●] Shares of Common Stock1 and Warrants to Purchase [●] Shares of Common Stock ENDRA LIFE SCIENCES INC. UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
[●] Shares of Common
Stock1
and
Warrants
to Purchase [●] Shares of Common Stock
[●], 2017
XXXXXX
XXXXX SECURITIES INC.
As
Representative of the several Underwriters
Named
in Schedule I hereto
c/o
Xxxxxx Xxxxx Securities Inc.
0 X.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
ENDRA
Life Sciences Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
proposes to sell to the several Underwriters named in Schedule I
hereto (the “Underwriters”)
(i) an aggregate of [●] authorized but
unissued shares (the
“Firm Shares”)
of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common
Stock”), of the Company, and (ii) warrants of the
Company, to be issued pursuant to a warrant agreement to be entered
into by and between the Company and Corporate Stock Transfer, Inc.,
as warrant agent, in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto (the
“Warrant
Agreement”), to purchase [●] shares of Common
Stock (“Firm Warrant
Shares”) at an exercise price of $[●] per share
(the “Firm
Warrants”). Each Firm Share is being sold together
with a Firm Warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock. The
Company also has granted to the several Underwriters an option to
purchase up to [●] additional shares of Common Stock
on the terms and for the purposes set forth in Section 3 hereof
(the “Option
Shares”) and warrants
of the Company, to be issued pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, to
purchase [●] shares of Common Stock (the
“Option Warrant
Shares” and, together with the Firm Warrant Shares,
the “Warrant
Shares”) at an exercise price of $[●] per share
(the “Option
Warrants,” and, together with the Firm Warrants, the
“Warrants”), in
each case on the terms and for the purposes set forth in Section 3
hereof . The Firm Shares, the Firm Warrants, the Warrant Shares,
any Option Shares and any Option Warrants purchased pursuant to
this Underwriting Agreement (the “Agreement”)
are herein collectively called the “Securities.”
The Securities numbers set forth in this Agreement reflect a one
for 3.50 reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock
Split”) to be
effected by the Company following the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement (as defined below) and prior to the First
Closing Date (as defined below). Failure to complete the Reverse
Stock Split will be grounds for termination of this Agreement by
the Representative.
Plus an option to cover over-allotments to
purchase up to [●]
additional shares and warrants to purchase up to
[●] additional shares at an exercise price of
$[●].
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The
Company hereby confirms its agreement with respect to the sale of
the Securities to the several Underwriters, for whom Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Securities Inc. is acting as representative (the “Representative” or “you”).
1. Registration Statement and
Prospectus. A registration statement on Form S-1
(File No. 333-214724) with respect to the Securities,
including a preliminary form of prospectus, has been prepared by
the Company in conformity with the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and the
rules and regulations (“Rules and
Regulations”) of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”)
thereunder and has been filed with the Commission. Such
registration statement, including the amendments, exhibits and
schedules thereto, as of the time it became effective, including
the Rule 430A Information (as defined below), is referred to herein
as the “Registration
Statement.” The Company will prepare and file a
prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and
Regulations that discloses the information previously omitted from
the prospectus in the Registration Statement in reliance upon
Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, which information will
be deemed retroactively to be a part of the Registration Statement
in accordance with Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations
(“Rule 430A
Information”). If the Company has elected to rely upon
Rule 462(b) of the Rules and Regulations to increase the size
of the offering registered under the Act, the Company will prepare
and file with the Commission a registration statement with respect
to such increase pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Rules and
Regulations (such registration statement, including the contents of
the Registration Statement incorporated by reference therein is the
“Rule
462(b) Registration Statement”). References herein to
the “Registration
Statement” will be deemed to include the Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement at and after the time of filing of the Rule
462(b) Registration Statement. “Preliminary
Prospectus” means any prospectus included in the
Registration Statement prior to the effective time of the
Registration Statement, any prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Rules and Regulations and each
prospectus that omits Rule 430A Information used after the
effective time of the Registration Statement. “Prospectus”
means the prospectus that discloses the public offering price and
other final terms of the Securities and the offering and otherwise
satisfies Section 10(a) of the Act. All references
in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of
the foregoing, is deemed to include the copy filed with the
Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and
Retrieval System or any successor system thereto (“XXXXX”).
All
references herein to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus or a Prospectus shall be deemed as of any time to
include the documents and information incorporated therein by
reference in accordance with the Rules and
Regulations.
2. Representations and
Warranties of the Company.
(a)
Representations
and Warranties of the Company.
The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the
several Underwriters as follows:
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(i)
Registration
Statement and Prospectuses. The Registration Statement and
any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective under the
Act. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued,
and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or, to the
Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission. No order
preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or
the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) has been issued by the
Commission and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated
or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission.
As of the time each part of the Registration Statement (or any
post-effective amendment thereto) became or becomes effective, such
Registration Statement (or any post-effective amendment thereto)
conformed or will conform in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations. Upon the
filing or first use within the meaning of the Rules and
Regulations, each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (or any
supplement to either) conformed or will conform in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations.
(ii)
Accurate
Disclosure. Each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of
filing thereof or the time of first use within the meaning of the
Rules and Regulations, did not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. Neither the Registration Statement nor any amendment
thereto, at the effective time of each part thereof, at the First
Closing Date (as defined below) or at the Second Closing Date (as
defined below), contained, contains or will contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading. As of the Time of Sale
(as defined below), neither (A) the Time of Sale Disclosure Package
(as defined below) nor (B) any issuer free writing prospectus (as
defined below), when considered together with the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package, included an untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading. Neither the Prospectus nor any
supplement thereto, as of its issue date, at the time of any filing
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and
Regulations, at the First Closing Date or at the Second Closing
Date, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
representations and warranties in this Section 2(a)(ii) shall
not apply to statements in or omissions from any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto),
the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any
supplement thereto) made in reliance upon, and in conformity with,
written information furnished to the Company by you, or by any
Underwriter through you, specifically for use in the preparation of
such document, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the
information described as such in Section 6(e).
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“Time of Sale Disclosure
Package” means the Preliminary Prospectus dated
[●], 2017 and the information on Schedule III, all considered
together.
Each
reference to a “free writing
prospectus”
herein means a free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 405 of
the Rules and Regulations.
“Time of Sale”
means [●] [a/p]m (Eastern time) on the date of this
Agreement.
(iii)
No
Other Offering Materials. The Company has not
distributed and will not distribute any prospectus or other
offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the
Securities other than any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or other materials permitted
by the Act to be distributed by the Company; provided, further, that the Company has not made and will not make any offer
relating to the Securities that
would constitute a free writing prospectus.
Financial
Statements. The financial statements of the Company,
together with the related notes, set forth in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and Prospectus
comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Act
and the Rules and Regulations and fairly present the financial
condition of the Company as of the dates indicated and the results
of operations, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity
for the periods therein specified. The financial statements of the
Company, together with the related notes, set forth in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and
Prospectus are in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States (“GAAP”)
consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except in the
case of unaudited interim financial statements, which are subject
to normal year-end adjustments and do not contain certain footnotes
as permitted by the applicable rules of the Commission. The
supporting schedules, if any, of the Company included in the
Registration Statement present fairly the information required to
be stated therein. All non-GAAP financial information included in
the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus complies with the requirements of Regulation G and
Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Act. Except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, there are no material off-balance sheet arrangements
(as defined in Regulation S-K under the Act, Item 303(a)(4)(ii)) or
any other relationships with unconsolidated entities or other
persons, that may have a material current or, to the
Company’s knowledge, material future effect on the
Company’s financial condition, results of operations,
liquidity, capital expenditures, capital resources or significant
components of revenue or expenses. No other financial statements or
schedules, if any, are required to be included in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.
RBSM LLP, which has expressed its opinion with respect to the
financial statements of the Company and related schedules filed as
a part of the Registration Statement and included in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, is (x) an independent
registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the
Act and the Rules and Regulations, (y) a registered public
accounting firm (as defined in Section 2(a)(12) of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the
“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act”)) and (z) not in
violation of the auditor independence requirements of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act.
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(v) Organization and
Good Standing. The Company has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation. The Company
has full corporate power and authority to own its properties and
conduct its business as currently being carried on and as described
in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package
and Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the
ownership or lease of real property or the conduct of its business
requires such qualification and in which the failure to so qualify
would have a material adverse effect upon the business, prospects,
management, properties, operations, condition (financial or
otherwise) or results of operations of the Company, taken as a
whole (“Material Adverse
Effect”).
(vi) Absence
of Certain Events. Except as contemplated in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in
the Prospectus, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial
statements of the Company included in the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package, the Company has not incurred any material liabilities or
obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any material
transactions, or declared or paid any dividends or made any
distribution of any kind with respect to its capital stock; and
there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than a
change in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock due to
the issuance of shares upon the exercise of outstanding options or
warrants or conversion of convertible securities), or any material
change in the short-term or long-term debt (other than as a result
of the conversion of convertible securities), or any issuance of
options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights to
purchase the capital stock, of the Company, or any material adverse
change in the business, prospects, management, properties,
operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of
operations of the Company, taken as a whole (“Material Adverse
Change”), or any development which would reasonably be
expected to result in any Material Adverse Change.
(vii) Absence
of Proceedings.
Except as set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in
the Prospectus, there is not pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened or contemplated, any action, suit or proceeding
(a) to which the Company is a party or (b) which has as the subject
thereof any officer or director of the Company, any employee
benefit plan sponsored by the Company or any property or assets
owned or leased by the Company before or by any court or
Governmental Authority (as defined below), or any arbitrator,
which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be
expected to result in any Material Adverse Change, or would
materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to
perform its obligations under this Agreement or the
Underwriters’ Warrants (as defined below) or which are
otherwise material in the context of the sale of the Securities.
There are no current or, to the knowledge of the Company, pending,
legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings (x)
to which the Company is subject or (y) which has as the subject
thereof any officer or director of the Company, any employee plan
sponsored by the Company or any property or assets owned or leased
by the Company, that are required to be described in the
Registration Statement, Time of Sale Disclosure Package and
Prospectus by the Act or by the Rules and Regulations and that have
not been so described.
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(viii) Authorization;
No Conflicts; Authority. This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. The
Underwriters’ Warrants have been duly authorized and, at the
First Closing Date and, if applicable, the Second Closing Date,
will be duly executed and delivered by the Company. This Agreement
constitutes, and the Underwriters’ Warrants will constitute
at the First Closing Date and, if applicable, the Second Closing
Date, a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as rights to
indemnity hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities
laws and except as such enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting
the rights of creditors generally and subject to general principles
of equity. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the Underwriters’ Warrants and the consummation
of the transactions herein contemplated will not (A) conflict with
or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any
property or assets of the Company pursuant to any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company
is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company
is subject, (B) result in any violation of the provisions of the
Company’s charter or by-laws or (C) result in the violation
of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule, regulation or
decree of any court or arbitrator or federal, state, local or
foreign governmental agency or regulatory authority having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties or assets
(each, a “Governmental
Authority”), except in the case of clauses (A) and (C)
as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No consent,
approval, authorization or order of, or registration or filing with
any Governmental Authority is required for the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement or the Underwriters’
Warrants or for the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, including the issuance or sale of the Securities by the
Company or the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise
of the Underwriters’ Warrants, except such as may be required
under the Act, the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), The
NASDAQ Stock Market Rules or state securities or blue sky laws; and
the Company has full corporate power and authority to enter into
this Agreement and the Underwriters’ Warrants and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the
authorization, issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated
by this Agreement and the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon
the exercise of the Underwriters’ Warrants.
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(ix) Capitalization;
the Securities;
Registration
Rights. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company, including the outstanding shares of Common
Stock, are duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and
state securities laws, and were not issued in violation of or
subject to any preemptive rights or other similar rights to
subscribe for or purchase securities that have not been waived in
writing (a copy of which has been delivered to counsel to the
Representative), and the holders thereof are not subject to
personal liability by reason of being such holders. The Securities
which may be sold hereunder by the Company (other than the Warrant
Shares and the shares of Common Stock which may be sold pursuant to
the Warrants and Underwriters’ Warrants) have been duly
authorized and, when issued, delivered and paid for in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, will have been validly issued and
will be fully paid and nonassessable, and the holders thereof will
not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such
holders. The Warrant Shares and the shares of Common Stock which
may be sold pursuant to the Underwriters’ Warrants by the
Company, when issued in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Warrants and the
Underwriters’ Warrants (including, without limitation,
payment of the exercise price therefor), will have been validly
issued and will be fully paid and nonassessable, and the holders
thereof will not be subject to personal liability by reason of
being such holders. The capital stock of the Company, including the
Common Stock, conforms to the description thereof in the
Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and
in the Prospectus. Except as otherwise stated in the Registration
Statement, in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the
Prospectus, (A) there are no preemptive rights or other rights
to subscribe for or to purchase, or any restriction upon the voting
or transfer of, any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the
Company’s charter, by-laws or any agreement or other
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company
is bound, (B) none of the filing of the Registration Statement, the
offering, the sale of the Securities or the Underwriters’
Warrants as contemplated by this Agreement, or the issuance of
shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Underwriters’
Warrants, give rise to any rights (other than rights in favor of
the holders of the Underwriters’ Warrants) for or relating to
the registration of any shares of Common Stock or other securities
of the Company (collectively “Registration
Rights”) and (C) any person to whom the Company
has granted Registration Rights has agreed not to exercise such
rights until after expiration of the Lock-Up Period (as defined
below). The Company has an authorized and outstanding
capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, in the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus under the
caption “Description of Securities We Are Offering.”
The Securities (including the Warrant Shares) conform in all
material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Time
of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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(x) Stock
Options.
Except as described in the Registration Statement, in the Time of
Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, there are no
options, warrants, agreements, contracts or other rights in
existence to purchase or acquire from the Company any shares of the
capital stock of the Company. The description of the
Company’s stock option, stock bonus and other stock plans or
arrangements (the “Company Stock
Plans”), and the options (the “Options”) or
other rights granted thereunder, set forth in the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, accurately and fairly
presents in all material respects the information required to be
shown with respect to such plans, arrangements, options and rights.
Each grant of an Option (A) was duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the board
of directors of the Company (or a duly constituted and authorized
committee thereof) and any required stockholder approval by the
necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award
agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and
delivered by each party thereto and (B) was made in accordance
with the terms of the applicable Company Stock Plan, and all
applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements, including all
applicable federal securities laws.
(xi) Compliance
with Laws. Except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect,
the Company holds, and is operating in compliance with, all
franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements,
consents, certificates and orders of any Governmental Authority or
self-regulatory body required for the conduct of its business and
all such franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits,
easements, consents, certifications and orders are valid and in
full force and effect; and except as would, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect,
the Company has not received notice of any revocation or
modification of any such franchise, grant, authorization, license,
permit, easement, consent, certification or order or has reason to
believe that any such franchise, grant, authorization, license,
permit, easement, consent, certification or order will not be
renewed in the ordinary course; and except as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect, the Company is in compliance with all
applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, regulations,
orders and decrees.
(xii) Ownership
of Assets. The Company has good and marketable title to all
property (whether real or personal) described in the Registration
Statement, in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the
Prospectus as being owned by it, in each case free and clear of all
liens, claims, security interests, other encumbrances or defects
except such as are described in the Registration Statement, in the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus. The property
held under lease by the Company is held by it under valid,
subsisting and enforceable leases with only such exceptions with
respect to any particular lease as do not interfere in any material
respect with the conduct of the business of the
Company.
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(xiii) Intellectual
Property. The Company owns, possesses, or to the knowledge
of the Company can acquire on reasonable terms, all material
Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of the
Company’s business as now conducted or as described in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus to be conducted. Furthermore, (A) to the knowledge of
the Company, there is no infringement, misappropriation or
violation by third parties of any such Intellectual Property owned
or licensed by the Company; (B) there is no pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened, action, suit, proceeding or
claim by others challenging the Company’s rights in or to any
such Intellectual Property owned or licensed by the Company, and to
the knowledge of the Company, there are no facts that would form a
reasonable basis for any such claim; (C) the Intellectual Property
owned by the Company, and to the knowledge of the Company, the
Intellectual Property licensed to the Company, has not been
adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and there
is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the
validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property, and to the
knowledge of the Company, there are no material facts that would
form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (D) there is no pending
or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit,
proceeding or claim by others that the Company infringes,
misappropriates or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property or
other proprietary rights of others, the Company has not received
any written notice of such claim and to the knowledge of the
Company, there are no material facts that would form a reasonable
basis for any such claim; and (E) to the Company’s knowledge,
no employee of the Company is in or has ever been in violation of
any term of any employment contract, patent disclosure agreement,
invention assignment agreement, non-competition agreement,
non-solicitation agreement, nondisclosure agreement or any
restrictive covenant to or with a former employer where the basis
of such violation relates to such employee’s employment with
the Company or actions undertaken by the employee while employed
with the Company, except as such violation would not result in a
Material Adverse Effect. “Intellectual
Property” shall mean all patents, patent applications,
trade and service marks, trade and service xxxx registrations,
trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets,
domain names, technology and other intellectual
property.
(xiv) No
Violations or Defaults. The Company is not in violation of
its charter, by-laws or other organizational documents or in breach
of or otherwise in default under any bond, debt, note, indenture,
loan agreement or any other contract, lease or other instrument to
which it is subject or by which it may be bound, or to which any of
the property or assets of the Company is subject, except for any
such violation, breach or default that has been waived by the other
party. No event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or
both, would constitute such a default in the performance of any
obligation, agreement or condition contained in any bond,
debenture, note, indenture, loan agreement or any other contract,
lease or other instrument to which it is subject or by which any of
them may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the
Company is subject, except for such breach or default as is not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
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(xv) Taxes.
The Company has timely filed all federal, state, local and foreign
income and franchise tax returns required to be filed (taking into
account valid extensions of time to file) and is not in default in
the payment of any taxes which were payable pursuant to said
returns or any assessments with respect thereto, other than any
which the Company is contesting in good faith. There is no pending
dispute with any taxing authority relating to any of such returns,
and the Company has no knowledge of any proposed liability for any
tax to be imposed upon the properties or assets of the Company for
which there is not an adequate reserve reflected in the
Company’s financial statements included in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus.
(xvi)
Exchange Listing
and Exchange Act Registration. The Securities have been
approved for listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market upon official
notice of issuance and, on the date the Registration Statement
became effective, the Company’s Registration Statement on
Form 8-A or other applicable form under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), became effective. Except as previously
disclosed to counsel for the Underwriters or as set forth in the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no
affiliations with members of FINRA among the Company’s
officers or directors or, to the knowledge of the Company, any five
percent or greater stockholders of the Company or any beneficial
owner of the Company’s unregistered equity securities that
were acquired during the 180-day period immediately preceding the
initial filing date of the Registration Statement. The
Company’s board of directors has, subject to the exceptions,
cure periods and the phase-in periods specified in the applicable
stock exchange rules (the “Exchange
Rules”), validly appointed an audit committee to
oversee internal accounting controls whose composition satisfies
the applicable requirements of the Exchange Rules and the
Company’s board of directors and/or the audit committee has
adopted a charter that satisfies the requirements of the Exchange
Rules.
(xvii) Ownership
of Other Entities. The Company, directly or indirectly, owns
no capital stock or other equity or ownership or proprietary
interest in any corporation, partnership, association, trust or
other entity.
(xviii) Internal
Controls. The Company maintains a system of internal
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 GAAP 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.
Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, in the Time of
Sale Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting is effective and none of
the Company, its board of directors and audit committee is aware of
any “significant deficiencies” or “material
weaknesses” (each as defined by the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board) in its internal control over financial reporting,
or any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees of the Company who have a significant role in the
Company’s internal controls; and since the end of the latest
audited fiscal year, there has been no change in the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether
or not remediated) that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control
over financial reporting. The Company’s board of directors
has, subject to the exceptions, cure periods and the phase-in
periods specified in the applicable stock exchange rules
(“Exchange
Rules”), validly appointed an audit committee to
oversee internal accounting controls whose composition satisfies
the applicable requirements of the Exchange Rules and the
Company’s board of directors and/or the audit committee has
adopted a charter that satisfies the requirements of the Exchange
Rules.
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(xix) No
Brokers or Finders. Other than as contemplated by this
Agreement, the Company has not incurred and will not incur any
liability for any finder’s or broker’s fee or
agent’s commission in connection with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(xx)
Insurance.
The Company carries, or is covered by, insurance from reputable
insurers in such amounts and covering such risks as is adequate for
the conduct of its business and the value of its properties and as
is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar
industries; all policies of insurance and any fidelity or surety
bonds insuring the Company or its business, assets, employees,
officers and directors are in full force and effect; the Company is
in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in
all material respects; there are no claims by the Company under any
such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is
denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights
clause; the Company has not been refused any insurance coverage
sought or applied for; and the Company has no reason to believe
that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage
as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage
from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business
at a cost that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(xxi) Investment
Company Act. 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.
(xxii) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act. The Company is in compliance with all applicable
provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder.
(xxiii) Disclosure
Controls. The Company has established and maintains
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-14 and
15d-14 under the Exchange Act) and such controls and procedures are
effective in ensuring that material information relating to the
Company is made known to the principal executive officer and the
principal financial officer. The Company has utilized such controls
and procedures in preparing and evaluating the disclosures in the
Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and
in the Prospectus.
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(xxiv) Anti-Bribery
and Anti-Money Laundering Laws. Each of the Company, its
officers, directors, supervisors, managers and employees, and to
the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates or agents and any of
their respective officers, directors, supervisors, managers, agents
and employees, has not violated, its participation in the offering
will not violate, and the Company has instituted and maintains
policies and procedures designed to ensure continued compliance
with, each of the following laws: (A) anti-bribery laws, including
but not limited to, any applicable law, rule, or regulation of any
locality, including but not limited to any law, rule, or regulation
promulgated to implement the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery
of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions,
signed December 17, 1997, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, as amended, the U.K. Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000, or
any other law, rule or regulation of similar purposes and scope or
(B) anti-money laundering laws, including but not limited to,
applicable federal, state, international, foreign or other laws,
regulations or government guidance regarding anti-money laundering,
including, without limitation, Title 18 US. Code section 1956 and
1957, the Patriot Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, and international
anti-money laundering principles or procedures by an
intergovernmental group or organization, such as the Financial
Action Task Force on Money Laundering, of which the United States
is a member and with which designation the United States
representative to the group or organization continues to concur,
all as amended, and any executive order, directive, or regulation
pursuant to the authority of any of the foregoing, or any orders or
licenses issued thereunder. The Company has instituted, maintains
and enforces policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance
with anti-bribery laws.
(xxv) OFAC.
(A)
Neither the Company nor any of its directors or officers, nor, to
the Company’s knowledge, any employee, agent, affiliate or
representative of the Company, is an individual or entity that is,
or is owned or controlled by an individual or entity that
is:
(1) the
subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S.
Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control,
the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her
Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority
(collectively, “Sanctions”),
nor
(2) located,
organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject
of Sanctions (including, without limitation, the Crimea Region of
the Xxxxxxx, Xxxx, Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx xxx
Xxxxx).
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(X)
The Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of
the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such
proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other
individual or entity:
(1) to
fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any
individual or entity or in any country or territory that, at the
time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions;
or
(2) in
any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by
any individual or entity (including any individual or entity
participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor,
investor or otherwise).
(C) For
the past five years, neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries, whether or not currently existing, has knowingly
engaged in, and is not now knowingly engaged in, any dealings or
transactions with any individual or entity, or in any country or
territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was
the subject of Sanctions.
(xxvi) Compliance
with Environmental
Laws. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the
Time of Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company is not
in violation of any statute, any rule, regulation, decision or
order of any Governmental Authority or any court, domestic or
foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or
toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of
the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances
(collectively, “Environmental
Laws”), owns or operates any real property
contaminated with any substance that is subject to any
Environmental Laws, is liable for any off-site disposal or
contamination pursuant to any Environmental Laws, or is subject to
any claim relating to any Environmental Laws, which violation,
contamination, liability or claim would individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is not
aware of any pending investigation which would reasonably be
expected to lead to such a claim. The Company does not anticipate
incurring any material capital expenditures relating to compliance
with Environmental Laws.
(xxvii)
Compliance
with Occupational
Laws. The Company (A) is in compliance with any and all
applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, rules,
regulations, treaties, statutes and codes promulgated by any and
all Governmental Authorities (including pursuant to the
Occupational Health and Safety Act) relating to the protection of
human health and safety in the workplace (“Occupational
Laws”); (B) has received all permits, licenses or
other approvals required of it under applicable Occupational Laws
to conduct its business as currently conducted; and (C) is in
compliance with all terms and conditions of such permits, licenses
or approvals, except in the case of each of clauses (A), (B) and
(C) above where such noncompliance with Occupational Laws, failure
to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure
to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses
or other approvals would not have a Material Adverse Effect. No
action, proceeding, revocation proceeding, writ, injunction or
claim is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened
against the Company relating to Occupational Laws, and the Company
does not have knowledge of any facts, circumstances or developments
relating to its operations or cost accounting practices that would
reasonably be expected to form the basis for or give rise to such
actions, suits, investigations or proceedings.
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(xxviii)
ERISA and Employee
Benefits Matters. (A) To the knowledge of the Company, no
“prohibited transaction” as defined under Section 406
of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and not exempt under ERISA
Section 408 or the regulations or published interpretations
thereunder has occurred with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan.
At no time has the Company or any ERISA Affiliate maintained,
sponsored, participated in, contributed to or has or had any
liability or obligation in respect of any Employee Benefit Plan
subject to Part 3 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA, Title IV of
ERISA, or Section 412 of the Code or any “multiemployer
plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA or any multiple
employer plan for which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate has
incurred or could incur liability under Section 4063 or 4064 of
ERISA. No Employee Benefit Plan provides or promises, or at any
time provided or promised, retiree health, retiree life insurance,
or other retiree welfare benefits except as may be required by the
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended,
or similar state law. Each Employee Benefit Plan is and has been
operated in material compliance with its terms and all applicable
laws, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code and, to the
knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred (including a
“reportable event” as such term is defined in Section
4043 of ERISA) and no condition exists that would subject the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate to any material tax, fine, lien,
penalty or liability imposed by ERISA, the Code or other applicable
law. Each Employee Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under Code
Section 401(a) is so qualified and has a favorable determination or
opinion letter from the IRS upon which it can rely, and any such
determination or opinion letter remains in effect and has not been
revoked; to the knowledge of the Company, nothing has occurred
since the date of any such determination or opinion letter that is
reasonably likely to adversely affect such qualification; (B) with
respect to each Foreign Benefit Plan (if any), such Foreign Benefit
Plan (1) if intended to qualify for special tax treatment, meets,
in all material respects, the requirements for such treatment, and
(2) if required to be funded, is funded to the extent required by
applicable law, and with respect to all other Foreign Benefit
Plans, adequate reserves therefor have been established on the
accounting statements of the Company; and (C) the Company does not
have any obligations under any collective bargaining agreement with
any union and, to the knowledge of the Company, no organization
efforts are underway with respect to Company employees. As used in
this Agreement, “Code” means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; “Employee Benefit
Plan” means any “employee benefit plan”
within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, including, without
limitation, all stock purchase, stock option, stock-based
severance, employment, change-in-control, medical, disability,
fringe benefit, bonus, incentive, deferred compensation, employee
loan and all other employee benefit plans, agreements, programs,
policies or other arrangements, whether or not subject to ERISA,
under which (x) any current or former employee, director or
independent contractor of the Company has any present or future
right to benefits and which are contributed to, sponsored by or
maintained by the Company and (y) the Company has had or has any
present or future obligation or liability; “ERISA” means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended;
“ERISA
Affiliate” means any member of the company’s
controlled group as defined in Code Section 414(b), (c), (m) or
(o); and “Foreign Benefit
Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan established,
maintained or contributed to outside of, and subject to applicable
laws other than those of, the United States of America or any state
thereof, or which covers any employee working or residing outside
of the United States who is subject to applicable laws other than
those of the United States or any state thereof with respect to
such Employee Benefit Plan.
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(xxix)
Business
Arrangements. Except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
the Company has not granted any rights to develop, manufacture,
produce, assemble, distribute, license, market or sell its products
to any other person and is not bound by any agreement that affects
the exclusive right of the Company to develop, manufacture,
produce, assemble, distribute, license, market or sell its
products.
(xxx)
Labor
Matters. No labor problem or dispute with the employees of
the Company exists or is threatened or imminent, and the Company is
not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the
employees of any of its principal suppliers, contractors or
customers, that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxxi)
Disclosure of
Legal Matters. There are no statutes, regulations, legal or
governmental proceedings or contracts or other documents required
to be described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or in the
Prospectus or included as exhibits to the Registration Statement
that are not described or included as required.
(xxxii)
Statistical
Information. Any third-party statistical and market-related
data included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from
sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate in
all material respects.
(xxxiii) Forward-looking
Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Act and Section 21E of the Exchange
Act) contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed
without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good
faith.
(xxxiv) Emerging
Growth Company. From the time of the initial confidential
submission of the Registration Statement to the Commission through
the date hereof, the Company has been and is an “emerging
growth company,” as such term is defined in Section 2(a) of
the Act (an “Emerging Growth
Company”).
(xxxv)
Related Party
Transactions. To the Companyís knowledge, no
transaction has occurred between or among the Company, on the one hand, and any of the
Companyís officers, directors or five percent or greater
stockholders or any affiliate or affiliates of any such officer,
director or five percent or greater stockholders that is required
to be described that is not so described in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
The Company has not, directly or indirectly, extended or maintained
credit, or arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed an
extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any
of its directors or executive officers in violation of applicable
laws, including Section 402 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act.
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Qualified Small
Business Stock. As of and immediately following the
First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date, as applicable: (i)
the Company will be an eligible corporation as defined in Section
1202(e)(4) of the Code, (ii) the Company will not have made
purchases of its own stock described in Code Section 1202(c)(3)(B)
during the one year period preceding the First Closing Date and the
Second Closing Date, as applicable, except for purchases that are
disregarded for such purposes under Treasury Regulation Section
1.1202-2, and (iii) the Company’s aggregate gross assets, as
defined by Code Section 1202(d)(2), at no time between its
incorporation and through the First Closing Date and the Second
Closing Date, as applicable, have exceeded $50 million, taking into
account the assets of any corporations required to be aggregated
with the Company in accordance with Code Section
1202(d)(3).
(b)
Effect of
Certificates. Any certificate signed by any officer of the
Company and delivered to you or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be
deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to each
Underwriter as to the matters covered
thereby.
3.
Purchase, Sale and Delivery
of Securities.
(a)
Firm
Shares. On
the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein
contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set
forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Firm Shares to the
several Underwriters, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and
not jointly, to purchase from the Company the number of Firm Shares
set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I
hereto. The purchase price for each Firm Share shall be $[●]
per share. In making this Agreement, each Underwriter is
contracting severally and not jointly.
(b) Firm
Warrants. On the basis of the representations, warranties
and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and
conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell
Firm Warrants to purchase [●] shares of Common Stock to the
several Underwriters, and each Underwriter agrees to purchase from
the Company the Firm Warrants set forth opposite the name of such
Underwriter in Schedule I hereto. The purchase price shall be
$[●] for each Firm Warrant to purchase [●] of a share
of Common Stock.
(c)
Option
Shares On the basis of the representations, warranties and
agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and
conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby grants to the
several Underwriters an option to purchase all or any portion of
the Option Shares at the same purchase price as the Firm Shares,
for use solely in covering any over-allotments made by the
Underwriters in the sale and distribution of the Firm Shares. The
option granted hereunder may be exercised in whole or in part at
any time within 30 days after the effective date of this Agreement
upon notice (confirmed in writing) by the Representative to the
Company setting forth the aggregate number of Option Shares as to
which the several Underwriters are exercising the option and the
date and time, as determined by you, when the Option Shares are to
be delivered, but in no event earlier than the First Closing Date
(as defined below) nor earlier than the second business day or
later than the tenth business day after the date on which the
option shall have been exercised. The number of Option Shares to be
purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the
total number of Option Shares to be purchased by the several
Underwriters as the number of Firm Shares to be purchased by such
Underwriter is of the total number of Firm Shares to be purchased
by the several Underwriters, as adjusted by the Representative in
such manner as the Representative deems advisable to avoid
fractional shares. No Option Shares shall be sold and delivered
unless the Firm Shares previously have been, or simultaneously are,
sold and delivered.
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(d)
Option Shares
On the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but
subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company
hereby grants to the several Underwriters an option to purchase all
or any portion of the Option Shares at the same purchase price as
the Firm Shares, for use solely in covering any over-allotments
made by the Underwriters in the sale and distribution of the Firm
Shares. The option granted hereunder may be exercised in whole or
in part at any time within 30 days after the effective date of this
Agreement upon notice (confirmed in writing) by the Representative
to the Company setting forth the aggregate number of Option Shares
as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option and
the date and time, as determined by you, when the Option Shares are
to be delivered, but in no event earlier than the First Closing
Date (as defined below) nor earlier than the second business day or
later than the tenth business day after the date on which the
option shall have been exercised. The number of Option Shares to be
purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the
total number of Option Shares to be purchased by the several
Underwriters as the number of Firm Shares to be purchased by such
Underwriter is of the total number of Firm Shares to be purchased
by the several Underwriters, as adjusted by the Representative in
such manner as the Representative deems advisable to avoid
fractional shares. No Option Shares shall be sold and delivered
unless the Firm Shares previously have been, or simultaneously are,
sold and delivered.
(e) Payment and
Delivery.
(i)
The Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in
book-entry form in such authorized denominations and registered in
such names as you may request upon at least forty-eight
hours’ prior notice to the Company, shall be delivered by or
on behalf of the Company to you, through the facilities of the
Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for the
account of such Underwriter, with any transfer taxes payable in
connection with the transfer of the Securities to the Underwriters
duly paid, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of
the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day)
funds to the account specified by the Company to you at least
forty-eight hours in advance. The time and date of such delivery
and payment shall be, with respect to the Firm Shares and Firm
Warrants, 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on [●], 2017,
or such other time and date as you and the Company may agree upon
in writing, and, with respect to the Option Shares and/or Option
Warrants, as applicable, 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the
date specified by you in each written notice given by you of the
election to purchase such Option Shares and/or Option Warrants, or
such other time and date as you and the Company may agree upon in
writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Firm Shares and
Firm Warrants is herein called the “First Closing
Date,” each such time and date for delivery of the
Option Shares and/or Option Warrants, if not the First Closing
Date, is herein called a “Second Closing
Date,” and each such time and date for delivery is
herein called a “Closing.”
(ii)
The documents to be delivered at each Closing by or on behalf of
the parties hereto pursuant to Section 5 hereof, including the
cross receipt for the Securities and any additional documents
requested by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 5(l) hereof,
will be delivered at the offices of the Company, and the Securities
will be delivered to you, through the facilities of the DTC, for
the account of such Underwriter, all at such Closing.
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(f)
Purchase by Representative
on Behalf of the Underwriters. It is understood that you,
individually and not as Representative of the several Underwriters,
may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment to the Company on
behalf of any Underwriter for the Securities to be purchased by
such Underwriter. Any such payment by you shall not relieve any
such Underwriter of any of its obligations hereunder. Nothing
herein contained shall constitute any of the Underwriters an
unincorporated association or partner with the
Company.
(a)
Required
Filings. The Company will prepare and file a Prospectus with
the Commission containing the Rule 430A Information omitted
from the Preliminary Prospectus within the time period required by,
and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of,
Rules 424(b) and 430A of the Rules and Regulations. If the
Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b) of the Rules and
Regulations to increase the size of the offering registered under
the Act and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has not yet been
filed and become effective, the Company will prepare and file the
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission within the
time period required by, and otherwise in accordance with the
provisions of, Rule 462(b) of the Rules and Regulations and
the Act. The Company will prepare and file with the Commission,
promptly upon your request, any amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or Prospectus that, in your opinion, may be
necessary or advisable in connection with the distribution of the
Securities by the Underwriters; and the Company will furnish you
and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of any proposed amendment
or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus and will
not file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement
or Prospectus to which you shall reasonably object by notice to the
Company after having been furnished a copy a reasonable time prior
to the filing.
(b) Notification of Certain Commission
Actions. The Company will advise you,
promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof,
of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any post-effective
amendment thereto or preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the
Prospectus or any issuer free writing prospectus, of the suspension
of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any
jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding
for any such purpose; and the Company will promptly use its best
efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its
withdrawal if such a stop order should be issued.
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(c)
Continued
Compliance with Securities Laws. Within the time during
which a prospectus (assuming the absence of Rule 172) relating to
the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act by any
Underwriter or any dealer, the Company will comply with all
requirements imposed upon it by the Act, as now and hereafter
amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in
force, so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or
dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions
hereof, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The
Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the
Registration Statement continuously effective under the Act, and to
file on a timely basis with the Commission such periodic and
special reports as required by the Rules and Regulations, until the
earliest of (i) such time as all of the Securities (including
the Firm Warrants and the Option Warrants) covered by such
Registration Statement have been sold by the holders of such
Securities; and (ii) the fifth anniversary of the Closing;
provided,
however, that, the
foregoing requirements shall automatically terminate in connection
with the consummation of a Fundamental Transaction.
“Fundamental
Transaction” means for purposes of this Section 4(c)
that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, in one or more
related transactions, sell, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose
of all or substantially all of its respective properties and assets
to any other person that is not an affiliate of the Company. If
during such period any event occurs as a result of which the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is
not yet available to prospective purchasers, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package) would include an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then
existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary
to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus
(or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective
investors, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package) to comply with the
Act, the Company promptly will (x) notify you of such untrue
statement or omission, (y) amend the Registration Statement or
supplement the Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus is not yet
available to prospective purchasers, the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package) (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such
statement or omission or effect such compliance and (z) notify you
when any amendment to the Registration Statement is filed or
becomes effective or when any supplement to the Prospectus (or, if
the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package) is filed.
(d)
Blue
Sky Qualifications. The Company shall take or cause to be
taken all necessary action to qualify the Securities for sale under
the securities laws of such domestic United States or foreign
jurisdictions as you reasonably designate and to continue such
qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution
of the Securities, except that the Company shall not be required in
connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to
execute a general consent to service of process in any
state.
(e)
Provision of
Documents. The Company will furnish, at its own expense, to
the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters copies of the
Registration Statement, and to the Underwriters and any dealer each
Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the
Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements to such documents,
in each case as soon as practicable once available and in such
quantities as you may from time to time reasonably
request.
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(f)
Rule 158.
The Company will make generally available to its security holders
as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 months after
the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings
statement (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period
beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement
(which, for purposes of this paragraph, will be deemed to be the
effective date of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if
applicable) that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a)
of the Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and
Regulations.
(g)
Payment and
Reimbursement of Expenses. The Company, whether or not the
transactions contemplated hereunder are consummated or this
Agreement is terminated, will pay or cause to be paid (A) all
expenses (including transfer taxes allocated to the respective
transferees) incurred in connection with the delivery to the
Underwriters of the Securities, (B) all expenses and fees
(including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the
Company’s accountants and counsel) in connection with the
preparation, printing, filing, delivery, and shipping of the
Registration Statement (including the financial statements therein
and all amendments, schedules, and exhibits thereto), the
Securities, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, and any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto, and the printing, delivery, and shipping of
this Agreement and other underwriting documents, including Blue Sky
Memoranda (covering the states and other applicable jurisdictions),
(C) all filing fees and fees incurred in connection with the
qualification of the Securities for offering and sale by the
Underwriters or by dealers under the securities or blue sky laws of
the states and other jurisdictions which you shall designate,
including the reasonably incurred fees and disbursements of counsel
for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification, (D) all
filing fees and the reasonably incurred fees and disbursements of
counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the review and
qualification of the offering of the Securities by FINRA, (E) all
fees and expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of
the registration statement on Form 8-A related to the Securities
and all costs and expenses incident to listing the Securities on
The NASDAQ Capital Market, (F) all fees and expenses of any
transfer agent, warrant agent or registrar, (G) the reasonable
out-of-pocket accountable fees and disbursements incurred by the
Underwriters in connection with the offer, sale or marketing of the
Securities and performance of the Underwriters’ obligations
hereunder, including all reasonable out-of-pocket accountable fees
and disbursements of Underwriters’ counsel, and for the
avoidance of doubt, excluding any general overhead, salaries,
supplies, or similar expenses of the Underwriters incurred in the
normal conduct of business, (H) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to
background checks of the Company’s officers and directors (I)
the cost and expenses of the Company relating to investor
presentations or any “road show” undertaken in
connection with marketing of the Securities, including, without
limitation, expenses associated with the preparation or
dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with
the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses
of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show
presentations with the prior approval of the Company, travel and
lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company
and any such consultants and the cost of any aircraft chartered in
connection with the road show, and (J) all other costs and expenses of
the Company incident to the performance of its obligations
hereunder that are not otherwise specifically provided for herein.
The fees and expenses, which includes the fees and expenses of the
Underwriters’ counsel, to be paid by the Company and
reimbursed to the Underwriters under this Section 4(g) shall not
exceed $150,000, which amount shall include any amounts paid to the
Underwriters pursuant to clauses (D), (G), (H) and (I) of this
Section 4(g). If this Agreement is terminated by you pursuant to
Section 8 hereof or if the sale of the Securities provided for
herein is not consummated by reason of any failure, refusal or
inability on the part of the Company to perform any agreement on
its part to be performed, or because any other condition of the
Underwriters’ obligations hereunder required to be fulfilled
by the Company is not fulfilled, the Company will reimburse the
several Underwriters for all reasonable out-of-pocket accountable
disbursements (including but not limited to fees and disbursements
of counsel, printing expenses, travel expenses, postage, facsimile
and telephone charges) incurred by the Underwriters in connection
with their investigation, preparing to market and marketing the
Securities or in contemplation of performing their obligations
hereunder.
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(h)
Use of
Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the
sale of the Securities to be sold by it hereunder for the purposes
set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the
Prospectus and will file such reports with the Commission with
respect to the sale of the Securities and the application of the
proceeds therefrom as may be required in accordance with
Rule 463 of the Rules and Regulations.
(i)
Company Lock
Up. The Company will not, without the prior written consent
of the Representative, from the date of execution of this Agreement
and continuing to and including the date 365 days after the date of
the Prospectus (the “Lock-Up
Period”), (A) offer, pledge, announce the intention to
sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to
purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any
option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or
dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or
any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
Common Stock or (B) enter into any swap or other agreement that
transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of
ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction
described in clause (A) or (B) above is to be settled by delivery
of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise,
except to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and
(x) grants of options, shares of Common Stock and other awards
to purchase or receive shares of Common Stock under the Company
Stock Plans that are in effect as of or prior to the date hereof,
(y) issuances of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of
options or other awards granted under such Company Stock Plans or
the Company’s preferred stock outstanding as of the date
hereof pursuant to the terms thereof as of such date or (z)
issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of
convertible securities outstanding as of the date hereof. The
Company agrees not to accelerate the vesting of any option or
warrant or the lapse of any repurchase right prior to the
expiration of the Lock-Up Period.
(j)
Stockholder
Lock-Ups. The Company has caused to be delivered to you
prior to the date of this Agreement a letter, in the form of
Exhibit B hereto
(the “Lock-Up
Agreement”), from each individual or entity listed on
Schedule II. The
Company will enforce the terms of each Lock-Up Agreement and issue
stop-transfer instructions to its transfer agent and registrar for
the Common Stock with respect to any transaction or contemplated
transaction that would constitute a breach of or default under the
applicable Lock-Up Agreement and will not release the stop transfer
instructions without the written approval of the
Representative.
(k)
No Market
Stabilization or Manipulation. The Company has not taken and
will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or
which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or which
has constituted, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of
any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Securities, and has not effected any sales of Common Stock which
are required to be disclosed in response to Item 701 of
Regulation S-K under the Act which have not been so disclosed
in the Registration Statement.
(l)
SEC
Reports. The Company will file on a timely basis with the
Commission such periodic and special reports as required by the
Rules and Regulations.
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(m)
Free Writing
Prospectuses. The Company represents and agrees that, unless
it obtains the prior written consent of the Representative, and
each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the
prior written consent of the Company and the Representative, it has
not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities
that would constitute an issuer free writing prospectus or that
would otherwise constitute a free writing
prospectus.
(n)
Emerging Growth
Company. The Company will promptly notify the Representative
if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time
prior to the later of (A) completion of the distribution of the
Securities within the meaning of the Act and (B) completion of the
Lock-Up Period referenced in Section 4(i) hereof.
(o) Underwriters’
Warrants. On each Closing Date, the Company shall sell to
the Underwriters, for an aggregate purchase price of
$[●] per warrant, a warrant in the form attached as
Exhibit C hereto
(each, an “Underwriter’s
Warrant” and, together, the “Underwriters’
Warrants”) to purchase the number of shares of the
Company’s common stock equal to 8.0% of the shares issued on
such Closing Date (rounded up to the nearest whole
share),.
(p)
Right
of First Refusal. Upon
the First Closing Date, the
Underwriters shall have an irrevocable right of first refusal
(the “Right
of First Refusal”) for a
period of twelve (12) months after the date of the
First Closing Date, to
act, at a minimum, as a co-manager
and/or co-placement agent with at least 50.0% of the gross
economics for any and all future public or private equity,
equity-linked or debt (excluding commercial bank debt) offerings by
the Company. The
Company shall promptly notify the
Representative of its intention to pursue such an offering and/or
sale or merger, including the material terms thereof, by providing
written notice thereof by registered mail or overnight courier
service addressed to the Representative. If the
Representative fails to exercise its Right of First Refusal with respect to such a
transaction within thirty (30) calendar days after the receipt by
the Representative of such notice, then the Representative shall
have no further claim or right with respect to such transaction.
The Representative may elect, in its sole and absolute discretion,
not to exercise its Right of
First Refusal with respect to any such
transaction; provided that
any such election by the Representative shall not adversely affect
the Representative’s Right of First Refusal with respect to
any other transaction during the twelve (12) month period agreed to
above.
5. Conditions of
Underwriters’
Obligations. The obligations of the several Underwriters
hereunder are subject to the accuracy, as of the date hereof and at
each of the First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date (as if
made at such Closing Date), of and compliance with all
representations, warranties and agreements of the Company contained
herein, to the performance by the Company of its obligations
hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
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(a)
Required Filings;
Absence of Certain Commission Actions. The Registration Statement shall have become effective
not later than 5:30 p.m., Eastern time, on the date of this
Agreement, or such later time and
date as you, as Representative
of the several Underwriters,
shall approve and all filings required by Rules 424,
430A and 433 of the Rules and Regulations shall have been timely
made (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)); no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or
any part thereof or any amendment thereof, nor suspending or
preventing the use of the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus shall have been issued; no proceedings for the issuance
of such an order shall have been initiated or threatened; and any
request of the Commission for additional information (to be
included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package, the Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with
to your satisfaction.
(b)
Continued
Compliance with Securities Laws. The Registration Statement,
and any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, shall not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact which is required to be stated therein, or necessary to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they are made, not misleading. The Time of Sale Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, and any amendment thereof or supplement
thereto, shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact which is required to be stated
therein, or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they are made, not
misleading.
(c)
Absence of Certain
Events. Except as contemplated in the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, subsequent to the date of
the most recent financial statements of the Company included the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company
shall not have incurred any material liabilities or obligations,
direct or contingent, or entered into any material transactions, or
declared or paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind
with respect to its capital stock; and there shall not have been
any change in the capital stock (other than a change in the number
of outstanding shares of Common Stock due to the issuance of shares
upon the exercise of outstanding options or warrants or conversion
of convertible securities), or any material change in the
short-term or long-term debt of the Company (other than as a result
of the conversion of convertible securities), or any issuance of
options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights to
purchase the capital stock of the Company, or any Material Adverse
Change or any development involving a prospective Material Adverse
Change (whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business),
that, in your judgment, makes it impractical or inadvisable to
offer or deliver the Securities on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the
Prospectus.
(d)
Opinion of Company
Counsel. On each Closing Date, there shall have been
furnished to you, as Representative of the several Underwriters,
the opinion and negative assurance letter of K&L Gates LLP,
counsel for the Company, dated such Closing Date and addressed to
you in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.
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(e)
Opinion of
Underwriters’ Counsel. On each Closing Date, there
shall have been furnished to you, as Representative of the several
Underwriters, such opinion or opinions from Faegre Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Closing Date and
addressed to you, with respect to such matters as you reasonably
may request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and
information as they request to enable them to pass upon such
matters.
(f)
Opinion of Company
Intellectual Property Counsel. On each Closing Date, there
shall have been furnished to you, as Representative of the several
Underwriters, the opinion of Sim & XxXxxxxx, special
intellectual property counsel for the Company, dated such Closing
Date and addressed to you in substantially the form attached hereto
as Exhibit
E.
(g)
Comfort
Letters. On the date hereof, on the effective date of any
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed after
the date hereof and on each Closing Date, you, as Representative of
the several Underwriters, shall have received a letter containing
statements and information of the type ordinarily included in
accountants’ “comfort letters” from RBSM LLP,
each dated such date and addressed to you, in form and substance
satisfactory to you.
(h)
Officers’
Certificate. On each Closing Date, there shall have been
furnished to you, as Representative of the several Underwriters, a
certificate, dated such Closing Date and addressed to you, signed
by the chief executive officer and by the chief financial officer
of the Company, to the effect that:
(i) The representations
and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and
correct as if made at and as of such Closing Date, and the Company
has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to
such Closing Date; and
(ii) No
stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or any part thereof or any amendment thereof
or the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale, nor
suspending or preventing the use of the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package, the Prospectus or any issuer free writing prospectus, has
been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted
or, to the best of their knowledge, is contemplated by the
Commission or any state or regulatory body.
(i)
Lock-Up
Agreement. The Representative shall have received all of the
Lock-Up Agreements referenced in Section 4 and the Lock-Up
Agreements shall remain in full force and effect.
(j)
Underwriters’
Warrants. The
Representative shall have received the Underwriters’ Warrants
referenced in Section 4(o) with respect to the Securities to be
delivered on such Closing Date.
(k)
CFO
Certificate. On the
date hereof and on each Closing Date, as applicable, the Company
shall have furnished to you, as Representative of the several
Underwriters, a certificate, dated as of such date, signed on
behalf of the Company by its chief financial officer, regarding the
accuracy of certain financial information in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representative.
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(l) Other
Documents. The Company shall have furnished to you,
as Representative of the several Underwriters, and counsel for the
Underwriters such additional
documents, certificates and evidence as you or they may have
reasonably requested.
(m)
FINRA No
Objections. FINRA shall have raised no objection to the
fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and
arrangements.
(n)
Exchange
Listing. The Securities to be delivered on such Closing Date
will have been approved for listing on The NASDAQ Capital
Market.
(o) Reverse
Stock Split. The Company shall have effected the Reverse
Stock Split prior to the First Closing
Date.
All
such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents will be in
compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are satisfactory
in form and substance to you, as Representative of the several
Underwriters, and counsel for the Underwriters. The Company will
furnish you with such conformed copies of such opinions,
certificates, letters and other documents as you shall reasonably
request.
6. Indemnification and
Contribution.
(a)
Indemnification by
the Company.
The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter,
its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who
controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such
Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise
(including in settlement of any litigation if such settlement is
effected with the written consent of the Company), insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) (i) arise out of or are based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in the Registration Statement, including the 430A Information and
any other information deemed to be a part of the Registration
Statement at the time of effectiveness and at any subsequent time
pursuant to the Rules and Regulations, if applicable, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any issuer free
writing prospectus, any issuer information that the Company has
filed or is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules
and Regulations, or any road show as defined in Rule 433(h)
under the Act (a “road
show”), or (ii) arise out of or are based upon
the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection
with investigating or defending against such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company
will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such
loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of or is based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by you, or by any
Underwriter through you, specifically for use in the preparation
thereof; it being understood and agreed that the only information
furnished by an Underwriter consists of the information described
as such in Section 6(e).
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(b)
Indemnification by
the Underwriters.
Each Underwriter will, severally and not jointly, indemnify and
hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, directors and officers
and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act and Section 20 of the Exchange
Act, from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to
which the Company may become subject, under the Act or otherwise
(including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is
effected with the written consent of such Underwriter), insofar as
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) (i) arise out of or are based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time
of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, any issuer free writing prospectus, any issuer
information that the Company has filed or is required to file
pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules and Regulations, or any road
show, or (ii) arise out of or are based upon the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent,
that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission was made in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by you, or by such Underwriter through
you, specifically for use in the preparation thereof (it being
understood and agreed that the only information furnished by an
Underwriter consists of the information described as such in
Section 6(e)), and will reimburse the Company for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection
with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action as such expenses are
incurred.
(c)
Notice and
Procedures. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party
under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of
any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect
thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such
subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from
any liability that it may have to any indemnified party except to
the extent such indemnifying party has been materially prejudiced
by such failure (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or
defenses). In case any such action shall be brought against any
indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party of
the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled
to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly
with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the
defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified
party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party of the indemnifying party’s election so to
assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be
liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any
legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable
costs of investigation; provided, however, that if, in your
reasonable judgment, it is advisable for the Underwriters to be
represented as a group by separate counsel, you shall have the
right to employ a single counsel (in addition to local counsel) to
represent all Underwriters who may be subject to liability arising
from any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought by the
Underwriters under subsection (a) above, in which event the
reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be
borne by the indemnifying party or parties and reimbursed to the
Underwriters as incurred. An indemnifying party shall not be
obligated under any settlement agreement relating to any action
under this Section 6 to which it has not agreed in writing. In
addition, no indemnifying party shall, without the prior written
consent of the indemnified party (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) effect any settlement of any
pending or threatened proceeding unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party for all liability
on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and does
not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault,
culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified
party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time an indemnified
party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the
indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel pursuant to this
Section 6(c), such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be
liable for any settlement effected without its written consent if
(i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt
by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such
indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party
in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement.
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(d)
Contribution;
Limitations on Liability; Non-Exclusive Remedy. If the
indemnification provided for in this Section 6 is unavailable
or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
subsection (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified
party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities
referred to in subsection (a) or (b), (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the
other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the
allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by
applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but
also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on
the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to
be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the
offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear
to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the
Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover
page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied
by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties’ relevant
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct
or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company and the
Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contributions pursuant to this subsection (d) were to be
determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were
treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of
allocation which does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to in the first sentence of this
subsection (d). The amount paid by an indemnified party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in
the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to
include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending
against any action or claim which is the subject of this
subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this
subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute
any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting
discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect
to the Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such
Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this
subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their
respective underwriting obligations and not joint. The remedies
provided for in this Section 6 are not exclusive and shall not
limit any rights or remedies that might otherwise be available to
any indemnified party at law or in equity.
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(e) Information
Provided by the Underwriters.
The Underwriters severally confirm and the Company acknowledges
that the statements with respect to the public offering of the
Securities by the Underwriters set forth in the first paragraph of
text under the caption “Discount, Commissions and
Expenses” in the section titled “Underwriting,”
each of the first five paragraphs of text under the caption
“Price Stabilization, Short Positions and Penalty
Bids,” and the estimate of the Underwriters’ reasonable
out-of-pocket accountable fees and disbursements in connection with
the offering of the Securities in the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package and in the Prospectus are correct and constitute the only
information concerning the Underwriters furnished in writing to the
Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters specifically for
inclusion in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or
any issuer free writing prospectus.
7. Representations and
Agreements to
Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties, and
agreements of the Company herein or in certificates delivered
pursuant hereto, and the agreements of the several Underwriters and
the Company contained in Section 6 hereof, shall remain operative
and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made
by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person
thereof, or the Company or any of its officers, directors, or
controlling persons, and shall survive delivery of, and payment
for, the Securities to and by the Underwriters hereunder and any
termination of this Agreement.
8. Termination.
(a)
Right to
Terminate. You shall have the right to terminate this
Agreement by giving notice to the Company as hereinafter specified
at any time at or prior to the First Closing Date, and the option
referred to in Section 3(b), if exercised, may be cancelled at
any time prior to the Second Closing Date, if (i) the Company shall
have failed, refused or been unable, at or prior to such Closing
Date, to perform any agreement on its part to be performed
hereunder, including, without limitation, effecting the Reverse
Stock Split prior to the First Closing Date, (ii) any other
condition of the Underwriters’ obligations hereunder is not
fulfilled, (iii) trading on The NASDAQ Stock Market or New York
Stock Exchange shall have been wholly suspended, (iv) minimum
or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum
ranges for prices for securities shall have been required, on The
NASDAQ Stock Market or New York Stock Exchange, by such Exchange or
by order of the Commission or any other Governmental Authority,
(v) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal
or state authorities, or (vi) there shall have occurred any
outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial
markets or any calamity or crisis that, in your judgment, is
material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to
proceed with the completion of the sale of and payment for the
Securities in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. Any such termination shall be
without liability of any party to any other party except that the
provisions of Section 4(g) and Section 6 hereof shall at
all times be effective.
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(b) Notice of
Termination. If you elect to terminate this Agreement as
provided in this Section, the Company shall be notified promptly by
you by telephone, confirmed by letter.
9.
Default by the
Company.
(a)
Default by
the Company. If
the Company shall fail at the First Closing Date to sell and
deliver the Securities which it is obligated to sell hereunder,
then this Agreement shall terminate without any liability on the
part of any Underwriter.
(b)
No Relief from
Liability. No action taken pursuant to this Section shall
relieve the Company from liability, if any, in respect of any
default hereunder.
10.
Notices. Except as
otherwise provided herein, all communications hereunder shall be in
writing and, (i) if to the Underwriters, shall be mailed via
overnight delivery service or hand delivered via courier, to the
Representative c/o Xxxxxx Xxxxx Securities Inc., 0 X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000, to the attention of Investment Banking; and (ii) if
to the Company, shall be mailed or delivered to it at 0000 Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx. Any party to this Agreement may change such address for
notices by sending to the parties to this Agreement written notice
of a new address for such purpose.
11.
Persons Entitled to Benefit
of Agreement. This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and the
controlling persons, officers and directors referred to in Section
6. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to
give to any other person, firm or corporation any legal or
equitable remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or
any provision herein contained. The term “successors and
assigns” as herein used shall not include any purchaser, as
such purchaser, of any of the Securities from any of the several
Underwriters.
12.
Absence of Fiduciary
Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that: (a)
the Representative has been retained solely to act as an
underwriter in connection with the sale of the Securities and that
no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company
and the Representative has been created in respect of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective of
whether the Representative has advised or is advising the Company
on other matters; (b) the price and other terms of the Securities
set forth in this Agreement were established by the Company
following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the
Representative and the Company is capable of evaluating and
understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and
conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (c)
it has been advised that the Representative and its affiliates are
engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve
interests that differ from those of the Company and that the
Representative has no obligation to disclose such interest and
transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or
agency relationship; (d) it has been advised that you as
Representative are acting, in respect of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, solely for the benefit of the
Underwriters, and not on behalf of the Company; (e) it waives to
the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against
the Underwriters for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of
fiduciary duty in respect of any of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and agrees that the Underwriters shall have no
liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company in respect of
such a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the
Company, including stockholders, employees or creditors of the
Company.
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13.
Governing Law; Waiver of
Jury Trial. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. The
Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) and each of the
Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in
any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement,
the Underwriters’ Warrants or the transactions contemplated
hereby.
14.
Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if
executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts
shall each be deemed to be an original and all such counterparts
shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
15.
General Provisions.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this
Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all
contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations
with respect to the subject matter hereof, including that certain
engagement letter dated November 11, 2016, by and between the
Company and the Representative, except for the provisions contained
in Section 5(g) that remain in full force and effect. This
Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all
of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied)
may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the
condition is meant to benefit. The Section headings herein are for
the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the
construction or interpretation of this Agreement. The invalidity or
unenforceability of any Section, paragraph or provision of this
Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any
other Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Section,
paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason
determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to
be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are
necessary to make it valid and enforceable.
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Please
sign and return to the Company the enclosed duplicates of this
letter whereupon this letter will become a binding agreement
between the Company and the several Underwriters in accordance with
its terms.
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Very
truly yours,
By:_______________________________
Name:_____________________________
Title:
______________________________
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Confirmed as of the
date first
above
mentioned, on behalf of
itself
and the other several
Underwriters
named
in
Schedule I hereto.
Xxxxxx Xxxxx Securities Inc.
By:_______________________________
Name:_____________________________
Title:
______________________________
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