SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

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EX-10.1 3 d531750dex101.htm EX-10.1 EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of April 29, 2013, by and among Celator Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”), and solely for purposes of Section 4.14, each person and entity set forth on Exhibit A hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “Prior Investor” and collectively, the “Prior Investors”).

RECITALS:

A. The Company and each Purchaser is executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Rule 506 of Regulation D (“Regulation D”) as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act.

B. At the Closing (as defined below), each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, (i) an aggregate number of shares of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), set forth below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement under heading “Number of Shares to be Acquired” (which aggregate amount for all Purchasers together at the Closing shall be collectively referred to herein as the “Shares”) and (ii) warrants, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Warrants”), to acquire up to that number of additional shares of Common Stock set forth below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement next to the heading “Number of Warrant Shares” (the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of or otherwise pursuant to such Warrants collectively are referred to herein as the “Warrant Shares”).

C. The Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares collectively are referred to herein as the “Securities.”

D. The Company has engaged Roth Capital Partners, LLC as its placement agent (the “Placement Agent”) in connection with the offering of the Securities.

E. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto are executing and delivering a Registration Rights Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company will agree to provide certain registration rights with respect to the Shares and the Warrant Shares under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and applicable state securities laws.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company, the Purchasers and, as applicable, the Prior Investors hereby agree as follows:


I. DEFINITIONS

1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated in this Section 1.1:

“Action” means any action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding (including any partial proceeding such as a deposition) or investigation, to the Company’s Knowledge, pending or threatened against the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any federal, state, county, local or foreign court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency, regulatory authority, stock market, stock exchange or trading facility.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 144. With respect to a Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Purchaser will be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Purchaser.

“Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

“Board-Designated Independent Director” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.14(a)(iii).

“Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

“Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of business.

“Buy-In” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(e).

“Buy-In Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(e).

“Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares and the Warrants exercisable for the Warrant Shares pursuant to this Agreement.

“Closing Company Deliverables” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).

“Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).

“Closing Purchaser Deliverables” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b).

“Closing Sales Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last trade price for such security on the Principal Trading Market, as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets, or, if the Principal Trading Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the last trade price then the last trade price of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York City Time, as reported by Bloomberg, Financial Markets, or if the foregoing do not apply,

 

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the last trade price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets, or, if no closing bid price is reported for such security by Bloomberg Financial Markets, the average of the bid prices and asked prices of any market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC. If the Closing Sales Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sales Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the holder. If the Company and the holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 10 of the Warrants. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

“Commission” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

“Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals, and also includes any securities into which the Common Stock may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

“Company” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

“Company Counsel” means Duane Morris LLP.

“Company Disclosure Letter” means the letter of even date herewith disclosing those factual items identified in Section 3.1.

“Company’s Knowledge” means with respect to any statement made to the knowledge of the Company, that the statement is based upon the actual knowledge of one or more officers of the Company, after due inquiry, having responsibility for the matter or matters that are the subject of the statement.

“Control” (including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” or “under common control with”) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

“Deadline Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(e).

“Disclosure Materials” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h).

“DTC” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c).

“Effective Date” means the date on which the Initial Registration Statement required by Section 2(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the Commission.

“Effectiveness Deadline” means the date on which the Initial Registration Statement is required to be declared effective by the Commission under the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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“Environmental Laws” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(l).

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“FDA” means the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

“GAAP” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, as applied by the Company.

“Indemnified Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.10(b).

“Initial Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

“Intellectual Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(r).

“Key Stockholders” means Scott Jackson, Arthur Louie, Lawrence Mayer, Joseph Mollica, Fred Powell, Domain Partners VI, L.P., Ventures West 7 Limited Partnership, Thomas, McNerney & Partners II, L.P., TL Ventures V LP, Working Opportunity Fund (EVCC) Ltd., BDC Capital Inc., Quaker BioVentures, L.P. and Garden State Life Sciences Venture Fund, L.P. and their respective Affiliates which own any shares of Common Stock.

“Legend Removal Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c).

“Lien” means any lien, charge, claim, encumbrance, security interest, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restrictions of any kind.

“Losses” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.10(a).

“Material Adverse Effect” means an event, change or occurrence that individually, or together with any other event, change or occurrence, is or could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the Company’s business, condition (financial or otherwise), assets, results of operation or business prospects; provided, however, that any event, change or occurrence that directly results from any of the following shall be disregarded in determining whether there has been or would be a “Material Adverse Effect” on the Company, except to the extent that such event, change or occurrence has a disproportionate adverse effect on the Company relative to the adverse effect that such event, change or occurrence has on other companies engaged in the same line of business, and with similar resources (financial or otherwise), as the Company: (i) changes in GAAP; (ii) changes in laws, rules or regulations of general applicability or interpretations thereof by courts or government entities, including but not limited to the FDA; (iii) changes, events or developments in national or world economy or financial or securities markets generally; or (iv) the outbreak or escalation of war or hostilities, any occurrence or threats of terrorist acts or any armed hostilities associated therewith or any national or international calamity, disaster or emergency or escalation thereof.

 

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“Material Contract” means any contract of the Company that was filed (or should have been filed) as an exhibit to the SEC Reports pursuant to Item 601(b)(4) or Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K.

“Material Permits” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(p).

“Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Stock Market.

“New York Courts” means the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan.

“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, governmental authority or any other form of entity not specifically listed herein.

“Placement Agent” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

“Press Release” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8.

“Principal Trading Market” means the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is primarily reported or listed on and quoted for trading, if any.

“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.

“Purchaser” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

“Purchase Price” means $3.116 per Share.

“Purchaser-Designated Independent Director” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.14(a).

“Purchaser Directors” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.14(a).

“Purchaser Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.10(a).

“Registration Rights Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

“Registration Statement” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the holders of Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement).

“Regulation D” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

“Requisite Purchasers” means the Purchasers holding or having the right to acquire at least 66 2/3% of the Shares at the applicable time.

 

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“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.

“SEC Reports” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h).

“Secretary’s Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).

“Securities” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

“Securities Act” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

“Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

“Short Sales” include, without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act, whether or not against the box, and all types of direct and indirect stock pledges, forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, short sales, swaps, “put equivalent positions” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act) and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis), and sales and other transactions through non-U.S. broker dealers or foreign regulated brokers.

“Subscription Agreements” means the Subscription Agreements entered into between the Company and investors for the purchase and sale of shares of Common Stock at a closing to take place contemporaneously with the Closing.

“Subscription Amount” means with respect to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for the Shares and the related Warrants to be purchased hereunder at the Closing as indicated on such Purchaser’s signature page to this Agreement next to the heading “Aggregate Purchase Price.” The Subscription Amount for each Purchaser shall equal: (i) the Purchase Price multiplied by (ii) the number of Shares to be purchased at the Closing by such Purchaser.

“Subsidiary” means any “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange Act and any other entity required to be disclosed in the SEC Reports pursuant to Item 601(b)(21) of Regulation S-K.

“Trading Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(i).

“Trading Day” means (i) a day on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and traded on its Principal Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), a day on which the Common Stock is traded in the over the counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or (iii) if the Common Stock is not quoted on any Trading Market, a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the over the counter market as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices); provided, that in the event that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.

 

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“Trading Market” means whichever of the following on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Market, the Nasdaq or the OTC Bulletin Board or “pink sheets.”

“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the schedules and exhibits attached hereto, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.

“Transfer Agent” means American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, or any successor transfer agent for the Company.

“Valence” means Valence Advantage Life Sciences Fund II, L.P. and any of its Affiliates which own any Shares.

“Valence Designee” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.14(a).

“Warrants” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

“Warrant Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

II. PURCHASE AND SALE

2.1 Closing.

(a) Amount. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser shall, severally and not jointly, purchase from the Company, such number of shares of Common Stock set forth below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement next to the heading “Number of Shares to be Acquired” for such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount. In addition, each Purchaser shall receive a Warrant to purchase a number of Warrant Shares as set forth below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page to this Agreement next to the heading “Number of Warrant Shares.” All Warrants issued pursuant to this Agreement shall have an exercise price equal to $3.58 per Warrant Share.

(b) Timing. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Section 5, the Closing shall take place on the date hereof (the “Closing Date”) and shall be held at the offices of Duane Morris LLP, 30 South 17th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania or at such other locations or remotely by facsimile transmission or other electronic means as the parties may mutually agree.

(c) Form of Payment. On the Closing Date, (i) each Purchaser shall pay its respective Subscription Amount to the Company for the Shares and the Warrants to be issued and sold to such Purchaser at the Closing, by wire transfer by such Purchaser or a third party escrow agent of immediately available funds in accordance with the Company’s written wire instructions as previously provided by the Company; (ii) the Company shall irrevocably instruct the Transfer Agent to deliver to each Purchaser by delivery of one or more stock certificates, free and clear of all restrictive and other legends (except as expressly provided in Section 4.1(b)) evidencing the number of Shares such Purchaser is purchasing at the Closing, within three

 

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calendar days after the Closing, duly executed on behalf of the Company and registered in the name of such Purchaser; and (iii) the Company shall issue to each Purchaser a Warrant pursuant to which such Purchaser shall have the right to acquire such number of Warrant Shares as is allocable to such Purchaser, duly executed on behalf of the Company and registered in the name of such Purchaser.

2.2 Closing Deliveries.

(a) Closing Deliveries of the Company. On or prior to the Closing, the Company shall issue, deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following (the “Closing Company Deliverables”):

(i) this Agreement, duly executed by the Company;

(ii) a copy of a duly executed instructions to the Transfer Agent instructing it to issue one or more stock certificates, free and clear of all restrictive and other legends (except as provided in Section 4.1(b)), evidencing the Shares subscribed for by such Purchaser hereunder, as indicated below such Purchaser’s name on the applicable signature page hereto, registered in the name of such Purchaser as set forth on the Stock Certificate Questionnaire included as Exhibit D-2 hereto;

(iii) a Warrant, executed by the Company and registered in the name of such Purchaser as set forth on the Stock Certificate Questionnaire included as Exhibit D-2 hereto, pursuant to which such Purchaser shall have the right to acquire such number of Warrant Shares allocable to such Purchaser on the terms set forth therein;

(iv) a legal opinion of Company Counsel, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E, executed by such counsel and addressed to the Purchasers;

(v) the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by the Company;

(vi) a certificate of the Secretary of the Company (the “Secretary’s Certificate”), dated as of the Closing Date, (A) certifying the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors approving the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the issuance of the Securities, (B) certifying the current version of the certificate of incorporation, as amended, and by-laws of the Company and (C) certifying as to the signatures and authority of persons signing the Transaction Documents and related documents on behalf of the Company, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F;

(vii) the Compliance Certificate referred to in Section 5.1(d);

(viii) a certificate evidencing the formation and good standing of the Company in the State of Delaware issued by the Secretary of State thereof, as of a date within five Business Days of the Closing Date; and

(ix) a certificate evidencing the Company’s qualification as a foreign corporation and good standing issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of each jurisdiction in which the Company is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, as of a date within a commercially reasonable period of time prior to the Closing Date.

 

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(b) Closing Deliveries of the Purchasers. On or prior to the Closing, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following (the “Closing Purchaser Deliverables”):

(i) this Agreement, duly executed by such Purchaser;

(ii) its Subscription Amount, in United States dollars and in immediately available funds by wire transfer to an account previously designated in writing by the Company for such purpose;

(iii) the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by such Purchaser;

(iv) a fully completed and duly executed Selling Stockholder Questionnaire in the form attached as Annex B to the Registration Rights Agreement; and

(v) a fully completed and duly executed Accredited Investor Questionnaire and Stock Certificate Questionnaire in the forms attached hereto as Exhibits D-1 and D-2, respectively.

 

III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and the Closing Date (except for the representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be made as of such date), to each of the Purchasers as follows, except as set forth on the Company Disclosure Letter:

(a) Subsidiaries The Company has no direct or indirect Subsidiaries other than those listed in the SEC Reports. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or comparable equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any and all Liens, and all the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or comparable equity interest of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.

(b) Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (as applicable), with the requisite power and authority to own or lease and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and no Proceeding has been instituted, is pending, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, is threatened in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.

 

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(c) Authorization; Enforcement; Validity. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, but not limited to, the sale and delivery of the Shares and the Warrants and the reservation for issuance and the subsequent issuance of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and no further corporate action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or its stockholders in connection therewith. Each of the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and is, or when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application. There are no stockholder agreements, voting agreements, or other similar arrangements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the Company’s Knowledge, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.

(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Shares and Warrants and the reservation for issuance and issuance of the Warrant Shares) do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other written understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound, or affected, or (iii) conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations, assuming the correctness of the representations and warranties made by the Purchasers herein, of any self-regulatory organization to which the Company or its securities are subject, including all applicable Trading Markets), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected, except in the case of clause (iii) such as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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(e) Filings, Consents and Approvals. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents (including the issuance of the Securities), other than (i) the filing with the Commission of one or more Registration Statements in accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement, (ii) filings required by applicable state securities laws, (iii) the filing of a Notice of Sale of Securities on Form D with the Commission under Regulation D of the Securities Act, and (iv) the filings required in accordance with Section 4.8.

(f) Issuance of the Securities. The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free and clear of all Liens, other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents or imposed by applicable securities laws, and shall not be subject to preemptive or similar rights. The Warrants have been duly authorized and, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, free and clear of all Liens, other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents or imposed by applicable securities laws, and shall not be subject to preemptive or similar rights of stockholders. The Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents and the Warrants will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens, other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents or imposed by applicable securities laws, and shall not be subject to preemptive or similar rights of stockholders. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers in this Agreement, the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares will be issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws. As of the Closing Date, the Company shall have reserved from its duly authorized capital stock not less than 100% of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (without taking into account any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth in the Warrants). The Company shall, so long as any of the Warrants are outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued capital stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of the Warrants, 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (without taking into account any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth in the Warrants).

(g) Capitalization. The number of shares and type of all authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock, options and other securities of the Company (whether or not presently convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company) has been set forth in the SEC Reports and has changed since the date of such SEC Reports only to reflect stock option and warrant exercises that do not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material effect on the issued and outstanding capital stock, options and other securities. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, have been issued in compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase any capital stock of the Company. Except as specified in the SEC Reports: (i) no shares of the Company’s capital

 

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stock are 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 contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company 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; (iii) there are no outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or instruments evidencing indebtedness of the Company or by which the Company is or may become bound; (iv) there are no financing statements securing obligations in any material amounts, either singly or in the aggregate, filed in connection with the Company; (v) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the Securities Act (except the Registration Rights Agreement); (vi) there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company; (vii) there are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities; (viii) the Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement; and (ix) the Company has no liabilities or obligations required to be disclosed in the SEC Reports (as defined herein) but not so disclosed in the SEC Reports, other than those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s businesses and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or could not have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(h) SEC Reports. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports” and together with this Agreement and the Company Disclosure Letter, the “Disclosure Materials”), on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of the date hereof, the Company is not aware of any event occurring on or prior to the Closing Date (other than the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents) that requires the filing of a Form 8-K after the Closing. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. All material Contracts to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or to which the property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are subject are included as part of or specifically identified in the SEC Reports.

 

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(i) Financial Statements. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing (or to the extent corrected by a subsequent restatement). Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries taken as a whole as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, year-end audit adjustments.

(j) Tax Matters. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) has, in all material respects, accurately and timely prepared and filed all foreign, federal and state income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith, with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside on the books of the Company and (iii) has set aside on its books provisions 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 Company or any of its Subsidiaries by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction.

(k) Material Changes. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports, (i) there have been no events, occurrences or developments that have had or could reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any material liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables, accrued expenses and other liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting or the manner in which it keeps its accounting books and records, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock (other than in connection with repurchases of unvested stock issued to employees of the Company), (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option or stock purchase plans or executive and director corporate arrangements disclosed in the SEC Reports, (vi) there has not been any material change or amendment to, or any waiver of any material right under, any Material Contract under which the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective assets is bound or subject, (vii) there has been no material damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance to any assets or properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (viii) there has been no termination of the services of any key employee, or material change in the composition or duties of the senior management of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement, no event, liability or development has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, operations or financial condition that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made that has not been publicly disclosed at least one Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.

 

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(l) Environmental Matters. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is in violation of any statute, rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (ii) to the Company’s Knowledge, owns or operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is in violation of any Environmental Laws, (iii) to the Company’s Knowledge, is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any Environmental Laws, or (iv) is subject to any claim relating to any Environmental Laws; which violation, contamination, liability or claim has had or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and there is no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened investigation that might lead to such a claim.

(m) Litigation. There is no Action which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) except as specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports, could, if there were an unfavorable decision, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any current director or officer thereof (in his or her capacity thereof), is or has been during the three-year period prior to the Closing Date the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, there is not pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, there is not contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company (in his or her capacity as such). The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.

(n) Employment Matters. No material labor dispute exists or, to the Company’s Knowledge, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and each Subsidiary believes that its relationship with its employees is good. No executive officer of the Company (as defined in Rule 501(f) of the 1933 Act) has notified the Company or any Subsidiary 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. No executive officer, to the Company’s Knowledge, is in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any Subsidiary to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in material compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours.

 

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(o) Compliance. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under), nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company or its properties or assets, or (iii) is or has been in violation of, or in receipt of notice that it is in violation of, any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority applicable to the Company, except in the case of clause (iii) such as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(p) Regulatory Permits. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct its respective business as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits, individually or in the aggregate, has not and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and (i) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Material Permits and (ii) the Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances that the Company would reasonably expect to give rise to the revocation or modification of any Material Permits.

(q) Title to Assets. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any real property. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them which is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as whole, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable as disclosed in the SEC Reports. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its Subsidiaries.

(r) Patents and Trademarks. The Company and its Subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use all foreign and domestic patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, Internet domain names, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as now conducted or currently proposed to be conducted, free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable and except restrictions with respect to the licenses granted under the License Agreements (as defined below). Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, (a) there are no rights of third parties to any such Intellectual Property; (b) there is no infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property; (c) there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ rights in or to any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (d) there is no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the

 

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validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property; (e) there is no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company and/or any Subsidiary infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others, and the Company is unaware of any other fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (f) the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Transaction Documents will not result in any loss, impairment of or imposition of any additional restriction on the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ ownership or right to use any of the Intellectual Property which is necessary for the conduct of Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted; (g) the Company and its Subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable steps to protect the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ rights in their Intellectual Property; and (h) all of the licenses and sublicenses and royalty or other similar agreements concerning Intellectual Property which are necessary for the conduct of the Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any of their assets are bound (collectively, “License Agreements”) are valid and binding obligations of the Company or its Subsidiaries that are parties thereto and, to the Company’s Knowledge, the other parties thereto, enforceable against the Company and/or such Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, such other parties, in accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application and, to the Company’s Knowledge, there exists no event or condition which will result in a material violation or breach of or constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any such License Agreement.

(s) Insurance. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses and locations in which the Company and such Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of cancellation of any such insurance, nor does the Company or any Subsidiary have any knowledge that it will be unable to renew its existing insurance coverage for the Company and such Subsidiaries as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a significant increase in cost.

(t) Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company and none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or to a presently contemplated transaction (other than for services as employees, officers and directors) that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act.

(u) Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in

 

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conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset and liability accountability, (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 the existing assets and liabilities at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

(v) Sarbanes-Oxley; Disclosure Controls. The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all of the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are applicable to it. The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Commission, including, without limitation, controls and procedures designed in to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange 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.

(w) Certain Fees. No person or entity will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the Company or a Purchaser for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of the Company, other than the Placement Agent with respect to the offer and sale of the Securities (which placement agent fees are being paid by the Company). The Company shall indemnify, pay, and hold each Purchaser harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any such right, interest or claim.

(x) Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers under the Transaction Documents.

(y) Registration Rights. Other than pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, no Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company other than those securities which are currently registered on an effective registration statement on file with the Commission.

(z) No Directed Selling Efforts or General Solicitation. Neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has conducted any “general solicitation” or “general advertising” (as those terms are used in Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of any of the Securities.

(aa) No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, none of the Company, its Subsidiaries nor any of their Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, at any time within the past six months, made any offers or sales of any Company security or

 

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solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that would eliminate the availability of the exemption from registration under Regulation D under the Securities Act in connection with the offer and sale by the Company of the Securities as contemplated hereby.

(bb) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to terminate (or which would reasonably be expected to have the effect of terminating) the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration.

(cc) Investment Company. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is required to be registered as, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately following the Closing will not be required to register as, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(dd) Questionable Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any directors, officers, employees, agents or other Persons acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company: (a) directly or indirectly, used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to foreign or domestic political activity; (b) made any direct or indirect unlawful payments to any foreign or domestic governmental officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds; (c) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or (d) made any other unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee.

(ee) Application of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreements. The Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s charter documents or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could reasonably be expected to become applicable to any of the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers’ ownership of the Securities. The Company has not adopted a stockholder rights plan or similar arrangement relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership of Common Stock or a change in control of the Company.

(ff) Disclosure. All disclosure provided to the Purchasers regarding the Company, its business and the transactions contemplated hereby furnished by the Company or authorized by the Company and furnished by the Placement Agent on behalf of the Company prior to the date hereof (including the Company’s representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement) are true and correct in all material respects and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. No event or circumstance has occurred or information exists with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or

 

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their business, properties, operations or financial conditions, which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly announced or disclosed (assuming for this purpose that the Company’s reports filed under the Exchange Act are being incorporated into an effective registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act), except for the announcement of this Agreement and related transactions.

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

(hh) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities. The Company understands that: (i) each of the Purchasers 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; (ii) no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities; and (iii) the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.

(ii) Regulation M Compliance. The Company has not, and to the Company’s Knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the securities of the Company or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Placement Agent in connection with the placement of the Securities

(jj) No Additional Agreements. The Company does not have any agreement or understanding with any Purchaser with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents other than as specified in the Transaction Documents.

3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser hereby, for itself and for no other Purchaser, represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as follows:

(a) Organization; Authority. Such Purchaser is an entity duly organized, validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with the requisite corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the applicable Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions

 

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contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or, if such Purchaser is not a corporation, such partnership, limited liability company or other applicable like action, on the part of such Purchaser. Each of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application.

(b) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by such Purchaser of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the consummation by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of such Purchaser, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which such Purchaser is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws) applicable to such Purchaser, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Purchaser to perform its obligations hereunder.

(c) Investment Intent. Such Purchaser understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Securities and, upon exercise of the Warrants, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise thereof as principal for its own account and not with a view to, or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, such Purchaser does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any minimum period of time and reserves the right, subject to the provisions of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such Securities or Warrant Shares pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or under an exemption from such registration and in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Such Purchaser does not presently have any agreement, plan or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute or effect any distribution of any of the Securities (or any securities which are derivatives thereof) to or through any person or entity; such Purchaser is not a registered broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act or an entity engaged in a business that would require it to be so registered as a broker-dealer.

(d) Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, on each date on which it purchases Securities it will be, and on each date on which it exercises the Warrants it will be, an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act.

 

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(e) Residency. Such Purchaser has, if an entity, its principal place of business or, if an individual, its primary residence in the jurisdiction set forth immediately below such Purchaser’s name on the signature pages hereto

(f) General Solicitation. Such Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general advertisement.

(g) Experience of Such Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.

(h) Access to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Disclosure Materials and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information about the Company and the Subsidiaries and their respective financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects (other than material non-public information) sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment. Neither such inquiries nor any other investigation conducted by or on behalf of such Purchaser or its representatives or counsel shall modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the truth, accuracy and completeness of the Disclosure Materials and the Company’s representations and warranties contained in the Transaction Documents. Such Purchaser has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed decision with respect to its acquisition of the Securities.

(i) Certain Trading Activities. Other than with respect to the transactions contemplated herein, since the earlier to occur of (i) the time that such Purchaser was first contacted by the Company, the Placement Agent or any other Person regarding the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) the tenth day prior to the date of this Agreement, neither the Purchaser nor any Affiliate of such Purchaser which (x) had knowledge of the transactions contemplated hereby, (y) has or shares discretion relating to such Purchaser’s investments or trading or information concerning such Purchaser’s investments, including in respect of the Securities, and (z) is subject to such Purchaser’s review or input concerning such Affiliate’s investments or trading (collectively, “Trading Affiliates”) has directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser or Trading Affiliate, effected or agreed to effect any transactions in the securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any Short Sales involving the Company’s securities). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser and/or Trading Affiliate that is, individually or collectively, a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio

 

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managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s or Trading Affiliate’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s or Trading Affiliate’s assets, the representation set forth above shall apply only with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that have knowledge about the financing transaction contemplated by this Agreement. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement, disclosures to potential co-investors or as otherwise consented to by the Company, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in Short Sales in the securities of the Company after the Effective Date.

(j) Brokers and Finders. No Person (other than the Placement Agent) will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the Company or any Purchaser for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of the Purchaser.

(k) Independent Investment Decision. Such Purchaser has independently evaluated the merits of its decision to purchase Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents, and such Purchaser confirms that it has not relied on the advice of any other Purchaser’s business and/or legal counsel in making such decision. Such Purchaser understands that nothing in this Agreement or any other materials presented by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchaser in connection with the purchase of the Securities constitutes legal, tax or investment advice. Such Purchaser has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors as it, in its sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with its purchase of the Securities. Such Purchaser understands that the Placement Agent has acted solely as the agent of the Company in this placement of the Securities and such Purchaser has not relied on the business or legal advice of the Placement Agent or any of its agents, counsel or Affiliates in making its investment decision hereunder, and confirms that none of such Persons has made any representations or warranties to such Purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

(l) Reliance on Exemptions. Such Purchaser understands that the Securities being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Purchaser’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgements and understandings of such Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Purchaser to acquire the Securities.

(m) No Governmental Review. Such Purchaser understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.

 

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(n) Regulation M. Such Purchaser is aware that the anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Exchange Act may apply to sales of Common Stock and other activities with respect to the Common Stock by the Purchasers.

3.3 Mutual Representations and Warranties of the Parties. The Company and each of the Purchasers acknowledge and agree that no party to this Agreement has made or makes any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in this Article III and the other Transaction Documents.

 

IV. OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

 

  4.1 Transfer Restrictions.

(a) Compliance with Laws. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article IV, each Purchaser covenants that the Securities may be disposed of only pursuant to an effective registration statement under, and in compliance with the requirements of, the Securities Act, or pursuant to an available exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of the Securities other than (i) pursuant to an effective registration statement, (ii) to the Company or (iii) pursuant to Rule 144 following the applicable holding period, the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights of a Purchaser under this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions set forth above, no such restriction shall apply to a transfer by a Purchaser that is (A) a partnership transferring to its partners or former partners in accordance with partnership interests, (B) a corporation transferring to a wholly-owned subsidiary or a parent corporation that owns all of the capital stock of the Purchaser, (C) a limited liability company transferring to its members or former members in accordance with their interest in the limited liability company, or (D) an individual transferring to the Purchaser’s spouse, children or grandchildren or a trust for the exclusive benefit of an individual Purchaser; provided that in each case the transferee will agree in writing to be subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.

(b) Legends. Certificates evidencing the Securities shall bear any legend as required by the “blue sky” laws of any state and a restrictive legend in substantially the following form, until such time as they are not required under Section 4.1(c):

[THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN] / [NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THESE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN] REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAW OF ANY FOREIGN JURISDICTION OR ANY STATE WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. SUCH [SHARES] / [SECURITIES] MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED, OR HYPOTHECATED ABSENT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION THEREOF UNDER SUCH ACT OR COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144 PROMULGATED

 

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UNDER SUCH ACT, OR SUCH FOREIGN OR STATE SECURITIES LAW OR UNLESS THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS COUNSEL, THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

(c) Removal of Legends. The legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend or any other “restrictive” legend to the holder of the applicable Securities upon which it is stamped or issue to such holder by electronic delivery at the applicable balance account at the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), if (i) such Securities are registered for resale under the Securities Act pursuant to an effective registration statement, (ii) such Securities are sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming the transferor is not an Affiliate of the Company), or (iii) such Securities are eligible for sale under Rule 144 without any limits or restrictions provided in Rule 144. The Company shall cause Company Counsel to issue the legal opinion referred to in the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions to the Company’s transfer agent on the Effective Date. Any fees (with respect to the Transfer Agent, Company Counsel or otherwise) associated with the issuance of such opinion or the removal of such legend shall be borne by the Company. If any portion of the Warrant is exercised at a time when there is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the Warrant Shares, or if such Warrant Shares may be sold under Rule 144 without any limits or restrictions provided in Rule 144, then such Warrant Shares shall be issued free of all legends. Following the Effective Date, or at such earlier time as a legend is no longer required for certain Securities, the Company will no later than three Trading Days following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the Transfer Agent (with notice to the Company) of (i) a legended certificate representing such Shares or Warrant Shares (endorsed or with stock powers attached, signatures guaranteed, and otherwise in form necessary to affect the reissuance and/or transfer) or (ii) an Exercise Notice in the manner stated in the Warrants to effect the exercise of such Warrant in accordance with its terms and an opinion of counsel to the extent required by Section 4.1(a) (such third Trading Day, the “Legend Removal Date”), to deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate representing such Securities that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 4.1(c). Certificates for Shares or Warrant Shares subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Purchasers by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with DTC.

(d) Acknowledgement. Each Purchaser hereunder acknowledges (i) that the Company’s agreement hereunder to remove any legends from the Shares or the Warrant Shares is not an affirmative statement or representation that such Shares or the Warrant Shares are freely tradable and (ii) its primary responsibilities under the Securities Act and accordingly will not sell the Shares, the Warrant Shares or any interest therein without complying with the requirements of the Securities Act. While the above-referenced registration statement remains effective, each Purchaser hereunder may sell the shares in accordance with the plan of distribution contained in the registration statement and if it does so it will comply therewith and with the related prospectus delivery requirements unless an exemption therefrom is available. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees that if it is notified by the Company in writing at any time after the date any legend is removed pursuant to Section 4.1(c) that the registration statement registering the resale of the Shares or the Warrant Shares is not effective or

 

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that the prospectus included in such registration statement no longer complies with the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act, the Purchaser will refrain from selling such Shares and Warrant Shares until such time as the Purchaser is notified by the Company that such registration statement is effective or such prospectus is compliant with Section 10 of the Exchange Act, unless such Purchaser is able to, and does, sell such Shares or Warrant Shares pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act.

(e) Buy-In. If the Company shall fail for any reason or for no reason to issue to a Purchaser unlegended certificates within three Trading Days of receipt of documents necessary for the removal of the legend set forth above (the “Deadline Date”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to such Purchaser, if on or after the Trading Day immediately following such three Trading Day period, such Purchaser purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the holder of shares of Common Stock that such Purchaser anticipated receiving from the Company without any restrictive legend (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall, within three Trading Days after such Purchaser’s request and in such Purchaser’s sole discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Purchaser in an amount equal to such Purchaser’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to such Purchaser a certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock and pay cash to the Purchaser in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Sales Price on the Deadline Date.

4.2 Acknowledgment of Dilution. The Company acknowledges that the issuance of the Securities may result in dilution of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, which dilution may be substantial under certain market conditions. The Company further acknowledges that its obligations under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation its obligation to issue the Shares and the Warrant Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents, are unconditional and absolute and not subject to any right of set off, counterclaim, delay or reduction, regardless of the effect of any such dilution or any claim the Company may have against any Purchaser and regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership of the other stockholders of the Company.

4.3 Reservation of Common Stock. The Company shall take all action necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance from and after the Closing Date, no less than 100% of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants issued at the Closing (without taking into account any limitations on exercise of the Warrants set forth in the Warrants).

4.4 Furnishing of Information. In order to enable the Purchasers to sell the Securities under Rule 144 of the Securities Act, until such time as each Purchaser can sell under Rule 144 (A) without limitations as to volume of sales, method of sale requirements or notice requirements and (B) without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c)(1), the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file

 

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within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act. During such period, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to such laws, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchasers and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is required for the Purchasers to sell the Shares and Warrant Shares under Rule 144. The Company further covenants that it will take such further action as any holder of Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Person to sell the Shares and Warrant Shares without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144.

4.5 Reporting Status. Other than in connection with a Fundamental Transaction (as such term is defined in the Warrants), during the one-year period from and after the Effective Date, the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the Exchange Act even if the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would otherwise permit such termination.

4.6 Form D and Blue Sky. The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D. The Company shall take such action and make all filings and reports relating to the offer and sale of the Securities as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for or to qualify the Securities for sale to the Purchasers at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification).

4.7 No Integration. The Company shall not, and shall use its best efforts to ensure that no Affiliate of the Company shall, sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that will be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities to the Purchasers, or that will be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require stockholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless stockholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.

4.8 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. By 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Trading Day immediately following the execution of this Agreement, the Company shall issue a press release (the “Press Release”) reasonably acceptable to the Purchasers and the Placement Agent. On or before 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Trading Day following the execution of this Agreement (or such earlier time as required by law), the Company will file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission describing the terms of the Transaction Documents (and including as exhibits to such Current Report on Form 8-K the material Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement, the form of Warrant and the Registration Rights Agreement)). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser or an Affiliate of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser or an Affiliate of any Purchaser in any press release or filing with the Commission (other than the Registration Statement or the Form 8-K) or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except (i) as required by

 

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federal securities law in connection with (A) any registration statement contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement and (B) the filing of final Transaction Documents (including signature pages thereto) with the Commission and (ii) to the extent such disclosure is required by law, request of the Staff of the Commission or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior written notice of such disclosure permitted under this subclause (ii). Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company as described in this Section 4.8, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).

4.9 Non-Public Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company shall not, and shall cause each Subsidiary and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, not to, provide any Purchaser with any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after the filing of the Press Release without the express written consent of such Purchaser, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information.

 

  4.10 Indemnification.

(a) Indemnification of Purchasers. In addition to the indemnity provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its directors, officers, stockholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, stockholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling person (each, a “Purchaser Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation (collectively, “Losses”) that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or, as to any claims brought by any third party against such Purchaser, for any other cause of action arising from the execution and delivery hereof or thereof by the Company. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement to the extent, but only to the extent that the Loss is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents.

(b) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Promptly after receipt by any Person (the “Indemnified Person”) of notice of any demand, claim or circumstances which would or might give rise to a claim or the commencement of any action, proceeding or investigation in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 4.10(a), such Indemnified Person shall promptly notify the Company in writing and the Company shall assume the defense thereof,

 

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including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, and shall assume the payment of all fees and expenses; provided, however, that the failure of any Indemnified Person so to notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder except to the extent that the Company is actually and materially prejudiced by such failure to notify. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel and to participate in the defense of such claim, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless: (i) the Company and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel; (ii) the Company shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person in such proceeding; or (iii) in the reasonable judgment of counsel to such Indemnified Person, representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. The Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. Without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, the Company shall not affect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability arising out of such proceeding.

4.11 Use of Proceeds. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder for working capital and general corporate purposes, including to fund its Phase 3 clinical trial for its current product candidate.

4.12 Short Sales After The Date Hereof. Each Purchaser shall refrain from, and shall cause its Trading Affiliates to refrain from, engaging, directly or indirectly, in any Short Sales involving the Company’s securities during the period from the date hereof until the earliest to occur of (i) the Effective Date or (ii) the Effectiveness Deadline. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the representation set forth above shall apply only with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that have knowledge about the financing transaction contemplated by this Agreement. Each Purchaser understands and acknowledges, severally and not jointly with any other Purchaser, that the Commission currently takes the position that covering a short position established prior to effectiveness of a resale registration statement with shares included in such registration statement would be a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act, as set forth in Item 65, Section 5 under Section A, of the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations, dated July 1997, compiled by the Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Corporation Finance.

4.13 Listing of Securities. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Common Stock to be quoted on an OTC Quotation System as soon as practicable after the Initial Registration Statement required to be filed by the Company with respect to the Shares and the Warrant Shares is declared effective by the Commission and, if otherwise eligible pursuant to applicable listing requirements, to be listed on the Nasdaq as soon as practicable following the acceptance of the Common Stock for quotation on an OTC Quotation System.

 

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  4.14 Election of Directors.

(a) Designation of Purchaser Directors. On all matters relating to the election of directors of the Company, the Company, the Purchasers and the Prior Investors agree to vote all shares of capital stock registered in their respective names or beneficially owned by them as of the date hereof and any and all other securities of the Company legally or beneficially acquired after the date hereof so as to elect three of the members of the Board of Directors as follows:

(i) For as long as Valence continues to hold at least one-third of the aggregate number of Shares purchased by it hereunder, for one individual designated by Valence (the “Valence Designee”); the initial Valence Designee shall be Scott Morenstein.

(ii) One individual designated by the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate number of Shares purchased hereunder who: (A) shall be “independent” (as defined under the Nasdaq listing rules); (B) shall have significant pharmaceutical or biotechnology management experience; and (C) for as long as Valence continues to hold at least one-third of the aggregate number of Shares purchased by it hereunder, shall be satisfactory to Valence (the “Purchaser-Designated Independent Director”); the seat of the Purchaser-Designated Independent Director shall initially be vacant until filled in accordance with this Section 4.14(a)(ii).

(iii) One individual designated by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors, who: (A) shall be “independent” (as defined under the Nasdaq listing rules); (B) shall have significant pharmaceutical or biotechnology management experience; and (C) for as long as Valence continues to hold at least one-third of the aggregate number of Shares purchased by it hereunder, shall be satisfactory to Valence (the “Board-Designated Independent Director”); the seat of the initial Board-Designated Independent Director shall initially be vacant until filled in accordance with this Section 4.14(a)(iii).

(iv) The Valence Director, the Purchaser-Designated Independent Director and the Board-Designated Independent Director are together referred to herein as the “Purchaser Directors.”

None of the parties hereto and no officer, director, stockholder, partner, employee or agent of any party makes any representation or warranty as to the fitness or competence of the nominee of any party hereunder to serve on the Board of Directors by virtue of such party’s execution of this Agreement or by the act of such party in voting for such nominee pursuant to this Agreement.

(b) Nomination of Purchaser Directors. On all matters relating to the election of directors of the Company, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to nominate the Purchaser Directors for election to the Board of Directors as part of the slate of nominees recommended by the Board of Directors.

 

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(d) Removal; Filling Vacancies. Upon the request of any Person (or group of Persons) entitled to designate a Purchaser Director as provided in Section 4.14(a), each Purchaser and Prior Investor agrees to vote its shares of the Company’s capital stock registered in their respective names or beneficially owned by them as of the date hereof and any and all other securities of the Company legally or beneficially acquired after the date hereof for the removal of such director. Any vacancy in the directorship of a Purchaser Director shall be filled as provided in Section 4.14(a).

(e) Classification of Board. If at any time after the date hereof, the Board of Directors is structured such that a portion of the directors serve for different term lengths (i.e., becomes “classified”), the Company and the Purchasers agree to use good faith efforts to discuss and mutually agree as to the term length that shall be applicable to each Purchaser Director.

(f) Committees. At any time when a Person is entitled to designate a Purchaser Director, such Purchaser Director shall be entitled to sit on each committee of the Board of Directors (subject to such Purchaser Director satisfying the requirements applicable to directors of companies listed on Nasdaq, as applicable, and other applicable qualifications under law).

(g) Termination. This Section 4.14 shall automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect upon the later to occur of: (i) as to each Purchaser Director, at the end of such Purchaser Director’s initial term of office; or (ii) as to all Purchaser Directors, the date that the Common Stock is listed on a Trading Market.

(h) Further Assurances. The Company, each Purchaser and each Prior Investor shall take all such action as shall be reasonably necessary to implement the rights and obligations of the parties set forth in this Section 4.14.

 

V. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CLOSING

5.1 Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of the Purchasers to Purchase Securities at Closing. The obligation of each Purchaser to acquire Securities at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment, on or prior to the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by such Purchaser (as to itself only):

(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3.1 shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties which are qualified as to materiality, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of such date, except for such representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date.

(b) Performance. The Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing.

(c) No Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

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(d) Compliance Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to each Purchaser a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and signed by its Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer, certifying to the fulfillment of the conditions specified in Section 5.1(a) and Section 5.1(b) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G.

(e) Consents. The Company shall have obtained in a timely fashion any and all consents, permits, approvals, registrations and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the purchase and sale of the Securities at the Closing, all of which shall be and remain so long as necessary in full force and effect.

(f) Closing Company Deliverables. The Company shall have delivered the Closing Company Deliverables in accordance with Section 2.2(a).

(g) Adverse Changes. Since the date of execution of this Agreement, no event or series of events shall have occurred that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(h) Equity Incentive Plan. The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Company’s equity incentive plans (inclusive of shares that are the subject of existing awards) shall be 3,267,334 shares.

(i) Minimum Investment. Binding commitments from investors to purchase an aggregate of up to 9,627,727 shares of Common Stock at the Closing hereunder and under the Subscription Agreements shall have been received by the Company.

(j) Minimum Number of Investors. Binding commitments from a sufficient number of investors such that immediately following the Closing the Company will have at least 325 round lot stockholders as required by the Nasdaq initial listing requirements.

(k) Lock-up Agreements. Each of the Key Stockholders shall have entered into lock-up agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers.

(l) Board of Directors. Upon the Closing, the authorized size of the Board of Directors shall be eight members and the Board of Directors shall consist of Scott Morenstein, Kenneth Galbraith, Richard Kollender, Scott Jackson, Nicole Vitullo, Joseph A. Mollica and Alex Zisson.

5.2 Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of the Company to sell Securities at the Closing. The Company’s obligation to sell and issue the Securities at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment, on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by the Company:

(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made by the Purchasers in Section 3.2 shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made, and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such date, except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date.

 

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(b) Performance. The Purchasers shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Purchasers at or prior to the Closing Date.

(c) No Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

(d) Closing Purchaser Deliverables. Each Purchaser shall have delivered its Closing Purchaser Deliverables in accordance with Section 2.2(b).

 

VI. MISCELLANEOUS

6.1 Fees and Expenses. At Closing, the Company shall reimburse Valence for the reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses associated with its due diligence review of the Company, including without limitation fees of one legal counsel and one intellectual property counsel, such amount not to exceed $120,000 in the aggregate in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Company and the Purchasers shall each pay the fees and expenses of their respective advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the sale and issuance of the Securities to the Purchasers.

6.2 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the Exhibits and Schedules thereto and the Company Disclosure Letter, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, discussions and representations, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules. At or after the Closing, and without further consideration, the Company and the Purchasers will execute and deliver to the other such further documents as may be reasonably requested in order to give practical effect to the intention of the parties under the Transaction Documents.

6.3 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile (provided the sender receives a machine-generated confirmation of successful transmission) at the facsimile number specified in this Section 6.3 prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section 6.3 on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Trading Day, (c) the Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service with next day delivery specified, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as follows:

 

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If to the Company:

Celator Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

303B College Road East

Princeton, NJ 08540

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

Facsimile No.: (609)  ###-###-####

With a copy to:

Duane Morris LLP

30 South 17th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Attention: Kathleen M. Shay

Facsimile No.: (215)  ###-###-####

If to a Purchaser: To the address set forth under such Purchaser’s name on the signature page hereof; or such other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same manner, by such Person.

6.4 Amendments; Waivers; No Additional Consideration. No provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived except in a written instrument signed by the Company and the Requisite Purchasers; provided, however, that Section 4.14(a)(i), Section 4.14(a)(ii) and 4.14(a)(iii) of this Agreement shall not be amended or waived without the written consent of Valence so long as Valence is entitled to designate a director pursuant to Section 4.14(a)(i). No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of either party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Purchaser to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any Transaction Document unless the same consideration is also offered to all Purchasers who then hold Securities.

6.5 Construction. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party. This Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents.

6.6 Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement, or any rights or obligations hereunder, may not be assigned by the Company without the prior written consent of the Purchasers. Any Purchaser may assign its rights hereunder in whole or in part only to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities in

 

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compliance with the Transaction Documents and applicable law, provided such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the terms and conditions of this Agreement that apply to the “Purchasers.” Any attempted assignment in violation of this Section 6.6 shall be null and void.

6.7 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except each Purchaser Party is an intended third party beneficiary of Section 4.11, and each Purchaser Party may enforce the provisions of such Section 4.11 directly against the parties with obligations thereunder.

6.8 Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all Proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the New York Courts. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such New York Court, or that such Proceeding has been commenced in an improper or inconvenient forum. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.

6.9 Survival. Subject to the survival period of Section 4.14 as governed by Section 4.14(f), and subject to applicable statute of limitations, the representations, warranties, agreements and covenants contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Securities.

6.10 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page were an original thereof.

 

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6.11 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision that is a reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Agreement.

6.12 Replacement of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Transfer Agent of such loss, theft or destruction and the execution by the holder thereof of a customary lost certificate affidavit of that fact and an agreement to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Transfer Agent for any losses in connection therewith or, if required by the Company or the Transfer Agent, a bond in such form and amount as is reasonably required by the Company or the Transfer Agent. The applicants for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities. If a replacement certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is requested due to a mutilation thereof, the Company may require delivery of such mutilated certificate or instrument as a condition precedent to any issuance of a replacement.

6.13 Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations described in the foregoing sentence and hereby agree to waive in any action for specific performance of any such obligation (other than in connection with any action for a temporary restraining order) the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

6.14 Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

6.15 Adjustments in Share Numbers and Prices. In the event of any stock split, subdivision, dividend or distribution payable in shares of Common Stock (or other securities or rights convertible into, or entitling the holder thereof to receive directly or indirectly shares of Common Stock), combination or other similar recapitalization or event occurring after the date hereof, each reference in any Transaction Document to a number of shares or a price per share shall be deemed to be amended to appropriately account for such event.

 

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6.16 Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. The decision of each Purchaser to purchase Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made by such Purchaser independently of any other Purchaser and independently of any information, materials, statements or opinions as to the business, affairs, operations, assets, properties, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company or any Subsidiary which may have been made or given by any other Purchaser or by any agent or employee of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser and any of its agents or employees shall have any liability to any other Purchaser (or any other Person) relating to or arising from any such information, materials, statement or opinions. Nothing contained herein or in any Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser acknowledges that no other Purchaser has acted as agent for such Purchaser in connection with making its investment hereunder and that no Purchaser will be acting as agent of such Purchaser in connection with monitoring its investment in the Securities or enforcing its rights under the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. The Company acknowledges that each of the Purchasers has been provided with the same Transaction Documents for the purpose of closing a transaction with multiple Purchasers and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Purchaser. The Company’s obligations to each Purchaser under this Agreement are identical to its obligations to each other Purchaser other than such differences resulting solely from the number of Securities purchased by such Purchaser, but regardless of whether such obligations are memorialized herein or in another agreement between the Company and a Purchaser.

(Signature pages follow.)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

CELATOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:   /s/ Scott T. Jackson
  Name: Scott T. Jackson
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer

(Company’s Counterpart Signature Page to Securities Purchase Agreement)


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

Individuals Sign Below:
  
Signature
 
Name
 
Signature (if more than one)*
 
Name (if more than one)*
Corporations, Trusts, Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies, Retirement Plans, Retirement Accounts or Other Entities Sign Below:
 
Name of Purchaser (please print)

 

By:    
  Signature
 
(print name and title of signatory)
Address and Facsimile:
 
 
 

 

* If joint purchasers, both must sign.

Number of Shares to be Acquired:                                                                         

Number of Warrant Shares:                                                                                     

Aggregate Purchase Price $                                                                                     

(Purchaser’s Counterpart Signature Page to Securities Purchase Agreement)


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

Individuals Sign Below:
  
Signature
 
Name
 
Signature (if more than one)*
 
Name (if more than one)*
Corporations, Trusts, Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies, Retirement Plans, Retirement Accounts or Other Entities Sign Below:
 
Name of Purchaser (please print)

 

By:    
  Signature
 
(print name and title of signatory)
Address and Facsimile:
 
 
 

(Prior Investor’s Counterpart Signature Page to Securities Purchase Agreement)


EXHIBIT A

Prior Investors

The following investors and their Affiliates:

BDC Capital Inc.

Domain Partners VI, L.P.

Garden State Life Sciences Venture Fund. L.P.

Quaker BioVentures, L.P.

Thomas, McNerney & Partners II, L.P.

TL Ventures V Liquidating Trust

Ventures West 7 Limited Partnership

Working Opportunity Fund (EVCC) Ltd.

 

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EXHIBIT D-1

ACCREDITED INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE

(ALL INFORMATION WILL BE TREATED CONFIDENTIALLY)

To: Celator Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

This Investor Questionnaire (“Questionnaire”) must be completed by each potential investor in connection with the offer and sale of the shares of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and shares of common stock that may be issued upon exercise of certain warrants (collectively, the “Securities”), of Celator Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”). The Securities are being offered and sold by the Corporation without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and the securities laws of certain states, in reliance on the exemptions contained in Section 4(2) of the Act and on Regulation D promulgated thereunder and in reliance on similar exemptions under applicable state laws. The Corporation must determine that a potential investor meets certain suitability requirements before offering or selling Securities to such investor. The purpose of this Questionnaire is to assure the Corporation that each investor will meet the applicable suitability requirements. The information supplied by you will be used in determining whether you meet such criteria, and reliance upon the private offering exemptions from registration is based in part on the information herein supplied.

This Questionnaire does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security. Your answers will be kept strictly confidential. However, by signing this Questionnaire, you will be authorizing the Corporation to provide a completed copy of this Questionnaire to such parties as the Corporation deems appropriate in order to ensure that the offer and sale of the Securities will not result in a violation of the Act or the securities laws of any state and that you otherwise satisfy the suitability standards applicable to purchasers of the Securities. All potential investors must answer all applicable questions and complete, date and sign this Questionnaire. Please print or type your responses and attach additional sheets of paper if necessary to complete your answers to any item.

PART A. BACKGROUND INFORMATION

 

Name of Beneficial Owner of the Securities:

    

 

Business Address:     
  

(Number and Street)

     
 
(City)                                 (State)                                                                     (Zip Code)         

 

Telephone Number: (            )     

If a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other entity:

Type of entity:               

 

State of formation:_______________       Approximate Date of formation:     

Set forth in the space provided below the (i) state(s), if any, in the United States in which you maintained your principal office during the past two years and the dates during which you maintained your office in each state, and (ii) state(s), if any, in which you pay income taxes:

 

             
             
             

 

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Were you formed for the purpose of investing in the securities being offered?

Yes                         No             

If an individual:

 

Residence Address:     
  

(Number and Street)

     
 
(City)                                 (State)                                                                     (Zip Code)         

 

Telephone Number: (            )     

Age:                                   Citizenship:                                               Where registered to vote:                                                                       

Set forth in the space provided below the state(s), if any, in the United States in which you maintained your residence during the past two years and the dates during which you resided in each state:

Are you a director or executive officer of the Corporation?

Yes                         No             

 

Social Security or Taxpayer Identification No.     

PART B. ACCREDITED INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE

In order for the Company to offer and sell the Securities in conformance with state and federal securities laws, the following information must be obtained regarding your investor status. Please initial each category applicable to you as a Purchaser of Securities of the Company.

 

      (1) A bank as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act, or any savings and loan association or other institution as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity;

 

      (2) A broker or dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;

 

      (3) An insurance company as defined in Section 2(13) of the Securities Act;

 

      (4) An investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a business development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of that Act;

 

      (5) A Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958;

 

      (6) A plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 

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      (7) An employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21) of such act, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or registered investment adviser, or if the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000 or, if a self-directed plan, with investment decisions made solely by persons that are accredited investors;

 

      (8) A private business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940;

 

      (9) An organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, a corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 

      (10)   A trust, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person who has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that such person is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investing in the Company;

 

      (11)   A natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person’s spouse, at the time of his purchase exceeds $1,000,000;

The undersigned understand that for purposes of this paragraph, (a) the undersigned’s primary residence shall not be included as an asset; (b) indebtedness that is secured by the undersigned’s primary residence, up to the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the sale of the Securities, shall not be included as a liability (except that if the amount of such indebtedness outstanding at the time of the sale of Securities exceeds the amount outstanding 60 days before such time, other than as a result of the acquisition of the primary residence, the amount of such excess shall be included as a liability); and (c) indebtedness that is secured by the undersigned’s primary residence in excess of the estimated fair market value of the undersigned’s primary residence at the time of the sale of the Securities shall be included as a liability.

 

      (12)   A natural person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years, or joint income with that person’s spouse in excess of $300,000, in each of those years, and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year;

 

      (13)   An executive officer or director of the Company;

 

      (14)   An entity in which all of the equity owners qualify under any of the above subparagraphs. If the undersigned belongs to this investor category only, list the equity owners of the undersigned, and the investor category which each such equity owner satisfies:

(Continue on a separate piece of paper, if necessary.)

 

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A.   FOR EXECUTION BY AN INDIVIDUAL:
       
  __________________     By    
  Date      
      Print Name:    
B.   FOR EXECUTION BY AN ENTITY:      
      Entity Name:    
  __________________     By    
  Date      
      Print Name:    
      Title:    
C.   ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES (if required by partnership, corporation or trust document):
      Entity Name:    
  __________________     By    
  Date    

 

Print Name:

   
      Title:    
  __________________     Entity Name:    
  Date    

 

By

   
      Print Name:    
      Title:    

 

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EXHIBIT D-2

Stock Certificate Questionnaire

Pursuant to Section 2.2(b) of the Agreement, please provide us with the following information:

 

1.      The exact name that the Securities are to be registered in (this is the name that will appear on the stock certificate(s)). You may use a nominee name if appropriate:

 
 

 

2.      The relationship between the Purchaser of the Securities and the Registered Holder listed in response to Item 1 above:

 
 

 

3.      The mailing address, telephone and telecopy number of the Registered Holder listed in response to Item 1 above:

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

 

4.      The Tax Identification Number (or, if an individual, the Social Security Number) of the Registered Holder listed in response to Item 1 above:

 
 

 

 

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