Up to $5 million in Shares of Common Stock ARCADIA RESOURCES, INC. Common Stock (par value $0.001) PLACEMENT AGENT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
Up to $5 million in Shares of Common Stock
ARCADIA RESOURCES, INC.
Common Stock (par value $0.001)
Common Stock (par value $0.001)
October 28, 2010
Wilmington Capital Securities, LLC
000 Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
000 Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Dear Sirs:
1. Introduction. Arcadia Resources, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
“Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the purchasers, pursuant to the terms and
conditions of this Placement Agent Agreement (this “Agreement”) and the Subscription
Agreements in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (the “Subscription Agreements”)
entered into with the purchasers identified therein (each a “Purchaser” and, collectively,
the “Purchasers”), up to an aggregate of $5 million in shares (the “Shares” or
“Securities”), $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”) of the Company. The
Company hereby confirms that Wilmington Capital Securities, LLC, (the “Placement Agent”)
acted as the Placement Agent in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof.
2. Agreement to Act as Placement Agent; Placement of Shares. 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:
2.1 The Company has authorized and hereby acknowledges that the Placement Agent has
been engaged to act as its agent to solicit offers for the purchase of all or part of the
Shares from the Company in connection with the proposed offering of the Shares (the
“Offering”). Until the Closing Date, the Company shall not without prior written
consent of the Placement Agent solicit or accept offers for the sale of Shares except for
those offers by investors solicited by Xxxxxxx Xxxx Partners LLC.
2.2 The Company hereby acknowledges that the Placement Agent, as agent of the Company,
used its reasonable best efforts to solicit offers to purchase the Shares from the Company
on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus (as defined below).
The Placement Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to assist the Company in
obtaining performance by each Purchaser whose offer to purchase Shares was solicited by the
Placement Agent and accepted by the Company, but the Placement Agent shall not, except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement, be obligated to disclose the identity of any potential
purchaser or have any liability to the Company in the event any such purchase is not
consummated for any reason. Under no circumstances will the Placement Agent be obligated to
underwrite or purchase any Shares for its own account and, in soliciting purchases of
Shares, the Placement Agent acted solely as the Company’s agent and not as principal.
Notwithstanding the foregoing and except as otherwise provided in Section 2.3, it is
understood and agreed that the Placement Agent (or its affiliates) may, solely at its
discretion and without any obligation to do so, purchase Shares from the Company as
principal and any such purchases by the Placement
Agent (or its affiliates) shall be disclosed to the Company (including the identity of
such purchaser).
2.3 Subject to the provisions of this Section 2, offers for the purchase of Shares were
solicited by the Placement Agent as agent for the Company at such times and in such amounts
as the Placement Agent deemed advisable and consistent with the current market price. The
Placement Agent communicated to the Company, orally or in writing, each reasonable offer to
purchase Shares received by it as agent of the Company. The Company shall have the sole
right in its absolute discretion to accept offers to purchase the Shares and to reject any
such offer, in whole or in part. The Placement Agent has the right, in its discretion
reasonably exercised, subject to giving prior notice to the Company, to reject any offer to
purchase Shares received by it, in whole or in part, and any such rejection shall not be
deemed a breach of this Agreement.
2.4 The Shares are being sold to the Purchasers at a price of $0.32.
The purchases of the Shares by the Purchasers shall be evidenced by the
execution of the Subscription Agreements by the parties thereto.
2.5 As compensation for services rendered, on the Closing Date (as defined in Section 4
hereof), the Company shall pay to the Placement Agent by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to an account or accounts designated by the Placement Agent, an aggregate
amount (the “Placement Fee”) equal seven percent (7.0%) of the gross proceeds
received by the Company from the sale of the Shares on such Closing Date.
2.6 No Shares which the Company has agreed to sell pursuant to this Agreement and the
Subscription Agreements shall be deemed to have been purchased and paid for, or sold by the
Company, until such Shares shall have been delivered to the Purchaser thereof against
payment by such Purchaser. If the Company shall default in its obligations to deliver the
Shares to a Purchaser with whom it has entered into a binding Subscription Agreement, the
Company shall indemnify and hold the Placement Agent harmless against any loss, claim,
damage or expense arising from or as a result of such default by the Company in accordance
with the procedures set forth in Section 8(c) herein.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants
to, and agrees with, the Placement Agent and the Purchasers that:
(a) The Company has prepared and filed in conformity with the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and published rules and
regulations thereunder (the “Rules and Regulations”) adopted by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a “shelf” Registration Statement (as
hereinafter defined) on Form S-3 (File No. 333-168084), which became effective as of July
29, 2010 (the “Effective Date”), including a base prospectus relating to the Shares
(the “Base Prospectus”), and such amendments and supplements thereto as may have
been required to the date of this Agreement. The term “Registration Statement” as
used in this Agreement means the registration statement (including all exhibits, financial
schedules and all documents and information deemed to be a part of the Registration
Statement pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations), as amended and/or
supplemented to the date of this Agreement, including the Base Prospectus. The Registration
Statement is effective under the Securities Act and no stop order preventing or suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or suspending or preventing the use of the
Prospectus has been issued by the Commission and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, are threatened by the Commission. The
Company, if required by the Rules and Regulations of the Commission, will file the
Prospectus (as defined
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below), with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and
Regulations. The term “Prospectus” as
used in this Agreement means the prospectus, in the form in which it is to be filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations, or, if the
prospectus is not to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), the prospectus in
the form included as part of the Registration Statement as of the Effective Date, except
that if any revised prospectus or prospectus supplement shall be provided to the Placement
Agent by the Company for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares which
differs from the Prospectus (whether or not such revised prospectus or prospectus supplement
is required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and
Regulations), the term “Prospectus” shall refer to such revised prospectus or prospectus
supplement, as the case may be, from and after the time it is first provided to the
Placement Agent for such use. Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus subject to
completion included in the Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424 of the Rules and Regulations is hereafter called a “Preliminary
Prospectus.” Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents
incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), on or before the
last to occur of the Effective Date, the date of the Preliminary Prospectus, or the date of
the Prospectus, and any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment,” or “supplement”
with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus
shall be deemed to refer to and include (i) the filing of any document under the Exchange
Act after the Effective Date, the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the date of the
Prospectus, as the case may be, which is incorporated by reference and (ii) any such
document so filed. If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement to
register additional securities pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Rules and Regulations (the
“462(b) Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the Registration
Statement shall also be deemed to include such 462(b) Registration Statement.
(b) The conditions to the use of Form S-3 in connection with the offering and sale of
the Securities as contemplated hereby have been satisfied. The Registration Statement
meets, and the offering and sale of the Securities as contemplated hereby complies with, in
all material respects, the requirements of Rule 415 under the Securities Act (including,
without limitation, Rule 415(a)(4) and (a)(5) of the Rules and Regulations).
(c) As of the Applicable Time (as defined below) and as of the Closing Date, neither
(i) any General Use Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) issued at or prior to the
Applicable Time, and the Pricing Prospectus (as defined below) and the information included
on Schedule A hereto, all considered together (collectively, the “General
Disclosure Package”), (ii) any individual Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus (as
defined below) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time nor (iii) the bona fide electronic
road show (as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) of the Rules and Regulations), if any, that has been
made available without restriction to any person, when considered together with the General
Disclosure Package, included or will include, any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted or as of the Closing Date will omit, to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties
as to information contained in or omitted from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in
reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by the
Placement Agent if any specifically for inclusion therein, which information the parties
hereto agree is limited to the Placement Agent’s Information (as defined in Section 17). As
used in this paragraph (b) and elsewhere in this Agreement:
“Applicable Time” means 5:00 P.M., New York time, on the date of this Agreement.
“General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that
is identified on Schedule A to this Agreement.
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“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as
defined in Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations relating to the Shares in the form filed or
required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form
retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) of the Rules and Regulations.
“Limited Use Free Writing Prospectuses” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
that is not a General Use Free Writing Prospectus.
“Pricing Prospectus” means the Preliminary Prospectus, if any, and the Base
Prospectus, each as amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time,
including any document incorporated by reference therein and any prospectus supplement
deemed to be a part thereof.
(d) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus relating to the Offering has been issued by the
Commission, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities
Act has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission,
and each Preliminary Prospectus (if any), at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all
material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations,
and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the
Company makes no representations or warranties as to information contained in or omitted
from any Preliminary Prospectus, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written
information furnished to the Company by the Placement Agent specifically for inclusion
therein, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Placement Agent’s
Information (as defined in Section 17).
(e) At the time the Registration Statement became effective, at the date of this
Agreement and at the Closing Date, the Registration Statement conformed and will conform in
all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and
Regulations and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading; the Prospectus, at the time the Prospectus was issued and at the
Closing Date, conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the
Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not and will not contain an 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; provided, however, that the foregoing representations and warranties in this
paragraph (e) shall not apply to information contained in or omitted from the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information
furnished to the Company by the Placement Agent specifically for inclusion therein, which
information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Placement Agent’s Information (as
defined in Section 17).
(f) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if any, as of its issue date and at all
subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Shares or until
any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Placement Agent as described in
Section 5(e), did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted,
conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement,
Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference
therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been
superseded or modified, or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or
would omit 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 foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written
information furnished to the Company by the Placement Agent
specifically for inclusion therein, which information the parties hereto agree is
limited to the Placement Agent’s Information (as defined in Section 17).
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(g) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when they became
effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material
respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and none of such documents contained
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when such documents become effective or are
filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the
requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading.
(h) The Company has not, directly or indirectly, distributed and will not distribute
any offering material in connection with the Offering other than any Preliminary Prospectus,
the Prospectus and other materials, if any, permitted under the Securities Act and
consistent with Section 5(b) below. The Company is not an “ineligible issuer” in connection
with the offering pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act. The Company
will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses (other than a “road
show,” as defined in Rule 433(d)(8) of the Rules and Regulations), if any, in the time and
manner required under Rules 163(b)(2) and 433(d) of the Rules and Regulations.
(i) The Company and each of its subsidiaries (as defined in Section 15) have been duly
organized and are validly existing as corporations in good standing (or the foreign
equivalent thereof) under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization. The
Company and each of its subsidiaries are duly qualified to do business and are in good
standing as foreign corporations in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or
lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification
and have all power and authority (corporate or other) necessary to own or hold their
respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where
the failure to so qualify or have such power or authority (i) would not have, singularly or
in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
results of operations, assets, or business of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole, or (ii) impair in any material respect the ability of the Company to perform its
obligations under this Agreement or to consummate any transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (any such effect as described in
clauses (i) or (ii), a “Material Adverse Effect”). The Company owns or controls,
directly or indirectly, only the corporations, partnerships, limited liability partnerships,
limited liability companies, associations or other entities set forth on Exhibit B.
(j) The Company has the full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement
and each of the Subscription Agreements and to perform and to discharge its obligations
hereunder and thereunder; and this Agreement and each of the Subscription Agreements has
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and constitutes a valid and
binding obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and except as
enforceability may be subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
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(k) The Shares to be issued and sold by the Company to the Purchasers hereunder and
under the Subscription Agreements have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and
delivered against payment therefor as provided herein and in the Subscription Agreements
will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any preemptive or
similar rights and will conform to the description thereof contained in the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(l) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Pricing
Prospectus, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, have
been issued in compliance in all material respects with federal and state securities laws,
and conform to the description thereof contained in the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus. As of September 30, 2010, there were 177,418,044 shares of Common Stock
issued and outstanding and no shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001, of the Company
issued and outstanding and 19,874,482 shares of Common Stock were issuable upon the exercise
of all options, warrants and convertible securities outstanding as of such date. Since such
date, the Company has not issued any securities, other than Common Stock of the Company
issued pursuant to the exercise of stock options previously outstanding under the Company’s
stock option plans or the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to employee stock purchase
plans. All of the Company’s options, warrants and other rights to purchase or exchange any
securities for shares of the Company’s capital stock have been duly authorized and validly
issued and were issued in compliance in all material respects with U.S. federal and state
securities laws. None of the outstanding shares of Common Stock was issued in violation of
any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or
purchase securities of the Company, except for such rights as may have been fully satisfied
or waived. There are no authorized or outstanding shares of capital stock, options,
warrants, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase, or equity
or debt securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any capital stock of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries other than those described above or accurately
described in the General Disclosure Package. The description of the Company’s stock option,
stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, and the options or other rights granted
thereunder, as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, accurately
and fairly present in all material respects the information required to be shown with
respect to such plans, arrangements, options and rights.
(m) All the outstanding shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have
been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and, except to the
extent set forth in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, are owned by the
Company directly or indirectly through one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries, free and clear
of any claim, lien, encumbrance, security interest, restriction upon voting or transfer or
any other claim of any third party.
(n) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Subscription
Agreements by the Company, the issue and sale of the Shares by the Company and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (with or without
notice or lapse of time or both) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of
the terms or provisions of, constitute a default or Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as
defined below) under, give rise to any right of termination or other right or the
cancellation or acceleration of any right or obligation or loss of a benefit under, or give
rise to the creation or imposition of any lien, encumbrance, security interest, claim or
charge upon any property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to, any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is subject, nor will such actions result in any violation of the
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provisions of
(A) the charter or by-laws (or analogous governing instruments, as applicable) of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (B) any law, statute, rule, regulation,
judgment, order or decree of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign,
having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties
or assets, except, with respect to clause (B), any violation which, singularly or in the
aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect. A “Debt Repayment Triggering
Event” means any event or condition that gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of
time would give the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any
person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or
repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries.
(o) Except for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act and such
consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required
under the Exchange Act and applicable state or foreign securities laws, the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and the NYSE Amex Exchange (“Amex”)
in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Company, no consent, approval,
authorization or order of, or filing, qualification or registration with, any court or
governmental agency or body, foreign or domestic, which has not been made, obtained or taken
and is not in full force and effect, is required for the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements by the Company, the offer or sale of the
Shares or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(p) BDO Xxxxxxx, LLP, who has audited certain financial statements and related
schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and has audited the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting and management’s assessment thereof, is an independent registered public
accounting firm as required by the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the “PCAOB”). Except as
pre-approved in accordance with the requirements set forth in Section 10A of the Exchange
Act, BDO Xxxxxxx, LLP has not been engaged by the Company to perform any “prohibited
activities” (as defined in Section 10A of the Exchange Act).
(q) The financial statements, together with the related notes and schedules, included
or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and in the
Registration Statement fairly present in all material respects the financial position and
the results of operations and changes in financial position of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries and other consolidated entities at the respective dates or for the
respective periods therein specified. Such statements and related notes and schedules have
been prepared in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved except
as may be set forth in the related notes included or incorporated by reference in the
General Disclosure Package, and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain
footnotes or year-end adjustments required by GAAP. The financial statements, together with
the related notes and schedules, included or incorporated by reference in the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the Securities
Act, the Exchange Act, and the Rules and Regulations and the rules and regulations under the
Exchange Act. No other financial statements or supporting schedules or exhibits are
required by the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations to be described, or included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or
the Prospectus. There is no pro forma or as adjusted financial information which is
required to be included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, or
the Prospectus or a document incorporated by reference therein in accordance with the
Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations which has not been included or incorporated as
so required.
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(r) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained, since the date of
the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the General
Disclosure Package, any material loss or interference with its business from fire,
explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor
dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or
contemplated in the General Disclosure Package; and, since such date, there has not been any
change in the capital stock (other than Common Stock of the Company issued pursuant to the
exercise of stock options previously outstanding under the Company’s stock option plans or
the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to employee stock purchase plans) or long-term debt of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any material adverse changes, or any development
involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, assets,
general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth
or contemplated in the General Disclosure Package.
(s) Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package, there is no legal or
governmental action, suit, claim or proceeding pending to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is the subject which is required to be described in the Registration Statement,
the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or a document incorporated by reference
therein and is not described therein, or which, singularly or in the aggregate, if
determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would be likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect or prevent or adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform
its obligations under this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby; and to the Company’s knowledge, except as set forth in the General Disclosure
Package, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or
threatened by others.
(t) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in (i) violation of its charter
or by-laws (or analogous governing instrument, as applicable), (ii) default in any respect,
and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such
a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained
in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or
assets is subject or (iii) violation in any respect of any statute, law, ordinance,
governmental rule, regulation or court order, decree or judgment to which it or its property
or assets may be subject except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph
(t), for any violations or defaults which, singularly or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) The Company and each of its subsidiaries possesses all licenses, certificates,
authorizations and permits issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the
appropriate local, state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies which are
necessary or desirable for the ownership of their respective properties or the conduct of
their respective businesses (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) as described in the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (collectively, the “Governmental
Permits”) except where any failures to possess or make the same, singularly or in the
aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company
and its subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all such Governmental
Permits; all such Governmental Permits are valid and in full force and effect, except where
the validity or failure to be in full force and effect would not, singularly or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. All such Governmental Permits are free and clear
of any restriction or condition that are in addition to, or materially different from, those
normally applicable to similar licenses, certificates, authorizations and permits.
Neither the Company nor any subsidiary has received notification of any revocation or
modification (or proceedings related thereto) of any such Governmental Permit and the
Company has no reason to believe that any such Governmental Permit will not be renewed,
except as set forth in or contemplated by the General Disclosure Package.
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(v) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is or, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Securities, including the issuance, offering and sale of the
Warrant Shares, and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will become an “investment company” within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder.
(w) Neither the Company, its subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of the
Company’s or its subsidiaries’ officers, directors or affiliates has taken or will take,
directly or indirectly, any action designed or intended to stabilize or manipulate the price
of any security of the Company, or which caused or resulted in, or which might in the future
reasonably be expected to cause or result in, stabilization or manipulation of the price of
any security of the Company.
(x) The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess the right to use all material
patents, trademarks, trademark registrations, service marks, service xxxx registrations,
trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, software, databases, know-how, Internet
domain names, trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or
confidential information, systems or procedures, and other intellectual property
(collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary to carry on their respective
businesses as currently conducted, and as proposed to be conducted and described in the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and the Company is not aware of any claim to
the contrary or any challenge by any other person to the rights of the Company and its
subsidiaries with respect to the foregoing except for those that would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Intellectual Property licenses described in
the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are valid, binding upon, and enforceable
by or against the parties thereto in accordance with their respective terms. The Company
and each of its subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with, and are not in
breach nor have received any asserted or threatened claim of breach of, any Intellectual
Property license, except for any such breach that would not individually or in the aggregate
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company has no knowledge
of any breach or anticipated breach by any other person of any Intellectual Property
license. The Company’s and each of its subsidiaries’ businesses as now conducted and as
proposed to be conducted do not and will not infringe or conflict with any valid patents,
trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, licenses or other
Intellectual Property or franchise right of any person. To its knowledge, no claim has been
made against the Company or any of its subsidiaries alleging the infringement by the Company
or any of its subsidiaries of any patent, trademark, service xxxx, trade name, copyright,
trade secret, license in or other intellectual property right or franchise right of any
person. The Company and each of its subsidiaries has taken all reasonable steps to protect,
maintain and safeguard its rights in all Intellectual Property, including the execution of
appropriate nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements. The consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not result in the loss or impairment of or
payment of any additional amounts with respect to, nor require the consent of any other
person in respect of, the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ right to own, use, or hold
for use any of the Intellectual Property as owned, used or held for use in the conduct of
the businesses as currently conducted. With respect to the use of the software in the
Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ businesses as they are currently conducted, neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has experienced any material defects in such
software including any material error or omission in the processing of any transactions
other than defects which have been corrected, and to the knowledge of the Company, no such
software contains any device or feature designed to disrupt, disable, or otherwise impair
the functioning of any software or is subject to the terms
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of
any “open source” or other similar license that provides for the source code of the
software to be publicly distributed or dedicated to the public. The Company and each of its
subsidiaries has at all times complied with all applicable laws relating to privacy, data
protection, and the collection and use of personal information collected, used, or held for
use by the Company and any of its subsidiaries in the conduct of the Company’s and its
subsidiaries businesses, except for any such breach that would not individually or in the
aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No claims have been
asserted or threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries alleging a violation
of any person’s privacy or personal information or data rights and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will not breach or otherwise cause any violation of any law
related to privacy, data protection, or the collection and use of personal information
collected, used, or held for use by the Company or any of its subsidiaries in the conduct of
the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ businesses. The Company and each of its
subsidiaries takes reasonable measures to ensure that such information is protected against
unauthorized access, use, modification, or other misuse.
(y) Neither the Company nor its subsidiaries own any real property. The Company and
each of its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to, or have valid
rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real or personal property, as described in
the General Disclosure Package, which are material to the business of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
security interests, claims and defects that do not, singularly or in the aggregate,
materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and
proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except for
those liens, encumbrances, security interests, claims and defects that would not have a
Material Adverse Effect; and all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the
Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries holds properties described in the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, are in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any subsidiary has
received any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone
adverse to the rights of the Company or any subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases
mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such subsidiary to
the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or
sublease.
(z) No labor disturbance by the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
exists or, to the Company’s knowledge, is threatened or imminent, and the Company is not
aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its
subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, that could
reasonably be expected, singularly or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
The Company is not aware that any key employee or significant group of employees of the
Company or any subsidiary plans to terminate employment with the Company or any such
subsidiary.
(aa) No “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published
interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended from time to time (the “Code”)) or “accumulated funding
deficiency” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA) or any of the events set forth in Section
4043(b) of ERISA (other than events with respect to which the thirty (30)-day notice
requirement under Section 4043 of ERISA has been waived) has occurred or could reasonably be
expected to occur with respect to any employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to, singularly or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect. Each employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with applicable law, including ERISA
and the Code. The Company and its subsidiaries have not incurred and could not reasonably
be expected to incur liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of,
or withdrawal from, any pension plan (as defined in ERISA). Each pension plan for which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries would have any liability that is
intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified, and nothing
has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which could, singularly or in the
aggregate, cause the loss of such qualification.
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(bb) The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with
all applicable foreign, federal, state and local rules, laws and regulations relating to the
use, treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous or toxic substances or waste and
protection of health and safety or the environment which are applicable to their businesses
(“Environmental Laws”), except where the failure to comply would not, singularly or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been
no storage, generation, transportation, handling, treatment, disposal, discharge, emission,
or other release of any kind of toxic or other wastes or other hazardous substances by, due
to, or caused by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or, to the Company’s knowledge, any
other entity for whose acts or omissions the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may
otherwise be liable) upon any of the property now or previously owned or leased by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries in violation of any law, statute, ordinance, rule,
regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit or which would, under any law, statute,
ordinance, rule (including rule of common law), regulation, order, judgment, decree or
permit, give rise to any liability on the part of the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
except for any violation or liability which would not reasonably be expected to have,
singularly or in the aggregate with all such violations and liabilities, a Material Adverse
Effect; and there has been no disposal, discharge, emission or other release of any kind
onto such property or into the environment surrounding such property of any toxic or other
wastes or other hazardous substances with respect to which the Company has knowledge, except
for any such disposal, discharge, emission, or other release of any kind which would not
reasonably be expected to have, singularly or in the aggregate with all such discharges and
other releases, a Material Adverse Effect. In the ordinary course of business, the Company
and its subsidiaries conduct periodic reviews of the effect of Environmental Laws on their
business and assets, in the course of which they identify and evaluate associated costs and
liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required
for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or Governmental
Permits issued thereunder, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential
liabilities to third parties). On the basis of such reviews, the Company and its
subsidiaries have reasonably concluded that such associated costs and liabilities would not
have, singularly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(cc) The Company and its subsidiaries, each (i) has timely filed all necessary federal,
state, local and foreign tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested
extensions thereof, and all such returns were true, complete and correct in all material
respects, (ii) has paid all federal, state, local and foreign taxes, assessments,
governmental or other charges due and payable for which it is liable, including, without
limitation, all sales and use taxes and all taxes which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is obligated to withhold from amounts owing to employees, creditors and third
parties, and (iii) does not have any tax deficiency or claims outstanding or assessed or, to
its knowledge, proposed against any of them, except those, in each of the cases described in
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph (dd), that would not, singularly or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Company
and its subsidiaries has not engaged in any transaction which is a corporate tax shelter or
which could be characterized as such by the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing
authority. The accruals and reserves on the books and records of the Company and its
subsidiaries in respect of tax liabilities for any taxable period not yet finally determined
are adequate to meet any assessments and related liabilities for any such period, and since
December 31, 2009 each of the Company and its subsidiaries has not incurred any liability
for taxes other than in the ordinary course.
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(dd) The Company and each of its subsidiaries carries, or is covered by, insurance
provided by recognized and reputable institutions with policies in such amounts and covering
such risks as the Company reasonably considers adequate for the conduct of their
respective businesses and the value of their respective properties and as is customary for
companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries. The Company has no reason to
believe that it or any subsidiary will not be able (i) to renew its existing insurance
coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain comparable coverage from similar
institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and
at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(ee) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting and other controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurances 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 accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance
with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability
for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action
is taken with respect to any differences. Except as described in the General Disclosure
Package, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (A)
no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or
not remediated) and (B) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting.
(ff) The minute books of the Company and each of its subsidiaries that would be a
“significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the
Exchange Act (such a significant subsidiary of the Company, a “Significant
Subsidiary”) have been made available to the Placement Agent and counsel for the
Placement Agent, and such books (i) contain a complete summary of all meetings and actions
of the board of directors (including each board committee) as of October 21, 2010 and
shareholders of the Company (or analogous governing bodies and interest holders, as
applicable), and each of its Significant Subsidiaries since the time of its respective
incorporation or organization through the date of the latest meeting and action, and (ii)
accurately in all material respects reflect all transactions referred to in such minutes.
There are no material transactions, agreements or other actions of the Company or of its
subsidiaries that are not properly approved and/or recorded in the minute books of the
Company or of its subsidiaries, as applicable.
(gg) There is no franchise, lease, contract, agreement or document required by the
Securities Act or by the Rules and Regulations to be described in the General Disclosure
Package and in the Prospectus or a document incorporated by reference therein or to be filed
as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or a document incorporated by reference therein
which is not described or filed therein as required; and all descriptions of any such
franchises, leases, contracts, agreements or documents contained in the Registration
Statement or in a document incorporated by reference therein are accurate and complete
descriptions of such documents in all material respects. Other than as described in the
General Disclosure Package, no such franchise, lease, contract or agreement has been
suspended or terminated for convenience or default by the Company or any of its subsidiaries
or any of the other parties thereto, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
received notice nor does the Company have any other knowledge of any such pending or
threatened suspension, termination or non-renewal, except for such pending or threatened
suspensions, terminations or non-renewals that would not reasonably be expected to,
singularly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(hh) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company and any
of its subsidiaries on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders (or analogous
interest holders), customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
of their affiliates on the other hand, which is required to be described in the General
Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus or a document incorporated by reference therein and which is not so
described.
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(ii) No person or entity has the right to require registration of shares of Common
Stock or other securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries because of the filing or
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, except for persons and entities who have
expressly waived such right in writing or who have been given timely and proper written
notice and have failed to exercise such right within the time or times required under the
terms and conditions of such right. Except as described in the General Disclosure Package,
there are no persons with registration rights or similar rights to have any securities
registered by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under the Securities Act.
(jj) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries own any “margin securities” as
that term is defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
(the “Federal Reserve Board”), and none of the proceeds of the sale of the Shares
will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin
security, for the purpose of reducing or retiring any indebtedness which was originally
incurred to purchase or carry any margin security or for any other purpose which might cause
any of the Shares to be considered a “purpose credit” within the meanings of Regulation T, U
or X of the Federal Reserve Board.
(kk) Other than the Placement Agent Agreement between the Company and Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Partners, dated November 6, 2009 as publicly disclosed on Form 8-K dated November 6, 2009
and filed with Commission on November 9, 2009, neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other
than this Agreement and any letter of understanding between the Company and the Placement
Agent) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or the Placement Agent for
a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and
sale of the Shares or any transaction contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.
(ll) No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in either the General Disclosure Package
or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been
disclosed other than in good faith.
(mm) The Company is subject to and in compliance in all material respects with the
reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Common Stock
is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is listed on Amex, and the
Company has taken no action designed to, or reasonably likely to have the effect of,
terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting the
Common Stock from Amex, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or
Amex is contemplating terminating such registration or listing. No consent, approval,
authorization or order of, or filing, notification or registration with, Amex is required
for the listing and trading of the shares of Common Stock on Amex, except for (i) a
Notification Form: Listing of Additional Shares and (ii) a Notification Form: Change in the
Number of Shares Outstanding.
(nn) The Company is in compliance with all applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act of 2002 and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or implementing
the provisions thereof (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”).
(oo) The Company has taken all necessary actions to ensure that it is in compliance
with all applicable corporate governance requirements set forth in the NYSE Amex Rules and
Company Guide.
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(pp) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the best of the Company’s
knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company or any subsidiary, has not made any
contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any federal, state,
local or foreign office in violation of any law (including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
of 1977, as amended) or of the character required to be disclosed in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or a document incorporated by
reference therein.
(qq) There are no transactions, arrangements or other relationships between and/or
among the Company, any of its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 of the
Securities Act) and any unconsolidated entity, including, but not limited to, any structured
finance, special purpose or limited purpose entity that could reasonably be expected to
materially and adversely affect the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ liquidity or the
availability of or requirements for their capital resources required to be described in the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or a document incorporated by reference
therein which have not been described as required.
(rr) There are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for business
expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company or
any of its subsidiaries to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the
Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective family members, except as
disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(ss) The statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement,
the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that
the Company believes to be reliable and accurate.
(tt) Neither the Company nor any subsidiary nor any of their affiliates (within the
meaning of FINRA Conduct Rule 2720(b)(1)(a)) directly or indirectly controls, are controlled
by, or is under common control with, or is an associated person (within the meaning of
Article I, Section 1(ee) of the By-laws of FINRA) of, any member firm of FINRA.
(uu) No approval of the shareholders of the Company under the rules and regulations of
Amex is required for the Company to issue and deliver to the Purchasers the Shares.
(vv) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of “disclosure
controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that is designed
to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that 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, including controls and
procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the
Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure. The Company and its subsidiaries have carried out evaluations of the
effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the
Exchange Act.
(ww) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at
all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and
reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as
amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations
thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered
or enforced by any governmental agency (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 or any of its subsidiaries with respect to
the Money Laundering Laws, to the knowledge of the Company, is pending or threatened.
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(xx) None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company,
any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of
Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”); and the
Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Shares
hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary,
joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities
of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(yy) No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly,
under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying
any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s
capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from
the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the
Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except for the lines of credit and other
financing documents (including the agreements with Comerica Bank, Wholesale Drug Co., XXXX
Master Fund, Ltd., LSP Partners, LP and Vicis Capital Master Fund) which have been
publically discussed by the Company and available on the Commission’s XXXXX system.
(zz) No person has the right to require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to
register any securities for sale under the Securities Act by reason of the filing of the
Registration Statement with the Commission or the issuance and sale of the Shares.
Any certificate signed by or on behalf 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 and the Purchasers as to the matters covered thereby.
4. The Closing. The time and date of closing and delivery of the documents required
to be delivered to the Placement Agent pursuant to Sections 5 and 7 hereof shall be at 10:00 A.M.,
New York time, on a date specified by the Company and the Placement Agent that is not later than
November 5, 2010 (such specified date, the “Closing Date”).
5. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the Placement Agent and
the Purchasers:
(a) To prepare the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if necessary, in a form approved
by the Placement Agent and file such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission
on the date hereof; to prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Placement Agent
containing information previously omitted at the time of effectiveness of the Registration
Statement in reliance on rules 430A, 430B and 430C of the Rules and Regulations and to file
such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations not later than the
second (2nd) business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement or, if
applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations;
to notify the Placement Agent immediately of the Company’s intention to file or prepare any
supplement or amendment to any Registration Statement or to the Prospectus and to make no
amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or to
the Prospectus to which the Placement Agent shall reasonably object by notice to the Company
after a reasonable period to review; to advise the Placement Agent, promptly after it
receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to any Registration Statement has
been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the General Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the Placement Agent
copies thereof; to file promptly all material required to be filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be; to file promptly all
reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the
Company with the Commission pursuant to
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Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as
the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of
the Rules and Regulations) is required in connection with the offering or sale of the
Shares; to advise the Placement Agent, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the
use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, of
the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction,
of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request
by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the
event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of
any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus or
suspending any such qualification, and promptly to use its best efforts to obtain the
withdrawal of such order.
(b) The Company represents and agrees that it has not made and, unless it obtains the
prior consent of the Placement Agent, it will not, make any offer relating to the Shares
that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and
Regulations unless the prior written consent of the Placement Agent has been received (each,
a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”); provided that the prior written consent of
the Placement Agent hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus(es) included in Schedule A hereto. The Company represents that
it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 of the
Rules and Regulations applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including the
requirements relating to timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping and
will not take any action that would result in the Placement Agent or the Company being
required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules and Regulations a
free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Placement Agent that the Placement
Agent otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.
(c) If at any time when a Prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act, any event occurs or condition exists as a result of which the
Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, would include 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, or the
Registration Statement, as then amended or supplemented, would include any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, or if for any other reason it is necessary at any time to amend or
supplement any Registration Statement or the Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or
the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Placement Agent, and upon the
Placement Agent’s request, the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission,
at the Company’s expense, an amendment to the Registration Statement or an amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus that corrects such statement or omission or effects such
compliance and will deliver to the Placement Agent, without charge, such number of copies
thereof as the Placement Agent may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of
the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the Placement Agent.
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(d) If the General Disclosure Package is being used to solicit offers to buy the Shares
at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event
shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the reasonable
opinion of the Placement Agent, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the General
Disclosure Package in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or to make the statements therein
not conflict with the information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement then on file and not superseded or modified, or if it is necessary at any time to
amend or supplement the General
Disclosure Package to comply with any applicable law, the Company promptly will either
(i) prepare, file with the Commission (if required) and furnish to the Placement Agent and
any dealers an appropriate amendment or supplement to the General Disclosure Package or (ii)
prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate filing under the Exchange Act which
shall be incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package so that the General
Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, be misleading or conflict with the Registration Statement then
on file, or so that the General Disclosure Package will comply with applicable law.
(e) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there
occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus conflicted or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration
Statement, Pricing Prospectus or Prospectus, including any document incorporated by
reference therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof and not
superseded or modified or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted or would omit 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 promptly notified or will promptly notify the
Placement Agent so that any use of the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus may cease until it is
amended or supplemented and has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement, at
its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict,
untrue statement or omission. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or
omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon, and in conformity with,
written information furnished to the Company by the Placement Agent specifically for
inclusion therein, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Placement
Agent’s Information (as defined in Section 17).
(f) To the extent not available on the Commission’s XXXXX or IDEA system, to furnish
promptly to the Placement Agent and to counsel for the Placement Agent a signed copy of the
Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission, and of each amendment
thereto filed with the Commission, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith.
(g) To the extent not available on the Commission’s XXXXX or IDEA system, to deliver
promptly to the Placement Agent in New York City such number of the following documents as
the Placement Agent shall reasonably request: (i) conformed copies of the Registration
Statement as originally filed with the Commission (in each case excluding exhibits), (ii)
each Preliminary Prospectus (if any), (iii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (iv) the
Prospectus (the delivery of the documents referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
of this paragraph (g) to be made not later than 10:00 A.M., New York time, on the business
day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement), (v) conformed copies of any
amendment to the Registration Statement (excluding exhibits), (vi) any amendment or
supplement to the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (the delivery of the
documents referred to in clauses (v) and (vi) of this paragraph (g) to be made not later
than 10:00 A.M., New York time, on the business day following the date of such amendment or
supplement) and (vii) any document incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure
Package or the Prospectus (excluding exhibits thereto) (the delivery of the documents
referred to in clause (vi) of this paragraph (g) to be made not later than 10:00 A.M., New
York City time, on the business day following the date of such document).
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(h) To make generally available to its shareholders as soon as practicable, but in any
event not later than eighteen (18) months after the effective date of each Registration
Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) of the Rules and Regulations), an earnings statement of
the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of
the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations (including, at the option of the Company,
Rule 158); and to furnish to its shareholders as soon as practicable after the end of each
fiscal year an annual report
(including a balance sheet and statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash
flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public
accountants) and as soon as practicable after each of the first three fiscal quarters of
each fiscal year (beginning with the first fiscal quarter after the effective date of such
Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its
subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(i) To take promptly from time to time such actions as the Placement Agent may
reasonably request to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities or Blue
Sky laws of such jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Placement Agent may designate
and to continue such qualifications in effect, and to comply with such laws, for so long as
required to permit the offer and sale of the Securities in such jurisdictions; provided that
the Company and its subsidiaries shall not be obligated to qualify as foreign corporations
in any jurisdiction in which they are not so qualified or to file a general consent to
service of process in any jurisdiction.
(j) To the extent not available on the Commission’s XXXXX or IDEA system, upon request,
during the period of five (5) years from the date hereof, to deliver to the Placement Agent
upon request, (i) as soon as they are available, copies of all reports or other
communications furnished to shareholders, and (ii) as soon as they are available, copies of
any reports and financial statements furnished or filed with the Commission or any national
securities exchange or automatic quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or
quoted.
(k) [Intentionally omitted]
(l) To supply the Placement Agent with copies of all correspondence to and from, and
all documents issued to and by, the Commission in connection with the registration of the
Shares under the Securities Act or the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or
the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto or document incorporated by reference
therein.
(m) Prior to the Closing Date, to furnish to the Placement Agent, as soon as they have
been prepared, copies of any unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the
Company for any periods subsequent to the periods covered by the financial statements
appearing in or incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus.
(n) Prior to the Closing Date, not to issue any press release or other communication
directly or indirectly or hold any press conference with respect to the Company, its
condition, financial or otherwise, or earnings, business affairs or business prospects
(except for routine oral marketing communications in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with the past practices of the Company and of which the Placement Agent is
notified), without the prior written consent of the Placement Agent, unless in the judgment
of the Company and its counsel, and after notification to the Placement Agent, such press
release or communication is required by law.
(o) Until the Placement Agent shall have notified the Company of the completion of the
offering of the Shares, that the Company will not, and will cause its affiliated purchasers
(as defined in Regulation M under the Exchange Act) not to, either alone or with one or more
other persons, bid for or purchase, for any account in which it or any of its affiliated
purchasers has a beneficial interest, any Shares, or attempt to induce any person to
purchase any Shares and not to, and to cause its affiliated purchasers not to, make bids or
purchase for the purpose of creating actual, or apparent, active trading in or of raising
the price of the Shares.
(p) Not to take any action prior to the Closing Date which would require the Prospectus
to be amended or supplemented pursuant to Section 5.
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(q) To at all times comply with all applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act in
effect from time to time.
(r) To apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares as set forth in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading
“Use of Proceeds.”
(s) To use its best efforts to list, effect and maintain, subject to notice of
issuance, the Common Stock on Amex.
(t) To use its best efforts to assist the Placement Agent and its counsel with any
filings with FINRA and obtaining clearance from FINRA as to the amount of compensation
allowable or payable to the Placement Agent.
(u) To use its best efforts to do and perform all things required to be done or
performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to the Closing Date and to satisfy all
conditions precedent to the delivery of the Shares.
6. Payment of Expenses. The Company agrees to pay, or reimburse if paid by the
Placement Agent: (a) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and
delivery of the Shares to the Purchasers and any taxes payable in that connection; (b) the costs
incident to the Registration of the Shares under the Securities Act; (c) the costs incident to the
preparation, printing and distribution of the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any
Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the
Prospectus, any amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto or any document incorporated by
reference therein and the costs of printing, reproducing and distributing any transaction document
by mail, telex or other means of communications; (d) if applicable, the fees and expenses incurred
in connection with securing any required review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Shares and
any filings made with FINRA; (e) any applicable listing, quotation or other fees; (f) the
reasonable fees and expenses of qualifying the Shares under the securities laws of the several
jurisdictions as provided in Section 5(i) and of preparing, printing and distributing wrappers,
Blue Sky Memoranda and Legal Investment Surveys; (g) the cost of preparing and printing stock
certificates; (h) all fees and expenses of the registrar and transfer agent of the Shares; (i) the
reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel to the Placement Agent not to exceed $15,000
without prior authorization from the Company, and (j) all other costs and expenses incident to the
offering of the Shares or the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement
provided however, fees in excess of $10,000 will require prior Company authorization before the fee
is incurred (including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and the
Company’s independent accountants and the travel and other expenses incurred by Company personnel
in connection with any “road show” including, without limitation, any expenses advanced by the
Placement Agent on the Company’s behalf which will be promptly reimbursed however, fees in excess
of $10,000 will require prior Company authorization before the fee is incurred); provided that,
except to the extent otherwise provided in this Section 6 and in Sections 8 and 10, the Placement
Agent shall pay its own costs and expenses, including the fees and expenses of its counsel.
7. Conditions to the Obligations of the Placement Agent and the Purchasers, and the Sale
of the Shares. The respective obligations of the Placement Agent hereunder and the Purchasers
under the Subscription Agreements, and the Closing of the sale of the Shares, are subject to the
accuracy, when made and as of the Applicable Time and on the Closing Date, of the representations
and warranties of the Company contained herein, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company
made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of
its obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional terms and conditions:
(a) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any
part thereof, preventing or suspending the use of any Base Prospectus, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or any part thereof
shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under
the Securities Act shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission, and all
requests for additional information on the part of the Commission (to be included or
incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise)
shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Placement Agent; the
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if any, and
the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time period
prescribed for such filing by, and in compliance with, the Rules and Regulations and in
accordance with Section 5(a), and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, shall have
become effective immediately upon its filing with the Commission; and FINRA shall have
raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the terms of this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
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(b) The Placement Agent shall not have discovered and disclosed to the Company on or
prior to the Closing Date that the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement
thereto contains an untrue statement of a fact which, in the opinion of counsel for the
Placement Agent, is material or omits to state any fact which, in the opinion of such
counsel, is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, or that the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an
untrue statement of fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material or omits to
state any fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is necessary in order
to make the statements, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not
misleading.
(c) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization,
form and validity of each of this Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Shares, the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,
if any, and the Prospectus and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects
to counsel for the Placement Agent, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all
documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such
matters.
(d) Ice Xxxxxx LLP and Xxxxx Xxxxxx as in-house counsel shall have furnished to the
Placement Agent such counsel’s written opinion and negative assurances statement, as counsel
to the Company, addressed to the Placement Agent, dated the Closing Date, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent.
(e) [Intentionally omitted]
(f) [Intentionally omitted]
(g) [Intentionally omitted]
(h) The Company shall have furnished to the Placement Agent a certificate, dated the
Closing Date, of its Chief Executive Officer, its President or a Vice President and its
Chief Financial Officer stating that (i) such officers have carefully examined the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, any Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus and the Prospectus and, in their opinion, the Registration Statement and each
amendment thereto, at the Applicable Time and as of the date of this Agreement and as of the
Closing Date did not include any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and the General Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time and as
of the Closing Date, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as of its date and as of the
Closing Date, the Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto, as of the respective
date thereof and as of the Closing Date, did
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not include
any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in
which they were made, not misleading, (ii) since the effective date of the initial
Registration Statement, no event has occurred which should have been set forth in a
supplement or amendment to the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus, (iii) to the their knowledge, as of the Closing Date, the representations and
warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and the Company has
complied in all material respects with all agreements and satisfied in all material respects
all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing
Date, and (iv) there has not been, subsequent to the date of the most recent audited
financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure
Package, any material adverse change in the financial position or results of operations of
the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, or any change or development that,
singularly or in the aggregate, would involve a material adverse change or a prospective
material adverse change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of
operations, business or assets of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, except
as set forth in the Prospectus.
(i) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the General
Disclosure Package or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package as of the
date hereof, (a) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained any
loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity,
whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental
action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth in the General Disclosure Package, and
(b) there shall not have been any change in the capital stock (other than Common Stock of
the Company issued pursuant to the exercise of stock options previously outstanding under
the Company’s stock option plans or the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to employee stock
purchase plans) or long-term debt of the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, or any change,
or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the business, general
affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of
the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth in the
General Disclosure Package, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (a) or
(b) of this paragraph (i), is, in the judgment of the Placement Agent, so material and
adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the sale or delivery of
the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the General Disclosure Package.
(j) No action shall have been taken and no law, statute, rule, regulation or order
shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency or body which would
prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares or materially and adversely affect or potentially
materially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole; and no injunction, restraining order or order of any other
nature by any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction shall have been issued which
would prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares or materially and adversely affect or
potentially materially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company and
its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(k) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement there shall not have
occurred any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock
Exchange, Nasdaq or Amex or in the over-the-counter market, or trading in any securities of
the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market, shall have been suspended or
materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices or maximum range for prices shall have been
established on any such exchange or such market by the Commission, by such exchange or
market or by any other regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction, (ii) a
banking moratorium shall have been declared by Federal or state authorities or a material
disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services
in the United States, (iii) the United States shall have become engaged in hostilities, or
the subject of an act of terrorism, or there shall have been an outbreak of or escalation in
hostilities involving
the United States, or there shall have been a declaration of a national emergency or
war by the United States or (iv) there shall have occurred such a material adverse change in
general economic, political or financial conditions (or the effect of international
conditions on the financial markets in the United States shall be such) as to make it, in
the judgment of the Placement Agent, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the sale
or delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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(l) The Company shall have filed a Notification Form: Listing of Additional Shares with
Amex and shall have received no objection thereto from Amex.
(m) The Company shall have entered into Subscription Agreements with each of the
Purchasers and such agreements shall be in full force and effect.
(n) The Placement Agent shall have received clearance from FINRA as to the amount of
compensation allowable or payable to the Placement Agent as described in the Pricing
Prospectus.
(o) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Placement Agent
such further information, opinions, certificates (including a Secretary’s Certificate),
letters or documents as the Placement Agent shall have reasonably requested.
All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this
Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Placement Agent.
8. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Placement Agent, its affiliates
and each of its and their respective directors, officers, members, employees,
representatives, agents, and any sub-placement agent engaged and identified by the
Placement Agent to and approved as such by the Company and each person, if any, who controls
the Placement Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act of or Section 20
of the Exchange Act (collectively, the “Placement Agent Indemnified Parties,” and
each a “Placement Agent Indemnified Party”) against any loss, claim, damage, expense
or liability whatsoever (or any action, investigation or proceeding in respect thereof),
joint or several, to which such Placement Agent Indemnified Party may become subject, under
the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, expense, liability,
action, investigation or proceeding arises out of or is based upon (A) any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed
pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules and Regulations, any Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or document incorporated by reference
therein, (B) the omission or alleged omission to state in any Preliminary Prospectus, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed
pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules and Regulations, any Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or document incorporated by reference
therein, a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, in light of the circumstances in which they were made or (C) any
breach of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein, or the failure
of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder or pursuant to any law, and shall
reimburse the Placement Agent Indemnified Party promptly upon demand for any legal fees or
other expenses reasonably incurred by that Placement Agent Indemnified Party in connection
with investigating, or preparing to defend, or defending against, or appearing as a third
party witness in respect of, or otherwise incurred in connection with, any
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such loss, claim,
damage,
expense, liability, action, investigation or proceeding, as such fees and expenses are
incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the
extent that any such loss, claim, damage, expense or liability arises out of or is based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in, or omission or alleged omission
from any Preliminary Prospectus, any Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any such
amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Placement Agent
specifically for use therein, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the
Placement Agent’s Information (as defined in Section 17). This indemnity agreement is not
exclusive and will be in addition to any liability, which the Company might otherwise have
and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available at law or in
equity to each Placement Agent Indemnified Party.
(b) The Placement Agent shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its
directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act (collectively, the “Company Indemnified Parties,” and each a
“Company Indemnified Party”) against any loss, claim, damage, expense or liability
whatsoever (or any action, investigation or proceeding in respect thereof), joint or
several, to which such Company Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Securities
Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, expense, liability, action,
investigation or proceeding arises out of or is based upon (i) any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed
pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules and Regulations, any Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or (ii) the omission or alleged
omission to state in any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any
“issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules and
Regulations, any Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement
thereto, a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, but in each
case only to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by the Placement Agent specifically for use therein, which
information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Placement Agent’s Information as
defined in Section 17, and shall reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or preparing to defend or
defending against or appearing as third party witness in connection with any such loss,
claim, damage, liability, action, investigation or proceeding, as such fees and expenses are
incurred. This indemnity agreement is not exclusive and will be in addition to any
liability, which the Placement Agent might otherwise have and shall not limit any rights or
remedies which may otherwise be available at law or in equity to each Company Indemnified
Party. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(b), in no event shall any indemnity
by the Placement Agent under this Section 8(b) exceed the total compensation received by the
Placement Agent in accordance with Section 2.5.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of
the commencement of any action, the indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof
is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify such indemnifying
party in writing of the commencement of that action; provided, however, that the failure to
notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have
under this Section 8 except to the extent it has been materially prejudiced by such failure;
and, provided, further, that the failure to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve
it from any liability which it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under this
Section 8. If any such action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall
notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to
participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly
notified indemnifying party, to assume the
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defense
of such action with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party (which counsel shall not, except with
the written consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party). After
notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the
defense of such action, except as provided herein, the indemnifying party shall not be
liable to the indemnified party under Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently
incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense of such action other than
reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that any indemnified party shall have
the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and to participate in the defense of
such action but the fees and expenses of such counsel (other than reasonable costs of
investigation) shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the employment
thereof has been specifically authorized in writing by the Company in the case of a claim
for indemnification under Section 8(a) or Section 2.6 or the Placement Agent in the case of
a claim for indemnification under Section 8(b), (ii) such indemnified party shall have been
advised by its counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which
are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, or (iii) the
indemnifying party has failed to assume the defense of such action and employ counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party within a reasonable period of time after
notice of the commencement of the action or the indemnifying party does not diligently
defend the action after assumption of the defense, in which case, if such indemnified party
notifies the indemnifying party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the
expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume
the defense of (or, in the case of a failure to diligently defend the action after
assumption of the defense, to continue to defend) such action on behalf of such indemnified
party and the indemnifying party shall be responsible for legal or other expenses
subsequently reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense of
such action; provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with
any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same
jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the
fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all such
indemnified parties (in addition to any local counsel), which firm shall be designated in
writing by the Placement Agent if the indemnified parties under this Section 8 consist of
any Placement Agent Indemnified Party or by the Company if the indemnified parties under
this Section 8 consist of any Company Indemnified Parties. Subject to this Section 8(c), the
amount payable by an indemnifying party under Section 8 shall include, but not be limited
to, (x) reasonable legal fees and expenses of counsel to the indemnified party and any other
reasonable expenses in investigating, or preparing to defend or defending against, or
appearing as a third party witness in respect of, or otherwise incurred in connection with,
any action, investigation, proceeding or claim, and (y) all amounts paid in settlement of
any of the foregoing. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of judgment with respect
to any pending or threatened action or any claim whatsoever, in respect of which
indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 8 (whether or not the
indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement,
compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party from all liability
arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an
admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified
party. Subject to the provisions of the following sentence, no indemnifying party shall be
liable for settlement of any pending or threatened action or any claim whatsoever that is
effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), but if settled with its written consent, if its consent has been unreasonably
withheld or delayed or if there be a judgment for the plaintiff in any such matter, the
indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and
against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. In addition, if at
any time an indemnified party shall have requested that an indemnifying party reimburse the
indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it
shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated herein effected without its
written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than forty-five (45) days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the request for
reimbursement, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such
settlement at least thirty (30) days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii)
such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with
such request prior to the date of such settlement.
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(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 8(a) or Section 8(b), then
each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to
the amount paid, payable or otherwise incurred by such indemnified party as a result of such
loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (or any action, investigation or proceeding in
respect thereof), as incurred, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Placement Agent on the
other hand from the offering of the Shares, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i)
of this Section 8(d) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) of this
Section 8(d) but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Placement
Agent on the other with respect to the statements, omissions, acts or failures to act which
resulted in such loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (or any action, investigation or
proceeding in respect thereof) as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The
relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Placement Agent on the
other with respect to such offering shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the
total net proceeds from the offering of the Shares purchased under this Agreement (before
deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total Placement Fee received by the
Placement Agent in connection with the Offering, in each case as set forth in the table on
the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the
Placement Agent on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one
hand or the Placement Agent on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue
statement, omission, act or failure to act; provided that the parties hereto agree that the
written information furnished to the Company by the Placement Agent for use in any
Preliminary Prospectus, any Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any amendment or
supplement thereto, consists solely of the Placement Agent’s Information as defined in
Section 17. The Company and the Placement Agent agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 8(d) were to be determined by pro rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the
equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified
party as a result of the loss, claim, damage, expense, liability, action, investigation or
proceeding referred to above in this Section 8(d) shall be deemed to include, for purposes
of this Section 8(d), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending against or
appearing as a third party witness in respect of, or otherwise incurred in connection with,
any such loss, claim, damage, expense, liability, action, investigation or proceeding.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(d), the Placement Agent shall not be
required to contribute any amount in excess of the total compensation received by the
Placement Agent in accordance with Section 2.5 less the amount of any damages which the
Placement Agent has otherwise paid or become liable to pay by reason of any untrue or
alleged untrue statement, omission or alleged omission, act or alleged act or failure to act
or alleged failure to act. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 1 1(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any
person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
9. Termination. The obligations of the Placement Agent and the Purchasers hereunder
and under the Subscription Agreements may be terminated by the Placement Agent, in its absolute
discretion by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Shares if, prior
to that time, any
of the events described in Sections 7(i), 7(j) or 7(k) have occurred or if the Purchasers
shall decline to purchase the Shares for any reason permitted under this Agreement or the
Subscription Agreements.
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10. Reimbursement of Placement Agent’s Expenses. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, if (a) this Agreement shall have been terminated pursuant to Section 9,
(b) the Company shall fail to tender the Shares for delivery to the Purchasers for any reason not
permitted under this Agreement, (c) the Purchasers shall decline to purchase the Shares for any
reason permitted under this Agreement or (d) the sale of the Shares is not consummated because any
condition to the obligations of the Purchasers or the Placement Agent set forth herein is not
satisfied or because of the refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any
agreement herein or to satisfy any condition or to comply with the provisions hereof, then, in
addition to the payment of any amounts in accordance with Section 6, the Company shall reimburse
the Placement Agent for the fees and expenses of the Placement Agent’s counsel (such fees not to
exceed $15,000 without prior written consent from the Company) and for such other accountable
out-of-pocket expenses as shall have been reasonably incurred by them in connection with this
Agreement and the proposed purchase of the Shares, and upon demand the Company shall pay the full
amount thereof to the Placement Agent.
11. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) the Placement Agent’s responsibility to the Company is solely contractual in
nature, the Placement Agent has been retained solely to act as Placement Agent in connection
with the Offering and no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company and
the Placement Agent has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, irrespective of whether the Placement Agent has advised or is advising the
Company on other matters;
(b) the price of the Shares set forth in this Agreement was established by the Company
following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Placement Agent, and the Company
is capable of evaluating and understanding, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks
and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(c) it has been advised that the Placement Agent and its affiliates are engaged in a
broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the
Company and that the Placement Agent has no obligation to disclose such interests and
transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and
(d) it waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against
the Placement Agent for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and
agrees that the Placement Agent shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the
Company in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary
duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including stockholders, employees or
creditors of the Company.
12. Successors; Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon the Placement Agent, the Company, and their respective
successors and assigns. This Agreement shall also inure to the benefit of the Purchasers, and each
of their respective successors and assigns and any sub-placement agent engaged and identified by
the Placement Agent to and approved as such by the Company which shall be third party
beneficiaries hereof. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be
construed to give any person, other than the persons mentioned in the preceding sentences, any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement, or any provisions
herein contained, this Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof being intended to be and
being for the sole and exclusive benefit of such persons and for the benefit of no other person;
except that the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and indemnities of the Company
contained in this Agreement shall also be for the benefit of the Placement Agent Indemnified
Parties and the indemnities of the Placement Agent shall be for the benefit of the
Company Indemnified Parties. It is understood that the Placement Agent’s responsibility to
the Company is solely contractual in nature and the Placement Agent does not owe the Company, or
any other party, any fiduciary duty as a result of this Agreement.
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13. Survival of Indemnities, Representations, Warranties, etc. The respective
indemnities, covenants, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company
and the Placement Agent, as set forth in this Agreement or made by them respectively, pursuant to
this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or
on behalf of the Placement Agent, the Company, the Purchasers or any person controlling any of them
and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares. Notwithstanding any termination of this
Agreement, including without limitation any termination pursuant to Section 9, the indemnity and
contribution agreements contained in Section 8 and the covenants, representations, warranties set
forth in this Agreement shall not terminate and shall remain in full force and effect at all times.
14. Notices. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing, and:
(a) if to the Placement Agent, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex, or facsimile
transmission to Wilmington Capital Securities, LLC c/o Intrinsic Advisory Group, Inc., 000
Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: X. X. Xxxxx, Fax:
000-000-0000; and
(b) if to the Company, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex, or facsimile
transmission to Arcadia Resources, Inc., 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx (Fax: 000-000-0000), with a copy to: Ice Xxxxxx LLP, Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Esq.
(Fax: 000-000-0000).
provided, however, that any notice to the Placement Agent pursuant to Section 8 shall be delivered
or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the Placement Agent at its address set forth
above, which address will be supplied to any other party hereto by the Placement Agent upon
request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of
receipt thereof, except that any such statement, request, notice or agreement delivered or sent by
email shall take effect at the time of confirmation of receipt thereof by the recipient thereof.
15. Definition of Certain Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) “business day”
means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. is open for trading and (b) “subsidiary”
has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations.
16. Governing Law, Agent for Service and Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, including without
limitation Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law. No legal proceeding may be
commenced, prosecuted or continued in any court other than the courts of the State of New York
located in the City and County of New York or in the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York, which courts shall have jurisdiction over the adjudication of such matters,
and the Company and the Placement Agent each hereby consent to the jurisdiction of such courts and
personal service with respect thereto. The Company and the Placement Agent each hereby consent to
personal jurisdiction, service and venue in any court in which any legal proceeding arising out of
or in any way relating to this Agreement is brought by any third party against the Company or the
Placement Agent. The Company and the Placement Agent each hereby waive all right to trial by jury
in any legal proceeding (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) in any way arising out of
or relating to this Agreement. The Company agrees that a final judgment in any such legal
proceeding brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and the
Placement Agent and may be enforced in any other courts in the jurisdiction of which the Company is
or may be subject, by suit upon such judgment.
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17. Placement Agent’s Information. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, for
all purposes of this Agreement, the Placement Agent’s Information consists solely of the following
information in the Prospectus: (i) the last paragraph on the front cover page concerning the
terms of the offering by the Placement Agent; and (ii) the statements concerning the Placement
Agent contained in the first and sixth paragraphs under the heading “Plan of Distribution.”
18. Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any section,
paragraph, clause or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
any other section, paragraph, clause or provision hereof. If any section, paragraph, clause 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.
19. General. This Agreement, the Subscription Agreement and the investment banking
agreement as amended 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. In this Agreement, the masculine, feminine
and neuter genders and the singular and the plural include one another. The section headings in
this Agreement are for the convenience of the parties only and will not affect the construction or
interpretation of this Agreement. This Agreement may be amended or modified, and the observance of
any term of this Agreement may be waived, only by a writing signed by the Company and the Placement
Agent.
20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each
of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were
upon the same instrument and such signatures may be delivered by facsimile.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of the agreement between the Company
and the Placement Agent, kindly indicate your acceptance in the space provided for that purpose
below.
Very truly yours, | ||||||||
ARCADIA RESOURCES, INC. | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||||||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |||||||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
Accepted as of the date
first above written:
first above written:
WILMINGTON CAPITAL SECURITIES, LLC | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
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SCHEDULE A
General Use Free Writing Prospectuses
None.
EXHIBIT A
Form of Subscription Agreement
See
Exhibit 10.1
EXHIBIT B
List of Subsidiaries of Arcadia Resources, Inc.
1. | American Oxygen and Medical Equipment, Inc., an Illinois corporation | |||
d/b/a | Arcadia H.O.M.E.: Remedy Therapeutics | |||
2. | Arcadia Employee Services, Inc., a Michigan corporation | |||
3. | Arcadia Health Services, Inc., a Michigan corporation | |||
d/b/a | Arcadia Health Care: Arcadia Home Care & Staffing; Arcadia Services | |||
4. | Arcadia Health Services of Michigan, Inc., a Michigan corporation | |||
d/b/a | Arcadia Metrostaff: Bestaff Arcadia HealthCare: HHP Staffing: Metrostaff: Metrostaff Healthcare Services: Metrostaff Staffing Services: Temporary Health Care | |||
5. | Arcadia Home Health Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation | |||
6. | Arcadia Home Health Care Services, Inc, a Michigan corporation | |||
7. | Arcadia Home Oxygen & Medical Equipment, Inc., a Michigan corporation | |||
d/b/a | Arcadia H.O.M.E.: Arcadia Medical Products, Inc. | |||
8. | Arcadia Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation | |||
9. | Arcadia Services, Inc., a Michigan corporation | |||
10. | Grayrose, Inc., a Michigan corporation | |||
d/b/a | Arcadia Staff Resources | |||
11. | Jascorp, LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company | |||
12. | PrairieStone Pharmacy, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company | |||
d/b/a | Daily Med Pharmacy: DailyMed: DailyMedRx | |||
13. | RKDA, Inc., a Michigan corporation |