13,750,000 Shares INSMED INCORPORATED Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
13,750,000 Shares
INSMED INCORPORATED
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share
October 19, 2022
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
SVB Securities LLC
as Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
c/o SVB Securities LLC
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Insmed Incorporated, a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”)
for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”) 13,750,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) (such shares to be issued and sold by the Company being hereinafter called the “Shares”), in accordance with this Underwriting Agreement (the “Agreement”).
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) an automatic shelf registration statement, including a prospectus, on Form S-3 (File No. 333-238560) relating to securities (the “Shelf Securities”), including the Shares, to be issued from time to time by the Company, which automatic shelf registration statement became effective under Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”). Such registration statement including the information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at
the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A or Rule 430B under the Securities Act is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement”,
and the related prospectus covering the Shelf Securities dated May 21, 2020 in the form first used to confirm sales of the Shares (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to
Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “Basic Prospectus.” The Basic Prospectus, as supplemented by the prospectus
supplement specifically relating to the Shares in the form first used to confirm sales of the Shares (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 of the Securities Act)
is hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus.”.
For purposes of this Agreement, “free
writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, “Time of Sale Prospectus” means the documents and
pricing information set forth in Schedule II hereto, and “broadly available road show” means a “bona fide electronic road show” as defined in
Rule 433(h)(5) under the Securities Act that has been made available without restriction to any person. As used herein, the terms “Registration Statement,” “Basic Prospectus,” “Time of Sale Prospectus” and “Prospectus” shall include the documents,
if any, incorporated by reference therein. The terms “supplement,” “amendment,” and “amend” as used herein with respect to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Time of
Sale Prospectus or any free writing prospectus shall include all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.
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Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement became effective upon filing; the filing date of the Registration Statement was not
earlier than the date three years before the execution date of this Agreement; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or, to the knowledge of
the Company, threatened by, the Commission. (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (whether such
amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause
only, of Rule 163(c)) made any offer relating to the Shares in reliance on the exemption in Rule 163, and (iv) as of the date hereof, the Company was or is, as applicable, a “well-known seasoned issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act) eligible to use the Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement and the Company has not received notice that the Commission objects to the use of the Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement.
(b) (i) Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in
the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (ii) each part of the Registration Statement,
when such part became effective, did not contain, and each such part, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, as of the Closing Date (as defined in Section 4) will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iii) the Registration Statement, as of the date hereof, does not and, as of the Closing Date, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iv) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply, and as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all
material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (v) the Time of Sale Prospectus does not, and at the time of each sale of the Shares in connection with the offering when the
Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Date, the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented by the Company, if applicable, will not, contain any 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, (vi) each broadly available road show, if any, when considered together with the Time of Sale Prospectus,
does not and will not as of the Closing Date contain any 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 and
(vii) the Prospectus as of the date hereof does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, as of the Closing Date will not contain any 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, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to statements or omissions in the Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein.
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(c) (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering
participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)) of the Shares and (ii) as of the date hereof, the Company is not an
“ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act. Any free writing prospectus that the Company is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will be,
filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to
Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that was prepared by or on behalf of or used or referred to by the Company (x) complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder and (y) does not include any information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated therein by reference and any prospectus supplement
deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule II hereto forming part of the Time of Sale Prospectus, and electronic road shows, if any, each furnished
to you before first use, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without your prior consent, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus.
(d) There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse
change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(e) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(f) The Company’s only subsidiaries are as listed in Schedule III hereto.
(g) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(h) The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to legal matters to the description thereof contained
in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(i) The shares of Common Stock outstanding prior to the issuance of the Shares have been duly authorized and are
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
(j) The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such Shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights, which have not otherwise been waived.
(k) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, this
Agreement will not contravene any provision of (i) applicable law, (ii) the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Company, (iii) any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iv) any judgment, order
or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary, except in the cases of clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) for any such contravention that would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material
adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under
this Agreement, except such as may be required under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder or by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states or the rules and regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
(“FINRA”) in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares.
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(l) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened to which
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject other than (i) proceedings accurately described in all material respects in the Time of Sale Prospectus or (ii)
proceedings that would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the power or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate
the transactions contemplated by the Time of Sale Prospectus; and there are no statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required.
(m) The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
(n)The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company and
the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus will not be, required to be registered as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(o) The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and
local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms
and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits,
licenses or approvals would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(p) To the Company’s knowledge, there are no facts currently existing that will require the Company or any of its
subsidiaries to incur costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit,
license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which would, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(q) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, none of the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries is or, since January 1, 2020 has been, in violation of any Health Care Laws, except where the failure to be in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole. For purposes of this Agreement, “Health Care Laws” means, to the extent applicable to the Company,
(i) the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) all federal and state fraud and abuse laws, including, without limitation, the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. §1320a-7b(b)), the Xxxxx Law (42
U.S.C. §1395nn), the civil False Claims Act (31 X.X.X. §0000 et seq.), Sections 1320a-7 and 1320a-7a of Title 42 of the United States Code and the regulations promulgated pursuant to such statutes, (iii) the administrative simplification provisions
of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (18 U.S.C. §§669, 1035, 1347 and 1518; 42 U.S.C. §1320d et seq.) and the regulations promulgated thereunder, (iv) Titles XVIII (42 U.S.C. §1395 et seq.) and XIX (42 X.X.X. §0000 et
seq.) of the Social Security Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder, (v) the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (42 U.S.C. §1395w-101 et seq.) and the regulations promulgated thereunder, (vi) the
so-called federal “Sunshine Law” or Open Payments (42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and state or local laws regulating or requiring reporting of interactions between pharmaceutical manufacturers and members of the healthcare industry and regulations
promulgated thereunder, (vii) laws governing government pricing or price reporting programs and regulations promulgated thereunder, including without limitation the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (42 U.S.C. § 1396r-8) and any state supplemental
rebate program, the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 256b), the VA Federal Supply Schedule (38 U.S.C. § 8126) or any state pharmaceutical assistance program or U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs agreement, and any successor government
programs, (viii) all statutes, rules or regulations of applicable governmental authorities applicable to the ownership, testing, research, development, manufacture, quality, safety, accreditation, packaging, storage, use, distribution, labeling,
promotion, sale, offer for sale, import, export or disposal of any product manufactured or distributed by the Company or its subsidiaries, including current good manufacturing practices requirements; and (ix) any and all other health care laws and
regulations applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries or their respective businesses, each as currently conducted, as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, each of (i) through (ix) as may be amended from time to time.
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(r) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received written notice of any pending or threatened
claim, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, audit, investigation, arbitration or other legal action that has not been resolved from any applicable governmental authority or any third party, including employees, former employees or competitors,
alleging that any operation or activity of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any applicable Health Care Laws, except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on
the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole. Except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, (i) the Company and its
subsidiaries have timely submitted all registrations or other filings required under any applicable Health Care Laws with governmental authorities, (ii) and those filings have, to the knowledge of the Company, been complete and accurate when filed
or corrected as appropriate by the Company if subsequently determined not to be complete or to be inaccurate.
(s) Except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse
effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, the Company: (i) has in place current agreements for its marketed product to participate in Federal Health Care Programs; and (ii) is in compliance with all such agreements including,
without limitation, provisions in such agreements pertaining to the timely and current submission of accurate prices to federal and state agencies. For purposes of this Agreement, “Federal Health Care Program” has the meaning set forth in 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7b(f).
(t) The
Company and its subsidiaries have an operational healthcare compliance program that: (i) governs all employees and contractors, including sales representatives; (ii) is materially consistent with the current U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines
standards for effective compliance programs and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General Voluntary Compliance Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers; (iii) complies with the Pharmaceutical Research and
Manufacturers of America Code on Interactions with Healthcare Professionals; and (iv) addresses compliance with Health Care Laws. The Company and each of its subsidiaries operates in material compliance with such healthcare compliance program.
(u) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any corporate integrity agreements, monitoring
agreements, consent decrees, settlement orders or similar agreements with or imposed by any governmental authority.
(v) None of the Company, its subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, or employees, or to the
knowledge of the Company, any independent contractor, is excluded, suspended or debarred from participation in any Federal Health Care Program or human research study or clinical trial or, to the knowledge of the Company, is or has been the subject
of a governmental inquiry, investigation, proceeding or other action, including a criminal conviction or imposition of a civil monetary penalty, that would reasonably be expected to result in debarment, suspension, or exclusion. The Company
periodically conducts screening of officers, directors, employees and independent contractors to confirm such persons are not excluded, suspended or debarred from participation in any Federal Health Care Program or human research study or clinical
trial.
(w) Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or
understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company or to require the Company to include
such securities with the Shares registered pursuant to the Registration Statement.
(x) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, nor any director or officer, nor to the
knowledge of the Company, any employee, agent or representative of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, has taken any action (i) in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or
regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, and the Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000 of the United Kingdom or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law
(collectively “Anti-Corruption Laws”), or (ii) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment
or giving or receiving of money, property, gifts or anything else of value (including nonmonetary benefits such as employment opportunities, gifts, travel, or entertainment), directly or indirectly, to any “government official” (including any
officer or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official
or candidate for political office) or any other person to improperly influence official action, to improperly gain or retain business, or secure an improper advantage for the benefit of the Company. The Company and its subsidiaries have conducted
their businesses in compliance in all material respects with the Anti-Corruption Laws, and the Company and its subsidiaries will not knowingly, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering and sale of the Shares, or lend, contribute or
otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, affiliate, agent, partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing or facilitating any activity that would violate any of the Anti-Corruption Laws.
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(y) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with
applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including, without limitation, those of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and
Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Company and its subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or
guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency where the Company and its subsidiaries conduct business (collectively, the “Anti-Money
Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is
pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(z) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries or, any director, officer, or to the knowledge of the Company,
any employee, agent, affiliate or representative of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, is an individual or entity (“Person”) that is, or is
owned or controlled by a Person that is: (i) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated
national” or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, the Crimea Region of Ukraine, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the
so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria). For the past five years, the Company has not knowingly engaged in and is not now knowingly engaged in any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or
territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions.
(aa) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in each of the Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, (i) the Company and its subsidiaries have not incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, nor entered into any material transaction; (ii) the Company has not purchased any of its
outstanding capital stock, nor declared, paid or otherwise made any dividend or distribution of any kind on its capital stock other than ordinary and customary dividends and net settlements in connection with the Company’s existing employee
compensation plans; and (iii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock, short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, except in each case as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, respectively, or except for a change in the number of outstanding shares of common stock of the Company due to the issuance of shares upon the exercise of currently outstanding options or other stock-based awards
or the vesting of restricted stock units under (i) the Company’s Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2000 Plan”), 2013 Incentive
Plan (the “2013 Plan”), 2015 Incentive Plan (the “2015
Plan”), 2017 Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan”) and the 2019 Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2019 Plan”) or (ii) inducement grants previously made to new employees.
(bb) The Company and its subsidiaries do not own any real property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good
title to all personal property owned by them which is material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Time of Sale Prospectus or
such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries; and any material real property and buildings held under lease by the
Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and
its subsidiaries, in each case except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
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(cc) Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, (A) the Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, or
can acquire on reasonable terms, all material patents, patent rights, licenses, 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”) currently used and proposed to be
used by them in connection with the Company’s business as now conducted and as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, and (B) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has breached any material provision of any Intellectual Property
license or received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any of the foregoing, in the case of each of (A) and (B), which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision,
ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. There are no valid and enforceable rights of third parties to any Intellectual Property that are or would be
infringed by the business currently conducted or planned to be conducted by the Company and its subsidiaries or in the manufacture, use, sale or offer for sale of its presently proposed products, as such planned business and proposed products are
described in the Time of Sale Prospectus which infringement, singly or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. There are no pending patent applications
of which the Company is aware, which, if granted in current form, would be infringed by the business currently conducted by it or proposed to be conducted by it as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, which infringement, singly or in the
aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Neither the Company, nor any of its subsidiaries, is subject to any judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree of any
court or any federal, state, local, foreign or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, or any arbitrator, nor has it entered into or is it a party to any contract, in the case of
each of the foregoing, which materially restricts or impairs its use of any Intellectual Property and which restriction or impairment, singly or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole. To the knowledge of the Company, there are no ongoing infringements by others of any Intellectual Property owned by the Company or its subsidiaries in connection with the business currently conducted by the Company
and its subsidiaries or its presently proposed products, as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, which infringement, singly or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole. The Company is not aware of any reason why any Intellectual Property owned or controlled by it is or should be held to be invalid or unenforceable, which holding, singly or in the aggregate, would reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(dd) Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, no material labor dispute with the employees of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent; and the Company is not aware of any existing, threatened or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its principal suppliers, manufacturers or
contractors that could have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(ee) The Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility
against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent in the reasonable opinion of the Company’s management and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been refused any
insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain comparable
coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as described in the Time of
Sale Prospectus.
(ff) The Company and its subsidiaries possess all material certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the
appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses in the manner described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, including, without limitation, (i) all U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) clearances or approvals necessary to conduct the Company’s business as now conducted and (ii) applicable foreign regulatory agency clearances,
permits or approvals necessary to conduct the Company’s business as now conducted. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate,
authorization or permit, including, without limitation, any FDA Form 483, notice of adverse finding, warning letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or notice from the FDA, any other governmental or regulatory authority or any third party
which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as described in the Time
of Sale Prospectus.
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(gg) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have operated their businesses and currently are in compliance in all
material respects with all applicable rules, regulations and policies of the FDA and any applicable comparable foreign regulatory organization, including, without limitation, all applicable directives and regulations of the European Medicines
Agency. The Company has not received notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from the FDA, any other federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authority or
third party alleging that any product operation or activity is in material violation of any applicable laws or material certificates, authorizations or permits and has no knowledge that the FDA or any other federal, state, local or foreign
governmental or regulatory authority or third party is considering any such claim, litigation, arbitration, action, suit, investigation or proceeding.
(hh) The description of the results of the studies, tests and trials conducted by or on behalf of the Company
contained in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus are accurate in all material respects and the Company has no knowledge of any other studies, tests or trials, the results of which are materially inconsistent with the results described in
the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(ii) Any clinical trials or human and animal studies conducted by or on behalf of the Company and described in the
Time of Sale Prospectus were and, if still pending, are being conducted (to the Company’s knowledge, after due inquiry, with respect to such studies conducted by third parties) in accordance, in all material respects, with standard medical and
scientific research procedures, the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and all applicable rules, regulations and policies of the FDA, including, where applicable, current good clinical
practices and Good Laboratory Practices, as such terms are understood in the Company’s industry, and all applicable foreign regulatory requirements and standards. Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Registration Statement, the
Company has not received any notices or correspondence from the FDA or any other governmental authority contemplating or requiring the termination, suspension or modification of any studies, tests or preclinical or clinical trials conducted by or
on behalf of the Company, other than ordinary course communications with respect to modifications in connection with the design and implementation of such studies, trials and tests, none of which modifications would have a material impact on such
study, trial or test.
(jj) Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Registration Statement, the Company and each of its
subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States (“U.S.
GAAP”) and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets
at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (A) no material weakness in
the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (B) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
(kk) Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Registration Statement, the Company has not sold,
issued or distributed any shares of Common Stock during the six-month period preceding the date hereof, including any sales pursuant to Rule 144A under, or Regulation D or S of, the Securities Act, other than shares issued pursuant to employee
benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or other compensation or incentive plans or pursuant to the exercise or vesting of, as applicable, outstanding options, restricted stock units, other stock-based awards or inducement grants made to new
employee hires.
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(ll) The Company and its subsidiaries’ information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks,
hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively, “IT Systems”) are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material
respects as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted. The Company and its subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable controls, policies,
procedures, and safeguards designed to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable,
sensitive, confidential or regulated data (“Personal Data”)) used in connection with their businesses, and there have been no breaches,
violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to same, nor any incidents under internal review or investigations relating to the same, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a material
adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole. The Company and its subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or
governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access,
misappropriation or modification, except for such noncompliance as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(mm) The Company has filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date
of this Agreement or has requested extensions thereof (except, in each case, where the failure to file would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken
as a whole) and has paid all taxes required to be paid thereon (except for cases in which the failure to file or pay would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or,
except as currently being contested in good faith and for which reserves required by U.S. GAAP have been recorded in the financial statements of the Company), and there is no tax deficiency which if determined adversely to the Company would
reasonably be expected to have (nor does the Company have any notice or knowledge of any tax deficiency which would reasonably be expected to be determined adversely to the Company and which would reasonably be expected to have) a material adverse
effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(nn) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Registration Statement, the Company and each of its
subsidiaries are presently in compliance in all material respects with all applicable privacy and data protection laws, judgments, orders, and other contractual or legal obligations binding on the Company or its subsidiaries; statutes, rules and
regulations of any court or arbitrator or other governmental or regulatory authority, in each case, relating to the privacy and security of the information technology systems and personal data used in connection with the operation of the Company’s
and its subsidiaries’ businesses as currently conducted. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have, in accordance with industry standard practices for companies comparable in size to the Company, taken steps designed to protect the information
technology systems and personal data of the Company used in connection with the operation of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ businesses. Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Registration Statement and to the knowledge of
the Company, there has been no material security breach, compromise, misuse, misappropriation, or unauthorized use, access, disablement, or modification of or relating to any such information technology system or personal data, and the Company and
its subsidiaries have not been notified of, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any material security breach, compromise, misuse, misappropriation, or unauthorized use, access,
disablement, or modification of or relating to any such information technology system or personal data.
2. Agreements to Sell and Purchase.
The Company hereby agrees to sell to the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees, severally and not jointly, to
purchase from the Company the respective number of Shares set forth in Schedule I hereto opposite its name at $18.85 per share (the “Purchase Price”).
3. Terms of
Public Offering. The Company is advised by you that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Shares as soon after the Registration Statement and this Agreement have become effective as in your
judgment is advisable. The Company is further advised by you that the Shares are to be offered to the public initially at $20.00 per share (the “Public
Offering Price”).
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4. Payment and
Delivery. Payment for the Shares shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City against delivery of such Shares for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters at 10:00 a.m., New York
City time, on October 21, 2022 or at such other time on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as shall be designated in writing by you. The time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date.”
The Shares shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as you shall request in writing not later than one full business
day prior to the Closing Date. The Shares shall be delivered to you on the Closing Date for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the transfer of the Shares to the Underwriters duly
paid, against payment of the Purchase Price therefor.
5. Conditions to
the Underwriters’ Obligations. The several obligations of the Underwriters are subject to the following conditions:
(a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:
(i) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given to the Company of any
intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any of the securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally
recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined for purposes of Section 3(A)(62) of the Exchange Act; and
(ii) there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition,
financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business, prospects or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus as of the date of this Agreement that, in your judgment, is
material and adverse or is reasonably likely to be material and adverse, and that makes it, in your judgment, impracticable to market the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(b) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an
executive officer of the Company, to the effect set forth in Section 5(a)(i) above and to the effect that (i) the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date and (ii) that
the Company has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date. The officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of
his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.
(c) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion and negative assurance letter of Xxxxxxxxx
& Xxxxxxx LLP, special counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, in the form previously agreed, which shall be rendered to the Underwriters at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.
(d) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLP, Virginia
counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, in the form previously agreed, which shall be rendered to the Underwriters at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.
(e) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Xxxxxx LLP, intellectual property
counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date, in the form previously agreed.
(f) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion or opinions of Ropes & Gray LLP,
counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon
such matters.
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(g) The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date, a letter, dated the date
hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, from Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in
accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on
the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off date” not earlier than the date hereof.
(h) The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date, dated the date hereof or
the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, a certificate executed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company with respect to certain previously agreed financial information contained in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(i)The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, between you and each executive
officer and director of the Company relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Common Stock or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date.
6. Covenants of
the Company. The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) To furnish to you, without charge, a signed copy of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and
for delivery to each other Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and to furnish to you in New York City, without charge, as promptly as practicable and in any event no later than 10:00 a.m. New York
City time on the second business day succeeding the date of this Agreement and during the period mentioned in Section 6(e) or 6(f) below, as many copies of the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and any supplements and amendments thereto or to
the Registration Statement as you may reasonably request.
(b) Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, to
furnish to you a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement and to provide you a reasonable opportunity to comment on any such proposed amendment or supplement prior to filing it, and to file with the Commission within the applicable period
specified in Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act any prospectus required to be filed pursuant to such Rule.
(c) To furnish to you a copy of each proposed free writing prospectus to be prepared by or on behalf of, used by,
or referred to by the Company with respect to the Shares and not to use or refer to any such proposed free writing prospectus to which you reasonably and promptly object.
(d) Not to take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required to file with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.
(e) If the Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy the Shares at a time when the Prospectus
is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company or the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable law, promptly to prepare, file with the Commission and
furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, when the Time of Sale Prospectus is delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading, or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.
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(f) If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Shares as in the opinion of counsel
for the Company or the Underwriters the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur or
condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice
referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company or the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable
law, promptly to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses you will furnish to the Company) to which Shares may have been sold by you on behalf of the
Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.
(g) To endeavor to qualify the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdictions as you shall reasonably request; provided that in no event shall the Company or any of its subsidiaries be obligated to qualify to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it is not now so qualified or to file
any general consent to service of process.
(h) To make generally available to the Company’s security holders and to you as soon as practicable an earning
statement covering a period of at least 12 months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the date of this Agreement which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(i) The Company will not, directly or indirectly, knowingly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute
or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person: (x) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or
facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions; or (y) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise).
(j) Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated,
to pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of the Company’s obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and the Company’s accountants in connection with the
registration and delivery of the Shares under the Securities Act and all other fees or expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any free writing prospectus
prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, including all printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and
dealers, in the quantities hereinabove specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Shares to the Underwriters, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the cost of printing or producing any
Blue Sky or Legal Investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares under state securities laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under state securities laws as provided
in Section 6(g) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky or Legal Investment memorandum, (iv) all filing fees
and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters incurred in connection with the review and qualification of the offering of the Shares by FINRA, (v) all costs and expenses incident to listing the Shares on the Nasdaq Global
Select Market, (vi) the cost of printing certificates representing the Shares, (vii) the costs and charges of any transfer agent, registrar or depositary for the Shares, (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, without limitation, expenses associated with the preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated
with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior written approval of the Company, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and
officers of the Company and any such consultants, and the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with any road show (provided that the prior written approval of the Company is obtained prior to the chartering of any such aircraft), (ix) the
document production charges and expenses associated with printing this Agreement, and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section
6. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section 6, Section 8 below, the last sentence of Section 9 below and the last paragraph of Section 10 below, the Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and
disbursements of their counsel, stock transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Shares by them, travel and lodging expenses of their representatives in connection with any road show, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they
may make, it being further understood, however, that the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters to be paid by the Company pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) above shall not exceed $10,000, in the aggregate.
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The Company also covenants with each Underwriter that, without the prior written consent of the Representatives on behalf of the
Underwriters, it will not, during the period through the 60th day after the date of the Prospectus, (A) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any
option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or (B) enter into any swap or
other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (A) or (B) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or
such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (C) file any registration statement (other than on Form S-8) with the Commission relating to the offering of any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable
for Common Stock.
The restrictions contained in the preceding paragraph shall not apply to (1) the Shares to be sold hereunder, (2) the issuance and sale
of Common Stock pursuant to that certain Sales Agreement, dated as of February 25, 2021, between the Company and SVB Leerink LLC (now known as SVB Securities LLC), provided that no sales shall be made under the Sales Agreement until 30 days after
the date hereof, (3) (i) the issuance by the Company of Common Stock upon the exercise of outstanding stock options or other stock-based awards or vesting of outstanding restricted stock units or other stock-based awards or issuances of shares of
Common Stock under the 2000 Plan, the 2013 Plan, the 2015 Plan, the 2017 Plan or the 2019 Plan or pursuant to inducement grants to new employees or upon the exercise of currently outstanding options granted outside of such plans, (ii) the grant by
the Company of stock options, restricted stock units or other stock-based awards under the 2019 Plan or pursuant to inducement grants to new employees or (iii) the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof described in the
Registration Statement or of which the Underwriters have been advised in writing or (4) issuances of Common Stock or other securities in connection with a transaction that includes a commercial relationship (including joint ventures, marketing or
distribution arrangements, collaboration agreements or intellectual property license agreements) or any acquisition of assets or at least a controlling portion of the equity of another entity provided that (x) the aggregate number of shares of
securities issued pursuant to this clause (4) shall not exceed 10% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock immediately following the issuance and sale of the Shares pursuant hereto and (y) the holder of such shares or securities
shall sign a lock-up agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A if the issuance of Common Stock or other securities occurs during the 60-day restricted period.
7. Covenants of
the Underwriters. Each Underwriter severally covenants with the Company not to take any action that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission under Rule 433(d) a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf
of such Underwriter that otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but for the action of the Underwriter.
8. Indemnity and
Contribution.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees,
affiliates and agents of each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning
of Rule 405 under the Securities Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action
or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, the Time of Sale Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, any issuer free writing
prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, any road show as defined in Rule 433(h) under the
Securities Act (a “road show”) or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
statement or omission based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein. For purposes of this Agreement, the only information furnished shall be (a) the
table following the first paragraph under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus, setting forth the names of the Underwriters and number of Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter; (b) the third paragraph under the under the caption
“Underwriting” in the Prospectus, concerning the terms of the offering by the Underwriters; and (c) paragraphs fifteen and sixteen under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus, relating to stabilizing transactions, short sales, purchases to
cover positions created by short sales and the imposition of penalty bids by the Underwriters (the “Underwriter Information”).
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(b) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors,
its officers who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from
the Company to the Underwriters, but only with reference to the Underwriter Information.
(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 Section 8(a) or 8(b), such person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person
against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified
party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonably incurred 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, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (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 use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present
such counsel with a conflict of interest. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable
for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by
the Representatives, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a), and by the Company, 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. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party
and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and does not
include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 8(a) or 8(b) is unavailable to an indemnified party
or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified
party or parties on the other hand from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by Section 8(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits
referred to in Section 8(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and of the indemnified party or parties on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party or parties on the other hand in connection
with the offering of the Shares shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of the Shares (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting discounts and commissions
received by the Underwriters, as such net proceeds received by the Company and total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters are set forth in the section of the Prospectus entitled “Underwriting”, bear to the aggregate
Public Offering Price of the Shares. The relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party or parties on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or
alleged untrue statement fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand or by the indemnified party or parties on the other hand, and the
parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8 are several in proportion to the
respective number of Shares they have purchased hereunder, and not joint.
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(e) The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this
Section 8 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 that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 8(d). The
amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in Section 8(d) shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, 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 Section 8, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which
the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Shares exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, 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 remedies provided for in this Section 8 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in
equity.
(f) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 8 and the representations and warranties of
the Company contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any person controlling any Underwriter
or any affiliate of any Underwriter, or by or on behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Shares.
9. Termination.
The Underwriters may terminate this Agreement by notice given by you to the Company if, after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date, (a) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on, or
by, as the case may be, any of the Commission, the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE American (formerly known as the American Stock Exchange), the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global Market, (b) trading of any securities of the Company
shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (c) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States shall have occurred, (d) any moratorium on commercial banking
activities shall have been declared by Federal or New York state authorities, or (e) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in your judgment, is
material and adverse and which, singly or together with any other event specified in this clause (e), makes it, in your judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus. If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters pursuant to this Section 9, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket accountable expenses (including
the fees and disbursements of their counsel) reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder.
10. Effectiveness;
Defaulting Underwriters. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
If, on the Closing Date, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares that it has or they have agreed to
purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate number of Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of the Shares to be purchased on such
date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the number of Shares set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I bears to the aggregate number of Shares set forth opposite the names of all such
non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as you may specify, to purchase the Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the number
of Shares that any Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section 10 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of such number of Shares without the written consent of such Underwriter. If, on the
Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares and the aggregate number of Shares with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Shares to be purchased on such
date, and arrangements satisfactory to you and the Company for the purchase of such Shares are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate. In the event of such termination, the Company shall not have any liability
to any Underwriter (except to the extent provided in Sections 6(j) and 8 hereof) nor shall any Underwriter (other than an Underwriter who shall have failed otherwise than for some reason permitted under this Agreement to purchase the amount of
Shares agreed by such Underwriter to be purchased hereunder) be under any liability to the Company (except to the extent provided under Sections 6(j) and 8 hereof). In any such case either you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the
Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale Prospectus, in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Any
action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.
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If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the
terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement (unless such failure to comply or inability to perform is due primarily to any default of
any Underwriter), the Company will reimburse the Underwriters or such Underwriters as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all out-of-pocket accountable expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their
counsel) reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder.
11. Entire
Agreement.
(a) This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written agreements that relate to the offering of the Shares,
represents the entire agreement between the Company on one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand, with respect to the preparation of the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering, and the purchase and sale of the
Shares.
(b) The Company acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Shares: (i) the Underwriters have acted at
arms’ length, are not agents of, and owe no fiduciary duties to, the Company or any other person, (ii) the Underwriters owe the Company only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and prior written agreements (to the extent not
superseded by this Agreement), if any, and (iii) the Underwriters may have interests that differ from those of the Company. The Company waives to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against the Underwriters arising
from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Shares.
12. Waiver of
Jury Trial. The Company hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby.
13. Recognition
of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes. In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any
interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws
of the United States or a state of the United States.
(a) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes
subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under
the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(b) For purposes of this Section 13, a “BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k). “Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted
in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b). “Default
Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. “U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations
promulgated thereunder.
14. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of electronic communication), each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto
were upon the same instrument.
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15. Applicable
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of New York without regard to principles of conflict of laws that would result in the application of any law other than the laws of the state
of New York. The Company agrees that any suit or proceeding arising in respect of this Agreement will be tried exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York or, if that court does not have subject matter jurisdiction,
in any state court located in The City and County of New York, and the Company agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of, and to venue in, such courts.
16. Headings.
The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.
17. Notices.
All communications hereunder shall be in writing and effective only upon receipt and
(a) if to the Underwriters shall be delivered, mailed or sent to X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxx, Esq. and SVB Securities LLC, 1301 Avenue of the Americans, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.; and
(b) if to the Company shall be delivered, mailed or sent to 000 XX Xxxxxxx 000/000, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000,
Attention: General Counsel, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, One CityCenter, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, XX, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000, Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, email: [***]@[***].
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Very truly yours,
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INSMED INCORPORATED
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Chief Financial Officer
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Accepted as of the date hereof
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X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC
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SVB SECURITIES LLC
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Acting severally on behalf of themselves and the
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several Underwriters named in Schedule I
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hereto.
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By:
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X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xx
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Name:
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Xxxxx Xx
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Title:
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Managing Director
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By:
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SVB Securities LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxx Xxxxx
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Name:
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Xxx Xxxxx
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Title:
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Vice Chairman and Co-Head of Healthcare Investment Banking
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SCHEDULE I
Underwriter
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Number of
Shares To Be
Purchased
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X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
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8,250,000
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SVB Securities LLC
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5,500,000
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Total:
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13,750,000
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SCHEDULE II
Time of Sale Prospectus
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Basic Prospectus, dated May 21, 2020 and included in the Registration Statement
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Orally communicated pricing information:
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Number of shares to be offered by the Company: 13,750,000
Public offering price: $20.00
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SCHEDULE III
Subsidiaries
Name
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Jurisdiction of Incorporation
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Insmed Gene Therapy LLC
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Delaware
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Celtrix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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Delaware
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Insmed Limited
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England and Wales
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Insmed Holdings Limited
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Ireland
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Insmed Ireland Limited
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Ireland
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Insmed Netherlands B.V.
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The Netherlands
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Insmed Netherlands Holdings B.V.
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The Netherlands
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Insmed Germany GmbH
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Germany
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Insmed France SAS
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France
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Insmed Godo Kaisha
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Japan
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Insmed Switzerland GmbH
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Switzerland
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Insmed Italy S.R.L.
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Italy
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF LOCK-UP LETTER
, 2022
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
SVB Securities LLC
as Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
c/o SVB Securities LLC
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC and SVB Securities LLC, as representatives of the Underwriters (as defined
below) (the “Representatives”), propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Insmed Incorporated, a Virginia corporation (the “Company”),
providing for the public offering (the “Offering”) by the several Underwriters listed on Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriters”), of shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”).
To induce the Underwriters that may participate in the Offering to continue their efforts in connection with the Offering, the
undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof through the 60th day after the date of the final
prospectus relating to the Offering (the “Restricted Period”), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to
purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock beneficially owned (as such term is used in Rule 13d-3
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), by the undersigned or any securities so owned convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described
in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.
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The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (a) transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock as a bona
fide gift or by will, other testamentary document or intestate succession, (b) distributions of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock to limited partners, members, stockholders, or wholly-owned subsidiaries of the
undersigned, (c) transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock pursuant to any order or settlement agreement not involving any public sale of shares of Common Stock or other securities and approved by any court
of competent jurisdiction, (d) transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned, (e) transfers of shares
of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock to any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or similar entity of which all of the beneficial ownership interests are held by the undersigned or the immediate family of the
undersigned; provided that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clauses (a)-(e), (i) each donee, distributee or transferee shall sign and deliver to the Representatives a lock-up letter substantially in the form of this letter,
(ii) no public announcement or filing by any party (the undersigned, donor, donee, distributor, distributee, transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act,
including, without limitation, any Section 16(a) filing, shall be required or voluntarily
made in connection with such transfer or distribution and (iii) any such transfer or distribution shall not involve a disposition for value, (f) the establishment
of a new trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act (a “10b5-1 trading plan”) providing for dispositions or sales of Common
Stock; provided that such plan does not permit dispositions or sales of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock during the Restricted Period and no public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act regarding the
establishment of such plan shall be voluntarily made during the Restricted Period, (g) transfers of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a 10b5-1 trading plan entered into prior to the date of this agreement; provided that to the extent a public
announcement or filing under the Exchange Act is required for such transfer, such announcement or filing shall include a statement to the effect that the transfer was made pursuant to a 10b5-1 trading plan, (h) the exercise of options or other
stock-based awards to purchase Common Stock or vesting of restricted stock units or other stock-based awards outstanding as of the date hereof or granted under equity incentive plans or pursuant to inducement awards in effect as of the date hereof
or described in the registration statement with respect to the Offering; provided that the underlying Common Stock continues to be subject to the terms of this agreement, (i) transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into
Common Stock pursuant to a bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction made to holders of the Common Stock involving a change of control of the Company; provided that in the event that the tender offer,
merger, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed during the Restricted Period, the undersigned shall remain subject to the restrictions contained herein during such period, (j) the repurchase by the Company or forfeiture of
securities to the Company in connection with termination of the undersigned’s employment with the Company, and (k) the settlement of restricted stock, restricted stock units, options or other stock-based awards on a “net” basis or any other
withholding of shares of Common Stock by the Company upon vesting and/or settlement of restricted stock, restricted stock units, options or other stock-based awards, or any sale of shares of Common Stock under a “sell to cover” arrangement for the
payment of taxes, including estimated taxes, and remittance payments due as a result of such vesting, settlement or exercise; provided that (x) the underlying shares of Common Stock received by the undersigned shall continue to be subject to the
restrictions on transfer set forth in this agreement and (y) any such settled or withheld shares are surrendered to the Company in the net exercise; provided further, in each case (a) through (f) and (h) through (k), that the undersigned shall
provide you two days’ advance notice of such transfers, distributions, plan establishments, exercises, repurchases, forfeitures, settlements or withholdings, as applicable.
In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, it will
not, during the Restricted Period, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock. The undersigned also
agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigned’s shares of Common Stock except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters are relying upon this agreement in proceeding toward consummation of
the Offering. The undersigned further understands that this agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.
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Whether or not either the Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including market conditions. The Offering will only be
made pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the terms of which are subject to negotiation between the Company and the Representatives. If (i) the closing of the Offering has not occurred prior to November 30, 2022, (ii) the Company notifies you in
writing prior to the date of the execution of the Underwriting Agreement that it does not intend to proceed with the Offering, (iii) prior to the date of the execution of the Underwriting Agreement, the registration statement filed with respect to
the Offering is withdrawn or (iv) for any reason the Underwriting Agreement shall be terminated prior to the Closing Date (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), this agreement shall be of no further force or effect.
This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of
laws principles thereof.
[Signature page follows]
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Very truly yours,
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(Name of Party—Please Print)
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(Signature)
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