SALES AGREEMENT
Exhibit 99.1
Common Shares
(nominal value €0.12 per share)
July 20, 2020
SVB LEERINK LLC
1301 Avenue of the Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
InflaRx N.V., a public limited liability company (naamloze vennootschap) under Dutch law (the “Company”),
confirms its agreement (this “Agreement”) with SVB Leerink LLC (the “Agent”), as follows:
1. Issuance and Sale of Shares. The Company agrees that, from time to time
during the term of this Agreement, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, it may issue and sell through the Agent up to $50,000,000 of common shares, nominal value €0.12 per share, of the Company (the “Common Shares”), subject to the limitations set forth in Section 5(c) (the “Placement Shares”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the parties hereto agree
that compliance with the limitation set forth in this Section 1 on the aggregate gross sales price of Placement Shares that may be issued and sold under this Agreement from time to time shall be the sole responsibility of the Company, and that the
Agent shall have no obligation in connection with such compliance. The issuance and sale of Placement Shares through the Agent will be effected pursuant to the Registration Statement (as defined below) and an amendment thereto filed by the Company
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and deemed effective or declared effective by the Commission, although nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as requiring the Company
to issue any Placement Shares.
The Company has prepared and filed, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), with the Commission a registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-239759), including a base prospectus, relating to certain securities, including the Common Shares, to be issued from
time to time by the Company, and which incorporates by reference documents that the Company has filed or will file in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder
(collectively, the “Exchange Act”). The Company has prepared a prospectus supplement to the base prospectus included as part of the Registration Statement (as defined below) at the time the Registration
Statement became effective, which prospectus supplement specifically relates to the Placement Shares to be issued from time to time pursuant to this Agreement (the “Prospectus Supplement”). The Company
will furnish to the Agent, for use by the Agent, copies of the base prospectus included as part of such registration statement at the time it became effective, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement. Except where the context otherwise requires,
the Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto and all documents filed as part thereof or incorporated by reference therein, and including any information contained in a Prospectus (as defined below) subsequently filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act or deemed to be a part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B or Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, is herein called the “Registration Statement.”
The base prospectus, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, included in the Registration Statement, as it may be supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement, in the form in which such prospectus and/or Prospectus Supplement have most
recently been filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, together with any “issuer free writing prospectus” (as used herein, as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act (“Rule 433”)), relating to the Placement Shares that is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company or is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i), in each case, 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), is herein called the “Prospectus.”
Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any issuer free writing prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the
documents, if any, that are or are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein (the “Incorporated Documents”), including, unless the context otherwise requires, the documents, if any, filed as exhibits
to such Incorporated Documents. Any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any issuer free writing prospectus shall be deemed to refer
to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act on or after the most-recent effective date of the Registration Statement, or the respective dates of the Prospectus Supplement, Prospectus or such issuer free writing prospectus, as the
case may be, and incorporated therein by reference. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto shall be deemed to include the most recent copy filed with the
Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System or, if applicable, the Interactive Data Electronic Application system when used by the Commission (collectively, “XXXXX”).
2. Placements. Each time that the Company wishes to issue and sell any
Placement Shares through the Agent hereunder (each, a “Placement”), it will notify the Agent by email notice (or other method mutually agreed to in writing by the parties) (each such notice, a “Placement Notice”) containing the parameters in accordance with which it desires such Placement Shares to be sold, which at a minimum shall include the maximum number or amount of Placement Shares to be
sold, the time period during which sales are requested to be made, any limitation on the number or amount of Placement Shares that may be sold in any one Trading Day (as defined in Section 3) and any minimum price below which sales may not be made
(provided that the Company shall ensure that the minimum sales price must always be such that sales of Placement Shares cannot result in Net Proceeds (as defined below) being less than the aggregate nominal value of such Placement Shares), a form of
which containing such minimum sales parameters is attached hereto as Schedule 1. The Placement Notice must originate from one of the individuals authorized to act on behalf of the Company and set forth
on Schedule 2 (with a copy to each of the other individuals from the Company listed on such Schedule 2), and shall be addressed to each of the individuals
from the Agent set forth on Schedule 2, as such Schedule 2 may be updated by either party from time to time by sending a written notice containing a
revised Schedule 2 to the other party in the manner provided in Section 12 (including by email correspondence to each of the individuals of the Company set forth on Schedule
2, if receipt of such correspondence is actually acknowledged by any of the individuals to whom the notice is sent, other than via auto-reply). The Placement Notice shall be effective upon receipt by the Agent unless and until in
accordance with the notice requirements set forth in Section 4, the Agent declines to accept the terms contained therein for any reason, in its sole discretion, within two Trading Days of the date the Agent receives the Placement Notice, in
accordance with the notice requirements set forth in Section 4, the Agent suspends sales under the Placement Notice for any reason in its sole discretion, the entire amount of the Placement Shares has been sold pursuant to this Agreement, in
accordance with the notice requirements set forth in Section 4, the Company suspends sales under or terminates the Placement Notice for any reason in its sole discretion, the Company issues a subsequent Placement Notice and explicitly indicates that
its parameters supersede those contained in the earlier dated Placement Notice or this Agreement has been terminated pursuant to the provisions of Section 11. The amount of any discount, commission or other compensation to be paid by the Company to
the Agent in connection with the sale of the Placement Shares effected through the Agent shall be calculated in accordance with the terms set forth in Schedule 3. It is expressly acknowledged and
agreed that neither the Company nor the Agent will have any obligation whatsoever with respect to a Placement or any Placement Shares unless and until the Company delivers a Placement Notice to the Agent and the Agent does not decline such Placement
Notice pursuant to the terms set forth above, and then only upon the terms specified therein and herein. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of a Placement Notice, the terms of the Placement Notice will
control with respect to the matters covered thereby.
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3. Sale of Placement Shares by the Agent. On the basis of the representations
and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, including Section 5(c), upon the Agent’s acceptance of the terms of a Placement Notice as provided in Section 2, and unless the sale of the Placement Shares
described therein has been declined, suspended or otherwise terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Agent, for the period specified in the Placement Notice, will use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its
normal trading and sales practices and applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations and the rules of the Nasdaq Global Select Market (“Nasdaq”) to sell such Placement Shares up to the number
or amount specified in, and otherwise in accordance with the terms of, such Placement Notice. The Agent will provide written confirmation to the Company (including by email correspondence to each of the individuals of the Company set forth on Schedule 2, if receipt of such correspondence is actually acknowledged by any of the individuals to whom the notice is sent, other than via auto-reply) no later than the opening of the Trading Day (as
defined below) immediately following the Trading Day on which it has made sales of Placement Shares hereunder setting forth the number or amount of Placement Shares sold on such Trading Day, the volume-weighted average price of the Placement Shares
sold and the Net Proceeds (as defined below) payable to the Company. Unless otherwise specified by the Company in a Placement Notice (but subject always to the terms of the applicable Placement Notice), the Agent may sell Placement Shares by any
method permitted by law deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act, including sales made directly on or through Nasdaq, on or through any other existing trading market for the Common Shares or to or through
a market maker. If expressly authorized by the Company (including in a Placement Notice), the Agent may also sell Placement Shares in negotiated transactions. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6(tt), except as may be otherwise agreed by the
Company and the Agent, the Agent shall not purchase Placement Shares on a principal basis pursuant to this Agreement unless the Company and the Agent enter into a separate written agreement setting forth the terms of such sale. The Company
acknowledges and agrees that there can be no assurance that the Agent will be successful in selling Placement Shares, the Agent will incur no liability or obligation to the Company or any other person or entity if it does not sell Placement Shares
for any reason other than a failure by the Agent to use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations and the rules of Nasdaq to sell such
Placement Shares as required under this Agreement and the Agent shall be under no obligation to purchase Placement Shares on a principal basis pursuant to this Agreement unless the Company and the Agent enter into a separate written agreement
setting forth the terms of such sale. For the purposes hereof, “Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Shares are purchased and sold on Nasdaq.
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4. Suspension of Sales.
(a) The Company or the Agent may, upon notice to the other party in writing (including
by email correspondence to each of the individuals of the other party set forth on Schedule 2, if receipt of such correspondence is actually acknowledged by any of the individuals to whom the notice is
sent, other than via auto-reply) or by telephone (confirmed immediately by email correspondence to each of the individuals of the other party set forth on Schedule 2), suspend any sale of Placement
Shares; provided, however, that such suspension shall not affect or impair either party’s obligations with respect to any Placement Shares sold hereunder prior to the
receipt of such notice. Each of the parties agrees that no such notice under this Section 4 shall be effective against the other party unless notice is sent by one of the individuals named on Schedule 2
hereto to the other party in writing (including by email correspondence to each of the individuals of the other party set forth on Schedule 2, if receipt of such correspondence is actually acknowledged
by any of the individuals to whom the notice is sent, other than via auto-reply).
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, during any period in which
the Company is, or could be deemed to be, in possession of material nonpublic information, the Company and the Agent agree that no sale of Placement Shares will take place, the Company shall not request the sale of any Placement Shares and shall
cancel any effective Placement Notices instructing the Agent to make any sales and the Agent shall not be obligated to sell or offer to sell any Placement Shares.
5. Settlement and Delivery of the Placement Shares.
(a) Settlement of Placement Shares. Unless otherwise specified in the
applicable Placement Notice, settlement for sales of Placement Shares will occur on the second Trading Day (or such earlier day as is industry practice or as is required for regular-way trading) following the date on which such sales are made (each,
a “Settlement Date”). The amount of proceeds to be delivered to the Company on a Settlement Date against receipt of the Placement Shares sold (the “Net Proceeds”)
will be equal to the aggregate gross sales price received by the Agent at which such Placement Shares were sold, after deduction of the Agent’s commission, discount or other compensation for such sales payable by the Company pursuant to Section 2
hereof, any other amounts due and payable by the Company to the Agent hereunder pursuant to Section 7(g) hereof and any transaction fees imposed by any governmental or self-regulatory organization in respect of such sales.
(b) Delivery of Placement Shares. On each Settlement Date, subject to the
delivery of the related Net Proceeds by the Agent to the Company, the Company will issue the Placement Shares being sold on such date to its transfer agent pursuant to a deed of issue (each, a “Deed of Issue”)
and will cause its transfer agent to electronically transfer such Placement Shares by crediting the Agent’s or its designee’s account (provided the Agent shall have given the Company written notice of such designee prior to the Settlement Date) at
The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit and Withdrawal at Custodian System (“DWAC”) or by such other means of delivery as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto, which in all cases
shall be duly authorized, freely tradeable, transferable, registered Common Shares in good deliverable form. On each Settlement Date, the Agent will deliver the related Net Proceeds in same day funds to an account designated by the Company on or
prior to the Settlement Date and in any event before the execution by the Company of the applicable Deed of Issue. The Agent shall be responsible for providing DWAC instructions or other instructions for delivery by other means with regard to the
transfer of the Placement Shares being sold. In addition to and in no way limiting the rights and obligations set forth in Section 9(a) hereto, the Company agrees that, following receipt of the Net Proceeds, if the Company or its transfer agent (if
applicable) defaults in its obligation to deliver duly authorized, freely tradeable, transferable, registered Placement Shares in good deliverable form by 2:30 p.m., New York City time, on a Settlement Date (other than as a result of a failure by the
Agent to provide instructions for delivery), the Company will take all necessary action to cause the full amount of any Net Proceeds that were delivered to the Company’s account with respect to such settlement, together with any costs incurred by
the Agent and/or its clearing firm in connection with recovering such Net Proceeds, to be immediately returned to the Agent or its clearing firm no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Settlement Date, by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to an account designated by the Agent or its clearing firm, indemnify and hold the Agent and its clearing firm harmless against any loss, claim, damage or reasonable and documented expense (including reasonable and documented legal
fees and expenses), as incurred, arising out of or in connection with such default by the Company or its transfer agent (if applicable) and pay to the Agent any commission, discount or other compensation to which it would otherwise have been
entitled absent such default.
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(c) Limitations on Offering Size. Under no circumstances shall the Company
cause or request the offer or sale of any Placement Shares if, after giving effect to the sale of such Placement Shares, the aggregate number or gross sales proceeds of Placement Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement would exceed the lesser of the
number or dollar amount of Common Shares registered pursuant to, and available for offer and sale under, the Registration Statement pursuant to which the offering of Placement Shares is being made, the number of Common Shares that remain available
for issuance under the authorized share capital of the Company (maatschappelijk kapitaal) (less Common Shares issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of any outstanding securities of the Company or
otherwise reserved from the Company’s authorized share capital), the number or dollar amount of Common Shares permitted to be offered and sold by the Company under Form F-3 (including General Instruction I.B.5. thereof, if such instruction is
applicable), the number or dollar amount of Common Shares that the Company’s board of directors is authorized to issue and sell from time to time in accordance with the Company’s articles of association and applicable Dutch law, and notified to the
Agent in writing, or the dollar amount of Common Shares for which the Company has filed the Prospectus Supplement. Under no circumstances shall the Company cause or request the offer or sale of any Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement at a
price lower than the minimum price authorized from time to time by the Company’s board of directors or any committee of the Company's board of directors, and notified to the Agent in writing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that compliance with the limitations set forth in this Section 5(c) on the number or dollar amount of Placement Shares that may be issued and sold under this Agreement from time to time shall be the
sole responsibility of the Company, and that the Agent shall have no obligation in connection with such compliance.
6. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and
warrants to, and agrees with, the Agent that as of the date of this Agreement (except for those representations, warranties and agreements that speak solely as of a specific date or time, in which case as of such date or time), and as of each
Representation Date (as defined in Section 7(m)), each date on which a Placement Notice is given, the date and time of each sale of any Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement and each Settlement Date (each such time or date referred to in
clauses (i) through (iv), an “Applicable Time”):
(a) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company and the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement meet the requirements for, and comply with the conditions for the use of, Form F-3 (including General Instructions I.A and I.B.1.) under the Securities Act. The Registration Statement has been filed with the Commission
and has been deemed or declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act prior to the issuance of any Placement Notices by the Company. At the time the Registration Statement became effective and at the time the Company’s most recent
Annual Report on Form 20-F was filed with the Commission, the Company met the then-applicable requirements for use of Form F-3 (including General Instructions I.A and I.B.1.) under the Securities Act. The Registration Statement meets, and the
offering and sale of Placement Shares as contemplated hereby comply with, the requirements of Rule 415(a)(1)(x) under the Securities Act. The Agent is named as the agent engaged by the Company in the section entitled “Plan of Distribution” in the
Prospectus Supplement. The Company has not received, and has no notice from the Commission of, any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g) under the Securities Act objecting to the use of the shelf registration statement form. No stop order preventing or
suspending the use of the base prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus, or the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, has been issued by the Commission, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or, to the knowledge
of the Company, threatened by the Commission. Copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any such amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing and all Incorporated Documents that were filed with the Commission on or prior to the date
of this Agreement have been delivered, or are available through XXXXX, to the Agent and its counsel.
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(b) Disclosure. Each of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto,
at the time it became or becomes effective, at each deemed effective date with respect to the Agent pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the Securities Act and as of each Applicable Time, complied, complies and will comply in all material respects with
the requirements of the Securities Act and did not, does not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity
with Agent’s Information (as defined below). The Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, when so filed with the Commission under Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, complied, complies and as of each Applicable Time will comply in all
material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and, as of its date and as of each Applicable Time, did not include, does not include or will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or did not omit, does not omit or will not
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 that the Company makes no representation or
warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with Agent’s Information. Each Incorporated Document filed on or before the date hereof, when it was filed (or, if any amendment with respect to any such
document was filed, when such amendment was filed), conformed in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and was filed on a timely basis with the Commission, and any Incorporated Documents filed after the date hereof will be
filed on a timely basis and, when so filed, will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act, and no such Incorporated Document when it was filed or is filed (or, if an amendment with respect to any such document was
filed or is filed, when such amendment was filed or is filed), contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Each Prospectus Supplement, Prospectus or issuer free writing prospectus (or any amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing) furnished to the Agent for use in connection with the
offering of the Placement Shares was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Each issuer free writing prospectus, as of
its issue date and as of each Applicable Time, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any
Incorporated Document deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. Each issuer free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433 or that was prepared by or on behalf of or used
by the Company complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act.
(d) Financial Statements. The financial statements (including the related
notes thereto) of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and present fairly in all material
respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements have been prepared
in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby,
except in the case of the unaudited interim financial statements, which are subject to normal, year-end adjustments and exclude certain footnotes as permitted by the applicable rules of the Commission, and any supporting schedules included in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly the information required to be stated therein. The other financial information included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and presents fairly in all material respects the information shown thereby. The pro forma financial information and the related notes thereto included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus have
been prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the assumptions underlying such pro forma financial information are reasonable and are set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
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(e) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial
statements of the Company included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been any change in the share capital (other than the issuance of Common Shares
upon exercise of share options and warrants described as outstanding in, and the grant of options and awards under existing equity incentive plans described in, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus), short-term debt or long-term debt of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of share capital, or any material adverse change, or any development that would reasonably be
expected to result in a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position, shareholders’ equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole,
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not in the ordinary course of business) that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or
obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its business that is material to the Company and
its subsidiaries taken as a whole and that is either from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or
governmental or regulatory authority.
(f) Emerging Growth Company. From the date of the Registration Statement
through the date hereof, the Company has been and is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act (an “Emerging Growth Company”).
(g) Distribution of Offering Materials. The Company has not distributed and,
prior to the later to occur of each Settlement Date and completion of the Agent’s distribution of the Placement Shares under this Agreement, will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Placement Shares
other than the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below).
(h) Exchange Act and Nasdaq Listing. 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 Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed on Nasdaq, and the Company has
taken no action designed to, or reasonably likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Shares under the Exchange Act or delisting the Common Shares from Nasdaq, nor has the Company received any notification that the
Commission or Nasdaq is contemplating terminating such registration or listing. The Company is in compliance with the current listing standards of Nasdaq. The Company has filed a Notification of Listing of Additional Shares with Nasdaq with respect
to the Placement Shares.
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(i) Organization and Good Standing. The Company has been duly incorporated and
is currently validly existing as a public limited liability company (naamloze vennootschap) under the laws of the Netherlands. Each of the Company’s subsidiaries has been duly organized and is validly
existing and in good standing (or equivalent concept) under the laws of its respective jurisdiction or organization. The Company and each of its subsidiaries are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing (or equivalent concept) 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 necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the
businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing (or equivalent concept) or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business,
properties, management, financial position, shareholders’ equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity, other than InflaRx GmbH and InflaRx Inc.
(j) Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capital as set forth in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus. All the issued and outstanding Common Shares have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights that have not
been duly waived or satisfied or validly excluded. Except as described in or expressly contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding rights (including, without limitation, pre-emptive rights), warrants or
options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any share capital or other equity interest in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind relating
to the issuance of any share capital of the Company or any such subsidiary, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options. The share capital of the Company conforms in all material respects to the
description thereof contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. All the outstanding share capital or other equity interests of each subsidiary owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company have been duly and validly authorized and
issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (except, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors’ qualifying shares and except as otherwise described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus) and are owned directly or indirectly by the
Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other similar claim of any third party.
(k) Share Options. With respect to the share options (the “Share Options”) granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Company Share Plans”), each grant of a Share
Option was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Share Option was by its terms to be effective by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the board of directors of the Company (or a duly
constituted and authorized committee thereof) and any required shareholder approval or authorization by the necessary number of votes or written consents, and, to the knowledge of the Company (other than with respect to the execution and delivery by
the Company), the award agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto, each such grant was made in accordance with the terms of the Company Share Plans and all other applicable laws and regulatory
rules or requirements and each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with IFRS in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company included in the Registration Statement and Prospectus.
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(l) Due Authorization. The Company has full right, power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. All action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of this Agreement and the consummation by it of the transactions
contemplated hereby has been duly and validly taken.
(m) The Sales Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by, and is a valid and binding agreement of, the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as rights to indemnification hereunder may be limited by applicable law and except as the enforcement hereof may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.
(n) The Placement Shares. The Placement Shares have been duly authorized by
the Company and, when issued and delivered and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued, will be fully paid and non-assessable and will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus. The issuance of the Placement Shares is not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights that have not been irrevocably waived or validly excluded.
(o) Description of the Agreement. This Agreement conforms in all material
respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(p) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
is in violation of its articles of association or similar organizational documents, in default, and no event has occurred that, 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 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 property or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, or in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction
over the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of
this Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Placement Shares and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Prospectus will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of,
or constitute a default under, result in the termination, modification or acceleration of, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property, right or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries 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 property, right or
assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, result in any violation of the provisions of the articles of association or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or result in the violation of any
law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such
conflict, breach, violation, default, lien, charge or encumbrance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(r) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order,
registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Placement Shares and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for the registration of the Placement Shares under the Securities Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as have already
been made or obtained or as may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), Nasdaq or under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Placement Shares by the Agent.
(s) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, demands, claims, suits, arbitrations, inquiries or proceedings (“Actions”) pending to which the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is or, to the knowledge of the Company, would reasonably be expected to be a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or, to the knowledge of the Company, would reasonably be expected to be the
subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, no such Actions are threatened or
contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others. There are no current or pending Actions that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that are not so
described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(t) Independent Accountants. Each accounting firm who have audited financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and the Prospectus is, at the time of such audit, an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and
its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and as required by the Securities Act.
(u) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have
good and marketable title in fee simple (Eigentum) to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and personal property that are material to the respective businesses of the Company and
its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and imperfections of title except those that do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the
Company and its subsidiaries or could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) Intellectual Property. Except as described in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus and as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries own or have the right to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service
marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service xxxx registrations, domain names and other source indicators, copyrights and copyrightable works, know-how, trade secrets, systems, procedures, proprietary or confidential information and all other
worldwide intellectual property, industrial property and proprietary rights (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses; to the knowledge of the
Company, the Company and its subsidiaries’ conduct of their respective businesses does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property of any person; the Company and its subsidiaries have not received any written notice
of any claim by any third party challenging the validity, enforceability or scope of any Intellectual Property owned or controlled by the Company or its subsidiaries or challenging the rights of the Company or its subsidiaries in such Intellectual
Property or alleging that the Company infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property of such third party; and to the knowledge of the Company, the Intellectual Property owned or controlled (including pursuant to an
exclusive license) by the Company and its subsidiaries is not being infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated by any person.
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(w) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists
between or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, shareholders, customers, suppliers or other affiliates of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the Securities
Act to be described in each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and that is not so described in such documents.
(x) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Placement Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, will not be required to register as an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an
“investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Investment Company Act”).
(y) Taxes. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries have filed all income and other material tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof and have paid all taxes required to be paid in respect thereof, except
with respect to matters being contested in good faith or for which adequate reserves are reflected, in accordance with IFRS, in the financial statements of the Company or its subsidiaries, and except as otherwise disclosed in each of the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there is no income or other material tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or
assets.
(z) Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess all
licenses, sub-licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the
ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as described in each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or
modification of any such license, sub-license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe that any such license, sub-license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course, except where such
revocation, modification or non-renewal would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the extent required by applicable laws and regulations of the United States Food and Drug
Administration (the “FDA”), the Company has submitted to the FDA an Investigational New Drug Application or amendment or supplement thereto for each clinical trial it has conducted or sponsored or is
conducting or sponsoring; all such submissions, if any, were in material compliance with applicable laws and rules and regulations when submitted and no material deficiencies have been asserted by the FDA with respect to any such submissions. To the
extent required by applicable laws and regulations of the European Medicines Agency (the “EMA”), the Company has submitted to the EMA a Clinical Trial Authorization or amendment or supplement thereto for
each clinical trial it has conducted or sponsored or is conducting or sponsoring; all such submissions, if any, were in material compliance with applicable laws and rules and regulations when submitted and no material deficiencies have been asserted
by the EMA with respect to any such submissions.
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(aa) No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is contemplated or threatened, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of any of its or its
subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, in each case, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is or at any time has been a party to any collective bargaining agreement
or other labor agreement with respect to employees of the Company or its subsidiaries.
(bb) Certain Environmental Matters. Except as described in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect: the Company and its subsidiaries (x) are in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state,
local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions, judgments, decrees, orders and other legally enforceable requirements relating to pollution or the protection of human health or safety, the environment, natural resources,
hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”); (y) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other
authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (z) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to, or any actual or potential violation
of, any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be
expected to result in any such notice; there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries; and (x) there is no proceeding that is pending, or that is known to the Company to be
contemplated, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceeding regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more
will be imposed, (y) the Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any facts or issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning hazardous or toxic substances or
wastes, pollutants or contaminants, that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Company and its subsidiaries, and (z) none of the Company or its subsidiaries
anticipates material capital expenditures relating to any Environmental Laws.
(cc) Compliance with ERISA. The Company does not maintain any “employee
benefit plan” subject to Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or the regulations and published interpretations thereunder.
(dd) Disclosure Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated
basis, have established a system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that is designed to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries and 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.
(ee) Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated
basis, have established systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that are designed to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act by, or under the supervision of, their respective
principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with IFRS. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; transactions
are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS and to maintain asset accountability; access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, no material
weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls have been identified. The Company’s auditors and the audit committee of the board of directors of the Company have been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which have adversely affected or are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (ii) any fraud, whether or
not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.
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(ff) Insurance. Except as described in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries have insurance covering their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as the Company reasonably believes are
adequate to protect the Company and its subsidiaries and their respective businesses; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures
are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost
from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business in all material respects.
(gg) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries,
nor, any director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has used any
corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or
benefit to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the
foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office; violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD
Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000 of the United Kingdom, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; or made,
offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit. The Company
and its subsidiaries have instituted, maintain and enforce, and will continue to maintain and enforce policies and procedures designed to promote and ensure compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.
(hh) Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company
and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable
money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company or any of its subsidiaries conducts business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any
governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the
Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
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(ii) No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries, directors, officers or employees, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently the subject or the target of any
sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. government (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation
as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”),
nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria and Crimea (each, a “Sanctioned Country”). The Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Placement Shares hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any
subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, to fund or facilitate any
activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.
For the past five years, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in and are not now knowingly engaged in any dealings or transactions with any person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or the
target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country.
(jj) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. No subsidiary of the Company is
currently prohibited (except as may be limited by applicable laws of the jurisdictions of such subsidiary’s incorporation or formation and as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus), 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 share capital or similar ownership interest, 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.
(kk) No Broker’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a
party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against any of them or the Agent for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the
offering and sale of the Placement Shares.
(ll) No Registration Rights. Except as described in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, 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 and the issuance and
sale of the Placement Shares.
(mm) No Stabilization. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly
(without giving any effect to the activities by the Agent), any action designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common Shares.
(nn) Margin Rules. Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Placement
Shares nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation
of such Board of Governors.
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(oo) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) included in any of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(pp) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the
Company that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included in each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material
respects.
(qq) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the
Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”), including Section 402 related to loans.
(rr) Status under the Securities Act. At the time of filing the Registration
Statement and any amendment thereto, at any time during which a Placement Notice is in effect and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
(ss) No Ratings. There are no debt securities or preferred shares issued or
guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries that are rated by a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined under Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act.
(tt) Stamp Taxes. Except for any net income, capital gains or franchise taxes
imposed on the Agent by the governments of the Netherlands, the United States, or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein as a result of any present or former connection (other than any connection resulting from the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement) between the Agent and the jurisdiction imposing such tax, no stamp duties or any other documentary or issuance taxes are payable by or on behalf of the Agent in the Netherlands, the United States, or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof solely in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the issuance and delivery of the Placement Shares by the Company in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and
the Prospectus or the sale and delivery by the Agent of the Placement Shares as contemplated herein and in the Prospectus, assuming that the Agent will not waive any value-added tax exemption.
(uu) No Immunity. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries or their
properties or assets has immunity under Dutch, German, U.S. federal or New York state law from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from the giving of any relief in any such legal action, suit or proceeding, from set-off or counterclaim, from the
jurisdiction of any Dutch, German, U.S. federal or New York state court, from service of process, attachment upon or prior to judgment, or attachment in aid of execution of judgment, or from execution of a judgment, or other legal process or
proceeding for the giving of any relief or for the enforcement of a judgment, in any such court with respect to their respective obligations, liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of or in connection herewith; and, to the extent that
the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its properties, assets or revenues may have or may hereafter become entitled to any such right of immunity in any such court in which proceedings arising out of, or relating to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, may at any time be commenced, the Company has, pursuant to Section 17 of this Agreement, waived, and it will waive, or will cause its subsidiaries to waive, such right to the extent permitted by law.
(vv) Valid Choice of Law. The choice of laws of the State of New York as the
governing law of this Agreement is a valid choice of law under the laws of the Netherlands and subject to the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 relating to the law applicable to
contractual obligations (Rome I), will be honored by the courts of the Netherlands, except in case performance of the contract is unlawful in the Netherlands or manifest incompatibility with the public policy ‘ordre public’ of the Netherlands. The
Company has the power to submit, and pursuant to Section 17 of this Agreement, has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably submitted, to the personal jurisdiction of each New York state and United States federal court sitting in the City of New
York and has validly and irrevocably waived any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding brought in such court.
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(ww) Passive Foreign Investment Company. Subject to the qualifications,
limitations, exceptions and assumptions set forth in the Prospectus, the Company does expect to be a passive foreign investment company, as defined in section 1297 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for its most recently completed
fiscal year.
(xx) Legality. The legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility into
evidence of any of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, this Agreement or the Placement Shares in any jurisdiction in which the Company is organized or does business is not dependent upon such document being submitted into, filed or recorded
with any court or other authority in any such jurisdiction (other than court filings in the ordinary course of proceedings) on or before the date hereof or that any tax, imposition or charge (other than court fees or similar documentary tax payable
in the ordinary course of proceedings) be paid in any such jurisdiction on or in respect of any such document.
(yy) Legal Action. A holder of the Placement Shares and the Agent are each
entitled to xxx as plaintiff in the court of the jurisdiction of formation and domicile of the Company for the enforcement of their respective rights under this Agreement and the Placement Shares and such access to such courts will not be subject to
any conditions which are not applicable to residents of such jurisdiction or a company incorporated in such jurisdiction except that plaintiffs not residing in the Netherlands may be required to guarantee payment of a possible order for payment of
costs or damages at the request of the defendant.
(zz) Foreign Private Issuer. The Company is a “foreign private issuer” as
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
(aaa) Preclinical and Clinical Data and Regulatory Compliance. The preclinical
tests and clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of the Company and its subsidiaries that are described in, or the results of which are referred to in, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (collectively, “Studies”)
were and, if still pending, are, to the Company’s knowledge, being conducted in all material respects in accordance with the protocols, procedures and controls designed and approved for such Studies and with standard medical and scientific research
procedures. Each description of the results of such Studies is accurate and complete in all material respects and fairly presents the data derived from such Studies. The Company has no knowledge of any other Studies the results of which are
inconsistent with, or otherwise call into question, the results described or referred to in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus. Except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or as otherwise disclosed to the Agent,
the Company has not received any written notice of, or correspondence from, any Governmental Authority requiring the termination, suspension or material modification of any Studies. The Company has operated and currently is in compliance in all
material respects with the United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, all applicable rules and regulations of the FDA, the EMA and other federal, state, local and foreign governmental bodies exercising comparable authority, except as could
not be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(bbb) Cyber Security; Data Protection. Except as would not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries, to the knowledge of the Company, have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards to
maintain and protect their personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (“Personal Data”) used in connection with their businesses and there have been no breaches,
violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to same, are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all applicable judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory
authority, internal policies and contractual obligations, in each case relating to the privacy and security of Personal Data and to the protection of such Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification, and have taken
all necessary actions to comply with the European Union General Data Protection Regulations.
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(ccc) Agent’s Activities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Agent
has informed the Company that the Agent may, to the extent permitted under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, purchase and sell Common Shares for its own account while this Agreement is in effect; provided
that no such purchase or sales shall take place while a Placement Notice is in effect (except to the extent the Agent may engage in sales of Placement Shares purchased or deemed purchased from the Company as a “riskless principal” or in a similar
capacity) and the Company shall not be deemed to have authorized or consented to any such purchases or sales by the Agent, except as may be otherwise agreed by the Company and the Agent.
(ddd) The Company is not a party to any agreement with an agent or underwriter for any
other “at the market” or continuous equity transaction.
(eee) FINRA. The Company is not required to register as a “broker” or “dealer”
in accordance with the provisions of the Exchange Act and does not, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, control or have any other association with (within the meaning of Article I of the By-laws of FINRA) any member firm of
FINRA. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company, on the one hand, and the directors, officers or shareholders of the Company, on the other hand, which is required by the rules of FINRA to be described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, which is not so described. The offering of the Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement qualifies for the exemption from the filing requirements of FINRA Rule 5110 afforded by FINRA Rule
5110(b)(7)(C)(i). If, at any time after the date of this Agreement, the offering of the Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement no longer qualifies for the exemption from the filing requirements of FINRA Rule 5110 afforded by FINRA Rule
5110(b)(7)(C)(i), then all of the information (including, but not limited to, information regarding affiliations, security ownership and trading activity) provided to the Agent or its counsel by the Company, its officers and directors and the holders
of any securities (debt or equity) or warrants, options or rights to acquire any securities of the Company in connection with the filing to be made and other supplemental information to be provided to FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is true, complete and correct.
(fff) Shell Company. The Company is not a shell company (as defined in Rule
405) and has not been a shell company for at least 12 calendar months previously.
(ggg) No Integration. Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any
of its affiliates (within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act) has, prior to the date hereof, made any offer or sale of any securities which could be “integrated” (within the meaning of the Securities Act) with the offer and sale of the
Placement Shares hereunder.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Agent or its counsel in connection with the offering of the Placement Shares shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to the Agent.
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7. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with the Agent
that:
(a) Registration Statement Amendments. After the date of this Agreement and
during any period in which the Prospectus relating to any Placement Shares is required to be delivered by the Agent under the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities
Act or a similar rule): the Company will notify the Agent promptly of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement, other than Incorporated Documents, has been filed with the Commission and/or has become effective or any subsequent
supplement to the Prospectus, other than Incorporated Documents, has been filed and of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; the Company will prepare
and file with the Commission, promptly upon the Agent’s request, any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus that, in the Agent’s reasonable opinion, may be necessary or advisable in connection with the distribution of
the Placement Shares by the Agent (provided, however, that the failure of the Agent to make such request shall not relieve the Company of any obligation or liability
hereunder, or affect the Agent’s right to rely on the representations and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement and provided, further, that the only remedy
the Agent shall have with respect to the failure by the Company to make such filing (but without limiting the Agent’s rights under Section 9 hereof) will be to cease making sales under this Agreement until such amendment or supplement is filed); the
Company will not file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, other than Incorporated Documents, relating to the Placement Shares or a security convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for the Placement Shares
unless a copy thereof has been submitted to the Agent within a reasonable period of time before the filing and the Agent has not reasonably objected thereto (provided, however,
that the failure of the Agent to make such objection shall not relieve the Company of any obligation or liability hereunder, or affect the Agent’s right to rely on the representations and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement and provided, further, that the only remedy the Agent shall have with respect to the Company’s making such filing notwithstanding the Agent’s objection (but without limiting
the Agent’s rights under Section 9 hereof) will be to cease making sales under this Agreement) and the Company will furnish to the Agent at the time of filing thereof a copy of any Incorporated Document, except for those documents available via
XXXXX; and the Company will cause each amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, other than Incorporated Documents, to be filed with the Commission as required pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act and, in the
case of any Incorporated Document, to be filed with the Commission as required pursuant to the Exchange Act, within the time period prescribed.
(b) Notice of Commission Stop Orders. The Company will advise the Agent,
promptly after it receives notice or obtains knowledge thereof, of the issuance or threatened issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, of the suspension of the qualification of the
Placement Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose; and it will promptly use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain
its withdrawal if such a stop order should be issued. The Company will advise the Agent promptly after it receives any request by the Commission for any amendments to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplements to the Prospectus or
for additional information related to the offering of the Placement Shares or for additional information related to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.
(c) Delivery of Prospectus; Subsequent Changes. During any period in which the
Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares is required to be delivered by the Agent under the Securities Act with respect to the offer and sale of the Placement Shares (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to
Rule 172 under the Securities Act or a similar rule), the Company will comply with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as from time to time in force, and will file on or before their respective due dates (taking into account any
extensions available under the Exchange Act) all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, 15(d) or any other provision of or under the
Exchange Act. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances then existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act, the Company will promptly notify the
Agent to suspend the offering of Placement Shares during such period and the Company will promptly amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such
compliance. If the Company has omitted any information from the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act, it will use its best efforts to comply with the provisions thereof and make all requisite filings with the
Commission pursuant to said Rule 430B and to notify the Agent promptly of all such filings if not available on XXXXX.
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(d) Listing of Placement Shares. During any period in which the Prospectus
relating to the Placement Shares is required to be delivered by the Agent under the Securities Act with respect to the offer and sale of the Placement Shares (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172
under the Securities Act or a similar rule), the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Placement Shares to be listed on Nasdaq. The Company will timely file with Nasdaq all material documents and notices required by
Nasdaq of companies that have or will issue securities that are traded on Nasdaq.
(e) Delivery of Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company will
furnish to the Agent and its counsel (at the expense of the Company) copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (including all Incorporated Documents) and all amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus that are
filed with the Commission during any period in which the Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities Act (including all Incorporated Documents filed with the Commission during such period), in each
case as soon as reasonably practicable and in such quantities as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request and, at the Agent’s request, will also furnish copies of the Prospectus to each exchange or market on which sales of the Placement
Shares may be made; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to furnish any document (other than the Prospectus) to the Agent to the extent such
document is available on XXXXX.
(f) Earnings Statement. The Company will make generally available to its
security holders and to the Agent as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement covering a 12-month period that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a)
of and Rule 158 under the Securities Act.
(g) Expenses. The Company, whether or not the transactions contemplated
hereunder are consummated or this Agreement is terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 11 hereunder, will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including expenses relating to the preparation,
printing and filing of the Registration Statement and each amendment and supplement thereto, of the Prospectus and of each amendment and supplement thereto and of this Agreement and such other documents as may be required in connection with the
offering, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Placement Shares, the preparation, issuance, sale and delivery of the Placement Shares and any taxes due or payable in connection therewith, the qualification of the Placement Shares under
securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 7(w) of this Agreement, including filing fees (provided, however, that any fees or disbursements of
counsel for the Agent in connection therewith shall be paid by the Agent except as set forth in clauses (vii) and (viii) below), the printing and delivery to the Agent and its counsel of copies of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements
thereto, and of this Agreement, the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing or qualification of the Placement Shares for trading on Nasdaq, the filing fees and expenses, if any, owed to the Commission or FINRA and the fees and
expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Common Shares, and the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of the Agent’s outside legal counsel in an amount not to exceed $60,000 in connection with the first Placement Notice.
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(h) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the Net Proceeds as described in the
Prospectus in the section entitled “Use of Proceeds.”
(i) Notice of Other Sales. Without the prior written consent of the Agent, the
Company will not, directly or indirectly, offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to sell or otherwise dispose of any Common Shares (other than the Placement Shares offered pursuant to this Agreement) or securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for Common Shares, warrants or any rights to purchase or acquire Common Shares during the period beginning on the fifth Trading Day immediately prior to the date on which any Placement Notice is delivered to Agent
hereunder and ending on the second Trading Day immediately following the final Settlement Date with respect to Placement Shares sold pursuant to such Placement Notice (or, if the Placement Notice has been terminated or suspended prior to the sale of
all Placement Shares covered by a Placement Notice, the date of such suspension or termination); and will not directly or indirectly in any other “at the market offering” or continuous equity transaction offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant
any option to sell or otherwise dispose of any Common Shares (other than the Placement Shares offered pursuant to this Agreement) or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Shares, warrants or any rights to purchase or
acquire, Common Shares prior to the later of the termination of this Agreement and the sixtieth day immediately following the final Settlement Date with respect to Placement Shares sold pursuant to such Placement Notice; provided, however, that such notice requirements will not be required in connection with the Company’s issuance or sale of Common Shares, options to purchase Common Shares, other securities
under the Company’s existing equity incentive plans, or Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of options or vesting of other securities, pursuant to any employee or director stock option or benefits plan, stock ownership plan or dividend
reinvestment plan (but not Common Shares subject to a waiver to exceed plan limits in its dividend reinvestment plan) of the Company whether now in effect or hereafter implemented, Common Shares issuable upon conversion of securities or the exercise
of warrants, options or other rights in effect or outstanding, and disclosed in filings by the Company available on XXXXX or otherwise in writing to the Agent and Common Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares as
consideration for mergers, acquisitions, other business combinations or strategic alliances occurring after the date of this Agreement which are not issued for capital raising purposes.
(j) Change of Circumstances. The Company will, at any time during a fiscal
quarter in which the Company intends to tender a Placement Notice or sell Placement Shares, advise the Agent promptly after it shall have received notice or obtained knowledge of any information or fact that would alter or affect in any material
respect any opinion, certificate, letter or other document provided or required to be provided to the Agent pursuant to this Agreement.
(k) Due Diligence Cooperation. During the term of this Agreement, the Company
will cooperate with any reasonable due diligence review conducted by the Agent, its affiliates agents and counsel from time to time in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including providing information and making available
documents and senior corporate officers, during regular business hours and at the Company’s principal offices, as the Agent may reasonably request.
(l) Required Filings Relating to Placement of Placement Shares. The Company
agrees that on or prior to such dates as the Securities Act shall require, the Company will file a prospectus supplement with the Commission under the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, which prospectus supplement will set
forth, within the relevant period, the number or amount of Placement Shares sold through the Agent, the Net Proceeds to the Company and the compensation payable by the Company to the Agent with respect to such Placement Shares, and deliver such
number of copies of each such prospectus supplement to each exchange or market on which such sales were effected as may be required by the rules or regulations of such exchange or market; provided that,
unless a prospectus supplement containing such information is required to be filed under the Securities Act, the requirement of this Section 7(l) may be satisfied by Company’s inclusion in the Company’s Form 20-F or Form 6-K, as applicable, of the
number or amount of Placement Shares sold through the Agent, the Net Proceeds to the Company and the compensation payable by the Company to the Agent with respect to such Placement Shares during the relevant period.
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(m) Representation Dates; Certificate. On or prior to the date on which the
Company first delivers a Placement Notice pursuant to this agreement (the “First Placement Notice Date”) and each time the Company:
(i) amends or supplements the Registration Statement or the Prospectus relating to the
Placement Shares (other than a prospectus supplement filed in accordance with Section 7(l) of this Agreement) by means of a post-effective amendment, sticker or supplement but not by means of incorporation of document(s) by reference into the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares;
(ii) files an annual report on Form 20-F under the Exchange Act (including any Form
20-F/A containing amended financial information or a material amendment to the previously filed Form 20-F);
(iii) files a report on Form 6-K under the Exchange Act containing quarterly financial
information (other than an earnings release that is “furnished”) that is deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and Prospectus; or
(iv) files a report on Form 6-K under the Exchange Act containing amended financial
information (other than an earnings release that is “furnished”) that is deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and Prospectus (each date of filing of one or more of the documents referred to in clauses (i) through
(iv) shall be a “Representation Date”), the Company shall furnish the Agent (but in the case of clause (iv) above only if (1) a Placement Notice is pending or in effect and (2) the Agent requests such
certificate within three Business Days after the filing of such Form 6-K with the Commission) with a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7(m) (modified,
as necessary, to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented), within two Trading Days of any Representation Date. The requirement to provide a certificate under this Section 7(m) shall be waived for any
Representation Date occurring at a time at which no Placement Notice is pending or in effect, which waiver shall continue until the earlier to occur of (1) the date the Company delivers a Placement Notice hereunder (which for such calendar quarter
shall be considered a Representation Date) and (2) the next occurring Representation Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company subsequently decides to sell Placement Shares following a Representation Date on which the Company relied on the
waiver referred to in the previous sentence and did not provide the Agent with a certificate under this Section 7(m), then before the Company delivers a Placement Notice or the Agent sells any Placement Shares pursuant thereto, the Company shall
provide the Agent with a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7(m), dated the date of such Placement Notice. Within two Trading Days of each Representation Date, the Company shall have
furnished to the Agent such further information, certificates and documents as the Agent may reasonably request.
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(n) Legal Opinions. On or prior to the First Placement Notice Date and within
two Trading Days of any date on which the Company is obligated to deliver a certificate pursuant to Section 7(m) for which no waiver is applicable, the Company shall cause to be furnished to the Agent the written opinion and negative assurance
letter of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, U.S. counsel to the Company, or such other counsel satisfactory to the Agent, and the written opinion of NautaDutilh N.V., Dutch counsel to the Company, or such other counsel satisfactory to the Agent (Xxxxxxxx
& Xxxxx LLP and NautaDutilh N.V., collectively, “Company Counsel”), each in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel, dated the date that the opinions and negative assurance
letter are required to be delivered, modified, as necessary, to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented; provided, however,
that in lieu of such opinions and negative assurance letter for subsequent Representation Dates, Company Counsel may furnish the Agent with a letter to the effect that the Agent may rely on a prior opinions or negative assurance letter delivered by
such counsel under this Section 7(n) to the same extent as if it were dated the date of such letter (except that statements in such prior opinions or negative assurance letter shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
as amended or supplemented at such Representation Date).
(o) Intellectual Property Opinion. On or prior to the First Placement Notice
Date and on any date which the Company is obligated to deliver a certificate pursuant to Section 7(m)(ii), the Company shall cause to be furnished to the Agent the written opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx & Partner Patentanwälte, counsel for the
Company with respect to intellectual property matters, or such other intellectual property counsel satisfactory to the Agent (“Intellectual Property Counsel”), in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel, dated the date that the opinion letter is required to be delivered, modified, as necessary, to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented.
(p) Comfort Letter. On or prior to the First Placement Notice Date and within
two Trading Days of any date which the Company is obligated to deliver a certificate pursuant to Section 7(m) for which no waiver is applicable (a “Comfort Letter Representation Date”), the Company shall
cause its independent registered public accounting firm (and any other independent accountants whose report is included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and any other independent accountants who reviewed interim financial statements
included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus) to furnish the Agent letters (the “Comfort Letters”), dated the date each Comfort Letter is delivered, which shall meet the requirements set
forth in this Section 7(p); provided, that if requested by the Agent, the Company shall cause a Comfort Letter to be furnished to the Agent within 10 Trading Days of the occurrence of any material transaction
or event that necessitates the filing of additional, pro forma, amended or revised financial statements (including any restatement of previously issued financial statements). Each Comfort Letter shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the
Agent and each Comfort Letter from the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm shall confirm that they are an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act and the PCAOB, state, as of such
date, the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters ordinarily covered by accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters in connection with registered public offerings (the first such letter,
the “Initial Comfort Letter”) and update the Initial Comfort Letter with any information that would have been included in the Initial Comfort Letter had it been given on such date and modified as
necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as amended and supplemented to the date of such letter.
(q) Market Activities. The Company will not, directly or indirectly, and will
cause its officers, directors and subsidiaries not to take any action designed to cause or result in, or that constitutes or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of Common Shares or sell, bid for, or purchase Common Shares in violation of Regulation M, or pay anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of the Placement Shares other than the Agent; provided, however, that the Company may bid for and purchase Common Shares in accordance with Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act.
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(r) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries shall maintain, or cause to be
maintained, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as is reasonable and customary for the business for which it is engaged.
(s) Compliance with Laws. The Company and each of its subsidiaries shall
maintain, or cause to be maintained, all material environmental certificates, authorizations or permits required by federal, state and local law in order to conduct their businesses as described in the Prospectus (collectively, “Permits”), and the Company and each of its subsidiaries shall conduct their businesses, or cause their businesses to be conducted, in substantial compliance with such Permits and with applicable
Environmental Laws, except where the failure to maintain or be in compliance with such Permits could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) Investment Company Act. The Company will conduct its affairs in such a
manner so as to reasonably ensure that neither it nor any of its subsidiaries will be or become, at any time prior to the termination of this Agreement, an “investment company,” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act.
(u) Securities Act and Exchange Act. The Company will use its best efforts to
comply with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act as from time to time in force, so far as necessary to permit the sales of, or dealings in, the Placement Shares as contemplated by the provisions hereof and the
Prospectus.
(v) No Offer to Sell. Other than a free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule
405 under the Securities Act) approved in advance by the Company and the Agent, neither the Agent nor the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Agent in its capacity as agent) will make, use, prepare, authorize, approve or
refer to any written communication (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), required to be filed with the Commission, that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy Placement Shares hereunder.
(w) Blue Sky and Other Qualifications. The Company will use its commercially
reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Agent, to qualify the Placement Shares for offering and sale, or to obtain an exemption for the Placement Shares to be offered and sold, under the applicable securities laws of such states and other
jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Agent may designate and to maintain such qualifications and exemptions in effect for so long as required for the distribution of the Placement Shares (but in no event for less than one year from the date of
this Agreement); provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or
as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. In each jurisdiction in which the Placement
Shares have been so qualified or exempt, the Company will file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of such jurisdiction to continue such qualification or exemption, as the case may be, in effect for so long as required for the
distribution of the Placement Shares (but in no event for less than one year from the date of this Agreement).
(x) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. The Company will comply with all applicable provisions
of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.
(y) Emerging Growth Company. The Company will promptly notify the Agent if the
company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the completion of the Agent’s distribution of the Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement.
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(z) Renewal of Registration Statement. If, immediately prior to the third
anniversary of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement (the “Renewal Date”), any of the Placement Shares remain unsold and this Agreement has not been terminated, the Company will, prior
to the Renewal Date, file a new shelf registration statement or, if applicable, an automatic shelf registration statement relating to the Common Shares that may be offered and sold pursuant to this Agreement (which shall include a prospectus
reflecting the number or amount of Placement Shares that may be offered and sold pursuant to this Agreement), in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel, and, if such registration statement is not an automatic shelf registration
statement, will use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 180 days after the Renewal Date. The Company will take all other reasonable actions necessary or appropriate to permit the public offer and
sale of the Placement Shares to continue as contemplated in the expired registration statement and this Agreement. From and after the effective date thereof, references herein to the “Registration Statement” shall include such new shelf registration
statement or such new automatic shelf registration statement, as the case may be.
(aa) General Instruction I.B.5. of Form F-3. If, from and after the date of
this Agreement, the Company is no longer eligible to use Form F-3 (including pursuant to General Instruction I.B.5.) at the time it files with the Commission an annual report on Form 20-F or any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement,
then it shall promptly notify the Agent and, within two Business Days after the date of filing of such annual report on Form 20-F or amendment to the Registration Statement, the Company shall file a new prospectus supplement with the Commission
reflecting the number of Common Shares available to be offered and sold by the Company under this Agreement pursuant to General Instruction I.B.5. of Form F-3; provided, however,
that the Company may delay the filing of any such prospectus supplement for up to 30 days if, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, it is in the best interest of the Company to do so, provided that no
Placement Notice is in effect or pending during such time. Until such time as the Company shall have corrected such misstatement or omission or effected such compliance, the Company shall not notify the Agent to resume the offering of Placement
Shares.
(bb) Tax Indemnity. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Agent
against any documentary, stamp or similar issue tax, including any interest and penalties, on the issue and sale of the Placement Shares and on the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
(cc) Transfer Agent. The Company has engaged and will maintain, at its sole
expense, a transfer agent and, if necessary under the jurisdiction of organization of the Company, a registrar for the Common Shares.
8. Conditions to the Agent’s Obligations. The obligations of the Agent
hereunder with respect to a Placement will be subject to the continuing accuracy and completeness of the representations and warranties made by the Company herein, to the due performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, to the completion
by the Agent of a due diligence review satisfactory to the Agent in its reasonable judgment, and to the continuing satisfaction (or waiver by the Agent in its sole discretion) of the following additional conditions:
(a) Registration Statement Effective. The Registration Statement shall be
effective and shall be available for all offers and sales of Placement Shares that have been issued pursuant to all prior Placement Notices and that will be issued pursuant to any Placement Notice.
(b) Prospectus Supplement. The Company shall have filed with the Commission
the Prospectus Supplement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second Business Day following the date of this Agreement.
(c) No Material Notices. None of the following events shall have occurred and
be continuing: receipt by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any request for additional information from the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority during the period of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the
response to which would require any post-effective amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus; the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; receipt by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from
qualification of any of the Placement Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; or the occurrence of any event that makes any material statement made in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or any material Incorporated Document untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any material changes in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or Incorporated Documents so that, in the case of the Registration
Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading and, in the case of the Prospectus, so that it
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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(d) No Misstatement or Material Omission. The Agent shall not have advised the
Company that the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, contains an untrue statement of fact that in the Agent’s opinion is material, or omits to state a fact that in the Agent’s opinion is material and is
required to be stated therein or is necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading.
(e) Material Changes. Except as contemplated in the Prospectus, or disclosed
in the Company’s reports filed with the Commission, there shall not have been any material adverse change, on a consolidated basis, in the authorized capital stock of the Company or any Material Adverse Effect or any development that could reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or any downgrading in or withdrawal of the rating assigned to any of the Company’s securities (other than asset backed securities), if any, by any rating organization or a public announcement by any
rating organization that it has under surveillance or review its rating of any of the Company’s securities (other than asset backed securities), if any, the effect of which, in the judgment of the Agent (without relieving the Company of any
obligation or liability it may otherwise have), is so material as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering of the Placement Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
(f) Company Counsel Legal Opinions. The Agent shall have received the opinions
and negative assurance letters, as applicable, of Company Counsel and Intellectual Property Counsel required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(n) and Section 7(o), as applicable, on or before the date on which such delivery of such opinions and
negative assurance letters are required pursuant to Section 7(n) and Section 7(o), as applicable.
(g) Agent’s Counsel Legal Opinion. The Agent shall have received from Xxxxx
Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Agent, such opinion and negative assurance letter, on or before the date on which the delivery of the Company Counsel legal opinions and negative assurance letter are required pursuant to Section 7(n), with
respect to such matters as the Agent may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they may request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(h) Comfort Letters. The Agent shall have received the Comfort Letters
required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(p) on or before the date on which such delivery of such Comfort Letters are required pursuant to Section 7(p).
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(i) Representation Certificate. The Agent shall have received the certificate
required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(m) on or before the date on which delivery of such certificate is required pursuant to Section 7(m).
(j) Secretary’s Certificate. On or before the First Placement Notice Date and
on any date which the Company is obligated to deliver a certificate pursuant to Section 7(m) for which no waiver is applicable, the Agent shall have received a certificate, signed on behalf of the Company by the Secretary of the Company and attested
to by an executive officer of the Company, dated as of such date and in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel, certifying as to the articles of association of the Company, the resolutions of the board of directors of the
Company thereof authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Placement Shares, and the incumbency of the officers of the Company duly authorized to execute this Agreement and the other
documents contemplated by this Agreement (including each of the officers set forth on Schedule 2).
(k) No Suspension. The Common Shares shall be duly listed, and admitted and
authorized for trading, subject to official notice of issuance, on Nasdaq. Trading in the Common Shares shall not have been suspended on, and the Common Shares shall not have been delisted from, Nasdaq.
(l) Other Materials. On each date on which the Company is required to deliver
a certificate pursuant to Section 7(m), the Company shall have furnished to the Agent such appropriate further information, opinions, certificates, letters and other documents as the Agent may have reasonably requested. All such information,
opinions, certificates, letters and other documents shall have been in compliance with the provisions hereof. The Company shall have furnished the Agent with conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents as the Agent
may have reasonably requested.
(m) Securities Act Filings Made. All filings with the Commission required by
Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 under the Securities Act to have been filed prior to the issuance of any Placement Notice hereunder shall have been made within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule
424(b)(8) of the Securities Act) or Rule 433, as applicable.
(n) Approval for Listing. Either the Placement Shares shall have been
approved for listing on Nasdaq, subject only to notice of issuance, or the Company shall have filed an application for listing of the Placement Shares on Nasdaq at, or prior to, the First Placement Notice Date and Nasdaq shall have reviewed such
application and not provided any objections thereto.
(o) FINRA. FINRA shall have raised no objection to the terms of the offering
contemplated hereby and the amount of compensation allowable or payable to the Agent as described in the Prospectus.
(p) No Termination Event. There shall not have occurred any event that would
permit the Agent to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 11(a).
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9. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Company Indemnification. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
the Agent, its affiliates and their respective partners, members, directors, officers, employees and agents, and each person, if any, who controls the Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act or
is controlled by or is under common control with the Agent, in each case from and against any and all losses, claims, liabilities, expenses and damages (including any and all investigative, legal and other expenses documented and reasonably incurred
in connection with, and any and all amounts paid in settlement (in accordance with this Section 9), any action, suit, investigation or proceeding between any of the indemnified parties and any indemnifying parties or between any indemnified party and
any third party (including any governmental or self-regulatory authority, or otherwise, or any claim asserted or threatened), as and when incurred, to which the Agent, or any such other person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange
Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, liabilities, expenses or damages arise out of or are based, directly or indirectly, on (x) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus) or in any free writing prospectus or in any application or other document executed
by or on behalf of the Company or based on written information furnished by or on behalf of the Company filed in any jurisdiction in order to qualify the Common Shares under the securities laws thereof or filed with the Commission, (y) the omission
or alleged omission to state in any such document a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (solely with respect to the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not
misleading or (z) any breach by any of the indemnifying parties of any of their respective representations, warranties or agreements contained in this Agreement; provided, however,
that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to the extent that such loss, claim, liability, expense or damage arises from the sale of the Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement and is caused, directly or indirectly, by an untrue statement or
omission, or alleged untrue statement or omission, made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Agent’s Information. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Company might otherwise have.
(b) Agent Indemnification. The Agent agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company and its directors and each officer of the Company 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 or is
controlled by or is under common control with the Company against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in Section 9(a), as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or
alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendments thereto) or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Agent’s Information.
(c) Procedure. Any party that proposes to assert the right to be indemnified
under this Section 9 will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against such party in respect of which a claim is to be made against an indemnifying party or parties under this Section 9, notify each such indemnifying party
of the commencement of such action, enclosing a copy of all papers served, but the omission so to notify such indemnifying party will not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that it might have to any indemnified party otherwise than
under this Section 9 and any liability that it may have to any indemnified party under the foregoing provision of this Section 9 unless, and only to the extent that, such omission results in the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses by the
indemnifying party. If any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of its commencement, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in and, to the extent that it elects by delivering
written notice to the indemnified party promptly after receiving notice of the commencement of the action from the indemnified party, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense of the action, with counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense, the indemnifying party will not be liable to the indemnified party for any other legal
expenses except as provided below and except for the reasonable costs of investigation subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense. The indemnified party will have the right to employ its own counsel in any such
action, but the fees, expenses and other charges of such counsel will be at the expense of such indemnified party unless the employment of counsel by the indemnified party has been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, the indemnified
party has reasonably concluded (based on advice of counsel) that there may be legal defenses available to it or other indemnified parties that are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party, a conflict or potential
conflict exists (based on advice of counsel to the indemnified party) between the indemnified party and the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party will not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the
indemnified party) or the indemnifying party has not in fact employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time after receiving notice of the commencement of the action, in
each of which cases the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel will be at the expense of the indemnifying party or parties. It is understood that the indemnifying party or parties shall not, in connection with any proceeding or
related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of more than one separate firm (plus local counsel) admitted to practice in such jurisdiction at any one time for all such indemnified
party or parties. All such fees, disbursements and other charges will be reimbursed by the indemnifying party promptly after the indemnifying party receives a written invoice relating to such fees, disbursements and other charges in reasonable
detail. An indemnifying party will not, in any event, be liable for any settlement of any action or claim effected without its written consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of each indemnified party, settle or
compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding relating to the matters contemplated by this Section 9 (whether or not any indemnified party is a party thereto), unless such settlement,
compromise or consent (1) 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 claim, action or proceeding and (2) 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.
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(d) Settlement Without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for which it is entitled to be reimbursed under this Section 9, such indemnifying
party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 9(a) effected without its written consent if such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid
request, such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with
such request prior to the date of such settlement.
(e) Contribution. In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in
circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in the foregoing paragraphs of this Section 9 is applicable in accordance with its terms but for any reason is held to be unavailable or insufficient from the Company or the Agent, the Company
and the Agent will contribute to the total losses, claims, liabilities, expenses and damages (including any investigative, legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit,
investigation or proceeding or any claim asserted, but after deducting any contribution received by the Company from persons other than the Agent, such as persons who control the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, officers of the
Company who signed the Registration Statement and directors of the Company, who also may be liable for contribution) to which the Company and the Agent may be subject in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Company on the one hand and the Agent on the other hand. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Agent on the other hand shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total Net Proceeds from the
sale of the Placement Shares (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total compensation received by the Agent from the sale of Placement Shares on behalf of the Company. If, but only if, the allocation provided by the
foregoing sentence is not permitted by applicable law, the allocation of contribution shall be made in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in the foregoing sentence but also the relative fault of
the Company, on the one hand, and the Agent, on the other hand, with respect to the statements or omission that resulted in such loss, claim, liability, expense or damage, or action, suit, investigation or proceeding in respect thereof, as well as
any other relevant equitable considerations with respect to such offering. Such relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission
to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Agent, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the
Agent agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 9(e) 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, liability, expense or damage, or action, suit, investigation or proceeding in respect thereof, referred to
above in this Section 9(e) shall be deemed to include, for the purpose of this Section 9(e), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action, suit, investigation,
proceeding or claim to the extent consistent with this Section 9. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 9(e), the Agent shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the commissions received by it under this
Agreement and no person found guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes
of this Section 9(e), any person who controls a party to this Agreement within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, any affiliates of the Agent, any partners, members, directors, officers, employees and
agents of the Agent and each person that is controlled by or under common control with the Agent will have the same rights to contribution as that party, and each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement will have the same rights
to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the provisions hereof. Any party entitled to contribution, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be
made under this Section 9(e), will notify any such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify will not relieve that party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any other obligation it or they
may have under this Section 9(e) except to the extent that the failure to so notify such other party materially prejudiced the substantive rights or defenses of the party from whom contribution is sought. Except for a settlement entered into
pursuant to the last sentence of Section 9(c) hereof or pursuant to Section 9(d) hereof, no party will be liable for contribution with respect to any action or claim settled without its written consent if such consent is required pursuant to Section
9(c) hereof.
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10. Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery. The indemnity and
contribution agreements contained in Section 9 of this Agreement and all representations and warranties of the Company herein or in certificates delivered pursuant hereto shall survive, as of their respective dates, regardless of any investigation
made by or on behalf of the Agent, any controlling persons, or the Company (or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or controlling persons), delivery and acceptance of the Placement Shares and payment therefor or any termination
of this Agreement.
11. Termination.
(a) The Agent shall have the right, by giving notice as hereinafter specified, at any
time to terminate this Agreement if any Material Adverse Effect, or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, has occurred that, in the judgment of the Agent, may materially impair the ability of the
Agent to sell the Placement Shares hereunder, the Company shall have failed, refused or been unable to perform any agreement on its part to be performed hereunder; provided, however, in the case of any failure of the Company to deliver (or cause another person to deliver) any certification, opinion or letter required under Section 7(m), Section 7(n), Section 7(o) or Section 7(p), the Agent’s right to
terminate shall not arise unless such failure to deliver (or cause to be delivered) continues for more than 15 calendar days from the date such delivery was required, any other condition of the Agent’s obligations hereunder is not fulfilled, any
suspension or limitation of trading in the Placement Shares or in securities generally on Nasdaq shall have occurred, a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by any of United States federal or New York authorities or there shall have
occurred any outbreak or escalation of national or international hostilities or any crisis or calamity, or any change in the United States or international financial markets that, in the judgment of the Agent, may materially impair the ability of the
Agent to sell the Placement Shares hereunder or to enforce contracts for the sale of securities. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 7(g), Section 9, Section 10,
Section 16 and Section 17 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination. If the Agent elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 11(a), the Agent shall provide the required notice as specified in
Section 12.
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(b) The Company shall have the right, by giving 10 days’ prior notice as hereinafter
specified, to terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time after the date of this Agreement. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 7(g), Section 9,
Section 10, Section 11(f), Section 16 and Section 17 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.
(c) The Agent shall have the right, by giving 10 days’ prior notice as hereinafter
specified, to terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time after the date of this Agreement. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 7(g), Section 9,
Section 10, Section 11(f), Section 16 and Section 17 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.
(d) Unless earlier terminated pursuant to this Section 11, this Agreement shall
automatically terminate upon the issuance and sale of all of the Placement Shares through the Agent on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein; provided that the provisions of Section 7(g),
Section 9, Section 10, Section 11(f), Section 16 and Section 17 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.
(e) This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless terminated pursuant to
Sections 11(a), (b), (c), or (d) above or otherwise by mutual agreement of the parties; provided, however, that any such termination by mutual agreement shall in all
cases be deemed to provide that Section 7(g), Section 9, Section 10, Section 11(f), Section 16 and Section 17 shall remain in full force and effect.
(f) Any termination of this Agreement shall be effective on the date specified in such
notice of termination; provided, however, that such termination shall not be effective until the close of business on the date of receipt of such notice by the Agent or the Company, as the case may be. If
such termination shall occur prior to the Settlement Date for any sale of Placement Shares, such Placement Shares shall settle in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Upon termination of this Agreement, the Company shall not be required
to pay to the Agent any discount or commission with respect to any Placement Shares not otherwise sold by the Agent under this Agreement; provided, however, that the
Company shall remain obligated to reimburse the Agent’s expenses pursuant to Section 7(g).
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12. Notices. All notices or other communications required or permitted to be
given by any party to any other party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing, unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, and if sent to the Agent, shall be delivered to:
SVB Leerink LLC
1301 Avenue of the Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxx
E-mail: xxxxx.xxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
SVB Leerink LLC
1301 Avenue of the Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
E-mail: xxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
and
Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx and Yasin Keshvargar
E-mail: xxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
E-mail: xxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
and if to the Company, shall be delivered to:
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx. 0 00000 Xxxx, Xxxxxxx
Attention: Chief Legal Officer
E-mail: xxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxx.xx
with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
E-mail: xxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Each party to this Agreement may change such address for notices by sending to the parties to this Agreement written notice of a new address for such purpose. Each such notice
or other communication shall be deemed given when delivered personally on or before 4:30 P.M., New York City time, on a Business Day, or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day, by Electronic Notice as set forth in the
next paragraph, on the next Business Day after timely delivery to a nationally-recognized overnight courier or on the Business Day actually received if deposited in the U.S. mail (certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid). For purposes of this Agreement, “Business Day” shall mean any day on which the Nasdaq and commercial banks in the City of New York are open for business.
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An electronic communication (“Electronic Notice”) shall be deemed written notice for purposes of this Section 12 if sent to the
electronic mail address specified by the receiving party in Section 12. Electronic Notice shall be deemed received at the time the party sending Electronic Notice receives actual acknowledgment of receipt from the person whom the notice is sent, other
than via auto-reply. Any party receiving Electronic Notice may request and shall be entitled to receive the notice on paper, in a non-electronic form (“Non-electronic Notice”), which shall be sent to the
requesting party within 10 days of receipt of the written request for Non-electronic Notice.
13. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and
be binding upon the Company and the Agent and their respective successors and the affiliates, controlling persons, officers, directors and other persons referred to in Section 9 hereof. References to any of the parties contained in this Agreement
shall be deemed to include the successors and permitted assigns of each such party. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto, the persons referred to in the preceding sentence
and their respective successors and permitted assigns any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement. Neither party may assign its rights or obligations under
this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party; provided, however, that the Agent may assign its rights and obligations hereunder to an affiliate
of the Agent without obtaining the Company’s consent, so long as such affiliate is a registered broker-dealer.
14. Adjustments for Share Splits. The parties acknowledge and agree that all
share-related numbers contained in this Agreement shall be adjusted to take into account any share split, share dividend or similar event effected with respect to the Common Shares.
15. Entire Agreement; Amendment; Severability; Waiver. This Agreement
(including all schedules (as amended pursuant to this Agreement) and exhibits attached hereto and Placement Notices issued pursuant hereto) constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all other prior and contemporaneous agreements and
undertakings, both written and oral, among the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter hereof. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be amended except pursuant to a written instrument executed by the Company and the Agent; provided, however, that Schedule 2 of this Agreement may be amended by either party from time to time by sending a notice
containing a revised Schedule 2 to the other party in the manner provided in Section 12 and, upon such amendment, all references herein to Schedule 2
shall automatically be deemed to refer to such amended Schedule 2. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid,
illegal or unenforceable as written by a court of competent jurisdiction, then such provision shall be given full force and effect to the fullest possible extent that it is valid, legal and enforceable, and the remainder of the terms and provisions
herein shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable term or provision was not contained herein, but only to the extent that giving effect to such provision and the remainder of the terms and provisions hereof shall be in accordance
with the intent of the parties as reflected in this Agreement. No implied waiver by a party shall arise in the absence of a waiver in writing signed by such party. No failure or delay in exercising any right, power, or privilege hereunder shall
operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any right, power, or privilege hereunder.
16. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME. EACH
PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
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17. Consent to Jurisdiction. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection with any of the transactions
contemplated hereby, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an
inconvenient forum, or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy
(certified or registered mail, return receipt requested) to such party at the address in effect for notices under Section 12 of this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient notice of process and notice thereof.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. The Company hereby irrevocably appoints Cogency Global Inc., which currently maintains an office at 00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 10016, United States of America, as its agent to receive service of process or other legal summons for purposes of any such suit, action or proceeding that may be instituted in any state or federal court in the Borough of
Manhattan in the City of New York, United States of America. To the extent that the Company has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from jurisdiction of any court of (i) the Netherlands, (ii) the United States or the State
of New York, (iii) any jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property or assets or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution, set-off or otherwise) with
respect to itself or its respective property and assets or this Agreement, the Company hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
18. Construction.
(a) The section and exhibit headings herein are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction hereof.
(b) Words defined in the singular shall have a comparable meaning when used in the
plural, and vice versa.
(c) The words “hereof,” “hereto,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar
import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.
(d) Wherever the word “include,” “includes” or “including” is used in this Agreement,
it shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”
(e) References herein to any gender shall include each other gender.
(f) References herein to any law, statute, ordinance, code, regulation, rule or other
requirement of any governmental authority shall be deemed to refer to such law, statute, ordinance, code, regulation, rule or other requirement of any governmental authority as amended, reenacted, supplemented or superseded in whole or in part and in
effect from time to time and also to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
19. Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses. Each of the Company and the Agent
represents, warrants and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the other party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Placement
Shares that would constitute an issuer free writing prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405), required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the
Agent or by the Company, as the case may be, is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents and warrants that it has treated and agrees that it will treat
each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an issuer free writing prospectus, and that it has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission
where required, legending and record keeping.
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20. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees
that:
(a) the Agent has been retained to act as sales agent in connection with the sale of
the Placement Shares, the Agent has acted at arms’ length and no fiduciary or advisory relationship between the Company or any of its respective affiliates, stockholders (or other equity holders), creditors or employees or any other party, on the one
hand, and the Agent, on the other hand, has been or will be created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective of whether the Agent has advised or is advising the Company on other matters and the Agent has no
duties or obligations to the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement except the obligations expressly set forth herein;
(b) 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) neither the Agent nor its affiliates have provided any legal, accounting,
regulatory or tax advice with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and it has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate;
(d) the Company has been advised and is aware that the 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 Agent and its affiliates have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary,
advisory or agency relationship or otherwise; and
(e) the Company waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have
against the Agent or its affiliates for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and agrees that the Agent and its affiliates shall have no liability (whether
direct or indirect) to the Company in respect of such a fiduciary claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including stockholders (or other equity holders), creditors or employees of the
Company.
21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed Agreement by one party to the other may be made by facsimile or electronic transmission.
22. Use of Information. The Agent may not provide any information gained in
connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including due diligence, to any third party other than its legal counsel advising it on this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement unless
expressly approved by the Company in writing.
23. Agent’s Information. As used in this Agreement, “Agent’s Information” means solely the following information in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus: the ninth paragraph under the heading “Plan of Distribution” in the Prospectus Supplement.
24. Currency Provisions. The obligations of the Company pursuant to this
Agreement in respect of any sum due to the Agent shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than United States dollars, not be discharged until the first Business Day, following receipt by the Agent of any sum adjudged to be so due in
such other currency, on which the Agent may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase United States dollars with such other currency. If the United States dollars so purchased are less than the sum originally due to the Agent in United
States dollars hereunder, the Company agrees as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Agent against such loss. If the United States dollars so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to the Agent
hereunder, the Agent agrees to pay to the Company an amount equal to the excess of the dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to the Agent hereunder.
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All payments made by the Company under this Agreement shall be made free and clear of any withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties,
assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature (including any amounts that result from the payment of fees, compensation or reimbursement of costs contemplated by this Agreement) imposed or levied by or on behalf of the Netherlands or by any
department, agency or other political subdivision or any taxing authority thereof or therein, and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (collectively, “Dutch Taxes”), unless
such deduction or withholding is required by law. If any Dutch Taxes are required by law to be deducted or withheld by the Company in connection with such payment or repurchase, the Company will increase the amount to be paid to the Agent so that the
full amount of such payment is received by the Agent, provided that the Company will not be required to pay any such additional amounts to the extent that the obligation to withhold or deduct any amounts arises as a result of any present or former
connection between the Agent and the relevant jurisdiction other than any such connection arising solely as a result of the transaction described in this Agreement.
All references in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed
with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX. All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information that is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (and all other references
of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be.
All references in this Agreement to “supplements” to the Prospectus shall include any supplements, “wrappers” or similar materials prepared in connection with any offering,
sale or private placement of any Placement Shares by the Agent outside of the United States.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between the Company and the Agent, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this
letter shall constitute a binding agreement between the Company and the Agent.
Very truly yours,
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SCHEDULE 1
FORM OF PLACEMENT NOTICE
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Subject: SVB Leerink—At the Market Offering—Placement Notice
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the Sales Agreement, dated July 20, 2020 (the “Agreement”), by
and between InflaRx N.V., a public limited liability company (naamloze vennootschap) under Dutch law (the “Company”), and SVB Leerink LLC (“SVB Leerink”), I hereby request on behalf of the Company that SVB Leerink sell up to [ ] common shares, nominal value €0.12 per share, of the Company (the “Shares”),
at a minimum market price of $ per share[; provided that no more than [ ] Shares shall be sold in any one Trading Day (as such term is defined in Section 3 of the Agreement)]. Sales should begin [on the
date of this Placement Notice] and end on [DATE] [until all Shares that are the subject of this Placement Notice are sold].
SCHEDULE 2
The Company
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx (xxxxx.xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xx)
Xxxxxx Xxxxx (Xxxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxx.xx)
Xxxx Xxxxxx (xxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xx)
SVB Leerink
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
xxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
SCHEDULE 3
Compensation
The Company shall pay SVB Leerink compensation in cash equal to up to 3.0% of the gross proceeds from the sales of Placement Shares pursuant to the terms of the Sales Agreement of which this Schedule 3 forms a part.
Exhibit 7(m)
OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE
[ ]
Each of Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, the duly qualified and elected Chief Executive Officer of InflaRx N.V., a public limited liability company (naamloze vennootschap) under Dutch law (the “Company”), and Xxxx Xxxxxx, the duly qualified and elected Chief Financial Officer of the Company, does hereby certify in his
respective capacity and on behalf of the Company, pursuant to Section 7(m) of the Sales Agreement, dated July 20, 2020 (the “Sales Agreement”), by and between the Company and SVB Leerink LLC, that, after
due inquiry, to the best of the knowledge of the undersigned:
(i) The representations and warranties of the Company in Section 6 of the Sales
Agreement (A) to the extent such representations and warranties are subject to qualifications and exceptions contained therein relating to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, are true and correct on and as of the date hereof with the same force
and effect as if expressly made on and as of the date hereof, except for those representations and warranties that speak solely as of a specific date and which were true and correct as of such date, and (B) to the extent such representations and
warranties are not subject to any qualifications or exceptions relating to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, are true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof as if made on and as of the date hereof with the same force and
effect as if expressly made on and as of the date hereof, except for those representations and warranties that speak solely as of a specific date and which were true and correct as of such date.
(ii) The Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its
part to be performed or satisfied pursuant to the Sales Agreement at or prior to the date hereof.
(iii) As of the date hereof, (A) the Registration Statement complies in all material
respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, (B)
the Prospectus complies in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (C) no event has occurred as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the
statements therein not untrue or misleading or for clauses (A) and (B) above, to be true and correct.
(iv) There has been no material adverse change, or any development that could
reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, results of operations, business, properties, operations, assets, liabilities or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, since the date as of which information is given in the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented to the date hereof.
(v) The Company does not possess any material non-public information.
(vi) The maximum number of Placement Shares that may be sold pursuant to the Sales
Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company’s board of directors pursuant to a resolution or unanimous written consent in accordance with the Company’s articles of association and applicable law.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Sales Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned, in such individual’s respective capacity as Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Company, has executed this
Officers’ Certificate on behalf of the Company as of the date first written above.
By:
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Title: Chief Executive Officer
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By:
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: Chief Financial Officer
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[Company Signature Page to Officers’ Certificate]