OPEN MARKET SALE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.2
SM
August 9, 2023
XXXXXXXXX LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
New York, New York 10022
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Vaxxinity, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company
”), proposes, subject to the terms
and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell from time to time through Xxxxxxxxx LLC, as sales
agent and/or principal (the “
Agent
”), shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value
$0.0001 per share (the “
Common Shares
”), on the terms set forth in this agreement (this
“
Agreement
”).
Section 1. DEFINITIONS
(a) Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, capitalized terms used herein
and not otherwise defined shall have the following respective meanings:
“
Affiliate
” of a Person means another Person that directly or indirectly, through one or
more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such first-
mentioned Person. The term “control” (including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and
“under common control with”) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“
Agency Period
” means the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and
expiring on the earliest to occur of (x) the date on which the Agent shall have placed the Maximum
Program Amount pursuant to this Agreement and (y) the date this Agreement is terminated
pursuant to Section 7.
“
Commission
” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“
Exchange Act
” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
“
Floor Price
” means the minimum price set by the Company in the Issuance Notice below
which the Agent shall not sell Shares during the applicable period set forth in the Issuance Notice,
which may be adjusted by the Company at any time during the period set forth in the Issuance
Notice by delivering written notice of such change to the Agent and which in no event shall be less
than $1.00 without the prior written consent of the Agent, which may be withheld in the Agent’s
sole discretion.
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SM “Open Market Sale Agreement” is a service mark of Xxxxxxxxx LLC
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Issuance Amount
” means the aggregate Sales Price of the Shares to be sold by the Agent
pursuant to any Issuance Notice.
“
Issuance Notice
” means a written notice delivered to the Agent by the Company in
accordance with this Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A that is executed by its
principal executive officer or principal financial officer.
“
Issuance Notice Date
” means any Trading Day during the Agency Period that an Issuance
Notice is delivered pursuant to Section 3(b)(i).
Issuance Price
” means the Sales Price less the Selling Commission.
“
Maximum Program Amount
” means Common Shares with an aggregate Sales Price of
the lesser of (a) the number or dollar amount of Common Shares registered under the effective
Registration Statement (defined below) pursuant to which the offering is being made, (b) the
number of authorized but unissued Common Shares (less Common Shares issuable upon exercise,
conversion or exchange of any outstanding securities of the Company or otherwise reserved from
the Company’s authorized capital stock), (c) the number or dollar amount of Common Shares
permitted to be sold under Form S-3 (including General Instruction I.B.6 thereof, if applicable), or
(d) the number or dollar amount of Common Shares for which the Company has filed a Prospectus
(defined below).
“
Person
” means an individual or a corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, joint stock company, governmental
authority or other entity of any kind.
“
Principal Market
” means The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC or such other national
securities exchange on which the Common Shares, including any Shares, are then listed.
“
Sales Price
” means the actual sale execution price of each Share placed by the Agent
pursuant to this Agreement.
“
Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.
“
Selling Commission
” means three percent (3.0%) of the gross proceeds of Shares sold
pursuant to this Agreement, or as otherwise agreed between the Company and the Agent with
respect to any Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement.
Settlement Date
” means the second business day following each Trading Day during the
period set forth in the Issuance Notice on which Shares are sold pursuant to this Agreement, when
the Company shall deliver to the Agent the amount of Shares sold on such Trading Day and the
Agent shall deliver to the Company the Issuance Price received on such sales.
“
Shares
” shall mean the Company’s Common Shares issued or issuable pursuant to this
Agreement.
“
Trading Day
” means any day on which the Principal Market is open for trading.
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Section 2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Agent that as of (1) the date
of this Agreement, (2) each Issuance Notice Date, (3) each Settlement Date, (4) each Triggering
Event Date (as defined below) with respect to which the Company is required to deliver a
certificate pursuant to Section 4(o), and (5) as of each Time of Sale (each of the times referenced
above is referred to herein as a “
Representation Date
”), except as may be disclosed in the
Prospectus (including any documents incorporated by reference therein and any supplements
thereto) on or before a Representation Date:
(a) Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed, or will file, with the
Commission a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 that contains a base prospectus (the “
Base
Prospectus
”). Such registration statement registers the offering and sale by the Company of the
Shares under the Securities Act. The Company may file one or more additional registration
statements from time to time that will contain a base prospectus and related prospectus or
prospectus supplement, if applicable, with respect to the Shares. Except where the context
otherwise requires, such registration statement(s), including any information deemed to be a part
thereof pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act, including all financial statements, exhibits
and schedules thereto and all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act as from time to time amended
or supplemented, is herein referred to as the “
Registration Statement,
” and the prospectus
supplement relating to the sale of the Shares and constituting a part of such registration
statement(s), together with the Base Prospectus and any prospectus supplement filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act relating to a particular offering of
the Shares, including all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference
pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, in each case, as from time to time
amended or supplemented, is referred to herein as the “
Prospectus,
” except that if any revised
prospectus is provided to the Agent by the Company for use in connection with the offering of the
Shares that is not required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities
Act, the term “
Prospectus
” shall refer to such revised prospectus from and after the time it is first
provided to the Agent for such use. As used in this Agreement, the terms “amendment” or
“supplement” when applied to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to
include the filing by the Company with the Commission of any document under the Exchange Act
after the date hereof that is or is deemed to be incorporated therein by reference.
All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other
information which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus (and all other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such
financial statements and schedules and other information which is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference in or otherwise deemed under the Securities Act to be a part of or included in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, as of any specified date; and all
references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include, without limitation, the filing of any document
under the Exchange Act which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in or otherwise
deemed under the Securities Act to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, as the case may be, as of any specified date.
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At the time the Registration Statement was or will be declared effective and at the time the
Company’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K was filed with the Commission, if later, the
Company met the then-applicable requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act.
During the Agency Period, each time the Company files an annual report on Form 10-K the
Company will meet the then-applicable requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act.
(b) Compliance with Registration Requirements. The Registration Statement and any
registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (“
Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement
”) have been declared effective by the Commission under the Securities
Act. The Company has complied to the Commission’s satisfaction with all requests of the
Commission for additional or supplemental information in connection therewith, if any. No stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement is in effect and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending or,
to the best knowledge of the Company, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission.
The Prospectus, when filed, complied or will comply in all material respects with the
Securities Act and, if filed with the Commission through its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis
and Retrieval system (“
XXXXX
”) (except as may be permitted by Regulation S-T under the
Securities Act), was identical to the copy thereof delivered to the Agent for use in connection with
the offering and sale of the Shares. Each of the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became or
becomes effective and at each Representation Date, complied and will comply in all material
respects with the Securities Act and did not and 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. As of the date of this Agreement, the Prospectus and any Free Writing
Prospectus (as defined below) considered together (collectively, the “
Time of Sale Information
”)
did 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. The Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, as of its date and at each Representation
Date, did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. The representations and warranties set forth in the three
immediately preceding sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration
Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or any post-effective amendment thereto, or
the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information relating to the Agent furnished to the Company in writing by the
Agent expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information
furnished by the Agent to the Company consists of the information described in Section 6 below.
There are no contracts or other documents required to be described in the Prospectus or to be filed
as exhibits to the Registration Statement which have not been described or filed as required. The
Registration Statement and the offer and sale of the Shares as contemplated hereby meet the
requirements of Rule 415 under the Securities Act and comply in all material respects with said
rule.
(c) Ineligible Issuer Status. The Company is not an “ineligible issuer” in connection
with the offering of the Shares 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
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Securities Act has been, or will be, filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements
of the Securities Act. 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 complies or will comply in all material respects with the
requirements of Rule 433 under the Securities Act including timely filing with the Commission or
retention where required and legending, and each such Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date
and at each Representation Date did not, does not and will not include any information that
conflicted, conflicts with or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein. Except
for the Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, furnished to the Agent before first use, the Company has
not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without the Agent’s prior consent, prepare, use or
refer to, any Free Writing Prospectus.
(d) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, at the time they were
filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange
Act, as applicable, and, when read together with the other information in the Prospectus, do not
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
(e) Exchange Act Compliance. The documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the
Commission complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the
Exchange Act, and, when read together with the other information in the Prospectus, at the time
the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto become effective and at each Time of Sale
(as defined below), as the case may be, will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
(f) Emerging Growth Company Status. From the time of filing of the Registration
Statement through the date hereof, the Company has been and is an “emerging growth company,”
as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act (an “
Emerging Growth Company
”).
(g) Independent Accountants. Xxxxxxxx LLP, or such other accountants (the
“
Accountants
”), who certified or reviewed the financial statements and supporting schedules
included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are
independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board.
(h) Financial Statements; Non-GAAP Financial Measures. The financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, together
with the related schedules and notes thereto, present fairly in all material respects the financial
position of the Company and its combined consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the
statement of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its combined
consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared
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in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“
GAAP
”) applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting schedules, if any, present fairly
in all material respects in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein.
Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules
are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus under the Securities Act. 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.
(i) No Material Adverse Effect on Business. Except as otherwise stated therein, since
the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, (A) there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise,
or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a “
Material
Adverse Effect
”), (B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect
to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, and (C) there has been no
dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its
capital stock.
(j) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has
corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business
as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its
obligations under this Agreement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to
transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is
required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business,
except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(k) Good Standing of Subsidiaries. Each “significant subsidiary” of the Company (as
such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) (each, a “
subsidiary
” and, collectively, the
“
subsidiaries
”) has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, has corporate or similar power and authority
to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in
each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or
leasing of property or the conduct of business, in each case except as would not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each subsidiary has
been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the
Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage,
pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any
subsidiary were issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of
such subsidiary. The only subsidiaries of the Company are the subsidiaries listed on Exhibit 21 to
the Company’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K.
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(l) Capitalization. The authorized, issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company are as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (except for subsequent
issuances, if any, pursuant to this Agreement, pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee
benefit plans referred to in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or pursuant to the
exercise of convertible securities or options or warrants referred to in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus) and there are no outstanding warrants, options, other convertible securities or
other rights to acquire shares of Common Shares that have not been disclosed in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus. The outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been
duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. None of the outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Company were issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar
rights of any securityholder of the Company.
(m) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company.
(n) Authorization and Description of Shares. The Shares subject to any Issuance Notice
have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and
delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement against payment therefor, will be validly
issued and fully paid and non-assessable; and the issuance and sale of the Shares is not subject to
the preemptive or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase the Shares. The Common Shares
conform in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and such description conforms in all material respects to the rights
set forth in the instrument defining the same.
(o) Registration Rights. There are no persons with registration rights or other similar
rights to have any securities registered for sale pursuant to the Registration Statement, other than
those rights that have been disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and have
been waived.
(p) Absence of Violations, Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries is (A) in violation of its charter, by-laws or similar organizational document, (B) in
default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition
contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease
or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by
which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company
or any subsidiary is subject (collectively, “
Agreements and Instruments
”), except for such
defaults that would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect, or (C) in violation of any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or
decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other
authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
of their respective properties, assets or operations (each, a “
Governmental Entity
”), except for
such violations that would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
issuance and sale of the Shares subject to any Issuance Notice and the use of the proceeds from
the sale of such Shares as described therein under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) and compliance
by the Company with its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage
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of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined
below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any
properties or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments
(except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or Repayment Events or liens, charges or
encumbrances that would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of (i) the provisions of the
charter, by-laws or similar organizational document of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
(ii) any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any Governmental Entity,
except, in the case of clause (ii) above, for such violations that would not, singly or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. As used herein, a
“
Repayment Event
” means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture
or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require
the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company
or any of its subsidiaries.
(q) Absence of Labor Dispute. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, (A) no labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, and (B) the Company is not aware of
any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of the Company’s or any
subsidiary’s principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, which, in the case of
either clause (A) or (B), would, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(r) Absence of Proceedings. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any
Governmental Entity now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, that, singly or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, or which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect their respective
properties or assets or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or
the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder; and the aggregate of all pending
legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any such subsidiary is a party or of
which any of their respective properties or assets is the subject which are not described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the
business, would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(s) Accuracy of Exhibits. There are no contracts or documents which are required to
be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement which have not been so described and filed as required.
(t) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or authorization, approval,
consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any Governmental Entity is
necessary or required for the performance by the Company of its obligations xxxxxxxxx, in
connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Shares hereunder or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except (A) such as have been already obtained or as
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may be required under the Securities Act, the rules of the Principal Market, state securities laws or
the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“
FINRA
”).
(u) Possession of Licenses and Permits. Except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses,
approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “
Governmental Licenses
”) issued by
the appropriate Governmental Entities necessary to conduct the business now operated by them,
except where the failure so to possess would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of
all Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in
full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of
such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
received any written notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any
Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision,
ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) Title to Property. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries do not own any real property and have good title to
all other properties (other than Intellectual Property (as defined below), which is addressed in
Section 1(r) below) owned by them that are material to the business of the Company and its
subsidiaries, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims,
restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as do not, singly or in the aggregate,
materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and
proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and except as
disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, all of the leases and subleases material
to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which
the Company or any of its subsidiaries holds properties described in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus, are in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has
received any written notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone
adverse to the rights of the Company or any subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases
mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such subsidiary to the
continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease.
(w) Possession of Intellectual Property. Except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries own or have a valid license to, or
can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate rights to all 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 or other intellectual property (collectively, “
Intellectual Property
”) used in or necessary
to carry on the business now operated by them. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any written notice
or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect
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to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any of their
Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries therein, nor does the operation of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ business as now
operated by them infringe or conflict with the Intellectual Property of others, in each case which
infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity
or inadequacy, singly or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(x) Environmental Laws. Except as described in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus or would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any federal,
state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law
or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative
order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the
environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface
or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the
release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances,
hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos-containing materials or mold
(collectively, “
Hazardous Materials
”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use,
treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively,
“
Environmental Laws
”), (B) the Company and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations
and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with
their requirements, (C) there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices
of noncompliance or violation, investigations or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law
or Hazardous Materials against the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (D) to the knowledge
of the Company, there are no events or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to form
the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private
party or Governmental Entity, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating
to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.
(y) Accounting Controls. The Company maintains a system of internal control over
financial reporting (as defined under Rule 13-a15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) and a
system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A)
transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (B)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity
with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (D) the recorded accountability
for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is
taken with respect to any differences; and (E) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting
Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with
the Commission's rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Except as described in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year,
there has been (1) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting
(whether or not remediated) and (2) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial
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reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting.
(z) Compliance with the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. The Company has taken all necessary
actions to ensure that it is in compliance in all material respects with the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act that
are in effect, and only to the extent that such provisions are applicable to the Company as of such
time.
(aa) Payment of Taxes. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, all income tax returns of the Company and its subsidiaries required by law to be filed
by the Company and its subsidiaries have been filed and are true, correct and complete in all
material respects and all taxes, interest, penalties or additional amounts shown by such returns or
otherwise assessed (whether imposed directly or through withholding), which are due and payable,
have been paid, except assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken,
are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been provided. Except as
disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries have
filed all other tax returns that are required to have been filed by them pursuant to applicable tax
law, and all such tax returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects, except insofar
as the failure to file such returns would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company and its
subsidiaries have paid all taxes shown as due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any
assessment received by the Company and its subsidiaries, except for such taxes, if any, as are being
contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been established by the Company,
or except insofar as the failure to pay such taxes would not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company in
respect of any income and corporation tax liability for any years not finally determined are
adequate to meet any assessments or re-assessments for additional tax for any years not finally
determined, except to the extent of any inadequacy that would not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
(bb) Insurance. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus,
the Company and its subsidiaries carry or are entitled to the benefits of insurance, with financially
sound and reputable insurers, in such amounts and covering such risks as the Company reasonably
believes is adequate to conduct its business and the business of its subsidiaries as described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and all such insurance is in full force and effect except
where the failure to carry such insurance or have such insurance be in full effect would not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company has no reason to believe that it or any of
its subsidiaries will not be able (A) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such
policies expire or (B) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary
or appropriate to conduct its business as presently conducted and at a cost that would not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(cc) Investment Company Act. The Company is not required, and upon the issuance and
sale of the Shares as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as
described in the Prospectus will not be required, to register as an “investment company” under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “
Investment Company Act”).
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(dd) Absence of Manipulation. Neither the Company nor any controlled Affiliate of the
Company has taken, nor will the Company or any controlled Affiliate take, directly or indirectly,
any action which is designed, or would reasonably be expected, to cause or result in, or which
constitutes, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares or result in a violation of Regulation M under the Exchange
Act.
(ee) Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws. None of the Company, any of its
subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee,
controlled Affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such
persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, the UK Bribery Act 2010, and
similar laws of other jurisdictions where the Company conducts business (collectively, “
Anti-
Corruption Laws
”), including, without limitation, making an offer, payment, promise to pay or
authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or
authorization of the giving of anything of value to any government official or any political party
or official thereof or any candidate for political office, in contravention of Anti-Corruption Laws
and the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, its controlled Affiliates have conducted
their businesses in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and have instituted and maintain
policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to
ensure, continued compliance therewith. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the best of
the Company’s knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company or any subsidiary, has made
any contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any federal, state or foreign
office in violation of any law or of the character required to be disclosed in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus.
(ff) Money Laundering Laws. 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 of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as
amended, the money laundering statutes of all 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 Entity (collectively, the
“
Money Laundering Laws
”); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental
Entity involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering
Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(gg) OFAC. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the
Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, controlled Affiliate or representative of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is an individual or entity (“
Person
”) currently the subject or
target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government, including,
without limitation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control
(“
OFAC
”), the United Nations Security Council (“
UNSC
”), the European Union, His Majesty’s
Treasury (“
HMT
”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “
Sanctions
”), nor is the
Company located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions;
and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Shares, or lend,
contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or
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other Person, to fund any activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or territory,
that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions or in any other manner that will result
in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as
underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.
(hh) Lending Relationship
.
Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, the Company (i) does not have any material lending or other relationship with any
bank or lending Affiliate of the Agent and (ii) does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the
sale of the Shares to repay any outstanding debt owed to any Affiliate of the Agent.
(ii) Statistical and Market-Related Data. Any statistical and market-related data
included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that
the Company believes, after reasonable inquiry, to be reliable and accurate and, to the extent
required, the Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources.
(jj) Cybersecurity. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, there has been no security breach or incident, unauthorized access or disclosure, or
other compromise of or relating to the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ information technology and
computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data and databases (including the data and
information of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data
maintained, processed or stored by the Company and its subsidiaries, and any such data processed
or stored by third parties on behalf of the Company and its subsidiaries), equipment or technology
(collectively, “
IT Systems and Data
”), except as has not resulted in material liability to the
Company. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, neither the
Company nor its subsidiaries have been notified in writing of, and each of them have no knowledge
of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any material security
breach or incident, unauthorized access or disclosure or other compromise to their IT Systems and
Data. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company and its
subsidiaries have implemented appropriate controls, policies, procedures and technological
safeguards intended to maintain and protect the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and
security of their IT Systems and Data reasonably consistent with industry standards and practices,
or as required by applicable regulatory standards. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, and except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect, 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 Data and to the protection of such IT Systems
and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification.
(kk) Stock Exchange Listing. The Common Shares are registered pursuant to Section
12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and are listed on the Principal Market, and the Company has
taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the
Common Shares under the Exchange Act or delisting the Common Shares from the Principal
Market, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or the Principal
Market is contemplating terminating such registration or listing. To the Company’s knowledge, it
is in material compliance with all applicable listing requirements of the Principal Market.
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(ll) FINRA Matters. All of the information provided to the Agent or to counsel for the
Agent by the Company in connection with the offering of the Shares is true, complete, correct and
compliant with FINRA rules and any letters, filings or other supplemental information provided
to FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rules or NASD Conduct Rules is true, complete and correct.
(mm) ERISA Compliance. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company
and its subsidiaries and any “employee benefit plan” (as defined under the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations
thereunder (collectively, “
ERISA
”)) established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries
or their “ERISA Affiliates” (as defined below) are in compliance in all material respects with
ERISA. “
ERISA Affiliate
” means, with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any
member of any group of organizations described in Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder
(the “
Code
”) of which the Company or such subsidiary is a member. No “reportable event” (as
defined under ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any
“employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their
ERISA Affiliates. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus,
no “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of
their ERISA Affiliates, if such “employee benefit plan” were terminated, would have any “amount
of unfunded benefit liabilities” (as defined under ERISA). Except as otherwise disclosed in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect
on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, neither the Company, its subsidiaries nor
any of their ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability under (i)
Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “employee benefit plan”
or (ii) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the Code. Except as otherwise disclosed in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect
on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, each “employee benefit plan” established
or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates that is intended to
be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether
by action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.
(nn) Brokers. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus, there is no broker, finder
or other party that is entitled to receive from the Company any brokerage or finder’s fee or other
fee or commission as a result of any transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(oo) Dividend Restrictions. Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, no subsidiary of the
Company is prohibited or restricted, directly or indirectly, from paying dividends to the Company,
or from making any other distribution with respect to such subsidiary’s equity securities or from
repaying to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company any amounts that may from time
to time become due under any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from
transferring any property or assets to the Company or to any other subsidiary.
(pp) Clinical Data and Regulatory Compliance. Except as otherwise disclosed in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect
on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (i) the pre-clinical studies and clinical trials
conducted by or, to the knowledge of the Company, on behalf of or sponsored by the Company or
its subsidiaries or in which the Company or its subsidiaries have participated, that are described in
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the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, or the results of which are referred to in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as applicable, were, and if still pending are, being
conducted in all material respects in accordance with the protocols submitted to the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (the “
FDA
”) and other applicable regulatory authorities (including, without
limitation, any foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority performing
functions similar to those performed by the FDA) (collectively, the “
Regulatory Authorities
”),
the applicable rules and regulations of the Regulatory Authorities, and current Good Clinical
Practices and Good Laboratory Practices; (ii) the descriptions in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus of the results of such studies and trials are accurate in all material respects and fairly
present in all material respects the data derived therefrom; (iii) the Company has no knowledge of
any other studies or trials not described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the results
of which call into question the results described or referred to in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus; (iv) the Company and its subsidiaries have operated at all times and are currently
in material compliance with all applicable statutes, rules and regulations of the Regulatory
Authorities; and (v) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries have received any written
notices, correspondence or other communications from the Regulatory Authorities or any other
governmental agency requiring the termination, modification or suspension of any pre-clinical
studies or clinical trials that are described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or the
results of which are referred to in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, other than
ordinary course communications with respect to modifications in connection with the design and
implementation of such studies or trials, and, to the Company’s best knowledge, there are no
reasonable grounds for the same.
(qq) Duties, Transfer Taxes, Etc. No stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties
and no capital gains, income, withholding or other taxes are payable by the Agent in the United
States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein in connection with the
execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the Company or the sale and delivery by
the Company of the Shares.
(rr) Compliance with Health Care Laws. Except as otherwise disclosed in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus and except as would be reasonably expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, the Company and
its subsidiaries are, and at all times have been, in compliance with all applicable Health Care
Laws. For purposes of this Agreement, “
Health Care Laws
” means: (i) the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq.), the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 201 et
seq.); (ii) all applicable federal, state, local and all applicable foreign health care related fraud and
abuse laws, including, without limitation, the U.S. Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-
7b(b)), the U.S. False Statements Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a)), the Civil Monetary Penalties
Law (42 U.S.C. §1320a-7a), the U.S. Civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.), all criminal
laws relating to health care fraud and abuse, including but not limited to 18 U.S.C. §§ 286 and 287,
and the health care fraud criminal provisions under the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 (“
HIPAA
”) (42 U.S.C. §§ 1320d et seq.), the Physician Payments
Sunshine Act (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7h), the exclusion law (42 U.S.C. §1320a-7); (iii) HIPAA, as
amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (42 U.S.C.
§§ 17921 et seq.); (iv) regulations promulgated pursuant to such statutes; and (v) any and all other
applicable federal, state, or foreign health care laws and regulation applicable to the ownership,
testing, development, manufacture, packaging, processing, use, distribution, marketing,
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advertising, labeling, promotion, sale, offer for sale, storage, import, export or disposal of any
product manufactured or distributed by the Company. Neither the Company nor its subsidiaries
has received written notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement,
investigation, arbitration or other action from any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory
authority or third party alleging that it is in violation of any Health Care Laws, and, to the
Company’s knowledge, no such claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement,
investigation, arbitration or other action is threatened. Neither the Company nor its subsidiaries,
nor their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors or agents, is a party to any corporate
integrity agreements, monitoring agreements, consent decrees, settlement orders, or similar
agreements with or imposed by any governmental or regulatory authority. Additionally, neither
the Company nor any of its employees, officers, directors, contractors or agents, nor its subsidiaries
or any of the subsidiary’s employees, officers, directors, contractors or agents, has been excluded,
suspended or debarred from participation in any U.S. federal health care program (as defined in
42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(f)) or human clinical research or, to the knowledge of the Company, is
subject to a governmental inquiry, investigation, proceeding, or other similar action that could
reasonably be expected to result in such debarment, suspension, or exclusion. The Company and
its subsidiaries have filed, obtained, maintained or submitted all material reports, documents,
forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments as
required by the Health Care Laws, and all such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications,
records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments were timely, complete, accurate and
not misleading on the date filed in all material respects (or were corrected or supplemented by a
subsequent submission).
(ss) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) (a “
Forward-Looking
Statement
”) contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus has been made or
reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(tt) Other Agreements. The Company is not a party to any agreement with an agent or
underwriter for any other “at the market” or continuous equity transaction.
Any certificate signed by any officer or representative of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries and delivered to the Agent or counsel for the Agent in connection with an offering or
sale of Shares shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to the Agent as to
the matters covered thereby on the date of such certificate.
The Company acknowledges that the Agent and, for purposes of the opinions to be
delivered pursuant to Section 4(p) hereof, counsel to the Company and counsel to the Agent, will
rely upon the accuracy and truthfulness of the foregoing representations and hereby consents to
such reliance.
Section 3. OFFER AND SALE OF COMMON SHARES
(a) Sale of Securities. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements
herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company and the
Agent agree that the Company may from time to time seek to sell Shares through the Agent, acting
as sales agent, or directly to the Agent, acting as principal, as follows, with an aggregate Sales
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Price of up to the Maximum Program Amount, based on and in accordance with Issuance Notices
as the Company may deliver, during the Agency Period.
(b) Mechanics of Issuances.
(i) Issuance Notice. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein, on any Trading Day during the Agency Period on which the conditions set forth in Section
5(a) and Section 5(b) shall have been satisfied, the Company may exercise its right to request a
sale of Shares by delivering to the Agent an Issuance Notice; provided, however, that (A) in no
event may the Company deliver an Issuance Notice to the extent that the sum of (x) the aggregate
Sales Price of the requested Issuance Amount, plus (y) the aggregate Sales Price of all Shares sold
under all previous Issuance Notices effected pursuant to this Agreement, would exceed the
Maximum Program Amount; and (B) prior to delivery of any Issuance Notice, the period set forth
for any previous Issuance Notice shall have expired or been terminated. An Issuance Notice shall
be considered delivered on the Trading Day that it is received by e-mail to the persons set forth in
Schedule A hereto and confirmed by the Company by telephone (including a voicemail message
to the persons so identified), with the understanding that, with adequate prior written notice, the
Agent may modify the list of such persons from time to time.
(ii) Agent Efforts. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement, upon the receipt of an Issuance Notice, the Agent will use its commercially reasonable
efforts consistent with its normal sales and trading practices to place the Shares with respect to
which the Agent has agreed to act as sales agent, subject to, and in accordance with the information
specified in, the Issuance Notice, unless the sale of the Shares described therein has been
suspended, cancelled or otherwise terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. For
the avoidance of doubt, the parties to this Agreement may modify an Issuance Notice at any time
provided they both agree in writing to any such modification.
(iii) Method of Offer and Sale. The Shares may be offered and sold (A) in
negotiated transactions with the consent of the Company or (B) by any other method permitted by
law deemed to be an “
at the market offering
” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities
Act, including block transactions, sales made directly on the Principal Market or sales made into
any other existing trading market of the Common Shares. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
deemed to require either party to agree to the method of offer and sale specified in the preceding
sentence, and (except as specified in clause (A) above) the method of placement of any Shares by
the Agent shall be at the Agent’s discretion.
(iv) Confirmation to the Company. If acting as sales agent xxxxxxxxx, the Agent
will provide written confirmation to the Company no later than the opening of the Trading Day
next following the Trading Day on which it has placed Shares hereunder setting forth the number
of shares sold on such Trading Day, the corresponding Sales Price and the Issuance Price payable
to the Company in respect thereof.
(v) Settlement. Each sale of Shares will be settled on the applicable Settlement
Date for such sale of Shares and, subject to the provisions of Section 5, on or before each
Settlement Date, the Company will, or will cause its transfer agent to, electronically transfer the
Shares being sold by crediting the Agent or its designee’s account at The Depository Trust
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Company through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian (DWAC) System, or by such other means
of delivery as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto and, upon receipt of such Shares,
which in all cases shall be freely tradable, transferable, registered shares in good deliverable form,
the Agent will deliver, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, the related Issuance Price
in same day funds delivered to an account designated by the Company prior to the Settlement Date.
The Company may sell Shares to the Agent as principal at a xxxxx agreed upon at each relevant
time Shares are sold pursuant to this Agreement (each, a “
Time of Sale
”).
(vi) Suspension or Termination of Sales. Consistent with standard market
settlement practices, the Company or the Agent may, upon notice to the other party hereto in
writing or by telephone (confirmed immediately by verifiable e-mail), suspend any sale of Shares,
and the period set forth in an Issuance Notice shall immediately terminate; provided, however, that
(A) such suspension and termination shall not affect or impair either party’s obligations with
respect to any Shares placed or sold hereunder prior to the receipt of such notice; (B) if the
Company suspends or terminates any sale of Shares after the Agent confirms such sale to the
Company, the Company shall still be obligated to comply with Section 3(b)(v) with respect to such
Shares; and (C) if the Company defaults in its obligation to deliver Shares on a Settlement Date
(other than as a result of the failure by the Agent to perform its obligations under this Agreement),
the Company agrees that it will hold the Agent harmless against any loss, claim, damage or expense
(including, without limitation, penalties, interest and reasonable and documented legal fees and
expenses), as incurred, arising out of or in connection with such default by the Company. The
parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, in performing its obligations under this Agreement, the
Agent may borrow Common Shares from stock lenders in the event that the Company has not
delivered Shares to settle sales as required by subsection (v) above, and may use the Shares to
settle or close out such borrowings. The Company agrees that no such notice shall be effective
against the Agent unless it is made to the persons identified in writing by the Agent pursuant to
Section 3(b)(i).
(vii) No Guarantee of Placement, Etc. The Company acknowledges and agrees
that (A) there can be no assurance that the Agent will be successful in placing Shares; (B) the
Agent will incur no liability or obligation to the Company or any other Person if it does not sell
Shares; and (C) the Agent shall be under no obligation to purchase Shares on a principal basis
pursuant to this Agreement, except as otherwise specifically agreed by the Agent and the
Company.
(viii) Material Non-Public Information. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Agreement, the Company and the Agent agree that the Company shall not deliver any Issuance
Notice to the Agent, and the Agent shall not be obligated to place any Shares, during any period
in which the Company is in possession of material non-public information.
(c) Fees. As compensation for services rendered, the Company shall pay to the Agent,
on the applicable Settlement Date, the Selling Commission for the applicable Issuance Amount
(including with respect to any suspended or terminated sale pursuant to Section 3(b)(vi)) by the
Agent deducting the Selling Commission from the applicable Issuance Amount.
(d) Expenses. The Company agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder and in connection with the
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transactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation (i) all expenses incident to the
issuance and delivery of the Shares (including all printing and engraving costs); (ii) all fees and
expenses of the registrar and transfer agent of the Shares; (iii) all necessary issue, transfer and
other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares; (iv) all fees and expenses
of the Company’s counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and other advisors;
(v) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, shipping
and distribution of the Registration Statement (including financial statements, exhibits, schedules,
consents and certificates of experts), the Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus (as defined
below) prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company, and all amendments
and supplements thereto, and this Agreement; (vi) all filing fees, attorneys’ fees and expenses
incurred by the Company or the Agent in connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining
exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of the Shares for offer and sale
under the state securities or blue sky laws or the provincial securities laws of Canada, and, if
requested by the Agent, preparing and printing a “
Blue Sky Survey
” or memorandum and a
“Canadian wrapper”, and any supplements thereto, advising the Agent of such qualifications,
registrations, determinations and exemptions; (vii) the reasonable fees and disbursements of the
Agent’s counsel, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Agent in connection
with, FINRA review, if any, and approval of the Agent’s participation in the offering and
distribution of the Shares; (viii) the filing fees incident to FINRA review, if any; and (ix) the fees
and expenses associated with listing the Shares on the Principal Market. The fees and
disbursements of Agent’s counsel pursuant to subsections (vi) and (vii) above shall not exceed (A)
$75,000 in connection with the execution of this Agreement and (B) $25,000 in connection with
each Triggering Event Date (as defined below) involving the filing of a Form 10-K on which the
Company is required to provide a certificate pursuant to Section 4(o) and (C) $15,000 in
connection with each other Triggering Event Date (as defined below) on which the Company is
required to provide a certificate pursuant to Section 4(o).
Section 4. ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
The Company covenants and agrees with the Agent as follows, in addition to any other
covenants and agreements made elsewhere in this Agreement:
(a) Exchange Act Compliance. During the Agency Period, the Company shall (i) file,
on a timely basis, with the Commission all reports and documents required to be filed under
Section 13, 14 or 15 of the Exchange Act in the manner and within the time periods required by
the Exchange Act; and (ii) either (A) include in its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and its annual
reports on Form 10-K, a summary detailing, for the relevant reporting period, (1) the number of
Shares sold through the Agent pursuant to this Agreement and (2) the net proceeds received by the
Company from such sales or (B) prepare a prospectus supplement containing, or include in such
other filing permitted by the Securities Act or Exchange Act (each an “
Interim Prospectus
Supplement
”), such summary information and, at least once a quarter and subject to this Section
4, file such Interim Prospectus Supplement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (and
within the time periods required by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430B under the Securities Act)).
(b) Securities Act Compliance. After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall
promptly advise the Agent in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for
additional or supplemental information from, the Commission relating to the Registration
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Statement or the Prospectus; (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment
to the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or any amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus; (iii) of the time and date that any post-
effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
becomes effective; and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or of any order
preventing or suspending the use of any Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or of any
proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing or quotation the Common Shares from
any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading or included or designated for
quotation, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the
Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its best efforts to
obtain the lifting of such order as soon as practicable. Additionally, the Company agrees that it
shall comply with the provisions of Rule 424(b) and Rule 433, as applicable, under the Securities
Act and will use its reasonable efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under such
Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission.
(c) Amendments and Supplements to the Prospectus and Other Securities Act Matters.
If any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or
supplement the Prospectus so that the Prospectus does not include an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if in the
opinion of the Agent or counsel for the Agent it is otherwise necessary to amend or supplement
the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, including the Securities Act, the Company agrees
(subject to Section 4(d) and Section 4(f)) to promptly prepare, file with the Commission and
furnish at its own expense to the Agent, amendments or supplements to the Prospectus (including
by filing a document incorporated by reference therein) so that the statements in the Prospectus as
so amended or supplemented will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus, as
amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law including the Securities Act. Neither
the Agent’s consent to, or delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver
of any of the Company’s obligations under Section 4(d) and Section 4(f).
(d) Agent’s Review of Proposed Amendments and Supplements. Prior to amending or
supplementing the Registration Statement (including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement) or
the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement through incorporation of any report filed
under the Exchange Act), the Company shall furnish to the Agent for review, a reasonable amount
of time prior to the proposed time of filing or use thereof, a copy of each such proposed amendment
or supplement, but only insofar as such proposed amendment or supplement relates to the
transactions contemplated hereby, and the Company shall not file or use any such proposed
amendment or supplement without the Agent’s prior consent, 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.
(e) Use of Free Writing Prospectus. Neither the Company nor the Agent has prepared,
used, referred to or distributed, or will prepare, use, refer to or distribute, without the other party’s
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prior written consent, any “written communication” that constitutes a “free writing prospectus” as
such terms are defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act with respect to the offering
contemplated by this Agreement (any such free writing prospectus being referred to herein as a
“
Free Writing Prospectus
”).
(f) Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company shall furnish to the Agent for review, a
reasonable amount of time prior to the proposed time of filing or use thereof, a copy of each
proposed Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto to be prepared by or
on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and the Company shall not file, use or refer
to any proposed Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto without the
Agent’s consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. The Company
shall furnish to the Agent, without charge, as many copies of any Free Writing Prospectus prepared
by or on behalf of, or used by the Company, as the Agent may reasonably request. If at any time
when a prospectus is required by the Securities Act (including, without limitation, pursuant to Rule
173(d)) to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares (but in any event if at any time
through and including the date of this Agreement) there occurred or occurs an event or
development as a result of which any Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or on behalf of, used
by, or referred to by the Company conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in
the Registration Statement or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company
shall promptly amend or supplement such Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such
conflict or so that the statements in such Free Writing Prospectus as so amended or supplemented
will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at such subsequent
time, not misleading, as the case may be; provided, however, that prior to amending or
supplementing any such Free Writing Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Agent for
review, a reasonable amount of time prior to the proposed time of filing or use thereof, a copy of
such proposed amended or supplemented Free Writing Prospectus and the Company shall not file,
use or refer to any such amended or supplemented Free Writing Prospectus without the Agent’s
consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
(g) Filing of Agent Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company shall not take any action
that would result in the Agent 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
Agent that the Agent otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.
(h) Copies of Registration Statement and Prospectus. After the date of this Agreement
through the last time that a prospectus is required by the Securities Act (including, without
limitation, pursuant to Rule 173(d)) to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares, the
Company agrees to furnish the Agent with copies (which may be electronic copies) of the
Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, and with copies of the Prospectus and each
amendment or supplement thereto in the form in which it is filed with the Commission pursuant
to the Securities Act or Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, both in such quantities as the Agent
may reasonably request from time to time; and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required under
the Securities Act or under the blue sky or securities laws of any jurisdiction at any time on or
prior to the applicable Settlement Date for any period set forth in an Issuance Notice in connection
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with the offering or sale of the Shares and if at such time any event has occurred as a result of
which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus is delivered,
not misleading, or, if for any other reason it is necessary during such same period to amend or
supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, to
notify the Agent and to request that the Agent suspend offers to sell Shares (and, if so notified, the
Agent shall cease such offers as soon as practicable); and if the Company decides to amend or
supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented, to
advise the Agent promptly by telephone (with confirmation in writing) and to prepare and cause
to be filed promptly with the Commission an amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented that will correct such statement or
omission or effect such compliance, including by filing a document incorporated by reference
therein; provided, however, that if during such same period the Agent is required to deliver a
prospectus in respect of transactions in the Shares, the Company shall promptly prepare and file
with the Commission such an amendment or supplement.
(i) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company shall cooperate with the Agent and counsel
for the Agent to qualify or register the Shares for sale under (or obtain exemptions from the
application of) the state securities or blue sky laws or Canadian provincial securities laws of those
jurisdictions designated by the Agent, shall comply with such laws and shall continue such
qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect so long as required for the distribution of the
Shares. The Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to take any action
that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently
qualified or where it would be subject to taxation as a foreign corporation. The Company will
advise the Agent promptly of the suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such
exemption relating to) the Shares for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation
or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the issuance of any order
suspending such qualification, registration or exemption, the Company shall use its best efforts to
obtain the withdrawal thereof as soon as practicable.
(j) Earnings Statement. As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally
available to its security holders and to the Agent an earnings statement (which need not be audited)
covering a period of at least twelve 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 Rule 158 under the Securities Act; provided that the Company shall be
deemed to have furnished such statements to its security holders and the Agent to the extent they
are filed on the Commission’s XXXXX system or any successor to such system.
(k) Listing; Reservation of Shares. (a) The Company will use commercially
reasonable efforts to maintain the listing of the Shares on the Principal Market; and (b) the
Company will reserve and keep available during each period beginning on the first Trading Day
of the selling period indicated in each Issuance Notice and ending on the second Trading Day after
the earlier of (i) the last Trading Day of the applicable selling period and (ii) the date the applicable
Issuance Notice is canceled, free of preemptive rights, Shares for the purpose of enabling the
Company to satisfy its obligations under the respective Issuance Notice.
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(l) Transfer Agent. The Company shall engage and maintain, at its expense, a registrar
and transfer agent for the Shares.
(m) Due Diligence. During the term of this Agreement, the Company will reasonably
cooperate with any reasonable due diligence review conducted by the Agent in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, providing information and
making available documents and senior corporate officers, during normal business hours and at
the Company’s principal offices, as the Agent may reasonably request from time to time.
(n) Representations and Warranties. The Company acknowledges that each delivery
of an Issuance Notice and each delivery of Shares on a Settlement Date shall be deemed to be (i)
an affirmation to the Agent that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in
or made pursuant to this Agreement are true and correct as of the date of such Issuance Notice or
of such Settlement Date, as the case may be, as though made at and as of each such date, except
as may be disclosed in the Prospectus (including any documents incorporated by reference therein
and any supplements thereto); and (ii) an undertaking that the Company will advise the Agent if
any of such representations and warranties will not be true and correct as of the Settlement Date
for the Shares relating to such Issuance Notice, as though made at and as of each such date (except
that such representations and warranties shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented relating to such Shares).
(o) Deliverables at Triggering Event Dates; Certificates. The Company agrees that on
or prior to the date of the first Issuance Notice and, during the term of this Agreement after the
date of the first Issuance Notice, upon:
(A) the filing of the Prospectus or the amendment or supplement of any
Registration Statement or Prospectus (other than a prospectus supplement relating solely to an
offering of securities other than the Shares or a prospectus filed pursuant to Section 4(a)(ii)(B)),
by means of a post-effective amendment, sticker or supplement, but not by means of incorporation
of documents by reference into the Registration Statement or Prospectus;
(B) the filing with the Commission of an annual report on Form 10-K or
a quarterly report on Form 10-Q (including any Form 10-K/A or Form 10-Q/A containing amended
financial information or a material amendment to the previously filed annual report on Form 10-
K or quarterly report on Form 10-Q), in each case, of the Company; or
(C) the filing with the Commission of a current report on Form 8-K of
the Company containing amended financial information (other than information “furnished”
pursuant to Item 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K or to provide disclosure pursuant to Item 8.01 of Form
8-K relating to reclassification of certain properties as discontinued operations in accordance with
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144) that is material to the offering of Shares of
the Company in the Agent’s reasonable discretion;
(any such event, a “
Triggering Event Date
”), the Company shall furnish the Agent (but in the
case of clause (C) above only if the Agent reasonably determines that the information contained
in such current report on Form 8-K of the Company is material) with a certificate as of the
Triggering Event Date, in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto, modified, as necessary, to relate
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to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, (A) confirming that
the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement are true and
correct, (B) confirming that the Company has performed all of its obligations hereunder to be
performed on or prior to the date of such certificate and as to the matters set forth in Section
5(a)(iii) hereof, and (C) containing any other certification that the Agent shall reasonably request.
The requirement to provide a certificate under this Section 4(o) shall be automatically waived for
any Triggering Event Date occurring at a time when no Issuance Notice is pending or a suspension
is in effect, which waiver shall continue until the earlier to occur of the date the Company delivers
instructions for the sale of Shares hereunder (which for such calendar quarter shall be considered
a Triggering Event Date) and the next occurring Triggering Event Date. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Company subsequently decides to sell Shares following a Triggering Event Date
when a suspension was in effect and did not provide the Agent with a certificate under this Section
4(o), then before the Company delivers the instructions for the sale of Shares or the Agent sells
any Shares pursuant to such instructions, the Company shall provide the Agent with a certificate
in conformity with this Section 4(o) dated as of the date that the instructions for the sale of Shares
are issued.
(p) Legal Opinions. On or prior to the date of the first Issuance Notice and on or prior
to each Triggering Event Date with respect to which the Company is obligated to deliver a
certificate pursuant to Section 4(o) for which no waiver is applicable and excluding the date of this
Agreement, a negative assurance letter and the written legal opinion of Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx
LLP, counsel to the Company, and the written legal opinion of Xxxxx Lord LLP, intellectual
property counsel to the Company, each dated the date of delivery, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Agent and its counsel, substantially similar to the form previously
provided to the Agent and its counsel, modified, as necessary, to relate to the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented. In lieu of such opinions for
subsequent periodic filings, in the discretion of the Agent, the Company may furnish a reliance
letter from such counsel to the Agent, permitting the Agent to rely on a previously delivered
opinion letter, modified as appropriate for any passage of time or Triggering Event Date (except
that statements in such prior opinion shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented as of such Triggering Event Date).
(q) Comfort Letter. On or prior to the date of the first Issuance Notice and on or prior
to each Triggering Event Date with respect to which the Company is obligated to deliver a
certificate pursuant to Section 4(o) for which no waiver is applicable and excluding the date of this
Agreement, the Company shall cause the Accountants, the independent registered public
accounting firm who has audited the financial statements included or incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement, to furnish the Agent a comfort letter, dated the date of delivery, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel, substantially similar to the form
previously provided to the Agent and its counsel; provided, however, that any such comfort letter
will only be required on the Triggering Event Date specified to the extent that the Triggering Event
Date filing contains financial statements filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act and
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into a Prospectus. If requested by the
Agent, the Company shall also cause a comfort letter to be furnished to the Agent on the date of
occurrence of any material transaction or event requiring the filing of a current report on Form 8-
K containing material amended financial information of the Company, including the restatement
of the Company’s financial statements. The Company shall be required to furnish no more than
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one comfort letter hereunder per each filing of an annual report on Form 10-K or a quarterly report
on Form 10-Q.
(r) Secretary’s Certificate. On or prior to the date of the first Issuance Notice and on
or prior to each Triggering Event Date with respect to which the Company is obligated to deliver
a certificate pursuant to Section 4(o) for which no waiver is applicable, and excluding the date of
this Agreement, the Company shall furnish the Agent a certificate executed by the Secretary of the
Company, signing in such capacity, dated the date of delivery in the form attached as Exhibit C
hereto (i) certifying that attached thereto are true and complete copies of the resolutions duly
adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without
limitation, the issuance of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement), which authorization shall be in
full force and effect on and as of the date of such certificate, (ii) certifying and attesting to the
office, incumbency, due authority and specimen signatures of each Person who executed this
Agreement for or on behalf of the Company, and (iii) containing any other certification that the
Agent shall reasonably request.
(s) Agent’s Own Account; Clients’ Account. The Company consents to the Agent
trading, in compliance with applicable law, in the Common Shares for the Agent’s own account
and for the account of its clients at the same time as sales of the Shares occur pursuant to this
Agreement.
(t) Investment Limitation. The Company shall not invest, or otherwise use the
proceeds received by the Company from its sale of the Shares in such a manner as would require
the Company or any of its subsidiaries to register as an investment company under the Investment
Company Act.
(u) Market Activities. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to or that might be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation
of the price of the Shares or any other reference security, whether to facilitate the sale or resale of
the Shares or otherwise, and the Company will, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
cause each of its Affiliates to, comply with all applicable provisions of Regulation M. If the
limitations of Rule 102 of Regulation M (“
Rule 102
”) do not apply with respect to the Shares or
any other reference security pursuant to any exception set forth in Section (d) of Rule 102, then
promptly upon notice from the Agent (or, if later, at the time stated in the notice), the Company
will, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each of its Affiliates to, comply with
Rule 102 as though such exception were not available but the other provisions of Rule 102 (as
interpreted by the Commission) did apply. The Company shall promptly notify the Agent if it no
longer meets the requirements set forth in Section (d) of Rule 102.
(v) Notice of Other Sale. Without the written consent of the Agent, the Company will
not, directly or indirectly, offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to sell or otherwise
dispose of any Common Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares
(other than Shares hereunder), warrants or any rights to purchase or acquire Common Shares, or
effect a reverse stock split, recapitalization, share consolidation, reclassification or similar
transaction affecting the outstanding Common Shares, during the period beginning on the third
Trading Day immediately prior to the date on which any Issuance Notice is delivered to the Agent
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hereunder and ending on the third Trading Day immediately following the Settlement Date with
respect to Shares sold pursuant to such Issuance Notice; and will not directly or indirectly enter
into any other “at the market” or continuous equity transaction to offer to sell, sell, contract to sell,
grant any option to sell or otherwise dispose of any Common Shares (other than the Shares offered
pursuant to this Agreement) or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares,
warrants or any rights to purchase or acquire, Common Shares prior to the termination of this
Agreement; provided, however, that such restrictions will not be required in connection with the
Company’s (i) issuance or sale of Common Shares, options to purchase Common Shares or
Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of options or other equity awards pursuant to any
employee or director share option, incentive or benefit plan, share purchase or ownership plan,
long-term incentive plan, dividend reinvestment plan, inducement award under the applicable rules
of the Principal Market or other compensation plan of the Company or its subsidiaries, as in effect
on the date of this Agreement or subsequently disclosed in filings by the Company available on
XXXXX, (ii) issuance or sale of Common Shares issuable upon exchange, conversion or
redemption of securities or the exercise or vesting of warrants, options or securities outstanding at
the date of this Agreement or subsequently disclosed in filings by the Company available on
XXXXX, (iii) modification of any outstanding options, warrants of any rights to purchase or
acquire Common Shares, and (iv) issuance or sale of Common Shares in connection with an
acquisition, joint venture, commercial or collaborative relationship or the acquisition or license by
the Company of the securities, business, property or other assets of another person or entity or
pursuant to any employee benefit plan as assumed by the Company in connection with any such
acquisition (provided that the aggregate number of Common Shares that the Company may issue
or sell pursuant to this clause (iv) shall not exceed 5% of the total number of Common Shares
issued and outstanding immediately prior to such issuance or sale).
(w) Emerging Growth Company Status. During the Agency Period, the Company
agrees to notify the Agent as soon as practicable upon the Company ceasing to be an Emerging
Growth Company.
Section 5. CONDITIONS TO DELIVERY OF ISSUANCE NOTICES AND TO
SETTLEMENT
(a) Conditions Precedent to the Right of the Company to Deliver an Issuance Notice
and the Obligation of the Agent to Sell Shares. The right of the Company to deliver an Issuance
Notice hereunder is subject to the satisfaction, on the date of delivery of such Issuance Notice, and
the obligation of the Agent to use its commercially reasonable efforts to place Shares during the
applicable period set forth in the Issuance Notice is subject to the satisfaction, on each Trading
Day during the applicable period set forth in the Issuance Notice, of each of the following
conditions:
(i) Accuracy of the Company’s Representations and Warranties; Performance
by the Company. The Company shall have delivered the certificate required to be delivered
pursuant to Section 4(o) on or before the date on which delivery of such certificate is required
pursuant to Section 4(o). The Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied with all
covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or
complied with by the Company at or prior to such date, including, but not limited to, the covenants
contained in Section 4(p), Section 4(q) and Section 4(r).
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(ii) No Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling
or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or
governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having
authority over the matters contemplated hereby that prohibits or directly and materially adversely
affects any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and no proceeding shall have been
commenced that may have the effect of prohibiting or materially adversely affecting any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(iii) Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the Prospectus and the Time
of Sale Information, (a) in the judgment of the Agent there shall not have occurred any Material
Adverse Effect; and (b) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have
been given 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 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.
(iv) No Suspension of Trading in or Delisting of Common Shares; Other Events.
The trading of the Common Shares (including without limitation the Shares) shall not have been
suspended by the Commission, the Principal Market or FINRA and the Common Shares (including
without limitation the Shares) shall have been approved for listing or quotation on and shall not
have been delisted from the Principal Market or any of its constituent markets. There shall not
have occurred (and be continuing in the case of occurrences under clauses (i) and (ii) below) any
of the following: (i) trading or quotation in any of the Company’s securities shall have been
suspended or limited by the Commission or by the Principal Market or trading in securities
generally on the Principal Market shall have been suspended or limited, or minimum or maximum
prices shall have been generally established on any of such stock exchanges by the Commission
or the FINRA; (ii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by any of federal or
New York, authorities; or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of national or
international hostilities or any crisis or calamity, or any change in the United States or international
financial markets, or any substantial change or development involving a prospective substantial
change in United States’ or international political, financial or economic conditions, as in the
judgment of the Agent is material and adverse and makes it impracticable to market the Shares in
the manner and on the terms described in the Prospectus or to enforce contracts for the sale of
securities.
(b) Documents Required to be Delivered on each Issuance Notice Date. The Agent’s
obligation to use its commercially reasonable efforts to place Shares hereunder shall additionally
be conditioned upon the delivery to the Agent on or before the Issuance Notice Date of a certificate
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, executed by the principal executive
officer or principal financial officer of the Company, to the effect that all conditions to the delivery
of such Issuance Notice shall have been satisfied as at the date of such certificate (which certificate
shall not be required if the foregoing representations shall be set forth in the Issuance Notice or in
the certificate described in Section 4(o)).
(c) No Misstatement or Material Omission. The Agent shall not have advised the
Company that the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, contains an untrue statement of fact that in the Agent’s
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reasonable opinion is material, or omits to state a fact that in the Agent’s reasonable opinion is
material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading.
(d) Agent Counsel Legal Opinion. Agent shall have received from Xxxxxx LLP,
counsel for Agent, such opinion or opinions, on or before the date on which the delivery of the
Company counsel legal opinion is required pursuant to Section 4(p), with respect to such matters
as Agent may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such
documents as they may reasonably request for enabling them to pass upon such matters.
Section 6. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION
(a) Indemnification of the Agent. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Agent, its officers and employees, and each person, if any, who controls the Agent
within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act against any loss, claim, damage,
liability or expense, as incurred, to which the Agent or such officer, employee or controlling person
may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, other federal or state statutory
law or regulation, or the laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions where Shares have been offered
or sold or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation), insofar as such
loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below)
arises out of or is based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereto, including any information
deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act, or the omission or
alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading; or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Free Writing Prospectus that the Company has used, referred to or
filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act or the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading and to reimburse the Agent and each such officer, employee
and controlling person for any and all documented expenses (including the reasonable and
documented fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Agent) as such expenses are
reasonably incurred by the Agent or such officer, employee or controlling person in connection
with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage,
liability, expense or action; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not
apply to any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense to the extent, but only to the extent, arising
out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by the Agent expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any such Free Writing
Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), it being understood and
agreed that the only such information furnished by the Agent to the Company consists of the
information described in subsection (b) below. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section
6(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Company may otherwise have.
(b) Indemnification of the Company, its Directors and Officers. The Agent agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signed
the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning
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of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as
incurred, to which the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person may become
subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state statutory law or
regulation, or the laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions where Shares have been offered or
sold or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation), arises out of or is
based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement, or any amendment thereto, including any information deemed to be a part
thereof pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act, or the omission or alleged omission
therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading; or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Free Writing Prospectus that the Company has used, referred to or filed, or is
required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act or the Prospectus (or any amendment
or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; but, for each of (i) and (ii) above, only to the extent arising out of or based
upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Agent
expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any such Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus
(or any amendment or supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished by the Agent to the Company consists of the information set forth in the
first sentence of the ninth paragraph under the caption “Plan of Distribution” in the Prospectus,
and to reimburse the Company and each such director, officer and controlling person for any and
all documented expenses (including the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of one
counsel chosen by the Company) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by the Company or
such officer, director or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling,
compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action. The indemnity
agreement set forth in this Section 6(b) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Agent or the
Company may otherwise have.
(c) Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures. Promptly after receipt by an
indemnified party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action, such
indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party
under this Section 6, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof, but
the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may
have to any indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than under the indemnity agreement
contained in this Section 6 or to the extent it is not prejudiced as a proximate result of such failure.
In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and such indemnified party seeks
or intends to seek indemnity from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will be entitled
to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall elect, jointly with all other indemnifying parties
similarly notified, by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the
aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel
reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, if the defendants in any such
action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party
shall have reasonably concluded that a conflict may arise between the positions of the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party in conducting the defense of any such action or that
there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different
from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties
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shall have the right to select separate counsel to assume such legal defenses and to otherwise
participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon
receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of such indemnifying
party’s election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of
counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 6
for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection
with the defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in
accordance with the proviso to the preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the
indemnifying party shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate counsel
(together with local counsel), representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such action),
which counsel (together with any local counsel) for the indemnified parties shall be selected by
the indemnified party (in the case of counsel for the indemnified parties referred to in Section 6(a)
and Section 6(b) above), (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time
after notice of commencement of the action or (iii) the indemnifying party has authorized in writing
the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party, in
each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying
party and shall be paid as they are incurred.
(d) Settlements. The indemnifying party under this Section 6 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 against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement
or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall
have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of
counsel as contemplated by Section 6(c) hereof, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable
for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is
entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request;
and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance
with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the
prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the
entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought
hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject
matter of such action, suit or proceeding.
(e) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6 is for any reason
held to be unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect
of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying
party shall contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified party, as
incurred, as a result of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein (i) in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the
one hand, and the Agent, on the other hand, from the offering of the Shares pursuant to this
Agreement; or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law,
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)
above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Agent, on the other
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hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The
relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Agent, on the other hand, in
connection with the offering of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the
same respective proportions as the total gross proceeds from the offering of the Shares (before
deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total commissions received by the
Agent. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Agent, on the other hand, shall
be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company, on the one hand, or the Agent, on the other hand, and the
parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission.
The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities
and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in
Section 6(c), any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection
with investigating or defending any action or claim. The provisions set forth in Section 6(c) with
respect to notice of commencement of any action shall apply if a claim for contribution is to be
made under this Section 6(e); provided, however, that no additional notice shall be required with
respect to any action for which notice has been given under Section 6(c) for purposes of
indemnification.
The Company and the Agent agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 6(e) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of
allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section
6(e).
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6(e), the Agent shall not be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the Selling Commission received by the Agent in connection
with the offering contemplated hereby. 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. For purposes of this Section 6(e), each
officer and employee of the Agent and each person, if any, who controls the Agent within the
meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as
the Agent, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the
Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.
Section 7. TERMINATION & SURVIVAL
(a) Term. Subject to the provisions of this Section 7, the term of this Agreement shall
continue from the date of this Agreement until the end of the Agency Period, unless earlier
terminated by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.
(b) Termination; Survival Following Termination .
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(i) Either party may terminate this Agreement prior to the end of the Agency
Period, by giving written notice as required by this Agreement, upon ten (10) Trading Days’ notice
to the other party; provided that, (A) if the Company terminates this Agreement after the Agent
confirms to the Company any sale of Shares, the Company shall remain obligated to comply with
Section 3(b)(v) with respect to such Shares and (B) Section 2, Section 3(d), Section 6, Section 7
and Section 8 shall survive termination of this Agreement. If termination shall occur prior to the
Settlement Date for any sale of Shares, such sale shall nevertheless settle in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.
(ii) In addition to the survival provision of Section 7(b)(i), the respective
indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, of its
officers and of the Agent set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force
and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Agent or the Company or
any of its or their partners, officers or directors or any controlling person, as the case may be, and,
anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, will survive delivery of and payment for the
Xxxxxx sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement.
Section 8. MISCELLANEOUS
(a) Press Releases and Disclosure. The Company may issue a press release describing
the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby as soon as practicable following the
date of this Agreement, and may file with the Commission a Current Report on Form 8 K, with
this Agreement attached as an exhibit thereto, describing the material terms of the transactions
contemplated hereby, and the Company shall consult with the Agent prior to making such
disclosures, and the parties hereto shall use all commercially reasonable efforts, acting in good
faith, to agree upon a text for such disclosures that is reasonably satisfactory to all parties hereto.
No party hereto shall issue thereafter any press release or like public statement (including, without
limitation, any disclosure required in reports filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange
Act) related to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby without the prior
written approval of the other party hereto, except as may be necessary or appropriate in the
reasonable opinion of the party seeking to make disclosure to comply with the requirements of
applicable law or stock exchange rules. If any such press release or like public statement is so
required, the party making such disclosure shall consult with the other party prior to making such
disclosure, and the parties shall use all commercially reasonable efforts, acting in good faith, to
agree upon a text for such disclosure that is reasonably satisfactory to all parties hereto.
(b) No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees
that (i) the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the determination of any fees,
are arm’s -length commercial transactions between the Company and the Agent, (ii) when acting
as a principal under this Agreement, the Agent is and has been acting solely as a principal is not
the agent or fiduciary of the Company, or its stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party,
(iii) the Agent has not assumed nor will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of
the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto
(irrespective of whether the Agent has advised or is currently advising the Company on other
matters) and the Agent does not have any obligation to the Company with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (iv)
the Agent and its Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests
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that differ from those of the Company, and (v) the Agent has not provided any legal, accounting,
regulatory or tax advice with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and the Company
has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed
appropriate.
(c) Research Analyst Independence. The Company acknowledges that the Agent’s
research analysts and research departments are required to and should be independent from their
respective investment banking divisions and are subject to certain regulations and internal policies,
and as such the Agent’s research analysts may hold views and make statements or investment
recommendations and/or publish research reports with respect to the Company or the offering that
differ from the views of their respective investment banking divisions. The Company understands
that the Agent is a full service securities firm and as such from time to time, subject to applicable
securities laws, may effect transactions for its own account or the account of its customers and
hold long or short positions in debt or equity securities of the companies that may be the subject
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(d) Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed,
hand delivered, sent via electronic mail (if applicable) or telecopied and confirmed to the parties
hereto as follows:
If to the Agent:
Xxxxxxxxx LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
New York, NY 10022
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxx LLP
55 Xxxxxx Yards
New York, NY 10001
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
E-mail: xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx; xxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
If to the Company:
Vaxxinity, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxxx Island, FL32953
Attention: General Counsel
E-mail: xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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New York, NY 10017
Attention: Yasin Keshvargar
E-mail: xxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Any party hereto may change the address for receipt of communications by giving written notice
to the others in accordance with this Section 8(d).
(e) Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto, and to the benefit of the employees, officers and directors and controlling persons
referred to in Section 6, and in each case their respective successors, and no other person will have
any right or obligation hereunder. The term “successors” shall not include any purchaser of the
Shares as such from the Agent merely by reason of such purchase.
(f) Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any Article, Section,
paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other
Article, Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Article, Section, paragraph or provision of
this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed
to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid
and enforceable.
(g) Governing Law Provisions. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and
to be performed in such state. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon
this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in the federal courts of
the United States of America located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York or the
courts of the State of New York in each case located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of
New York (collectively, the “
Specified Courts
”), and each party irrevocably submits to the
exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment
of any such court, as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of such courts in any such suit,
action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s
address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding
brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the
laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and
unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action
or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
(h) General Provisions. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties
to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral
agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original,
with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument, and
may be delivered by facsimile transmission or by electronic delivery of a portable document format
(PDF) file (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000,
Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other
applicable law, e.g., xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx). This Agreement may not be amended or modified
unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be
waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. The Article
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and Section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the
construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
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Signature Page Immediately Follows
]
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign
and return to the Company the enclosed copies hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all
counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms
Very truly yours,
VAXXINITY, INC.
By: /s/ Xxx Xxx Xx
The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted by the Agent in New York,
New York as of the date first above written.
XXXXXXXXX LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
EXHIBIT A
ISSUANCE NOTICE
[Date]
Xxxxxxxxx LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
New York, New York 10022
Attn: [__________]
Reference is made to the Open Market Sale Agreement
SM
“
Company
”) and Xxxxxxxxx LLC (the “
Agent
”) dated as of August 9, 2023. The Company confirms
that all conditions to the delivery of this Issuance Notice are satisfied as of the date hereof.
Date of Delivery of Issuance Notice (determined pursuant to Section 3(b)(i)):
_______________________
Issuance Amount (equal to the total Sales Price for such Shares):
Maximum number of Shares to be sold (notwithstanding a higher Sale Amount)
Number of days in selling period:
First date of selling period:
Last date of selling period:
Settlement Date(s) if other than standard T+2 settlement:
Floor Price Limitation (in no event less than $1.00 without the prior written consent of the
Agent, which consent may be withheld in the Agent’s sole discretion): $ ____ per share
Comments:
By:
Exhibit B
Form of Officer’s Certificate Pursuant to Section 4(o)
The undersigned, the duly qualified and elected [●] of Vaxxinity, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “
Company
”), does hereby certify in such capacity and on behalf of the
Company, pursuant to Section 4(o) of the Open Market Sale Agreement
SM
, dated August 9,
2023, between the Company and Xxxxxxxxx LLC (the “
Sale Agreement
”), that to the knowledge
of the undersigned:
(i) The representations and warranties of the Company in Section 2 of the Sale
Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date hereof with the same force and effect as if
expressly made on and as of the date hereof; provided, however that such representations and
warranties are qualified by the disclosure included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus (including any documents incorporated by reference
therein and any supplements thereto); and
(ii) The Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its
part to be performed or satisfied pursuant to the Sale Agreement at or prior to the date hereof.
Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP and Xxxxxx LLP are entitled to rely on this certificate in
connection with the respective opinions such firms are rendering pursuant to the Sale Agreement.
Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings given to such terms in
the Sale Agreement.
VAXXINITY, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
Date: [•]
Exhibit C
Form of Secretary’s Certificate Pursuant to Section 4(o)
The undersigned, Secretary of Vaxxinity, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company
”),
does hereby certify in such capacity and on behalf of the Company, pursuant to Section 4(o) of
SM
, dated August 9, 2023, between the Company and Xxxxxxxxx
LLC (the “
Sale Agreement
”), that to the knowledge of the undersigned:
1. Attached hereto as Appendix A is a true, correct and complete copy of the
Company’s certificate of incorporation dated [●] (the “
Certificate of Incorporation
”), filed
with the Delaware Secretary of State on [●], as in full force and effect as of the date hereof.
Since such date, no amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation has been approved by the
Board of Directors of the Company (the “
Board of Directors
”) or the shareholders of the
Company or filed with the Delaware Secretary of State.
2. Attached hereto as Appendix B is a true, correct and complete copy of the bylaws
of the Company as in effect at the date hereof and at all times since [●]. No action has been taken
by the Company or its stockholders, directors or officers to effect or authorize any amendment or
other modification to the bylaws.
3. No proceeding for the dissolution, merger, sale, consolidation or liquidation of the
Company or for the sale of all or substantially all of its assets is pending or, to the best of my
knowledge, threatened and no such proceeding is contemplated by the Company.
4. Attached hereto as Appendices C-1 and C-2, respectively, are true, correct and
complete copies of written resolutions duly adopted by (i) the Board of Directors on August [●],
2023 and (ii) the committee designated by the Board of Directors on August [●], 2023. Such
resolutions have not been amended or modified, are in full force and effect in the form adopted
and are the only resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors or by any committee of or
designated by the Board of Directors relating to (i) the Company’s Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (File No. 333-[●]) (the “
Registration Statement
”) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “
SEC
”), and (ii) the execution and delivery of the Sale Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder (including, without
limitation, the sale of the Common Shares pursuant to such agreement).
5. Each person who, as a director or officer of the Company, signed (a) the
Registration Statement, (b) the Sale Agreement and (c) any other document or certificate
delivered under the Sale Agreement in connection with the transactions contemplated thereunder
was at the respective times of such signing and delivery and, in the case of the document referred
to under (a) above, was at the time of filing such Registration Statement with the SEC, duly
elected or appointed and acting as such director or officer and was duly authorized to execute
and deliver such document on behalf of the Company, and the signatures of such persons
appearing on such documents are their genuine signatures or true facsimiles thereof.
6. The minutes and resolutions of the Company relating to all proceedings of the
shareholders and the Board of Directors (and any committee of the Board of Directors) of the
Company made available to Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP and Xxxxxx LLP are the original
minutes and resolutions of the Company, or are true, correct and complete copies thereof, with
respect to all such proceedings of said shareholders, Board of Directors and committees of the
Board of Directors of the Company since January 1, 2020 through the date hereof. The minutes,
resolutions and other documents of the Company made available to Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
and Xxxxxx LLP were true, correct and complete in all respects. There have been no material
changes, additions or alterations in said minutes, resolutions and other documents that have not
been disclosed to Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP and Xxxxxx LLP in writing.
7. The Sale Agreement, as executed and delivered by the Company, is in
substantially the form approved by one or more of the Company’s officers pursuant to the
resolutions referred to in paragraph 4 above, under authority delegated by the Board of Directors,
and has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Company by an appropriate officer of
the Compan
y.
8. American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC has been duly appointed by the
Company to serve as the transfer agent and registrar for the Common Shares and, as of the date
hereof, serves in such capacity for the Common Shares.
connection with the respective opinions such firms are rendering pursuant to the Sale Agreement.
Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings given to such terms in
the Sale Agreement.
Schedule A
Notice Parties
The Company
Xxx Xxx Hu
The Agent
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx