INTERNATIONAL STEM CELL CORPORATION SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT SERIES C CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
Exhibit
10.1
INTERNATIONAL
STEM CELL CORPORATION
SERIES
C CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the
“Agreement”)
dated as of August
20, 2008, between International Stem Cell Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”), and
X-Master, Inc., a New Hampshire corporation (the“Investor”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company desires to sell to
the Investor (or Investor’s designee, provided that such designee is an
"accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under
the Securities Act of 1933), and the Investor desires to purchase, an aggregate
of up to 3,000,000 shares of Series C Stock (as defined below) of the Company
(the “Shares”),
convertible to shares of Common Stock of the Company based on an initial
conversion price of $.25 per share, all for an aggregate price of
$3,000,000;
WHEREAS, the Investor desires to
purchase the Shares in three tranches, with an initial tranche of 700,000 Shares
purchased on or before August 22, 2008; an additional tranche of 1,300,000
Shares to be purchased on or before September 23, 2008; and a third tranche of
1,000,000 Shares to be purchased on or before December 15, 2008. The purchase of
each tranche subsequent to the first shall be subject to Investor’s
determination, in Investor’s sole discretion, that there has been no material
adverse change in the Company’s business or financial prospects;
and
WHEREAS, the following terms appearing
herein shall have the following meanings unless otherwise defined
herein:
“Agreement” has the
meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Blue Sky Laws” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.20.
“Certificate of
Designation” means the Certificate of Designation of Rights, Preferences,
Privileges and Restrictions of the Series C Preferred Stock of International
Stem Cell Corporation in the form attached as Exhibit 1 to be filed
with the Delaware Secretary of State prior to the Closing.
“Certificate of
Incorporation” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware.
“Closing” and “Closing Date” have
the meanings set forth in Section 1.2.
“Common Stock” shall
mean stock of the Company of any class (however designated) whether now or
hereafter authorized, which generally has the right to participate in the voting
and in the distribution of earnings and assets of the Company without limit as
to amount or percentage, including the Company’s Common Stock, $.001 par value
per share.
“Common Stock
Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries
which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock,
including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options,
warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable
or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common
Stock.
“Company” has the
meaning set forth in the preamble and includes any corporation that shall
succeed to or assume, directly or indirectly, the obligations of the Company
hereunder.
“Conversion Price” has
the meaning assigned thereto in the Certificate of Designation.
The term
“corporation”
shall mean any corporation, association, joint stock company, business trust,
limited liability company or other similar organization.
“Exchange Act” means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“Material Adverse
Effect” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
“Material Agreement”
shall mean any material note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement,
lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or obligation to which the
Company is a party or by which the Company or any property or asset of the
Company is bound or affected.
“Own” shall mean own
beneficially, as that term is defined in the rules and regulations of the
SEC.
“Person” shall mean
any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, business trust, unincorporated association, joint stock corporation,
trust, joint venture or other entity, any university or similar institution, or
any government or any agency or instrumentality or political subdivision
thereof.
“Required Approvals”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
“Required Minimum”
means, as of any date, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock
then issued or potentially issuable in the future pursuant to the Transaction
Documents, including any Underlying Shares issuable upon exercise or conversion
in full of the Series C Stock, assuming that the Conversion Price is at all
times on and after the date of determination 75% of the then Conversion Price on
the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of determination.
“SEC” shall mean the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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“SEC Reports” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.8.
“Securities” shall
mean the Shares.
“Securities Act” means
the Securities Act of 1933.
“Series C Stock” shall
mean the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.001 per share, of the
Company, having the terms set forth in the Certificate of
Designation.
“Shares” has the
meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Share Price” shall
mean $1.00 per Share.
“Subsidiary” means any
subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 2.1 and
shall, where applicable, include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the
Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.
“Taxes” shall mean all
Federal, state, local and foreign income, franchise, property, sales, use,
excise and other taxes, including obligations for withholding taxes from
payments due or made to any other person and any interest, penalties or
additions to tax.
“Transaction Document”
means this Agreement, the exhibits and schedules hereto and the Certificate of
Designation.
“Transfer Agent” has
the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(b).
“Underlying Shares”
shall mean the shares of Common Stock issued from time to time upon conversion
of the Shares.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual covenants contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
1.
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Purchase and Sale of
Stock.
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1.1
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Sale and Issuance of
Securities.
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1.1.1
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First
Tranche
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The
Company shall sell to the Investor and the Investor shall purchase from the
Company, 700,000 Shares at a price per Share equal to the Share
Price.
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1.1.2
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Second
Tranche
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Subject
to Investor’s determination, in Investor’s sole discretion, that there has been
no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company, Investor shall purchase
an additional 1,300,000 Shares at the Share Price, such option to be exercised
by delivery of written notice to the Company on or before September 15,
2008.
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1.1.3
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Third
Tranche
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Subject
to Investor’s determination, in Investor’s sole discretion, that there has been
no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company, Investor (or Investor's
designee) shall purchase an additional 1,000,000 Shares at the Share Price, such
option to be exercised by delivery of written notice to the Company on or before
December 1, 2008.
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The
closing of the purchase and sale of each tranche described in Sections
1.1.1, 1.1.2 and 1.1.3, respectively shall take place at the offices of
McLane, Graf, Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, Professional Association or such
other place as is mutually acceptable to the parties no later
than:
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1.2.1
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for
the first tranche, August 20, 2008;
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1.2.2
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for
the second tranche, September 23, 2008;
and
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1.2.3
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for
the third tranche, December 15,
2008.
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Each such
closing described above is referred to herein as the “Closing” and each such
date described above is referred to herein as a “Closing Date.” At
each such Closing and on each such Closing Date:
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1.2.4
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the
Investor shall deliver to the Company or its designees by wire transfer or
such other method of payment as the Company shall approve, an amount equal
to the purchase price of the Shares;
and
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1.2.5
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the
Company shall, either directly or through its transfer agent (the
“Transfer Agent”) arrange delivery to the Investor of one or more stock
certificates registered in the name of the Investor, representing the
Shares purchased at the Closing.
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1.3
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Investor’s Conditions
of Closing. The obligation of the Investor to complete
the purchase of the Securities at each of the Closings is subject to
fulfillment of the following
conditions:
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1.3.1
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the
Company shall have filed the Certificate of Designation in the form
attached as Exhibit 1
hereto with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware;
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1.3.2
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the
Company shall deliver to the Investor an opinion of counsel in the form
attached as Exhibit
2;
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1.3.3
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the
representation and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement
shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this
Agreement and (to the extent such representations and warranties speak as
of a later date or for representations and warranties that speak as of a
specific date) as of such later date as though made on and as of the
Closing Date, and the Company shall have performed in all material
respects all covenants and other obligations required to be performed by
it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing
Date;
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1.3.4
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the
absence of a Material Adverse Change from the date of this Agreement up
to, and including, the Closing
Date;
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1.3.5
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the
Company shall have obtained the requisite approval of the transactions
contemplated hereby by the Company’s board of directors and stockholders
(if applicable);
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1.3.6
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the
Company shall have executed and delivered all other documents reasonably
requested by counsel for the Investor that are necessary to complete the
transactions contemplated hereby;
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1.3.7
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the
Company shall have delivered to the Investor a certified copy of the
Certificate of Incorporation, Certificate of Designation, the Company’s
By-Laws and a Certificate of Good Standing issued by the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware; and
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1.3.8
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the
Company’s Board of Directors shall have created a vacancy on the Company’s
Board for the Series C Stock director designee, and the Investor’s
designee to the Company’s Board of Directors shall have been appointed to
fill the vacancy for the Series C Stock director seat created by the
Certificate of Designation and the Board of Directors, such appointment to
become effective upon filing by such board designee of the requisite SEC
disclosure forms.
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Company’s Conditions
of Closing. The obligation of the Company to complete
the sale of the Securities at each of the Closings is subject to
fulfillment of the following conditions, each of which may waived by the
Company:
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1.4.1
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the
representation and warranties of the Investor set forth in this Agreement
shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this
Agreement and (to the extent such representations and warranties speak as
of a later date) as of such later date as though made on and as of the
Closing Date;
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1.4.2
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the
Company shall have filed the Certificate of Designation in the form
attached as Exhibit 1
hereto with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;
and
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1.4.3
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the
Company shall have obtained the requisite approval of the transactions
contemplated hereby by the Company’s stockholders (if applicable) and
board of directors.
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Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of the
Company.
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Except as
disclosed in the SEC Reports filed after January 1, 2008 and except as set forth
in a Disclosure Schedule hereto, the Company hereby makes the following
representations and warranties to Investor:
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2.1
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Subsidiaries. All
of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on
Schedule
2.1 (whether or not disclosed in SEC Reports). The
Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other
equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all
of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary
are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of
preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase
securities. If the Company has no subsidiaries, all other
references to the Subsidiaries or any of them in this Section 2.1 shall be
disregarded.
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Organization and
Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries
is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization (as applicable), with the requisite power
and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its
business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary is in violation or default of any of the provisions of its
respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other
organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and
the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good
standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in
which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes
such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified
or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be
expected to result in (i) a material adverse effect on the legality,
validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material
adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects
or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s
ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its
obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a
“Material
Adverse Effect”) and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such
jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit
or curtail such power and authority or qualification. The
Company has furnished to the Investor true and correct copies of the
Company's Certificate of Incorporation and the Company's By-Laws, as each
is currently in effect.
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2.3
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Authorization;
Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate
power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry
out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and
delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the
Company and no further action is required by the Company, the Board of
Directors or the Company’s stockholders in connection therewith other than
in connection with the Required Approvals. Each Transaction
Document has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the
Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and
thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except (i)
as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general
application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as
limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance,
injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as
indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable
law.
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No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of
the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the
Company of the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not
and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s
or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or
other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or
constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or
both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien
upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or
give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or
cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any
agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company
or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the
Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of
the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected (other than Liens in
favor of the Investor), or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals,
conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation,
order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or
governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject
(including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which
any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected;
except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not
have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
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Filings, Consents and
Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any
consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make
any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local
or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction
Documents, other than (i) filings required pursuant to Section 4.4, (ii)
the notice and/or application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the
issuance and sale of the Securities and the listing of the Underlying
Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby, and
(iii) the filing of Form D with the Commission and such filings as are
required to be made under applicable state securities laws, (collectively,
the “Required
Approvals”).
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Issuance of the
Securities. The Securities are duly authorized and, when
issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction
Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable,
free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions
on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The
Underlying Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the
Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other
than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction
Documents. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized
capital stock a number of shares of Common Stock for issuance of the
Underlying Shares at least equal to the Required Minimum on the date
hereof.
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Capitalization. The
capitalization of the Company is as set forth on Schedule 2.7
(whether or not disclosed in SEC Reports), which Schedule 2.7
shall also include the number of shares of Common Stock owned
beneficially, and of record, by Affiliates of the Company as of the date
hereof if not already reported on Form 3 or Form 4. The Company
has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic
report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of
employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans, the
issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s
employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion or exercise
of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most
recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. No
Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of
participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as a result
of the purchase and sale of the Securities or as described in the SEC
Reports, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to
subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating
to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable
or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or
acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments,
understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is
or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common
Stock Equivalents. Except as set forth in the Disclosure
Schedules, the issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the
Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person
(other than the Investor) and will not result in a right of any holder of
Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset
price under any of such securities. All of the outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company are validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state
securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in
violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or
purchase securities. No further approval or authorization of
any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the
issuance and sale of the Securities. There are no stockholders
agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to
the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the
knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s
stockholders.
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SEC Reports; Financial
Statements. The Company has filed all reports,
schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by
the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding
the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law
or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including
the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein,
being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”)
on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing
and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such
extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports
complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities
Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when
filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements
of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects
with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of
the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of
filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles
applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except
as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the Note
thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all
footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects
the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as
of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows
for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements,
to normal, immaterial, year-end audit
adjustments.
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Material
Changes. Since the date of the latest audited financial
statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically
disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the date hereof and
for operating losses incurred in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past losses, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or
development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any
liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and
accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the
Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings
made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of
accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or
distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased,
redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its
capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to
any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company
stock option plans. The Company does not have pending before the
Commission any request for confidential treatment of
information. Except for the issuance of the Securities
contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth in the Disclosure
Schedules, no event, liability or development has occurred or exists with
respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective business,
properties, operations or financial condition, that would be required to
be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time
this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly
disclosed at least two Trading Days prior to the date that this
representation is made.
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Litigation. There
is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or
investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their
respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or
administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county,
local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”) which
(i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or
enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or
(ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any
director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action
involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state
securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There
has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or
contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or
any current or former director or officer of the Company. The
Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the
effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any
Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities
Act.
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Labor
Relations. No material labor dispute exists or, to the
knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees
of the Company which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’
employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s
relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining
agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their
relationships with their employees are good. No executive
officer, to the knowledge of the Company, is, or is now expected to be, in
violation of any material term of any employment contract,
confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or
non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any
restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued
employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the
foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in
compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and
regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and
conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to
be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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Compliance. Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is in default under or in violation of
(and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or
lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any
Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice
of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any
indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument
to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound
(whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in
violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body, or
(iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of
any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign,
federal, state and local laws applicable to its business and all such laws
that affect the environment, except in each case as could not have or
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
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Regulatory
Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all
certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate
federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to
conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports,
except where the failure to possess such permits could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material
Permits”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received
any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of
any Material Permit.
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Title to
Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and
marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good
and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is
material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case
free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens as do not 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 and the
Subsidiaries and Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes,
the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to
penalties. Any real property and facilities held under lease by
the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting
and enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in
compliance.
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Patents and
Trademarks. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or
have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks,
trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets,
inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights
and similar rights necessary or material for use in connection with their
respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the
failure to so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the
“Intellectual
Property Rights”). Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of the
Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or any Subsidiary
violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person. To the
knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are
enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any
of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its
Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the
secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual
properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. The Company has duly and properly filed or caused to be filed
with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the “PTO”) and
applicable foreign and international patent authorities all patent
applications owned by the Company (the “Company Patent
Applications”). To the knowledge of the Company, the Company has
complied with the PTO’s duty of candor and disclosure for the Company
Patent Applications and has made no material misrepresentation in the
Company Patent Applications. The Company is not aware of any
information material to a determination of patentability regarding the
Company Patent Applications not called to the attention of the PTO or
similar foreign authority. The Company is not aware of any
information not called to the attention of the PTO or similar foreign
authority that would preclude the grant of a patent for the Company Patent
Applications. The Company has no knowledge of any information
that would preclude the Company from having clear title to the Company
Patent Applications.
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Insurance. The
Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized
financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts
as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and
the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to, directors and
officers insurance coverage at least equal to the aggregate Subscription
Amount. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason
to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance
coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage
from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without
a significant increase in cost.
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Transactions with
Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC
Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the
knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company is
presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary
(other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including
any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing
of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to
or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director
or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which
any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or
is an officer, director, trustee or partner, in each case in excess of
$10,000 other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for
services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of
the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option
agreements under any stock option plan of the
Company.
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Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx;
Internal Accounting Controls. The Company is in material
compliance with all provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 which are
applicable to it as of the Closing Date. The Company and the
Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient
to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability,
(iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability
for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals
and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences. The Company has established disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))
for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to
ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the
reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the
Commission’s rules and forms. The Company’s certifying officers
have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and
procedures as of the end of the period covered by the Company’s most
recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the
“Evaluation
Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed
periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying
officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures
based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the
Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange
Act) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting.
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Certain
Fees. No brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are
or will be payable by the Investor to any broker, financial advisor or
consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other
Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents as a result of any action taken by the
Company.
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Private
Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Investor’s
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration
under the Securities Act or under any state securities or blue sky laws
(“Blue Sky Laws”) is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by
the Company to the Investor as contemplated hereby. The
issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the
rules and regulations of the OTC Bulletin
Board.
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Investment
Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of,
and immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be
or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall
conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
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Registration
Rights. No Person has any right to cause the Company to
effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the
Company.
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Listing and
Maintenance Requirements. The Common Stock is registered
pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken
no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the
effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the
Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the
Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. The
Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received
notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been
listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with
the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The
Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the
foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and
maintenance requirements.
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Application of
Takeover Protections. The Company and the Board of
Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render
inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison
pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other
similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s certificate of
incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of
incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Investor as a
result of the Investor and the Company fulfilling their obligations or
exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without
limitation as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the
Investor’s ownership of the
Securities.
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Disclosure. Except
with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that
neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of
the Investor or their agents or counsel with any information that it
believes constitutes or might constitute material, nonpublic
information. The Company understands and confirms that the
Investor will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting
transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure
furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Investor regarding the
Company, its business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including
the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, is true and correct and does
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or, when taken
together, omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading. The press releases disseminated by
the Company during the twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement
taken as a whole do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made and when made, not misleading. The
Company acknowledges and agrees that Investor does not make nor has made
any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3
hereof.
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No Integrated
Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Investor’s
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3, neither the
Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their
behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any
security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances
that would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with
prior offerings by the Company for purposes of (i) the Securities Act
which would require the registration of any such securities under the
Securities Act, or (ii) any applicable shareholder approval provisions of
the OTC Bulletin Board or any Trading Market on which any of the
securities of the Company are listed or
designated.
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Solvency. Based
on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing
Date after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds
from the sale of the Securities hereunder, (i) the fair saleable value of
the Company’s assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid
on or in respect of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities
(including known contingent liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the
Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on
its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including
its capital needs taking into account the particular capital requirements
of the business conducted by the Company, and projected capital
requirements and capital availability thereof, and (iii) the current cash
flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive,
were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all
anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or
in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be
paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its
ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing
and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its
debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or
circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for
reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws
of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing
Date.
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Tax
Status. Except for matters that would not, individually
or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each Subsidiary has filed all
necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and
has paid or accrued all taxes shown as due thereon, and the Company has no
knowledge of a tax deficiency which has been asserted or threatened
against the Company or any
Subsidiary.
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No General
Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any person acting
on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Securities by any
form of general solicitation or general advertising. The
Company has offered the Securities for sale only to the Investor and
certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under
the Securities Act.
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Foreign Corrupt
Practices. Neither the Company, nor to the knowledge of
the Company, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company,
has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions,
gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or
domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or
domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic
political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to
disclose fully any contribution made by the Company (or made by any person
acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation
of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as
amended.
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Accountants. The
Company’s accounting firm is Xxxxxxx & Company. To the
knowledge and belief of the Company, such accounting firm (i) is a
registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act and (ii)
shall express its opinion with respect to the financial statements to be
included in the Company’s Annual Report for the year ending December 31,
2009.
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No Disagreements with
Accountants and Lawyers. There are no disagreements of
any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by the Company to
arise, between the Company and the accountants and lawyers formerly or
presently employed by the Company, and the Company is not aware of any
circumstances with respect to its accountants or lawyers which could
affect the Company’s ability to perform any of its obligations under any
of the Transaction Documents.
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Regulation M
Compliance. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no
one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any
action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation
of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or
resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid
any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the securities of the
Company or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for
soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company, other
than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the
Company’s placement agent in connection with the placement of the
Securities.
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No Longer
“Shell”. The Company has not been a Shell Company since
December 28, 2006. The Company filed Form 10 Information with
the Commission in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Commission under the Exchange Act on or about December 29, 2006, and at
all times since such date the Company has been subject to the reporting
requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and timely filed
(or obtained extensions in respect thereof and filed within the applicable
grace period) all reports and other materials required to be filed
thereunder.
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Clinical
Studies. The clinical, pre-clinical and other studies
and tests conducted by or on behalf of or sponsored by the Company or in
which the Company or products or product candidates have participated that
are described in the SEC Reports were and, if still pending, are being
conducted in accordance in all material respects with all applicable
federal, state or foreign statutes, laws, rules and regulations, as
applicable (including, without limitation, those administered by the Food
and Drug Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (the “FDA”) or by any
foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority
performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA and current
Good Laboratory and Good Clinical Practices) and in accordance with
experimental protocols, procedures and controls pursuant to, where
applicable, accepted professional scientific methods. The descriptions in
the SEC Reports of the results of such studies, tests and trials are
accurate and complete in all material respects and fairly present the
published data derived from such studies, tests and trials. The
Company has not received any notices or other correspondence from the FDA
or any other foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory
authority performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA with
respect to any ongoing clinical or pre-clinical studies or tests requiring
the termination, suspension or material modification of such studies,
tests or preclinical or clinical trials, which termination, suspension or
material modification would reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. No filing or submission to the FDA or any other federal,
state or foreign regulatory body, that is intended to be the basis for any
approval, contains any material statement or material false
information. The Company is in compliance with all applicable
federal, state, local and foreign laws, regulations, orders and decrees
governing their business as prescribed by the FDA, or any other federal,
state or foreign agencies or bodies, including those bodies and agencies
engaged in the regulation of pharmaceuticals or biohazardous substances or
materials, except where noncompliance would not, singly or in the
aggregate, result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
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Representations
and Warranties of the Investor. The Investor represents
and warrants to the Company as
follows:
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3.1
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Authorization. The
Investor (i) has full power and authority to execute, deliver and perform
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party
and to incur the obligations herein and therein and (ii) if applicable,
has been authorized by all necessary corporate action to execute, deliver
and perform this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. Each of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents is a valid and binding
obligation of Investor enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
limited by applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium
or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and the
availability of equitable remedies (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or
equity).
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3.2 | Securities Laws Representations and Covenants of Investor. |
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This
Agreement is made with the Investor in reliance upon the Investor’s
representation to the Company, which by the Investor’s execution of this
Agreement the Investor hereby confirms, that the Securities to be received
by the Investor will be acquired for investment for the Investor’s own
account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or
distribution of any part thereof such that the Investor would constitute
an “underwriter” under the Securities Act. The Investor has not
granted any right to any other person to acquire the Securities purchased
by the Investor or the Underlying Shares except as permitted by the
Securities Act and Blue Sky Laws.
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The
Investor understands and acknowledges that the offering of the Securities
pursuant to this Agreement will not be registered under the Securities Act
or qualified under any Blue Sky Laws on the grounds that the offering and
sale of the Securities are exempt from registration and qualification,
respectively, under the Securities Act and the Blue Sky Laws, and that the
Company’s reliance upon such exemption is predicated upon the Investor’s
representations set forth in this
Agreement.
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The
Investor covenants that, unless the Securities, the Underlying Shares or
any other shares of capital stock of the Company received in respect of
the foregoing have been registered pursuant to the Securities Act, the
Investor will not dispose of such securities unless and until the Investor
shall have notified the Company of the proposed disposition and shall have
furnished the Company with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory
in form and substance to the Company and its counsel to the effect that
(i) such disposition will not require registration under the Securities
Act and (ii) appropriate action necessary for compliance with the
Securities Act and any applicable state, local or foreign law has been
taken; provided, however, that
the Investor may dispose of such securities without providing the opinion
referred to above if the Company has been provided with adequate
assurance, reasonably satisfactory to the Company and its counsel, that
such disposition is made in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities
Act (or any similar or analogous rule) and any applicable state, local or
foreign law.
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In
connection with the investment representations made herein, the Investor
represents that (i) the Investor is able to fend for itself in the
Contemplated Transactions; (ii) the Investor has such knowledge and
experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of
evaluating the merits and risks of the Investor’s prospective investment
in the Securities; (iii) the Investor has the ability to bear the economic
risks of the Investor’s prospective investment and can afford the complete
loss of such investment; (iv) the Investor has received all the
information it considers necessary or appropriate for deciding whether to
purchase the Shares; (v) the Investor has been furnished with and has had
access to such information as it has requested, including information to
verify the accuracy of the information supplied; and (vi) the Investor has
had access to officers of the Company and an opportunity to ask questions
of and receive answers from such officers and has had all questions that
have been asked by the Investor satisfactorily answered by the
Company.
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The
Investor further represents by execution of this Agreement that the
Investor qualifies as an “accredited investor” as such term is defined
under Rule 501 promulgated under the Securities Act. Any
Investor that is a corporation, a partnership, a trust or other business
entity further represents by execution of this Agreement that it has not
been organized for the purpose of purchasing the
Securities.
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By
acceptance hereof, the Investor agrees that the Securities, the Underlying
Shares and any shares of capital stock of the Company received in respect
of the foregoing held by it may not be sold by the Investor without
registration under the Securities Act or an exemption therefrom, and
therefore the Investor may be required to hold such securities for an
indeterminate period.
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3.3 | Legends. All certificates for the Securities, the Underlying Shares and each certificate representing any shares of capital stock of the Company received in respect of the foregoing, whether by reason of a stock split or share reclassification thereof, a stock dividend thereon or otherwise and each certificate for any such securities issued to subsequent transferees of any such certificate (unless otherwise permitted herein) shall bear the following legend: |
“THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933. SUCH
SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF REGISTRATION OR AN
EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT.”
In
addition, such certificates shall bear any legend that, in the opinion of the
Company’s counsel, is required under the other Transaction Documents or pursuant
to any state, local or foreign law governing the Securities and the Underlying
Shares.
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Brokers or
Finders. The Investor represents and warrants that
neither the Company nor the Investor has incurred, directly or indirectly,
as a result of any action taken by the Investor (assuming that no
unilateral action is taken by the Company), any liability for brokerage of
finders’ fees or agents’ commissions or any similar charges in connection
with this Agreement.
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Acknowledgment of
Reliance. The Investor hereby agrees and acknowledges
that the Company has been induced to enter into this Agreement and to
issue and sell the Shares hereunder, in part, based upon the
representations, warranties and covenants of the Investor contained
herein.
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Additional
Covenants of the Company.
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4.1
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Expenses;
Indemnification.
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The
Company agrees to pay on the Closing Date or prior to the date payment is
due and save the Investor harmless against liability for the payment of
(1) any stamp or similar taxes (including interest and penalties, if any)
that may be determined to be payable in respect of the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, the issue
and sale of the Securities and the Underlying Shares, (2) the expense of
preparing and issuing the Securities and the Underlying Shares, (3) the
cost of delivering the Securities and the Underlying Shares of the
Investor to the Investor’s home office, insured to the Investor’s
satisfaction, and (4) the costs and expenses incurred in the preparation
of all certificates and letters on behalf of the Company and of the
Company’s performance and compliance with all agreements and conditions
contained herein on its part to be performed or complied
with.
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The
Company will indemnify and hold Investor and its directors, officers,
shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other
Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such
titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each
Person who controls Investor (within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors,
officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any
other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such
titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such
controlling person (each, an “Investor
Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations,
claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all
judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable
attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any Investor Party may
suffer or incur with respect to any third party as a result of
or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties,
covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the
other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against Investor
in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any
stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of Investor, with
respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents (unless such action is based upon a breach of Investor’s
representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents
or any agreements or understandings Investor may have with any such
stockholder or any violations by the Investor of state or federal
securities laws or any conduct by Investor which constitutes fraud, gross
negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance). If any action
shall be brought against any Investor Party in respect of which indemnity
may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, Investor Party shall promptly
notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to
assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably
acceptable to the Investor Party. Any Investor Party shall have
the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in
the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at
the expense of Investor Party except to the extent that (i) the employment
thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii)
the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such
defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the
reasonable opinion of such separate counsel, a material conflict on any
material issue between the position of the Company and the position of
Investor Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the
reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate
counsel. The Company will not be liable to any Investor Party
under this Agreement (i) for any settlement by Investor Party effected
without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (ii) to the extent, but only to the
extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any
Investor Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties,
covenants or agreements made by Investor Party in this Agreement or in the
other Transaction Documents.
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Form
D. As soon as is practicable following the Closing, the
Company shall prepare and file with the SEC a Form D concerning the sale
of the Securities. Thereafter, the Company shall furnish such
information statements to the stockholders of the Company in accordance
with the appropriate SEC rules and regulations and shall take all such
other actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company
may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable Warrant Shares
upon the conversion of all Warrants from time to time
outstanding.
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Use of
Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from
the sale of the Securities hereunder for working capital purposes and
shall not use such proceeds for (a) the satisfaction of any portion of the
Company’s debt (other than payment of trade payables in the ordinary
course of the Company’s business and prior practices), (b) the redemption
of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, (c) the settlement of any
outstanding litigation, or (d) making any investments in securities or
otherwise purchasing any equity or debt securities, including without
limitation purchasing any corporate, governmental, municipal or
auction-rate bonds or other debts instruments (whether at auction, in the
open market or otherwise), any commercial or chattel paper, or any
certificates of deposit, or investing in any money market or mutual
funds.
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Securities Laws
Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall, by 8:30 a.m.
(New York City time) on the Trading Day following the date hereof or as
soon as practical thereafter and with the time limits prescribed by law,
issue a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing the material terms of the
transactions contemplated hereby and attaching the Transaction Documents
as exhibits thereto. The Company may also issue a press release
in conjunction with the filing of such Form 8-K announcing this
transaction. Company and Investor shall consult with each other
in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor Investor shall issue any
such press release or otherwise make any such public statement without the
prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of
Investor, or without the prior consent of Investor, with respect to any
press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be
withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in
which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party
with prior notice of such public statement or
communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall
not publicly disclose the name of Investor, or include the name of
Investor in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or
Trading Market, without the prior written consent of Investor, except (i)
as required by federal securities law in connection with (A) any
registration statement filed under the Securities Act covering the resale
of the Securities, and (B) the filing of final Transaction Documents
(including signature pages thereto) with the Commission and (ii) to the
extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations,
in which case the Company shall provide the Investor with prior notice of
such disclosure permitted under this clause
(ii).
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Reservation and
Listing of Securities.
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4.5.1
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The
Company shall maintain a reserve from its duly authorized shares of Common
Stock for issuance pursuant to the Transaction Documents in such amount as
may be required to fulfill its obligations in full under the Transaction
Documents.
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4.5.2
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If,
on any date, the number of authorized but unissued (and otherwise
unreserved) shares of Common Stock is less than the Required Minimum on
such date, then the Board of Directors shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to amend the Company’s certificate or articles of incorporation to
increase the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to
at least the Required Minimum at such time, as soon as possible and in any
event not later than the 75th day after such
date.
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4.5.3
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The
Company shall apply for, to the extent necessary, and cause all Underlying
Shares to be listed, quoted and traded on the OTC Bulletin Board promptly
following the Closing Date. The Company shall (i) if applicable
in the time and manner required by the OTC Bulletin Board, prepare and
file with such market an additional shares listing application covering a
number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the Required Minimum on
the date of such application, (ii) take all steps necessary to cause such
shares of Common Stock to be approved for listing on such market as soon
as possible thereafter, (iii) provide to the Investor evidence of such
listing, and (iv) maintain the listing or quoting of the Company’s Common
Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board or another Trading Market so long as the
Investor holds any Securities, including without limitation the Underlying
Shares on any date at least equal to the Required Minimum on such
date.
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5.
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Miscellaneous.
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5.1
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Entire Agreement;
Successors and Assigns. This Agreement (including all
schedules and exhibits thereto) constitutes the entire contract between
the parties relative to the subject matter hereof and
thereof. Any previous agreement among the parties with respect
to the sale of Securities is superseded by this Agreement. The
terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and
be binding upon the respective executors, administrators, heirs,
successors and assigns of the parties. Except as expressly
provided herein, nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is
intended to confer upon any party, other than the parties hereto, any
rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this
Agreement.
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5.2
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Survival of
Representations and Warranties. Each of the Company on
the one hand and the Investor on the other hand has the right to reply
upon the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the
other party contained in this Agreement and the Closing Certificate,
subject in the case of the Company’s representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements the to information set forth in the Company
Disclosure Letter and the documents referenced therein. All
representations and warranties of the parties set forth in this Agreement
and the Closing Certificate shall survive the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and the Closing hereunder and shall continue in full force
and effect for twenty-four (24) months after the
Closing.
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5.3
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Governing Law;
Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without
regard to principles of conflicts of law. Each party hereby
irrevocably consents and submits to the jurisdiction of any Delaware State
or United States Federal Court sitting in the State of Delaware, over any
action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement and
irrevocably consents to the service of any and all process in any such
action or proceeding by registered mail addressed to such party at its
address specified herein. Each party further waives any
objection to venue in Delaware and any objection to an action or
proceeding in such state on the basis of forum
non-conveniens. Each party also waives any right to trial by
jury.
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5.4
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Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and
the same instrument.
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5.5
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Headings. The
headings of the sections of this Agreement are for convenience and shall
not by themselves determine the interpretation of this
Agreement.
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5.6
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Notices. Any
notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing and shall
be deemed effectively given upon personal delivery and if a fax number has
been provided, upon delivery (with answerback confirmed), addressed to a
party at its address and the fax number, if any, shown below or at such
other address and fax number as such party may designate by three days
advance notice to the other party.
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Any
notice to the Investor shall be sent to the addresses set forth on the signature
pages hereof, with a copy to:
McLane,
Graf, Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, Professional Association
000 Xxx
Xxxxxx
X.X. Xxx
000
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx, Esquire
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Fax: 000-000-0000
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Any
notice to the Company shall be sent to:
International
Stem Cell Corporation
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
with a
copy to:
DLA Piper
US LLP
0000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxx, Esquire
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
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5.7
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Rights of
Transferees. Any and all rights and obligations of the
Investor herein incident to the ownership of the Securities or the
Underlying Shares shall pass successively to all subsequent transferees of
such securities, provided that such transfers are made in accordance with
the requirements and restrictions governing transfer of the Securities in
the Transaction Documents, until extinguished pursuant to the terms
hereof.
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5.8
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Severability. Whenever
possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such a
manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any
provision of this Agreement shall be deemed prohibited or invalid under
such applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or invalidity, and such prohibition or invalidity shall
not invalidate the remainder of such provision or any other provision of
this Agreement.
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5.9
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Public
Statements. Neither the Company nor the Investor shall
make any public statement about the Contemplated Transactions without the
prior written consent of the other party, unless that party determines in
good faith, on the advice of legal counsel, that public disclosure is
required by law, in which case that party shall consult with the other
party prior to making a
statement.
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5.10
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Amendments and
Waivers. Unless a particular provision or section of
this Agreement requires otherwise explicitly in a particular instance, any
provision of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any
provision of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a
particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with
the written consent of the Company and subscribers for or holders of
fifty-five percent (55%) of the aggregate Shares or then-outstanding
Shares, respectively. Any amendment or waiver effected in
accordance with this Section 5.11 shall be binding upon each holder of any
Securities purchased under this Agreement at the time outstanding
(including the Underlying Shares), each future holder of all such
Securities (including the Underlying Shares), and the
Company.
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SIGNATURE
PAGE
TO
INTERNATIONAL
STEM CELL CORPORATION
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
executed this Agreement this 20th day of
August, 2008.
X-MASTER,
INC.
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By:
/s/Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Title: President
Address: 0
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, #00
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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ACCEPTED
AND AGREED:
INTERNATIONAL
STEM CELL CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
Title: CEO
Dated: August 20,
2008
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SCHEDULES
AND EXHIBITS TO THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
Schedule 2.1 | Subsidiaries |
Schedule 2.7 | Capitalization Table |
Exhibit 1: | Form of Certificate of Designation |
Exhibit 2: | Form of Opinion |
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