Shares Endocyte, Inc. Common Stock ($0.001 Par Value) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
_______________ Shares
Endocyte, Inc.
Common Stock
($0.001 Par Value)
February [•], 2011
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
Leerink Xxxxx LLC
As the Representatives of the
several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
c/o RBC Capital Markets, LLC
3 World Financial Center, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
and
c/o Leerink Xxxxx LLC
Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Leerink Xxxxx LLC
As the Representatives of the
several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
c/o RBC Capital Markets, LLC
3 World Financial Center, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
and
c/o Leerink Xxxxx LLC
Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Endocyte, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), proposes to sell to the several
underwriters (the “Underwriters”) named in Schedule I hereto for whom you are acting as
representatives (the “Representatives”) an aggregate of __________ shares (the “Firm Securities”)
of the Issuer’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) pursuant to this
underwriting agreement (the “Agreement”). The respective amounts of the Firm Securities to be so
purchased by the several Underwriters are set forth opposite their names in Schedule I
hereto. The Issuer also proposes to sell at the Underwriters’ option an aggregate of up to
__________ additional shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock (the “Option Securities”) as set forth
below.
As the Representatives, you have advised the Issuer (a) that you are authorized to enter
into this Agreement on behalf of the several Underwriters, and (b) that the several Underwriters
are willing, acting severally and not jointly, to purchase the numbers of Firm Securities set forth
opposite their respective names in Schedule I, plus their pro rata portion of the Option
Securities if you elect to exercise the over-allotment option in whole or in part for the accounts
of the
several Underwriters. The Firm Securities and the Option Securities (to the extent the
aforementioned option is exercised) are herein collectively called the “Shares.”
The Issuer has prepared a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-168904) with
respect to the Shares pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”),
and the rules and regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”) of the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) thereunder. As used in this Agreement, “Effective Time”
means the date and the time as of which such registration statement, or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereto, if any, was declared effective by the Commission; “Effective
Date” means the date of the Effective Time; “Preliminary Prospectus” means each prospectus included
in such registration statement, or amendments thereof, before it became effective under the
Securities Act and any prospectus filed with the Commission by the Issuer with the consent of the
Underwriters pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the Rules and Regulations; “Pricing Prospectus” means the
Preliminary Prospectus that was included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the
Applicable Time (as defined below); “Prospectus” means the prospectus in the form first used to
confirm sales of Shares; “Registration Statement” means such registration statement, as amended at
the Effective Time, including all information deemed to be a part of the registration statement as
of the Effective Time pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations; “Free Writing Prospectus”
means any “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act relating to the
Shares; and “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined
in Rule 433 under the Securities Act relating to the Shares. If the Issuer has filed an
abbreviated registration statement to register additional shares of Common Stock pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference herein
to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration
Statement. For the purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Time” is ___:___ __m (Eastern time)
on the date of this Agreement.
In consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and of the interests of the parties
in the transactions contemplated hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Representations and Warranties of the Issuer.
The Issuer represents and warrants to each of the Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Registration Statement has been filed with the Commission under the Securities
Act and has been declared effective under the Securities Act. No stop order suspending the
effectiveness of such registration statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such
purpose are pending before or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, threatened by, the
Commission. The Commission has not issued any order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Copies of such registration
statement and each of the amendments thereto have been delivered by the Issuer to you. The
Registration Statement conforms, and any further amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement will conform, in all material
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respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations. Each
of the Prospectus and the Pricing Prospectus conforms and, as amended or supplemented, will
conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules
and Regulations. As of the Effective Date, the date hereof, the Closing Date (as defined
below) and each Option Closing Date (as defined below), if any, the Registration Statement
does not and will not, and any further amendments to the Registration Statement will not,
when they become effective, 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
not misleading; as of its date and the date hereof, the Prospectus does not, and as amended
or supplemented on the Closing Date and each Option Closing Date, if any, will not, contain
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 under which they were made, not
misleading; the Pricing Prospectus, as supplemented by the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses
and other documents listed in Schedule II(a) hereto, taken together with the final pricing
information included on the cover page of the Prospectus (collectively, the “Disclosure
Package”), as of the Applicable Time did not include any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; each Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule II(a) or Schedule II(b) hereto does not conflict with
the information contained in the Registration Statement; and each such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus listed on Schedule II(b), as supplemented by and taken together with the
Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided, however, that the representations and warranties set forth in this sentence do not
apply to statements or omissions in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Pricing
Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuer by any
Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein, such information being
listed in Section 13 below. The Issuer filed the Registration Statement with the
Commission before using any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus was preceded or accompanied by the most recent Preliminary Prospectus satisfying
the requirements of Section 10 under the Securities Act, which Preliminary Prospectus
included an estimated price range.
(b) Each of the statements made by the Issuer in such documents within the coverage of
Rule 175(b) of the Rules and Regulations, including (but not limited to) any projections,
results of operations or statements with respect to future available cash or future cash
distributions of the Issuer or the anticipated ratio of taxable income to distributions, was
made or will be made with a reasonable basis and in good faith. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions
made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information concerning the Underwriters
furnished to the Issuer by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus.
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(c) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuer, and
constitutes a valid, legal, and binding obligation of the Issuer, enforceable against the
Issuer 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 Issuer has full power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and to authorize, issue and sell the Shares as
contemplated by this Agreement.
(d) The Issuer is a corporation duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws
of the State of Delaware and is in good standing under such laws. The Issuer has requisite
corporate power to carry on its business as described in the Prospectus and the Disclosure
Package. The Issuer is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in all
jurisdictions in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification; except where
the failure to be so qualified or to be in good standing would not have a material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), assets, rights, operations, business,
management or prospects of the Issuer (a “Material Adverse Effect”).
(e) The outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Issuer have been duly authorized and
validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the Shares to be issued and sold by
the Issuer have been duly authorized and when issued and paid for as contemplated herein
will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; and no preemptive rights of
Stockholders exist with respect to any of the Shares or the issue and sale thereof. Neither
the filing of the Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of the Shares as
contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights, other than those which have been
waived or satisfied, for or relating to the registration of any shares of Common Stock.
(f) The information set forth under the caption “Capitalization” in the Prospectus and
the Disclosure Package is true and correct in all material respects. All of the Shares
conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus and
the Disclosure Package. The form of certificates for the Shares conforms to the corporate
law of the jurisdiction of the Issuer’s incorporation. Immediately after the issuance and
sale of the Firm Securities to the Underwriters, no shares of Preferred Stock of the Issuer
shall be issued and outstanding and no holder of any shares of capital stock, securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for capital stock or options, warrants or
other rights to purchase capital stock or any other securities of the Issuer shall have any
existing or future right to acquire any shares of Preferred Stock of the Issuer. No holders
of securities of the Issuer have rights to the registration of such securities under the
Registration Statement that have not been waived.
(g) The consolidated financial statements of the Issuer, together with related notes
and schedules as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure
Package, present fairly the financial position and the results of operations and cash flows
of the Issuer, at the indicated dates and for the indicated periods. Such financial
statements and related schedules have been prepared in accordance with U.S.
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generally accepted principles of accounting, consistently applied throughout the
periods involved, except as disclosed therein, and all adjustments necessary for a fair
presentation of results for such periods have been made. The summary financial and
statistical data included in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure
Package presents fairly the information shown therein and such data has been compiled on a
basis consistent with the financial statements presented therein and the books and records
of the Issuer. The statistical, industry-related and market-related data included in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package are based on or derived
from sources which the Issuer reasonably and in good faith believes are reliable and
accurate.
(h) The Issuer 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 generally accepted accounting
principles 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.
(i) There is no action, suit, claim or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the
Issuer, threatened against the Issuer before any court or administrative agency or otherwise
(1) that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the
Disclosure Package and are not so described or (2) which, if determined adversely to the
Issuer, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or prevent the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except as set forth in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package.
(j) No labor dispute with the employees of the Issuer exists or, to the Issuer’s
knowledge, is threatened or imminent, and the Issuer is not aware of any existing or
imminent labor dispute by the employees of any of its principal suppliers, contractors or
customers, that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(k) The Issuer has good and marketable title or ownership rights to all of the personal
properties and other assets owned by it and reflected in the financial statements (or as
described in the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package) hereinabove described, not subject
to any lien, mortgage, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind except those reflected in
such financial statements (or as described in the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package) or
which are not material in amount or which do not materially interfere with the current use
of such properties or assets. The Issuer occupies its leased real properties under valid
and binding leases conforming in all material respects to the description thereof set forth
in the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package.
(l) The Issuer has filed all material Federal, State, local and foreign tax returns
which have been required to be filed, subject to permitted extensions, and have
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paid all taxes indicated by said returns and all assessments received by the Issuer to
the extent that such taxes and assessments have become due and are not being contested in
good faith. All tax liabilities have been adequately provided for in the financial
statements of the Issuer, and the Issuer does not know of any actual or proposed additional
material tax assessments. There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges
under Federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required
to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance
by the Issuer or sale by the Issuer of the Shares.
(m) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented, there has not been any
material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change,
which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, and there has not been any material transaction entered into or any
material transaction that is probable of being entered into by the Issuer, other than
transactions in the ordinary course of business and changes and transactions described in
the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package. The Issuer has no material contingent
obligations that are not disclosed in the Issuer’s financial statements in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus.
(n) The Issuer is not, nor with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, will be,
in violation of or in default under its Certificate of Incorporation (“Charter”) or By-Laws
or under any agreement, lease, contract, indenture or other instrument or obligation to
which it is a party or by which it, or any of its properties, is bound, in any case which
violation or default has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance by the Issuer of
the transactions herein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of
the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, (i) any contract, indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer is a party, or
(ii) the Charter or By-Laws of the Issuer or (iii) any order, rule or regulation applicable
to the Issuer of any court or of any regulatory body or administrative agency or other
governmental body having jurisdiction, except in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above,
where such conflict, breach or default would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(o) Each approval, consent, order, authorization, designation, declaration or filing by
or with any regulatory, administrative or other governmental body necessary in connection
with the execution and delivery by the Issuer of this Agreement and the performance of the
Issuer of the transactions herein contemplated has been obtained or made and is in full
force and effect, except (i) such additional steps as may be required by the Commission, the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) or The NASDAQ Global Market or (ii)
such additional steps as may be necessary to qualify the Shares for public offering by the
Underwriters under state securities or Blue Sky laws.
(p) The Issuer has all material licenses, certifications, permits, franchises,
approvals, clearances and other regulatory authorizations (“Permits”) from governmental
authorities as are necessary to (i) conduct its businesses as currently conducted and (ii)
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own, lease and operate its properties in the manner described in the Prospectus and the
Disclosure Package. There is no claim or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the
Issuer, threatened, involving the status of or sanctions under any of the Permits. The
Issuer has fulfilled and performed all of its material obligations with respect to the
Permits, and is not aware of the occurrence of any event which allows, or after notice or
lapse of time would allow, the revocation, termination, or other impairment of the rights
of the Issuer under such Permit.
(q) To the Issuer’s knowledge, there are no affiliations or associations between any
member of FINRA and any of the Issuer’s officers, directors or 5% or greater security
holders, except as set forth in the Registration Statement.
(r) Neither the Issuer, nor to the Issuer’s knowledge, any of its affiliates, has taken
or may take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or which has
constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or
manipulation of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of
the Shares. The Issuer acknowledges that the Underwriters may engage in passive market
making transactions in the Shares on The NASDAQ Global Market in accordance with Regulation
M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
(s) The Issuer is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares
and the application of proceeds therefrom as described in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, will not be, an “investment company” within the meaning of such term under the
Investment Issuer Act of 1940, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(collectively, the “1940 Act”).
(t) The Issuer carries, or is covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such
risks as is generally considered adequate for the conduct of its business and the value of
its properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar industries. All
policies of insurance insuring the Issuer or its business, assets, employees, officers and
directors are in full force and effect, and the Issuer is in compliance with the terms of
such policies in all material respects. There are no claims by the Issuer under any such
policy or instrument as to which an insurance company is denying liability or defending
under a reservation of rights clause.
(u) The Issuer is in compliance in all material respects with all presently applicable
provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the
regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”); no “reportable event” (as
defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to any “pension plan” (as defined in ERISA) for
which the Issuer would have any liability; the Issuer has not incurred and does not expect
to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal
from, any “pension plan” or (ii) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the “Code”);
and each “pension plan” for which the Issuer would have any liability that is intended to be
qualified under Section 401(a) of the
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Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by
action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.
(v) Other than as contemplated by this Agreement, the Issuer has not incurred 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.
(w) The Issuer does not own, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock and
does not have any other equity or ownership or proprietary interest in any corporation,
partnership, association, trust, limited liability company, joint venture or other entity.
(x) To the Issuer’s knowledge, there are no statutes, regulations, contracts or other
documents (including, without limitation, any voting agreement) that are required to be
described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package or to be
filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required.
The Issuer has neither sent nor received any notice indicating the termination of or
intention to terminate any of the contracts or agreements referred to or described in the
Registration Statement, Prospectus or the Disclosure Package, or filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement, and no such termination has been threatened by the Issuer or. to the
Issuer’s knowledge, any other party to any such contract or agreement.
(y) To its knowledge, the Issuer is not in violation of any statute, any rule,
regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or
foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous chemicals, toxic substances
or radioactive and biological materials or relating to the protection or restoration of the
environment or human exposure to hazardous chemicals, toxic substances or radioactive and
biological materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”). The Issuer neither owns nor, to
its knowledge, operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is subject to
any Environmental Laws, is not liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to
any Environmental Laws, nor is it 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 Issuer is not aware of any pending investigation
which might lead to such a claim.
(z) No payments or inducements have been made or given, directly or indirectly, to any
federal or local official or candidate for, any federal or state office in the United States
or foreign offices by the Issuer or any of its officers or directors, or, to the knowledge
of the Issuer, by any of its employees or agents or any other person in connection with any
opportunity, contract, permit, certificate, consent, order, approval, waiver or other
authorization relating to the business of the Issuer, except for such payments or
inducements as were lawful under applicable laws, rules and regulations. Neither the
Issuer, nor, to the knowledge of the Issuer, any director, officer, agent, employee or other
person associated with or acting on behalf of the Issuer, (i) has used any corporate funds
for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful
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expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful
payment to any government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in
violation of any applicable provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv)
made any bribe, unlawful rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful
payment in connection with the business of the Issuer.
(aa) To the Issuer’s knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, all patents and patent
applications owned by the Issuer (the “Owned Patents”) are owned or co-owned by the Issuer
free and clear of all liens or encumbrances, except as described in the Prospectus and the
Disclosure Package. The Issuer is not aware of any valid or bona fide basis for a finding
that any such patents in their entirety are unpatentable, invalid or unenforceable; and the
Issuer reasonably believes that such patents are valid and enforceable, except as described
in the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package.
(bb) In connection with the Issuer’s Owned Patents, all material prior art references
were disclosed or will be disclosed to the USPTO to the extent required by and in accordance
with 37 C.F.R. Section 1.56 and known to the Issuer; to the Issuer’s knowledge, all
information submitted to the USPTO in such patent applications, and in connection with the
prosecution of such patent applications, was accurate in all material respects, or was
supplemented so as to be accurate in all material respects; and neither the Issuer nor, to
the Issuer’s knowledge, any other person made any material misrepresentations or concealed
any material information from the USPTO in such applications, or in connection with the
prosecution of such applications, in violation of 37 C.F.R. Section 1.56.
(cc) Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, to the Issuer’s
knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, the Issuer owns, has ownership rights to, or possesses
rights to use all patents, patent applications, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including
trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential
information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names and other
intellectual property (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of
the Issuer’s business substantially as now conducted, and for the manufacture, use and sale
of its presently proposed products, as described in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus. The Issuer has not received any written notice of infringement of or written
notice of interference with the asserted rights of others with respect to any of the
foregoing.
(dd) To the Issuer’s knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, and except as described in
the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no valid and enforceable rights of
third parties to Intellectual Property, under which Issuer has no rights, that are or would
be infringed by the business currently conducted by the Issuer or the manufacture, use,
sale, offer for sale or import of its presently proposed products as described in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(ee) The Issuer is not subject to any judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree of
any court or any order, writ, or injunction of any federal, state, local, foreign or other
governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality,
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domestic or foreign, or any arbitrator. Except as would not materially impair the
business currently conducted by the Issuer or the manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale or
import of its presently proposed products as described in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, the Issuer is not a party to any contract, which restricts or impairs its use of
any Intellectual Property, except as described in the Disclosure Package and Prospectus.
(ff) To the Issuer’s knowledge, there are no ongoing infringements by third parties of
any Intellectual Property owned by the Issuer that is used in connection with the business
currently conducted by the Issuer or its manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale or import of
its presently proposed products as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
except as (i) described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (ii) would otherwise
not materially impair the business currently conducted by the Issuer or the manufacture,
use, sale, offer for sale or import of its presently proposed products as described in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(gg) Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or that would
otherwise not materially impair the business currently conducted by the Issuer or the
manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale or import of its presently proposed products as
described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, to the Issuer’s knowledge, after
reasonable inquiry, there is no U.S. patent which contains valid and enforceable claims that
dominate any Intellectual Property described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
owned by the Issuer or no U.S. patent or published U.S. patent application that interferes
with the issued or pending claims of any such Intellectual Property.
(hh) To the Issuer’s knowledge, the conduct of business by the Issuer complies, and at
all times has complied, in all material respects with federal, state, local and foreign
laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, decrees, orders and Permits (“Laws”)
applicable to its business, including, without limitation, (a) the Federal Food, Drug and
Cosmetic Act of 1938, as amended (the “FD&C Act”) and similar federal, state, local and
foreign Laws, (b) the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Environmental Protection Act,
the Toxic Substance Control Act and similar federal, state, local and foreign Laws
applicable to hazardous or regulated substances and radioactive or biologic materials and
(c) licensing and certification Laws covering any aspect of the business of the Issuer. The
Issuer has not received any notification asserting, nor has knowledge of, any present or
past failure to comply with or violation of any such Laws.
(ii) Except to the extent disclosed in the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package (or
any amendment or supplement thereto), the clinical, pre-clinical and other studies, tests
and research conducted by or on behalf of or sponsored by the Issuer and intended to be
submitted to regulatory authorities and to serve as a basis for approval are, and at all
times have been, conducted in accordance with the FD&C Act and the regulations promulgated
thereunder, including Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and other U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (“FDA”) regulations governing clinical studies, current Good Laboratory
Practices and Good Clinical Practices, the protection of human subjects and applicable
institutional review board and independent ethics committee requirements, as well as other
applicable federal, state, local and foreign Laws and consistent with current clinical and scientific research
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standards and procedures. The published descriptions of the results of such studies, tests
and research are accurate and complete in all material respects and fairly present the data
derived from such studies, tests and research, and the Issuer has no knowledge of any other
studies, tests or research the results of which are inconsistent with or otherwise call into
question the results described or referred to in the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package.
Except to the extent disclosed in the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package (or any
amendment or supplement thereto), the Issuer has not notified the FDA of any adverse
reactions with respect to any clinical or pre-clinical studies, tests or research that are
described in the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package or the results of which are referred
to in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and the Issuer has not received any
notices or other correspondence from the FDA or any other governmental agency with respect
to any clinical or pre-clinical studies, tests or research that are described in the
Prospectus and the Disclosure Package or the results of which are referred to in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus which would reasonably be expected to result in
any action to place a clinical hold order on or otherwise result in the termination or
suspension of such studies, tests or research, or to otherwise require the Issuer to engage
in any remedial activities with respect to such studies, test or research, or to threaten to
impose or actually impose any fines or other disciplinary actions.
(jj) To the best of the Issuer’s knowledge, all the operations of the Issuer and all
the manufacturing facilities and operations of the Issuer’s suppliers of product candidates
and the components thereof manufactured in or imported into the United States that are
intended to be used in clinical trials are in compliance in all material respects with
applicable FDA regulations, including current Good Manufacturing Practices, and meet
sanitation standards set by the FD&C Act, and all the operations of the Issuer and all the
manufacturing facilities and operations of the Issuer’s suppliers of product candidates
manufactured outside, or exported from, the United States that are intended to be used in
clinical trials are in compliance in all material respects with applicable foreign
regulatory requirements and standards.
(kk) The information contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
regarding the Issuer’s expectations, plans and intentions, and any other information that
constitutes “forward-looking” information within the meaning of the Securities Act and the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) were made by the Issuer on
a reasonable basis and reflect the Issuer’s good faith belief and/or estimate of the matters
described therein.
(ll) Any certificate signed by any officer of the Issuer and delivered to the
Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the
Shares contemplated hereby shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Issuer to
each Underwriter and shall be deemed to be a part of this Section 1 and incorporated herein
by this reference.
(mm) The Issuer is in compliance with all applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act of 2002 (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”) and is actively taking steps to ensure that it will
be in compliance with other provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act that
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will become applicable to the Issuer following the sale of the Shares pursuant to this
Agreement.
(nn) The Issuer has established and maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as
defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act; the Issuer’s “disclosure
controls and procedures” are reasonably designed to ensure that all information (both
financial and non-financial) required to be disclosed by the Issuer in the reports that it
will file or furnish under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported
within the time periods specified in the rules and regulations of the Commission, and that
all such information is accumulated and communicated to the Issuer’s management as
appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the
certifications of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Issuer
required under the Exchange Act with respect to such reports.
(oo) There are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for business
expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Issuer to
or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the Issuer or any of their
respective family members, except as disclosed in the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package.
The Issuer has not directly or indirectly extended or maintained credit, arranged for the
extension of credit, or renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or
for any director or executive officer of the Issuer.
(pp) The section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operation—Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and
Estimates” in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package
accurately and fairly describes accounting policies which the Issuer believes are the most
important in the portrayal of the financial condition and results of operations of the
Issuer and which require management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments.
(qq) Neither the Issuer nor any of its affiliates has, prior to the date hereof, made
any offer or sale of any securities which could be “integrated” for purposes of the
Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with the offer and sale
of the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement. Except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, neither the Issuer nor any of its affiliates has
sold or issued any security during the six-month period preceding the date of the
Prospectus, including but not limited to any sales pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation D or
S under the Securities Act, other than shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to employee
benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or the employee compensation plans or pursuant
to outstanding options, rights or warrants as described in the Prospectus and the Disclosure
Package.
2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Firm Securities.
(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, and
subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Issuer agrees to sell to the
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Underwriters and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase, at a
price of $_____ per share, the number of Firm Securities set forth opposite the name of each
Underwriter in Schedule I hereof, subject to adjustments in accordance with Section
9 hereof.
(b) Payment for the Firm Securities to be sold hereunder is to be made in New York
Clearing House funds by Federal (same day) against delivery of certificates therefor to the
Representatives for the several accounts of the Underwriters. Such payment and delivery are
to be made through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company, New York, New York at
10:00 a.m., New York time, on the third business day after the date of this Agreement or at
such other time and date not later than five business days thereafter as you and the Issuer
shall agree upon, such time and date being herein referred to as the “Closing Date.” As
used herein, “business day” means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for
trading and on which banks in The City of New York are open for business and are not
permitted by law or executive order to be closed.
(c) In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained
and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Issuer hereby grants an option
to the several Underwriters to purchase the Option Securities at the price per share as set
forth in the first paragraph of this Section. The option granted hereby may be exercised in
whole or in part by giving written notice (i) at any time before the Closing Date and (ii)
only once thereafter within 30 days after the date of this Agreement, by you, as the
Representatives of the several Underwriters, to the Issuer setting forth the number of
Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option, the names
and denominations in which the Option Securities are to be registered and the time and date
at which such certificates are to be delivered. The time and date at which certificates for
Option Securities are to be delivered shall be determined by the Representatives but shall
not be earlier than three nor later than 10 full business days after the exercise of such
option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Date (such time and date being herein referred
to as the “Option Closing Date”). If the date of exercise of the option is three or more
days before the Closing Date, the notice of exercise shall set the Closing Date as the
Option Closing Date. The number of Option Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter
shall be in the same proportion to the total number of Option Securities being purchased as
the number of Firm Securities being purchased by such Underwriter bears to the total number
of Firm Securities, adjusted by you in such manner as to avoid fractional shares. The
option with respect to the Option Securities granted hereunder may be exercised only to
cover over-allotments in the sale of the Firm Securities by the Underwriters. You, as the
Representatives of the several Underwriters, may cancel such option at any time prior to its
expiration by giving written notice of such cancellation to the Issuer. To the extent, if
any, that the option is exercised, payment for the Option Securities shall be made on the
Option Closing Date in Federal (same day funds) through the facilities of the Depository
Trust Company in New York, New York drawn to the order of the Issuer.
3. Offering by the Underwriters.
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It is understood that the several Underwriters are to make a public offering of the Firm
Securities as soon as the Representatives deem it advisable to do so. The Firm Securities are to
be initially offered to the public at the initial public offering price set forth in the
Prospectus. The Representatives may from time to time thereafter change the public offering price
and other selling terms. To the extent, if at all, that any Option Securities are purchased
pursuant to Section 2 hereof, the Underwriters will offer them to the public on the foregoing
terms.
It is further understood that you will act as the Representatives for the Underwriters in the
offering and sale of the Shares in accordance with a Master Agreement Among Underwriters entered
into by you and the several other Underwriters.
4. Covenants.
(a) The Issuer covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that it will (i)
prepare and timely file with the Commission under Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations a
Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives containing information previously
omitted at the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 430A
of the Rules and Regulations; (ii) not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or
supplement to the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus of which the Representatives shall not previously have been advised and furnished
with a copy or to which the Representatives shall have reasonably objected in writing or
which is not in compliance with the Rules and Regulations; and (iii) file on a timely basis
all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the
Issuer with the Commission subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and prior to the
termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters.
(b) The Issuer has not distributed and without the prior consent of the
Representatives, it will not distribute any prospectus or other offering material
(including, without limitation, any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a
Free Writing Prospectus and content on the Issuer’s website that may be deemed to be a
prospectus or other offering material) in connection with the offering and sale of the
Shares, other than the materials referred to in Section 1(a). Each Underwriter represents
and agrees that it has not made and, without the prior consent of the Issuer and the
Representatives, it will not make, any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus the use of which
has been consented to by the Issuer and the Representatives is listed on Schedule II(a) or
Schedule II(b) hereto. The Issuer has complied and will comply with the requirements of
Rule 433 under the Securities Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,
including timely filing with the Commission or retention where required and legending. The
Issuer represents that it has satisfied and agrees that it will satisfy the conditions under
Rule 433 under the Securities Act to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any
electronic road show, and will not take any action that would result in the Issuer or any
Underwriter being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the
Securities Act any Free Writing Prospectus prepared on behalf of such Underwriter that would
not otherwise have been required to be filed thereunder. The Issuer agrees that if at any
time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any event
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occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would
conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the
Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Issuer will give prompt notice thereof to
the Representatives and, if requested by the Representatives, will prepare and furnish
without charge to each Underwriter an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or other document which
will correct such conflict, statement or omission.
(c) The Issuer will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or
result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Issuer.
(d) The Issuer will advise the Representatives promptly (i) when the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto shall have been declared effective; (ii)
of receipt of any comments from the Commission; (iii) of any request of the Commission for
amendment of the Registration Statement or for supplement to the Prospectus or for any
additional information; and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the use of the Prospectus or
of the institution of any proceedings for that purpose. The Issuer will use its best
efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order preventing or suspending the use of
the Prospectus and to obtain as soon as possible the lifting thereof, if issued.
(e) The Issuer will cooperate with the Representatives in endeavoring to qualify the
Shares for sale under (or obtain exemptions from the application of) the securities laws of
such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably have designated in writing and will
make such applications, file such documents, and furnish such information as may be
reasonably required for that purpose, provided the Issuer shall not be required to qualify
as a foreign corporation, to file a general consent to service of process in any
jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or required to file such a consent or to
subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not now subject. The Issuer
will, from time to time, prepare and file such statements, reports, and other documents, as
are or may be required to continue such qualifications in effect for so long a period as the
Representatives may reasonably request for distribution of the Shares.
(f) The Issuer will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representatives, from time to
time, as many copies of any Preliminary Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably
request. The Issuer will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representatives during the
period when delivery of a Prospectus is required under the Securities Act, as many copies of
the Prospectus in final form, or as thereafter amended or supplemented, as the
Representatives may reasonably request. The Issuer will deliver to the Representatives at
or before the Closing Date, four signed copies of the Registration Statement and all
amendments thereto including all exhibits filed therewith, and will deliver to the
Representatives such number of copies of the Registration Statement
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(including such number of copies of the exhibits filed therewith that may reasonably be
requested) and of all amendments thereto, as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(g) The Issuer will comply with the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations, and
the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, so as to
permit the completion of the distribution of the Shares as contemplated in this Agreement
and the Prospectus. If the Pricing Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy Shares
at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event
shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Issuer or in the reasonable opinion
of the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Pricing Prospectus in
order to make the statements therein (taken together with the Issuer Free Writing
Prospectuses and other documents listed in Schedule II(a) hereto), in the light of the
circumstances existing at such time, not misleading, or any event shall occur as a result of
which, the information in the Pricing Prospectus (taken together with the Issuer Free
Writing Prospectuses and other documents listed in Schedule II(a) hereto) conflicts with
information contained in the Registration Statement then on file or if it is necessary at
any time to amend or supplement the Pricing Prospectus (taken together with the Issuer Free
Writing Prospectuses and other documents listed in Schedule II(a) hereto) to comply with any
law, the Issuer promptly will prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate amendment
to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Pricing Prospectus so that the Pricing
Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances at such
time, be misleading, or so that the Pricing Prospectus will comply with the law. If during
the period in which a prospectus is required by law to be delivered by an Underwriter or
dealer (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173 under the Securities Act), any
event shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Issuer or in the reasonable
opinion of the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time
the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173 under the Securities
Act) is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or, if it is necessary at any time to
amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with any law, the Issuer promptly will prepare
and file with the Commission an appropriate amendment to the Registration Statement or
supplement to the Prospectus so that the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not,
in the light of the circumstances when it (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule
173 under the Securities Act) is so delivered, be misleading, or so that the Prospectus will
comply with the law.
(h) The Issuer will make generally available to its security holders, as soon as it is
practicable to do so, but in any event not later than 15 months after the effective date of
the Registration Statement, an earning statement (which need not be audited) in reasonable
detail, covering a period of at least 12 consecutive months beginning after the effective
date of the Registration Statement, which earning statement shall satisfy the requirements
of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations and will
advise you in writing when such statement has been so made available.
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(i) Prior to the Closing Date, the Issuer will furnish to the Underwriters, as soon as
they have been prepared by or are available to the Issuer, a copy of any unaudited interim
financial statements of the Issuer for any period subsequent to the period covered by the
most recent financial statements appearing in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(j) The Issuer covenants and agrees that no offering, sale, short sale or other
disposition of any shares of Common Stock of the Issuer or other securities convertible into
or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock or derivative of Common Stock (or
agreement for such) will be made for a period of 180 days after the date of this Agreement
(the “Initial Restricted Period”), directly or indirectly, by the Issuer otherwise than
hereunder or with the prior written consent of the Representatives; provided, however, that
this provision will not restrict the Issuer from (1) awarding shares of Common Stock, stock
options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance
units and performance shares pursuant to employee benefit plans as described in the
Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, (2) issuing shares of Common Stock of the Issuer or
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock of the
Issuer pursuant to the exercise or conversion of warrants, options or other convertible or exchangeable
securities, including shares of Preferred Stock of the Issuer, in each case which are
outstanding on the date hereof and described in the Prospectus and
the Disclosure Package, (3) issuing shares of Common Stock of the Issuer or securities convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock of the Issuer in connection with
mergers or acquisitions of securities, businesses, property or other assets, joint ventures,
strategic alliances, equipment leasing arrangements or debt financing up to an aggregate of
10% of the sum of (x) the Issuer’s fully-diluted shares outstanding as of the date of the
Prospectus, plus (y) the Shares (each of the awards or issuances described in subsections
(1) and (2) above, a “Permitted Issuance”), and (4) filing with the Commission a
registration statement under the Securities Act of Form S-8 with respect to securities of
the Issuer issued pursuant to an employee benefit plans as described in the Prospectus and
the Disclosure Package; provided, with respect to clause (3),
that each recipient of such securities shall agree to be subject to
the transfer restrictions contained in the Lockup Agreement (as
defined below) with respect to any such securities for the remainder
of the restricted period, as described therein. If, however, (i) the Issuer issues an earnings release or material
news, or a material event relating to the Issuer occurs, during the last 17 days of the
Initial Restricted Period, or (ii) prior to the expiration of the Initial Restricted Period,
the Issuer announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period
beginning on the last day of the Initial Restricted Period, the restrictions imposed by this
Section 4(j) shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on
the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material
event.
(k) The Issuer will use its best efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, the
Shares on The NASDAQ Global Market.
(l) The Issuer has caused each officer and director of the Issuer and certain
stockholders of the Issuer specified by the Representatives to furnish to the
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Representatives, on or prior to the date of this Agreement, a lockup agreement in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (“Lockup Agreements”).
(m) The Issuer shall apply the net proceeds of its sale of the Shares as described
under the heading “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package and shall
report with the Commission with respect to the sale of the Shares and the application of the
proceeds therefrom as may be required in accordance with Rule 463 under the Securities Act.
(n) The Issuer shall not invest, or otherwise use the proceeds received by the Issuer
from its sale of the Shares in such a manner as would require the Issuer to register as an
investment company under the 0000 Xxx.
(o) The Issuer will maintain a transfer agent and, if necessary under the jurisdiction
of incorporation of the Issuer, a registrar for the Common Stock.
5. Costs and Expenses.
The Issuer will pay all costs, expenses and fees incident to the performance of the
obligations of the Issuer under this Agreement, including, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the following: (i) accounting fees of the Issuer; (ii) the fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Issuer; (iii) all other fees and expenses in connection with the preparation and
filing of, and the cost of printing and delivering (including copies thereof as may be requested by
the Underwriters hereunder) the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectuses, the Pricing
Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus and any supplements or amendments
thereto; (iv) the cost of printing and delivering the Underwriters’ Selling Memorandum; (v) the
filing fees and expenses (including the legal fees of one counsel to the Underwriters, not to
exceed $30,000) incident to securing any required review and clearance by FINRA of the terms of the
sale of the Shares; (vi) all fees and expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the
registration statement on Form 8-A relating to the Common Stock and all costs and expenses incident
to the listing of the Shares on The NASDAQ Global Market; (vii) all fees and expenses (including
the legal fees of one counsel to the Underwriters, not to exceed $10,000) incurred in connection
with the preparation and printing of the Blue Sky Survey and the qualification of the Shares under
State securities or Blue Sky laws; and (viii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to
investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the
offering of the Shares, including 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 any road show presentation with the
prior approval of the Company, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of
the Company and one-half of the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection the road show. It is
understood and agreed that except as provided in this Section 5 or Section 8, the Underwriters
shall pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel, stock
transfer taxes payable on their resale of any of the Shares, any advertising expenses connected
with any offers they may make and one-half of the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with
the road show described in clause (viii) above.
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If this Agreement shall not be consummated because the conditions in Section 6 hereof (other
than Section 6(c)) are not satisfied, or because this Agreement is terminated by the
Representatives pursuant to Section 11(a)(i) or (vi) hereof, or by reason of any failure, refusal
or inability on the part of the Issuer to perform any undertaking or satisfy any condition of this
Agreement or to comply with any of the terms hereof on its part to be performed, unless such
failure to satisfy said condition or to comply with said terms be due to the default or omission of
any Underwriter, then the Issuer shall reimburse the several Underwriters for reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses, including all fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred in
connection with investigating, marketing and proposing to market the Shares or in contemplation of
performing their obligations hereunder; provided, however, that (a) the Issuer shall not in any
event be liable to any of the several Underwriters for damages on account of loss of anticipated
profits from the sale by them of the Shares, and (b) in no event shall the aggregate amount of such
reimbursement exceed $250,000.
6. Conditions of Obligations of the Underwriters.
The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Firm Securities on the Closing
Date and the Option Securities, if any, on the Option Closing Date are subject to the accuracy, as
of the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, of the representations and warranties of
the Issuer contained herein, and to the performance by the Issuer of its covenants and obligations
hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) The Registration Statement and all post-effective amendments thereto shall have
become effective and any and all filings required by Rule 424 and Rule 430A of the Rules and
Regulations shall have been made, and any request of the Commission for additional
information (to be included in the Registration Statement or otherwise) shall have been
disclosed to the Representatives and complied with to their reasonable satisfaction. All
material required to be filed by the Issuer pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act
shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time period prescribed for
such filing by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; if the Issuer has elected to rely upon
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have
become effective by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement. No
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, as amended from time
to time, shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been taken
or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, shall be contemplated by the Commission; no stop order
suspending or preventing the use of the Pricing Prospectus, Prospectus or any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus shall have been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, shall be
contemplated by the Commission; all requests for additional information on the part of the
Commission shall have been complied with to your reasonable satisfaction; and no injunction,
restraining order, or order of any nature by a Federal or state court of competent
jurisdiction shall have been issued as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as
applicable, which would prevent the issuance of the Shares.
(b) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date and each Option Closing
Date, if any, the opinions of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, Professional Corporation,
counsel for the Issuer dated the Closing Date or the Option
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Closing Date, if any, addressed to the Underwriters (and stating that it may be relied
upon by Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters) in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B.
(c) The Representatives shall have received from Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for
the Underwriters, an opinion dated the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any,
with respect to the formation of the Issuer, the validity of the Shares and other related
matters as the Representatives reasonably may request, and such counsel shall have received
such papers and information as they request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(d) The Representatives shall have received, on each of the dates hereof, the Closing
Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, a letter dated the date hereof, the Closing Date
or the Option Closing Date, if any, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representatives, of Ernst & Young LLP confirming that they are independent public
accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable published Rules and
Regulations thereunder and stating that in their opinion the financial statements and
schedules examined by them and included in the Registration Statement comply in form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and the
related published Rules and Regulations; and containing such other statements and
information as is ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to Underwriters with
respect to the financial statements and certain financial and statistical information
contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(e) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date and the Option Closing
Date, if any, a certificate or certificates of the Issuer’s Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer to the effect that, as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing
Date, if any, each of them severally represents as follows:
(i) The Registration Statement has been declared effective under the
Securities Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registrations
Statement has been issued, and no proceedings for such purpose have been taken or
are, to his knowledge, contemplated by the Commission;
(ii) The representations and warranties of the Issuer contained in Section 1
hereof are true and correct as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, if
any;
(iii) All filings required to have been made pursuant to Rules 424 or 430A
under the Securities Act have been made;
(iv) They have carefully examined the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus and, in their opinion, as of the effective date of the Registration
Statement, the statements contained in the Registration Statement were true and
correct, and such Registration Statement and Prospectus did not omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading, and since the effective date of the Registration
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Statement, no event has occurred which should have been set forth in a
supplement to or an amendment of the Prospectus which has not been so set forth in
such supplement or amendment; and
(v) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Disclosure Package, (1) there has not been any material adverse change or any
development involving a prospective material adverse change, (2) the Issuer shall
not have sustained any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion,
flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor
dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set
forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package, and (3) there shall not have been
any change in the capital stock (other than (A) a Permitted Issuance, or (B) the
repurchase of shares of capital stock pursuant to agreements existing on the date
hereof and disclosed to the Representatives providing for an option to repurchase
or a right of first refusal on behalf of the Issuer), or long-term debt of the
Issuer (other than regular payments pursuant to obligations disclosed in or
contemplated by the Disclosure Package).
(f) The Issuer shall have furnished to the Representatives such further certificates
and documents confirming the representations and warranties, covenants and conditions
contained herein and related matters as the Representatives may reasonably have requested.
(g) The Firm Securities and Option Securities, if any, shall have been approved for
designation upon notice of issuance on The NASDAQ Global Market.
(h) The Lockup Agreements described in Section 4(l) shall be in full force and effect.
(i) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date and the Option Closing
Date, if any, opinions of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP, special counsel for the Issuer with
respect to patent and proprietary rights, dated the Closing Date and the Option Closing
Date, if any, addressed to the Underwriters (and stating that it may be relied upon by
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, Professional Corporation, counsel to the Issuer and Xxxxx
Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters) in substantially the form attached hereto
as Exhibit C.
The opinions and certificates mentioned in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance
with the provisions hereof only if they are in all material respects satisfactory to the
Representatives and to Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters.
If any of the conditions hereinabove provided for in this Section shall not have been
fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement to be fulfilled, the obligations of the
Underwriters hereunder may be terminated by the Representatives.
In such event, the Issuer and the Underwriters shall not be under any obligation to each other
(except to the extent provided in Sections 5 and 8 hereof).
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7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Issuer.
The obligations of the Issuer to sell and deliver the portion of the Shares required to be
delivered as and when specified in this Agreement are subject to the conditions that at the Closing
Date or the Option Closing Date, if any, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement shall have been issued and in effect or proceedings therefor initiated or
threatened.
8. Indemnification.
(a) The Issuer agrees:
(i) to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any,
who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities
Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act or who are affiliates of any Underwriter
within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter or any such controlling
person may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of any material fact contained in (A) the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto, (B) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer
information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the
Securities Act, (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, or (iii) any alleged act or failure to act by any Underwriter in
connection with, or relating in any manner to, the Shares or the offering
contemplated hereby, and which is included as part of or referred to in any loss,
claim, damage, liability or action arising out of or based upon matters covered by
clause (i) or (ii) above (provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be liable
under this clause (iii) to the extent that it is determined in a final judgment by
a court of competent jurisdiction that such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action resulted directly from any such acts or failures to act undertaken or
omitted to be taken by such Underwriter through its gross negligence or willful
misconduct); provided, however, that the Issuer will not be liable in any such case
to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is
based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or omission or alleged
omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, Pricing
Prospectus, the Prospectus, or such amendment or supplement, or any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed
pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Issuer by or through the Representatives
specifically for use in the preparation thereof, such information being listed in
Section 13 below.
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(ii) to reimburse each Underwriter and each such controlling person upon
demand for any legal or other out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by such
Underwriter or such controlling person in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage or liability, action or proceeding or in
responding to a subpoena or governmental inquiry related to the offering of the
Shares, whether or not such Underwriter or controlling person is a party to any
action or proceeding. In the event that it is finally judicially determined that
the Underwriters were not entitled to receive payments for legal and other expenses
pursuant to this subparagraph, the Underwriters will promptly return all sums that
had been advanced pursuant hereto.
(b) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly will indemnify and hold harmless the
Issuer, each of its directors, each of its officers who have signed the Registration
Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Issuer within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages
or liabilities to which the Issuer or any such director, officer or controlling person may
become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings 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 Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus,
the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or (ii) the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made; and will reimburse any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by the Issuer or any such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim,
damage, liability, action or proceeding; provided, however, that each Underwriter will be
liable in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission has been made in the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuer by or through the
Representatives specifically for use in the preparation thereof, such information being
listed in Section 13 below.
(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be
instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this
Section, such person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom
such indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing. No indemnification
provided for in Section 8(a) or (b) shall be available to any party who shall fail to give
notice as provided in this Subsection if the party to whom notice was not given was unaware
of the proceeding to which such notice would have related and was materially prejudiced by
the failure to give such notice, but the failure to give such notice shall not relieve the
indemnifying party or parties from any liability which it or they may have to the
indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than on account of the provisions of Section
8(a) or (b). In case any such proceeding shall be brought against any indemnified party
and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement
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thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein 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 shall
pay as incurred the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In
any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel at
its own expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnifying party shall pay as
incurred (or within 30 days of presentation) the fees and expenses of the counsel retained
by the indemnified party in the event (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party
shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel, (ii) the named parties to any
such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and
the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be
inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them or (iii) the
indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense and employ counsel acceptable to
the indemnified party within a reasonable period of time after notice of commencement of the
action.
It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or
related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of
more than one separate firm for all such indemnified parties. Such firm shall be designated in
writing by you in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a) and by the Issuer in
the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b). The indemnifying party shall not be
liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent but if settled
with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees
to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such
settlement or judgment. In addition, the indemnifying party will not, without the prior written
consent of the indemnified party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in
any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding of which indemnification may be sought
hereunder (whether or not any indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such claim,
action or proceeding) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes no admission of fault
in addition to an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of
such claim, action or proceeding.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable to or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 8(a) or (b) above (for a
reason other than those disqualifying such indemnified party from any such indemnification
pursuant to this Section 8) in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Issuer on
the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Shares. If,
however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by
applicable law then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable
by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such
relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Issuer on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, (or
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actions or proceedings in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Issuer 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 Issuer 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 Issuer on the one hand or the Underwriters on the
other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Issuer and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions
pursuant to this Subsection were 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 above in this Subsection. The amount paid or
payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to above in this Subsection shall be deemed to
include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Section 8, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any
such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Subsection, (i) no Underwriter shall
be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discounts and commissions
applicable to the Shares purchased by such Underwriter and (ii) no person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The
Underwriters’ obligations in this Subsection to contribute are several in proportion to their
respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
(e) In any proceeding relating to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any supplement or amendment thereto,
or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, each party against whom contribution may be sought
under this Section hereby consents to the jurisdiction of any court having jurisdiction over
any other contributing party, agrees that process issuing from such court may be served upon
him or it by any other contributing party and consents to the service of such process and
agrees that any other contributing party may join him or it as an additional defendant in
any such proceeding in which such other contributing party is a party.
(f) Any expenses for which an indemnified party is entitled to indemnification or
contribution under this Section shall be paid by the indemnifying party to the indemnified
party as such expenses are incurred. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in
this Section and the representations and warranties of the Issuer set forth in this
Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any person controlling any
Underwriter, the Issuer, its directors or officers or any persons controlling the Issuer,
(ii) acceptance of any Shares and payment therefor hereunder, and (iii) any termination of
this Agreement. A successor to any Underwriter, or to the Issuer, its
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directors or officers, or any person controlling the Issuer, shall be entitled to the
benefits of the indemnity, contribution and reimbursement agreements contained in this
Section.
9. Default by Underwriters.
If on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, if any, any Underwriter shall fail to
purchase and pay for the portion of the Shares which such Underwriter has agreed to purchase and
pay for on such date (otherwise than by reason of any default on the part of the Issuer), you, as
the Representatives of the Underwriters, shall use your reasonable efforts to procure within 36
hours thereafter one or more of the other Underwriters, or any others reasonably satisfactory to
the Issuer, to purchase from the Issuer such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms set
forth herein, the Firm Securities or Option Securities, as the case may be, which the defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters failed to purchase. If during such 36 hours you, as such
Representatives, shall not have procured such other Underwriters, or any others reasonably
satisfactory to the Issuer, to purchase all of the Firm Securities or Option Securities, as the
case may be, agreed to be purchased by the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then the Issuer
shall be entitled to a further 36 hours within which to procure another party or other parties
reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives to purchase the remaining Firm Securities or Option
Securities, as the case may be. If following, as applicable, (x) the original 36 hour period you,
as such Representatives, shall not have procured such other Underwriters, or any others reasonably
satisfactory to the Issuer, to purchase all of the Firm Securities or Option Securities, as the
case may be, which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters failed to purchase, and the Issuer
does not request a further 36 hour period to identify another party or parties reasonably
satisfactory to the Representatives to purchase the Firm Securities or Option Securities, as the
case may be, which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters failed to purchase, or (y) the second
36 hour period the Issuer has not identified another party or parties reasonably satisfactory to
the Representatives to purchase the remaining Firm Securities or Option Securities, as the case may
be, then (a) if the aggregate number of Firm Securities or Option Securities, as the case may be,
with respect to which such default then remains (the “Default Shares”) does not exceed 10% of the
Firm Securities or Option Securities, as the case may be, covered hereby, the non-defaulting
Underwriters shall be obligated, severally, in proportion to the respective numbers of Firm
Securities or Option Securities, as the case may be, which they are obligated to purchase
hereunder, to purchase the Default Shares, or (b) if the aggregate number of Default Shares
exceeds, as applicable, (i) 10% of the Firm Securities covered hereby, the Issuer or the
non-defaulting Underwriters will have the right to terminate this Agreement without liability on
the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters or of the Issuer except to the extent provided in
Section 8 hereof or (ii) 10% of the Option Securities to be purchased on the Option Closing Date,
the non-defaulting Underwriters shall have the option to terminate their obligation to purchase
such Option Securities hereunder on such Option Closing Date or to purchase not less than the
number of such Option Securities such non-defaulting Underwriters would have been obligated to
purchase in the absence of such default. In the event of a default by any Underwriter or
Underwriters, as set forth in this Section, the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, if any, may be
postponed for such period, not exceeding seven days, as you, as Representatives, may determine in
order that the required changes in the Registration Statement or in the Prospectus or in any other
documents or arrangements may be effected. The term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted
for a defaulting Underwriter. Any action taken
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under this Section shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of
any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.
10. Notices.
All communications hereunder shall be in writing and, except as otherwise provided herein,
will be mailed, delivered, or faxed and confirmed as follows:
if to the Underwriters, to
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RBC Capital Markets, LLC | |
c/o RBC Capital Markets, LLC | ||
3 World Financial Center | ||
000 Xxxxx Xx., 0xx xxxxx | ||
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Attention: Xxx Xxxxx | ||
Syndicate
Director |
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Fax: (000) 000-0000 | ||
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Leerink Xxxxx LLC | ||
c/o Leerink Xxxxx LLC | ||
Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
00xx Xxxxx | ||
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxxxx X.X. Xxxxxxx | ||
General
Counsel |
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Fax: (000) 000-0000 |
if to the Issuer, to
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Endocyte, Inc. | |
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxxxx X0-000 | ||
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Attention: Chief Financial Officer | ||
Fax: (000) 000-0000 |
11. Termination.
(a) This Agreement may be terminated by you at any time prior to the Closing Date if
any of the following has occurred: (i) since the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, any material adverse change or any
development involving a prospective material adverse change in the absolute discretion of
the Representatives, (ii) any outbreak, attack, or escalation of hostilities or declaration
of war, national emergency, act of terrorism or other national or international calamity or
crisis or change in economic, financial or political conditions if the effect of such
outbreak, escalation, declaration, emergency, calamity, crisis or change on the financial
markets of the United States would, in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, make
it impracticable or inadvisable to market the Shares or to enforce contracts for the sale of
the Shares, or (iii) suspension of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock
Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Market or the American Stock Exchange or limitation on prices
(other than limitations on hours or numbers of days of trading) for securities on either
such Exchange, (iv) the enactment, publication, decree or other promulgation of any statute,
regulation, rule or order of any court or other governmental authority which in your opinion
materially and adversely affects or may materially and adversely affect the business or
operations of the Issuer, (v) declaration of a banking moratorium by United States or New
York State authorities; (vi) the
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suspension of trading of the Common Stock by The NASDAQ Global Market, the Commission,
or any other governmental authority; (vii) the taking of any action by any governmental body
or agency in respect of its monetary or fiscal affairs which in your reasonable opinion has
a material adverse effect on the securities markets in the United States; or
(b) as provided in Sections 6 and 9 of this Agreement.
12. Successors.
This Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of the Issuer and Underwriters and
their respective successors, executors, administrators, heirs and assigns, and the officers,
directors and controlling persons referred to herein, and no other person will have any right or
obligation hereunder. No purchaser of any of the Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed a
successor or assign merely because of such purchase.
13. Information Provided by Underwriters.
The Issuer and the Underwriters acknowledge and agree that the only information furnished or
to be furnished by any Underwriter to the Issuer for inclusion in any Preliminary Prospectus,
Prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Registration Statement consists of the
information contained in [TBD]. In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives shall act on behalf
of each of the Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any
statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by any
Representative.
14. Research Independence.
In addition, the Issuer acknowledges that the Underwriters’ research analysts and research
departments are required to be independent from their respective investment banking divisions and
are subject to certain regulations and internal policies, and that such Underwriters’ research
analysts may hold and make statements or investment recommendations and/or publish research reports
with respect to the Issuer and/or the offering that differ from the views of its investment
bankers. The Issuer hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims
that the Issuer may have against the Underwriters with respect to any conflict of interest that may
arise from the fact that the views expressed by their independent research analysts and research
departments may be different from or inconsistent with the views or advice communicated to the
Issuer by such Underwriters’ investment banking divisions. The Issuer acknowledges that each of
the Underwriters is a full service securities firm and as such from time to time, subject to
applicable securities laws, may effect transactions for its own account or the account of its
customers and hold long or short position in debt or equity securities of the companies which may
be the subject to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
15. No fiduciary duty.
Notwithstanding any preexisting relationship, advisory or otherwise, between the parties or
any oral representations or assurances previously or subsequently made by the underwriters, the
Issuer acknowledges and agrees that:
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(a) nothing herein shall create a fiduciary or agency relationship between the Issuer
and the Underwriters;
(b) the Underwriters are not acting as advisors, expert or otherwise, to the Issuer in
connection with this offering, sale of the Shares or any other services the Underwriters may
be deemed to be providing hereunder, including, without limitation, with respect to the
public offering price of the Shares;
(c) the relationship between the Issuer and the Underwriters is entirely and solely
commercial, based on arms-length negotiations;
(d) any duties and obligations that the Underwriters may have to the Issuer shall be
limited to those duties and obligations specifically stated herein; and
(e) notwithstanding anything in this Underwriting Agreement to the contrary, the Issuer
acknowledges that the Underwriters may have financial interests in the success of the
Offering that are not limited to the difference between the price to the public and the
purchase price paid to the Issuer by the Underwriters for the Shares and the Underwriters
have no obligation to disclose, or account to the Issuer for, any of such additional
financial interests.
The Issuer hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that
the Issuer may have against the Underwriters with respect to any breach or alleged breach of
fiduciary duty.
16. Miscellaneous.
The reimbursement, indemnification and contribution agreements contained in this Agreement and
the representations, warranties and covenants in this Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect regardless of (a) any termination of this Agreement, (b) any investigation made by or on
behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person thereof, or by or on behalf of the Issuer or its
directors or officers and (c) delivery of and payment for the Shares under this Agreement.
In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56
(signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record
information that identifies their respective clients, including the Issuer, which information may
include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will
allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but
all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State
of New York.
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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.
This Agreement may only be amended or modified in writing, signed by all of the parties
hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each
party whom the condition is meant to benefit.
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If the foregoing letter is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign
and return to us the enclosed duplicates hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among
the Issuer and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours, ENDOCYTE, INC. |
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The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed
and accepted as of the date first above written.
and accepted as of the date first above written.
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
LEERINK XXXXX LLC
LEERINK XXXXX LLC
As the Representatives of the several
Underwriters listed on Schedule I
Underwriters listed on Schedule I
By:
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