EXHIBIT
10.24
PLACEMENT
AGENCY AGREEMENT
April
, 2018
X.X.
Xxxxxxxxxx & Co., LLC
000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Introduction.
Subject to the terms and conditions herein (this “Agreement”), Medical Transcription Billing, Corp., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), hereby agrees to sell up to an aggregate of 400,000 registered shares (the “Shares”)
of the Company’s 11% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Preferred
Stock”) (the “Securities”), directly to various investors (each, an “Investor”
and, collectively, the “Investors”) through X.X. Xxxxxxxxxx & Co., LLC, as lead placement agent (the “Placement
Agent”). The documents executed and delivered by the Company and the Placement Agent, including this Agreement, shall
be collectively referred to herein as the “Transaction Documents.” The purchase price to the Investors for
each Share is $25.00. The Placement Agent may retain other brokers or dealers to act as sub-agents or selected-dealers on its
behalf in connection with the Offering.
The
Company hereby confirms its agreement with the Placement Agent as follows:
(a) On
the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company herein contained, and subject to all the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Placement Agent shall be the exclusive lead Placement Agent in connection with the offering
and sale by the Company of the Securities pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-223886)
(the “Registration Statement”), with the terms of such offering (the “Offering”) to be subject
to market conditions and negotiations between the Company, the Placement Agent and the prospective Investors. The Placement Agent
will act on a reasonable best efforts basis and the Company agrees and acknowledges that there is no guarantee of the successful
placement of the Securities, or any portion thereof, in the prospective Offering. Under no circumstances will the Placement Agent
or any of its “Affiliates” (as defined below) be obligated to underwrite or purchase any of the Shares for its own
account or otherwise provide any financing. The Placement Agent shall act solely as the Company’s agent and not as principal.
The Placement Agent shall have no authority to bind the Company with respect to any prospective offer to purchase Shares and the
Company shall have the sole right to accept offers to purchase Shares and may reject any such offer, in whole or in part. Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of, the Securities shall be made at one or
more closings (each a “Closing” and the date on which each Closing occurs, a “Closing Date”).
As compensation for services rendered, on each Closing Date, the Company shall pay to the Placement Agent the fees and expenses
set forth below:
(i) A
cash fee equal to 10% of the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Securities at the closing of the Offering
(the “Closing”).
(ii) The
Company also agrees to pay the Placement Agent up to $25,000 for the fees and expenses of its legal counsel. Up to $10,000 of
additional actual costs related to clearing and settlement of the Securities shall be reimbursable to the Placement Agent.
(b) The
term of the Placement Agent’s exclusive engagement will be until the completion of the Offering (the “Exclusive
Term”); provided, however, that a party hereto may terminate the engagement with respect to itself at
any time upon 10 days written notice to the other parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the provisions
concerning confidentiality, indemnification and contribution contained herein and the Company’s obligations contained in
the indemnification provisions will survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement, and the Company’s obligation
to pay fees actually earned and payable and to reimburse expenses actually incurred and reimbursable pursuant to Section 1 hereof
and which are permitted to be reimbursed under FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(D), will survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement.
Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to limit the ability of the Placement Agent or its Affiliates to pursue, investigate,
analyze, invest in, or engage in investment banking, financial advisory or any other business relationship with Persons (as defined
below) other than the Company. As used herein (i) “Persons” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust,
incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency
or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind and (ii) “Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person as such terms are used
in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
(a) Securities
Law Filings. The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) the Registration
Statement under the Securities Act, which was filed on Xxxxx 00, 0000 (Xxxx No. 333- 223886 )
for the registration under the Securities Act of the Securities, which included a preliminary prospectus of even date therewith
or as amended, called the “Preliminary Prospectus”. Following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement,
the Company will file with the Commission, if required by the rules and regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”)
of the Commission promulgated thereunder, a final prospectus relating to the placement of the Securities and will advise the Placement
Agent of all further information (financial and other) with respect to the Company required to be set forth therein. Such registration
statement, at any given time, including the exhibits thereto filed at such time, as amended at such time, is hereinafter called
the “Registration Statement”; such final prospectus in the form in which filed with the Commission is hereinafter
called the “Prospectus”. The Registration Statement at the time it originally becomes effective is hereinafter
called the “Original Registration Statement.” Any reference in this Agreement to the Registration Statement,
the Original Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the
documents incorporated by reference therein (the “Incorporated Documents”), if any, which were or are filed
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), at any given time, as the case
may be; and any reference in this Agreement to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement”
with respect to the Registration Statement, the Original Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus
shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the date of this Agreement, or
the issue date of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference.
All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,”
“included,” “described,” “referenced,” “set forth” or “stated” in
the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus 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 the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be. The Company has
not received any notice that the Commission has issued or intends to issue a stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or the use of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or intends to commence a proceeding for any such purpose.
(b) Assurances.
The Original Registration Statement, as amended, (and any further documents to be filed with the Commission) contains all exhibits
and schedules as required by the Securities Act. Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto,
at the time it became effective, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations
and did 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. The Preliminary Prospectus, and the Prospectus, each as of its respective
date, comply or will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations. Each of
the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, did not and will not contain as of the date thereof
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Incorporated Documents, when they were filed with the
Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, and none of such documents, when they were filed with the Commission, contained any untrue statement of
a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein (with respect to Incorporated Documents
incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus), in light of the circumstances under which they were made
not misleading. No post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement reflecting any facts or events arising after the date
thereof which represent, individually or in the aggregate, a fundamental change in the information set forth therein is required
to be filed with the Commission. Except for this Agreement, there are no documents required to be filed with the Commission in
connection with the transaction contemplated hereby that (x) have not been filed as required pursuant to the Securities Act or
(y) will not be filed within the requisite time period. Except for this Agreement, there are no contracts or other documents required
to be described in the Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, or to be filed as exhibits or schedules to the Registration Statement,
which have not been described or filed as required.
(c) Offering
Materials. Neither the Company nor any of its directors and officers has distributed and none of them will distribute, prior
to each Closing Date, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Company Free Writing Prospectus, the Registration Statement, copies of the documents incorporated
by reference therein and any other materials permitted by the Securities Act.
(d) Subsidiaries.
All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company (the “Subsidiaries”) are set forth in the Incorporated
Documents. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free
and clear of any liens, charges, security interests, encumbrances, rights of first refusal, preemptive rights or other restrictions
(collectively, “Liens”), except for one share of capital stock of Medical Transcription Billing, Corp. (Private) Limited
owned by Xxxxxx Xxx, Executive Chairman of the Board. 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.
(e) 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, 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 nor 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 this Agreement or any other agreement entered into between the Company and the Investors, (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 this Agreement or the transactions contemplated under the Prospectus (any of (i),
(ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”) and no an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including,
without limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened (“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.
(f) Authorization;
Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Prospectus and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution
and delivery of each of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
and under the Prospectus have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is
required by the Company, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors”) or the Company’s
stockholders in connection herewith or therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals (as defined below). This
Agreement has been duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, 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.
(g) No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated pursuant
to the Prospectus, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby to which it is a party 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,
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.
(h) 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 this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
pursuant to the Prospectus, other than: (i) the filing with the Commission of the Prospectus, (ii) application(s) to the Nasdaq
Capital Market (the “Trading Market”) for the listing of the Securities for trading thereon in the time, manner
and to the extent required by the Trading Market and (iii) such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities
laws (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).
(i) Issuance
of the Securities; Registration. The Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the Prospectus,
will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company.
(j) Capitalization.
The capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the SEC Reports. The Company has not issued any capital stock since its most
recently filed periodic or current report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options
or restricted stock units 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 and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents
outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. 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, right, option, warrant 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. 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 Shares or as disclosed 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 Preferred Stock, Common Stock or the capital stock of any Subsidiary, or contracts, commitments,
understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Preferred
Stock, Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or capital stock of any Subsidiary. The issuance and sale of the Shares will not
obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to issue shares of Preferred Stock, Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other
than the Purchasers) 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. There are no securities of the Company or any Subsidiary that have any anti-dilution
or similar adjustment rights (other than adjustments for stock splits, recapitalizations, and the like) to the exercise or conversion
price, have any exchange rights, or reset rights. Except for the redemption terms of the Preferred Stock and company rights of
repurchase that may be applicable to exercised stock options or to restricted stock units, there are no outstanding securities
or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary that contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts,
commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to redeem a security
of the Company or such Subsidiary. Except as provided in the Company’s equity incentive plan, the Company does not have
any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement. All of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, 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 Shares. 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.
(k) 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, together with
the Preliminary Prospectus, Company Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus, 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 Company has
never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. 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 notes 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.
(l) Material
Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. 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, (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 common 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 equity incentive 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, no event, liability, fact, circumstance,
occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or its
Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, prospects, properties, operations, assets 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 one (1) Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.
(m) Litigation.
Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, 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 this Agreement and the transactions contemplated pursuant to the Prospectus 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 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.
(n) 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 of the Company or any
Subsidiary, 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.
(o) 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 judgment, decree or order of any
court, arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation
of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental
protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as
could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(p) Environmental
Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign laws relating to pollution
or protection of human health or the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface
strata), including laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants,
or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise
relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials,
as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands, or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice
letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations, issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder (“Environmental Laws”);
(ii) have received all permits licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their
respective businesses; and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where
in each clause (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate,
a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) 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.
(r) 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 securing bank indebtedness owed to Silicon Valley Bank, 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, for which appropriate
reserves have been made therefor in accordance with GAAP and, 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.
(s) 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 required 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”). None of, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any
of, the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be abandoned,
within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received, since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, a written notice of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge
that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as could not have or reasonably
be expected to not have a Material Adverse Effect. 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.
(t) 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. 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.
(u) Transactions
With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company or
any Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary 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, providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of money to 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, stockholder, member or partner, in each case
in excess of $120,000 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.
(v) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx;
Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with any and all applicable requirements
of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated
by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and 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 and the Subsidiaries have established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)
and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries 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 of the Company and the Subsidiaries
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 internal control over financial
reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) of the Company and its Subsidiaries that have materially affected, or
is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(w) Certain
Fees. Except as set forth in the Prospectus, no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by
the Company to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with
respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the transactions contemplated pursuant to the Prospectus. The Investors
shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees
of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated pursuant to the Prospectus.
(x) 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 an “investment company” subject
to registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(y) Registration
Rights. Except as set forth in SEC Reports and for piggy-back registration rights granted to Opus Bank for the common stock
underlying its warrants, no Person has any right to cause the Company or any Subsidiary to effect the registration under the Securities
Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary.
(z) Listing
and Maintenance Requirements. The Preferred Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 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 Preferred 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 Preferred 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 with respect to the Preferred Stock. (The Company received a letter
from Nasdaq on June 24, 2016 notifying the Company that it had 180 calendar days to regain compliance with the $1.00 minimum bid
price for its common stock, or to request an additional 180 calendar days. On December 14, 2016, the Company made the request
for an additional 180 calendar days to regain compliance, which was granted by Nasdaq. The Company has since regained compliance
with this requirement and received notification of this from Nasdaq on May 10, 2017.) 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. The
Preferred Stock is currently eligible for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing
corporation and the Company is current in payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company (or such other established clearing
corporation) in connection with such electronic transfer.
(aa)
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 antitakeover 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 Investors as a result of
the Investors and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated pursuant to the Prospectus, including without limitation as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities
and the Investors’ ownership of the Securities.
(bb) Disclosure.
Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated pursuant to the Prospectus, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided
any of the Investors or their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material,
non-public information which is not otherwise disclosed in the Preliminary Prospectus, any Company Free Writing Prospectus or
the Prospectus. The Company understands and confirms that the Investors will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting
transactions in securities of the Company. All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Investors regarding
the Company and, its Subsidiaries, their respective businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby is true and correct and
does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or 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.
(cc) No
Integrated Offering. 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 any applicable
shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.
(dd) Solvency.
Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of each Closing Date and except as set forth in the SEC Reports,
after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder, (i) the anticipated
fair saleable value of the Company’s business and its 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, consolidated 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 each Closing Date. As of the date hereof, there has been no material
change to the Indebtedness set forth in SEC Reports, detailing all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company
or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness”
means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred
in the ordinary course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness
of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet (or the notes
thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the
ordinary course of business; and (z) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to
be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Except as described in the SEC Reports, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default
with respect to any Indebtedness.
(ee) 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 its Subsidiaries each (i) has made or filed all United States federal, state and local
income and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is
subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined
to be due on such returns, reports and declarations and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the
payment of all material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There
are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of
the Company or of any Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.
(ff) Foreign
Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent
or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, 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 any Subsidiary (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.
(gg) Accountants.
The Company’s accounting firm is Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP. 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 fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.
(hh) 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, 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.
(ii) Office
of Foreign Assets Control. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer,
agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office
of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”).
(jj) U.S.
Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the
meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon Investor’s
request.
(kk) Bank
Holding Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding Company
Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
(the “Federal Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates owns or controls, directly
or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent or
more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank
or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.
(ll) Money
Laundering. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with
applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970,
as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money
Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body
or any arbitrator involving the Company with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened.
(mm) Certificates.
Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to the Placement Agent or to counsel for the Placement Agent
shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company to the Placement Agent as to the matters set forth therein.
(nn) Reliance.
The Company acknowledges that the Placement Agent will rely upon the accuracy and truthfulness of the foregoing representations
and warranties and hereby consents to such reliance.
(oo) FINRA
Affiliations. There are no affiliations with any FINRA member firm among the Company’s officers, directors or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any five percent (5%) or greater stockholder of the Company, except for Xxxx X. Xxxx, a director of
the Company.
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Delivery
and Payment. Each Closing shall occur at the offices of Sichenzia Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx LLP, 1185 Avenue of the Xxxxxxxx,
00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 (or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Placement Agent and the Company)
(“Placement Agent Counsel”). Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at each Closing payment of the
purchase price for the Securities sold on such Closing Date shall be made by Federal Funds wire transfer, against delivery
of such Securities, and such Securities shall be registered in such name or names and shall be in such denominations, as the
Placement Agent may request at least one business day before the time of purchase (as defined below). |
Deliveries
of the documents with respect to the purchase of the Securities, if any, shall be made at the offices of Placement Agent Counsel.
All actions taken at a Closing shall be deemed to have occurred simultaneously.
(a) Registration
Statement Matters. The Company will advise the Placement Agent promptly after it receives notice thereof of the time when
any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to any Prospectus or any amended
Prospectus has been filed and will furnish the Placement Agent with copies thereof. The Company will file promptly all reports
and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section
13(a), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of any Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus
is required in connection with the Offering. The Company will advise the Placement Agent, promptly after it receives notice thereof
(i) of any request by the Commission to amend the Registration Statement or to amend or supplement any Prospectus or for additional
information, and (ii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
or any post-effective amendment thereto or any order directed at any Incorporated Document, if any, or any amendment or supplement
thereto or any order preventing or suspending the use of the Preliminary Prospectus or any Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto or any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities
for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the institution or threatened institution of any proceeding for any such purpose,
or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or a Prospectus or for additional
information. The Company shall use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or prevention or suspension
of such use. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order or order or notice of prevention or suspension at any time, the
Company will use its best efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment, or will file a new registration
statement and use its best efforts to have such new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable. Additionally,
the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A, 430B and 430C, as applicable, under the Securities
Act, including with respect to the timely filing of documents thereunder, and will use its reasonable efforts to confirm that
any filings made by the Company under such Rule 424(b) are received in a timely manner by the Commission.
(b) Blue
Sky Compliance. The Company will cooperate with the Placement Agent and the Investors in endeavoring to qualify the Securities
for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions (United States and foreign) as the Placement Agent and the Investors
may reasonably request and will make such applications, file such documents, and furnish such information as may be reasonably
required for that purpose, provided the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general
consent to service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or required to file such a consent, and provided
further that the Company shall not be required to produce any new disclosure document other than a Prospectus. The Company will,
from time to time, prepare and file such statements, reports and other documents as are or may be required to continue such qualifications
in effect for so long a period as the Placement Agent may reasonably request for distribution of the Securities. The Company will
advise the Placement Agent promptly of the suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating
to) the Securities 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 at the earliest possible moment.
(c) Amendments
and Supplements to a Prospectus and Other Matters. The Company will comply with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as
contemplated in this Agreement, the Incorporated Documents and any Prospectus. If during the period in which a prospectus is required
by law to be delivered in connection with the distribution of Securities contemplated by the Incorporated Documents or any Prospectus
(the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), any event shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company
or in the opinion of the Placement Agent or counsel for the Placement Agent, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Incorporated
Documents or any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, as the case may be, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Incorporated
Documents or any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any Incorporated Document to comply with
any law, the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, and furnish at its own expense to the Placement Agent
and to dealers, an appropriate amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Incorporated
Documents or any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus that is necessary in order to make the statements in the Incorporated Documents
and any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus as so amended or supplemented, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, as the case may be, not misleading, or so that the Registration Statement, the Incorporated Documents or any Preliminary
Prospectus or Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, will comply with law. Before amending the Registration Statement or supplementing
the Incorporated Documents or any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus in connection with the Offering, the Company will furnish
the Placement Agent with a copy of such proposed amendment or supplement and will not file any such amendment or supplement to
which the Placement Agent reasonably objects.
(d) Copies
of any Amendments and Supplements to a Prospectus. The Company will furnish the Placement Agent, without charge, during the
period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the last Closing Date of the Offering, as many copies of the Incorporated
Documents and any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto (including any Incorporated
Documents, if any) as the Placement Agent may reasonably request.
(e) Free
Writing Prospectus. The Company covenants that it will not, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Placement Agent,
make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a Company Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute
a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act) required to be filed by the Company
with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the Securities Act. In the event that the Placement Agent expressly
consents in writing to any such free writing prospectus (a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”), the Company
covenants that it shall (i) treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as a Company Free Writing Prospectus, and (ii) comply
with the requirements of Rule 164 and 433 of the Securities Act applicable to such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including
in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(f) Transfer
Agent. The Company will maintain, at its expense, a registrar and transfer agent for the Preferred Stock.
(g) Earnings
Statement. As soon as practicable and in accordance with applicable requirements under the Securities Act, but in any event
not later than 18 months after the last Closing Date, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to
the Placement Agent an earnings statement, covering a period of at least 12 consecutive months beginning after the last Closing
Date, that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) and Rule 158 under the Securities Act.
(h) Periodic
Reporting Obligations. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will duly file, on a timely basis, with the Commission
and the Trading Market all reports and documents required to be filed under the Exchange Act within the time periods and in the
manner required by the Exchange Act.
(i) Omitted.
(j) No
Manipulation of Price. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in,
or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities
of the Company.
(k) Acknowledgment.
The Company acknowledges that any advice given by the Placement Agent to the Company is solely for the benefit and use of the
Board of Directors of the Company and may not be used, reproduced, disseminated, quoted or referred to, without the Placement
Agent’s prior written consent.
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Conditions
of the Obligations of the Placement Agent. The obligations of the Placement Agent hereunder shall be subject to the accuracy
of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company set forth in Section 2 hereof, in each case as of the date
hereof and as of each Closing Date as though then made, to the timely performance by each of the Company of its covenants
and other obligations hereunder on and as of such dates, and to each of the following additional conditions: |
(a) Accountants’
Comfort Letter. On the initial Closing Date, the Placement Agent shall have received, and the Company shall have caused to
be delivered to the Placement Agent, a letter from Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP (the independent registered public accounting firm of the
Company), addressed to the Placement Agent, dated as of the initial Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Placement
Agent. The letter shall not disclose any change in the condition (financial or other), earnings, operations, business or prospects
of the Company from that set forth in the Incorporated Documents or the applicable Prospectus, which, in the Placement Agent’s
sole judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in the Placement Agent’s sole judgment, impracticable or inadvisable
to proceed with the Offering of the Securities as contemplated by such Prospectus.
(b) Compliance
with Registration Requirements; No Stop Order; No Objection from the FINRA. Each Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus (in
accordance with Rule 424(b)) and “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act),
if any, shall have been duly filed with the Commission, as appropriate; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened
by the Commission; no order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus shall have been issued
and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; no order having the effect of ceasing
or suspending the distribution of the Securities or any other securities of the Company shall have been issued by any securities
commission, securities regulatory authority or stock exchange and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or
shall be pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, contemplated by any securities commission, securities regulatory authority
or stock exchange; all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with; and the
FINRA shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the placement terms and arrangements.
(c) Corporate
Proceedings. All corporate proceedings and other legal matters in connection with this Agreement, the Registration Statement
and each Prospectus, and the registration, sale and delivery of the Securities, shall have been completed or resolved in a manner
reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent’s counsel, and such counsel shall have been furnished with such papers and
information as it may reasonably have requested to enable such counsel to pass upon the matters referred to in this Section 5.
(d) No
Material Adverse Change. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to each Closing Date, in the
Placement Agent’s sole judgment after consultation with the Company, there shall not have occurred any Material Adverse
Change or Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Opinion
of Counsel for the Company. The Placement Agent shall have received on each Closing Date the favorable opinion of US legal
counsel to the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, including, without limitation, a negative assurance letter addressed to
the Placement Agent and in form and substance satisfactory to the Placement Agent.
(f) Officers’
Certificate. The Placement Agent shall have received on each Closing Date a certificate of the Company, dated as of such Closing
Date, signed by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, to the effect that, and the Placement
Agent shall be satisfied that, the signers of such certificate have reviewed the Registration Statement, the Incorporated Documents,
any Prospectus, and this Agreement and to the further effect that:
(i) The
representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, as if made on and as of such Closing Date,
and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
at or prior to such Closing Date;
(ii) No
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the use of the Preliminary Prospectus or any Prospectus
has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened under the Securities Act; no order having the effect of ceasing or suspending the distribution of the Securities or
any other securities of the Company has been issued by any securities commission, securities regulatory authority or stock exchange
in the United States and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
contemplated by any securities commission, securities regulatory authority or stock exchange in the United States;
(iii) When
the Registration Statement became effective, at the time of sale, and at all times subsequent thereto up to the delivery of such
certificate, the Registration Statement and the Incorporated Documents, if any, when such documents became effective or were filed
with the Commission, contained all material information required to be included therein by the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, as the case may be, and in all material respects conformed
to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder,
as the case may be, and the Registration Statement and the Incorporated Documents, if any, did not and do not include 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, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (provided, however, that the preceding representations
and warranties contained in this paragraph (iii) shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity
with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Placement Agent expressly for use therein) and, since the effective
date of the Registration Statement, there has occurred no event required by the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder to be set forth in the Incorporated Documents which has not been so set forth; and
(iv) Subsequent
to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Incorporated Documents and any Prospectus,
there has not been: (a) any Material Adverse Change; (b) any transaction that is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries
taken as a whole, except transactions entered into in the ordinary course of business; (c) any obligation, direct or contingent,
that is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary, except obligations
incurred in the ordinary course of business; (d) any material change in the capital stock (except changes thereto resulting from
the exercise of outstanding stock options or warrants) or outstanding indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary; (e) any dividend
or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made on the capital stock of the Company; or (f) any loss or damage (whether or
not insured) to the property of the Company or any Subsidiary which has been sustained or will have been sustained which has a
Material Adverse Effect.
(g) Bring-down
Comfort Letter. On each Closing Date that is subsequent to the initial Closing Date, the Placement Agent shall have
received from Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, or such other independent registered public accounting firm of the Company, a letter dated as
of such Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Placement Agent, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements
made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 5, except that the specified date referred to therein
for the carrying out of procedures shall be no more than three business days prior to such Closing Date.
(h) Stock
Exchange Listing. The Preferred Stock shall be registered under the Exchange Act and shall be listed on the Trading Market,
and the Company shall not have taken any action designed to terminate, or likely to have the effect of terminating, the registration
of the Preferred Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting or suspending from trading the Preferred Stock from the Trading Market,
nor shall the Company have received any information suggesting that the Commission or the Trading Market is contemplating terminating
such registration or listing.
(i) Additional
Documents. On or before each Closing Date, the Placement Agent and counsel for the Placement Agent shall have received such
information and documents as they may reasonably require for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale
of the Securities as contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations and warranties, or
the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements, herein contained.
(j) Subsequent
Equity Sales. From the date hereof until 90 days after the Closing Date, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall issue,
enter into any agreement to issue or announce the issuance or proposed issuance of any shares of Preferred Stock, Common Stock
or Common Stock Equivalents without written approval from the Placement Agent.
If
any condition specified in this Section 5 is not satisfied when and as required to be satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated
by the Placement Agent by notice to the Company at any time on or prior to a Closing Date, which termination shall be without
liability on the part of any party to any other party, except that Section 6 (Payment of Expenses), Section 7 (Indemnification
and Contribution) and Section 8 (Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery) shall at all times be effective and shall
survive such termination.
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Payment
of Expenses. The Company agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with the performance
of its obligations hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and, except as otherwise provided
herein, the Company shall not pay for any costs, fees or expenses incurred by the Placement Agent in connection with the performance
of its obligations hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. |
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Indemnification
and Contribution. |
(a) The
Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Placement Agent, its affiliates and each person controlling the Placement Agent
(within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act), and the directors, officers, agents and employees of the Placement Agent,
its affiliates and each such controlling person (the Placement Agent, and each such entity or person. an “Indemnified
Person”) from and against any losses, claims, damages, judgments, assessments, costs and other liabilities (collectively,
the “Liabilities”), and shall reimburse each Indemnified Person for all fees and expenses (including the reasonable
fees and expenses of one counsel for all Indemnified Persons, except as otherwise expressly provided herein) (collectively, the
“Expenses”) as they are incurred by an Indemnified Person in investigating, preparing, pursuing or defending
any Actions, whether or not any Indemnified Person is a party thereto, (i) caused by, or arising out of or in connection with,
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Incorporated Document or by any omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading (other than untrue statements or alleged untrue statements in, or omissions or alleged omissions
from, information relating to an Indemnified Person furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person expressly
for use in the Incorporated Documents) or (ii) otherwise arising out of or in connection with advice or services rendered or to
be rendered by any Indemnified Person pursuant to this Agreement, the transactions contemplated thereby or any Indemnified Person’s
actions or inactions in connection with any such advice, services or transactions; provided, however, that, in the case
of clause (ii) only, the Company shall not be responsible for any Liabilities or Expenses of any Indemnified Person that are finally
judicially determined to have resulted solely from such Indemnified Person’s (x) gross negligence or willful misconduct
in connection with any of the advice, actions, inactions or services referred to above or (y) use of any offering materials or
information concerning the Company in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities in the Offering which were not authorized
for such use by the Company and which use constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Company also agrees to reimburse
each Indemnified Person for all Expenses as they are incurred in connection with enforcing such Indemnified Person’s rights
under this Agreement.
(b) Upon
receipt by an Indemnified Person of actual notice of an Action against such Indemnified Person with respect to which indemnity
may be sought under this Agreement, such Indemnified Person shall promptly notify the Company in writing; provided that failure
by any Indemnified Person so to notify the Company shall not relieve the Company from any liability which the Company may have
on account of this indemnity or otherwise to such Indemnified Person, except to the extent the Company shall have been prejudiced
by such failure. The Company shall, if requested by the Placement Agent, assume the defense of any such Action including the employment
of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent, which counsel may also be counsel to the Company. Any Indemnified Person
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 such Indemnified Person unless: (i) the Company has failed promptly to assume the defense
and employ counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such Action (including any impeded parties) include such Indemnified Person
and the Company, and such Indemnified Person shall have been advised in the reasonable opinion of counsel that there is an actual
conflict of interest that prevents the counsel selected by the Company from representing both the Company (or another client of
such counsel) and any Indemnified Person; provided that the Company shall not in such event be responsible hereunder for the fees
and expenses of more than one firm of separate counsel for all Indemnified Persons in connection with any Action or related Actions,
in addition to any local counsel. The Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any Action effected without its written
consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld). In addition, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the
Placement Agent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in or otherwise
seek to terminate any pending or threatened Action in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder
(whether or not such Indemnified Person is a party thereto) unless such settlement, compromise, consent or termination includes
an unconditional release of each Indemnified Person from all Liabilities arising out of such Action for which indemnification
or contribution may be sought hereunder. The indemnification required hereby shall be made by periodic payments of the amount
thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as such expense, loss, damage or liability is incurred and is due and
payable.
(c) In
the event that the foregoing indemnity is unavailable to an Indemnified Person other than in accordance with this Agreement, the
Company shall contribute to the Liabilities and Expenses paid or payable by such Indemnified Person in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect (i) the relative benefits to the Company, on the one hand, and to the Placement Agent and any other Indemnified Person,
on the other hand, of the matters contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by the immediately preceding
clause is not permitted by applicable law, not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company, on the
one hand, and the Placement Agent and any other Indemnified Person, on the other hand, in connection with the matters as to which
such Liabilities or Expenses relate, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided that in no event shall the
Company contribute less than the amount necessary to ensure that all Indemnified Persons, in the aggregate, are not liable for
any Liabilities and Expenses in excess of the amount of fees actually received by the Placement Agent pursuant to this Agreement.
For purposes of this paragraph, the relative benefits to the Company, on the one hand, and to the Placement Agent on the other
hand, of the matters contemplated by this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as (a) the total value paid or
contemplated to be paid to or received or contemplated to be received by the Company in the transaction or transactions that are
within the scope of this Agreement, whether or not any such transaction is consummated, bears to (b) the fees paid to the Placement
Agent under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the above, no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the Securities Act, as amended, shall be entitled to contribution from a party who was not guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation.
(d) The
Company also agrees that no Indemnified Person shall have any liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract or tort or otherwise)
to the Company for or in connection with advice or services rendered or to be rendered by any Indemnified Person pursuant to this
Agreement, the transactions contemplated thereby or any Indemnified Person’s actions or inactions in connection with any
such advice, services or transactions except for Liabilities (and related Expenses) of the Company that are finally judicially
determined to have resulted solely from such Indemnified Person’s fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection
with any such advice, actions, inactions or services.
(e) The
reimbursement, indemnity and contribution obligations of the Company set forth herein shall apply to any modification of this
Agreement and shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any termination of, or the completion of any Indemnified Person’s
services under or in connection with, this Agreement.
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Representations
and Indemnities to Survive Delivery. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements
of the Company or any person controlling the Company, of its officers, and of the Placement 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 Placement
Agent, the Company, or any of its or their partners, officers or directors or any controlling person, as the case may be,
and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement. A successor
to a Placement Agent, or to the Company, its directors or officers or any person controlling the Company, shall be entitled
to the benefits of the indemnity, contribution and reimbursement agreements contained in this Agreement. |
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Notices.
All communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, hand delivered or telecopied and confirmed to the parties
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If
to the Placement Agent to the address set forth above, attention: Xx. Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, President & Head of Investment Banking,
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000.
With
a copy to:
Sichenzia
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx LLP
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000 Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
If
to the Company:
Medical
Transcription Billing, Corp.
0
Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Attention:
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
With
a copy to:
Xxxxxx
Song P.C.
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Attention:
Xxxxx X. Song, Esq.
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Any
party hereto may change the address for receipt of communications by giving written notice to the others |
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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 7 hereof, and to their respective successors, and personal representative,
and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. |
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Partial
Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any 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. |
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Governing
Law Provisions. This Agreement shall be deemed to have been made and delivered in New York City and both this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be governed as to validity, interpretation, construction, effect and in all
other respects by the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof. Each
of the Placement Agent and the Company: (i) agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to
this Agreement and/or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be instituted exclusively in New York Supreme Court, County
of New York, or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, (ii) waives any objection which
it may have or hereafter to the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding, and (iii) irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction
of the New York Supreme Court, County of New York, and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
in any such suit, action or proceeding. Each of the Placement Agent and the Company further agrees to accept and acknowledge
service of any and all process which may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding in the New York Supreme Court, County
of New York, or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and agrees that service of process
upon the Company mailed by certified mail to the Company’s address shall be deemed in every respect effective service
of process upon the Company, in any such suit, action or proceeding, and service of process upon the Placement Agent mailed
by certified mail to the Placement Agent’s address shall be deemed in every respect effective service process upon the
Placement Agent, in any such suit, action or proceeding. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary,
the Company agrees that neither the Placement Agent nor its affiliates, and the respective officers, directors, employees,
agents and representatives of the Placement Agent, its affiliates and each other person, if any, controlling the Placement
Agent or any of its affiliates, shall have any liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract or tort or otherwise) to
the Company for or in connection with this Agreement and the transactions described herein except for any such liability for
losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred by us that are finally judicially determined to have resulted from the bad
faith or gross negligence of such individuals or entities. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce
any provision of this Agreement, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party
for its reasonable attorney’s fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution
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(a) 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, except for the engagement agreements
entered into by and between the Company and the Placement Agent, dated as of May 10, 2017, May 22, 2017, June 22, 2017, September
25, 2017, December 5, 2017 and March 22, 2018, which shall survive the execution of this Agreement. 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. 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.
Section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of
this Agreement.
(b) The
Company acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Securities: (i) the Placement Agent has acted at arms length,
are not agents of, and owe no fiduciary duties to the Company or any other person, (ii) the Placement Agent owes the Company only
those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and (iii) the Placement Agent may have interests that differ from those
of the Company. The Company waives to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against the Placement
Agent arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Securities
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If
the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign below whereupon this instrument, along with
all counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.
The
foregoing Placement Agency Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
X.X.
Xxxxxxxxxx & Co., LLC |
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