of or other equity interests in the Company and (iii) no person has
the right to act as an underwriter or placement agent or as a financial advisor to the
Company in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities; no person has the right,
contractual or otherwise, to cause the Company to register under the Act any shares of
Common Stock or shares of any other capital stock of or other equity interests in the
Company, or to include any such shares or interests in the Registration Statement or the
offering contemplated thereby;
(p) each of the Company and the Subsidiaries have all necessary licenses,
authorizations, consents and approvals and have made all necessary filings required under
any applicable law, regulation or rule, and has obtained all necessary licenses,
authorizations, consents and approvals from other persons, in order to conduct its business,
except where the failure to have or obtain such licenses, authorizations, consents and
approvals, or to make such filings, would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect; neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of,
or in default under, or has received notice of any proceedings relating to revocation or
modification of, any such license, authorization, consent or approval or any federal, state,
local or foreign law, regulation or rule or any decree, order or judgment applicable to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except where such violation, default, revocation or
modification would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
(q) except as described in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus and the
Prospectus, there are no actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings pending or,
to the Company’s knowledge, threatened or contemplated to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors or officers is or would be a party or of
which any of their respective properties is or would be subject at law or in equity, before
or by any federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board,
body, authority or agency, or before or by any self-regulatory organization or other
non-governmental regulatory authority (including,
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without limitation, the NASDAQ), except any such action, suit, claim, investigation or
proceeding which, if resolved adversely to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, would
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
(r) Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, whose reports on the consolidated financial statements of the
Company and the Subsidiaries are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement,
the Basic Prospectus and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accountant as
required by the Act and by the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the
“PCAOB”);
(s) the financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus,
together with the related notes and schedules, present fairly the consolidated financial
position of the Company and the Subsidiaries 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 Act and
Exchange Act and in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on
a consistent basis during the periods involved; all pro forma financial statements, if any,
and pro forma financial data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus
comply with the requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act, and the assumptions used in
the preparation of such pro forma financial statements and data are reasonable, the pro
forma adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions or
circumstances described therein and the pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to
the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements and data; the other financial
and statistical data contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement,
the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing 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, the Basic Prospectus 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, the Basic Prospectus and the Prospectus; and all
disclosures contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Basic
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus 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 Act, to
the extent applicable;
(t) subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing
Prospectuses, if any, in each case excluding any amendments or supplements to the foregoing
made after the execution of this Agreement, there has not been (i) any material adverse
change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse
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change, in the business, properties, management, financial condition or results of
operations of the Company and its 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 change in the capital stock or outstanding indebtedness of the Company
or the Subsidiaries (excluding, for purposes of this clause (iv), (A) any such changes due
to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of stock options and warrants
disclosed as outstanding in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus and the
Prospectus or the grant of options under existing stock option plans described in the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus and the Prospectus, and (B) any incurrence of
indebtedness made in the ordinary course of the Company’s business as contemplated by the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus and the Prospectus) or (v) any dividend or
distribution of any kind declared, paid or made on the capital stock of the Company or the
Subsidiaries;
(u) neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries are, and at no time during which a
prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance
with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Securities
will either of them be, and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities
and the application of the proceeds thereof, neither of them 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”);
(v) the Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all property
(real and personal) described in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the
Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as being owned by any of them, free and
clear of all liens, claims, security interests or other encumbrances, except to the extent
such liens, claims, security interests or other encumbrances are disclosed in the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus and the Prospectus; all the property described
in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus as being held under lease by the Company or the Subsidiaries is held
thereby under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases;
(w) except as described in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus and the
Prospectus, the Company and the Subsidiaries own, or have obtained valid and enforceable
licenses for, or other rights to use, the inventions, patent applications, patents,
trademarks (both registered and unregistered), tradenames, service names, copyrights, trade
secrets and other proprietary information described in the Registration Statement, the Basic
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as being owned or
licensed by them or which are necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as
currently conducted or as proposed (in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the
Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus) to be conducted (including the
commercialization of products or services described in the Registration Statement, the Basic
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
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Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as under development), except where the failure to
own, license or have such rights would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect (collectively, “Intellectual Property”); except as described
in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus and the Prospectus, (i) there are no
third parties who have or, to the Company’s knowledge, will be able to establish rights to
any Intellectual Property, except for, and to the extent of, the ownership rights of the
owners of the Intellectual Property which the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus
and the Prospectus disclose is licensed to the Company; (ii) to the Company’s knowledge,
there is no infringement by third parties of any Intellectual Property; (iii) there is no
pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by
others challenging the Company’s rights in or to any Intellectual Property, and the Company
is unaware of any facts which could form a reasonable basis for any such action, suit,
proceeding or claim; (iv) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened
action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity, enforceability or
scope of any Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which could form
a reasonable basis for any such action, suit, proceeding or claim; (v) there is no pending
or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that
the Company or the Subsidiaries infringe or otherwise violate, or would, upon the
commercialization of any product or service described in the Registration Statement, the
Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as under
development, infringe or violate, any patent, trademark, tradename, service name, copyright,
trade secret or other proprietary rights of others, and the Company is unaware of any facts
which could form a reasonable basis for any such action, suit, proceeding or claim; (vi) the
Company and the Subsidiaries have complied with the terms of each agreement pursuant to
which Intellectual Property has been licensed to the Company or the Subsidiaries (except
where the failure to so comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect), and all such agreements are in full force and effect; (vii) to the
Company’s knowledge, there is no patent or patent application that contains claims that
interfere with the issued or pending claims of any of the Intellectual Property or that
challenges the validity, enforceability or scope of any of the Intellectual Property; (viii)
to the Company’s knowledge, there is no prior art that may render any patent application
within the Intellectual Property unpatentable that has not been disclosed to the U.S. Patent
and Trademark Office; and (ix) the manufacture, use or sale of the product candidates
described in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as under development by the Company or the Subsidiaries
falls or would fall within the scope of one or more claims of one or more patents or patent
applications owned by, or exclusively licensed to, the Company or the Subsidiaries;
(x) neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries are engaged in any unfair labor practice;
except for matters which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect, (i) there is no (A) unfair labor practice complaint pending or, to the
Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or the Subsidiaries before the National
Labor Relations Board, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under
collective bargaining agreements is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, (B)
strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending or, to the
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Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or the Subsidiaries and (C) union
representation dispute currently existing concerning the employees of the Company or the
Subsidiaries, (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, no union organizing activities are currently
taking place concerning the employees of the Company or the Subsidiaries and (iii) neither
the Company nor the Subsidiaries have violated any federal, state, local or foreign law
relating to discrimination in the hiring, promotion or pay of employees, any applicable wage
or hour laws or any provision of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(“ERISA”) or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder concerning the
employees of the Company or the Subsidiaries;
(y) the Company and the Subsidiaries and their respective properties, assets and
operations are in compliance with, and the Company and the Subsidiaries hold all permits,
authorizations and approvals required under, Environmental Laws (as defined below), except
to the extent that failure to so comply or to hold such permits, authorizations or approvals
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; there are no
past, present or, to the Company’s knowledge, reasonably anticipated future events,
conditions, circumstances, activities, practices, actions, omissions or plans that could
reasonably be expected to give rise to any material costs or liabilities to the Company or
the Subsidiaries under, or to interfere with or prevent compliance by the Company or the
Subsidiaries with, Environmental Laws; except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries (i) is
the subject of any investigation, (ii) has received any notice or claim, (iii) is a party to
or affected by any pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit or
proceeding, (iv) is bound by any judgment, decree or order or (v) has entered into any
agreement, in each case relating to any alleged violation of any Environmental Law or any
actual or alleged release or threatened release or cleanup at any location of any Hazardous
Materials (as defined below) (as used herein, “Environmental Law” means any federal,
state, local or foreign law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, decree, judgment,
injunction, permit, license, authorization or other binding requirement, or common law,
relating to health, safety or the protection, cleanup or restoration of the environment or
natural resources, including those relating to the distribution, processing, generation,
treatment, storage, disposal, transportation, other handling or release or threatened
release of Hazardous Materials, and “Hazardous Materials” means any material
(including, without limitation, pollutants, contaminants, hazardous or toxic substances or
wastes) that is regulated by or may give rise to liability under any Environmental Law);
(z) the Company and the Subsidiaries periodically review the effect of the
Environmental Laws on their respective businesses, operations and properties, in the course
of which they identify and evaluate associated costs and liabilities (including, without
limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for cleanup, closure of
properties or compliance with the Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any
related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties);
(aa) all tax returns required to be filed by the Company or the Subsidiaries
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have been timely filed or corrected, and all taxes and other assessments of a similar
nature (whether imposed directly or through withholding) including any interest, additions
to tax or penalties applicable thereto due or claimed to be due from such entities have been
timely paid, other than those being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves
have been provided;
(bb) the Company and the Subsidiaries maintain insurance covering their respective
properties, operations, personnel and businesses as the Company reasonably deems adequate;
such insurance insures against such losses and risks to an extent which is adequate in
accordance with customary industry practice to protect the Company and the Subsidiaries and
their respective businesses; all such insurance is fully in force on the date hereof and
will be fully in force at the time of purchase; neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries
have reason to believe that it will not be able to renew any such insurance as and when such
insurance expires;
(cc) neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries have sent or received any communication
regarding termination of, or intent not to renew, any of the contracts or agreements
referred to or described in the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus, or referred to or described in, or filed as an exhibit to, the
Registration Statement or any Incorporated Document, and no such termination or non-renewal
has been threatened by the Company or the Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any
other party to any such contract or agreement, except where the terminations or non-renewals
of such contracts or agreements would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect;
(dd) the Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance
with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (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 existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences;
(ee) the Company has established and maintains and evaluates “disclosure controls and
procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) and
“internal control over financial reporting” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 and
15d-15 under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to
ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial
Officer by others within those entities, and such disclosure controls and procedures are
effective to perform the functions for which they were established; the Company’s
independent auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have
been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies, if any, in the design or operation of
internal controls which could adversely affect the
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Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data; and (ii) all
fraud, if any, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have
a role in the Company’s internal controls; all material weaknesses, if any, in internal
controls have been identified to the Company’s independent auditors; since the date of the
most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls,
there have been no significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could
significantly affect internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses; the Company remediated the material
weakness, significant deficiencies and ineffectiveness of internal controls over financial
reporting disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on
March 15, 2005; all “significant deficiencies” and “material weaknesses” (as such terms are
defined in PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 2) of the Company, if any, have been disclosed in the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus and the Prospectus; the principal executive
officers (or their equivalents) and principal financial officers (or their equivalents) of
the Company have made all certifications required by the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the
“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”) and any related rules and regulations promulgated by the
Commission, and the statements contained in each such certification are complete and
correct; the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Company’s directors and officers are each in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable effective provisions of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission and the NASDAQ
promulgated thereunder;
(ff) all statistical or market-related data included or incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be
reliable and accurate, and the Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such
data from such sources to the extent required;
(gg) 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, the Basic Prospectus or the Prospectus;
(hh) the Subsidiaries are not currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying
any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on the Subsidiaries’
capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to the Subsidiaries from
the Company or from transferring any of the Subsidiaries’ property or assets to the Company,
except as described in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(ii) the preclinical tests and clinical trials that are described in, or the results of
which are referred to in, the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus
or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus were and, if begun and still pending, are being
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conducted in all material respects in accordance with protocols, if any, filed with the
appropriate regulatory authorities for each such test or trial, as the case may be, and with
standard medical and scientific research procedures; the description of the results of such
tests and trials contained in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the
Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus are accurate and complete in all
material respects and fairly present the data derived from such tests and trials, and the
Company and the Subsidiaries have no knowledge of any other studies or tests the results of
which are inconsistent with, or otherwise call into question, the results described or
referred to in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus; except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the
Basic Prospectus and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries have received
any notices or other correspondence from the Food and Drug Administration of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services or any committee thereof or from any other U.S. or
foreign government or drug or medical device regulatory agency (the “Regulatory
Agencies”) prohibiting the commencement or requiring the termination, suspension or
modification of any preclinical tests or clinical trials that are described or referred to
in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus; and the Company and the Subsidiaries have all operated and currently are
in compliance in all material respects with all applicable rules, regulations and policies
of the Regulatory Agencies;
(jj) the issuance and sale of the Securities and the Warrant Shares as contemplated
hereby will not cause any holder of any shares of capital stock, securities convertible into
or exchangeable or exercisable for capital stock or options, warrants or other rights to
purchase capital stock or any other securities of the Company to have any right to acquire
any shares of preferred stock of the Company;
(kk) since September 30, 2007, the Company has not received any notice from the NASDAQ
regarding the delisting of the Common Stock from the NASDAQ;
(ll) neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of
their respective directors, officers, affiliates or controlling persons has taken, directly
or indirectly, any action designed, or which has constituted or might reasonably be expected
to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities;
(mm) to the Company’s knowledge, there are no affiliations or associations between (i)
any member of FINRA and (ii) the Company or any of the Company’s officers, directors or 5%
or greater security holders or any beneficial owner of the Company’s unregistered equity
securities that were acquired at any time on or after the 180th day immediately preceding
the date the Registration Statement was initially filed with the Commission, except as
disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(nn) the Company has not offered, or caused any Placement Agent to offer, Securities to
any person with the intent to influence unlawfully (A) a customer or supplier
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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
(oo) except pursuant to this Agreement or as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries have
incurred any liability for any finder’s or broker’s fee or agent’s commission in connection
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or by the Registration Statement.
In addition, any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
and delivered to the Placement Agent or counsel for the Placement Agent in connection with the
offering of the Securities shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company, as
to matters covered thereby, to the Placement Agent.
4. Certain Covenants of the Company. The Company hereby agrees:
(a) to furnish such information as may be required and otherwise to cooperate in
qualifying the Securities and the Warrants Shares for offering and sale under the securities
or blue sky laws of such states or other jurisdictions as you may designate and to maintain
such qualifications in effect so long as you may request for the distribution of the
Securities and the Warrant Shares; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to consent to the service of process
under the laws of any such jurisdiction (except service of process with respect to the
offering and sale of the Securities and the Warrant Shares); and to promptly advise you of
the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification of the Securities and the Warrant Shares for offer or sale in any jurisdiction
or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose;
(b) to make available to the Placement Agent, as soon as practicable after this
Agreement becomes effective, and thereafter from time to time to furnish to the Placement
Agent, as many copies of the Prospectus (or of the Prospectus as amended or supplemented if
the Company shall have made any amendments or supplements thereto after the effective date
of the Registration Statement) as the Placement Agent may reasonably request; in case
delivery (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any
similar rule) of a prospectus in connection with the sale of the Securities and the Warrant
Shares is required after the nine-month period referred to in Section 10(a)(3) of the Act,
and after the time a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement is required
pursuant to Item 512(a) of Regulation S-K under the Act, the Company will promptly prepare,
at its expense, such amendment or amendments to the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus as may be necessary to permit compliance with the requirements of Section
10(a)(3) of the Act or Item 512(a) of Regulation S-K under the Act, as the case may be;
(c) if, at the time this Agreement is executed and delivered, it is necessary for
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a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, or a Registration Statement
under Rule 462(b) under the Act, to be filed with the Commission and become effective before
the Securities and the Warrant Shares may be sold, the Company will use its best efforts to
cause such post-effective amendment or such Registration Statement to be filed and become
effective as soon as possible, and the Company will advise you promptly and, if requested by
you, will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when such post-effective amendment or such
Registration Statement has become effective, and (ii) if Rule 430A under the Act is used,
when the Prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act
(which the Company agrees to file in a timely manner in accordance with such Rules);
(d) if, at any time during the period when a prospectus is required by the Act to be
delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any
similar rule) in connection with any sale of Securities and the Warrant Shares, the
Registration Statement shall cease to comply with the requirements of the Act with respect
to eligibility for the use of the form on which the Registration Statement was filed with
the Commission, to (i) promptly notify you, (ii) promptly file with the Commission a new
registration statement under the Act, relating to the Securities and the Warrant Shares, or
a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, which new registration statement
or post-effective amendment shall comply with the requirements of the Act and shall be in a
form satisfactory to you, (iii) use its best efforts to cause such new registration
statement or post-effective amendment to become effective under the Act as soon as
practicable, (iv) promptly notify you of such effectiveness and (v) take all other action
necessary or appropriate to permit the offering and sale of the Securities and the Warrant
Shares to continue as contemplated in the Prospectus; all references herein to the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to include each such new registration statement or
post-effective amendment, if any;
(e) if the period during which a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered
(whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule)
in connection with any sale of Securities and the Warrant Shares shall extend to or beyond
July 18, 2011, to (i) file with the Commission, prior to July 18, 2011, a new registration
statement under the Act relating to the Securities and the Warrant Shares, which new
registration statement shall comply with the requirements of the Act (including, without
limitation, Rule 415(a)(6) under the Act) and shall be in a form satisfactory to you; and
(ii) use its best efforts to cause such new registration statement to become effective under
the Act as soon as practicable, but in any event within 180 days after July 18, 2011 and
promptly notify you of such effectiveness; the Company shall take all other action necessary
or appropriate to permit the offering and sale of the Securities and the Warrant Shares to
continue as contemplated in the Prospectus; all references herein to the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to include each such new registration statement, if any;
(f) to advise you promptly, confirming such advice in writing, of any request by the
Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Basic
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, or for
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additional information with respect thereto, or of notice of institution of proceedings
for, or the entry of a stop order, suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement and, if the Commission should enter a stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement, to use its best efforts to obtain the lifting or removal of such
order as soon as possible; to advise you promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the Prospectus, and to provide you and
Placement Agent’s counsel copies of any such documents for review and comment a reasonable
amount of time prior to any proposed filing and to file no such amendment or supplement to
which you shall object in writing;
(g)
subject to Section 4(f) hereof, to file promptly all reports and documents and any
preliminary or definitive proxy or information statement required to be filed by the Company
with the Commission in order to comply with the Exchange Act for so long as a prospectus is
required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172
under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Securities and the Warrant
Shares; and to provide you, for your review and comment, with a copy of such reports and
statements and other documents to be filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13, 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act during such period a reasonable amount of time prior to any
proposed filing, and to file no such report, statement or document to which you shall have
objected in writing; and to promptly notify you of such filing;
(h) to advise the Placement Agent promptly of the happening of any event within the
period during which a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically
or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with
any sale of Securities and the Warrant Shares, which event could require the making of any
change in the Prospectus then being used so that the Prospectus would not include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not
misleading, and to advise the Placement Agent promptly if, during such period, it shall
become necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to cause the Prospectus to comply
with the requirements of the Act, and, in each case, during such
time, subject to Section 4(f)
hereof, to prepare and furnish, at the Company’s expense, to the Placement Agent promptly
such amendments or supplements to such Prospectus as may be necessary to reflect any such
change or to effect such compliance;
(i) to make generally available to its security holders, and to deliver to you, an
earnings statement of the Company (which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Act) covering a period of twelve months beginning after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act) as soon as is reasonably
practicable after the termination of such twelve-month period but in any case not later than
March 15, 2011;
(j) to furnish to you two copies of the Registration Statement, as initially filed with
the Commission, and of all amendments thereto (including all exhibits thereto and documents
incorporated by reference therein);
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(k) [Reserved];
(l) to apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities in the manner set forth
under the caption “Use of proceeds” in the Basic Prospectus and in the Prospectus
Supplement;
(m) to pay all costs, expenses, fees and taxes in connection with (i) the preparation
and filing of the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement,
the Prospectus, the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses and any amendments or supplements
thereto, and the printing and furnishing of copies of each thereof to the Placement Agent
and to dealers (including costs of mailing and shipment), (ii) the registration, issue, sale
and delivery of the Securities and the Warrant Shares including any stock or transfer taxes
and stamp or similar duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities
and the Warrant Shares to the Placement Agent, (iii) the producing, word processing and/or
printing of this Agreement and any closing documents (including compilations thereof) and
the reproduction and/or printing and furnishing of copies of each thereof to the Placement
Agent and (except closing documents) to dealers (including costs of mailing and shipment),
(iv) the qualification of the Securities and the Warrant Shares for offering and sale under
state or foreign laws and the determination of their eligibility for investment under state
or foreign law (including the legal fees and filing fees and other disbursements of counsel
for the Placement Agent) and the printing and furnishing of copies of any blue sky surveys
or legal investment surveys to the Placement Agent and to dealers, (v) any listing of the
Shares on any securities exchange or qualification of the Shares for quotation on the NASDAQ
and any registration thereof under the Exchange Act, (vi) any filing for review of the
offering of the Securities and the Warrant Shares by FINRA, including the legal fees and
filing fees and other disbursements of counsel to the Placement Agent relating to FINRA
matters, (vii) the fees and disbursements of any transfer agent or registrar for the
Securities and the Warrant Shares, (viii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to
presentations or meetings undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering and
sale of the Securities to prospective investors and the Placement Agent’s sales forces,
including, without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides
and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show
presentations, travel, lodging and other expenses incurred by the officers of the Company
and any such consultants, and the cost of any aircraft chartered by the Company in
connection with the road show, and (ix) the performance of the Company’s other obligations
hereunder;
(n) to comply with Rule 433(d) under the Act (without reliance on Rule 164(b) under the
Act) and with Rule 433(g) under the Act;
(o) beginning on the date hereof and ending on, and including, the date that is 30
business days after the date of the Prospectus Supplement (the “Lock-Up Period”),
without the prior written consent of Chardan, not to (i) issue, sell, offer to sell,
contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise
dispose of or
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agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establish or increase a put equivalent
position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section
16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder, with respect to, any Common Stock or any other securities of the Company that
are substantially similar to Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for, or any warrants or other rights to purchase, the foregoing,
(ii) file or cause to become effective a registration statement under the Act relating to
the offer and sale of any Common Stock or any other securities of the Company that are
substantially similar to Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for, or any warrants or other rights to purchase, the foregoing, (iii) enter
into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of
the economic consequences of ownership of Common Stock or any other securities of the
Company that are substantially similar to Common Stock, or any securities convertible into
or exchangeable or exercisable for, or any warrants or other rights to purchase, the
foregoing, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such
other securities, in cash or otherwise or (iv) publicly announce an intention to effect any
transaction specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii), except, in each case, for (A) the
registration of the offer and sale of the Securities and Warrant Shares as contemplated by
this Agreement, (B) issuances of Common Stock upon the exercise of options or warrants
disclosed as outstanding in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus and the
Prospectus, (C) the issuance of employee stock options not exercisable during the Lock-Up
Period pursuant to stock option plans described in the Registration Statement, the Basic
Prospectus and the Prospectus, (D) the issuance, other than pursuant to stock option plans
described in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the Prospectus, of options
and warrants for Common Stock to directors, officers, employees or consultants of the
Company, as compensation for services rendered or to be rendered by them to the Company,
provided such options and warrants are not exercisable during the Lock-Up Period and (E) the
issuance of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock in
connection with a partnership, research, licensing, collaboration, joint venture or similar
arrangement, or an acquisition of any other business or entity, or any stock, assets or
technology thereof (any such arrangement or transaction, a “Strategic Transaction”),
provided that, in each case, (x) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued or
issuable (or underlying convertible or exercisable securities issued or issuable) pursuant
to Strategic Transactions in reliance upon this clause (E) does not exceed 20% of the number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Strategic Transaction (or the
first Strategic Transaction, if more than one) and (y) each recipient of such shares of
Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock has theretofore
executed a binding lock-up agreement agreeing with Chardan not to transfer, directly or
indirectly, any such shares or securities (or shares of Common Stock underlying such
securities) during the Lock-Up Period; provided, however, that if (a) during the period that
begins on the date that is fifteen (15) calendar days plus three (3) business days before
the last day of the Lock-Up Period and ends on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the
Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the
Company occurs; or (b) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces
that it will release earnings results during the sixteen (16) day period beginning on the
last
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day of the Lock-Up Period, then the restrictions imposed by this Section 4(o) shall
continue to apply until the expiration of the date that is fifteen (15) calendar days plus
three (3) business days after the date on which the issuance of the earnings release or the
material news or material event occurs;
(p) prior to the time of purchase, to issue no press release or other communication
directly or indirectly and hold no press conferences with respect to the Company or the
Subsidiaries, the financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, assets,
or liabilities of the Company or the Subsidiaries, or the offering of the Securities,
without your prior consent;
(q) not, at any time at or after the execution of this Agreement, to, directly or
indirectly, offer or sell any Securities by means of any “prospectus” (within the meaning of
the Act), or use any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act) in connection with the
offer or sale of the Securities, in each case other than the Prospectus;
(r) not to, and to cause any of its Subsidiaries not to, take, directly or indirectly,
any action designed, or which will constitute, or has constituted, or might reasonably be
expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities and the Warrant
Shares;
(s) to use its best efforts to cause the Shares to be listed for quotation on the
NASDAQ and to maintain the listing of the Common Stock, including the Shares, on the NASDAQ;
(t) to maintain a transfer agent and, if necessary under the jurisdiction of
incorporation of the Company, a registrar for the Common Stock; and
(u)
by 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the date hereof, issue a press release
disclosing the material terms of the offering and sale of the Securities.
5. Reimbursement of Placement Agent’s Expenses. If this Agreement is terminated by
the Placement Agent pursuant to Section 7, if any of the conditions set forth in Section 6 are not
satisfied in accordance with Section 6 or if the sale of the Securities to the Investors is not
consummated because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any
agreement or obligation, or to comply with any provision, of this Agreement or any Subscription
Agreement, then the Company shall, in addition to paying the amounts described in Section 4(m)
hereof, reimburse Chardan for all of its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including the fees and
disbursements of its counsel, up to an aggregate amount of $25,000.
6. Conditions of Placement Agent’s Obligations. The obligations of the Placement
Agent hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of
the Company on the date hereof and at the time of purchase and the performance by the Company of
its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:
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(a) The Company shall furnish to you at the time of purchase opinions of Ropes & Xxxx
LLP, counsel for the Company, addressed to the Placement Agent, and dated the time of
purchase, and in form and substance satisfactory to the Placement Agent, substantially in
the form set forth in Exhibits C-1 and C-2 hereto.
(b) The Company shall furnish to you at the time of purchase, an opinion of Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxxx P.C., special counsel for the Company with respect to patents
and proprietary rights, addressed to the Placement Agent, and dated the time of purchase,
and in form and substance satisfactory to the Placement Agent, substantially in the form set
forth in Exhibit D hereto.
(c) The Company shall furnish to you at the time of purchase, an opinion of Ropes &
Xxxx LLP, special counsel for the Company with respect to regulatory matters, addressed to
the Placement Agent, and dated the time of purchase, and in form and substance satisfactory
to the Placement Agent, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit E hereto.
(d) No Prospectus or amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus shall have been filed to which you shall have objected in writing.
(e) The Registration Statement and any registration statement required to be filed,
prior to the sale of the Securities, under the Act pursuant to Rule 462(b) shall have been
filed and shall have become effective under the Act. The Prospectus Supplement shall have
been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act at or before 5:30 PM,
New York City time, on the second full business day after the date of this Agreement (or
such earlier time as may be required under the Act).
(f) Prior to and at the time of purchase, (i) no stop order with respect to the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the Act or
proceedings initiated under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Act; (ii) the Registration Statement
and all amendments thereto shall 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; (iii) none of the Basic Prospectus or the Prospectus, and no
amendment or supplement thereto, shall include an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; and (iv) none of the
Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, shall include an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
(g) The Company will, at the time of purchase, deliver to you a certificate of its
Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer, dated the time of purchase, in the
form attached as Exhibit F-1 hereto and a certificate of its Secretary in the form
attached as Exhibit F-2 hereto;
(h) The Company shall, on the Closing, deliver to the Placement Agent a
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certificate of its Chief Financial Officer regarding certain statistical data and other
information contained in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus
and any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the
Placement Agent;
(i) You shall have received the agreement (a “Lock-Up Agreement”), in the form
set forth as Exhibit B hereto, of each of the Company’s directors and “officers”
(within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(f) under the Exchange Act), and each such Lock-Up
Agreement shall be in full force and effect at the time of purchase.
(j) The Company shall have furnished to you such other documents and certificates as to
the accuracy and completeness of any statement in the Registration Statement, the Basic
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as of the time of
purchase as you may reasonably request on the basis of any change in circumstances or
potential change in circumstances from the time of execution of this Agreement until the
time of purchase which affects or could reasonably be expected to affect, or otherwise calls
into question, the accuracy and completeness of any such statement.
(k) The Shares shall have been approved for quotation on the NASDAQ, subject only to
notice of issuance at or prior to the time of purchase.
(l) FINRA shall not have raised any objection with respect to the fairness or
reasonableness of the placement agency, or other arrangements of the transactions,
contemplated hereby.
7. Effective Date of Agreement; Termination. This Agreement shall become effective
when the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Agreement.
The obligations of the Placement Agent hereunder shall be subject to termination in the
absolute discretion of the Placement Agent, if (1) since the time of execution of this Agreement or
the earlier respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the
Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, there has
been any change or any development involving a prospective change in the business, properties,
management, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken
as a whole, the effect of which change or development is, in the sole judgment of the Placement
Agent, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the
offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing
Prospectuses, if any, or (2) since the time of execution of this Agreement, there shall have
occurred: (A) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the NYSE or
the NASDAQ; (B) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company’s securities on the
NASDAQ; (C) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either federal or New
York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or
clearance services in the United States; (D) an outbreak or escalation of hostilities or acts of
terrorism involving the United States or a
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declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war; or (E) any other calamity or
crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or
elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (D) or (E), in the sole judgment of
the Placement Agent, makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the
delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Registration
Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if
any, or (3) since the time of execution of this Agreement, there shall have occurred any
downgrading, or any notice or announcement shall have been given or made of: (A) any intended or
potential downgrading or (B) any watch, review or possible change that does not indicate an
affirmation or improvement in the rating accorded any securities of or guaranteed by the Company or
the Subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as that term is
defined in Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act.
If the Placement Agent elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 7, the
Company shall be notified promptly in writing.
If the sale of the Securities, as contemplated by this Agreement and the Subscription
Agreements, is not carried out for any reason permitted under this Agreement or the Subscription
Agreements, or if such sale is not carried out because the Company shall be unable to comply with
any of the terms of this Agreement or the Subscription Agreements, the Company shall not be under
any obligation or liability under this Agreement (except to the extent provided in Sections 4(m), 5
and 8 hereof), and the Placement Agent shall be under no obligation or liability to the Company
under this Agreement (except to the extent provided in Section 8 hereof).
8. Indemnity and Contribution.
(a) The Company agrees (i) to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Placement Agent,
their respective, directors, officers, employees and agents, and each person, if any, who
controls the Placement Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act, and the successors and assigns of all of the foregoing persons, from and
against any loss, damage, expense, liability or claim (or actions in respect thereof as
contemplated below) which the Placement Agent or any such person may incur under the Act,
the Exchange Act, the common law or otherwise, insofar as such loss, damage, expense,
liability or claim (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is
based (A) in whole or in part upon any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of
the Company contained herein, (B) in whole or in part upon any failure of the Company to
perform its obligations hereunder or under law, (C) upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, or any
amendment thereto, including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule
430B or Rule 430C under the Act, 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, (D) upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Basic Prospectus (as amended or supplemented), any Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or
alleged omission therefrom of a
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material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (E) in whole or in part upon
any act or failure to act or alleged act or failure to act by the Placement Agent in
reliance upon (A), (B), (C) or (D), and in connection with or relating in any manner to the
Securities or the offering contemplated hereby, and which is included as part of or referred
to in any loss, claim, damage, liability or action arising out of or based upon any matter
covered by clause (A), (B), (C) or (D) above, provided that the Company shall not be liable
under this clause (E) to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction shall have
determined by a final judgment that such loss, claim, damage, liability or action resulted
primarily from any such acts or failures to act undertaken or omitted to be taken by such
Placement Agent through its bad faith or willful misconduct; and (ii) to reimburse each
Placement Agent, its respective officers, directors, employees, agents and each such
controlling person for any and all expenses (including the fees and disbursements of counsel
chosen by the Placement Agent) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by the Placement
Agent, or its respective officers, directors, employees and agents or such controlling
person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any
such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action; provided, however, that the
foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, claim, damage, liability or
expense to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out of or based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Placement Agent
expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, or
the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto). The indemnity agreement set forth
in this Section 8(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Company may otherwise
have.
(b) The Placement Agent agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its
directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if
any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act, against any
loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which the Company or any such
director, officer or controlling person may become subject, insofar as such loss, claim,
damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises
out of or is based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in the Registration Statement, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or
any amendment or supplement thereto), or arises out of or is based upon the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, and only to the
extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission was made in the Registration Statement, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or
the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by the Placement Agent expressly for use
therein; and to reimburse the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person
for any legal and other expense reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling,
compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action. The
Company hereby
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acknowledges that the only information that the Placement Agent has furnished to the
Company expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) are the statements set
forth in Section 9.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of
the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof
is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying
party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure to so notify the indemnifying
party a) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to
the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the
forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and b) will not, in
any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any liability other than the indemnification
obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought
against any indemnified party and such indemnified party seeks or intends to seek indemnity
from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in, and,
to the extent that it shall elect, jointly with all other indemnifying parties similarly
notified, by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the
aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel
reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, if the defendants in
any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that a conflict may arise between the
positions of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in conducting the defense of
any such action or that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified
parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party,
the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assume
such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of
such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to
such indemnified party of such indemnifying party’s election so to assume the defense of
such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will
not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof
unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the
proviso to the preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party
shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (other than local
counsel), reasonably approved by the indemnifying party, representing the indemnified
parties who are parties to such action) or (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have
employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the
indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, in
each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the
indemnifying party.
(d) The indemnifying party under this Section 8 shall not be liable for any settlement
of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or
if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to
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indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense
by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to
the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of
which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have
been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or
consent (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability
on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (ii) 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.
(e) If the indemnification provided for in Section 8(a) or (b), as applicable, is for
any reason unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in
respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then
each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party, as incurred, as a result of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
expenses referred to therein (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Placement Agent, on the
other hand, from the placement of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the
allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause
(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Placement
Agent, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions contained in the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus (as amended or supplemented), any Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or
inaccuracies in the representations and warranties herein which resulted in such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the
Placement Agent, on the other hand, in connection with the placement of the Securities
pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the
total net proceeds from the placement of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before
deducting expenses) received by the Company, and the total compensation received by the
Placement Agent bears to the aggregate proceeds from the placement of the Securities. The
relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Placement Agent, on the other hand,
shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
or any such inaccurate or alleged inaccurate representation or warranty relates to
information supplied by the Company, on the one hand, or the Placement Agent, on the other
hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 8(c), any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably
incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim.
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The Company and the Placement Agent agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 8(e) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any
other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to in this Section 8(e).
(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8(e), the Placement Agent shall not be
required to contribute any amount in excess of the compensation received by the Placement
Agent in connection with the placement contemplated by this Agreement. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Placement Agent’s obligations to contribute pursuant to Section 8(e)
is in proportion to itsrespective percentage allocations of the compensation payable by the
Company pursuant to Section 1 hereof. For purposes of Section 8(e), each director,
officer, employee and agent of the Placement Agent and each person, if any, who controls the
Placement Agent within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights
to contribution as the Placement Agent, and each director of the Company, each officer of
the Company who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Company.
9. Information Furnished by the Placement Agent. The statements set forth under the
caption “Plan of distribution—Price stabilization” in the Prospectus Supplement, only insofar as
such statements relate to the stabilization activities that may be undertaken by the Placement
Agent, constitute the only information furnished by the Placement Agent, as such information is
referred to in Sections 3 and 8 hereof.
10. Notices. Except as otherwise herein provided, all statements, requests, notices
and agreements shall be in writing or by telegram or facsimile and, if to the Placement Agent,
shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent to Chardan Capital Markets, LLC, 00 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Head of Investment Banking, with
a copy to General Counsel at the same address, and, if to the Company, shall be sufficient in all
respects if delivered or sent to the Company at the offices of the Company at 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxxxx XxXxxxx, President and Chief Executive Officer, with a copy
to Ropes & Xxxx LLP, Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000-0000, Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx.
11. Governing Law; Construction. This Agreement and any claim, counterclaim or
dispute of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement
(“Claim”), directly or indirectly, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of New York. The section headings in this Agreement have been inserted as a
matter of convenience of reference and are not a part of this Agreement.
12. Submission to Jurisdiction. Except as set forth below, no Claim may be commenced,
prosecuted or continued in any court other than the courts of the State of New York located in the
City and County of New York or in the United States District Court for the
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx xx Xxx Xxxx, which courts shall have jurisdiction over the adjudication of
such matters, and the Company consents to the jurisdiction of such courts and personal service with
respect thereto. The Company hereby consents to personal jurisdiction, service and venue in any
court in which any Claim arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement is brought by any
third party against the Placement Agent or any indemnified party. The Placement Agent and the
Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its
stockholders and affiliates) waive all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or
counterclaim (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) in any way arising out of or relating
to this Agreement. The Company agrees that a final judgment in any such action, proceeding or
counterclaim brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and may be
enforced in any other courts to the jurisdiction of which the Company is or may be subject, by suit
upon such judgment.
13. Parties at Interest. Except as set forth in the Subscription Agreement, the
Agreement herein set forth has been and is made solely for the benefit of the Placement Agent and
the Company and to the extent provided in Section 8 hereof the controlling persons, partners,
directors and officers referred to in such Section 8, and their respective successors, assigns,
heirs, personal representatives and executors and administrators. No other person, partnership,
association or corporation (including a purchaser, as such purchaser, from the Company) shall
acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement.
14. No Fiduciary Relationship. The Company hereby acknowledges that the Placement
Agent is acting solely as a Placement Agent in connection with the purchase and sale of the
Company’s securities. The Company further acknowledges that the Placement Agent is acting pursuant
to a contractual relationship created solely by this Agreement entered into on an arm’s length
basis, and in no event do the parties intend that the Placement Agent act or be responsible as a
fiduciary to the Company, its management, stockholders or creditors or any other person in
connection with any activity that the Placement Agent may undertake or have undertaken in
furtherance of the purchase and sale of the Company’s securities, either before or after the date
hereof. The Placement Agent hereby expressly disclaims any fiduciary or similar obligations to the
Company, either in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters
leading up to such transactions, and the Company hereby confirms its understanding and agreement to
that effect. The Company and the Placement Agent agree that they are each responsible for making
their own independent judgments with respect to any such transactions and that any opinions or
views expressed by a Placement Agent to the Company regarding such transactions, including, but not
limited to, any opinions or views with respect to the price or market for the Company’s securities,
do not constitute advice or recommendations to the Company. The Company hereby waives and
releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the
Placement Agent with respect to any breach or alleged breach of any fiduciary or similar duty to
the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters
leading up to such transactions.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed by the parties in one or more
counterparts which together shall constitute one and the same agreement among the parties.
16. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Placement
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Agent and the Company and their successors and assigns and any successor or assign of any
substantial portion of the Company’s and the Placement Agent’s respective businesses and/or assets.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between the Company and the Placement
Agent, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this Agreement
and your acceptance shall constitute a binding agreement between the Company and the Placement
Agent.
| Very truly yours, StemCells, Inc. |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxx | |||
| Name: | Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxx | |||
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
| Accepted and agreed to as of the date | ||||
| first above written | ||||
| Chardan Capital Markets, LLC | ||||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
| Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||||
SCHEDULE A
PERMITTED FREE WRITING PROSPECTUSES
None
