EXHIBIT 1.1
EXECUTION COPY
10,854,257 Shares
TARGETED GENETICS CORPORATION
Shares of Common Stock
($.01 par value)
PLACEMENT AGENT AGREEMENT
January 30, 2004
XX XXXXX SECURITIES CORPORATION
XXXX CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC
c/o XX Xxxxx Securities Corporation
1221 Avenue of the Americas
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Dear Sirs:
Targeted
Genetics Corporation, a Washington corporation (the “Company”), proposes
to sell to the Purchasers, pursuant to the terms of this Placement Agent Agreement (this
“Agreement”) and the Subscription Agreements in the form of Exhibit
A attached hereto (the “Subscription Agreements”) entered into with
the Purchasers identified therein (each a “Purchaser” and, collectively,
the “Purchasers”), an aggregate of 10,854,257 shares of Common Stock,
$.01 par value (the “Common Stock”), of the Company. The aggregate of
10,854,257 shares so proposed to be sold is hereinafter referred to as the
“Stock.” The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the placement
agents named in Schedule I attached hereto (the “Placement
Agents”). XX Xxxxx Securities Corporation is acting as the representative of the
Placement Agents and in such capacity is hereinafter referred to as the
“Representative.” Certain terms used herein are defined in Section
13 hereof.
1.
AGREEMENT TO ACT AS PLACEMENT AGENTS; PLACEMENT OF SECURITIES. On the
basis of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company herein
contained, and subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement:
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(a)
The
Company hereby authorizes the Placement Agents to act as its exclusive
agents to solicit offers for the purchase of all or part of the Stock
from the Company in connection with the proposed offering of the
Stock (the “Offering”). Until the Closing Date, the
Company shall not, without the prior consent of the Representative,
solicit or accept offers to purchase Stock otherwise than through the
Placement Agents. |
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(b)
The
Placement Agents agree, as agents of the Company, to use their best efforts
to solicit offers to purchase the Stock from the Company on the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in the Base Prospectus (as
defined |
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below)
and the Prospectus Supplement (as defined below). The Placement
Agents shall make reasonable best efforts to assist the Company in
obtaining performance by each Purchaser whose offer to purchase Stock
has been solicited by the Placement Agents and accepted by the
Company, but the Placement Agents shall not, except as otherwise
provided in this Agreement, be obligated to disclose the identity of
any potential purchaser or have any liability to the Company in the event any
such purchase is not consummated for any reason. Under no
circumstances will the Placement Agents be obligated to purchase any
Stock for their own accounts and, in soliciting purchases of Stock,
the Placement Agents shall act solely as the Company’s agents
and not as principals. Notwithstanding the foregoing and except as
otherwise provided in Section 1(c), it is understood and agreed
that the Placement Agents (or their affiliates) may, solely at their
discretion and without any obligation to do so, purchase Stock as
principals. |
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(c)
Subject
to the provisions of this Section 1, offers for the purchase of
Stock may be solicited by the Placement Agents as agents for the
Company at such times and in such amounts as the Placement Agents
deem advisable. Each Placement Agent shall communicate to the
Company, orally or in writing, each reasonable offer to purchase
Stock received by it as agent of the Company. The Company shall have
the sole right to accept offers to purchase the Stock and may reject
any such offer, in whole or in part. Each Placement Agent shall have
the right, in its discretion reasonably exercised, without notice to
the Company, to reject any offer to purchase Stock received by it, in
whole or in part, and any such rejection shall not be deemed a breach
of its agreement contained herein. |
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(d)
The
purchases of the Stock by the Purchasers shall be evidenced by the
execution of the Subscription Agreements by each of the parties
thereto. |
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(e)
As
compensation for services rendered, on the Closing Date (as defined below)
the Company shall pay to the Placement Agents by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by
the Representative, an aggregate amount equal to six percent (6.0%)
of the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the
Stock on such Closing Date; 4.2% of such gross proceeds shall be paid
to XX Xxxxx Securities Corporation and 1.8% of such gross proceeds
shall be paid to Xxxx Capital Partners, LLC. |
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(f)
No
Stock which the Company has agreed to sell pursuant to this Agreement shall
be deemed to have been purchased and paid for, or sold by the
Company, until such Stock shall have been delivered to the Purchaser
thereof against payment by such Purchaser. If the Company shall
default in its obligations to deliver Stock to a Purchaser whose
offer it has accepted, the Company shall indemnify and hold the
Placement Agents harmless against any loss, claim or damage arising from or
as a result of such default by the Company. |
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2.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES. The
Company and its subsidiaries represent and warrant to, and agree with, the
Placement Agents and the Purchasers that:
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(a)
The
Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”),
and has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) a registration statement on such Form
(Registration File No. 333-107822), which became effective as of
August 21, 2003, for the registration under the Securities Act of the
Stock. Such registration statement meets the requirements set forth
in Rule 415(a)(1)(x) under the Securities Act and complies with said
Rule. The Company will file with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Securities Act, and the rules and regulations (the
“Rules and Regulations”) of the Commission
promulgated thereunder, a supplement to the form of prospectus
included in such registration statement relating to the placement of
the Stock and the plan of distribution thereof and has advised the
Representative of all further information (financial and other) with
respect to the Company required to be set forth therein. Such
registration statement, including the exhibits thereto, as amended at
the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called the “Registration
Statement”; such prospectus in the form in which it appears
in the Registration Statement is hereinafter called the “Base
Prospectus”; and the supplemented form of prospectus, in the
form in which it will be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) (including the Base Prospectus as so supplemented) is
hereinafter called a “Prospectus Supplement.” Any
reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus
or the Prospectus Supplement shall be deemed to refer to and include
the documents incorporated by reference therein (the “Incorporated
Documents”) pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), on or before the date of this Agreement, or the issue
date of the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement, as the case
may be; and any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or
“supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement,
the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement shall be deemed to
refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange
Act after the date of this Agreement, or the issue date of the Base
Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be, deemed
to be incorporated therein by reference. All references in this
Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information
which is “contained,” “included,” “described,” “set
forth” or “stated” in the Registration Statement, the
Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement (and all other
references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all
such financial statements and schedules and other information which
is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement, as the
case may be. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or the use of the Base Prospectus or the
Prospectus Supplement has been issued, and no proceeding for any such
purpose is pending or has been initiated or, to the Company’s
knowledge, is threatened by the Commission. |
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(b)
The
Registration Statement (and any further documents to be filed with the
Commission) contains all exhibits and schedules as required by the
Securities Act. Each of the Registration Statement and any
post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective,
complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations and did not
and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not, contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading. The Base Prospectus and the Prospectus
Supplement, each as of its respective date, comply in all material
respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the
applicable Rules and Regulations. Each of the Base Prospectus and the
Prospectus Supplement, as amended or supplemented, did not and will
not contain as of the date thereof any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading. The Incorporated Documents, when they were
filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the
requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable Rules and
Regulations, and none of such documents, when they were filed with
the Commission, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading; and any further documents so filed and
incorporated by reference in the Base Prospectus or Prospectus Supplement,
when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in
all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the
applicable Rules and Regulations, as applicable, and will not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representations
or warranties as to information, if any, contained in or omitted from
the Prospectus Supplement or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto in
reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing
to the Company by or on behalf of any Placement Agent specifically
for use in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus Supplement,
which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the
Placement Agents’ Information as defined in Section 15. No
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement reflecting any
facts or events arising after the date thereof which represent,
individually or in the aggregate, a fundamental change in the
information set forth therein is required to be filed with the
Commission. There are no documents required to be filed with the
Commission in connection with the transaction contemplated hereby
that have not been filed as required pursuant to the Securities Act
or will not be filed within the requisite time period. There are no
contracts or other documents required to be described in the Base
Prospectus or Prospectus Supplement, or to be filed as exhibits or
schedules to the Registration Statement, which have not been
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(c)
The Company has delivered,
or will as promptly as practicable deliver, to the Representative
complete conformed copies of the Registration Statement and of each
consent and certificate of experts filed as a part thereof, and conformed
copies of the Registration Statement (without exhibits) and the Base
Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, as amended or |
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supplemented, in such quantities and at such places as the
Representative reasonably requests. Neither the Company nor any of
its directors and officers has distributed and none of them will
distribute, prior to the Closing Date, any offering material in connection
with the offering and sale of the Stock other than the Base
Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Registration Statement,
copies of the documents incorporated by reference therein and any
other materials permitted by the Securities Act. |
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(d)
The
Company and each of its subsidiaries have been duly organized and are
validly existing as corporations or other legal entities in good
standing (or the equivalent thereof, if any) under the laws of their
respective jurisdictions of incorporation, are duly qualified to do
business and are in good standing (or the equivalent thereof, if any)
as foreign corporations in each jurisdiction in which their
respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their
respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power
and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties
and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where
the failure to be so qualified and in good standing or have such
power or authority would not have, singularly or in the aggregate, a
material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material
Adverse Effect”). Emerald Gene Systems, Ltd. (“Emerald”)
is a majority-owned subsidiary of the Company, which was formed with
Elan International Services, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Elan
Corporation plc. Emerald has no material assets and no operating
activities. Any reference to the subsidiaries of the Company does not
include Emerald. |
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(e)
The Stock to be issued and
sold by the Company hereunder and under the Subscription Agreements
has been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and delivered
against payment therefor as provided herein, will be duly and validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of any preemptive or
similar rights. The Stock conforms to the description thereof
contained in the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement. |
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(f)
The
Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Base
Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, all of the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and
validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable,
have been issued in compliance with federal and state securities
laws, and conform to the description thereof contained in the Base
Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement. None of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock was issued in violation of any preemptive
rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe
for or purchase securities of the Company. There are no authorized or
outstanding options, warrants, preemptive rights, rights of first
refusal or other rights to purchase, or equity or debt securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any capital
stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries that have been
granted by the Company other than those accurately described in the
Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement. The description of the
Company’s stock option, stock bonus and other stock plans or
arrangements, and the options or other rights granted thereunder, as
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Prospectus
and the Prospectus Supplement accurately and fairly present the
information required to be shown with respect to such plans,
arrangements, options and rights. |
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(g)
All the outstanding shares
of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly
authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and,
except to the extent set forth in the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus
Supplement, are owned by the Company directly or indirectly through
one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries, free and clear of any claim,
lien, encumbrance, security interest, defect or restriction upon
voting or transfer or any other claim of any kind (“Liens”). |
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(h)
The Company has the full
right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and each of
the Subscription Agreements and to perform and to discharge its
obligations hereunder and thereunder; and each of this Agreement and
each of the Subscription Agreements has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company, and constitutes a valid and binding
obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except as limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and
(ii) general principles of equity, regardless of whether asserted in
a proceeding at equity or law. |
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(i)
The execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements by
the Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby will not conflict with or result in a breach or
violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a
default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement
or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, nor will such
actions result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or
by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any statute,
law, rule or regulation or any judgment, order or decree of any court
or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company
or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets;
except for such breach or violation that would not reasonably be
expected to, singularly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect. |
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(j)
There is no franchise,
contract, lease, instrument or other document of a character required
by the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations to be described in
the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, or to be filed as
an exhibit to the Registration Statement, which is not described or filed as
required; and all statements summarizing any such franchises,
contracts, leases, instruments or other documents or legal matters
contained in the Registration Statement are accurate and complete in
all material respects. Other than as described in the Base Prospectus
and the Prospectus Supplement, no such franchise, contract, lease,
instrument or other document has been suspended or terminated for
convenience or default by the Company or any of the other parties
thereto, and the Company has not received notice or any other
knowledge of any such pending or threatened suspension or
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termination,
except for such pending or threatened suspensions or terminations
that would not reasonably be expected to, singularly or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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(k)
All existing minute books
of the Company and each of its subsidiaries, including all existing
records of all meetings and actions of the board of directors
(including, Audit, Compensation and Nomination/Corporate Governance
Committees) and stockholders of the Company through the date of the
latest meeting and action (collectively, the “Corporate Records”)
have been made available to the Placement Agents and counsel for the
Placement Agents. All such Corporate Records are complete and
accurately reflect, in all material respects, all transactions
referred to in such Corporate Records. |
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(l)
No consent, approval,
authorization, filing with or order of or registration with, any
court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with
the transactions contemplated herein and in the Subscription
Agreements, except such as have been obtained or made under the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act and such as may be required under
the securities, or blue sky, laws of any jurisdiction in connection
with the offer and sale of the Stock by the Company in the manner
contemplated herein and in the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus
Supplement. |
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(m)
Except for Elan
International Services, Inc. who may not have received timely notice
pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of July 21, 1999,
or as described in the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement,
no person or entity has the right to require registration of shares
of Common Stock or other securities of the Company because of the
filing or effectiveness of the Registration Statement or otherwise,
except for persons and entities who have expressly waived such right
or who have been given timely and proper notice and have failed to
exercise such right within the time or times required under the terms
and conditions of such right. |
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(n)
The financial statements,
together with the related notes and schedules, of the Company
included in the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the
Registration Statement, or incorporated by reference therein, as the
case may be, present fairly the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries as of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as
to form with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities
Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the
periods involved (except as otherwise stated therein and subject, in
the case of unaudited financial statements, to the absence of
footnotes and normal year-end adjustments). |
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(o)
Except as set forth in the
Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, there is no legal or
governmental proceeding pending to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is the subject which is required to be
described in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the
Prospectus Supplement, or the documents incorporated by reference
therein, singularly or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to
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or
any of its subsidiaries, might have a Material Adverse Effect or
would prevent or adversely affect the ability of the Company to
perform its obligations under this Agreement; and to the best of the
Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or
contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others. |
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(p)
The Company and each of
its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to, or
have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real or
personal property which are material to the business of the Company
and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case free and clear of
all Liens that may result in a Material Adverse Effect. |
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(q)
Neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of any provision of its
charter or bylaws, (ii) in default in any respect, and no event has
occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such
a default, in the due performance or observance of any term,
covenant, or condition of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage,
deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement,
obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party
or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets is
subject, or (iii) in violation in any respect of any statute, law,
rule, regulation, ordinance, judgment, order or decree of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or
other authority having jurisdiction over the Company, its
subsidiaries or any of its properties, as applicable (including,
without limitation, those administered by the Food and Drug
Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(the “FDA”) or by any foreign, federal, state or local
governmental or regulatory authority performing functions similar to
those performed by the FDA), except, with respect to clauses (ii) and
(iii), any violations or defaults which, singularly or in the
aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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(r)
The contracts described in
the Company’s regular reports on Forms 10-Q, 10-K and 8-K, as
filed by the Company with the Commission or incorporated by reference
therein, that are material to the Company and have not either expired
or been terminated are in full force and effect on the date hereof,
and neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any
other party to such contracts is in breach of or default under any of
such contracts which would have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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(s)
No labor problem or
dispute with the employees of the Company exists or, to the Company’s
knowledge, is threatened or imminent, which might be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not aware that any key employee
or significant group of employees of the Company or any subsidiary
plans to terminate employment with the Company or any such
subsidiary. |
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(t)
Each of the Company and
its subsidiaries has fulfilled its obligations, if any, under the
minimum funding standards of Xxxxxxx 000 xx xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) and
the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect
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“plan” (as
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA and such regulations and published
interpretations) in which employees of the Company and its
subsidiaries are eligible to participate and each such plan is in compliance
in all material respects with the presently applicable provisions of
ERISA and such regulations and published interpretations. No “prohibited
transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA, or Section
4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time (the “Code”)) has occurred with respect to any
employee benefit plan which could have a Material Adverse Effect. The
Company and each of its subsidiaries has not incurred any unpaid
liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (other than for
the payment of premiums in the ordinary course) or to any such plan
under Title IV of ERISA. Each “pension plan” (as
defined in ERISA) for which the Company would have any liability that
is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so
qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by
action or by failure to act, which could cause the loss of such
qualification. |
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(u)
The Company and each of
its subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance in such amounts
and covering such risks as is adequate for the conduct of their
respective businesses and the value of their respective properties
and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in
similar industries. |
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(v)
The Company and each of
its subsidiaries has made all filings, applications and submissions
required by, and possesses all approvals, licenses, certificates,
certifications, clearances, consents, exemptions, marks,
notifications, orders, permits and other authorizations issued by,
the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities
(including, without limitation, the FDA, and any other foreign,
federal, state or local government or regulatory authorities
performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA) necessary
to conduct its businesses (collectively, “Permits”),
except for such Permits which the failure to obtain would not have a
Material Adverse Effect, and is in compliance with the material terms
and conditions of all such Permits; all of such Permits held by the
Company and each of its subsidiaries are valid and in full force and
effect; there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened action, suit, claim or proceeding which may cause any such
Permit to be limited, revoked, cancelled, suspended, modified or not
renewed and the Company and each of its subsidiaries has not received
any notice of proceedings relating to the limitation, revocation,
cancellation, suspension, modification or non-renewal of any such
Permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an
unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material
Adverse Effect, whether or not arising from transactions in the
ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated
by the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement. |
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(w)
Ernst & Young LLP, who
have certified certain financial statements of the Company and
delivered their report with respect to the audited consolidated
financial statements and schedules included in the Base Prospectus,
the Prospectus Supplement or the Registration Statement, or
incorporated by reference therein, as the case may be, are, to the
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knowledge,
independent public accountants with respect to the Company within the
meaning of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations. |
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(x)
The Company and each of
its subsidiaries has filed all foreign, federal, state and local tax
returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions
thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would not
have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in the Base
Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement) and has paid all taxes
required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty
levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and
payable, except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is
currently being contested in good faith or as would not have a
Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in the Base Prospectus
and the Prospectus Supplement. |
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(y)
The Company has
established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15) for the Company and designed
such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material
information relating to the Company and its Subsidiary is made known
to the certifying officers by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may
be, is being prepared. The Company’s certifying officers have
evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls
and procedures as of the end of the quarter ended September 30, 2003
(such date, the “Evaluation Date”). The Company presented
in its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003 the
conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of
the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no
significant changes in the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting (as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15 and 15d-15) or, to the Company’s knowledge, in other
factors that could significantly affect the Company’s internal
controls. |
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(z)
The Company and each of
its subsidiaries maintains a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are
executed in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability of
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 the existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
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(aa)
The Company and each of
its subsidiaries (i) is in compliance in all material respects with
any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and
regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety,
the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes,
pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”),
(ii) has received and is in compliance with all permits, licenses or
other approvals required of it under applicable Environmental Laws to
conduct its business and (iii) has not received notice of any actual
or potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any
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disposal
or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or
contaminants, except where such non-compliance with Environmental
Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other
approvals, or liability would not, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth
in or contemplated by the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus
Supplement (exclusive of any supplement thereto). The Company has not
been named as a “potentially responsible party” under
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act of 1980, as amended. |
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(bb)
There has been no storage,
disposal, generation, manufacture, refinement, transportation,
handling or treatment of medical wastes, toxic wastes, hazardous
wastes or hazardous substances by the Company or its subsidiaries
(or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their predecessors in
interest) at, upon or from any of the property now or previously
owned or leased by the Company or its subsidiaries in violation of
any applicable Environmental Law which would require remedial action
under any applicable Environmental Law, except for any violation or
remedial action which would not cause, singularly or in the aggregate
with all such violations and remedial actions, a Material Adverse
Effect; there has been no material spill, discharge, leak, emission,
injection, escape, dumping or release of any kind onto such property
or of any medical wastes, toxic wastes, hazardous wastes or hazardous
substances due to or caused by the Company or its subsidiaries or
with respect to which the Company or its subsidiaries had knowledge,
except for any such spill, discharge, leak, emission, injection,
escapes, dumpings or releases which would not cause or would not be
reasonably likely to cause, singularly or in the aggregate with all
such spills, discharges, leaks, emissions, injections, escapes,
dumpings or releases, a Material Adverse Effect; and the terms “hazardous
substances,” “toxic wastes,” “hazardous wastes” and
“medical wastes” shall have the meanings specified in any
applicable Environmental Laws. |
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(cc)
In the ordinary course of
its business, the Company periodically reviews the effect of
Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of the
Company and each of its subsidiaries, in the course of which it
identifies and evaluates associated costs and liabilities (including,
without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required
for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental
Laws, or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on
operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties).
On the basis of such review, the Company has reasonably concluded
that such associated costs and liabilities would not, singly or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising
from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set
forth in or contemplated by the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus
Supplement. |
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(dd)
Except as set forth in the
Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, the Company and its
subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use all
foreign and domestic patents, patent applications, trade and service marks,
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copyrights,
licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, Internet domain
names, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the
“Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct
of the Company’s business as now conducted or as proposed in the
Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement to be conducted. Except
as set forth in the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement (a) to
the Company’s knowledge, there are no rights of third parties to
any such Intellectual Property except where the exercise of such
rights would not result, singularly or in the aggregate, in a
Material Adverse Effect; (b) to the Company’s knowledge, there
is no infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property
that is necessary and material to the Company’s business as it
is currently being conducted; (c) to the Company’s knowledge,
there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened
action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s
and its subsidiaries’ rights in or to any such Intellectual
Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a
reasonable basis for any such claim; (d) to the Company’s knowledge,
there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened
action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity
or scope of any such Intellectual Property; (e) to the Company’s
knowledge, there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the
Company and its subsidiaries infringe or otherwise violate any
patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary
rights of others, and the Company is unaware of any other fact which
would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (f) to the Company’s
knowledge, there is no third-party U.S. patent or published U.S.
patent application which contains claims for which an Interference
Proceeding could be commenced against any patent or patent
application described in the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus
Supplement as being owned by or licensed on an exclusive basis to the
Company; and (g) the Company and its subsidiaries have taken all
steps reasonably necessary to perfect its ownership of and interest
in the Intellectual Property. |
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(ee)
The clinical, pre-clinical
and other studies and tests conducted by or on behalf of or sponsored
by the Company and its subsidiaries were and, if still pending, are
being conducted in accordance with all statutes, laws, rules and
regulations, as applicable (including, without limitation, those
administered by the FDA or by any foreign, federal, state or local
governmental or regulatory authority performing functions similar to
those performed by the FDA), except where failure to comply with such
statutes, laws, rules or regulations would not result, singularly or
in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect. The descriptions of
the results of clinical, pre-clinical and other studies and tests in
the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement are accurate and
complete in all material respects and fairly present the published
data derived from such studies and tests. During the past three
years, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received
any notices or other correspondence from the FDA or any other
foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority
performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA with
respect to any ongoing clinical or pre-clinical studies or tests requiring
the termination, suspension or modification of such studies or tests
following enrollment of patients in such studies. |
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(ff)
The Company has
established and administers processes and procedures as is customary
for companies of similar size engaged in similar business industries
(including written policies) applicable to the Company and which the
Company believes is adequate, to assist the Company and the
directors, officers and employees of the Company in complying with
applicable regulatory guidelines (including, without limitation,
those administered by the FDA and any other foreign, federal, state
or local governmental or regulatory authority performing functions
similar to those performed by the FDA). |
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(gg)
The Company and its
subsidiaries have filed with the applicable regulatory authorities
(including, without limitation, the FDA or any foreign, federal,
state or local governmental or regulatory authority performing
functions similar to those performed by the FDA) any filing,
declaration, listing, registration, report or submission except where
failure to file would not result, singularly or in the aggregate, in
a Material Adverse Effect; all such filings, declarations, listings,
registrations, reports or submissions were in compliance in all
material respects with applicable laws when filed and no deficiencies
have been asserted by any applicable regulatory authority (including,
without limitation, the FDA or any foreign, federal, state or local
governmental or regulatory authority performing functions similar to
those performed by the FDA) with respect to any such filings,
declarations, listings, registrations, reports or submissions which
were not resolved prior to enrollment of patients in such study, test
or trial. |
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(hh)
No relationship, direct or
indirect, exists between or among the Company on the one hand and the
directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the
Company on the other hand which is required to be described in the Base
Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement and which is not so
described. |
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(ii)
Neither the Company nor
any other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company
including, without limitation, any director, officer, agent or
employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, has, directly or
indirectly, while acting on behalf of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions,
gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses, or received or
retained any funds, relating to political activity; (ii) made any
unlawful payment from corporate funds to, or received or retained any
unlawful funds from, foreign or domestic government officials or
employees or to or from foreign or domestic political parties or
campaigns; (iii) violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any other unlawful
payment or received or retained any other unlawful funds. |
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(jj)
Neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries is or, after giving effect to the offering
and sale of the Stock and the application of the proceeds thereof as
described in the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, will become
an “investment company” as defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended. |
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(kk)
No forward-looking
statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act
and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the Base Prospectus
and the Prospectus Supplement has been made or reaffirmed without a
reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith. |
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(ll)
Other than as contemplated
by this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is
a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person
that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or the
Placement Agents for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or
like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Stock. |
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(mm)
Neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries has sustained, since the date of the latest
audited financial statements included in the Base Prospectus, the
Prospectus Supplement or the Registration Statement, or incorporated
by reference therein, as the case may be, any material loss or
interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood, terrorist
act or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from
any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree,
otherwise than as set forth in or contemplated by the Base Prospectus
and the Prospectus Supplement; and, since such date, there has not
been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company
or any material adverse change, or any development involving a
prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business,
general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity,
results of operations or prospects of the Company, otherwise than as
set forth or contemplated by the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus
Supplement. |
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(nn)
Neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries nor any of their officers, directors or
affiliates has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action
designed or intended to stabilize or manipulate the price of any security
of the Company, or which caused or resulted in, or which might in the
future reasonably be expected to cause or result in, stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company. |
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(oo)
There are no affiliations
with the NASD among the Company’s officers, directors or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any five percent or greater stockholder of
the Company, except as set forth in the Base Prospectus, the
Prospectus Supplement or the Registration Statement or otherwise
disclosed in writing to the Placement Agent. |
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(pp)
The Company satisfies the
pre-1992 eligibility requirements for the use of a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 in connection with the Offering contemplated
thereby (the pre-1992 eligibility requirements for the use of the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 include (i) having a
non-affiliate, public common equity float of at least $150 million or
a non-affiliate, public common equity float of at least $100 million
and annual trading volume of at least three million shares and (ii)
having been subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements for a
period of 36 months). |
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(qq)
There are no outstanding
loans, advances (except normal advances for business expense in the
ordinary course of business) or guarantees or |
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indebtedness
by the Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers or
directors of the Company, except as disclosed in the Base Prospectus,
the Prospectus Supplement or the Registration Statement. |
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(rr)
There are no transactions,
arrangements or other relationships between and/or among the Company,
any of its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 of the
Securities Act) and any unconsolidated entity, including, but not limited
to, any structure finance, special purpose or limited purpose entity
that could reasonably be expected to materially affect the Company’s
liquidity or the availability of or requirements for its capital
resources required to be described in the Base Prospectus, the
Prospectus Supplement or the Registration Statement, which have not
been described as required. |
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(ss)
The Company has taken all
necessary actions to ensure that, upon and at all times after the
Nasdaq SmallCap Market shall have approved the Stock for inclusion,
it will be in compliance with all applicable corporate governance
requirements set forth in the Nasdaq SmallCap Marketplace Rules that
are then in effect and is actively taking steps to ensure that it
will be in compliance with other applicable corporate governance
requirements set forth in the Nasdaq SmallCap Marketplace Rules not
currently in effect upon and all times after the effectiveness of
such requirements. |
Any
certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Placement Agents or
counsel for the Placement Agents in connection with the offering of the Stock shall be
deemed a representation and warranty by the Company and its subsidiaries, as to the
matters covered thereby, to the Placement Agents and the Purchasers.
3.
THE CLOSING. The time and date of closing and delivery of the documents
required to be delivered to the Placement Agents pursuant to Section 6
hereof shall be at 10:00 A.M., local time, on February 5, 2004 (the
“Closing Date”) at the office of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, 0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000.
4.
FURTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company agrees with the Placement
Agents and the Purchasers:
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(a)
(i) to make no further
amendment or supplement prior to the Closing Date to the Registration
Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus Supplement
without the consent of the Representative, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld; (ii) for so long as the delivery of a
prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the
Stock, to advise the Representative promptly after it receives notice
thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement
has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the
Prospectus Supplement or any amended Prospectus Supplement has been
filed and to furnish the Representative with copies thereof; (iii) to
file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information
statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13(a), 15 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent
to the date of the Prospectus Supplement and for so long as the
delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering
or sale of the Stock; (iv) to advise the Representative, promptly
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thereof,
(x) of any request by the Commission to amend the Registration
Statement or to amend or supplement the Prospectus Supplement or for
additional information and (y) of the issuance by the Commission, of
any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or any order
directed at any Incorporated Document or any amendment or supplement
thereto or any order preventing or suspending the use of the Base
Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement or any amendment or
supplement thereto, of the suspension of the qualification of the
Stock for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the institution or
threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request
by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration
Statement or Prospectus Supplement or for additional information;
and, (v) in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any
order preventing or suspending the use of the Base Prospectus or
Prospectus Supplement or suspending any such qualification, promptly
to use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order. |
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(b)
To comply with the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and the Rules and Regulations
thereunder, so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the
Stock as contemplated in this Agreement and the Prospectus Supplement. If
during the period in which a prospectus is required by law to be
delivered by a Placement Agent or a dealer in connection with the
distribution of Stock contemplated by the Prospectus Supplement, any
event shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the
Company or in the reasonable opinion of the Placement Agents or
counsel for the Placement Agents, it becomes necessary to amend or
supplement the Prospectus Supplement in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time the
Prospectus Supplement is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading,
or, if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the
Prospectus Supplement to comply with any law, the Company promptly
will prepare and file with the Commission, and furnish at its own
expense to the Representative, an appropriate amendment to the
Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus Supplement so
that the Prospectus Supplement as so amended or supplemented will
not, in the light of the circumstances when it is so delivered, be
misleading, or so that the Prospectus Supplement will comply with
such law. Before amending the Registration Statement or supplementing
the Base Prospectus in connection with the Offering, the Company will
furnish the Representative with a copy of such proposed amendment or
supplement and will not file such amendment or supplement without the
consent of the Representative, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld. |
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(c)
To furnish promptly to the
Representative and to counsel for the Placement Agents a copy of the
Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission, and
each amendment thereto filed with the Commission, including all
consents and exhibits filed therewith. |
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(d)
To deliver promptly to the
Representative such number of the following documents as the
Representative shall reasonably request: (i) conformed copies of the
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Commission
and each amendment thereto (in each case excluding exhibits), (ii)
the Base Prospectus, (iii) the Prospectus Supplement (not later than
10:00 A.M., New York time, on the Business Day following the
execution and delivery of this Agreement) and any amendment or
supplement thereto (not later than 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on
the Business Day following the date of such amendment or supplement); and
(iv) any document incorporated by reference in the Base Prospectus or
Prospectus Supplement. The Company will pay the expenses of printing
or other production of all documents relating to the Offering. |
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(e)
To make generally
available to its stockholders as soon as practicable, but in any
event not later than eighteen months after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the
Securities Act), an earnings statement of the Company (which need not
be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and
the Rules and Regulations (including, at the option of the Company,
Rule 158). |
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(f)
To promptly take from time
to time such actions as the Representative may reasonably request to
qualify the Stock for offering and sale under the securities, or blue
sky, laws of such jurisdictions (including without limitation any
post-filing requirements) as the Representative may designate and to
continue such qualifications in effect for so long as required for the
distribution of the Stock, and the Company will pay the fee of the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”)
in connection with its review of the Offering, if applicable. The
Company shall not be obligated to qualify as a foreign corporation in
any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to file a general
consent to service of process in any jurisdiction. |
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(g)
Not to directly or
indirectly offer, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, contract to sell,
or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or securities
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock for
a period of 60 days from the date of the Prospectus Supplement
without the prior written consent of the Representative, other than
the Company’s sale of the Stock, the issuance of shares or
options to purchase shares pursuant to qualified stock option plans,
currently outstanding options, warrants or rights and the issuance of
up to 175,000 shares to Itochu Corporation in connection with dissolution of
the joint venture and mutual settlement of claims. The Company will
cause each of its executive officers and directors to furnish to the
Representative, prior to the Closing Date, a letter, substantially in
the form of Exhibit B attached hereto, pursuant to which each
such person shall agree not to directly or indirectly offer, sell,
assign, transfer, pledge, contract to sell, or otherwise dispose of
any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock for a period of 60 days from the
date of the Prospectus Supplement, without the prior written consent
of the Representative. |
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(h)
Prior to the Closing Date,
to furnish to the Representative, as soon as they have been prepared,
copies of any unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of
the Company for any periods subsequent to the periods covered by the
financial statements appearing or incorporated by reference in the Base
Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the Registration Statement. |
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(i)
Prior to the Closing Date,
not to issue any press release or other communication directly or
indirectly or hold any press conference with respect to the Company,
its condition, financial or otherwise, or earnings, business affairs
or business prospects (except for routine oral marketing communications
in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the past
practices of the Company and of which the Representative is
notified), without the prior written consent of the Representative,
unless in the judgment of the Company and its counsel, and after
notification to the Representative, such press release or
communication is required by law. In such event, the Company shall
consult with the Representative as to the contents of such press
release. |
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(j)
To apply the net proceeds
from the sale of the Stock as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement
under the heading “Use of Proceeds.” |
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(k)
To comply in all material
respects with all applicable securities and other applicable laws,
rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act, and use its best efforts to cause the Company’s
directors and officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with
such laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the
provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. |
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(l)
To engage and maintain, at
its expense, a registrar and transfer agent for the Stock. |
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(m)
To not take any action
prior to the Closing Date which would require the Prospectus
Supplement to be amended or supplemented pursuant to Section 4(b). |
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(n)
To supply the
Representative with copies of all correspondence to and from, and all
documents issued to and by, the Commission in connection with the
registration of the Stock under the Securities Act. |
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(o)
The Company will use its
best efforts to ensure that the Stock is quoted on the Nasdaq
SmallCap Market at the Closing Date. |
5.
PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. The Company agrees with the Placement Agents to pay
(a) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and
delivery of the Stock to the Purchasers and any taxes payable in that
connection; (b) the costs incident to the Registration of the Stock under the
Securities Act; (c) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and
distribution of the Registration Statement, Base Prospectus and Prospectus
Supplement and any amendments and exhibits thereto or any document incorporated
by reference therein, and the costs of printing, reproducing and distributing,
this Agreement by mail, telex or other means of communication; (d) the fees and
expenses (including related fees and expenses of counsel for the Placement
Agents) incurred in connection with filings, if any, made with the NASD, if
applicable; (e) any applicable listing or other fees; (f) the fees and expenses
of qualifying the Stock under the securities laws of the several jurisdictions
as provided in Section 4(f) and of preparing, printing and distributing
Blue Sky Memoranda (including related fees and expenses of counsel to the
Placement Agents of up to $10,000); (g) all fees and expenses of the registrar
and transfer agent of the
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Stock; and (h) all other costs and
expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company under
this Agreement (including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of the
Company’s counsel and the Company’s independent accountants and the
travel and other expenses incurred by Company personnel in connection with any
“roadshow” including, without limitation, any expenses advanced by
the Placement Agents on the Company’s behalf (which will be promptly
reimbursed)); provided that, except as otherwise provided in this Section
5 and in Sections 7 and 9, the Placement Agents shall pay
their own costs and expenses, including the fees and expenses of their counsel.
6.
CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE PLACEMENT AGENTS AND THE PURCHASERS, AND
THE SALE OF THE STOCK. The respective obligations of the Placement Agents
and the Purchasers, and the closing of the sale of the Stock hereunder are
subject to the accuracy, when made and on the Closing Date, of the
representations and warranties on the part of the Company and its subsidiaries
contained herein, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and its
subsidiaries made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the
performance by the Company and its subsidiaries of their obligations hereunder,
and to each of the following additional terms and conditions:
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(a)
No stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been
issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been initiated
or threatened by the Commission, and any request for additional
information on the part of the Commission (to be included in the
Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus
Supplement or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Representative. Any filings required
to be made by the Company in accordance with Section 4(a) shall
have been timely filed with the Commission. |
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(b)
None of the Placement
Agents shall have discovered and disclosed to the Company on or prior
to the Closing Date that the Registration Statement, the Base
Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement or any amendment or
supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a fact which, in
the opinion of counsel for the Placement Agents, is material or omits
to state any fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material
and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading. |
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(c)
All corporate proceedings
and other legal matters incident to the authorization, form,
execution, delivery and validity of each of this Agreement, the
Stock, the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus
Supplement and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory
in all material respects to counsel for the Placement Agents, and the
Company shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and
information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass
upon such matters. |
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(d)
The Placement Agents shall
have received from each of (i) Xxxxxx & Whitney LLP, corporate
counsel for the Company, and (ii) Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, patent
counsel for the Company, such counsel’s written opinion, addressed
to the Placement Agents and the Purchasers and dated as of the
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Closing
Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Representative as set forth in Exhibits C-1, and C-2 attached hereto,
respectively. |
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Such
counsel shall also have furnished to the Placement Agents a written statement, addressed
to the Placement Agents and the Purchasers and dated the Closing Date, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Representative, to the effect that (x) such counsel has
acted as counsel to the Company in connection with the preparation of the Registration
Statement, (y) based on such counsel’s examination of the Registration Statement and
such counsel’s investigations made in connection with the preparation of the
Registration Statement and conferences with certain officers and employees of and with
auditors for and counsel to the Company, nothing has come to such counsel’s attention
that led it to believe that (I) the Registration Statement, as of its effective date,
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading, or that the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (II) any document incorporated
by reference in the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement or any further amendment
or supplement to any such incorporated document made by the Company prior to the Closing
Date, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be,
contained, in the case of a registration statement which became effective under the
Securities Act, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein
not misleading, or, in the case of other documents which were filed under the Exchange Act
with the Commission, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; it being understood that such
counsel need express no opinion as to the financial statements or other financial data
contained in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement.
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The
foregoing statement may be qualified by a statement to the effect that such counsel has
not independently verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements
contained in the Registration Statement or the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus
Supplement and takes no responsibility therefor except to the extent specifically set
forth in the opinion.
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(e)
The Placement Agents shall
have received from Xxxxx Raysman Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP,
such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the
Placement Agents, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Stock,
the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus
Supplement (together with any supplement thereto) and other related
matters as the Representative may reasonably require, and the Company
shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request
for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. |
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(f)
The Company shall have
furnished to the Placement Agents and the Purchasers a certificate,
dated as of the Closing Date, executed by its Chairman of the Board,
its Chief Executive Officer or a Vice President and its Chief Financial
Officer stating that (i) such officers have carefully examined the
Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus
Supplement and, in their opinion, the Registration Statement
(including the Base Prospectus) as of its effective date and the
Prospectus Supplement, as of each such effective date, did not
include any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) since the effective
date of the Registration Statement no event has occurred which should
have been but was not set forth in a supplement or amendment to the
Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus
Supplement, (iii) to the best of their knowledge after reasonable
investigation, as of the Closing Date, the representations and
warranties of the Company and its subsidiaries in this Agreement are
true and correct and the Company and its subsidiaries have complied
with all agreements and covenants contained in this Agreement and
satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date, (iv) subsequent to the
date of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated
by reference in the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement,
there has been no change in the financial position or results of
operation of the Company and its subsidiaries that would have a
Material Adverse Effect, or any change, or any development including
a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or
otherwise), results of operations, business or prospects of the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, except as set forth in
the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, (v) the Registration
Statement became effective on August 21, 2003, and to their
knowledge, as of the Closing Date (I) no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose have been commenced or are pending
before or are contemplated by the Commission and (II) no action has
been taken by any governmental agency, body or official, and no
injunction, restraining order or order of any nature by any federal
or state court has been issued, which would prevent the issuance of
the Stock. |
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(g)
At the time of the
execution of this Agreement, the Representative shall have received
from Ernst & Young LLP a letter, addressed to the Placement Agents
and dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representative (i) confirming that they are independent certified
public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of
the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and (ii) stating the
conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial
statements and certain financial information contained or
incorporated by reference in the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus
Supplement. |
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(h)
On the Closing Date, the
Representative shall have received a letter (the “bring-down
letter”) from Ernst & Young LLP addressed to the
Placement Agents, and dated the Closing Date confirming, as of the date of
the bring-down letter (or, with respect to matters involving changes
or developments since the respective dates as of which specified
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information
is given in the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement as of a
date not more than three Business Days prior to the date of the bring-down
letter), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to
the financial information and other matters covered by its letter
delivered to the Representative concurrently with the execution of
this Agreement pursuant to Section 6(g). |
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(i)
(i) Neither the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of
the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by
reference in the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement any
loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood,
terrorist act or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance,
or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or
decree, otherwise than as set forth in or contemplated by the Base
Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, and (ii) since such date
there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or
long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or
affecting the business, general affairs, management, financial
position, stockholders’ equity, results of operations or
prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set
forth in or contemplated by the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus
Supplement, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause
(i) or (ii), is, in the judgment of the Representative, so material
and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed
with the sale or delivery of the Stock on the terms and in the manner
contemplated by the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement. |
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(j)
The Stock shall have been
listed and admitted and authorized for trading on the Nasdaq SmallCap
Market, and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been
provided to the Representative. |
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(k)
At the Execution Time, the
Company shall have furnished to the Representative a letter
substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto from each executive
officer and director of the Company. |
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(l)
Subsequent to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have
occurred any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on the
New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market, the Nasdaq
SmallCap Market or the American Stock Exchange or in the
over-the-counter market, or trading in any securities of the Company
on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market, shall have been
suspended or minimum or maximum prices or maximum ranges for prices
shall have been established on any such exchange or such market by the
Commission, by such exchange or by any other regulatory body or
governmental authority having jurisdiction, (ii) a banking moratorium
shall have been declared by Federal or state authorities or a
material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities
settlement or clearance services in the United States, (iii) the
United States shall have become engaged in hostilities, or the
subject of an act of terrorism, there shall have been an escalation in
hostilities involving the United States or there shall have been a
declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or
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any
change in general economic, political or financial conditions in the
United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event in clause
(iii) or (iv) makes it, in the sole judgment of the Representative,
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the sale or delivery of
the Stock on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Base
Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement. |
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(m)
No action shall have been
taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been
enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency or body which
would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the
Stock or materially and adversely affect or potentially and adversely
affect the business or operations of the Company; and no injunction,
restraining order or order of any other nature by any federal or
state court of competent jurisdiction shall have been issued as of
the Closing Date which would prevent the issuance or sale of the
Stock or materially and adversely affect or potentially and adversely
affect the business or operations of the Company. |
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(n)
The Company shall have
prepared and filed with the Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K
with respect to the Offering, including as an exhibit thereto this
Agreement and any other documents relating thereto. |
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(o)
The Company shall have
entered into Subscription Agreements with each of the Purchasers and
such agreements shall be in full force and effect. |
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(p)
Prior to the Closing Date,
the Company shall have furnished to the Placement Agents such further
information, certificates and documents as the Representative may
reasonably request. |
All
opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this
Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Placement Agents.
7. INDEMNIFICATION AND
CONTRIBUTION.
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(a)
The Company shall
indemnify and hold harmless each Placement Agent, its officers,
employees, representatives and agents and each person, if any, who
controls any Placement Agent within the meaning of the Securities Act
(collectively the “Placement Agent Indemnified Parties”and
each a “Placement Agent Indemnified Party”) against any
loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in
respect thereof, to which that Placement Agent Indemnified Party may
become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of or is
based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Base Prospectus, the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus Supplement or in any amendment or
supplement thereto, (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in
the Base Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
Supplement or in any amendment or supplement thereto a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, or (iii) any breach of the representations
and warranties of the Company contained herein and shall reimburse
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for
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by that Placement
Agent Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or preparing
to defend or defending against or appearing as a third party witness
in connection with any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action
as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action arises out of or is based upon an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or
alleged omission from the Base Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus Supplement or any such amendment or supplement in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of any Placement Agent specifically for use
therein, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the
Placement Agents’ Information (as defined in Section 15);
provided, however, that the foregoing indemnification
agreement with respect to the Base Prospectus shall not inure to the
benefit of any Placement Agent from whom the person asserting any such loss,
claim, damage or liability purchased securities, or any officers,
employees, representatives, agents or controlling persons of such
Placement Agent, if (i) a copy of the Prospectus Supplement (as then
amended or supplemented) was required by law to be delivered to such
person at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of
securities to such person, (ii) a copy of the Prospectus (as then
amended or supplemented), excluding documents incorporated by
reference therein, was not sent or given to such person by or on
behalf of such Placement Agent and such failure was not due to
non-compliance by the Company with Section 4(d), and (iii) the
Prospectus (as so amended or supplemented) would have cured the defect
giving rise to such loss, claim, damage or liability. This indemnity
agreement is not exclusive and will be in addition to any liability,
which the Company might otherwise have and shall not limit any rights
or remedies which may otherwise be available at law or in equity to
each Placement Agent Indemnified Party. |
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(b)
Each Placement Agent,
severally and not jointly, shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Company its officers, employees, representatives and agents, each of
its directors and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the
meaning of the Securities Act (collectively the “Company
Indemnified Parties” and each a “Company Indemnified
Party”) against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint
or several, or any action in respect thereof, to which the Company
Indemnified Parties may become subject, under the Securities Act or
otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action
arises out of or is based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Base Prospectus,
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus Supplement or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or (ii) 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,
but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of that Placement Agent specifically for use
therein, and shall reimburse the Company Indemnified Parties for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such parties in
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defending
against or appearing as third party witness in connection with any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are
incurred; provided that the parties hereto hereby agree that
such written information provided by the Placement Agents consists
solely of the Placement Agents’ Information. This indemnity
agreement is not exclusive and will be in addition to any liability,
which the Placement Agents and the Purchasers might otherwise have
and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be
available at law or in equity to the Company Indemnified Parties.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7(b), in no event
shall any indemnity by any Placement Agent under this Section 7(b) exceed
the total compensation received by such Placement Agent in accordance
with Section 1(e). |
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(c)
Promptly after receipt by
an indemnified party under this Section 7 of notice of any
claim or the commencement of any action, the indemnified party shall,
if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying
party under this Section 7, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; provided,however,
that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not
relieve it from any liability which it may have under this Section
7 except to the extent it has been materially prejudiced by such
failure; and, provided,further, that the failure to notify the indemnifying
party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to an
indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 7. If any
such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party,
and it shall notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying
party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent
that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified
indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from
the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to
assume the defense of such claim or action, the indemnifying party
shall not be liable to the indemnified party under this Section 7 for
any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified
party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable
costs of investigation; provided,however, that any
indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any
such action and to participate in the defense thereof but the fees
and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such
indemnified party unless (i) the employment thereof has been
specifically authorized by the indemnifying party in writing, (ii)
such indemnified party shall have been advised by such counsel that
there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different
from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party and
in the reasonable judgment of such counsel it is advisable for such
indemnified party to employ separate counsel or (iii) the
indemnifying party has failed to assume the defense of such action in
accordance with the terms hereof and employ counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnified party, in which case, if such
indemnified party notifies the indemnifying party in writing that it
elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying
party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the
defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party, it being
understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not, in
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arising
out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for
the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of
attorneys at any time for all such indemnified parties, which firm
shall be designated in writing by the Representative, if the
indemnified parties under this Section 7 consist of any
Placement Agent Indemnified Party, or by the Company if the
indemnified parties under this Section 7 consist of any
Company Indemnified Parties. Each indemnified party, as a condition
of the indemnity agreements contained in Sections 7(a) and 7(b) shall
use best efforts to cooperate with the indemnifying party in the
defense of any such action or claim. Subject to the provisions of Section
7(d) below, no indemnifying party shall be liable for any
settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in
connection with any such action effected without its written consent
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled
with its written consent or if there be a final judgment for the
plaintiff in any such action (other than a judgment entered with the
consent of such indemnified party), the indemnifying party agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against
any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. |
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(d)
If at any time an
indemnified party shall have requested that an indemnifying party
reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such
indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement
of the nature contemplated by this Section 7 effected without
its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than
45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the request for
reimbursement, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received
notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such
settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall
not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such
request prior to the date of such settlement. |
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(e)
If the indemnification
provided for in this Section 7 is unavailable or insufficient
to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 7(a) or 7(b), then each
indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified
party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified
party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action
in respect thereof, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand
and the Placement Agents on the other from the offering of the Stock
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 Agents on the other with respect to the statements or
omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or
action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the
one hand and the Placement Agents on the other with respect to such
offering shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total
net proceeds from the offering of the Stock purchased under this
Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bears
to the total compensation received by the Placement Agents with
respect to the Stock purchased under this Agreement. The relative
fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
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untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company
on the one hand or the Placement Agents on the other, the intent of
the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission;
provided that the parties hereto agree that the written
information furnished to the Company by the Representative for use in
the Prospectus Supplement consists solely of the Placement Agents’ Information.
The Company and the Placement Agents agree that it would not be just
and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 7(e) were to
be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of
allocation which does not take into account the equitable
considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an
indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or
liability, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 7(e) shall
be deemed to include, for purposes of this Section 7(e), any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party
in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7(e), the
Placement Agents shall not be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the total compensation received by such Placement Agents in
accordance with Section 1(e) less the amount of any damages
which such Placement Agents have otherwise paid or become liable to
pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The obligations of the Placement Agents
to contribute are several in proportion to their respective
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8.
TERMINATION. The obligations of the Placement Agents and the Purchasers
hereunder and under the Subscription Agreements may be terminated by the
Representative, in its absolute discretion by notice given to the Company prior
to delivery (including electronic delivery) of and payment for the Stock if,
prior to that time, any of the events described in Sections 6(i) or
6(l) have occurred or if the Purchasers shall decline to purchase the
Stock for any reason permitted under this Agreement.
9.
REIMBURSEMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE’S EXPENSES. If the sale of the Stock
provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations
of the Placement Agents and the Purchasers set forth in Section 6 hereof
is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to Section 8 hereof
or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to
perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by
reason of a default by the Representative, the Company will reimburse the
Representative upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and
disbursements of counsel and any expenses advanced by the Representative on the
Company’s behalf) that shall have been incurred by the Representative in
connection with this Agreement and the proposed purchase and sale of the Stock
and, upon demand, the Company shall pay the full amount thereof to the
Representative.
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10.
SUCCESSORS; PERSONS ENTITLED TO BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement
shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Placement Agents, the
Purchasers, the Company, and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or
mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person
other than the persons mentioned in the preceding sentence any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement, or any
provisions herein contained, this Agreement and all conditions and provisions
hereof being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive benefit of such
persons and for the benefit of no other person; except that the representations,
warranties, covenants, agreements and indemnities of the Company contained in
this Agreement shall also be for the benefit of the Placement Agent Indemnified
Parties, and the indemnities of the Placement Agents shall also be for the
benefit of the Company Indemnified Parties. It is understood that the Placement
Agents’ responsibilities to the Company are solely contractual in nature
and the Placement Agents do not owe the Company, or any other party, any
fiduciary duty as a result of this Agreement.
11.
SURVIVAL OF INDEMNITIES, REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, ETC. The respective
indemnities, covenants, agreements, representations, warranties and other
statements of the Company and the Placement Agents, as set forth in this
Agreement or made by them respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain
in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf
of the Placement Agents, the Company, the Purchasers or any person controlling
any of them and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Stock.
12.
NOTICES. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall
be in writing, and:
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(a)
if to the Placement
Agents, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile
transmission to XX Xxxxx Securities Corporation, 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Esq.
(Fax: 000-000-0000), with a copy to: Xxxxx Raysman Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
& Xxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Esq. (Fax: 000-000-0000). |
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(b)
if to the Company shall be
delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to
Targeted Genetics Corporation, 0000 Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx (Fax: 000-000-0000), with
a copy to: Xxxxxx & Whitney LLP, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx (Fax:
000-000-0000). |
13.
DEFINITIONS OF CERTAIN TERMS. The terms which follow, when used in this
Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.
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“Business
Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, a legal holiday, a day
on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to
close in New York City or any day on which the Nasdaq SmallCap Market is not open for
trading.
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“Effective
Date” shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement (and any
post-effective amendment or amendments thereto) became or becomes effective.
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“Execution
Time” shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered
by the parties hereto.
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“Interference
Proceeding” shall have the meaning set forth in 35 U.S.C. § 135.
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“To
the Company’s knowledge” and words of similar import (such as “the
Company not being aware”) shall mean that which Company directors, officers and
employees at the director level and above actually know or should have known using the
exercise of reasonable due diligence.
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14.
GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
15.
PLACEMENT AGENTS’ INFORMATION. The parties hereto acknowledge and
agree that, for all purposes of this Agreement, the Placement Agents’
Information consists solely of the statements concerning the Placement Agents
contained in the first paragraph under the heading “Plan of
Distribution” in the Prospectus Supplement.
16.
PARTIAL UNENFORCEABILITY. The invalidity or unenforceability of any
Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any
Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined
to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor
changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and
enforceable.
17.
GENERAL. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties
to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all
contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to
the subject matter hereof. In this Agreement, the masculine, feminine and neuter
genders and the singular and the plural include one another. The section
headings in this Agreement are for the convenience of the parties only and will
not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. This Agreement
may be amended or modified, and the observance of any term of this Agreement may
be waived, only by a writing signed by the Company and the Representative.
18.
COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts,
each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures
thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
19.
CONSENT TO ACT AS REPRESENTATIVE. Xxxx Capital Partners, LLC
(“Xxxx”) consents and agrees that XX Xxxxx Securities
Corporation (“XX Xxxxx”) will act as Representative of the
Placement Agents under this Agreement and with respect to the sale of the Stock.
Accordingly, Xxxx authorizes XX Xxxxx to manage the Offering and sale of the
Stock and to take such action in connection therewith as XX Xxxxx in its sole
discretion deems appropriate or desirable, consistent with the provisions of the
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Agreement Among Underwriters
previously entered into between XX Xxxxx and Xxxx, taking into account that the
Offering of the Stock will be in the form of a best efforts placement and not a
firm commitment underwriting.
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If
the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of the agreement between the
Company and the Placement Agents, kindly indicate your acceptance in the space provided
for that purpose below.
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Very truly yours,
TARGETED GENETICS CORPORATION
By: /s/ H. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: H. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Pres. & CEO
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Accepted as of
the date first above written:
XX XXXXX SECURITIES
CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
XXXX CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC
By:
/s/ Xxxx X. Delfonse
Name: Xxxx X. Delfonse
Title: Managing Director
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Schedule I
Placement Agents
XX Xxxxx Securities Corporation
Xxxx Capital Partners, LLC
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Exhibit A
Form of Subscription Agreement
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Exhibit B
Form of Lock-Up Agreement
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Exhibit C-1
Legal Opinion of
Xxxxxx & Whitney LLP
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Exhibit C-2
Legal Opinion of Xxxxxxxx
& Xxxxxxxx LLP
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