15,656 Series B Convertible Preferred Shares Warrants to Purchase 2,345,427 Common Shares ALTIMMUNE, INC. Preferred Stock PLACEMENT AGENCY AGREEMENT

EX-1.1 2 d441595dex11.htm EX-1.1 EX-1.1

Exhibit 1.1

15,656 Series B Convertible Preferred Shares

Warrants to Purchase 2,345,427 Common Shares

ALTIMMUNE, INC.

Preferred Stock

PLACEMENT AGENCY AGREEMENT

August 16, 2017

PIPER JAFFRAY & CO.

U.S. Bancorp Center

800 Nicollet Mall

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Altimmune, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated in this Placement Agency Agreement (this “Agreement”) and the Securities Purchase Agreement in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (the “SPA”) entered into with the investors identified therein (each, an “Investor” and collectively, the “Investors”), to issue and sell up to an aggregate of 15,656 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s Series B convertible preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”). The shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), issuable pursuant to the conversion of the Shares are hereby referred to as the “Conversion Shares”. Each Investor shall also receive a warrant, in the form of Exhibit B attached to the SPA, to purchase up to a number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Warrant Shares”) equal to forty percent (40%) of the stated value of the Preferred Stock purchased by such Investor, at an exercise price equal to $2.67 per share, exercisable on or after the issuance thereof and on or prior to the fifth anniversary of the issuance thereof (the “Warrants” and together with the Shares, the “Securities”). The Company hereby confirms its agreement with Piper Jaffray & Co. (the “Placement Agent”) as set forth below. The Securities are more fully described in the Prospectus (as defined below).

1. Agreement to Act as Placement Agent; Delivery and Payment. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company herein contained, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement:

(a) The Company hereby engages the Placement Agent, as agent of the Company, to, on commercially reasonable efforts basis, solicit offers to purchase Securities from the Company on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus (as defined below). The Placement Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to assist the Company in obtaining performance by each Investor whose offer to purchase the Securities was solicited by such Placement Agent and accepted by the Company, but the Placement Agent shall not, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, have any liability to the Company in the event any such purchase is not consummated for any reason. Under no circumstances will the Placement Agent or any of its affiliates be obligated to underwrite or purchase any of the Securities for its own account or otherwise provide any financing. The Placement Agent shall act solely as the Company’s agent and not as principal. The Placement Agent shall have no authority to bind the Company with respect to any prospective offer to purchase Securities and the Company shall


have the sole right to accept offers to purchase Securities and may reject any such offer, in whole or in part. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that the Placement Agent (or its affiliates) may, solely in its discretion and without any obligation to do so, purchase Securities as principal.

(b) As compensation for services rendered by the Placement Agent hereunder, on the Closing Date (as defined below), the Company shall pay or cause to be paid by the Investor to the Placement Agent by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by the Placement Agent, an aggregate amount equal to seven percent (7.0%) of the gross proceeds received by the Company from its sale of the Shares on such Closing Date (the “Agency Fee”). Such gross purchase price does not include any consideration that may be paid to the Company in the future upon exercise of the Warrants. The Placement Agent agrees that the foregoing compensation, together with any expense reimbursement payable hereunder, constitutes all of the cash compensation that such Placement Agent shall be entitled to receive in connection with the Offering contemplated hereby and supersedes any compensation that may have been payable pursuant to the letter agreement, dated January 23, 2017, between the Company and the Placement Agent (the “Engagement Letter”).

(c) The Securities are being sold to the Investors at a price of $1,000 per Share with 6.0% original issue discount and accompanying Warrant (the “Purchase Price”) as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus (as defined below). The purchases of Securities by the Investors shall be evidenced by the execution of the SPA by each of the parties thereto in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

(d) Prior to the earlier of (i) the date on which this Agreement is terminated and (ii) the Closing Date, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Placement Agent, solicit or accept offers to purchase Securities of the Company (other than pursuant to the exercise of options or warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock that are outstanding at the date hereof) otherwise than through the Placement Agent in accordance herewith.

(e) No Securities which the Company has agreed to sell pursuant to this Agreement and the SPA shall be deemed to have been purchased and paid for, or sold by the Company, until such Securities shall have been delivered to the Investor purchasing such Securities against payment therefor by such Investor. If the Company shall default in its obligations to deliver Securities to an Investor whose offer it has accepted, the Company shall indemnify and hold the Placement Agent harmless against any loss, claim, damage or liability directly or indirectly arising from or as a result of such default by the Company in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 6(c) hereof.

(f) Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of the Securities shall be made at a closing (the “Closing”) at the offices of Proskauer Rose LLP, One International Place, Boston, MA, at 10:00 a.m., local time, on August 21, 2017 or at such other time and date as the Placement Agent and the Company determine pursuant to Rule 15c6-1(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) (such date of payment and delivery being herein referred to as the “Closing Date”). The Shares and the Warrants will be issued in certificated form. The payment of the purchase price for the Securities shall be paid to the Company by Federal Funds wire transfer from an escrow account of Proskauer Rose LLP, pursuant to the terms of that Direction Letter between the Company and Proskauer Rose LLP dated as of the date hereof, in each case, against delivery of the Securities to such persons and shall be registered in the name or names and shall be in such denominations as the Placement Agent may request at least one business day before the Closing Date.

 

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2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to the Placement Agent as of the date hereof, and as of the Closing Date and agrees with the Placement Agent, as follows:

(a) Shelf Registration Statement.

(i) The Company has prepared and filed in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and the published rules and regulations thereunder (the “Rules and Regulations”) adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a “shelf” registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-217034), which became effective on April 6, 2017, including a base prospectus (the “Base Prospectus”), relating to Common Stock, preferred stock or warrants of the Company that may be sold from time to time by the Company, in accordance with Rule 415 of the 1933 Act, and such amendments thereof as may have been required to the date of this Agreement. The term “Registration Statement” as used in this Agreement means such registration statement, including all exhibits, financial schedules and all documents and information deemed to be part of the Registration Statement by incorporation by reference or otherwise, as amended from time to time, including the information (if any) contained in the form of final prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations and deemed to be part thereof at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rules 430A and 430B of the Rules and Regulations. The term “Prospectus” means the Base Prospectus, and any amendments or further supplements to such prospectus filed with the SEC, and including, without limitation, the final prospectus supplement (the “Prospectus Supplement”), filed pursuant to and within the limits described in Rule 424(b) with the SEC in connection with the proposed sale of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement and the SPA through the date of such prospectus supplement. Unless otherwise stated herein, any reference herein to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein, including pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, which were filed under the 1934 Act, on or before the date hereof or are so filed hereafter. Any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any such document filed or to be filed under the 1934 Act after the date of the Registration Statement or Prospectus, as the case may be, and deemed to be incorporated therein by reference.

(ii) The Company was at the time of the filing of the Registration Statement eligible to use Form S-3. As of the date of this Agreement, the Company is eligible to use Form S-3 under the 1933 Act and it meets the transaction requirements with respect General Instruction I.B.1 of Form S-3. The Company filed with the SEC the Registration Statement on such Form S-3, including a Base Prospectus, for registration under the 1933 Act of the offering and sale of the Securities. When the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto was or is declared effective and as of the date of the most recent amendment to the Registration Statement, it (i) complied or will comply, in all material respects, with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the Rules and Regulations and the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder and (ii) did not or 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

 

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therein not misleading. When any Statutory Prospectus or Prospectus was first filed with the SEC (whether filed as part of the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto or pursuant to Rule 424 of the Rules) and when any amendment thereof or supplement thereto was first filed with the SEC, such Statutory Prospectus or Prospectus as amended or supplemented complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the 1933 Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not or 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. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the Company makes no representations or warranties as to information contained in or omitted from any Statutory Prospectus or Prospectus, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Placement Agent, specifically for use therein, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Placement Agent’s Information (as defined in Section 7 hereof).

(b) Prospectus. As of the Applicable Time (as defined below) and as of the Closing Date, neither (x) the Disclosure Package, nor (y) any individual Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below), when considered together with the Disclosure Package, included, includes or will include any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:

(1) “Applicable Time” means 5:30 p.m. (New York time) on the date of this Agreement or such other time as agreed to by the Company and the Investors.

(2) “Disclosure Package” means (i) the Statutory Prospectus, (ii) each General Use Free Writing Prospectus, if any, filed or used by the Company on or before the effectiveness of the Registration Statement (other than a roadshow that is an General Use Free Writing Prospectus but is not required to be filed under Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations) and (iii) the pricing and other information as set forth on Exhibit F hereto, all considered together.

(3) “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the 1933 Act, relating to the Securities in the form filed or required to be filed with the SEC or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the 1933 Act.

(4) “General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is identified on Schedule I to this Agreement.

(5) “Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Free Writing Prospectus.

(6) “Statutory Prospectus” means the preliminary prospectus, if any, and the Base Prospectus, each as amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Time of Sale, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof.

(c) Organization. The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration

 

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Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Company has no significant subsidiaries (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC) other than as listed on Schedule 2(c) hereto (collectively, the “Subsidiaries”). Each of the Subsidiaries has been duly organized and is validly existing as an entity in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries are duly qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions in which the conduct of their business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any event or occurrence that has a material adverse effect on (i) the business, properties, assets, liabilities, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and of the Subsidiaries, individually or taken as a whole, whether or not occurring in the ordinary course of business, (ii) on the authority or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents (as defined below) or (iii) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents; provided that none of the following shall be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred: (1) events or occurrences generally affecting the economy or the debt, credit or securities markets, (2) any acts of God, national disaster, or outbreak or escalation of hostilities or declared or undeclared acts of war or terrorism, (3) changes in laws or regulations, (4) changes in United States generally accepted principles of accounting consistently applied throughout the periods involved (“GAAP”) (or interpretations thereof) or (5) events or occurrences generally affecting the industry in which the Company conducts its business, except, in each case, to the extent such events or occurrences have a disproportionate impact on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. The outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by the Company or another Subsidiary free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and equities and claims, except as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue or other rights to convert any obligations into shares of capital stock or ownership interests in the Subsidiaries are outstanding.

(d) Authorization; Enforcement; Validity. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the SPA, the certificate of designations setting forth the terms of the Preferred Shares (the “Certificate of Designations”), the Warrants, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions (as defined in SPA), the Lock-Up Agreements (as defined in Section 2(yy)), the Voting Agreement (as defined in the SPA) and each of the other agreements entered into by the parties hereto and the Investors in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the SPA (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) and to issue the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the issuance of the Shares and the Warrants, the reservation for issuance and the issuance of the Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designations and the reservation for issuance and the issuance of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants have been duly authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors, and, except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents, no further filing, consent, or authorization is required by the Company’s Board of Directors or its stockholders. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may

 

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be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies. As of immediately prior to the Closing, the Certificate of Designations in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C has been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and is in full force and effect, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms and has not been amended.

(e) Issuance of Securities. The outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the Securities to be issued and sold by the Company have been duly authorized and when issued and paid for as contemplated herein in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents will be free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; and no preemptive rights of stockholders exist with respect to any of the Securities or the issue and sale thereof. A number of shares of Common Stock shall have initially been duly authorized and reserved for issuance which equals at least 150% of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable (i) pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designations (without taking into account any limitations on the conversion or redemption of the Shares set forth in the Certificate of Designations) and (ii) upon exercise of the Warrants (without taking into account any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth in the Warrants) (150% of such aggregate number of shares in clauses (i) and (ii), the “Required Reserve Amount”). Except as expressly contemplated by the Transaction Documents, neither the filing of the Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement and the SPA gives rise to any rights, other than those which have been waived or satisfied, for or relating to the registration of any shares of Common Stock. Upon issuance pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designations or exercise in accordance with the Warrants, as the case may be, the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares, respectively, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights, taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof, with the holders being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock.

(f) Equity Capitalization. As of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, the Company has or will have, as the case may be, an authorized, issued and outstanding capitalization as is set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (subject, in each case, to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of stock options and warrants disclosed as outstanding in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and the grant or issuance of options or shares under existing equity compensation plans or stock purchase plans described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus), and such authorized capital stock conforms to the description thereof set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. All of the Securities conform to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The form of certificates for the Shares, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares, as applicable, will conform to the corporate law of the jurisdiction of the Company’s incorporation. As of the date hereof, immediately prior to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (1) 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 15,422,913 shares are issued and outstanding, 2,705,307 shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company’s stock option and purchase plans and 4,658 shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to securities (other than the aforementioned options and the Warrants) exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, Common Stock, and (2) 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, none of which are issued and outstanding. All of such outstanding shares have been, or upon issuance will be, validly issued

 

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and are fully paid and nonassessable. Except as disclosed on Schedule 2(f) hereto or as expressly contemplated by the Transaction Documents, (i) none of the Company’s capital stock is subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the Company; (ii) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the 1933 Act; (iv) there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (v) there are no securities or instruments binding on the Company or any if Subsidiaries containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities; (vi) the Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement; and (vii) the Company and its Subsidiaries have no liabilities or obligations required to be disclosed in the SEC Documents (as defined in Section 2(ww)) but not so disclosed in the SEC Documents, other than those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiary’s’ respective businesses and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Schedule 2(f) sets forth the material terms of any outstanding warrants of the Company, including, without limitation, the exercise price, put rights or other special features and expiration date thereof.

(g) Disclosure.

(i) The SEC has not issued an order preventing or suspending the use of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Statutory Prospectus or Prospectus relating to the proposed offering of the Securities, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the 1933 Act has been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the SEC. The Registration Statement conforms, and the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto will conform to the requirements of the 1933 Act and the Rules and Regulations. The documents incorporated, or to be incorporated, by reference in the Statutory Prospectus and Prospectus, at the time filed with the SEC conformed in all material respects, or will conform in all respects, to the requirements of the 1934 Act or the 1933 Act, as applicable, and the Rules and Regulations. The Registration Statement and any amendments and supplements thereto do not contain, and on the Closing Date will not contain, any untrue statement of a material fact and do not omit, and on the Closing Date will not omit, to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Statutory Prospectus and Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto do not contain, and on the Closing Date will not contain, any untrue statement of a material fact; and do not omit, and on the Closing Date will not omit, to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

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(ii) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Investors as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein that has not been superseded or modified. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances, not misleading, the Company has notified or will notify promptly the Investors so that any use of such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus may cease until it is amended or supplemented.

(iii) The Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Investors or their agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or would reasonably be expected to constitute material, nonpublic information concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that will not be included in the 8-K Filing (as defined in the SPA). The Company understands and confirms that the Placement Agent will rely on the foregoing representations in acting as placement agent in connection with the issuance of the Securities. Each press release issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during the twelve (12) months preceding the date hereof did not at the time of release contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make such statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. The Company does not have any agreement or understanding with any Investor with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents other than as specified in the Transaction Documents. For the purpose of this Agreement, “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or agency thereof.

(h) Offering Materials. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, distributed and will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and other materials, if any, permitted under the 1933 Act. The Company will file with the SEC all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time required under Rule 433(d) under the 1933 Act. The Company has satisfied or will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 under the 1933 Act to avoid a requirement to file with the SEC any electronic road show.

(i) Ineligible Issuer Status. At the time of filing (i) the Registration Statement and (ii) as of the date hereof (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act, without taking into account any determination by the SEC pursuant to Rule 405 under the 1933 Act that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer), including, without limitation, for purposes of Rules 164 and 433 under the 1933 Act with respect to the offering of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement.

(j) Financial Statements. The consolidated financial statements of the Company and the Subsidiaries, together with related notes and schedules as set forth or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, present fairly

 

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in all material respects the financial position of the Company and the consolidated Subsidiaries and the results of operations and cash flows of the Company and the consolidated Subsidiaries, at the indicated dates and for the indicated periods. Such consolidated financial statements and related schedules have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, except as disclosed therein, and all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of results for such periods have been made. The summary and selected consolidated financial and statistical data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus presents fairly in all material respects the information shown therein, at the indicated dates and for the indicated periods, and such data has been compiled on a basis consistent with the financial statements presented therein and the books and records of the Company. All disclosures, if any, contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the Rules and Regulations) comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the 1934 Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the 1933 Act, to the extent applicable. The Company and the Subsidiaries do not have any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations or any “variable interest entities” within the meaning of Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46), not disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. There are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not included as required.

(k) Accountants. Each of Ernst & Young LLP, BDO USA, LLP and BDO LLP, who have certified certain of the financial statements filed with the SEC as part of, or incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, has represented to the Company that it is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the “PCAOB”).

(l) Weaknesses or Changes in Internal Accounting Controls. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is aware of (i) any material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting or (ii) change in internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

(m) Sarbanes- Oxley. Solely to the extent that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and The NASDAQ Global Market (the “Principal Market”), if applicable, thereunder (collectively, the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) has been applicable to the Company, there is and has been no failure on the part of the Company to comply in all respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company has taken all necessary actions to ensure that it is in compliance in all respects with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that are in effect with respect to which the Company is required to comply and is actively taking steps to ensure that it will be in compliance with the other provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act which will become applicable to the Company.

(n) Litigation. There is no action, suit, claim or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries before any court or administrative agency or otherwise which if determined adversely to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

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(o) Title. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all of the material properties and assets reflected in the consolidated financial statements hereinabove described or described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, subject to no lien, mortgage, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind except those reflected in such financial statements or described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or which are not material in amount or would not materially interfere with the use to be made of such properties or assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries occupy their leased properties under valid and binding leases conforming in all material respects to the description thereof set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(p) Tax Status. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) has timely made or filed all material foreign, federal and state income tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has timely paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries know of no basis for any such claim.

(q) Absence of Certain Changes. Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as each may be amended or supplemented, there has not been any Material Adverse Effect and there has not been any material transaction entered into by the Company or the Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, (i) declaration or payment of any dividends, (ii) sale of any assets, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $250,000 or (iii) any capital expenditures, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $250,000, other than transactions in the ordinary course of business and transactions described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as each may be amended or supplemented. The Company and the Subsidiaries have no material contingent obligations which are not disclosed in the Company’s consolidated financial statements which are included in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any bankruptcy law nor does the Company have any knowledge or reason to believe that its creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact that would reasonably lead a creditor to do so. The Company and its Subsidiaries, individually and on a consolidated basis, are not as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur, and as at the Closing, will not be Insolvent (as defined below). For purposes of this Agreement, “Insolvent” means, with respect to any Person, (i) the present fair saleable value of such Person’s assets is less than the amount required to pay such Person’s total Indebtedness (as defined in Section 2(zz)), (ii) such Person is unable to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured, or (iii) such Person intends to incur or believes that it will incur debts that would be beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature.

(r) No Conflicts. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, will be after giving effect to the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Securities), (i) in violation of its certificate of incorporation, by-laws, any certificate of designations or other organizational documents or (ii) in violation of or in default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) in any respect

 

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under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of under any agreement, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, contract, indenture or other agreement or instrument or obligation to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Subsidiary, or any of their respective properties, is bound or (iii) in violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, writ or decree of any court applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected or of any government, regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including U.S. federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of the Principal Market applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for such violations, conflicts, breaches or defaults which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(s) Contracts. There is no document, contract or other agreement required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement which is not described or filed as required by the 1933 Act or the Rules and Regulations. Each description of a contract, document or other agreement in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus accurately reflects in all material respects the terms of the underlying contract, document or other agreement. Each contract, document or other agreement described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and Prospectus or listed in the exhibits to the Registration Statement or incorporated by reference is in full force and effect and is valid and enforceable by and against the Company in accordance with its terms (except as rights to indemnity and contribution thereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws and matter of public policy and except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principle). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any other party is in default in the observance or performance of any term or obligation to be performed by it under any such agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective properties or businesses may be bound, and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute such a default, in any such case in which the default, non-performance or event, individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect.

(t) Regulatory Approvals. Each approval, consent, order, authorization, designation, declaration or filing by or with any regulatory, administrative or other governmental body necessary in connection with the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated (except such additional steps as may be required by the SEC, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (the “FINRA”) or such additional steps as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws) has been obtained or made and is in full force and effect.

(u) Conduct of Business. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in default under its Certificate of Incorporation, any certificate of designations, preferences or rights of any other outstanding series of preferred stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or bylaws or their organizational charter, certificate of formation or certificate of incorporation or bylaws, respectively. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any judgment, decree or order or any statute, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries, except in all cases for possible violations which could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a

 

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Material Adverse Effect. The Company has satisfied all eligibility requirements necessary to enable its Common Stock to be listed or quoted on one or more Eligible Markets (as defined in the Warrants). During the two (2) years prior to the date hereof, (i) the Common Stock has been listed or designated for quotation on the Principal Market or another Eligible Market, (ii) trading in the Common Stock has not been suspended by the SEC or the Principal Market and (iii) the Company has received no communication, written or oral, from the SEC or the Principal Market (or other Eligible Market on which the Common Stock was previously listed) regarding the suspension or delisting of the Common Stock from such Principal Market or other Eligible Market. The Company and its Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any written notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any of the rules, regulations or requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances that would reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock by the Principal Market.

(v) Intellectual Property. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or in any document incorporated by reference therein or as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect: (i) the Company and each of the Subsidiaries hold all material licenses, certificates and permits from governmental authorities which are necessary for and material to the conduct of their businesses in the manner in which they are currently being conducted; (ii) the Company and the Subsidiaries each own or possess the right to use all patents, patent rights, trademarks, trade names, service marks, service names, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) and other intellectual property rights (“Intellectual Property”) necessary to carry on their business in all material respects in the manner in which it is being currently conducted; and (iii) none of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ Intellectual Property that is necessary to carry on their business in the manner in which it is being currently conducted has expired, terminated or been abandoned or are expected to expire, terminate or be abandoned, within three years from the date of this Agreement. The Company has taken commercially reasonably steps to secure ownership interests in Intellectual Property created for it by any contractors. There are no outstanding options, licenses or agreements of any kind relating to the Intellectual Property of the Company that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and are not described therein in all material respects. The Company is not a party to or bound by any options, licenses or agreements with respect to the Intellectual Property of any other person or entity that are required to be set forth in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus and are not described therein in all material respects. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (x) none of the Intellectual Property used by the Company and necessary to the Company’s business as currently conducted has been obtained or is being used by the Company in violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its officers, directors or employees or, to the Company’s knowledge, otherwise in violation of the rights of any persons; to (y) the Company’s knowledge, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has infringed any Intellectual Property rights of any other person or entity; and (z) the Company has not received any written communications alleging that the Company has violated, infringed or conflicted with any of the Intellectual Property of any other person or entity. The Company knows of no infringement by others of

 

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Intellectual Property owned or licensed by the Company and which is necessary for and material to its business as currently conducted. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable measures to protect the secrecy and confidentiality of their Intellectual Property.

(w) Manipulation of Prices. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken or may take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result, or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result, in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) other than the Placement Agent, sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) other than the Placement Agent, paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company.

(x) Investment Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, and upon consummation of the sale of the Securities, will not be, an “investment company,” an affiliate of an “investment company,” a company controlled by an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).

(y) Internal Accounting Controls.

(i) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets and liabilities; (iii) access to assets or incurrence of liabilities is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets and liabilities is compared with existing assets and liabilities at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

(ii) The Company has established and maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the 1934 Act); the Company’s “disclosure controls and procedures” are effective in ensuring that all information (both financial and non-financial) required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, including, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and its principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. During the twelve months prior to the date hereof neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice or correspondence from any accountant relating to any material weakness in any part of the system of internal accounting controls of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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(z) Industry and Market Data. The statistical, industry-related and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources which the Company reasonably and in good faith believes are reliable and accurate, and such data agree in all material respects with the sources from which they are derived.

(aa) Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements and all other applicable U.S. and non-U.S. anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and the applicable money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “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.

(bb) No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has made any contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any federal, state or foreign office in violation of any law which violation is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, employee or affiliate, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any agent or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates is, or is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by, a Person that 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 (“OFAC”) or the U.S. Departments of State or Commerce and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”) or any other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries are located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of a comprehensive embargo or Sanctions prohibiting trade with the country or territory, including, without limitation, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria (each, a “Sanctioned Country”). No action of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, (ii) the issuance and sale of the Securities or (iii) the direct or indirect use of proceeds from the Securities or the consummation of any other transaction contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction Documents or the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof, will result in the proceeds of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Transaction Documents being used, or loaned, contributed or otherwise made available, directly or indirectly, to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of (1) unlawfully funding or facilitating any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, (2) unlawfully funding or facilitating any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (3) 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.

 

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(cc) Anti-Bribery. Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates, nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates (in each case, in such capacity), has (i) used any funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity, (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, to any employee or agent of a private entity with which the Company does or seeks to do business (a “Private Sector Counterparty”) or to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions or any applicable provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the “FCPA”), the U.K Bribery Act 2010, or any other similar law of any other jurisdiction in which the Company operates its business, including, in each case, the rules and regulations thereunder, (iv) taken or is currently taking any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, gift or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any person while knowing that all or some portion of the money or value will be offered, given or promised to anyone to improperly influence official action, to obtain or retain business or otherwise to secure any improper advantage or (v) otherwise made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, unlawful kickback or other unlawful payment; the Company and each of its respective Subsidiaries has instituted and has maintained policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with the laws referred to in (iii) above. No action of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the direct or indirect use of proceeds from the Securities or the consummation of any other transaction contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction Documents or the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof, will result in the proceeds of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Transaction Documents being used to for the purpose of financing or facilitating any activity that would violate the laws and regulations referred to in (iii) above.

(dd) Insurance. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance by insurers of recognized financial responsibility in such amounts and covering such losses and risks as is materially adequate for the conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their respective properties. Neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers, in each case, as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that, individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(ee) Employee Benefits. The Company and each Subsidiary is in compliance with all presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”), except where failure to be in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; no “reportable event” (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to any “pension plan” (as defined in ERISA) that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; the Company and each Subsidiary has not incurred and does not expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “pension plan” or (ii) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the “Code”) that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and each “pension plan” for which the Company or any Subsidiary would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified except where failure to be so qualified would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and, to the Company’s knowledge, nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.

 

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(ff) Employee Relations.

(i) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining agreement or employs any member of a union. No executive officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 501(f) of the 1933 Act) or other key employee of the Company of any of its Subsidiaries has notified the Company or any such Subsidiary in writing that such officer intends to leave the Company or any such Subsidiary or otherwise terminate such officer’s employment with the Company or any such Subsidiary. To the Company’s knowledge, no current executive officer or other key employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement, non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant with a third party, and, to the Company’s knowledge, the continued employment of each such executive officer or other key employee (as the case may be) does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters, except where such violation would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(ii) The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations respecting labor, employment and employment practices and benefits, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where failure to be in compliance would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(gg) Transactions with Affiliates. To the Company’s knowledge, there are no affiliations or associations between the Company, on the one hand, and any of the Company’s officers, directors or 5% or greater securityholders, on the other hand, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. There are no relationships or related-party transactions involving the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any other person required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K which have not been described in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus as required.

(hh) Environmental Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries (A) are in compliance with all Environmental Laws (as defined below), (B) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (C) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where, in each of the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The term “Environmental Laws” means all federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder.

 

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(ii) Listing; 1934 Act Registration. The Common Stock is quoted for trading on the Principal Market. The Company has taken no action designed to, or which would reasonably be expected to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the 1934 Act or the quotation of the Common Stock on the Principal Market, nor has the Company received any notification that the SEC or the Principal Market is contemplating terminating such registration or quotation.

(jj) No Integrated Offering. The Company has not sold or issued any securities that would be integrated with the offering of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents pursuant to the 1933 Act, the Rules and Regulations or the interpretations thereof by the SEC. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, any of their affiliates, and any Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to require approval of stockholders of the Company for purposes of any applicable stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, their affiliates and any Person acting on their behalf will take any action or steps referred to in the preceding sentence that would cause the offering of the Securities to be integrated with other offerings for purposes of any such applicable stockholder approval provisions.

(kk) Brokerage Fees; Commissions. Except as set forth herein and described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or the Investors for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, or broker’s commissions (other than for persons engaged by any Investor or its investment advisor) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall pay, and hold each Investor harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with such claim (other than for claims made by Persons engaged by the Investors). The Company acknowledges that it has engaged the Placement Agent as placement agent in connection with the sale of the Securities. Other than the Placement Agent, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged any placement agent or other agent in connection with the sale of the Securities.

(ll) Consents. Other than as described in Section 2(t) hereof, or as have been previously obtained, filed or provided, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is required to obtain any consent or authorization of, or provide prior notice to any other Person in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. The Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances that might prevent the Company from obtaining, effecting or providing any of the consents, authorizations or notices required in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. pursuant to the preceding sentence.

 

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(mm) Acknowledgment Regarding Investor’s Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Investor is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and that, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no Investor is (i) an officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) an “affiliate” of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act) or (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, a “beneficial owner” of more than 10% of the shares of Common Stock (as defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act). The Company further acknowledges that no Investor is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and any advice given by an Investor or any of its representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to such Investor’s purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each Investor that the Company’s decision to enter into the Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives.

(nn) Dilutive Effect. The Company understands and acknowledges that the number of Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designations and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants will increase in certain circumstances. The Company further acknowledges that its obligations to issue (i) Conversion Shares in accordance with the SPA and the Certificate of Designations and (ii) Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the SPA and the Warrants are, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, absolute and unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other stockholders of the Company.

(oo) Application of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreement. The Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable the Company’s issuance of the Securities and any Investor’s ownership of the Securities from the provisions of any control share acquisition, interested stockholder, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company or the laws of the state of its incorporation which is or could become applicable to any Investor as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, the Company’s issuance of Securities and each Investor’s ownership of the Securities. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company does not have any stockholder rights plan or similar arrangement relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership of Common Stock or a change in control of the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 2(oo) are for the benefit of the Placement Agent on the date hereof and are not transferable to any other Person.

(pp) Subsidiary Rights. The Company or one of its Subsidiaries has the unrestricted right to vote, and (subject to limitations imposed by applicable law) to receive dividends and distributions on, all capital securities of its Subsidiaries as owned by the Company or such Subsidiary.

(qq) Off Balance Sheet Arrangements. There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company and an unconsolidated or other off balance sheet entity that is required to be disclosed by the Company in its 1934 Act filings and is not so disclosed or that otherwise would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(rr) Transfer Taxes. On the Closing Date, all stock transfer or other similar taxes (other than income or similar taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the sale and transfer of the Securities to be sold to each Investor pursuant to the SPA will be, or will have been, fully paid or provided for by the Company, and all laws imposing such taxes will be or will have been complied with.

(ss) Acknowledgement Regarding Investors’ Trading Activity. The Company acknowledges and agrees (i) that none of the Investors has been asked to agree, nor has any Investor agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term; (ii) that future open market or other transactions by any Investor, including, without limitation, short sales or “derivative” transactions, after the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the SPA or future transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities; (iii) that any Investor, and counter parties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Investor is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a “short” position in the Common Stock; and (iv) that such Investor shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that (a) one or more Investors may engage in hedging and/or trading activities at various times during the periods that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the period that the value of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined and (b) such hedging and/or trading activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing stockholders’ equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging and/or trading activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging and/or trading activities do not constitute a breach of this Agreement, the SPA, the Certificate of Designations, the Warrants or any of the documents executed in connection herewith.

(tt) U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation. Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries, is or has ever been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Code and the Company and each Subsidiary shall so certify upon the Placement Agent’s request.

(uu) Shell Company Status. The Company is not, and has not in the past five (5) years been, an issuer identified in Rule 144(i)(1). More than one (1) year has lapsed since the Company filed current “Form 10 information” (as defined in Rule 144(i)(3)) with the SEC reflecting its status as an entity that was no longer an issues described in Rule 144(i)(1)(i).

(vv) Bank Holding Company. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.

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1934 Act (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof, and all exhibits included therein and financial statements, notes and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the “SEC Documents”). The Company has delivered to the Investors or their respective representatives true, correct and complete copies of the SEC Documents not available on the EDGAR system. As of their respective filing dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of their respective filing dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments). No other information provided by or on behalf of the Company to the Investors which is not included in the SEC Documents contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstance under which they were made, not misleading.

(xx) Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company has entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 16, 2017, with each of the Investors that contains certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Company.

(yy) Lock-Up Agreements. The Company and each of the parties set forth on Exhibit D hereto has executed and delivered to the Company a lock up agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (the “Lock-Up Agreement”).

(zz) Indebtedness and Other Contracts. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents or on Schedule 2(zz), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, (i) has any outstanding Indebtedness (as defined below), (ii) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to Indebtedness, the violation of which, or default under which, by the other party(ies) to such contract, agreement or instrument would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) is in violation of any term of, or in default under, any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, except where such violations and defaults would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Schedule 2(zz) provides a detailed description of the material terms of any such outstanding Indebtedness, including, without limitation, descriptions of any defaults, forbearances, accounts receivable and accounts payable thereunder. For purposes of this Agreement: (x) “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication (A) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (B) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (including, without limitation, “capital leases” in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, during the periods involved) (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), (C) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect

 

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to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (D) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (E) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (F) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with GAAP, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (G) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (A) through (F) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage, claim, lien, tax, right of first refusal, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (H) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (A) through (G) above; and (y) “Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any indebtedness, capital lease or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto.

(aaa) Stock Option Plans. Each stock option granted by the Company was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the applicable Company stock option plan and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date such stock option would be considered granted under GAAP consistently applied, during the periods involved and applicable law. No stock option granted under the Company’s stock option plan has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.

(bbb) No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers. There are no material disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by the Company to arise, between the Company and the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by the Company and the Company is current with respect to any fees owed to its accountants and lawyers which could affect the Company’s ability to perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents.

(ccc) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statements (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in either the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

(ddd) Corporate Records. The minute books of the Company, representing all existing records of all meetings and actions of the board of directors (including, Audit, Compensation and Stock Option, and Nominating Committees) and stockholders of the Company (collectively, the “Corporate Records”) through the date of the latest meeting and action have been made available to the Placement Agent and counsel for the Placement Agent. All such Corporate Records are complete and accurately reflect, in all material respects, all transactions referred to in such Corporate Records. There are no material transactions, agreements or other actions that have been consummated by the Company that are not properly approved and/or recorded in the Corporate Records of the Company.

 

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(eee) Margin Securities. The Company does not own any “margin securities” as that term is defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve Board”), and none of the proceeds of the sale of the Securities will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin security, for the purpose of reducing or retiring any indebtedness which was originally incurred to purchase or carry any margin security or for any other purpose which might cause any of the Securities to be considered a “purpose credit” within the meanings of Regulation T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.

(fff) Rated Securities. At the Applicable Time there were, and as of the Closing Date there will be, no securities of or guaranteed by the Company that are rated by a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as that term is defined in Rule 436(g)(2) promulgated under the Act.

(ggg) FINRA Affiliations. There are no affiliations or associations between (i) any member of the FINRA and (ii) the Company or any of the Company’s officers, directors or 5% or greater securityholders or any beneficial owner of the Company’s unregistered equity securities that were acquired at any time on or after the one hundred eightieth (180th) day immediately preceding the date the Registration Statement was initially filed with the SEC, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(hhh) Trading Market. Assuming the accuracy of the representations of the Investors in the SPA, no approval of the shareholders of the Company under the rules and regulations of any trading market (including Rule 4350 of the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules) is required for the Company to issue and deliver to the Investors the Securities.

(iii) Clinical Studies. The clinical, pre-clinical and other studies and tests conducted by or on behalf of or sponsored by the Company or in which the Company or products or product candidates have participated that are described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus were and, if still pending, are being conducted in accordance in all material respects with all applicable federal, state or foreign statutes, laws, rules and regulations, as applicable (including, without limitation, those administered by the Food and Drug Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (the “FDA”) or by any foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA and current Good Laboratory and Good Clinical Practices) and in accordance with experimental protocols, procedures and controls pursuant to, where applicable, accepted professional scientific methods. The descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package of the results of such studies, tests and trials are accurate and complete in all material respects and fairly present the published data derived from such studies, tests and trials. The Company has not received any notices or other correspondence from the FDA or any other foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA with respect to any ongoing clinical or pre-clinical studies or tests requiring the termination, suspension or material modification of such studies, tests or preclinical or clinical trials, which termination, suspension or material modification would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No filing or submission to the FDA or any other federal, state or foreign regulatory body, that is intended to be the basis for any approval, contains any material statement or material false information. The

 

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Company is in compliance with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, regulations, orders and decrees governing their business as prescribed by the FDA, or any other federal, state or foreign agencies or bodies, including those bodies and agencies engaged in the regulation of pharmaceuticals or biohazardous substances or materials, except where noncompliance would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

3. Covenants. The Company covenants and agrees with the Placement Agent as follows:

(a) Reporting Obligations; Exchange Act Compliance. The Company will file: (i) each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rules 430A, 430B or 430C under the 1933 Act, as applicable, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent required by Rule 433 under the 1933 Act, if applicable, (iii) all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus during the Prospectus Delivery Period, and (iv) furnish copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if any, (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Placement Agent prior to 11:00 a.m. Eastern time, on the second business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Placement Agent shall reasonably request.

(b) Filing of Amendments. The Company will promptly advise the Placement Agent of any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package until the completion of the purchase and sale of the Securities contemplated herein and will afford the Placement Agent a reasonable opportunity to comment on any such proposed amendment or supplement and to file no such amendment or supplement to which the Placement Agent shall object in writing, which objection shall not be unreasonable; and the Company will also advise the Placement Agent promptly of (i) the filing of any such amendment or supplement, (ii) any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment to the Registration Statement, for any supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or for any additional information, (iii) the time and date when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, but only during the Prospectus Delivery Period; (iv) receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to any suspension or the approval of the Shares and Warrant Shares from any securities exchange upon which it is listed for trading or included or designated for quotation, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, (v) the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement or the threatening of any proceeding for that purpose, and (vi) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceedings for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the suspension of any such qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

(c) Continued Compliance with Securities Law. If, at any time prior to the filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Company will (i) promptly notify the Placement Agent so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented and (ii) amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statements or omission. If, during the Prospectus Delivery 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 any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any

 

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time to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus to comply with the 1933 Act, the Company will (A) promptly notify the Placement Agent of such event and (B) promptly prepare and file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Placement Agent and, to the extent applicable, the dealers and any other dealers upon request of the Placement Agent, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance.

(d) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company will (i) not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission under Rule 433 under the 1933 Act unless the Placement Agent approves its use in writing prior to first use (each, a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”); provided that the prior written consent of the Placement Agent shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) included in Schedule I hereto and any electronic road show, (ii) treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (iii) comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 under the 1933 Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including the requirements relating to timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping and (iv) not take any action that would result in the Placement Agent or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the 1933 Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Placement Agent that such Placement Agent otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder. The Company will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 under the 1933 Act to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any electronic road show.

(e) [Reserved.]

(f) Conflicting Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement relating to the Securities or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company promptly will notify the Placement Agent and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by the Placement Agent specifically for inclusion therein, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Placement Agent’s Information.

(g) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver promptly to the Placement Agent and its counsel such number of the following documents as the Placement Agent shall reasonably request: (i) conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission and each amendment thereto (in each case excluding exhibits), (ii) copies of any Preliminary Prospectus related to the Securities; (iii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (iv) during the Prospectus Delivery Period, copies of the Prospectus (or any amendments or supplements thereto); (v) any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (other than any such document that is filed with the Commission electronically via EDGAR or any successor system) and (vi) all correspondence to and from, and all documents issued to and by, the Commission in connection with the registration of the Securities under the 1933 Act.

 

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(h) Blue Sky Laws. The Company will promptly take or cause to be taken, from time to time, such actions as the Placement Agent may reasonably request to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the state securities, or blue sky, laws of such states or other jurisdictions as such Placement Agent may reasonably request and to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as such Placement Agent may request for the distribution of the Securities, provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or subject itself to taxation as doing business in any jurisdiction. The Company will advise the Placement Agent promptly of the suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any exemption relating to) the Securities for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the issuance of any order suspending such qualification, registration or exemption, the Company shall use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.

(i) Earnings Statement. As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available (provided that any information or documents available on the SEC’s Electronic Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System shall be considered furnished for purposes hereof) to holders of its securities and deliver to the Placement Agent, an earnings statement of the Company (which need not be audited) covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the date of this Agreement that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act and the Rules and Regulations (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158).

(j) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities in the manner set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds.”

(k) Lock-Up Agreements. The Company will cause each of its executive officers and directors whose names are set forth on Exhibit D hereto to furnish to the Placement Agent, on the date hereof, a Lock-Up Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto. The Company will enforce the terms of each Lock-Up Agreement and issue stop transfer instructions to the transfer agent for the Common Stock with respect to any transaction or contemplated transaction that would constitute a breach or default under the applicable Lock-Up Agreement.

(l) Lock-Up Period. Beginning on the date hereof and continuing for a period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus (the “Lock-Up Period”), the Company will not (i) offer to sell, hypothecate, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the 1934 Act, with respect to, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock; (ii) file or cause to become effective a registration statement under the 1933 Act relating to the offer and sale of any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock except for a registration statement on Form S-8 relating to employee benefit plans or a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 filed pursuant to Rule 415 or (iii) enter into any swap, hedge or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the Placement Agent (which consent may be withheld in its sole discretion), other than (i) the Securities to be sold hereunder, (ii) the issuance of Common Stock or options to acquire Common Stock pursuant to the Company’s employee benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or other employee compensation plans as such plans (A) are in existence on the date hereof and described in the Registration Statement (excluding the exhibits thereto), the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (B) are set forth in the Company’s

 

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Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on April 29, 2016, its Form S-4 filed with the Commission on February 3, 2017 or its Form S-8 filed with the Commission on May 10, 2017, (iii) issuances of Common Stock upon the exercise of options or warrants disclosed as outstanding in the Registration Statement (excluding the exhibits thereto), the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or upon the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of the date of this Agreement; (iv) the issuance by the Company of any shares of Common Stock as consideration for mergers, acquisitions, other business combinations, or strategic alliances, occurring after the date of this Agreement; provided that each recipient of shares pursuant to this clause (iv) agrees that all such shares remain subject to restrictions substantially similar to those contained in this subsection 3(l); (v) the purchase or sale of the Company’s securities pursuant to a plan, contract or instruction that satisfies all of the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B) that was in effect prior to the date hereof or (vi) the issuance of any Securities in connection with or pursuant to any shareholder rights plan or “poison pill.”

(m) Public Communications. Prior to 9:30 a.m. New York City time on the business day immediately subsequent to the date hereof, the Company shall issue a press release (the “Press Release”) reasonably acceptable to the Placement Agent disclosing the execution of this Agreement, the SPA and the transaction contemplated hereby and thereby. Prior to the Closing Date, the Company will not issue any press release or other communication directly or indirectly or hold any press conference with respect to the Company, its condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings, business, operations or prospects of any of them, or the offering of the Securities (except for routine oral marketing communications in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the past practices of the Company and of which the Placement Agent is notified), without the prior written consent of the Placement Agent, unless in the reasonable judgment of the Company and its counsel, and after notification to the Placement Agent, such press release or communication is required by law or applicable stock exchange, in which case the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to allow the Placement Agent reasonable time to comment on such release or other communication in advance of such issuance.

(n) Stabilization. The Company will not take directly or indirectly any action designed, or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that will constitute, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities.

(o) Transfer Agent. The Company shall engage and maintain, at its expense, a transfer agent and, if necessary under the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company, a registrar for the Shares and Warrant Shares.

(p) Listing. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Shares and Warrant Shares to be listed for quotation on the NASDAQ Global Market at the Closing Date and to maintain such listing.

(q) Investment Company Act. The Company shall not invest, or otherwise use the proceeds received by the Company from its sale of the Securities in such a manner as would require the Company to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.

(r) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company will comply in all material respects with all effective applicable provisions of the Sarbanes Oxley Act.

(s) Periodic Reports. The Company will use its best efforts to file with the Commission such periodic and special reports as required by the 1933 Act.

 

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(t) Reservation of Shares. The Company shall reserve and keep available at all times a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to issue the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares.

4. Costs and Expenses. The Company, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereunder are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, will pay or reimburse if paid by the Placement Agent all actual and accountable out-of-pocket expenses of the Company incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing, filing, delivery and shipping of the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing and the printing and furnishing of copies of each thereof to the Placement Agent and dealers (including costs of mailing and shipment), (ii) the registration, issue, sale and delivery of the Securities including any stock or transfer taxes and stamp or similar duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Shares, the Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares and the printing, delivery, and shipping of the certificates representing the Shares, Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares, (iii) the registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 3(h), (including the reasonable legal fees and filing fees, and other disbursements of counsel to the Placement Agent in connection therewith), and, if reasonably requested by the Placement Agent, the preparation and printing and furnishing of copies of any blue sky surveys to the Placement Agent and to dealers, (iv) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Shares, Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares, (v) any filings required to be made by the Placement Agent or the Company with FINRA (other than the fees of counsel to the Placement Agent), (vi) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company, (vii) listing fees, if any, for the listing or quotation of the Shares, Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares on the NASDAQ Global Market, (viii) fees and disbursements of the Company’s auditor incurred in delivering the letter(s) described in Section 5(j) of this Agreement, and (ix) the costs and expenses of the Company and the Placement Agent in connection with the marketing of the offering and the sale of the Securities to prospective investors including, but not limited to, those related to any presentations or meetings undertaken in connection therewith including, without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged with the prior written consent of the Company in connection with the road show presentations, travel, lodging and other expenses incurred by the officers of the Company and any such consultants, and the cost of any aircraft or other transportation chartered in connection with the road show. In addition to the above, the Company shall reimburse the Placement Agent for all actual and accountable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Placement Agent in an amount not to exceed $150,000.

5. Conditions of Placement Agent’s Obligations. The obligations of the Placement Agent hereunder and the Investors under the SPA are subject to the following conditions:

(a) Filings with the Commission. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if any, and the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by, and in compliance with, the Rules and Regulations and in accordance with Section 3(a) hereof.

(b) Abbreviated Registration Statement. If the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b), the registration statement filed under Rule 462(b) shall have become effective under the 1933 Act by 8:00 a.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement.

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under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the 1933 Act shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission, (ii) no order suspending the qualification or registration of the Securities, the Conversion Shares or the Warrant Shares under the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction shall be in effect and (iii) all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission (to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Placement Agent. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto shall not contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and neither the Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto shall contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.

(d) Action Preventing Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no law, statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency or body which would prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities or materially and adversely affect or potentially materially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company; and no injunction, restraining order or order of any other nature by any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction shall have been issued which would prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities or materially and adversely affect or potentially materially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company.

(e) Objection of the Placement Agent. No Prospectus or amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement shall have been filed to which the Placement Agent shall have objected in writing, which objection shall not be unreasonable.

(f) Material Adverse Change. Subsequent to the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package, (i) the Company has not sustained any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth in the Disclosure Package, (ii) there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than a change in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock due to the issuance of shares upon the exercise of outstanding options or warrants or the conversion of convertible indebtedness), or material change in the short–term debt or long–term debt of the Company (other than upon conversion of convertible indebtedness) or any material adverse change, in or affecting the business, assets, general affairs, management, financial position, prospects, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company, otherwise than as set forth in the Disclosure Package, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii) of this paragraph (f), is, in the judgment of the Placement Agent, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Disclosure Package.

(g) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct when made and on and as of the Closing Date, as if made on such date (except that those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date shall remain true and correct as of such date), and all covenants and agreements herein contained to be performed on the part of the Company and all conditions herein contained to be fulfilled or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been duly performed, fulfilled or complied with.

 

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(h) Opinions of Counsel to the Company. The Placement Agent shall have received from Proskauer Rose, LLP, counsel to the Company, such counsel’s written opinion, addressed to the Placement Agent and dated the Closing Date, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Placement Agent. Such counsel shall also have furnished to the Placement Agent a written negative assurance statement, addressed to the Placement Agent and dated the Closing Date, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Placement Agent.

(i) Opinion of Counsel to the Placement Agent. The Placement Agent shall have received from Goodwin Procter LLP, counsel for the Placement Agent, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Placement Agent, covering such matters as are customarily covered in transactions of this type.

(j) Accountant’s Comfort Letter. On the date hereof, the Placement Agent shall have received a letter dated the date hereof, (the “Comfort Letter”), addressed to the Placement Agent and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent and its counsel, from each of E&Y and BDO, (i) confirming that they are independent public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the Rules and Regulations and (ii) stating, as of the date hereof (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the Disclosure Package, as of a date not more than three days prior to the date hereof), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters ordinarily covered by accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters, delivered according to Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72 and Statement of Auditing Standard No. 100 (or successor bulletins), in connection with registered public offerings.

(k) Bring-Down Letter. On the Closing Date, the Placement Agent shall have received from each of E&Y and BDO a letter (the “Bring-Down Letter”), dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Placement Agent and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent and its counsel, (i) confirming that they are independent public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the Rules and Regulations, (ii) stating, as of the date of the Bring-Down Letter (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as of a date not more than three days prior to the date of the Bring-Down Letter), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters covered by the Comfort Letter and (iii) confirming in all material respects the conclusions and findings set forth in the Comfort Letter.

(l) Officer’s Certificate. The Placement Agent shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate, addressed to the Placement Agent and dated the Closing Date, of the chief executive or chief operating officer and the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company in each case, solely in his or her capacity as an officer of the Company, to the effect that:

(i) each of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company in this Agreement were true and correct when originally made and are true and correct as of the Time of Sale and the Closing Date as if made on each such date (except that those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date remain true and correct as of each such date); and the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part required under this Agreement to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;

 

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(ii) there has not been, subsequent to the date of the most recent audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package, any material adverse change in the financial position or results of operations of the Company, or any change or development that, singularly or in the aggregate, would involve a material adverse change or a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, assets or prospects of the Company except as set forth in the Prospectus;

(iii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof or any amendment thereof or the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale, nor suspending or preventing the use of the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been issued, and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the 1933 Act shall be pending or to their knowledge, threatened by the Commission or any state or regulatory body;

(iv) the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, at the Time of Sale and as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date did not include any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and the Disclosure Package, as of the Time of Sale and as of the Closing Date, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as of its date and as of the Closing Date, the Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto, as of the respective date thereof and as of the Closing Date, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; and

(v) no event has occurred as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package in order to make the statements therein not untrue or misleading in any material respect.

(m) Secretary’s Certificate. On the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Placement Agent a Secretary’s Certificate of the Company.

(n) Lock-Up Agreements. Each executive officer and director of the Company identified on Exhibit D hereto shall have entered into Lock-Up Agreements substantially in the form attached as Exhibit E hereto on or prior to the date hereof, and each such Lock-Up Agreement, or a copy thereof, shall have been delivered to you and shall be in full force and effect at the Time of Sale.

(o) The NASDAQ Global Market. The Shares, the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares shall have been listed and authorized for trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market, and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the Placement Agent, which shall include verbal confirmations from a member of the NASDAQ staff.

(p) Other Filings with the Commission. The Company shall have prepared and filed with the Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, including as an exhibit thereto this Agreement and any other documents relating thereto.

(q) No FINRA Objection. The Placement Agent shall have not have received any unresolved objection from the FINRA as to the fairness and reasonableness of the amount of compensation allowable or payable to the Placement Agent in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities.

 

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(r) Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company shall have entered into the SPA with each of the Investors, and such agreements shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date.

(s) Additional Documents. Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Placement Agent such further information, certificates or documents as the Placement Agent shall have reasonably requested.

All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Placement Agent.

If any condition specified in this Section 5 is not satisfied when and as required to be satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the Placement Agent by notice to the Company at any time prior to the Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on the part of any party to any other party, except that Section 4, Section 6 and Section 8 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.

6. Indemnification and Contribution.

(a) Indemnification of the Placement Agent. The Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Placement Agent, its directors and officers, any person who controls the Placement Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, and the successors and assigns of all of the foregoing persons, from and against any losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Placement Agent may become subject, under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, the common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company), insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any materials or information provided to Investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Common Stock (“Marketing Materials”), including any roadshow or investor presentations made to Investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically) or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse the Placement Agent for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending against such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, expense, liability or action arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any Marketing Materials, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Placement Agent, specifically for use in the preparation thereof, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Placement Agent’s Information.

 

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(b) Indemnification of the Company. The Placement Agent agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, its directors and officers, against any losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, the common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of such Placement Agent), insofar as such losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Placement Agent, specifically for use in the preparation thereof, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Placement Agent’s Information relating to such Placement Agent, and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6(b), in no event shall any indemnity by the Placement Agent under this Section 6(b) exceed the total compensation received by such Placement Agent in accordance with Section 1(b) hereof.

(c) Notice and Procedures. If any action, suit or proceeding (each, a “Proceeding”) is brought against a person (an “Indemnified Party”) in respect of which indemnity may be sought against the Company or the Placement Agent (as applicable, the “Indemnifying Party”) pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) above, respectively, of this Section 6, such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify such Indemnifying Party in writing of the institution of such Proceeding and such Indemnifying Party shall assume the defense of such Proceeding, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party (who shall not, except with the consent of the Indemnified Party, be counsel to the Indemnifying Party) and payment of all fees and expenses; provided, however, that the omission to so notify such Indemnifying Party shall not relieve such Indemnifying Party from any liability which such Indemnifying Party may have to any Indemnified Party or otherwise, except to the extent the Indemnifying Party has been materially prejudiced by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. The Indemnified Party or parties shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or parties unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by the Indemnifying Party in connection with the defense of such Proceeding, (ii) the Indemnifying Party shall not have, within a reasonable period of time in light of the circumstances, employed counsel to defend such Proceeding or (iii) such Indemnified Party or parties shall have reasonably concluded upon written advice of counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it or them which are different from, additional to or in conflict with those available to such Indemnifying Party (in which case such Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to direct that portion of the defense of such Proceeding on behalf of the Indemnified Party or parties, but such Indemnifying Party or parties may employ counsel and participate in the defense thereof but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party), in any of which events such reasonable fees and expenses shall be borne by such Indemnifying Party and paid as incurred (it being understood, however, that such Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (in addition to any local counsel) in any one Proceeding or series

 

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of related Proceedings in the same jurisdiction representing the Indemnified Parties who are parties to such Proceeding). An Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any Proceeding effected without its written consent but, if settled with its written consent, such Indemnifying Party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnified Party or parties from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Party shall have requested an Indemnifying Party to reimburse the Indemnified Party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second sentence of this Section 6(c), then the Indemnifying Party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any Proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 60 days after receipt by such Indemnifying Party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such Indemnifying Party shall not have fully reimbursed the Indemnified Party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement and (iii) such Indemnified Party shall have given the Indemnifying Party at least 30 days’ prior notice of its intention to settle. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding and does not include an admission of fault or culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party.

(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6 is unavailable to an Indemnified Party under subsections (a) or (b) of this Section 6 or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then each applicable Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Indemnifying Party or parties on the one hand and the Indemnified Party or parties on the other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party or parties on the one hand and the Indemnified Party or parties on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Placement Agent on the other hand shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the discounts and commissions received by such Placement Agent. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and such Placement Agent on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, on the one hand, or by such Placement Agent, on the other hand, and the parties’ relevant intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement, omission act or failure to act; provided that the parties hereto agree that the written information furnished to the Company by the Placement Agent for use in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, consists solely of the Placement Agent’s Information relating to the Placement Agent.

 

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(e) Allocation. The Company and the Placement Agent agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to subsection (d) above were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the first sentence of Section 6(d) above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6(e), the Placement Agent shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the total commissions received by such Placement Agent in accordance with Section 1(b) less the amount of any damages which such Placement Agent has otherwise paid or become liable to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement, omission or alleged omission, act or alleged act or failure to act or alleged failure to act. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 6 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Party at law or in equity.

(f) Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery. The obligations of the Company under this Section 6 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 6 and the covenants, agreements, warranties and representations of the Company contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Placement Agent, any person who controls the Placement Agent within the meaning of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act or any affiliate of the Placement Agent, or by or on behalf of the Company, its directors or officers or any person who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, and (iii) the issuance and delivery of the Securities. The Company and the Placement Agent agree promptly to notify each other of the commencement of any Proceeding against it and, in the case of the Company, against any of the Company’s officers or directors in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities, or in connection with the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.

7. Information Furnished by Placement Agent. The Company acknowledges that the statements set forth in the first sentence of the sixth paragraph and the ninth and thirteenth paragraphs under the heading “Plan of Distribution” in the Prospectus (the “Placement Agent’s Information”) constitute the only information relating to the Placement Agent furnished in writing to the Company by the Placement Agent as such information is referred to in Sections 2 and 6 hereof.

8. Termination. The Placement Agent shall have the right to terminate this Agreement by giving notice as hereinafter specified at any time at or prior to the Closing Date, without liability on the part of the Placement Agent to the Company, if (i) prior to delivery and payment for the Securities (A) trading in securities generally shall have been suspended on or by the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Amex, the NASDAQ Global Market or in the over the counter market (each, a “Trading Market”), (B) trading in the Common Stock of the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange, in the over-the-counter market or by the Commission, (C) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York state authorities or a material disruption shall have occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, (D) there shall have occurred any outbreak or material escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism involving the United States or there shall have been a declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, (E) there shall have occurred any other calamity or crisis or any material change in general economic, political or financial conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (D) or (E), in the judgment of the Placement Agent, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the completion of the sale of and payment for the Securities on the Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the

 

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Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (ii) since the time of execution of this Agreement or the earlier respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package or incorporated by reference therein, there has been any Material Adverse Effect, (iii) the Company shall have failed, refused or been unable to comply with the terms or perform any agreement or obligation of this Agreement or the SPA, other than by reason of a default by the Placement Agent, or (iv) any condition of the Placement Agent’s obligations hereunder is not fulfilled. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 4, Section 6, and Section 12 hereof shall at all times be effective notwithstanding such termination.

9. Notices. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing or by facsimile, and:

(a) if to the Placement Agent, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission as follows:

Piper Jaffray & Co.

U.S. Bancorp Center

800 Nicollet Mall

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402

Attention: General Counsel

Email: ***@***

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Goodwin Procter LLP

The New York Times Building

620 Eighth Avenue

New York, New York 10018

Attention: Michael D. Maline, Esq.

Email: ***@***

(b) if to the Company, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to:

Altimmune, Inc.

19 Firstfield Road, Suite 200

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878

Attention: William Enright

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with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Proskauer Rose, LLP

One International Place

Boston, MA 02110

Attention: Ori Solomon

Email: ***@***

Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall be effective only upon receipt. Any 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.

10. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Placement Agent, the Company, and their respective successors and assigns. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person other than the persons mentioned in the preceding sentence any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement, or any provisions herein contained, this Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive benefit of such persons and for the benefit of no other person, except that (i) the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and indemnities of the Company contained in this Agreement shall also be for the benefit of the controlling persons, officers and directors referred to in Section 6(a) hereof and the indemnities of the Placement Agent shall also be for the benefit of the controlling persons, officers and directors referred to in Section 6(b) hereof and (ii) the Investors are relying on the representations made by the Company under, and are intended third party beneficiaries of, this Agreement. The term “successors and assigns” as herein used shall not include any purchaser of the Securities by reason merely of such purchase.

11. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to provisions or conflicts of laws which would result in the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction. Except as set forth below, no Proceeding may be commenced, prosecuted or continued in any court other than the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, which courts shall have jurisdiction over the adjudication of such matters, and the Company hereby consents to the jurisdiction of such courts and personal service with respect thereto. The parties hereto hereby consent to personal jurisdiction, service and venue in any court in which any Proceeding arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement is brought by any third party against the Placement Agent. The parties hereto hereby waive all right to trial by jury in any Proceeding (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement. The parties hereto agree that a final judgment in any such Proceeding brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties hereto and may be enforced in any other courts in the jurisdiction of which such party is or may be subject, by suit upon such judgment.

12. No Fiduciary Relationship. The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that:

(a) No Other Relationship. The Placement Agent has been retained solely to act as the exclusive placement agent in connection with the offering of the Company’s securities. The Company further acknowledges that the Placement Agent is acting pursuant to a contractual relationship created solely by this Agreement entered into on an arm’s length basis and in no event do the parties intend that the Placement Agent act or be responsible as a fiduciary to the Company, its management, stockholders, creditors or any other person in connection with any activity that the Placement Agent may undertake or has undertaken in furtherance of the offering

 

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of the Company’s securities, either before or after the date hereof. The Placement Agent hereby expressly disclaims any fiduciary or similar obligations to the Company, either in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions, and the Company hereby confirms its understanding and agreement to that effect.

(b) Arm’s-Length Negotiations. The price of the Securities set forth in this Agreement was established by the Company following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the purchasers and the Placement Agent, and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(c) Absence of Obligation to Disclose. The Company has been advised that the Placement Agent and its affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that the Placement Agent has no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and

(d) Waiver. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the Placement Agent with respect to any breach or alleged breach of any fiduciary or similar duty to the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions and agrees that the Placement Agent shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of the Company, including stockholders, employees or creditors of the Company.

13. Headings. The Section headings in this Agreement have been inserted as a matter of convenience of reference and are not a part of this Agreement.

14. Amendments and Waivers. No supplement, modification or waiver of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the party to be bound thereby. The failure of a party to exercise any right or remedy shall not be deemed or constitute a waiver of such right or remedy in the future. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provision hereof (regardless of whether similar), nor shall any such waiver constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise expressly provided.

15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.

16. Research Analyst Independence. The Company acknowledges that the Placement Agent’s research analysts and research departments are required to be independent from their respective investment banking divisions and are subject to certain regulations and internal policies, and that such Placement Agent’s research analysts may hold views and make statements or investment recommendations and/or publish research reports with respect to the Company and/or the offering that differ from the views of their respective investment banking divisions. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the Placement Agent with respect to any conflict of interest that may arise from the fact that the views expressed by their independent research analysts and research departments may be different from or inconsistent with the views or advice communicated to the Company by such Placement Agent’s

 

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investment banking divisions. The Company acknowledges that the Placement Agent is a full service securities firm and as such from time to time, subject to applicable securities laws, rules and regulations, may effect transactions for its own account or the account of its customers and hold long or short positions in debt or equity securities of the Company; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 16 shall relieve the Placement Agent of any responsibility or liability they may otherwise bear in connection with activities in violation of applicable securities laws, rules and regulations.

17. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof.

18. Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any section, paragraph, clause or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, paragraph, clause or provision hereof. If any section, paragraph, clause or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.

19. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of the agreement between the Company and the Placement Agent, kindly indicate your acceptance in the space provided for that purpose below.

 

Very truly yours,
ALTIMMUNE, INC.
By  

/s/ William Enright

Name:   William Enright
Title:   President & Chief Executive Officer

 

Confirmed as of the date first above mentioned:
PIPER JAFFRAY & CO.
By  

/s/ David W. Stadinski

Name:   David W. Stadinski
Title:   Managing Director

 

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Schedules and Exhibits

 

Schedule I:    General Use Free Writing Prospectuses
Schedule 2(c):    Significant Subsidiaries
Schedule 2(f):    Equity Capitalization
Schedule 2(zz):    Indebtedness
Exhibit A:    Form of Securities Purchase Agreement
Exhibit B:    Form of Warrant
Exhibit C:    Form of Certificate of Designations
Exhibit D:    List of Directors and Executive Officers Executing Lock-Up Agreements
Exhibit E:    Form of Lock-Up Agreement
Exhibit F:    Pricing Information


Schedule I

General Use Free Writing Prospectuses

None.


Schedule 2(c)

Significant Subsidiaries

 

List of Subsidiaries

  

Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization

Mustang Merger Sub II LLC (1)    Delaware
Altimmune UK Limited (1)    United Kingdom

 

 

(1)  Wholly owned subsidiary of the Company


Schedule 2(f)

Equity Capitalization

As of the date of the Agreement, the table below sets forth the Company’s outstanding Warrants to Purchase Common Stock, Stock Options, and Restricted Shares of Common Stock:

 

Type of Security

   Common Stock
Equivalent Shares
     Weighted Average
Exercise Price
     Expiration Date/
Weighted Average
Remaining Life
 

Warrants to Purchase Common Stock

     4,658      $ 16.10        March 30, 2022  

Stock Options

     1,469,659      $ 6.94        3.18 years  

Restricted Stock

     27,688        —          —    


Schedule 2(zz)

Indebtedness

 

1. Altimmune has two non-interest bearing research funding arrangements with Banque Publique d’Investissement (BPI France) entered into in December 2013 that provided its French subsidiary up to €750,000 in research funding in the first arrangement and up to €250,000 in the second arrangement. Altimmune is permitted to draw 50% of the funds upon the signing of the arrangements, an additional 30% contingent upon a financial audit and technical progress report, and the remaining amount to be drawn at the completion of the research and development project being funded by the arrangements.

 

2. Lease Agreement between ARE-19 Firstfield Road, LLC and the Company (formerly Vaxin Inc.), dated October 28, 2011.

 

3. Lease Agreement between Financial Corporation and the Company (formerly Vaxin Inc.), dated June 11, 2014. (Toshiba eStudio 2330c color copier/printer)

 

4. Lease Agreement between ARE-Maryland No. 30, LLC and the Company, dated June 30, 2017.

 

5. Lease Agreement between CTL Analyzers LLC and the Company, dated May 9, 2017. (ImmunoSpot S6 Universal Analyzer, with Cell counting software)

 

6. Lease Agreement between Thermo Fisher Financial Services, Inc., dated June 28, 2017. (Block Real-Time PCR System)

 

7. Altimmune had a secured credit facility from ServisFirst that provided for borrowings up to $200,000 which matured in June 2015. In January 2015, Altimmune entered into a new secured credit facility with ServisFirst that provides for borrowings up to $250,000 and matures in April 2018.


Exhibit A

Form of Securities Purchase Agreement


Exhibit B

Form of Warrant


Exhibit C

Certificate of Designations


Exhibit D

List of Directors and Executive Officers

Executing Lock-Up Agreements

William Enright

Elizabeth A. Czerepak

David J. Drutz

John M. Gill

Philip L. Hodges

Mitchel B. Sayare

Klaus O. Schafer

Derace L. Schafer


Exhibit E

Form of Lock-Up Agreement

August         , 2017

Altimmune, Inc.

19 Firstfield Road

Gaithersburg, MD 20878

Telephone:      ###-###-####

Attention:       William Enright, Chief Executive Officer

E-mail:            ***@***

 

  Re: Altimmune, Inc.—Lock-Up Agreement

This Lock-Up Agreement is being delivered to you in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), dated as of August     , 2017 (the “Subscription Date”) by and among Altimmune, Inc. (the “Company”) and the investors party thereto (the “Buyers”), with respect to the issuance of (i) shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Preferred Shares”), which are convertible into shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series B Preferred Shares and (ii) warrants, which are exercisable to purchase shares of Common Stock. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

In order to induce the Buyers to enter into the Securities Purchase Agreement, the undersigned agrees that, commencing on the date hereof and ending on the earlier of (x) the first (1st) anniversary of the Closing Date and (y) the date on which no Preferred Shares are outstanding (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not, directly or indirectly (including, without limitation, through any entity controlled by the undersigned), (i) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents owned directly by the undersigned (including holding as a custodian) or with respect to which the undersigned has beneficial ownership within the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (collectively, the “Undersigned’s Shares”), or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any of the Undersigned’s Shares, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of shares of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise, (iii) make any demand for or exercise any right or cause to be filed a registration statement, including any amendments thereto, with respect to the registration of any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or (iv) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing.


The foregoing restriction is expressly agreed to preclude the undersigned, directly or indirectly (including, without limitation, through any entity controlled by the undersigned), from engaging in any hedging or other transaction which is designed to or which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in a sale or disposition of the Undersigned’s Shares even if the Undersigned’s Shares would be disposed of by someone other than the undersigned. Such prohibited hedging or other transactions would include, without limitation, any short sale or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to any of the Undersigned’s Shares or with respect to any security that includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from the Undersigned’s Shares.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may transfer the Undersigned’s Shares (a) (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, provided that the donee or donees thereof agree to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, (ii) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned, provided that the trustee of the trust agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, and provided further that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, (iii) issued pursuant to an exchange of Company’s options that are out-of-the-money with the Company; provided that any securities issued upon such exchange shall then become subject to the lockup provisions contained in this Agreement or (iv) by operation of law pursuant to a qualified domestic order or in connection with a divorce settlement or other court order, (b) acquired pursuant to the acquisition or exercise of any stock option issued pursuant to the Company’s existing stock option plan or omnibus incentive plan, provided that any securities issued upon such acquisition or exercise, as applicable, shall then become subject to the lockup provisions contained in this Agreement, (c) pursuant to a plan, contract or instruction that satisfies all of the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B) that was in effect prior to the date hereof provided that such plan, contract or instruction is not amended, modified or changed on or after the Subscription Date or (d) if any affiliate of the undersigned is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity, (1) to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity that is a direct or indirect affiliate of the undersigned or (2) as distributions to the partners, limited liability company members or stockholders of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity, or holders of similar equity interest in such entity, provided, in each case, that the transferee then becomes subject to the lockup provisions contained in this Agreement. For purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin. None of the restrictions set forth in this Lock-Up Agreement shall apply to Common Stock acquired in open market transactions after the date hereof. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) and registrar against the transfer of the Undersigned’s Shares except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

In order to enforce this covenant, the Company may impose irrevocable stop-transfer instructions preventing the Transfer Agent from effecting any actions in violation of this Lock-Up Agreement.

The undersigned acknowledges that the execution, delivery and performance of this Lock-Up Agreement is a material inducement to each Buyer to complete the transactions contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement and that the Company shall be entitled to specific performance of the undersigned’s obligations hereunder. The undersigned hereby represents that the undersigned has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Lock-Up Agreement, that the undersigned has received adequate consideration therefor and that the undersigned will indirectly benefit from the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement.

The undersigned understands and agrees that this Lock-Up Agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors, and assigns.


This Lock-Up Agreement may be executed in two counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but both of which shall be considered one and the same instrument.

This Lock-Up Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflicting provision or rule (whether of the State of New York, or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York to be applied. In furtherance of the foregoing, the internal laws of the State of New York will control the interpretation and construction of this Lock-Up Agreement, even if under such jurisdiction’s choice of law or conflict of law analysis, the substantive law of some other jurisdiction would ordinarily apply.

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Very truly yours,

 

Exact Name of Shareholder

 

Authorized Signature

 

Title

 

Agreed to and Acknowledged:
ALTIMMUNE, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


Exhibit F

Pricing Information

Number of Shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrants to be Sold: 15,656

Number of Warrant Shares for which Warrants are being issued: 2,345,427

Offering Price: $940.00 per share of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrant

Aggregate Placement Agency Fees: $1,030,164.80

Estimated Net Proceeds to the Company (before transaction expenses): $13,686,475.20