SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 4.64
This SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”), dated as of January 23,
2006, is made by and among Amarin Corporation plc, a company
incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (the
“Company”), and [NAME], together with his
permitted transferees (the “Purchaser”).
RECITALS:
A. The Company and the Purchaser are executing and
delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act afforded by
Section 4(2) thereof
and/or
Regulation D or Regulation S thereunder.
B. The Purchaser desires to purchase and the Company
desires to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this
Agreement, Ordinary Shares (as defined below) and Warrants (as
defined below) in an aggregate amount of up to
US$[ ].
C. The capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined have the meanings given them in Article 7.
AGREEMENT
In consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
Company and the Purchaser hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
PURCHASE AND
SALE OF SECURITIES
Section 1.1. Purchase
and Sale of Securities. At the Closing, the
Company will issue and sell the Purchaser, and the Purchaser
will purchase from the Company the number of Ordinary Shares
(the “Shares”) and the number of the warrants
to purchase Ordinary Shares (substantially in the form attached
as Exhibit B hereto) (the “Warrants”) set
forth opposite the Purchaser’s name on Exhibit A
hereto (the Shares and Warrants referred to collectively as the
“Securities”). The purchase price for each unit
of the Securities shall be US$2.50 (the “Purchase
Price”). For each one Share purchased by a Purchaser,
such Purchaser shall receive a Warrant to purchase 0.35 of an
Ordinary Share at an exercise price per share equal to US$3.06
(representing 120% of the closing price of the American
Depositary Shares of the Company (the “ADSs”)
as reported on Nasdaq (symbol “AMRN”) on
January 20, 2006 (the “ADS Closing
Price”)).
Section 1.2. Payment. At
or prior to the Closing, the Purchaser will pay the aggregate
Purchase Price set forth opposite its name on Exhibit A
hereto by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
Company in accordance with wire instructions provided by the
Company to the Purchaser prior to the Closing. The Company will
instruct its registrar to deliver to the Purchaser, on an
expedited basis, a certificate evidencing the number of Shares
set forth on Exhibit A in the name of such Purchaser and
will deliver Warrants to purchase the Warrant Shares against
delivery of the aggregate Purchase Price on the Closing Date.
Section 1.3. Closing
Date. The closing of the transaction contemplated
by this Agreement (the “Closing”) will take
place January 26, 2006 (the “Closing
Date”) at the offices of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx &
Xxxxxxx LLP, 00
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000-0000
or at such other time and place as shall be agreed upon by the
Company and Purchaser.
ARTICLE 2
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except as specifically contemplated by this Agreement or as set
forth in the SEC Documents (as defined herein) or the Disclosure
Schedules (as defined herein), which Disclosure Schedules are
attached hereto and shall be deemed a part hereof, the Company
hereby represents and warrants as follows:
Section 2.1. Organization
and Qualification. The Company and each
Subsidiary are duly incorporated and validly existing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, with the
requisite corporate power and authority under such laws to
conduct its business as currently conducted as disclosed in the
SEC Documents. The Company has corporate power and authority to
do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the
business conducted by it or property owned by it makes such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so
authorized would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. The Company has no Subsidiaries other than as
disclosed in the SEC Documents which, in each case, is wholly
owned by the Company.
Section 2.2. Authorization;
Enforcement. The Company has all requisite
corporate power and authority to enter into and to perform its
obligations under this Agreement, to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and to issue the Securities in accordance
with the terms hereof. The execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by it of
the transactions contemplated hereby (including the issuance of
the Securities) have been duly authorized by the Company’s
Board of Directors and no further consent or authorization of
the Company, its Board of Directors, or its shareholders is
required. This Agreement has been duly executed by the Company
and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof,
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
except as enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or moratorium or similar
laws affecting creditors’ and contracting parties’
rights generally and except as enforceability may be subject to
general principles of equity (including, without limitation,
concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair
dealing) and except as rights to indemnity and contribution may
be limited by applicable laws or public policy underlying such
laws.
Section 2.3. Capitalization. The
capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the SEC
Documents as adjusted to give effect to the Company’s
private placement of its ordinary shares and warrants
consummated on December 21, 2005 (the “December
Private Placement”). All of the issued shares of
capital stock of the Company are validly issued and fully paid.
Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities,
the purchase and sale of the securities under the December
Private Placement and as set forth in the SEC Documents, there
are no outstanding options, warrants, rights to subscribe to, or
securities, rights or obligations convertible into, or giving
any person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any Ordinary
Shares or any options, warrants, rights or other instruments
convertible into or exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares. The
Company’s Memorandum of Association and Articles of
Association (the “Memorandum and Articles of
Association”), as in effect on the date hereof, are
filed as exhibits to the SEC Documents.
Section 2.4. Issuance
of Securities. The Shares and all of the Ordinary
Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Warrants (the
“Warrant Shares”) are within the authorized
share capital of the Company and, upon issuance in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement (and in case of the Warrant
Shares, the Warrants), will be validly issued and fully paid
and, except for antidilution adjustments described in
Schedule 1 of the Disclosure Schedules, will not be subject
to preemptive rights or other similar rights of shareholders of
the Company.
Section 2.5. No
Conflicts; Government Consents and Permits.
(a) The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of
the transactions contemplated hereby (including the issuance of
the Securities) will not (i) conflict with or result in a
violation of any provision of its Memorandum and Articles of
Association or require the approval of the Company’s
shareholders, (ii) violate or conflict with, or result in a
material breach of any provision of, or constitute a default
under, any agreement, indenture, or instrument to which the
Company or its Subsidiary is a party, or (iii) subject to
receipt of Required Approvals (as defined below), result in a
violation of any applicable law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment or decree (including United States federal and state
securities laws and regulations and regulations of any
self-regulatory organizations to which the Company or its
securities are subject) applicable to the
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Company or its Subsidiary, except in the case of
clauses (ii) and (iii) only, for such conflicts,
breaches, defaults, and violations as would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Assuming the accuracy of the Purchaser’s
representations and warranties in Article 3 hereof, the
Company is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or
order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or
governmental agency or any regulatory or self regulatory agency
in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its
obligations under this Agreement in accordance with the terms
hereof, or to issue and sell the Securities in accordance with
the terms hereof, other than such as have been made or obtained,
and except for (i) the registration of the Shares and
Warrant Shares under the Securities Act pursuant to
Section 6 hereof, (ii) any filings required to be made
under English law or U.S. federal or state or foreign
securities laws, and (iii) any required filings or
notifications regarding the issuance or listing of additional
shares with Nasdaq (collectively, the “Required
Approvals”).
(c) The Company and each Subsidiary have all franchises,
permits, licenses, and any similar authority necessary for the
conduct of its business as now being conducted by it as
described in the SEC Documents, except for such franchise,
permit, license or similar authority, the lack of which would
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
(“Material Permits”). Neither the Company nor
its Subsidiary has received any actual notice of any proceeding
relating to revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
Section 2.6. SEC
Documents, Financial Statements. The Company has
filed all reports required to be filed by it under the Exchange
Act for the two years preceding the date hereof (all of the
foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits
included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto
and documents (other than exhibits) incorporated by reference
therein, being hereinafter referred to as the “SEC
Documents”) on a timely basis or has received a valid
extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC
Document prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of
their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all
material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and
the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder
applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents,
at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
As of their respective dates, the Financial Statements and the
related notes complied as to form in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and
regulations of the SEC with respect thereto. The Financial
Statements and the related notes have been prepared in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United Kingdom, consistently applied, during the periods
involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in the
Financial Statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the
case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may not
include footnotes, may be condensed or summary statements or may
conform to the SEC’s rules and instructions for annual
reports on
Form 20-F)
and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated
financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and
the consolidated results of its operations and cash flows for
the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited
statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments).
Section 2.7. [Reserved]
Section 2.8. Accounting
Controls. Except as described or referred to in
the SEC Documents, the Company maintains a system of accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization,
(ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles as applied in the United Kingdom
and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to
assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences.
Section 2.9. Absence
of Litigation. Except as described or referred to
in the SEC Documents, as of the date hereof, there is no action,
suit, proceeding or investigation before or by any court, public
board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body
pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against
the Company or any Subsidiary that if determined adversely to
the Company or such Subsidiary would reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company or any
Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof, is or has been
the subject of any action involving a claim of violation of or
liability under federal or state securities laws or a
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claim of breach of fiduciary duty relating to the Company. There
has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not
pending or contemplated, any investigation by the SEC involving
the Company or any Subsidiary or any director or officer of
thereof. The Company has not received any stop order or other
order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement
filed by the Company under the Exchange Act or the Securities
Act and, to the Company’s knowledge, the SEC has not issued
any such order.
Section 2.10. Intellectual
Property Rights. The Company and each Subsidiary
have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications,
trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names,
copyrights, licenses and other similar rights necessary or
material for use in connection with their respective businesses
as currently being conducted as described in the SEC Documents
and which the failure to so have would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the
“Intellectual Property Rights”). Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has received a written notice that
the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or such
Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the rights of any person.
Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, 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.
Section 2.11. Commissions. The
Company has taken no action that would give rise to any claim by
any person for brokerage commissions, placement agent’s
fees or similar payments relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 2.12. Investment
Company. The Company is not and, after giving
effect to the offering and sale of the Securities, will not be
an “investment company” as such term is defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
“Investment Company Act”). The Company shall
conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become
subject to the Investment Company Act.
Section 2.13. No
Material Adverse Change. Since December 31,
2004, except as described or referred to in the SEC Documents
and except for cash expenditures in the ordinary course of
business, there has not been any change in the assets, business,
properties, financial condition or results of operations of the
Company that would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2004, except as
described or referred to in the SEC Documents, (i) there
has not been any dividend or distribution of any kind declared,
set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class
of capital stock, (ii) the Company has not sustained any
material loss or interference with the Company’s business
from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not
covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute
or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or
governmental or regulatory authority, and (iii) the Company
has not incurred any material liabilities except in the ordinary
course of business.
Section 2.14. Nasdaq
Capital Market. The ADSs are listed on the Nasdaq
Capital Market, and, to the Company’s knowledge, there are
no proceedings to revoke or suspend such listing. Except as
described or referred to in the SEC Documents or the Disclosure
Schedules, the Company is in compliance with the requirements of
Nasdaq Capital Market.
Section 2.15. Acknowledgment
Regarding Purchaser’s Purchase of
Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees
that the Purchaser is acting solely in the capacity of an
arm’s length purchaser with respect to this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company further
acknowledges that the Purchaser is not acting as a financial
advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity
with respect to the Company) with respect to this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby and any advice given by the
Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents
to the Company in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby is merely incidental to the
Purchaser’s purchase of the Securities. The Company further
represents to the Purchaser that the Company’s decision to
enter into this Agreement has been based on the independent
evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the
Company and its representatives.
Section 2.16. Accountants. PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, which the Company expects will express its opinion with
respect to the audited financial statements to be included as a
part of the Registration Statement prior to the filing of the
Registration Statement, are an independent public accounting
firm as required by the Securities Act.
Section 2.17. Insurance. The
Company and each Subsidiary are insured by insurers of
recognized financial responsibility against such losses and
risks and in such amounts as the Company believes are prudent
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and customary for a company (i) in the business (currently
limited to the clinical trial stage) and locations in which the
Company and each Subsidiary are engaged and (ii) with the
resources of the Company and each Subsidiary. The Company has
not received any written notice that the Company or any
Subsidiary will not be able to renew its existing insurance
coverage as and when such coverage expires. The Company believes
it will be able to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost
from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its
business.
Section 2.18. Foreign
Corrupt Practices. Since January 1, 2004,
neither the Company, nor to the Company’s knowledge, any
director, officer, agent, employee or other person acting on
behalf of the Company has, in the course of its actions for, or
on behalf of, the Company (i) used any corporate funds for
any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful
expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any
direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic
government official or employee from corporate funds;
(iii) violated or is in violation of in any material
respect any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe,
rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful
payment to any foreign or domestic government official or
employee.
Section 2.19. No
Integration; General Solicitation. Neither the
Company nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its
or their behalf (other than the Placement Agent of the December
Private Placement as to which the Company makes no
representation) 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 Securities to be integrated with any prior offering by the
Company for purposes of the Securities Act other than the
December Private Placement or any applicable shareholder
approval provisions. Neither the Company nor any of its
affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf, has
offered or sold any of the Securities by any form of general
solicitation or general advertising. The Company has offered the
Securities for sale only to the Purchaser and certain other
institutional “accredited investors” within the
meaning of paragraphs (1), (2), (3) or (7) of
Rule 501 under the Securities Act and Persons who are not
“U.S. persons” within the meaning of
Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act.
Section 2.20. No
Registration Rights. No person has the right to
(i) prohibit the Company from filing the Registration
Statement or (ii) other than the purchasers of the
Company’s securities in the December Private Placement,
require the Company to register any securities for sale under
the Securities Act by reason of the filing of the Registration
Statement. The granting and performance of the registration
rights under this Agreement will not violate or conflict with,
or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a
default under, any agreement, indenture, or instrument to which
the Company or any Subsidiary is a party.
Section 2.21. Taxes. The
Company has filed (or has obtained an extension of time within
which to file) all necessary federal, state and foreign income
and franchise tax returns and has paid all taxes shown as due on
such tax returns, except where the failure to so file or the
failure to so pay would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section 2.22. Real
and Personal Property. Except as referred to or
described in the SEC Documents, the Company and each Subsidiary
have good and marketable title to, or have valid rights to lease
or otherwise use, all items of real and personal property that
are material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiary,
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects
and imperfections of title except those that (i) do not
materially interfere with the use of such property by the
Company and the Subsidiary or (ii) would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 2.23. Application
of Takeover Protections. The execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will not impose any restriction
on the Purchaser, or create in any party (including any current
shareholder of the Company) any rights, under any share
acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any
distribution under a rights agreement), or other similar
anti-takeover provisions under the Company’s charter
documents or the laws of England and Wales.
Section 2.24. No
Manipulation of Stock. The Company has not taken,
nor will it take, directly or indirectly any action designed to
stabilize or manipulate the price of the ADSs or any security of
the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the
Shares.
Section 2.25. Related
Party Transactions. Except with respect to the
transactions (i) that are not required to be disclosed or
(ii) to the extent an affiliate of any director or officer
of the Company purchased securities of the
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Company under the December Private Placement, all transactions
that have occurred between or among the Company, on the one
hand, and any of its officers or directors, or any affiliate or
affiliates of any such officer or director, on the other hand,
prior to the date hereof have been disclosed in the SEC
Documents.
Section 2.26. Form F-3
Eligibility. The Company is eligible to register
the resale of its Ordinary Shares in the form of ADSs by the
Purchaser under
Form F-3
promulgated under the Securities Act, and the Company hereby
covenants and agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to
maintain its eligibility to use
Form F-3
until the Registration Statement covering the resale of the
Shares have been filed with, and declared effective by, the SEC.
ARTICLE 3
PURCHASER’S
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Purchaser represents and warrants to the Company with
respect to itself and its purchase hereunder, that:
Section 3.1. Investment
Purpose. The Purchaser is purchasing the
Securities for its own account for investment and not with a
present view toward the public sale or distribution thereof and
has no intention of selling or distributing any of such
Securities or any arrangement or understanding with any other
persons regarding the sale or distribution of such Securities
except in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 and
except as would not result in a violation of the Securities Act.
The Purchaser will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell,
pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose of (or solicit any offers
to buy, purchase or otherwise acquire or take a pledge of) any
of the Securities except in accordance with the provisions of
Article 6 or pursuant to and in accordance with the
Securities Act.
Section 3.2. Purchaser
Status. At the time Purchaser was offered the
Securities, it was, and at the date hereof it is, and on each
date on which it exercises any Warrants, it will be either:
(i) an institutional “accredited investor” as
defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under
the Securities Act or (ii) a person who is not a
“U.S. person” (as defined in Rule 902(k)
under the Securities Act (a “Non-US Person”).
Section 3.3. Reliance
on Exemptions. The Purchaser understands that the
Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance upon
specific exemptions from or non-application of the registration
requirements of United States federal and state securities
laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy
of, and the Purchaser’s compliance with, the
representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and
understandings of the Purchaser set forth herein in order to
determine the availability of such exemptions and the
eligibility of the Purchaser to acquire the Securities.
Section 3.4. Information. The
Purchaser acknowledges that is has been afforded (i) the
opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of,
and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company
concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the
Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the
Securities; (ii) access to information about the Company
and its financial condition, results of operations, businesses,
properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to
evaluate its investment, including, without limitation, the
Company’s SEC Documents and Disclosure Schedules, and the
Purchaser has had the opportunity to review the SEC Documents
and Disclosure Schedules; and (iii) the opportunity to
obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or
can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is
necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect
to the investment.
Section 3.5. Acknowledgement
of Risk.
(a) The Purchaser acknowledges and understands that its
investment in the Securities involves a significant degree of
risk, including, without limitation, (i) the Company has a
history of operating losses and requires substantial funds in
addition to the proceeds from the sale of the Securities;
(ii) an investment in the Company is speculative, and only
purchasers who can afford the loss of their entire investment
should consider investing in the Company and the Securities;
(iii) the Purchaser may not be able to liquidate its
investment; (iv) transferability of the Securities is
limited; (v) in the event of a disposition of the
Securities, the Purchaser could sustain the loss of its entire
investment; and (vi) the Company has not paid any dividends
on its Ordinary Shares since inception and does not anticipate
the payment of dividends in the foreseeable future. Such risks
are more fully set forth in the SEC Documents and Disclosure
Schedules;
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(b) The Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of
holding the Securities for an indefinite period, and has
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters such
that it is capable of evaluating the risks of the investment in
the Securities; and
(c) The Purchaser has, in connection with the
Purchaser’s decision to purchase Securities, not relied
upon any representations or other information (whether oral or
written) other than as set forth in the representations and
warranties of the Company contained herein and the SEC Documents
and Disclosure Schedules, and the Purchaser has, with respect to
all matters relating to this Agreement and the offer and sale of
the Securities, relied solely upon the advice of such
Purchaser’s own counsel and has not relied upon or
consulted any counsel to the Company.
Section 3.6. Governmental
Review. The Purchaser understands that no United
States federal or state or foreign agency or any other
government or governmental agency has passed upon or made any
recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or an investment
therein.
Section 3.7. Transfer
or Resale. The Purchaser understands that:
(a) the Securities have not been and will not be registered
under the Securities Act (other than as contemplated in
Article 6) or any applicable state securities laws
and, consequently, the Purchaser may have to bear the risk of
owning the Securities for an indefinite period of time because
the Securities may not be transferred unless (i) the resale
of the Securities is registered pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, as contemplated
in Article 6; or (ii) the Purchaser has delivered to
the Company an opinion of counsel to the Purchaser (in form,
substance and scope reasonably acceptable to the Company) to the
effect that the Securities to be sold or transferred may be sold
or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such
registration; and
(b) except as set forth in Article 6, neither the
Company nor any other person is under any obligation to register
the resale of the Shares or the Warrant Shares under the
Securities Act or any state or foreign securities laws or to
comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder.
Section 3.8. Legends.
(a) The Purchaser understands the certificates representing
the Securities will bear a restrictive legend in substantially
the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed
against transfer of the certificates for such Securities):
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR REGISTERED OR
QUALIFIED UNDER ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THESE
SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED UNLESS (A) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND REGISTERED
OR QUALIFIED UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR
(B) AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION OR
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS IS AVAILABLE. AS A CONDITION TO
PERMITTING ANY TRANSFER OF THESE SECURITIES, THE COMPANY MAY
REQUIRE THAT IT BE FURNISHED WITH AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY TO THE EFFECT THAT NO
REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION IS LEGALLY REQUIRED FOR SUCH
TRANSFER.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THE FOREGOING, THE
SECURITIES MAY NOT BE DEPOSITED INTO ANY DEPOSITARY RECEIPT
FACILITY IN RESPECT OF THE SECURITIES ESTABLISHED UNLESS AND
UNTIL SUCH TIME AS (1) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT IS IN
EFFECT AS TO SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR UNLESS
THE OFFER AND SALE OF SUCH SECURITIES IS EXEMPT FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND
(2) SUCH SECURITIES ARE NOT “RESTRICTED
SECURITIES” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT.
(b) The Purchaser may request that the Company remove, and
the Company agrees to authorize the removal of any legend from
the Shares and Warrant Shares (i) following any sale of the
Shares or Warrant Shares pursuant to an effective Registration
Statement, or (ii) if such Shares or Warrant Shares are
eligible for sale under Rule 144(k) under the Securities
Act. Following the time a legend is no longer required for the
Shares or Warrant Shares
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hereunder, the Company will, no later than seven Business Days
following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the
Company’s registrar of a legended certificate representing
such Securities, accompanied by such additional information as
the Company or the Company’s registrar may reasonably
request, deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a
certificate representing such Securities that is free from all
restrictive and other legends.
Section 3.9. Authorization;
Enforcement. The Purchaser has the requisite
power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The Purchaser
has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement. Upon the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, this Agreement shall constitute
a valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ and
contracting parties’ rights generally and except as
enforceability may be subject to general principles of equity
and except as rights to indemnity and contribution may be
limited by applicable securities laws or public policy
underlying such laws.
Section 3.10. Residency. The
Purchaser is a resident of the jurisdiction set forth
immediately below such Purchaser’s name on the signature
pages hereto.
Section 3.11. No
Short Sales. During the last thirty
(30) days prior to the date hereof, neither the Purchaser
nor any Affiliate of the Purchaser, foreign or domestic, has,
directly or indirectly, effected or agreed to effect any
“short sale” (as defined in Rule 200 under
Regulation SHO), whether or not against the box,
established any “put equivalent position” (as defined
in & nbsp;
Rule 16a-1(h)
under the Exchange Act) with respect to the Ordinary Shares,
borrowed or pre-borrowed any Ordinary Shares, or granted any
other right (including, without limitation, any put or call
option) with respect to the Ordinary Shares or with respect to
any security that includes, relates to or derived any
significant part of its value from the Ordinary Shares or
otherwise sought to hedge its position in the Securities (each,
a “Prohibited Transaction”). Prior to the
earliest to occur of (i) the termination of this Agreement,
(ii) the date that the Registration Statement becomes
effective or (iii) the Required Effectiveness Date, the
Purchaser shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates not to,
engage, directly or indirectly, in (a) a Prohibited
Transaction nor (b) any sale, assignment, pledge,
hypothecation, put, call, or other transfer of any of the
Ordinary Shares, warrants or other securities of the Company
acquired hereunder. The Purchaser acknowledges that the
representations, warranties and covenants contained in this
Section 3.11 are being made for the benefit of the
Purchaser as well as the Company.
Section 3.12. Acknowledgements
Regarding Solicitation. The Purchaser
acknowledges that (i) no Securities were offered or sold to
the Purchaser by means of any form of general solicitation or
general advertising, and (ii) to Purchaser’s
knowledge, neither the Company nor any director, officer, agent,
employee or other person acting on behalf of the Company has, in
the course of contacting the Purchaser or its representatives
with respect to the offer or sale of the Securities
(a) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution,
gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to
political activity; (b) made any direct or indirect
unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official
or employee from corporate funds; (c) violated or is in
violation of in any material respect any provision of the
U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or
(d) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence
payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or
domestic government official or employee.
Section 3.13. Additional
Representations by Non-US Persons. If the
Purchaser is a Non-US Person, the Purchaser further represents
and warrants that: (i) its principal address is outside of
the United States; and (ii) the Purchaser was located
outside the United States at the time any offer to buy the
Securities was made to it and at the time the buy order was
originated by the Purchaser. If the Purchaser is a Non-US
Person, the Purchaser hereby expressly agrees not to engage in
hedging transactions with regard to the Securities unless in
compliance with the Securities Act and the terms of this
Agreement.
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ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.1. Reporting
Status. The Company’s Ordinary Shares are
registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act. During the
Registration Period, the Company agrees to use commercially
reasonable efforts to timely file all documents with the SEC,
and the Company will not terminate its status as an issuer
required to file reports under the Exchange Act even if the
Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would
permit such termination.
Section 4.2. Expenses. The
Company and the Purchaser are liable for, and will pay, their
own expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation,
preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement,
including, without limitation, attorneys’ and
consultants’ fees and expenses.
Section 4.3. Financial
Information. The financial statements of the
Company to be included in any documents filed with the SEC will
be prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United Kingdom, consistently applied (except as
may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the
notes thereto, and will fairly present in all material respects
the consolidated financial position of the Company and
consolidated results of its operations and cash flows as of, and
for the periods covered by, such financial statements (subject,
in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit
adjustments).
Section 4.4. Securities
Laws Disclosure; Publicity. On January 23,
2006, the Company shall issue a press release announcing the
signing of this Agreement and describing the terms of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. On or before
January 24, 2006, the Company shall submit a Current Report
on
Form 6-K
with the SEC describing the terms of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and including as an exhibit to
such Current Report on
Form 6-K
this Agreement, in the form required by the Exchange Act. The
Company shall not otherwise publicly disclose the name of the
Purchaser, or include the name of the Purchaser in any filing
with the Commission (other than the Registration Statement and
any exhibits to filings made in respect of this transaction in
accordance with periodic filing requirements under the Exchange
Act) or any regulatory agency, without the prior written consent
of such Purchaser, except to the extent such disclosure is
required by law or regulations.
Section 4.5. Sales
by the Purchaser. The Purchaser agrees that it
will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act as applicable to it in connection with the sales
of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement
or otherwise comply with the requirements for an exemption from
registration under the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder. The Purchaser will not make
any sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition of the
Securities in violation of U.S. federal or state or foreign
securities laws or the terms of this Agreement.
Section 4.6. Reservation
Ordinary Shares. As of the date hereof, the
Company has sufficient authorized share capital, and the Company
shall continue to have sufficient authorized share capital for
the purpose of enabling the Company to issue Shares pursuant to
this Agreement.
ARTICLE 5
CONDITIONS
TO CLOSING
Section 5.1. Conditions
to Obligations of the Company. The Company’s
obligation to complete the purchase and sale of the Securities
and deliver such stock certificate(s) and Warrants to the
Purchaser is subject to the fulfillment or waiver as of the
Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a) Receipt of Funds. The Company shall
have received immediately available funds, in US dollars, in the
full amount of the purchase price for the Securities being
purchased hereunder as set forth opposite such Purchaser’s
name on Exhibit A hereto.
(b) Representations and Warranties. The
representations and warranties made by the Purchaser in
Article 3 shall be true and correct in all material
respects when made and as of the Closing Date.
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(c) Covenants. All covenants, agreements
and conditions contained in this Agreement to be performed by
the Purchaser on or prior to the Closing Date shall have been
performed or complied with in all material respects.
(d) [Reserved].
(e) [Reserved].
(f) Absence of Litigation. No proceeding
challenging this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby, or seeking to prohibit, alter, prevent or materially
delay the Closing, shall have been instituted, threatened or be
pending before any court, arbitrator, governmental body, agency
or official.
(g) No Governmental Prohibition. The sale
of the Securities by the Company shall not be prohibited by any
law or governmental order or regulation.
Section 5.2. Conditions
to Purchaser’s Obligations at the
Closing. The Purchaser’s obligation to
complete the purchase and sale of the Securities is subject to
the fulfillment or waiver as of the Closing Date of the
following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The
representations and warranties made by the Company in
Article 2 shall be true and correct in all material
respects when made and as of the Closing Date.
(b) Covenants. All covenants, agreements
and conditions contained in this Agreement to be performed by
the Company on or prior to the Closing Date shall have been
performed or complied with in all material respects.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) Legal Opinions. The Company shall
have delivered to the Purchaser an opinion, dated as of the
Closing Date, from each of (i) Xxxxxxxxxxx &
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx LLP, UK counsel to the Company,
(ii) Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, US counsel to
the Company and (iii) Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, General Counsel of the
Company, in each case in substantially the form attached hereto
as Exhibits C, D and E hereto, respectively.
(e) Registrar Instructions. The Company
shall have delivered to its registrar irrevocable instructions
to issue to the Purchaser, on an expedited basis, one or more
certificates representing the number of Shares set forth
opposite the Purchaser’s name on Exhibit A hereto, and
Warrants to purchase the Warrant Shares.
(f) [Reserved].
(g) Absence of Litigation. No proceeding
challenging this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby, or seeking to prohibit, alter, prevent or materially
delay the Closing, shall have been instituted, threatened or be
pending before any court, arbitrator, governmental body, agency
or official.
(h) No Governmental Prohibition. The sale
of the Shares by the Company shall not be prohibited by any law
or governmental order or regulation.
ARTICLE 6
REGISTRATION
RIGHTS
Section 6.1. As
soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than
45 days after the Closing Date (the “Filing
Date”), the Company shall file a registration statement
covering the resale of the Registrable Securities (the
“Registration Statement”) with the SEC, shall
respond to all SEC comments within ten calendar days of receipt
of such comments and will use its commercially reasonable
efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become effective
under the Securities Act within 105 days after the Closing
Date, or in the event of a “review” by the SEC, not
later than 150 days after the Closing Date (the
“Required Effectiveness Date”).
Section 6.2. All
Registration Expenses shall be borne by the
Company. All Selling Expenses relating to the
sale of securities registered by or on behalf of Holders shall
be borne by such Holders pro rata on the basis of the number of
securities so registered.
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Section 6.3. The
Company further agrees that, in the event that the Registration
Statement (i) has not been filed with the SEC within
45 days after the Closing Date, (ii) has not been
declared effective by the SEC by the Required Effectiveness
Date, or (iii) after the Registration Statement is declared
effective by the SEC, is suspended by the Company or ceases to
remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities
for which it is required to be effective, other than, in each
case, within the time period(s) permitted by Section 6.7(b)
(each such event referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii), a “Registration Default”), for all or
part of any
thirty-day
period (a “Penalty Period”) during which the
Registration Default remains uncured (which initial
thirty-day
period shall commence on the fifth Business Day after the date
of such Registration Default if such Registration Default has
not been cured by such date), the Company shall pay to the
Purchaser 1% of the Purchaser’s aggregate purchase price of
his or her Securities for each Penalty Period during which the
Registration Default remains uncured; provided, however,
that if the Purchaser fails to provide the Company with any
information that is required to be provided in the Registration
Statement then the commencement of the Penalty Period described
above shall be extended until two Business Days following the
date of receipt by the Company of such required information;
and provided, further, that in no event shall the Company
be required hereunder to pay to the Purchaser pursuant to this
Agreement an aggregate amount that exceeds 10% of the aggregate
Purchase Price paid by the Purchaser for the Purchaser’s
Securities. The Company shall deliver said cash payment to the
Purchaser by the fifth Business Day after the end of such
Penalty Period. If the Company fails to pay said cash payment to
the Purchaser in full by the fifth Business Day after the end of
such Penalty Period, the Company will pay interest thereon at a
rate of 12% per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that
is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to the Purchaser,
accruing daily from the date such liquidated damages are due
until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in
full.
Section 6.4. At
its expense the Company shall:
(a) except for such times as the Company is permitted
hereunder to suspend the use of the prospectus forming part of
the Registration Statement, use its commercially reasonable
efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously
effective with respect to a Holder, and to keep such
Registration Statement free of any material misstatements or
omissions, until the date all Shares and Warrant Shares held by
such Holder may be sold under Rule 144 during any
90 day period. The period of time during which the Company
is required hereunder to keep the Registration Statement
effective is referred to herein as the “Registration
Period.”
(b) advise the Holders within five Business Days:
(i) when the Registration Statement or any amendment
thereto has been filed with the SEC and when the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become
effective;
(ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement or the prospectus
included therein or for additional information;
(iii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or
the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose;
(iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the
Registrable Securities included therein for sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding
for such purpose; and
(v) of the occurrence of any event that requires the making
of any changes in the Registration Statement or the prospectus
so that, as of such date, the statements therein are not
misleading and do not omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
(in the case of the prospectus, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made) not misleading;
(c) use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the
withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any
Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable;
(d) if a Holder so requests in writing, promptly furnish to
each such Holder, without charge, at least one copy of such
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto,
including financial statements and schedules, and, if explicitly
requested, all exhibits in the form filed with the SEC;
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(e) during the Registration Period, promptly deliver to
each such Holder, without charge, as many copies of the
prospectus included in such Registration Statement and any
amendment or supplement thereto as such Holder may reasonably
request in writing; and the Company consents to the use,
consistent with the provisions hereof, of the prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders
of Registrable Securities in connection with the offering and
sale of the Registrable Securities covered by the prospectus or
any amendment or supplement thereto;
(f) during the Registration Period, if a Holder so requests
in writing, deliver to each Holder, without charge, (i) one
copy of the following documents, other than those documents
available via XXXXX: (A) its annual report to its
shareholders, if any (which annual report shall contain
financial statements audited in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of America
by a firm of certified public accountants of recognized
standing), (B) if not included in substance in its annual
report to shareholders, its annual report on
Form 20-F
(or similar form), (C) its definitive proxy statement with
respect to its annual meeting of shareholders, (D) each of
its interim reports to its shareholders, and, if not included in
substance in its interim reports to shareholders, its interim
report on
Form 6-K
(or similar form), and (E) a copy of the full Registration
Statement (the foregoing, in each case, excluding exhibits); and
(ii) if explicitly requested, all exhibits excluded by the
parenthetical to the immediately preceding clause (E);
(g) prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities
pursuant to any Registration Statement, promptly take such
actions as may be necessary to register or qualify or obtain an
exemption for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky
laws of such United States jurisdictions as any such Holders
reasonably request in writing, provided that the Company shall
not for any such purpose be required to qualify generally to
transact business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction
where it is not so qualified or to consent to general service of
process in any such jurisdiction, and do any and all other acts
or things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the offer
and sale in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities
covered by such Registration Statement;
(h) upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by
Section 6.4(b)(v) above, except for such times as the
Company is permitted hereunder to suspend the use of the
prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement, the
Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to as soon
as reasonably practicable prepare a post-effective amendment to
the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related
prospectus, or file any other required document so that, as
thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Registrable Securities
included therein, the prospectus will not include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(i) otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to
comply in all material respects with all applicable rules and
regulations of the SEC which could affect the sale of the
Registrable Securities;
(j) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all
Registrable Securities to be listed on Nasdaq;
(k) use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all
other steps necessary to effect the registration of the
Registrable Securities contemplated hereby and to enable the
Holders to sell Registrable Securities under Rule 144;
(l) provide to the Purchaser and its representatives, if
requested, the opportunity to conduct a reasonable inquiry of
the Company’s financial and other records during normal
business hours and make available its officers, directors and
employees for questions regarding information which the
Purchaser may reasonably request in order to conduct any due
diligence obligation on its part; and
(m) permit counsel for the Purchaser to review the
Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements
thereto, within two Business Days prior to the filing thereof
with the Commission;
provided that, in the case of clauses (l) and
(m) above, the Company shall not be required (A) to
delay the filing of the Registration Statement or any amendment
or supplement thereto as a result of any ongoing diligence
inquiry by or on behalf of a Holder or to incorporate any
comments to the Registration Statement or any amendment or
supplement thereto by or on behalf of a Holder if such inquiry
or comments would require a delay in the filing of
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such Registration Statement, amendment or supplement, as the
case may be, or (B) to provide, and shall not provide, the
Purchaser or its representatives with material, non-public
information unless the Purchaser agrees to receive such
information and enters into a written confidentiality agreement
with the Company in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company.
Section 6.5. The
Holders shall have no right to take any action to restrain,
enjoin or otherwise delay any registration pursuant to
Section 6.1 hereof as a result of any controversy that may
arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of
this Agreement.
Section 6.6. (a) To
the extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify each
Holder and each person controlling such Holder within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, with respect
to which any registration that has been effected pursuant to
this Agreement, against all claims, losses, damages and
liabilities (or action in respect thereof), including any of the
foregoing incurred in settlement of any litigation, commenced or
threatened (subject to Section 6.6(c) below), arising out
of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue
statement) of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereof, or
based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in
which they were made, not misleading, and will reimburse each
Holder and each person controlling such Holder, for reasonable
legal and other
out-of-pocket
expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or
defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action as
incurred; provided that the Company will not be liable in any
such case to the extent that any untrue statement or omission or
allegation thereof is made in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by or on
behalf of such Holder for use in preparation of such
Registration Statement, prospectus, amendment or supplement;
provided further that the Company will not be liable in any such
case where the claim, loss, damage or liability arises out of or
is related to the failure of such Holder to comply with the
covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement respecting
sales of Registrable Securities, and except that the foregoing
indemnity agreement is subject to the condition that, insofar as
it relates to any such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made in the
preliminary prospectus but eliminated or remedied in the amended
prospectus on file with the SEC at the time the Registration
Statement becomes effective or in the amended prospectus filed
with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) or in the prospectus
subject to completion under Rule 434 of the Securities Act,
which together meet the requirements of Section 10(a) of
the Securities Act (the “Final Prospectus”),
such indemnity shall not inure to the benefit of any such Holder
or any controlling person of such Holder, if a copy of the Final
Prospectus furnished by the Company to the Holder for delivery
was not furnished to the person or entity asserting the loss,
liability, claim or damage at or prior to the time such
furnishing is required by the Securities Act and the Final
Prospectus would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss,
liability, claim or damage.
(b) Each Holder will severally, and not jointly, indemnify
the Company, each of its directors and officers, and each person
who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act, against all claims, losses, damages and
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), including any of
the foregoing incurred in settlement of any litigation,
commenced or threatened (subject to Section 6.6(c) below),
arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged
untrue statement) of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement, prospectus, or any amendment or
supplement thereof, or based on any omission (or alleged
omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, in the light of the circumstances in which they were
made, and will reimburse the Company, such directors and
officers, and each person controlling the Company for reasonable
legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection
with investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage,
liability or action as incurred, in each case to the extent, but
only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission or
allegation thereof is made in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by or on
behalf of the Holder for use in preparation of the Registration
Statement, prospectus, amendment or supplement; provided that
the indemnity shall not apply to the extent that such claim,
loss, damage or liability results from the fact that a current
copy of the prospectus was not made available to the person or
entity asserting the loss, liability, claim or damage at or
prior to the time such furnishing is required by the Securities
Act and the Final Prospectus would have cured the defect giving
rise to such loss, claim, damage or liability. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a Holder’s aggregate liability pursuant to
this
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subsection (b) and subsection (d) shall be
limited to the net amount received by the Holder from the sale
of the Registrable Securities.
(c) Each party entitled to indemnification under this
Section 6.6 (the “Indemnified Party”)
shall give notice to the party required to provide
indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”)
promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of
any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit
the Indemnifying Party (at its expense) to assume the defense of
any such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, provided
that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the
defense of such claim or litigation, shall be approved by the
Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not unreasonably be
withheld), and the Indemnified Party may participate in such
defense at such Indemnified Party’s expense, and provided
further that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice
as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of
its obligations under this Agreement, unless such failure is
materially prejudicial to the Indemnifying Party in defending
such claim or litigation. An Indemnifying Party shall not be
liable for any settlement of an action or claim effected without
its written consent (which consent will not be unreasonably
withheld). No Indemnifying Party, in its defense of any such
claim or litigation, shall, except with the consent of each
Indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter
into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional
term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such
Indemnified Party and Indemnifying Party of a release from all
liability in respect to such claim or litigation.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this
Section 6.6 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to
be unavailable to an Indemnified Party with respect to any loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense referred to therein, then
the Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified
Party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable
by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, liability,
claim, damage or expense in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party on the one
hand and of the Indemnified Party on the other in connection
with the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the
Indemnifying Party and of the Indemnified Party shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the
untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Indemnifying Party or by the Indemnified Party
and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement
or omission.
Section 6.7. (a) Each
Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company
of the happening of any event requiring the preparation of a
supplement or amendment to a prospectus relating to Registrable
Securities so that, as thereafter delivered to the Holders, such
prospectus shall not contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, each Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition
of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement
and prospectus contemplated by Section 6.1 until its
receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus from
the Company and, if so directed by the Company, each Holder
shall deliver to the Company all copies, other than permanent
file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the
prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the
time of receipt of such notice.
(b) Each Holder shall suspend, upon request of the Company,
any disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Registration Statement and prospectus contemplated by
Section 6.1 during no more than two periods of no more than
60 calendar days each during any
12-month
period to the extent that the Board of Directors of the Company
determines in good faith that the sale of Registrable Securities
under the Registration Statement would be reasonably likely to
cause a violation of the Securities Act or Exchange Act.
(c) As a condition to the inclusion of its Registrable
Securities in the Registration Statement, each Holder shall
timely furnish to the Company such information regarding such
Holder and the distribution proposed by such Holder as the
Company may reasonably request in writing, including completing
a Registration Questionnaire in the form provided by the
Company, or as shall be required in connection with any
registration referred to in this Article 6.
(d) Each Holder hereby covenants with the Company
(i) not to make any sale of the Registrable Securities
without effectively causing the prospectus delivery requirements
under the Securities Act to be satisfied, and (ii) if such
Registrable Securities are to be sold by any method or in any
transaction other than on a national securities exchange, Nasdaq
or in the
over-the-counter
market, in privately negotiated transactions, or in a
combination of
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such methods, to notify the Company at least five Business Days
prior to the date on which the Holder first offers to sell any
such Registrable Securities.
(e) Each Holder acknowledges and agrees that the
Registrable Securities sold pursuant to the Registration
Statement are not transferable on the books of the Company
unless the share certificate submitted to the registrar
evidencing such Registrable Securities is accompanied by a
certificate reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect
that (i) the Registrable Securities have been sold in
accordance with such Registration Statement and (ii) the
requirement of delivering a current prospectus has been
satisfied. Each Holder further acknowledges and agrees that the
only public market in the Registrable Securities in the
U.S. is in the form of ADSs and that no Registrable
Securities may be deposited into the Company’s ADS facility
other than in compliance with the legend described in
Section 3.8 hereof.
(f) Each Holder agrees not to take any action with respect
to any distribution deemed to be made pursuant to such
Registration Statement which would constitute a violation of
Regulation M under the Exchange Act or any other applicable
rule, regulation or law.
(g) At the end of the Registration Period the Holders shall
discontinue sales of Ordinary Shares
and/or ADSs
pursuant to such Registration Statement upon receipt of notice
from the Company of its intention to remove from registration
the Ordinary Shares
and/or ADSs
covered by such Registration Statement which remain unsold, and
such Holders shall notify the Company of the number of Ordinary
Shares
and/or ADSs
registered which remain unsold immediately upon receipt of such
notice from the Company.
Section 6.8. With
a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of
certain rules and regulations of the SEC which at any time
permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the public
without registration, so long as the Holders still own
Registrable Securities, the Company shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to:
(a) make and keep public information available, as those
terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, at all times;
(b) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and
other documents required of the Company under the Exchange
Act; and
(c) so long as a Holder owns any Registrable Securities,
furnish to such Holder, upon any reasonable request, a written
statement by the Company as to its compliance with
clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 6.8, a copy
of the most recent annual report of the Company, and such other
reports and documents of the Company as such Holder may
reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation
of the SEC allowing a Holder to sell any such securities without
registration.
Section 6.9. The
rights to cause the Company to register Registrable Securities
granted to the Holders by the Company under Section 6.1 may
be assigned by a Holder in connection with a transfer by such
Holder of all or a portion of its Registrable Securities,
provided, however, that such transfer must be made at least ten
days prior to the Filing Date and that (i) such transfer
may otherwise be effected in accordance with applicable
securities laws; (ii) such Holder gives prior written
notice to the Company at least ten days prior to the Filing
Date; and (iii) such transferee agrees to comply with the
terms and provisions of this Agreement, and such transfer is
otherwise in compliance with this Agreement. Except as
specifically permitted by this Section 6.9, the rights of a
Holder with respect to Registrable Securities as set out herein
shall not be transferable to any other Person, and any attempted
transfer shall cause all rights of such Holder therein to be
forfeited.
Section 6.10. The
rights of any Holder under any provision of this Article 6
may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance,
either retroactively or prospectively and either for a specified
period of time or indefinitely) or amended by an instrument in
writing signed by such Holder.
ARTICLE 7
DEFINITIONS
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person
(as defined below), any other Person controlling, controlled by
or under direct or indirect common control with such Person (for
the purposes of this definition “control,” when
used
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with respect to any specified Person, shall mean the power to
direct the management and policies of such person, directly or
indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise; and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled”
shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing).
“Business Day” means a day Monday through
Friday on which banks are generally open for business in
New York City and London, England.
“Closing” has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.3.
“Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.3.
“Company” means Amarin Corporation plc a
company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales.
“Disclosure Schedules” means the Disclosure
Schedules of the Company attached hereto as Schedules 1-5.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Filing Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.1.
“Final Prospectus” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.6(a).
“Financial Statements” means the financial
statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents.
“Holders” means any person holding Registrable
Securities or any person to whom the rights under Article 6
have been transferred in accordance with Section 6.9 hereof.
“Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth
in Section 6.6(c).
“Indemnifying Party” has the meaning set forth
in Section 6.6(c).
“Intellectual Property” has the meaning set
forth in Section 2.10.
“Investment Company Act” has the meaning set
forth in Section 2.12.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material
adverse effect on the business, operations, assets or financial
condition of the Company and its Subsidiary, taken as a whole.
“Material Permits” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.5.
“Memorandum and Articles of Association” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
“Nasdaq” means The Nasdaq Capital Market.
“Non-US Person” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2.
“Offering” means the private placement of the
Company’s Securities contemplated by this Agreement.
“Ordinary Shares” means the ordinary shares,
par value $0.05 per share, of the Company.
“Person” means any person, individual,
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust or
other nongovernmental entity or any governmental agency, court,
authority or other body (whether foreign, federal, state, local
or otherwise).
“Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.1.
Unless the context requires otherwise, the terms
“register,” “registered” and
“registration” refer to the registration
effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in
compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or
ordering of the effectiveness of such registration statement.
“Registrable Securities” means (i) the
Shares and (ii) the Warrant Shares; provided, however, that
securities shall only be treated as Registrable Securities if
and only for so long as they (A) have not been disposed of
pursuant to a registration statement declared effective by the
SEC, (B) have not been sold in a transaction exempt from
the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act so that all transfer restrictions and restrictive
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legends with respect thereto are removed upon the consummation
of such sale or (C) are held by a Holder or a permitted
transferee pursuant to Section 6.9.
“Required Approvals” has the meaning set forth
in Section 2.5(b).
“Registration Expenses” means all expenses
incurred by the Company in complying with Section 6.1
hereof, including, without limitation, all registration,
qualification and filing fees, printing expenses, escrow fees,
fees and expenses of counsel for the Company, blue sky fees and
expenses and the expense of any special audits incident to or
required by any such registration (but excluding the fees of
legal counsel for any Holder).
“Registration Statement” has the meaning set
forth in Section 6.1.
“Registration Period” has the meaning set forth
in Section 6.4(a).
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated
under the Securities Act as amended.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission.
“SEC Documents” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.6.
“Securities” has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.1.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“Selling Expenses” means all selling
commissions applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities and
all fees and expenses of legal counsel for any Holder.
“Shares” has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.1.
“Subsidiary” of any person shall mean any
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture or other legal entity of which such Person (either above
or through or together with any other subsidiary) owns, directly
or indirectly, more than 50% of the stock or other equity
interests the holders of which are generally entitled to vote
for the election of the board of directors or other governing
body of such corporation or other legal entity.
“Warrant Shares” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.4.
“Warrants” has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.1.
ARTICLE 8
GOVERNING
LAW; MISCELLANEOUS
Section 8.1. Governing
Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement will be
governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York without regard to the principles of conflict
of laws.
Section 8.2. Counterparts;
Signatures by Facsimile. This Agreement may be
executed in two or more counterparts, all of which are
considered one and the same agreement and will become effective
when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered
to the other parties. This Agreement, once executed by a party,
may be delivered to the other parties hereto by facsimile
transmission of a copy of this Agreement bearing the signature
of the party so delivering this Agreement.
Section 8.3. Headings. The
headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference
only, are not part of this Agreement and do not affect its
interpretation.
Section 8.4. Severability. If
any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable
under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision
will be deemed modified in order to conform with such statute or
rule of law. Any provision hereof that may prove invalid or
unenforceable under any law will not affect the validity or
enforceability of any other provision hereof.
Section 8.5. Entire
Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement (including
all schedules and exhibits hereto) constitutes the entire
agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject
matter hereof. There
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are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other
than those set forth or referred to herein or therein. This
Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings
among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof. No provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived
other than by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and
the Purchaser, or in the case of a waiver, by the party against
whom enforcement of such waiver is sought. Any amendment
effected in accordance with this Section 8.5 shall be
binding upon each holder of any Securities purchased under this
Agreement at the time outstanding (including securities into
which such Securities are convertible and for which such
Securities are exercisable), each future holder of all such
securities, and the Company.
Section 8.6. Notices. All
notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal
delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent by
confirmed facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the
recipient, if not, then on the next business day, (c) five
days after having been sent by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one
business day after deposit with a nationally recognized
overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written
verification of receipt. The addresses for such communications
are:
If to the Company:
Amarin Corporation plc
0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
X0X 0XX
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Facsimile: 44 20 7499 9004
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
cc: General Counsel
0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
X0X 0XX
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Facsimile: 44 20 7499 9004
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
cc: General Counsel
With a copy to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Facsimile: 212 269 5420
Attn: Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxx, Esq.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Facsimile: 212 269 5420
Attn: Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxx, Esq.
If to the Purchaser: To the address set forth immediately below
the Purchaser’s name on the signature pages hereto. Each
party will provide ten days’ advance written notice to the
other parties of any change in its address.
Section 8.7. Successors
and Assigns. This Agreement is binding upon and
inures to the benefit of the parties and their successors and
assigns. The Company or its successors will not assign this
Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the
prior written consent of the Purchaser, and the Purchaser may
not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of the Company, except as
permitted in accordance with Section 6.9 hereof.
Section 8.8. Third
Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended
for the benefit of the parties hereto, their respective
permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of,
nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person.
Section 8.9. Further
Assurances. Each party will do and perform, or
cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and
things, and will execute and deliver all other agreements,
certificates, instruments and documents, as may be necessary in
order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of
this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
Section 8.10. No
Strict Construction. The language used in this
Agreement is deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to
express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction
will be applied against any party.
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Section 8.11. Equitable
Relief. The Company recognizes that, if it fails
to perform or discharge any of its obligations under this
Agreement, any remedy at law may prove to be inadequate relief
to the Purchaser. The Company therefore agrees that the
Purchaser is entitled to seek temporary and permanent injunctive
relief in any such case. The Purchaser also recognizes that, if
it fails to perform or discharge any of its obligations under
this Agreement, any remedy at law may prove to be inadequate
relief to the Company. The Purchaser therefore agrees that the
Company is entitled to seek temporary and permanent injunctive
relief in any such case.
Section 8.12. Survival
of Representations and
Warranties. Notwithstanding any investigation
made by any party to this Agreement, all representations and
warranties made by the Company and the Purchaser herein shall
survive only for a period of one year following the date hereof.
[Signature Pages Follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Purchaser and the Company
have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date
first above written.
AMARIN CORPORATION PLC.
By: |
Name:
Title: |
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PURCHASER
[NAME]
By: |
Tax ID
No.: _
_
Name in which
Securitised are
to be
registered: _
_
Address: |
Telephone: _
_
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EXHIBIT A
SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES PURCHASED
Purchaser
|
Shares | Warrants | Aggregate Purchase Price | |||||||||||
[NAME] | [ ] | [ ] | US$ | [ ] |
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EXHIBIT B
WARRANT
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR REGISTERED OR
QUALIFIED UNDER ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THESE
SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED UNLESS (A) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND REGISTERED
OR QUALIFIED UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR
(B) AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION OR
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS IS AVAILABLE. AS A CONDITION TO
PERMITTING ANY TRANSFER OF THESE SECURITIES, THE COMPANY MAY
REQUIRE THAT IT BE FURNISHED WITH AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY TO THE EFFECT THAT NO
REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION IS LEGALLY REQUIRED FOR SUCH
TRANSFER.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THE FOREGOING,
THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE DEPOSITED INTO ANY DEPOSITARY RECEIPT
FACILITY IN RESPECT OF THE SECURITIES ESTABLISHED UNLESS AND
UNTIL SUCH TIME AS (1) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT IS IN
EFFECT AS TO SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR UNLESS
THE OFFER AND SALE OF SUCH SECURITIES IS EXEMPT FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND
(2) SUCH SECURITIES ARE NOT “RESTRICTED
SECURITIES” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT.
AMARIN
CORPORATION PLC
WARRANT
TO PURCHASE ORDINARY SHARES
No. W- | January [26], 2006 |
Void
After January [26], 2011
THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value
received, ,
with its principal office
at ,
or assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled to subscribe
for and purchase at the Exercise Price (defined below) from
Amarin Corporation plc, a public company incorporated under the
laws of England and Wales, with its principal office at 0 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, X0X 0XX, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx (the
“Company”) up
to
ordinary shares of the Company (the “Ordinary
Shares”), subject to adjustment as provided herein.
This warrant (a “Warrant”) is being issued
pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement,
dated as of January 23, 2006, by and among the Company and
the original Holder of this Warrant (the “Purchase
Agreement”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined
herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms
in the Purchase Agreement.
1. DEFINITIONS. As used herein, the
following terms shall have the following respective meanings:
(a) “Exercise Period” shall mean the
period commencing 180 days after the date hereof and ending
January [26], 2011, unless sooner terminated as provided below.
(b) “Exercise Price” shall mean
$3.06 per share, subject to adjustment pursuant to
Section 5 below.
(c) “Exercise Shares” shall mean the
Ordinary Shares issued upon exercise of this Warrant, subject to
adjustment and limitation pursuant to the terms herein,
including but not limited to Section 2.4 and Section 5
below.
(d) “VWAP” shall mean, for any date, the
price determined by the first of the following clauses that
applies: (i) if the Ordinary Shares in the form of American
Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) are then listed or
quoted on the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq National Market
or a national securities exchange (a “Trading
Market”), the daily volume weighted average price of
the ADSs for such date (or the nearest
preceding date) on the trading market on which the ADSs are then
quoted or listed as reported by Bloomberg Financial LP;
(b) if the ADSs are not then listed or quoted on a Trading
Market and if prices for the ADSs are then quoted on the OTC
Bulletin Board, the volume weighted average price of the
ADSs for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTC
Bulletin Board; and (c) if the ADSs are not then
listed or quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices
for the ADSs are then reported on the “Pink Sheets”
published by the Pink Sheets LLC (or similar organization or
agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the
most recent bid price per share of the ADSs so reported; or
(c) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of
ADSs as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good
faith by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Purchasers.
2. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.
2.1 Method of Exercise. The rights
represented by this Warrant may be exercised in whole or in part
at any time during the Exercise Period, by delivery of the
following to the Company at its address set forth above (or at
such other address as it may designate by notice in writing to
the Holder):
(a) An executed Notice of Exercise in the form attached
hereto;
(b) Payment of the Exercise Price either (i) in cash
or by check or wire transfer of immediately available
funds; and
(c) This Warrant.
Upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant,
Ordinary Shares shall be issued for the Exercise Shares so
purchased, and shall be registered in the name of the Holder or
persons affiliated with the Holder, if the Holder so designates,
within a reasonable time after the rights represented by this
Warrant shall have been so exercised and shall be issued in
certificate form and delivered to the Holder.
The person in whose name any Exercise Shares are to be issued
upon exercise of this Warrant shall be deemed to have become the
holder of record of such shares on the date on which this
Warrant was surrendered and payment of the Exercise Price was
made, irrespective of the date of issuance of the shares of
Ordinary Shares, except that, if the date of such surrender and
payment is a date when the stock transfer books of the Company
are closed, such person shall be deemed to have become the
holder of such shares at the close of business on the next
succeeding date on which the stock transfer books are open.
2.2 [Reserved]
2.3 Partial Exercise. If this
Warrant is exercised in part only, the Company shall, upon
surrender of this Warrant, execute and deliver, within
10 days of the date of exercise, a new Warrant evidencing
the rights of the Holder, or such other person as shall be
designated in the Notice of Exercise, to purchase the balance of
the Exercise Shares purchasable hereunder. In no event shall
this Warrant be exercised for a fractional Exercise Share, and
the Company shall not distribute a Warrant exercisable for a
fractional Exercise Share. Fractional Warrant shares shall be
treated as provided in Section 6 hereof.
2.4 [Reserved]
2.5 Call Right.
(a) Subject to the provisions of this Section 2.5, if
at any time after the Registration Statement (as defined in
Section 6.1 of the Purchase Agreement) is declared
effective, the VWAP of the ADSs on the Company’s Trading
Market is equal to or above US$10.20 (representing 400% of the
ADS Closing Price as defined in Section 1.1 of the Purchase
Agreement), as adjusted for any stock splits, stock
combinations, stock dividends and other similar events (the
“Threshold Price”) for each of any twenty
consecutive Trading Days, then the Company at any time
thereafter shall have the right, but not the obligation (the
“Call Right”), on 20 days’ prior
written notice to the Holder, to cancel any unexercised portion
of this Warrant for which a Notice of Exercise has not yet been
delivered prior to the Cancellation Date (the “Call
Amount”).
(b) To exercise the Call Right, the Company shall deliver
to the Holder an irrevocable written notice (a “Call
Notice”) indicating the Call Amount. The date that the
Company delivers the Call Notice to the Holder shall be
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referred to as the “Call Date”. Within
20 days of receipt of the Call Notice, the Holder may
exercise this Warrant in whole or in part, subject to the terms
hereof, as set forth in herein. Any portion of the Call Amount
that is not exercised by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on
the 20th day following the date of receipt of the Call
Notice (the “Cancellation Date”) shall be
cancelled. Any unexercised portion of this Warrant to which the
Call Notice does not pertain (the “Remaining
Portion”) will be unaffected by such Call Notice.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in
this Warrant, unless waived in writing by the Holder, the
Company may not deliver a Call Notice or require the
cancellation of any unexercised Call Amount (and any Call Notice
will be void) unless from the Call Date through the Cancellation
Date (the “Call Period”) the Registration
Statement shall be effective as to all of the Exercise Shares
held by the Holder and the prospectus thereunder available for
use by the Holder for the resale all such Exercise Shares, or
the Exercise Shares held by the Holder qualify for resale under
Rule 144.
3. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.
3.1 Covenants as to Exercise
Shares. The Company covenants and agrees that all
Exercise Shares that may be issued upon the exercise of the
rights represented by this Warrant will, upon issuance, be
validly issued, fully paid and free from all taxes, liens and
charges with respect to the issuance thereof. The Company
further covenants and agrees that the Company will at all times
during the Exercise Period, have sufficient authorized share
capital to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by
this Warrant. If at any time during the Exercise Period the
authorized share capital shall not be sufficient to permit
exercise of this Warrant, the Company will take such corporate
action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to
increase its authorized but unissued share capital (or other
securities as provided herein) to such amount as shall be
sufficient for such purposes.
3.2 No Impairment. Except and to
the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder or otherwise
in accordance with Section 11 hereof, the Company will not,
by amendment of its Memorandum and Articles of Association (as
such may be amended from time to time), or through any means,
avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of
the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company,
but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out
of all the provisions of this Warrant and in the taking of all
commercially reasonable actions as may be necessary in order to
protect the exercise rights of the Holder against impairment.
3.3 Notices of Record Date. In the
event of any taking by the Company of a record of the holders of
any class of securities for the purpose of determining the
holders thereof who are entitled to receive any dividend (other
than a cash dividend which is the same as cash dividends paid in
previous quarters) or other distribution, the Company shall mail
to the Holder, where practicable, at least ten days prior to the
date specified herein, a notice specifying the date on which any
such record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend or
distribution, provided that the failure to mail such notice or
any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not adversely
affect the validity of the dividend or distribution required to
be specified in such notice.
4. REPRESENTATIONS OF HOLDER.
4.1 Acquisition of Warrant for Personal
Account. The Holder represents and warrants that
it is acquiring the Warrant and the Exercise Shares solely for
its account for investment and not with a present view toward
the public sale or distribution of said Warrant or Exercise
Shares or any part thereof and has no intention of selling or
distributing said Warrant or Exercise Shares or any arrangement
or understanding with any other persons regarding the sale or
distribution of said Warrant, or except in accordance with the
provisions of Article 6 of the Purchase Agreement, the
Exercise Shares, and except as would not result in a violation
of the Securities Act. The Holder will not, directly or
indirectly, offer, sell, pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose
of (or solicit any offers to buy, purchase or otherwise acquire
or take a pledge of) the Warrant except in accordance with the
Securities Act and will not, directly or indirectly, offer,
sell, pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose of (or solicit any
offers to buy, purchase or otherwise acquire or take a pledge
of) the Exercise Shares except in accordance with the provisions
of Article 6 of the Purchase Agreement or pursuant to and
in accordance with the Securities Act.
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4.2 Securities Are Not Registered.
(a) The Holder understands that the offer and sale of the
Warrant and the Exercise Shares have not been registered under
the Securities Act on the basis of specific exemptions from the
registration provisions of the Securities Act, which exemptions
depend upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the
Holder’s investment intent as expressed herein. The Holder
realizes that the basis for such exemptions may not be present
if, notwithstanding its representations, the Holder has a
present intention of acquiring the securities for a fixed or
determinable period in the future, selling (in connection with a
distribution or otherwise), granting any participation in, or
otherwise distributing the securities. The Holder has no such
present intention.
(b) The Holder recognizes that the Warrant and the Exercise
Shares must be held indefinitely unless they are subsequently
registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such
registration is available. The Holder recognizes that the
Company has no obligation to register the Warrant or, except as
provided in the Purchase Agreement, the Exercise Shares of the
Company, or to comply with any exemption from such registration.
4.3 Disposition of Warrant and Exercise Shares.
(a) The Holder further agrees not to make any disposition
of all or any part of the Warrant or Exercise Shares in any
event unless and until:
(i) The Company shall have received a letter secured by the
Holder from the SEC stating that no action will be recommended
to the Commission with respect to the proposed disposition;
(ii) There is then in effect a registration statement under
the Securities Act covering such proposed disposition and such
disposition is made in accordance with said registration
statement; or
(iii) The Holder shall have notified the Company of the
proposed disposition and shall have delivered to the Company an
opinion of counsel to the Holder reasonably satisfactory to the
Company to the effect that such disposition will not require
registration of such Warrant or Exercise Shares under the
Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws.
(b) The Holder understands and agrees that all certificates
evidencing the Exercise Shares to be issued to the Holder may
bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR REGISTERED OR
QUALIFIED UNDER ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THESE
SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED UNLESS (A) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND REGISTERED
OR QUALIFIED UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR
(B) AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION OR
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS IS AVAILABLE. AS A CONDITION TO
PERMITTING ANY TRANSFER OF THESE SECURITIES, THE COMPANY MAY
REQUIRE THAT IT BE FURNISHED WITH AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY TO THE EFFECT THAT NO
REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION IS LEGALLY REQUIRED FOR SUCH
TRANSFER.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THE FOREGOING, THE
SECURITIES MAY NOT BE DEPOSITED INTO ANY DEPOSITARY RECEIPT
FACILITY IN RESPECT OF THE SECURITIES ESTABLISHED UNLESS AND
UNTIL SUCH TIME AS (1) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT IS IN
EFFECT AS TO SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR UNLESS
THE OFFER AND SALE OF SUCH SECURITIES IS EXEMPT FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND
(2) SUCH SECURITIES ARE NOT “RESTRICTED
SECURITIES” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT.
4.4 Further Representations. The
Holder hereby represents and warrants to the Company each of the
representations and warranties as set forth in Section 3 of
the Purchase Agreement as if such representation and warranties
were set out in full herein.
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5. ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE. In
the event of changes in the outstanding Ordinary Shares of the
Company by reason of a stock dividend, subdivision,
split-up, or
combination of shares, the number of shares available under the
Warrant in the aggregate and the Exercise Price shall be
correspondingly adjusted to give the Holder of the Warrant, on
exercise for the same aggregate Exercise Price, the total number
of shares as the Holder would have owned had the Warrant been
exercised prior to the event and had the Holder continued to
hold such shares until after the event requiring adjustment. The
form of this Warrant need not be changed because of any
adjustment in the Exercise Price
and/or
number of shares subject to this Warrant. The Company shall
promptly provide a certificate from the Company notifying the
Holder in writing of any adjustment in the Exercise Price
and/or the
total number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant,
which certificate shall specify the Exercise Price and number of
shares under this Warrant after giving effect to such adjustment.
6. FRACTIONAL SHARES. No fractional
shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant as a
consequence of any adjustment pursuant hereto. All Exercise
Shares (including fractions) issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant may be aggregated for purposes of determining whether
the exercise would result in the issuance of any fractional
share. If, after aggregation, the exercise would result in the
issuance of a fractional share, the Company shall, in lieu of
issuance of any fractional share, pay the Holder otherwise
entitled to such fraction a sum in cash equal to the product
resulting from multiplying the then current fair market value of
an Exercise Share by such fraction.
7. CERTAIN EVENTS. In the event of,
at any time during the Exercise Period, any capital
reorganization, or any reclassification of the capital stock of
the Company (other than a change in par value or from par value
to no par value or no par value to par value or as a result of a
stock dividend, subdivision,
split-up or
combination of shares), or the consolidation or merger of the
Company with or into another corporation (other than a merger
solely to effect a reincorporation of the Company into another
state), in each case, in which the shareholders of the Company
immediately prior to such capital reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation or merger, will hold less than a
majority of the outstanding shares of the Company or resulting
corporation immediately after such capital reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation or merger, or the sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and
assets of the Company and its Subsidiary, taken as a whole, in
its entirety to any other person, other than sales or other
dispositions that do not require shareholder approval (each, an
“Event”), the Company shall provide to the
Holder ten days’ advance written notice of such Event, and
the Holder shall have the option, in its sole discretion, to
allow any unexercised portion of the Warrant to be deemed
automatically exercised pursuant to Section 2.2. This
Warrant will be binding upon the successors and assigns of the
Company upon an Event.
8. NO SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS. This
Warrant in and of itself shall not entitle the Holder to any
voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the Company.
9. TRANSFER OF WARRANT. Subject to
applicable laws and compliance with Section 4.3 hereof and
the terms of the Purchase Agreement, this Warrant and all rights
hereunder are transferable, by the Holder in person or by duly
authorized attorney, upon delivery of this Warrant and the form
of assignment attached hereto to any authorized transferee
designated by the Holder. The authorized transferee shall sign
an investment letter in form and substance satisfactory to the
Company.
10. LOST, STOLEN, MUTILATED OR DESTROYED
WARRANT. If this Warrant is lost, stolen,
mutilated or destroyed, the Company may, on such terms as to
indemnity or otherwise as it may reasonably impose (which shall,
in the case of a mutilated Warrant, include the surrender
thereof), issue a new Warrant of like denomination and tenor as
the Warrant so lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed. Any such
new Warrant shall constitute an original contractual obligation
of the Company, whether or not the allegedly lost, stolen,
mutilated or destroyed Warrant shall be at any time enforceable
by anyone.
11. MODIFICATIONS AND
WAIVER. Unless otherwise provided herein, this
Warrant and any provision hereof may be changed, waived,
discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed
by the Company and (i) the Purchaser or (ii) the
Holder.
12. NOTICES, ETC. All notices
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery to the
party to be notified, (b) when sent by confirmed facsimile
if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, if not,
then on the next business day, (c) five days after having
been
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sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,
postage prepaid, or (d) one business day after deposit with
a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day
delivery, with written verification of receipt. All
communications shall be sent to the Company at the address
listed on the signature page and to the Holders at the addresses
on the Company records, or at such other address as the Company
or Holder may designate by ten days’ advance written notice
to the other party hereto.
13. ACCEPTANCE. Receipt of this
Warrant by the Holder shall constitute acceptance of and
agreement to all of the terms and conditions contained herein
and in the Purchase Agreement.
14. GOVERNING LAW. This Warrant and
all rights, obligations and liabilities hereunder shall be
governed by the laws of England and Wales without regard to the
principles of conflict of laws.
15. DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS. The
descriptive headings of the several paragraphs of this Warrant
are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part
of this Warrant. The language in this Warrant shall be construed
as to its fair meaning without regard to which party drafted
this Warrant.
16. SEVERABILITY. The invalidity or
unenforceability of any provision of this Warrant in any
jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
such provision in any other jurisdiction, or affect any other
provision of this Warrant, which shall remain in full force and
effect.
17. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Warrant
constitutes the entire agreement between the parties pertaining
to the subject matter contained in it and supersedes all prior
and contemporaneous agreements, representations, and
undertakings of the parties, whether oral or written, with
respect to such subject matter.
[Signature Page Follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be
executed by its duly authorized officer as of January [26], 2006.
AMARIN CORPORATION PLC
By: |
Name:
Title: |
Address: | 0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx XxxxxxX0X 0XX
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Facsimile: 44 20 7499 9004
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NOTICE OF
EXERCISE
TO: AMARIN CORPORATION PLC.
(1) The undersigned hereby elects to
purchase
ordinary shares (“Ordinary Shares”) of Amarin
Corporation plc (the “Company”) pursuant to the
terms of the attached warrant (the “Warrant”),
and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full for
such shares, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
(2) Please issue a certificate or certificates representing
said Ordinary Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such
other name as is specified below:
(Name)
(Address)
(3) The undersigned represents that (i) the aforesaid
Ordinary Shares are being acquired for the account of the
undersigned for investment and not with a view to, or for resale
in connection with, the distribution thereof and that the
undersigned has no present intention of distributing or
reselling such shares; (ii) the undersigned is aware of the
Company’s business affairs and financial condition and has
acquired sufficient information about the Company to reach an
informed and knowledgeable decision regarding its investment in
the Company; (iii) the undersigned is experienced in making
investments of this type and has such knowledge and background
in financial and business matters that the undersigned is
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of this investment
and protecting the undersigned’s own interests;
(iv) the undersigned understands that the Ordinary Shares
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant have not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), by reason of specific
exemptions from the registration provisions of the Securities
Act, which exemptions depend upon, among other things, the bona
fide nature of the investment intent as expressed herein, and,
because such securities have not been registered under the
Securities Act, they must be held indefinitely unless
subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption
from such registration is available; and (v) the
undersigned agrees not to make any disposition of all or any
part of the aforesaid Ordinary Shares unless and until there is
then in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act
covering such proposed disposition and such disposition is made
in accordance with said registration statement, or the
undersigned has provided the Company with an opinion of counsel
to the undersigned satisfactory to the Company, stating that
such registration is not required.
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(Date)
(Signature)
(Holder’s Name)
(Authorized Signature)
(Title)
(Tax ID Number)
(Telephone)
NOTE: SIGNATURE MUST CONFORM IN ALL RESPECTS TO THE NAME OF
HOLDER AS SPECIFIED ON THE FACE OF THE WARRANT.
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ASSIGNMENT
FORM
(To assign the foregoing Warrant, subject to compliance with
applicable law and the terms of the Warrant, execute this form
and supply required information. Do not use this form to
exercise the Warrant.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights
evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to
Name: |
(Please Print)
Address: |
(Please Print)
and
is hereby appointed attorney to transfer said rights on the
books of Amarin Corporation plc, with full power of substitution
in the premises.
Dated: ,
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Holder’s
Name: _
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Title: _
_
Holder’s
Address: _
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Holder’s
Telephone: _
_
Facsimile: _
_
Assignee Tax ID
No.: _
_
Assignee
Telephone: _
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Assignee
Facsimile: _
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Signature
Guaranteed: _
_
NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with
the name as it appears on the face of the Warrant, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever and must be
guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers of corporations
and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity
should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing
Warrant.
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF
LEGAL OPINION OF UK COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY
AMARIN CORPORATION PLC (THE “COMPANY”)
[NAME]
[ADDRESS]
This Opinion is being delivered to you in connection with the
proposed placement by the Company of up to
[ ]
ordinary shares of £0.05 each in the capital of the Company
(the “Shares”) and the grant of warrants to
subscribe for
[ ]
ordinary shares of £0.05 each in the Company pursuant to
the securities purchase agreement dated January 23, 2006
and entered into between the Company and the Purchaser (the
“Securities Purchase Agreement”).
1. Documents
For the purposes of this Opinion, we have examined only the
following:
1.1 a copy of the certificate of incorporation and
memorandum and articles of association of the Company;
1.2 a certificate from the Company Secretary of the Company
(the “Secretary’s Certificate”) of the
same date as this Opinion confirming, inter alia, the amount of
the Company’s authorised but unissued share capital, the
nominal amount of relevant securities which the directors are
authorised to allot under section 80 of the UK Companies
Xxx 0000 (as amended) (the “Act”) and the
extent of the powers to allot equity securities conferred on the
directors under section 95 of the Act;
1.3 information on the file held at Companies House in
respect of the Company disclosed by an online search carried out
by us at Companies House at • and
on • January 2006;
1.4 a copy of an extract of the minutes of a meeting of the
board of directors of the Company held
on • January 2006 and a meeting of a committee of
the board of directors of the Company held
on • January 2006, copies of which are attached
to the Secretary’s Certificate;
1.5 a copy of the resolutions of the Company’s
shareholders dated • January 2006, a copy of
which is attached to the Secretary’s Certificate;
1.6 [Reserved];
1.7 a [draft] dated January [23], 2006 of the Securities
Purchase Agreement,
but in relation to 1.7 above, for the sole limited purpose of
this Opinion and specifically not in relation to compliance with
the laws of the United States or any State or jurisdiction
thereof, the rules of any non-UK regulatory body (including
without limitation, SEC), any securities exchange (including
without limitation, NASDAQ) or matters of fact.
2. | Assumptions |
For the purposes of this Opinion we have assumed without
investigation:
2.1 the authenticity, accuracy and completeness of all
documents submitted to us as originals or copies, the
genuineness of all signatures and the conformity to original
documents of all copies;
2.2 the Securities Purchase Agreement is signed in the form
of the draft referred to in paragraph [1.7] above;
2.3 the capacity, power and authority of each of the
parties (other than the Company) to enter into and perform any
documents reviewed by us;
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2.4 the due execution and delivery of any documents
reviewed by us in compliance with all requisite corporate
authorisations (other than the execution by the Company of the
Securities Purchase Agreement);
2.5 that all agreements examined by us are legal, valid and
binding under the laws by which they are (or are expressed to
be) governed;
2.6 that the contents of the Secretary’s Certificate
were true when given and remain true and that there is no matter
not referred to in that Certificate which would make any of the
information in the Secretary’s Certificate incorrect or
misleading;
2.7 that no change has occurred to the information on file
at Companies House since the time of our search
at • and on • January 2006;
2.8 that, having undertaken such Companies House search and
a winding up search at the Companies Court in England
on • January 2006 and having made enquiries of
the Company Secretary (the “Searches and
Enquiries”) (but having made no other searches or
enquiries) and the Searches and Enquiries not revealing any of
the same, no members’ or creditors’ voluntary winding
up resolution has been passed and no petition has been presented
and no order has been made for the administration, winding up or
dissolution of the Company and no receiver, administrative
receiver, administrator or similar officer has been appointed in
relation to the Company or any of its assets;
2.9 that:
(a) no alteration shall have been made as at the date of
allotment of the Shares to either the memorandum of association
or the articles of association of the Company;
(b) as at the date of allotment of such Shares, the number
of Shares to be allotted shall fall within the authorised and
unallotted share capital of the Company; and
(c) at the time of issue of the Shares the Company shall
have received in full in cash the subscription price payable for
the Shares and shall have entered the holder or holders thereof
in the register of members of the Company showing that all the
Shares shall have been fully paid up as to their nominal value
and any premium thereon as at the date of their allotment;
2.10 that:
(a) a meeting of the board of directors of the Company (or
a duly constituted and empowered committee thereof) shall have
been duly convened and held and a valid resolution passed at
such meeting to approve the allotment and issue of the Shares;
(b) as at the date of allotment of the Shares, the
directors of the Company shall have sufficient powers conferred
on them to allot the Shares under section 80 of the Act and
under section 95 of the Act as if section 89(1) of the
Act did not apply to such allotment;
(c) that the directors will use all their authorities and
exercise all their powers in connection with the allotment and
issue of the Shares and setting the subscription price in each
case bona fide in the interests of the Company;
(d) the Company shall not issue (or purport to issue)
Shares having an aggregate nominal value in excess of
£75,384,763;
(e) no Shares shall be issued at a discount to their
nominal value (whether in pounds sterling or equivalent in any
other currency);
(f) in the event that the Shares are allotted at a price
per share which is less than the then current market price for
the Shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market, the issue price will be a
fair price which is reasonable in all the circumstances;
2.11 that the Shares shall not be offered to the public in
the United Kingdom in breach of any UK laws or regulations
concerning the offer of securities to the public;
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2.12 that no Shares shall be issued such that any person,
or persons acting in concert, whether in one or more
transactions and whether or not aggregated with any existing
holding, shall acquire shares in the Company carrying
30 per cent or more of the voting rights of the Company or
otherwise to be required to make a mandatory offer under
Rule 9 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers;
2.13 that the Company’s American Depositary Shares
represent shares in the Company on a
one-for-one
basis; and
2.14 that no shares or securities in the Company are listed
on any recognised investment exchange in the United Kingdom (as
defined in section 285 of the Financial Services and
Markets Act 2000).
3. | Opinion |
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and subject to the
reservations mentioned below and to any matters not disclosed to
us, we are of the opinion that:
(a) the Company is duly incorporated and validly existing
as a public limited company in good standing under the laws of
England and Wales, with corporate power and authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as a
neuroscience company focussed on the development and
commercialisation of novel drugs for the treatment of central
nervous system disorder, to execute the Securities Purchase
Agreement and to allot and issue the Shares as described therein;
(b) the Securities Purchase Agreement has been (or will
when signed by a director of the Company have been) duly
authorised, executed and delivered by the Company. Such
execution of the Securities Purchase Agreement by the Company
will not conflict with the memorandum and articles of
association of the Company, nor with the laws of England and
Wales;
(c) upon payment therefor, the Shares will have been duly
authorised and validly issued and will be fully paid and
non-assessable. For the purposes of this opinion, we have
assumed the term “non-assessable” in relation to the
Shares means under English law that holders of such Shares, in
respect of which all amounts due on such Shares as to the
nominal amount and any premium thereon have been fully paid,
will be under no obligation to contribute to the liabilities of
the Company solely in their capacity as holders of such
Shares; and
(d) no further approval of the shareholders of the Company
is required in connection with the allotment and issue of the
Shares and the performance by the Company of the Securities
Purchase Agreement.
4. | Reservations |
Our reservations are as follows:
4.1 we express no opinion as to any law other than English
law in force, and as interpreted, at the date of this Opinion.
We are not qualified to, and we do not, express an opinion on
the laws of any other jurisdiction. In particular and without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, we have not
independently investigated the laws of the United States of
America or the State of New York or the rules of any non-UK
regulatory body (including without limitation, SEC) or any
securities exchange (including without limitation, NASDAQ) for
the purpose of this Opinion;
4.2 this Opinion deals exclusively with the statutory
authorities and powers required by the directors of the Company
to allot the Shares and not with any contractual restrictions
which may be binding on the Company or its directors or any
investing institutions’ guidelines;
4.3 the information contained in searches obtained from the
Registrar of Companies is not always up to date or complete as a
result of inaccuracies or delays in filing by the persons
responsible
and/or
misfiling or delays by staff at Companies House;
4.4 the list of members maintained by the Company’s
registrars does not disclose details of the payment up of any
Shares, such details being recorded by the Company in a separate
register of allotments which contains certain of the information
required under the Act and we assume that the same procedure
will be adopted in relation to the Shares; and
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4.5 no allotment of any Shares has yet taken place and no
such allotment may in any event take place.
This Opinion speaks only as at the date hereof. Notwithstanding
any reference herein to future matters or circumstances, we have
no obligation to advise the addressee (or any third party) of
any changes in the law or facts that may occur after the date of
this Opinion.
This Opinion is given on condition that it is governed by and
shall be construed in accordance with English law in force and
interpreted at the date of this Opinion. We have not
investigated the laws of any country other than England and
Wales.
This Opinion is given solely to you for the purpose of the
Securities Purchase Agreement. It may not be used nor relied
upon for any other purpose or by any other person.
Yours faithfully
Xxxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx LLP
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF
LEGAL OPINION OF US COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY
January [26], 2006
[NAME]
[ADDRESS]
Re: Amarin Corporation plc
Dear [NAME]:
This opinion is being furnished to you pursuant to
Section 5.2(d) of the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated
January 23, 2006 (the “Purchase
Agreement”), between you ( a
“Purchaser”) and Amarin Corporation plc, a
public limited company organized under the laws of England and
Wales (the “Company”) relating to the issuance
and sale today to the Purchaser by the Company of an aggregate
of
[ ]
ordinary shares, par value £0.05, of the Company (the
“Shares”) and the warrants to purchase
[ ]
ordinary shares of the Company as described therein (the
“Warrants” and collectively with the Shares,
the “Securities”). Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
ascribed thereto in the Purchase Agreement.
In rendering the opinions set forth herein, we have examined
originals, photocopies or conformed copies certified to our
satisfaction of all such company or corporate records,
agreements, instruments and documents of the Company and its
subsidiaries, certificates of public officials and other
certificates and opinions, and have made such other
investigations, as we have deemed necessary in connection with
the opinions set forth herein. In such examination, we have
assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of
all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to
original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified
or photocopies or conformed copies and the authenticity of
originals of such documents. We have relied, to the extent we
deem such reliance proper, on certificates of officers of the
Company and its subsidiaries as to factual matters.
Based upon the foregoing, it is our opinion that assuming
(i) the accuracy of the representations and warranties of
the Company contained in the Purchase Agreement, (ii) the
accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser
in the Purchase Agreement and (iii) the Placement Agent for
the December Private Placement did not engage in any activity
with respect to the securities offered and sold pursuant thereto
that would constitute a public offering within the meaning of
Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, it is not necessary in
connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities to the
Purchaser under the circumstances contemplated by the Purchase
Agreement to register the sale of the Securities to the
Purchaser under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, it being
understood that no opinion is being expressed as to any
subsequent resale of the Securities.
We are members of the Bar of the State of New York and do not
purport to be experts in, or to express any opinion concerning,
the laws of any jurisdictions other than the laws of the State
of New York and the federal laws of the United States of America.
This opinion is solely for your benefit as Purchaser of the
Securities and neither this opinion nor any part hereof may be
delivered to or used or relied upon by any person other than you
without our prior written consent.
Very truly yours,
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF
LEGAL OPINION OF GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE COMPANY
Amarin Corporation plc
0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx X0X 0XX
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
January [26], 2006
[NAME]
[ADDRESS]
Dear [NAME]:
I am General Counsel of Amarin Corporation, plc (the
“Company”). This opinion is being furnished to
you because of the issuance and sale today by the Company of
[ ]
ordinary shares, par value £0.05, of the Company (the
“Shares”) and
[ ]
warrants (the “Warrants”).
In rendering the opinion set forth herein, I have examined
originals, photocopies or conformed copies certified to my
satisfaction of all such company or corporate records,
agreements, instruments and documents of the Company and its
subsidiaries, certificates of public officials and other
certificates and opinions, and have made such other
investigations, as I have deemed necessary in connection with
the opinions set forth herein. In such examination, I have
assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of
all documents submitted to me as originals, the conformity to
original documents of all documents submitted to me as certified
or photocopies or conformed copies and the authenticity of
originals of such documents. I have relied, to the extent I deem
such reliance proper, on certificates of officers of the Company
and its subsidiaries as to factual matters.
Whenever a statement herein is qualified as to knowledge, it is
intended to indicate that I do not have current actual knowledge
of the inaccuracy of such statement. However, except as
otherwise expressly indicated, I have not undertaken any
independent investigation to determine the accuracy of any such
statement.
Based upon the foregoing, it is my opinion (assuming that the
relevant provisions of the laws of Scotland are substantially
the same as the laws of England and Wales) that:
(a) Amarin Neuroscience Limited, a subsidiary of the
Company (the “Subsidiary”), is duly
incorporated and validly existing in good standing under the
laws of Scotland, with corporate power and authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as
presently conducted;
(b) the Company and the Subsidiary are duly qualified to do
business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction where the
ownership or leasing of their properties or the conduct of their
business requires such qualification, except where the failure
to be so qualified and in good standing would not, individually
or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect;
(c) the execution and delivery of the Securities Purchase
Agreement entered into between the Company and the purchasers of
the Shares and Warrants on this date (the
“Agreement”), the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby and compliance by the Company
with the provisions thereof will not conflict with, constitute a
default under or violate (i) any of the terms, conditions
or provisions of the Memorandum of Association of the Company,
(ii) any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any
material document, agreement or other instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound of which I am aware,
(iii) any federal law or regulation (other than federal and
state securities or blue sky laws, as to which I express no
opinion in this paragraph) or any judgment, writ, injunction,
decree, order or ruling of any court or governmental authority
binding on the Company in any court of England and Wales of
which I am aware, except where such breach, violation or default
would not individually or in the aggregate have a material
adverse effect; and
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(d) No consent, approval, waiver, license, qualification or
authorization or other action by or filing or registration with
or declaration to any governmental authority is required in
connection with the execution and delivery by the Company of the
Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated thereby under the law of England and Wales.
This opinion expressed herein is (a) as of the date hereof,
and I expressly disclaim any undertaking, obligation or
responsibility to update or advise you of any changes to this
opinion for any reasons after the date here, (b) strictly
limited to the matters stated herein, and no other or more
extensive opinion is intended, implied or to be inferred beyond
the matters expressly stated herein, (c) an expression of
professional judgment in my capacity as General Counsel of the
Company and not in my individual capacity and is not a guarantee
of a particular result and should not be construed or relied on
as such and (d) solely for your benefit as the purchaser
and neither this opinion nor any part hereof may be delivered to
or used or relied upon by any person other than you without our
prior written consent.
Very truly yours,
By: |
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
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DISCLOSURE
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 USE
OF PROCEEDS
The proceeds from this offering will be $2.0 million. The
Company intends to use the net proceeds of this offering (after
offering expenses) primarily for general working capital,
clinical trials, research and development expenses,
administrative expenses and for potential acquisitions of, or
investments in, complementary businesses, products and
technologies.
SCHEDULE 2 NASD
COMPLIANCE
Pursuant to NASD Rule 4350(a)(1) for Foreign Private
Issuers, the Company has elected to follow the home country
practice of the United Kingdom in lieu of the requirements of
NASD Rules 4350(i)(D) and 4350(i)(1)(A). Under NASD
4350(i)(D), issuers are required to obtain shareholder approval
prior to the issuance of common stock at a price less than the
greater of book or market value which together with sales by
officers, directors or substantial shareholders of the company
that equals 20% or more of the common stock or more of the
voting power outstanding. Under NASD 4350(i)(1)(A), issuers are
required to obtain shareholder approval prior to when a stock
option or purchase plan is established or materially amended or
other equity compensation arrangement is made pursuant to which
stock may be acquired by officers, directors, employees or
consultants of the issuer, subject to certain exceptions. No
requirements similar to those described in the preceding two
sentences exist under the laws of the England and Wales.
SCHEDULE 3 ENFORCEABILITY
OF CIVIL LIABILITIES
The Company is a public limited company incorporated in England
and Wales. A number of the directors and executive officers of
the Company are non-residents of the United States, and all or a
substantial portion of the assets of such persons are located
outside the United States. As a result, it may not be possible
for Purchasers to effect service of process within the United
States upon such persons or to enforce against them in
U.S. courts judgments obtained in U.S. courts
predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the federal
securities laws of the United States. The Company has been
advised by its English solicitors that there is doubt as to the
enforceability in England, in original actions or in actions for
enforcement of judgments of U.S. courts, of civil
liabilities to the extent predicated upon the federal securities
laws of the United States.
SCHEDULE 4 CERTAIN
TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS
THESE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD
EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED, AND THE APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, PURSUANT TO
REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM. INVESTORS SHOULD BE
AWARE THAT THEY MAY BE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF
THIS INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.
SCHEDULE 5 RISK
FACTORS
The funds generated from this equity offering may not end the
Company’s need to find additional capital resources.
Prior to the completion of this offering and the December
Private Placement, the Company is forecast to have sufficient
cash to fund its group operating activities into the second
quarter of 2006. In addition, the Company intends to obtain
additional funding through earning license fees from partnering
its drug development pipeline
and/or
completing further equity-based financings such as this
offering. There is no assurance, however, that this offering and
the December Private Placement will eliminate the uncertainty as
to whether the Company will be able to fund our operations on an
ongoing basis. The Company will also require further capital
investment in the future to implement our long-term growth
strategy of acquiring additional development stage
and/or
marketable products, recruiting clinical, regulatory and sales
and marketing personnel, and growing our business. The
Company’s ability to execute its business strategy and
sustain its infrastructure at its current level will continue to
be impacted by the
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Company’s ability to raise additional capital
and/or
obtain additional funding. Depending on market conditions in the
future and the Company’s ability to maintain financial
stability, the Company may not have access to additional capital
on reasonable terms or at all. Any inability to obtain
additional financing when needed would have a material adverse
effect on the Company’s business and on its ability to
operate its business on an ongoing basis.
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