EXHIBIT 1.3
DIVERSINET CORP.
PLACEMENT AGENCY AGREEMENT
March 27, 2002
Xxxxx & Company Incorporated
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Gentlemen:
Diversinet Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of the
Province of Ontario, Canada (the "Company") hereby confirms its agreement with
you as follows:
1. The Offering. The Company is offering to persons who qualify as
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"accredited investors," as that term is defined in Regulation D under the
Securities Act of 1933 as amended (the "Act"), approximately 5,250,000 shares of
the Company's Common Stock (the "Shares") at an initial subscription price to be
determined by the Company and you. The foregoing offer and sale of the Shares
is hereinafter referred to as the "Offering." The Company has the right, in its
sole discretion, to reject or cut back any subscription or any offer to purchase
shares.
2. Appointment of Placement Agent. You are hereby appointed the
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exclusive placement agent of the Company (the "Placement Agent") during the
Offering Period (as defined herein) for the purpose of assisting the Company in
identifying qualified subscribers to purchase Shares (the "Subscribers"). The
"Offering Period" shall commence on the date the Offering Materials (as defined
herein) are first made available to you by the Company for delivery in
connection with the Offering and shall terminate on or before the close of
business on the earliest to occur of the closing of the sale of Shares or the
termination of this Agreement. You hereby accept such agency and agree to
assist the Company in identifying qualified Subscribers on a "best efforts"
basis. Your agency hereunder may not be terminated by the Company, except upon
termination of the Offering, upon the Placement Agent's failure to perform its
obligations hereunder in all material respects, upon the Placement Agent's
material breach of any of its representations and warranties contained in
Section 7 hereof or upon gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of
the Placement Agent. It is understood that the offering and sale of the Shares
is intended by all parties to be exempt from the registration requirements of
the Act pursuant to Section 4(2) thereof and the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, including Rule 506 of Regulation
D (the "Rules and Regulations").
3. Offering Materials. The Company has prepared and delivered to the
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Placement Agent a reasonable number of copies of an informational packet of
materials containing (i) the Annual Report for the fiscal year ending October
31, 2001 and (ii) other disclosure materials relating to the Company
(collectively, the "Disclosure Documents"). The Disclosure Documents and the
Subscription Agreements relating to the Shares (each, a "Subscription
Agreement") are referred to herein as the "Offering Materials," except that if
the Offering Materials shall be amended, the term "Offering Materials" shall
refer to the Offering Materials as so amended from and after the time of
delivery to you of such amendment. The Placement Agent shall deliver the
Offering Materials to each Subscriber prior to investment.
4. Closing; Delivery; Placement Fees.
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(a) It is anticipated that the closing of the purchase and sale
of the Shares to Investors may be effected at a closing (the "Closing"), which
shall take place at the offices of Xxxxx & Company Incorporated, 000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 at 10:00 a.m. on or before April 4, 2002 on
three business days' notice or such other time, date or place as shall be agreed
upon by you and the Company (the "Closing Date").
(b) At the Closing, there shall be delivered to the Company on
behalf of each applicable Subscriber executed copies of the Subscription
Agreement to be entered into by the Company and each such Subscriber (the
"Purchasers") as of such Closing Date, and there shall also be delivered to the
Company on behalf of each applicable Purchaser the proportionate share of the
purchase price of the Shares which such Purchaser is to purchase. Upon the
Closing, the Company will deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Purchasers
certificates representing the Shares purchased by them.
(c) Simultaneous with the Closing, as provided in paragraph (b)
above, the Company shall pay or cause to be paid to the Placement Agent a
placement fee equal to
1. $140,000 and 100,000 warrants to purchase shares of the
Company, exercisable for a period of three years at a price
of $0.72 per common share. Furthermore (and in addition to
the 100,000 warrants you otherwise receive pursuant to the
immediately preceding sentence) you shall have the right,
subject to applicable law and regulations, to purchase up to
234,000 units (the "Units") consisting of one Share and 3/4
warrant (all on the same terms as Subscribers purchasing in
the Offering) such that the number of warrants associated
with the Shares purchased by you would equal up to 175,500
warrants (with each of such warrants exercisable at price of
$0.72 per share). The price of each Unit shall be $0.60, and
you shall have until April 30, 2002 to elect to purchase the
Units, after which time the right to purchase the 240,000
Units (and the associated 175,5000 warrants) shall cease.
The Company shall cause the Shares purchased by you under
this clause (and the Shares underlying the warrants) to be
registered under the Securities Act of 1933 on the same
basis as the Units purchased by Subscribers in the
Offering).
2. Should the Placement Agent fail to exercise its right on the
234,000 Units (or should there be a legal or regulatory
impediment to such exercise), then the Company shall, in
lieu of the immediately preceding paragraph, pay the to the
Placement Agent a fee equal to $100,000 and 100,000 warrants
to purchase shares of the Company, exercisable for a period
of three years at a price of $0.72 per common share.
The Company shall reimburse the Placement Agent for its
out-of-pocket expenses as provided in Section 6(c) hereof, against the
presentation of bills therefor. If such bills are not available for
presentation at the time of the Closing, then the Company shall reimburse the
amount of the Placement Agent's reasonable estimate of such out-of-pocket
expenses; in such event, the Placement Agent shall promptly provide the Company
with an accounting of actual expenses when known, and the parties shall
reconcile any amounts still owing among to them. Such warrants shall be
represented by the Warrant Certificate substantially in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit A. All fees payable to the Placement Agent by the Company pursuant to
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this Placement Agency Agreement shall be unrelated to all transactions other
than the Offering.
5. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby
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confirms for the benefit of the Placement Agent the representations and
warranties made by it to the Subscribers in the Subscription Agreements, to the
extent applicable, and hereby further represents and warrants that this
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the
Company and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to the
effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar law affecting creditors' rights generally and to general principles of
equity and except as rights to indemnity or contribution hereunder may be
limited by Federal or state securities laws.
6. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with
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the Placement Agent that:
(a) During the Offering Period, the Company will notify the
Placement Agent of any event of which it is aware as a result of which any of
the Offering Materials would include an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in
light of the circumstances under which they were made not materially misleading;
and it will provide you with any amendment or supplement to the Offering
Materials during the Offering Period. The Company will conduct the Offering in
compliance with Section 4(2) of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and all
applicable state securities laws and regulations.
(b) If required by law, the Company will use its best efforts to
qualify the Shares for offer and sale under the Blue Sky or securities laws of
such jurisdictions as you may designate and to continue such qualifications in
effect for so long as may be required for purposes of the private placement of
the Shares, except that the Company shall not be required in connection
therewith or as a condition thereof to qualify as a foreign corporation or to
execute a general consent to service of process in any state or to subject
itself to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not already subject to such
taxation.
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(c) The Company covenants and agrees with you that it will pay
the reasonable and documented expenses and fees up to U.S. $15,000 (including
the reasonable fees and expenses of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx White & XxXxxxxxx LLP, special
counsel to the Placement Agent, and blue sky fees and expenses), incurred by you
in connection with (i) the preparation and delivery of the Offering Materials
delivered to prospective Subscribers, (ii) the furnishing of closing documents
and (iii) the qualification of the Shares for offer or sale under the securities
laws of such jurisdictions as you may reasonably designate.
(d) The Company agrees to cooperate with the Placement Agent and
its special counsel with respect to their due diligence investigation.
7. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Placement Agent.
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The Placement Agent represents, warrants and covenants as follows:
(a) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Placement Agent and constitutes a valid and binding obligation
of the Placement Agent, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar law affecting creditors' rights generally and to general
principles of equity and except as rights to indemnity or contribution hereunder
may be limited by Federal or state securities laws.
(b) The Placement Agent will not make an offer of Shares by any
form of general solicitation or general advertising in violation of Rule 502(c)
of Regulation D under the Act, and the Placement Agent will conduct the Offering
in accordance with all federal and state securities laws applicable to the
offering of the Shares.
(c) The Placement Agent shall not deliver to any offeree without
the consent of the Company any information concerning the Offering other than
the Offering Materials. The Placement Agent shall deliver, or cause to be
delivered, the Offering Materials to each offeree prior to the sale of any
Shares to such offeree.
(d) The Placement Agent is a registered broker dealer in good
standing in every state in which offers and sales of the Shares will be made.
(e) The Placement Agent acknowledges that the Company has the
right, in its sole discretion, to reject any Subscriber.
8. Conditions of the Company's Performance. The sale by the Company
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of the Shares and the obligations of the Company as provided herein shall be
subject to the following conditions:
(a) The Company shall not have terminated the Offering, which
shall be the decision of the Company in its sole discretion;
(b) The representations and warranties of the Placement Agent
contained in Section 7 hereof are true and correct in all material respects as
of the date hereof and as of each Closing Date (as if made on and as of such
Closing Date); and
(c) The Placement Agent shall have performed its obligations
hereunder in all material respects.
9. Conditions of Placement Agent's Performance. The purchase and
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sale of the Shares and the obligations of the Placement Agent as provided herein
shall be subject to the accuracy in all material respects, as of the date hereof
and each Closing Date (as if made on and as of such Closing Date), of the
representations and warranties of the Company herein, to the performance in all
material respects by the Company of its obligations hereunder, and to the
following additional conditions:
(a) You shall have received the opinion of Lang Xxxxxxxx,
Canadian counsel to the Company, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to
your counsel.
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(b) You shall have received a certificate, dated as of each
Closing Date, of an authorized executive officer of the Company to the effect
that:
(i) The representations and warranties of the Company in this
Agreement and in the Subscription Agreements are true and correct in all
material respects as if made on and as of such Closing Date; and the
Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the
conditions in all material respects on its part required by this Agreement
and the Subscription Agreements to be performed or satisfied at or prior to
such Closing Date; and
(ii) Except as set forth in the Offering Materials or in the
Subscription Agreements and subsequent to the date of the most recent
financial statements included with the Offering Materials, there has not
been any material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise),
business or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken
as a whole.
(c) The Company shall have furnished to you such certificates,
in addition to those specifically mentioned herein, as you or your counsel may
have reasonably requested, as to the accuracy and completeness at such Closing
Date of any statement in the Offering Materials (other than statements provided
by the Placement Agent for the Offering Materials) and as to such other matters
as you or your counsel may reasonably request.
10. Indemnification. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold
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harmless the Placement Agent, the directors and officers of the Placement Agent
and each person, if any, who controls the Placement Agent within the meaning of
the Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to
which the Placement Agent or any such directors, officers or controlling persons
may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact
contained in the Offering Materials, as of their respective dates, or 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; or (ii) the Company's engagement of Xxxxx & Company
Incorporated as Placement Agent or any service the Placement Agent performs for
the Company or on its behalf pursuant to this Agreement, except to the extent
that any such loss, claim, damage or liability is found by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a judgment that has become final (in that it is no longer
subject to appeal or review) to have resulted directly and primarily from such
Indemnified Person's gross negligence or willful misconduct. Subject to
subsection (c) below, the Company will reimburse the Placement Agent or any such
directors, officers or controlling persons for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by the Placement Agent or any such directors, officers or
controlling persons in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not
be liable in any 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 the Offering Materials, as of
their respective dates, in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished by and with respect to the Placement Agent specifically
for use in the preparation thereof. The Company shall not be required to
indemnify the Placement Agent or any such directors, officers or controlling
persons for any payment made to any claimant in settlement of any suit or claim
unless such payment is approved by the Company, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed. This indemnity agreement will be in addition
to any liability which the Company may otherwise have, but in no event shall an
indemnified party receive more than the amount of his claim.
(b) The Placement Agent will indemnify and hold harmless the Company,
its officers and directors and each person, if any, who controls the Company
within the meaning of the Act against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, to which the Company, or any such directors,
officers or controlling persons may be or become subject, under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Offering Materials, as of
their respective dates, or 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 the Offering Materials in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by and with
respect to the Placement Agent specifically for use in the preparation thereof;
and (subject to subsection (c) below) will reimburse the Company or any such
directors, officers or controlling persons for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or actions. The Placement Agent shall not be required to
indemnify the Company or any such directors, officers or controlling persons for
any payment made to any claimant in settlement of any suit or claim unless
payment is approved by the Placement Agent, which
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approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. This indemnity agreement
will be in addition to any liability the Placement Agent may otherwise have, but
in no event shall an indemnified party receive more than the amount of his
claim.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under
subparagraphs 10(a) or (b) of notice of the commencement of any action or other
proceeding (including governmental investigations) in respect of which indemnity
may be sought, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to
be made against the indemnifying party under such subparagraphs, promptly notify
the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission
to so notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which
it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subparagraph. In
case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party, and it
shall promptly notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that
it may wish, assume and control the defense thereof with counsel chosen by it
and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its
election so to assume and control such defense with counsel chosen by it, it
shall bear all expenses of such defense. Any such indemnified party shall have
the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and to participate in
the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the
expense of such indemnified party unless:
(i) the indemnifying party has agreed to pay such fees and expenses;
or
(ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense
of such action or proceeding and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to
such indemnified party in any such action or proceeding; or
(iii) the named parties to any such action or proceeding (including
any impleaded parties) include both such indemnified party and the
indemnifying party, and such indemnified party shall have been advised by
counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to such
party which are different from or additional to those available to the
indemnifying party (in which case, if such indemnified party notifies the
indemnifying party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at
the expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not
have the right to assume the defense of such action or proceeding on behalf
of such indemnified party).
The indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such action or
proceeding or separate but substantially similar or related actions or
proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations
or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than
one separate firm of attorneys at any time for the indemnified party, which firm
shall be designated in writing by the indemnified party.
11. Contribution. In order to provide for contribution in
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circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in Section 10(a) or
10(b) hereof is for any reason held to be unavailable to any party entitled to
such indemnification, each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount
paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of losses, claims, damages
and liabilities of the nature contemplated by such indemnification provisions
(including any investigation, legal and other expenses incurred in connection
with, and amounts paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any
claims asserted) to which the Company and the Placement Agent may be subject, in
such proportions so that the Placement Agent is responsible for that portion in
each case represented by the percentage that the respective placement fee
appearing in Section 4(c) of this Agreement bears to the offering price of the
Shares, and the Company is responsible for the remaining portion; provided,
however, that no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation shall be entitled
to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. For purpose of this Section 11, each person, if any, who
controls the Placement Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act shall
have the same rights to contribution as the Placement Agent, and each person, if
any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, each
officer of the Company and each director of the Company shall have the same
right to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the prior
sentence. Any party entitled to contribution will, promptly after receipt of
notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in
respect of which claim for contribution may be sought, promptly notify the other
party or parties in writing of the commencement thereof, but the omission to so
notify such party or parties shall not relieve the party or parties from whom
contribution may be sought from any other obligation it or they may have
hereunder or otherwise than under this Section 11. No party shall be liable for
contribution with respect to any action or claim settled without its consent.
12. Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All
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representations, warranties or agreements of the Company or of the Placement
Agent herein or in certificates delivered pursuant hereto shall remain operative
and in full
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force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the
Placement Agent or any controlling person, the Company, or any of its officers,
directors or controlling persons, and shall survive delivery of the Shares.
13. Termination. Each of the Company's and the Placement Agent's
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obligation to proceed hereunder is conditioned upon its continuing judgment that
market conditions in general, and as they relate to the Company's securities in
particular, are such as to continue to make appropriate the offering and sale of
the Shares in the manner provided for herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
this Agreement shall terminate if the sale of all of the Shares is not completed
on or before April 30, 2002, unless extended by the Company and the Placement
Agent. Upon any termination of this Agreement whether by the Company or the
Placement Agent, the obligations of the parties set forth in Sections 6(c), 10
and 11 shall survive termination of this Agreement.
14. Notices. All notices or communications hereunder, except as
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herein otherwise specifically provided, shall be in writing and if sent to you
shall be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to you c/o Allen &
Company Incorporated, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxx
Xxxxxxx, with a copy to Xxxxxx Xxxxxx White & XxXxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxx 00xx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attn: Xxx Xxxxxxxx, or, if sent to the Company, at
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Attn: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx,
with a copy to Lang Xxxxxxxx, BCE Place, X.X. Xxx 000, Xxxxx 0000, 000 Xxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Attn: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx.
15. Benefits of the Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the
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benefit of and be binding upon the Company and the Placement Agent and their
respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned
by any party without the consent of the other party.
16. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, construed
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and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
17. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
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counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
18. Engagement Letter. This Placement Agency Agreement is separate
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from, and supplemental to, that certain Engagement Letter between the Company
and the Placement Agent dated as of November 14, 2001.
Very truly yours,
DIVERSINET CORP.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: CEO
XXXXX & COMPANY INCORPORATED
By: /s/ Xxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director & CFO
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