Exhibit 1.1
UNDERWRITING
AGREEMENT
[___], 2018
Alexander Capital, L.P.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Introduction. This underwriting
agreement (this “Agreement”) constitutes the agreement between Summit Semiconductor, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(collectively with its subsidiaries and affiliates, including, without limitation, all entities disclosed or described in the Registration
Statement (as hereafter defined) as being subsidiaries or affiliates of the Company, the “Company”), and Alexander
Capital, L.P. and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A attached hereto
(collectively, the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which Alexander Capital, L.P. shall act
as representative (in such capacity, the “Representative”) for the Company in connection with the proposed
offering (the “Offering”) by the Company of its Shares (as defined below).
The Representative and Underwriters will
act on a “best efforts” basis up to a maximum offering amount of $15,000,000 (the “Maximum Subscription Amount”)
of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”), par value $0.0001 per share (the “Shares”),
to various investors (each an “Investor” and collectively, the “Investors”) at a purchase
price of $[ ] per Share (the “Purchase Price”). The Shares and the Representative’s Warrant (as defined
below) are herein collectively called the “Securities.” The Company agrees and acknowledges that there is no
guarantee of the successful sale of the Shares, or any portion thereof, in the prospective Offering.
The Company hereby confirms its agreement
with the Representative and Underwriters as follows:
Section 1. Agreement to Act as Representative
(a) 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, the Representative shall be the exclusive Representative in connection with the Offering, which shall be undertaken
pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement (as defined below), with the terms of such Offering to be subject to market
conditions and negotiations between the Company and the Representative. The Representative will act on a best efforts basis and
the Company agrees and acknowledges that there is no guarantee of the successful sale of the Shares, or any portion thereof, in
the prospective Offering. Under no circumstances will the Representative or any of their respective “Affiliates” (as
defined below) be obligated to financially underwrite or purchase any of the Shares for its own account or otherwise provide any
financing. The Representative shall act solely as the Company’s agent and not as principal. The Representative shall have
no authority to bind the Company with respect to any prospective offer to purchase Shares and the Company shall have the sole right
to accept offers to purchase Shares and may reject any such offer, in whole or in part. Subject to the Company’s written
consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed, the Representative may (i) create a selling
syndicate of additional Underwriters for the Offering comprised of broker-dealers who are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) and/or (ii) rely on such soliciting dealers who are FINRA members to participate in
placing a portion of the Offering. The Representative may also retain other brokers or dealers to act as sub-agents or selected
dealers on their behalf in connection with the Offering. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, payment of the purchase price
for, and delivery of, the Shares shall be made at one or more closings (each, a “Closing” and the date on which
a Closing occurs, a “Closing Date”). As compensation for services rendered, on a Closing Date, the Company shall
pay to the Representative and Underwriters the fees and expenses set forth below:
(i) Underwriter’s
Commissions. An underwriter’s commission in cash (the “Cash Fee”) equal to 8% of the gross proceeds
received by the Company from the sale of the Shares at a Closing, which such Cash Fee will be paid to and allocated by the Representative
among the selling syndicate and soliciting dealers in its sole discretion, if applicable.
(ii) Representative’s
Warrants. The Company hereby agrees to issue to the Representative (and/or its designees) on a Closing Date, a warrant to purchase
a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 3% of the total number of Shares sold pursuant
to the Offering (“Representative’s Warrant”). The Representative’s Warrant agreement, in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Representative’s Warrant Agreement”), shall be
exercisable, in whole or in part, commencing 180 days from the effective date of the Registration Statement (the “Effective
Date”) and expiring on the five-year anniversary thereof at an initial exercise price of $[ ] per share, which is equal
to 125% of the Purchase Price of the Shares. The Representative’s Warrant shall include a “cashless” exercise
feature. The Representative understands and agrees that there are significant restrictions pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 against
transferring the Representative’s Warrant and the underlying shares of common stock during the one hundred eighty (180) days
after the Effective Date and by its acceptance thereof shall agree that it will not sell, transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate
the Representative’s Warrant Agreement, or any portion thereof, or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative,
put or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of such securities for a period of one hundred
eighty (180) days following the Effective Date to anyone other than (i) an Underwriter or a selected dealer in connection with
the Offering, or (ii) a bona fide officer or partner of the Representative, an Underwriter or of any such selected dealer;
and only if any such transferee agrees to the foregoing lock-up restrictions.
Delivery of the Representative’s
Warrant Agreement shall be made on a Closing Date and shall be issued in the name or names and in such authorized denominations
as the Representative may request.
(iii) Non-Accountable
Expenses. To reimburse the Representative for expenses customarily incurred by an underwriter
during the process, the Company shall pay to the Representative a success-based non-accountable expense allowance in the amount
of 1% of the gross proceeds of the offering.
(iv) Expenses.
Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Registration Statement are consummated or this Agreement
is terminated, the Company hereby agrees to pay all costs and expenses incident to the Offering, including the following:
A. the
cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar for the Shares;
B. The
Company will bear all fees, disbursements and expenses (including but not limited to all representations) in connection with the
proposed offering, including, without limitation, the Company’s legal and accounting fees and disbursements, the costs of
preparing, printing and delivering the Registration Statement, Prospectus and amendments, post-effective amendments and supplements
thereto. In particular, the Company hereby agrees to pay on each of the Closing Date to the extent not paid at the Closing Date,
all expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement, including, but not limited to:
(1) all filing fees and communication expenses relating to the registration of the shares of Common Stock to be sold in the Offering
with the Commission; (2) all filing fees associated with the review of the Offering by FINRA; (3) all fees and expenses relating
to the listing of the Common Stock, (4) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to the registration, qualification or exemption
of the Securities under the securities laws of such foreign jurisdictions as the Company and the Representative together determine;
(5) the costs of all mailing and printing of the placement documents, Registration Statements, Prospectuses and all amendments,
supplements and exhibits thereto and as many preliminary and final Prospectuses as the Representative may reasonably deem necessary;
(6) the costs of preparing, printing and delivering certificates representing the Shares; (7) fees and expenses of the transfer
agent for the shares of Common Stock; (8) stock transfer and/or stamp taxes, if any, payable upon the transfer of securities from
the Company to the Underwriters.
C. The
Company will reimburse the Representative for a certain amount of the Representative’s accountable expenses, including actual
accountable road show expenses for the offering; the cost associated with the Representative’s use of book-building and compliance
software for the offering, reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of the Representative’s counsel up to an amount
of $75,000 (which maximum shall apply solely to such fees and disbursements of counsel and not to other fees and expenses provided
for in this Section 1(a)(iv)(C)); background checks of the Company’s officers and directors; preparation of bound volumes
and Lucite cube mementos in such quantities as the Representative may reasonably request; provided that these actual accountable
expenses of the Representative shall not exceed $100,000, including the fees and disbursements of the Representative’s counsel.
The Company has delivered to the Representative, $25,000 as an advance to be applied towards the accountable expenses (the “Advance”).
In
the event the offering is terminated, the Advance received against reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with
the offering will be returned to the issuer to the extent not actually incurred in accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(C).
(iv) Exclusivity.
The Representative shall be entitled to compensation under subsections (i), (ii), (iii) and
(iv) of this Section 1(a) hereunder, calculated in the manner set forth therein, with respect to any public or private equity offering
(and for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any strategic partnerships and/or debt financings) (“Tail Financing”)
to the extent that such financing or capital is provided to the Company by investors whom the Underwriters have introduced to the
Company (or whom the Company referred to the Underwriters), and such investors participated in a conference call or a meeting if
such Tail Financing is consummated at any time within the 12-month period following the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
(b) Appointment
of Qualified Independent Underwriter. The Company and the Representative hereby confirm the engagement of X. X. Xxxxxxxx &
Co., Inc. as, and X. X. Xxxxxxxx & Co., Inc. hereby confirms its agreement to render services as, a “qualified independent
underwriter” within the meaning of FINRA Rule 2720 (“Rule 2720”) with respect to the offering and sale
of the Securities. X. X. Xxxxxxxx & Co., Inc., solely in its capacity as qualified independent underwriter and not otherwise,
is referred to herein as the “QIU.”
Section 2. Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of the Company. The Company hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Representative,
as of the date hereof, and as of the Closing Date, except as set out in the Registration Statement as follows:
(a) Securities
Law Filings. The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration
statement on Form S-1 (Registration File No. 333- 224267) under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations (the “Rules
and Regulations”) of the Commission promulgated thereunder. At the time of the Effective Date, the registration statement
and amendments will materially meet the requirements of Form S-1 under the Securities Act. The Company will file with the Commission
pursuant to Rules 430A and 424(b) under the Securities Act, a final prospectus included in such registration statement relating
to the Offering 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 as amended at the date of this
Agreement is hereinafter called the “Prospectus.” All references in this Agreement to financial statements and
schedules and other information that is “contained,” “included,” “described,” “referenced,”
“set forth” or “stated” in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (and all other references of like
import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information that is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be. The Registration Statement
has been declared effective by the Commission on the date hereof. The Company shall, prior to the Closing, file with the Commission
a Form 8-A providing for the registration under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
of the Securities.
(b) Assurances.
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,
at all other subsequent times until the Closing and at the Closing Date, complied in all material respects with the Securities
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 (provided, however, that the preceding representations and warranties contained in this sentence
shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to
the Company by the Representative expressly for use therein (the “Underwriter
Information”)). The Prospectus, as of its date, complies in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable
Rules and Regulations. As of its date, the Prospectus 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 (provided, however, that the preceding representations and warranties
contained in this sentence shall not apply to any Underwriter Information). All post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement
reflecting facts or events arising after the date thereof which represent, individually or in the aggregate, a fundamental change
in the information set forth therein have been so filed with the Commission. There are no documents required to be filed with the
Commission in connection with the transaction contemplated hereby that (x) have not been filed as required pursuant to the Securities
Act or (y) will not be filed within the requisite time period. There are no contracts or other documents required to be described
in the Prospectus or filed as exhibits or schedules to the Registration Statement that have not been described or filed as required.
The Company is eligible to use free writing prospectuses in connection with the Offering pursuant to Rules 164 and 433 under the
Securities Act. Any free writing prospectus that the Company is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act
has been, or will be, filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable Rules
and Regulations. Each free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under
the Securities Act or that was prepared by or behalf of or used by the Company complies or will comply in all material respects
with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations. The Company will not, without the prior consent
of the Representative, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus.
(c) Offering
Materials. 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, as applicable, filed as
a part thereof, and conformed copies of the Registration Statement (without exhibits) and the Prospectus, as amended or 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 Shares other than the Prospectus, the Registration Statement,
and any other materials permitted by the Securities Act.
(d) Subsidiaries.
All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company (the “Subsidiaries”) are described in the Registration
Statement to the extent necessary. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of its capital stock or other equity interests
of each Subsidiary free and clear of any liens, charges, security interests, encumbrances, rights of first refusal, preemptive
rights or other restrictions (collectively, “Liens”), and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock
of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe
for or purchase securities.
(e) Organization
and Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly
existing and in good standing (where applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with
the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation or default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles
of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified
to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of
the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified
or in good standing, as the case may be, could not reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material adverse effect on the legality,
validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other agreement entered into between the Company and the Investors (“Transaction
Documents”), (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects (as such prospects
are described in the Prospectus) or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or
(iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations
under this Agreement or the Offering (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”) and to the best
knowledge of the Company, no action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation
or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened (“Proceeding”) has been instituted
in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.
(f) Authorization;
Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and the Offering and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder
and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and each of the other Transaction Documents and the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the
Company and no further action is required by the Company, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors”)
or the Company’s shareholders in connection therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals (as defined below).
This Agreement each other Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by the Company and, when delivered
in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company
in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by
laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification
and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
(g) No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents to which
it is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s
or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii)
conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result
in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights
of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit
facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company
or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii)
subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction,
decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal
and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected;
except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such conflict, default or violation could not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
(h) Filings,
Consents and Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice
to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other
Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents
to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby, other than: (i) the filing with the Commission of the final Prospectus
as required by Rule 424 under the Securities Act, (ii) application(s) to the NASDAQ Capital Market (the “Trading Market”),
for the listing of the Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby and (iii) such filings as are required
to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).
(i) Issuance
of the Shares; Registration. The Shares are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with this Agreement,
the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and the terms of the Offering as described in the Prospectus, will be duly
and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company. The Company has sufficient
authorized common stock for the issuance of the maximum number of Securities issuable pursuant to the Offering as described in
the Prospectus.
(j) Capitalization.
The capitalization of the Company as of the date hereof is as set forth in the Registration Statement, and the Prospectus. The
Company has not issued any common stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant
to the Company’s equity incentive plans, the issuance of Shares to employees, directors or consultants pursuant to the Company’s
equity incentive plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which
would entitle the holder thereof to acquire Shares at any time, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred shares, right,
option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles
the holder thereof to receive, Shares (“Common Share Equivalents”) and is outstanding as of the date of the
most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of
participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the offering documents. Except as a result
of the purchase and sale of the Shares or as disclosed in the Registration Statement, and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding
options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights
or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire,
any Shares or the capital stock of any Subsidiary, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company
or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional Shares or Common Share Equivalents or capital stock of any Subsidiary.
The issuance and sale of the Shares will not obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to issue Shares or other securities to any
Person (other than the Representative) and will not result in a right of any holder
of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. There are no securities
of the Company or any Subsidiary that have any anti-dilution or similar adjustment rights (other than adjustments for stock splits,
recapitalizations, and the like) to the exercise or conversion price, have any exchange rights, or reset rights. Except as set
forth in the Registration Statement, and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any
Subsidiary that contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements
by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or such Subsidiary. The Company
does not have any share appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement.
All of the outstanding common stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been
issued in compliance in all material respects with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was
issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or
authorization of any shareholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Shares. Except
for the operating agreement of the Company, there are no shareholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements
with respect to the Company’s common stock or other common stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of
the Company, between or among any of the Company’s shareholders.
(k) Material
Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included
within the Registration Statement, except as specifically disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (i) there
has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses
incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the
Company’s financial statements pursuant to United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”)
or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company
has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its shareholders or purchased, redeemed or made
any agreements to purchase or redeem any common stock of the Company and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to
any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans, if any. The Company does not have pending
before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Shares contemplated
by the Prospectus or disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence
or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries
or their respective business, prospects (as such prospects are described in the Prospectus), properties, operations, assets or
financial condition that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation
is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1 trading day prior to the date that this representation is
made.
(l) Litigation.
There is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator,
governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”)
which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the Transaction
Documents and the Offering or the Shares or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof, is or has within the
last 10 years been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws
or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated,
any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company. To the Company’s
knowledge, the Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement
filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.
(m) Labor
Relations. No material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees
of the Company, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’
employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe
that their relationships with their employees are good. No executive officer, to the knowledge of the Company, is, or is now expected
to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement
or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the
continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with
respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local
and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages
and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) Compliance.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been
waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the
Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture,
loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is
bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any
court, arbitrator or governmental body or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any
governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental
protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(o) Regulatory
Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal,
state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the Prospectus,
except where the failure to possess such permits could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material
Permits”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation
or modification of any Material Permit.
(p) Title
to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them
and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries,
in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens disclosed in the Prospectus, Liens as do not materially affect the value
of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and
the Subsidiaries and Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject
to penalties. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid,
subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.
(q) Patents
and Trademarks. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks,
trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property
rights and similar rights necessary or required for use in connection with their respective businesses and which the failure to
so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”). None of, and
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of, the Intellectual Property Rights
has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this
Agreement, except where such action would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary has received, since the date of the latest audited financial statements, a written notice of a claim or otherwise
has any knowledge that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as would not
have or reasonably be expected to not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property
Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The
Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of
their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has no knowledge that it lacks or will be unable to obtain any rights or licenses
to use all Intellectual Property Rights that are necessary to conduct its business.
(r) Insurance.
The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and
in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when
such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without
a significant increase in cost.
(s) Transactions
With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, none of the officers or
directors of the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any
transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract,
agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property
to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company,
any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee
or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii)
reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements
under any stock option plan of the Company.
(t) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx;
Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of
the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 that are effective and applicable to the Company as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable
rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date.
The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that:
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii)
access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect
to any differences. The Company and the Subsidiaries have established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange
Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to
ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The Company’s
certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures of the Company and the Subsidiaries
as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation
Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act 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 changes in the internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined
in the Exchange Act) of the Company and its Subsidiaries that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
the internal control over financial reporting of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(u) Certain
Fees, FINRA Affiliation. Except as set forth herein and in the Prospectus, contemplated by this Agreement, or a separate agreement
regarding the Offering with a soliciting dealer in the sole discretion of the Representative,
no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiary to any broker, financial
advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Documents. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, to the Company’s knowledge,
there are no other arrangements, agreements or understandings of the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its stockholders
that may affect the Representative’s compensation, as determined by FINRA. Except
for payments to the Company’s outside law firm, a partner of which is associated with a FINRA member, as compensation for
routine legal services and not as a commission or finder’s fee, the Company has not made any direct or indirect payments
(in cash, securities or otherwise) to (i) any person, as a finder’s fee, investing fee or otherwise, in consideration of
such person raising capital for the Company or introducing to the Company persons who provided capital to the Company, (ii) any
FINRA member, or (iii) any person or entity that has any direct or indirect affiliation or association with any FINRA member within
the 12-month period prior to the date on which the Registration Statement was filed with the Commission (the “Filing Date”)
or thereafter. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, to the Company’s knowledge, no (i) officer
or director of the Company or its subsidiaries, (ii) owner of 5% or more of the Company’s unregistered securities or that
of its subsidiaries or (iii) owner of any amount of the Company’s unregistered securities acquired within the 180-day period
prior to the Filing Date, has any direct or indirect affiliation or association with any FINRA member. The Company will advise
the Representative and its counsel if it becomes aware that any officer, director
or stockholder of the Company or its subsidiaries is or becomes an affiliate or associated person of a FINRA member participating
in the Offering.
(v) Investment
Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Shares, will not
be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become an “investment company” subject to registration
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(w) Registration
Rights. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, no Person has any right to cause the Company to
effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company.
(x) Registration.
The Company shall use its best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and a current Prospectus relating
thereto for as long as the Offered Shares and the Representative’s Warrants
remain outstanding. During any period when the Company fails to have maintained an effective Registration Statement or a current
Prospectus relating thereto and a holder of an Representative’s Warrant desires to exercise such warrants and, in the opinion
of counsel to the holder, Rule 144 is not available as an exemption from registration for the resale of the Company’s common
stock underlying such warrants (such shares, the “Warrant Shares”), the Company shall promptly file a registration
statement registering the resale of the Warrant Shares and use its best efforts to have it declared effective by the Commission
within thirty (30) days.
(y) No
Integrated Offering. Neither the Company or any Affiliate or any Person acting on their behalf, has, directly or indirectly,
made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this
offering of the Shares to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of any applicable shareholder approval
provisions of the NASDAQ Capital Market.
(z) Solvency.
Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the receipt by the
Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Shares hereunder, the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds
the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash,
are sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company does
not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash
to be payable on or in respect of its debt). Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company
has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under
the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date. The Registration Statement and
the Prospectus sets forth as of the date hereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary,
or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness”
means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in
the ordinary course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness
of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto),
except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course
of business; and (z) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in
accordance with GAAP. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.
(aa) Tax Status.
Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
the Company and each Subsidiary (i) has made or filed all income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by
any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material
in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations and (iii) has set aside on its books provision
reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports
or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction,
and the officers of the Company or of any Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.
(bb) Statistical
or Market-Related Data. Any statistical, industry-related and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, are based on or derived from sources that the Company reasonably and in good faith
believes to be reliable and accurate, and such data agree with the sources from which they are derived.
(cc) Accountants.
BPM LLP (“BPM”) is the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. To the knowledge and belief
of the Company, such accounting firm (i) is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act and (ii) has expressed
its opinion with respect to the financial statements of the Company for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.
(dd) Office of
Foreign Assets Control. Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or
affiliate of the Company is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the
U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”).
(ee) Company
Not Ineligible Issuer. (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement relating to the Shares and (ii) as of the date
of the execution and delivery of this Agreement (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause
(ii)), the Company met all the requirements set forth in General Instruction VII of Form S-1.
(ff) Bank Holding
Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended
(the “BHCA”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal
Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%)
or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total equity of
a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation
by the Federal Reserve.
(gg) Certificates.
Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to any of the Representative
or to counsel for the Representative shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty
by the Company to the Representative as to the matters set forth therein.
(hh) Reliance.
The Company acknowledges that the Representative will rely upon the accuracy and truthfulness
of the foregoing representations and warranties and hereby consents to such reliance.
(ii) Forward-Looking
Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange
Act) contained in either the Registration Statement or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or
has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(jj) Listing
and Maintenance Requirements. The Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company
has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the
Shares under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such
registration. The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance
with all such listing and maintenance requirements. The Shares are currently eligible for electronic transfer through the Depository
Trust Company or another established clearing corporation and the Company is current in payment of the fees to the Depository Trust
Company (or such other established clearing corporation) in connection with such electronic transfer. The issuance and sale of
the Shares hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the NASDAQ Capital Market.
(kk) Foreign
Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person acting on behalf of
the Company, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful
expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials
or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully
any contribution made by the Company (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation
of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
(ll) Regulation
M Compliance. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly,
any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate
the sale or resale of any of the Shares, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of,
any of the Shares, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities
of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Underwriters in connection with the
Offering.
(mm) U.S. Real
Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning
of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon the Representative’s
request.
(nn) Money Laundering.
The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial
record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable
money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”),
and no Action or Proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company
or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, threatened.
Section 3. Delivery
and Payment.
(a) Closing.
The Closing shall occur at such place as shall be agreed upon by the Representative
and the Company and may also be conducted electronically via the remote exchange of Closing documentation. Subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, and except as may otherwise be agreed or arranged between the parties, at the Closing, payment of the purchase
price for the Shares sold on the Closing Date shall be made by federal funds wire transfer against delivery of such Shares. All
actions taken at the Closing shall be deemed to have occurred simultaneously.
(c) Payment
and Delivery of Shares. Payment for the Shares shall be made on the Closing Date by wire transfer in Federal (same day)
funds, payable to the order of the Company, upon delivery of the certificates (in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative)
representing the Shares (or through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”)) for the account
of the Underwriters. The Shares shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denominations as the Representative
may request in writing at least two (2) full Business Days prior to the Closing Date. The Company shall not be obligated to sell
or deliver the Shares except upon tender of payment by the Representative for all
of the Shares.
Section 4. Covenants
and Agreements of the Company. The Company further covenants and agrees with the Representative
and Underwriters as follows:
(a) Registration
Statement Matters. The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is
used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed
if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to
the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will 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 or amendment to the Prospectus has been filed and will furnish the Representative with copies thereof.
The Company will 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), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for
so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the Offering. The Company will advise the Representative,
promptly after it receives notice thereof (i) of any request by the Commission to amend the Registration Statement or to amend
or supplement the Prospectus or for additional information, and (ii) 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 preventing or suspending the
use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, of
the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the institution or threatened institution
of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent
the issuance of any such stop order or prevention or suspension of such use. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order
or order or notice of prevention or suspension at any time, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain
the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment, or will file a new registration statement and use its best efforts to
have such new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall
comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A, 430B and 430C, as applicable, under the Securities Act, including with respect
to the timely filing of documents thereunder, and will use its reasonable efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company
under such Rule 424(b) are received in a timely manner by the
(b) Blue
Sky Compliance. The Company will cooperate with the Representative in endeavoring to qualify the Shares for sale under the
securities laws of such jurisdictions (United States and foreign) as the Representative may reasonably request and will make such
applications, file such documents, and furnish such information as may be reasonably required for that purpose, provided the
Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction
where it is not now so qualified or required to file such a consent, and provided further that the Company shall not be
required to produce any new disclosure document other than the Prospectus. The Company will, from time to time, prepare and file
such statements, reports and other documents as are or may be required to continue such qualifications in effect for so long a
period as the Representative may reasonably request for distribution of the Shares. The Company will advise the Representative
promptly of the suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating to) the Shares for offering,
sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the
issuance of any order suspending such qualification, registration or exemption, the Company shall use its best efforts to obtain
the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(c) Amendments
and Supplements to the Prospectus and Other Matters. The Company will comply with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Shares as
contemplated in this Agreement and the Prospectus. If during the period in which a prospectus is required by law to be delivered
in connection with the distribution of Shares contemplated by the Prospectus (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”),
any event shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the opinion of the Representative or counsel for
the Representative, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, as the case may be, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to
amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with any law, the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, and
furnish at its own expense to the Representative, Underwriters and to dealers, an appropriate amendment to the Registration Statement
or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that is necessary in order to make the statements in the Prospectus
as so amended or supplemented, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, as the case may be, not misleading,
or so that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, will comply with law. Before amending the
Registration Statement or supplementing the 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 any such amendment or supplement to which the Representative
reasonably objects; the Representative, and its counsel shall have three (3) business days to review and return any comments to
the Company.
(d) Copies
of any Amendments and Supplements to the Prospectus. The Company will furnish the Representative, without charge, during the
period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the Closing Date of the Offering, as many copies of the Prospectus and any amendments
and supplements thereto as the Representative may reasonably request.
(e) Free
Writing Prospectus. The Company covenants that it will not, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representative, make
any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a Company Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free
writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission
or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the Securities Act. In the event that the Representative expressly consents in writing
to any such free writing prospectus (a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”), the Company covenants that it shall (i)
treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as a Company Free Writing Prospectus, and (ii) comply with the requirements of Rule
164 and 433 of the Securities Act applicable to such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with
the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(f) Transfer
Agent. The Company will maintain, at its expense, a registrar and transfer agent for its common stock for so long as the common
stock are publicly-traded.
(g) Periodic
Reporting Obligations. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will duly file, on a timely basis, with the Commission
all reports and documents required to be filed under the Exchange Act within the time periods and in the manner required by the
Exchange Act.
(h) Additional
Documents. The Company will enter into any subscription, purchase or other customary agreements as the Representative deems
necessary or appropriate to consummate the Offering, all of which will be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company
and the Representative. The Company agrees that the Representative may rely upon, and each is a third party beneficiary of, the
representations and warranties set forth in any such purchase, subscription or other agreement with Investors in the Offering.
(i) No
Manipulation of Price. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that
has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities
of the Company.
(j) Acknowledgment.
The Company acknowledges that any advice given by the Representative to the Company is solely for the benefit and use of the Board
of Directors of the Company and may not be used, reproduced, disseminated, quoted or referred to, without such Representative’s
prior written consent.
Section 5. Conditions
of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder shall be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties on the part of the Company set forth in Section 2 hereof, in each case as of the date hereof and
as of the Closing Date as though then made, to the timely performance by each of the Company of its covenants and other obligations
hereunder on and as of such dates, and to each of the following additional conditions:
(a) Accountants’
Comfort Letter. On the date hereof, the Representative shall have received, and the Company shall have caused to be delivered
to the Representative, a letter from BPM addressed to the Representative, dated as of the date hereof, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Representative. The letter shall not disclose any change in the condition (financial or other), earnings, operations, business
or prospects of the Company from that set forth in the Prospectus, which, in the Representative’s
sole judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in the Representative’s
sole judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the Offering of the Shares as contemplated by the Prospectus.
(b) Compliance
with Registration Requirements; No Stop Order; No Objection from the FINRA. The Registration Statement shall have become effective
and all necessary regulatory and listing approvals shall have been received not later than 5:30 P.M., New York City time, on the
date of this Agreement, or at such later time and date as shall have been consented to in writing by the Representative.
The Prospectus (in accordance with Rule 424(b)) and “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act), if any, shall have been duly filed with the Commission in a timely fashion in accordance with the terms thereof. At or prior
to the Closing Date and the actual time of the Closing, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission;
no order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have
been initiated or threatened by the Commission; no order having the effect of ceasing or suspending the distribution of the Shares
or any other securities of the Company shall have been issued by any securities commission, securities regulatory authority or
stock exchange and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or shall be pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
contemplated by any securities commission, securities regulatory authority or stock exchange; all requests for additional information
on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with; and the FINRA shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness
of the placement terms and arrangements.
(c) Corporate
Proceedings. All corporate proceedings and other legal matters in connection with this Agreement, the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, and the registration, sale and delivery of the Shares, shall have been completed or resolved in a manner reasonably
satisfactory to the Representative’s counsel, and such counsel shall have been
furnished with such papers and information as it may reasonably have requested to enable such counsels to pass upon the matters
referred to in this Section 5.
(d) No
Material Adverse Effect. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date, in the Representative’s
sole judgment after consultation with the Company, there shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Opinion
of Counsel for the Company. The Representative shall have received on the Closing
Date the favorable opinion of Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx P.C., Company securities counsel, dated as of
such Closing Date, including, without limitation, a customary negative assurance letter, addressed to the Representative
in reasonable and customary form satisfactory to the Representative regarding due
incorporation, validity of the common stock and due authorization, execution and delivery of the Agreement,
(f) Officers’
Certificate. The Representative shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate
of the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, signed by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company,
to the effect that, and the Representative shall be satisfied that, the signers of
such certificate have reviewed the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and this Agreement and to the further effect that:
(i) The
representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, as if made on and as of such Closing Date,
and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
at or prior to such Closing Date;
(ii) No
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the use of the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings
for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened under the Securities Act;
no order having the effect of ceasing or suspending the distribution of the Shares or any other securities of the Company has been
issued by any securities commission, securities regulatory authority or stock exchange in the United States and no proceedings
for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, contemplated by any securities commission,
securities regulatory authority or stock exchange in the United States;
(iii) When
the Registration Statement became effective, at the time of sale, and at all times subsequent thereto up to the delivery of such
certificate, the Registration Statement, when it became effective, contained all material information required to be included therein
by the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, as the case may be, and in all material
respects conformed to the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder,
as the case may be, and the Registration Statement, did not and does not include 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, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading (provided, however, that the preceding representations and warranties
contained in this paragraph (iii) shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the
Underwriter Information) and, since the effective date of the Registration Statement, there has occurred no event required by the
Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder to be set forth in the Registration Statement which has
not been so set forth; and
(iv) Subsequent
to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been:
(a) any Material Adverse Effect; (b) any transaction that is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, except
transactions entered into in the ordinary course of business; (c) any obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the
Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary, except obligations incurred in the ordinary
course of business; (d) any material change in the capital stock (except changes thereto resulting from the exercise of outstanding
options or warrants or conversion of outstanding indebtedness into common stock of the Company) or outstanding indebtedness of
the Company or any Subsidiary (except for the conversion of such indebtedness into common stock of the Company); (e) any dividend
or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made on common stock of the Company; or (f) any loss or damage (whether or not insured)
to the property of the Company or any Subsidiary which has been sustained or will have been sustained which has a Material Adverse
Effect.
(h) Secretary’s
Certificate. At of the Closing Date the Representative shall have received a certificate
of the Company signed by the Secretary of the Company, dated the Closing Date, certifying: (i) that each of the Company’s
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws attached to such certificate is true and complete, has not been modified and is in full force
and effect; (ii) that each of the Subsidiaries Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or charter documents attached to such certificate
is true and complete, has not been modified and is in full force and effect; (iii) that the resolutions of the Company’s
Board of Directors relating to the Offering attached to such certificate are in full force and effect and have not been modified;
and (iv) the good standing of the Company and each of the Subsidiaries. The documents referred to in such certificate shall be
attached to such certificate.
(i) Bring-down
Comfort Letter. On the Closing Date, the Representative shall have received from
BPM, or such other independent registered public accounting firm engaged by the Company at such time, a letter dated as of such
Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, to the effect
that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 5, except that the specified
date referred to therein for the carrying out of procedures shall be no more than three business days prior to such Closing Date.
(j) Additional
Documents. On or before the Closing Date, the Representative and counsel for the
Representative shall have received such customary information and documents as they
may reasonably require for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Shares as contemplated herein,
or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions
or agreements, herein contained. If any condition specified in this Section 5 is not satisfied when and as required to be satisfied,
this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by notice to the Company at
any time on or prior to the Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on the part of any party to any other party,
except that Section 6 (Payment of Expenses), Section 7 (Indemnification and Contribution) and Section 8 (Representations and Indemnities
to Survive Delivery) shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.
(k) Subsequent
to the execution and delivery of this Agreement or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not have been
any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company (other than as described in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus) or any change or development involving a change, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of
business, in the business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, shareholders' equity, properties or prospects
of the Company, taken as a whole, including but not limited to the occurrence of any fire, flood, storm, explosion, accident, act
of war or terrorism or other calamity, the effect of which, in any such case described above, is, in the sole reasonable judgment
of the Representative, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable
to proceed with the sale of Shares or Offering as contemplated hereby.
(l) Subsequent
to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and up to a Closing Date, there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i)
trading in securities generally on the NASDAQ Capital Market or any Trading Markets shall not have commenced, (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, (ii) the United States shall have become engaged in hostilities in which
it is not currently engaged, the subject of an act of terrorism, there shall have been an escalation in hostilities involving the
United States, or there shall have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States, or (iii) there shall
have occurred any other calamity or crisis or any change in general economic, political or financial conditions in the United States
or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event in clause (ii) or (iii) makes it, in the sole judgment of the Representative,
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the sale or delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated by
the Prospectus.
(m) The
Representative shall have received a lock-up agreement from each Lock-Up Party set
forth on Schedule C attached hereto, duly executed by the applicable Lock-Up Party, in each case substantially in the form
attached as Exhibit B.
(n) No
action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal,
state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares;
and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent
the issuance or sale of the Shares or materially and adversely affect or potentially materially and adversely affect the business
or operations of the Company.
(o) The
Company will enter into a customary subscription agreement with Investors and will deliver any additional customary certificates
or documents as the Representative deems necessary or appropriate to consummate the
Offering, all of which will be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Representative.
The Company agrees that the Representative may rely upon, and is a third-party beneficiary
of, the representations and warranties and applicable covenants set forth in the purchase agreement with Investors.
If any of the conditions
specified in this Section 5 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement, or if any of the certificates,
opinions, written statements or letters furnished to the Representative or to Representative's
counsel pursuant to this Section 5 shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative
and to Representative's counsel, all obligations of the Representative
hereunder may be cancelled by the Representative at, or at any time prior to, the
consummation of the Offering. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or orally. Any such oral notice
shall be confirmed promptly thereafter in writing.
Section 6. Payment
of Company Expenses. The Company agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with the
performance of its obligations hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation:
(i) all expenses incident to the issuance, delivery and qualification of the Shares (including all printing and engraving costs);
(ii) all fees and expenses of the registrar and transfer agent of the Shares; (iii) all necessary issue, transfer and other stamp
taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares; (iv) all fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel, independent
public or certified public accountants and other advisors; (v) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation,
printing, filing, shipping and distribution of the Registration Statement (including financial statements, exhibits, schedules,
consents and certificates of experts), the Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, and this Agreement; (vi) all
filing fees, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Company or the Representative
in connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any part
of the Shares for offer and sale under the state securities or blue sky laws or the securities laws of any other country, and,
if reasonably requested by the Representative, preparing and printing a “Blue Sky Survey,” an “International
Blue Sky Survey” or other memorandum, and any supplements thereto, advising any of the Representative of such qualifications,
registrations and exemptions; (vii) if applicable, the filing fees incident to the review and approval by the FINRA of the Representative’s
participation in the offering and distribution of the Shares; (viii) the fees and expenses associated with including the Shares
on the Trading Market; and (ix) all costs and expenses incident to the travel and accommodation of the Company’s employees
on the “roadshow,” as described in Section 1(a)(iii) of this Agreement.
Section 7. Indemnification
and Contribution. The Company agrees to indemnify the Representative and the QIU in accordance with the provisions of Schedule
B attached hereto, which is incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof.
Section 8. Representations
and Indemnities to Survive Delivery. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements
of the Company or any person controlling the Company, of its officers, and of the Representative set forth in or made pursuant
to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Representative,
the Company, or any of its or their partners, officers or directors or any controlling person, as the case may be, and will survive
delivery of and payment for the Shares sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement. A successor to the Representative,
or to the Company, its directors or officers or any person controlling the Company, shall be entitled to the benefits of the indemnity,
contribution and reimbursement agreements contained in this Agreement.
Section 9. Termination.
(a) This Agreement
shall become effective upon the later of: (i) receipt by the Representative and the Company of notification of the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement or (ii) the execution of this Agreement. The Representative shall have the right to terminate this
Agreement at any time upon 15 days written notice to the Company, or as practical as possible prior to the consummation of the
Closing if: (i) any domestic or international event or act or occurrence has materially disrupted, or in the reasonable opinion
of the Representative will in the immediate future materially disrupt, the market for the Company's securities or securities in
general; or (ii) trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market has been suspended or made subject to material limitations, or minimum or
maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities have been required, on the NASDAQ Capital
Market or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction; or (iii) a banking moratorium
has been declared by any state or federal authority or any material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or
clearance services has occurred; or (iv) (A) there has occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism
involving the United States or there is a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or (B) there has been
any other calamity or crisis or any change in political, financial or economic conditions, if the effect of any such event in (A)
or (B), in the reasonable judgment of the Representative, is so material and adverse that such event makes it impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale and delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Prospectus.
(b) Any notice of termination
pursuant to this Section 9 shall be in writing.
(c) If this Agreement
shall be terminated pursuant to any of the provisions hereof, or if the sale of the Shares provided for herein is not consummated
because any condition to the obligations of the Representative set forth herein is not satisfied 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, the Company will, subject
to demand by the Representative, reimburse the Representative for only those out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees
and expenses of their counsel, and expenses associated with a due diligence report), actually incurred by the Representative in
connection herewith as allowed under FINRA Rule 5110, less any amounts previously paid by the Company; provided, however, that
all such expenses, including the costs and expenses set forth in Section 6 which were actually paid, shall not exceed $100,000
in the aggregate (of which a maximum of $75,000 shall be allocated to legal expenses and a maximum of $25,000 for accountable expenses).
Section 10. Notices.
All communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, hand delivered, delivered by reputable overnight courier
(i.e., Federal Express) or delivered by facsimile or e-mail transmission to the parties hereto as follows:
If to the Representative, then to:
Alexander Capital, L.P.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
With a copy (which shall not
constitute notice) to:
Carmel, Xxxxxxx & XxXxxxxx LLP
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx XxXxxxxx
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
Email: xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
If to the Company:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Chief Executive Officer
Summit Semiconductor, Inc.
0000 Xxx Xxx Xxx Xxx. 000
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxxxx Brog Leinwand Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx,
P.C.
000 0xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
Any party hereto may
change the address for receipt of communications by giving written notice to the others.
Section 11. Successors.
This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, and to the benefit of the employees, officers
and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof, and to their respective successors, and personal representatives,
and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
Section 12. 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.
Section 13. Governing
Law Provisions. This Agreement shall be deemed to have been made and delivered in New York and both this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be governed as to validity, interpretation, construction, effect and in all other respects
by the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof. Each of the Representative,
the Underwriters and the Company: (i) agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement
and/or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be instituted exclusively in New York Supreme Court, County of New York, or in
the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, (ii) waives any objection which it may now or hereafter
have to the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding, and (iii) irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of the New York Supreme
Court, County of New York, and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in any such suit, action
or proceeding. Each of the Representative, the Underwriters and the Company further agrees to accept and acknowledge service of
any and all process which may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding in the New York Supreme Court, County of New York,
or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and agrees that service of process upon the Company
mailed by certified mail to the Company’s address shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the
Company, in any such suit, action or proceeding, and service of process upon the Underwriters mailed by certified mail to the Underwriter’s
respective address shall be deemed in every respect effective service process upon such Underwriter, in any such suit, action or
proceeding.
Section 14. General
Provisions.
(a) 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, including that certain engagement letter
between the parties dated January 1, 2018. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall
be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement may
not be amended or modified unless in writing and signed by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied)
may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. Section headings herein are for the
convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
(b) The
Company acknowledges that in connection with the Offering of the Shares: (i) the Representative and Underwriters have acted at
arm’s length, is not agents of, and owes no fiduciary duties to the Company or any other person, (ii) the Representative
and the Underwriters owe the Company only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and (iii) the Representative
and the Underwriters may have interests that differ from those of the Company. The Company waives to the full extent permitted
by applicable law any claims it may have against the Representative and any of the Underwriters arising from an alleged breach
of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Shares.
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If the foregoing is
in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign below whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts
hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.
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Very truly yours,
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The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is
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Schedule A
The initial public offering price per
share for the Securities shall be $[●].
The purchase price per share for the
Securities to be paid by the several Underwriters shall be $[●], being an amount equal to the initial public offering price
set forth above less $[●] per share,
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Schedule B
Indemnification
The Company hereby
agrees to indemnify and hold the Representative, Underwriters, the QIU, their respective officers, directors, principals, employees,
affiliates, and shareholders, and their respective successors and assigns, harmless from and against any and all loss, claim, damage,
liability, deficiencies, actions, suits, proceedings and costs (including, but not limited to, reasonable legal fees and other
expenses and reasonable disbursements incurred in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending any action, suit
or proceeding, including any inquiry or investigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, or in appearing or preparing
for appearance as witness in any proceeding, including any pretrial proceeding such as a deposition) (collectively, “Losses”)
arising out of, based upon, or in any way related or attributed to, any breach of a representation, warranty or covenant by the
Company contained in this Agreement. The Company will not, however, be responsible for any Losses that have resulted from the Underwriter
Information or the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any individual or entity seeking indemnification or contribution hereunder.
If the Representative
or any Underwriter receives written notice of the commencement of any legal action, suit or proceeding with respect to which the
Company is or may be obligated to provide indemnification pursuant to this Schedule B, the Representative or Underwriter,
as applicable, shall, within thirty (30) days of the receipt of such written notice, give the Company written notice thereof (a
“Claim Notice”). Failure to give such Claim Notice within such thirty (30) day period shall not constitute a waiver
by Alexander Capital, L.P., as applicable, of its respective right to indemnity hereunder with respect to such action, suit or
proceeding. Upon receipt by the Company of a Claim Notice from the Representative or Underwriter with respect to any claim for
indemnification which is based upon a claim made by a third party (“Third Party Claim”), the Company may assume
the defense of the Third Party Claim with counsel of its own choosing, as described below. the Representative or Underwriter, as
applicable, shall cooperate in the defense of the Third Party Claim and shall furnish such records, information and testimony and
attend all such conferences, discovery proceedings, hearings, trial and appeals as may be reasonably required in connection therewith.
The Representative or Underwriter, as applicable, shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action, which shall
be at the Company’s expense if (i) the Company and the Representative or Underwriter, as applicable, shall have mutually
agreed in writing to the retention of such counsel, (ii) the Company shall have failed in a timely manner to assume the defense
and employ counsel or experts reasonably satisfactory to the Representative or Underwriter , as applicable, in such litigation
or proceeding or (iii) the named parties to any such litigation or proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include the Company
and the Representative or Underwriter , as applicable, and representation of the Company and the Representative or Underwriter
, as applicable, by the same counsel or experts would, in the reasonable opinion of the Representative or Underwriter , as applicable,
be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between the Company and the Representative or Underwriter, as applicable.
The Company shall not satisfy or settle any Third Party Claim for which indemnification has been sought and is available hereunder,
without the prior written consent of the Representative or Underwriter, which consent shall not be delayed and which shall not
be required if the Representative or Underwriter, is granted a general release in connection therewith. The indemnification provisions
hereunder shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement.
The Company further
agrees, upon demand by the Representative or Underwriter, to promptly reimburse the Representative or Underwriter for, or pay,
any reasonable fees, expenses or disbursements as to which the Representative or Underwriter has been indemnified herein with such
reimbursement to be made currently as such fees, expenses or disbursements are incurred by the Representative or Underwriter, as
applicable. Notwithstanding the provisions of the aforementioned indemnification, any such reimbursement or payment by the Company
of fees, expenses, or disbursements incurred by the Representative or Underwriter shall be repaid by the Representative or Underwriter
, as applicable, in the event of any proceeding in which a final judgment (after all appeals or the expiration of time to appeal)
is entered in a court of competent jurisdiction against the Representative or Underwriter based solely upon their respective gross
negligence or intentional misconduct in the performance of their respective duties hereunder, and provided further, that the Company
shall not be required to make reimbursement or payment for any settlement effected without the Company’s prior written consent
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
If for any reason the
foregoing indemnification is unavailable or is insufficient to hold any of the Representative or Underwriter harmless, the Company
agrees to contribute the amount paid or payable by the Representative and any Underwriter in such proportion as to reflect not
only the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the applicable Representative or Underwriter, on the other
hand, but also the relative fault of the Company and the Representative or any of the Underwriters as well as any relevant equitable
considerations. In no event shall the Representative or any Underwriter contribute in excess of the fees actually received by it
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
For purposes of this
Agreement, each officer, director, shareholder, and employee or affiliate of the Representative or any Underwriter and each person,
if any, who controls the Representative, the Underwriter (or any affiliate) within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities
Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, shall have the same rights as the Representative or Underwriter with respect to matters
of indemnification by the Company hereunder.
Schedule C
Lock-up Parties
EXHIBIT A
Form of Representative’s Warrant
Agreement
EXHIBIT B
Form of Lock-Up Agreement