Securities Purchase Agreement, dated May 1, 2024, between the Company and the Investors
Exhibit 10.1
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this Agreement) is dated as of May 1, 2024, between Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and each investor identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, an Investor and collectively the Investors).
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act (as defined below), the Company desires to issue and sell to each Investor, severally and not jointly, and each Investor, desires to purchase from the Company, Securities (as defined below) of the Company as more fully described in this Agreement.
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 and each Investor agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:
Affiliate means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
Board of Directors means the board of directors of the Company.
Business Day means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to stay at home, shelter-in-place, non-essential employee or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York are generally open for use by customers on such day.
Closing means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section
2.1.
Closing Date means the Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the Investors obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Companys obligations to deliver the Securities, in each case, have been satisfied or waived, but in no event later than the third (3rd) Trading Day following the date hereof if this Agreement is signed after 4:00 p.m. and before midnight (New York City time) or the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date hereof if this Agreement is signed after midnight and before 9:30 a.m. (New York City time).
Commission means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Common Stock means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
Common Stock Equivalents means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
Common Warrants means, collectively, the Warrants to Purchase a number of Shares of Common Stock (or Pre-Funded Warrants in lieu thereof) equal to approximately 96.7868% of such Investors Shares, with an exercise price equal to $3.50 per share (or $3.4999 per Pre-Funded Warrant in lieu thereof) in the form of Exhibit A-1 attached hereto.
Company Counsel means Latham & Watkins LLP, with offices located at 140 Scott Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
Disclosure Time means, (i) if this Agreement is signed on a day that is not a Trading Day or after 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) and before midnight (New York City time) on any Trading Day, 9:01 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof and (ii) if this Agreement is signed between midnight (New York City time) and 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, no later than 9:01 a.m. (New York City time) on the date hereof.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Liens means a lien, charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
Material Adverse Effect means (i) any change, event or occurrence (each, an Effect) that, individually or when taken together with all other Effects that have occurred prior to the date of determination of the occurrence of the Material Adverse Effect, is or is reasonably likely to be materially adverse to the business, clinical or pre-clinical programs, intellectual property, condition (financial or other), assets, liabilities or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) a Material Adverse Effect to the Companys ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document or (iii) a Material Adverse Effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document.
Per Share Purchase Price means $1.7312 per Share and share of Common Stock (or Pre- Funded Warrant in lieu thereof) underlying the accompanying Common Warrants.
Per Pre-Funded Warrant Purchase Price means $1.7311 per share of Common Stock underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants and share of Common Stock (or Pre-Funded Warrant in lieu thereof) underlying the accompanying Common Warrants.
Person means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
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Pre-Funded Warrants means, collectively, the Warrants to Purchase Shares of Common Stock in the form of Exhibit A-2 attached hereto.
Pre-Funded Warrant Shares means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants.
Proceeding means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding.
Prospectus means the final base prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time it initially became effective, including all information, documents and exhibits filed with or incorporated by reference into such prospectus.
Prospectus Supplement means the supplement to the Prospectus relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and complying with Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act, including all information, documents and exhibits filed with or incorporated by reference into such prospectus supplement, that is filed with the Commission and delivered by the Company to each Investor at the Closing.
Registration Statement means the registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the Commission (File No. 333-270921), including all information, documents and exhibits filed with or incorporated by reference into such registration statement, which registers the sale and issuance of the Securities to the Investors.
Rule 424 means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such rule.
Securities means the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Securities Laws means, collectively, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Sarbanes- Oxley), the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations of the Commission, the auditing principles, rules, standards and practices applicable to the auditors of issuers (as defined in Sarbanes-Oxley) promulgated or approved by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Exchange Rules).
Shares means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to each Investor pursuant to this Agreement, excluding the Warrant Shares.
Short Sales means all short sales as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include locating and/or borrowing shares of Common Stock).
Subscription Amount means, as to each Investor, the aggregate amount to be paid for Shares or, in lieu thereof, Pre-Funded Warrants, and Common Warrants purchased hereunder as specified below such Investors name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading Subscription Amount, in United States dollars and in immediately available funds.
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Subsidiary means Corvus Biopharmaceuticals, Ltd. and Corvus Hong Kong Limited, which are the only subsidiaries of the Company as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date.
Trading Day means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.
Trading Market means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
Transaction Documents means this Agreement, the Warrants, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
Transfer Agent means Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
Warrants means, collectively, the Common Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants.
Warrant Shares means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1 Closing. On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell, and each Investor agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase that number of Shares, or, at each Investors election, in lieu of any portion of such Shares, Pre-Funded Warrants, and Common Warrants as set forth on the signature page hereto executed by such Investor. Each Investors Subscription Amount shall be made available for Delivery Versus Payment (DVP) settlement with the Company or its designee. The Company shall deliver to each Investor its respective Shares or, in lieu thereof, Pre-Funded Warrants, and Common Warrants (or Pre-Funded Warrants in lieu thereof) as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and the Company and each Investor shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of Company Counsel or such other location (including remotely by electronic transmission) as the Company shall elect. Settlement of the Shares shall occur via DVP (i.e., on the Closing Date, the Company shall issue the Shares registered in the Investors names and addresses on the books of the Transfer Agent or, in lieu thereof, issue the Pre-Funded Warrants to the Investors, and issue the Common Warrants to the Investors, and payment therefor shall be made by each Investor (or its clearing firm) by wire transfer to the Company). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time on or after the time of execution of this Agreement by the Company and an applicable Investor, through, and including the time immediately prior to the Closing (the Pre-Settlement Period), such Investor sells to any Person all, or any portion, of the Shares to be issued hereunder to such Investor at the Closing (collectively, the Pre-Settlement Shares), such Investor shall, automatically hereunder (without any additional required actions by such Investor or the Company), be deemed to be unconditionally bound to purchase, and the Company shall be deemed unconditionally bound to sell, such Pre-Settlement Shares to such Investor at the Closing; provided, that the Company shall not be required to deliver any Pre-Settlement Shares to such Investor prior to the Companys receipt of the purchase price of such Pre-Settlement Shares hereunder; and provided, further, that the Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that the forgoing shall not constitute a representation or covenant by such Investor as to whether or not during the Pre-Settlement Period such Investor shall sell any shares of Common Stock to any Person and that any such decision to sell any shares of Common Stock by such Investor shall solely be made at the time such Investor elects to effect any such sale, if any.
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2.2 Deliveries.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Investor the following:
(i) this Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) the Companys wire instructions;
(iii) a copy of the irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent instructing the Transfer Agent to deliver on an expedited basis via The Depository Trust Company Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (DWAC) Shares equal to the amount as specified below such Investors name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading Subscription Amount for Shares divided by the Per Share Purchase Price, registered in the name of such Investor;
(iv) a Common Warrant issued to such Investor to purchase up to a number of shares of Common Stock (or Pre-Funded Warrants in lieu thereof) equal to approximately 96.7868% of such Investors Shares and, if applicable, Pre-Funded Warrant Shares, with an exercise price equal to $3.50 per share (or $3.4999 per Pre-Funded Warrant in lieu thereof), subject to adjustment as set forth therein;
(v) if applicable, for each Investor of Pre-Funded Warrants pursuant to Section 2.1, a Pre-Funded Warrant issued to such Investor to purchase up to a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the amount as specified below such Investors name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading Subscription Amount for Pre-Funded Warrants divided by the Per Pre-Funded Warrant Purchase Price;
(vi) the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement (which may be delivered in accordance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act); and
(vii) an opinion of Company Counsel, addressed to the Investors and dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Investors.
(b) On or prior to the Closing Date, each Investor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:
(i) this Agreement duly executed by such Investor; and
(ii) such Investors Subscription Amount, which shall be made available for DVP settlement with the Company or its designee.
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2.3 Closing Conditions.
(a) The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Investors contained herein (unless such representation or warranty is as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) as of such date);
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of each Investor required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and
(iii) the delivery by each Investor of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement.
(b) The respective obligations of the Investors hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless such representation or warranty is as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) as of such date);
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
(iii) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement;
(iv) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company; and
(v) from the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the Companys principal Trading Market, and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of such Investor, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at the Closing.
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ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each Investor as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to each Investor as follows (unless as of a specific date therein, in which case they shall be accurate as of such date):
(a) Organization and Qualification. The Company has been duly incorporated and is existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; and the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing in such other jurisdictions would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the Companys stockholders in connection herewith or therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
(c) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Companys or any Subsidiarys certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, anti-dilution or similar adjustments, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Filings, Consents and Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the filings required pursuant to Section 4.3 of this Agreement, (ii) the filing with the Commission of the Prospectus Supplement, (iii) the notice and/or application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the issuance and sale of the Securities and the listing of the Shares and Warrant Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby, and (iv) such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the Required Approvals).
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(e) Issuance of the Securities; Registration. The Shares are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company. The Warrant Shares are duly authorized and, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Warrants, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company. The Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting enforcement of creditors rights generally and by general principles of equity (including without limitation concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing), regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the Warrant Shares. The Company has prepared and filed the Registration Statement in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, which became effective on May 8, 2023, including the Prospectus, and such amendments and supplements thereto as may have been required to the date of this Agreement. The Company was at the time of the filing of the Registration Statement eligible to use Form S-3. The Company is eligible to use Form S-3 under the Securities Act and it meets the transaction requirements as set forth in General Instruction I.B.1 of Form S-3. The Registration Statement is effective under the Securities Act and no stop order preventing or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus has been issued by the Commission and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, are threatened by the Commission. The Company, if required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, shall file the Prospectus Supplement with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b).
(f) Material Changes. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, since the end of the period covered by the latest audited financial statements incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (i) there has been no change, nor any development or event involving a prospective change, that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock and (iii) there has been no material adverse change in the capital stock, short-term indebtedness, long-term indebtedness, net current assets or net assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(g) Litigation. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there are no pending Proceedings (including, to the Companys knowledge, any inquiries or investigations by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign) against or affecting the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents; and no such Proceedings (including, to the Companys knowledge, any inquiries or investigations by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign) are threatened or, to the Companys knowledge, contemplated.
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(h) Labor Relations. No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Companys or its Subsidiaries employees is a member of a union that relates to such employees relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their employees are good. To the knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company or any Subsidiary, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(i) Compliance. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received written notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as would not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) Environmental Laws. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any statute, any 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), the Company and its Subsidiaries do not own or operate any real property contaminated with any substance that is subject to any environmental laws, are not liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any environmental laws, and are not subject to any claim relating to any environmental laws, which violation, contamination, liability or claim would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is not aware of any pending investigation which might lead to such a claim.
(k) Clinical Trials. Any clinical trials and human studies conducted by the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, any clinical trials and human studies conducted on behalf of the Company or in which the Company has participated, with respect to the Companys product candidates, were, and if still pending are, being conducted in accordance with all applicable rules, regulations and policies of the FDA and comparable regulatory agencies outside of the United States to which the Company is subject and current Good Clinical Practices and Good Laboratory Practices, except where the failure to be so conducted would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(l) Possession of Licenses and Permits. Except in such cases that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries possess, and are in compliance with the terms of, all adequate certificates, authorizations, franchises, licenses and permits (Licenses) necessary or material to the conduct of the business now conducted or proposed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus to be conducted by them, including, without limitation, from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of Proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Licenses that, if determined adversely to the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(m) Title to Assets. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all personal property and assets owned by them, in each case free from Liens, and the Company and its Subsidiaries hold any leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases with no terms or provisions that would materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries own any real property.
(n) Intellectual Property. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or as otherwise expressly disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries own or have obtained valid and enforceable licenses for, or otherwise have the right to use, all patents, patent applications, inventions, copyrights, know how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademark registrations and applications for registration, service marks, trade names, domain names, and other similar intellectual property or proprietary rights, whether or not registered (including all goodwill associated with the foregoing, as applicable) (collectively, Intellectual Property Rights) necessary and material to the conduct of the business now conducted by them. To the Companys knowledge the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries has not conflicted with, infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Intellectual Property Rights of any third party. Except as expressly disclosed in the Registration Statement and in the Prospectus and except as would not, if determined adversely to the Company and its Subsidiaries, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there are no claims asserted in writing by third parties to ownership of any of the Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) to the Companys knowledge, all issued patents contained within the Intellectual Property Rights owned or licensed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are valid and enforceable, solely owned or licensed by the Company or its Subsidiaries and, to the extent owned, are owned free and clear of all Liens; (iii) to the Companys knowledge, without any duty to conduct a special search, there is no material infringement, misappropriation, breach, default or other violation by any third party of any of the Intellectual Property Rights owned by or licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iv) there is no pending or, to the Companys knowledge, without any duty to conduct a special search, threatened Proceeding by others challenging the rights of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in or to the Intellectual Property Rights owned by or licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (v) there is no pending or, to the Companys knowledge, without any duty to conduct a special search, threatened Proceeding by others challenging the validity, enforceability or scope of any such Intellectual Property Rights; (vi) there is no pending or, to the Companys knowledge, without any duty to conduct a special search, threatened Proceeding by others that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property Rights 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; and (vii) none of the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in their respective businesses has been obtained or is being used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(o) Insurance. The Company is insured by insurers with appropriately rated claims paying abilities against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary for similarly sized companies in the businesses in which it is engaged; all policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company or its business, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; the Company is in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; and there are no claims by the Company under any such policy or instrument as to which
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any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; the Company has not been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; the Company does not have any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; and the Company has obtained directors and officers insurance in such amounts as is customary for similarly sized companies in the businesses in which it is engaged.
(p) Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls. The Company, its Subsidiaries and the Board of Directors are in compliance with the applicable provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act), including but not limited to, disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls over accounting matters and financial reporting and legal and regulatory compliance controls (collectively, Internal Controls) that comply with the Securities Laws (to the extent applicable) and are sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Internal Controls are overseen by the Audit Committee (the Audit Committee) of the Board in accordance with Exchange Rules. The Company has not publicly disclosed or reported to the Audit Committee or the Board, and within the next 135 days the Company does not reasonably expect to publicly disclose or report to the Audit Committee or the Board, a significant deficiency, material weakness (each as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act), adverse change in Internal Controls or fraud involving management or other employees who have a significant role in Internal Controls, or any violation of, or failure to comply with, the Securities Laws, which, if determined adversely, would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) Certain Fees. No brokerage or finders fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiary to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Investors shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section 3.1(r) that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(r) Investment Company. The Company is not, and immediately after giving effect the sale of the Shares and Warrants pursuant to this Agreement, will not be, required to be registered as an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(s) Registration Rights. No Person has any right to cause the Company or any Subsidiary to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary.
(t) 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, or which to its knowledge is likely 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. The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or
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quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market, and the Company is currently in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements. The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements. The Common Stock is currently eligible for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation and the Company is current in payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company (or such other established clearing corporation) in connection with such electronic transfer.
(u) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of FCPA.
(v) Cybersecurity. (i) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, to the Companys knowledge, there has been no security breach, attack or other compromise of or relating to any of the Companys information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software or data maintained by or on behalf of the Company (including the data of its customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any other third party data maintained by or on behalf of the Company) (collectively, the IT Systems and Data) that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) the Company has been in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all applicable judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to (x) the privacy and security of the IT Systems and Data, (y) the protection of the IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification and (z) the collection, use, transfer, processing, storage, disposal and disclosure by the Company of personally identifiable information and/or any other information collected from or provided by third parties, except as would not, in the case of this clause (ii), individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) the Company has implemented commercially reasonable backup and disaster recovery and security plans, procedures and facilities for its business consistent with industry standards and practices; and (iv) the Company has taken commercially reasonable steps for its business consistent with industry standards and practices to protect the IT Systems and Data.
(w) Office of Foreign Assets Control. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Companys knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (OFAC).
(x) U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(y) Money Laundering. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the Money Laundering Laws), and no Proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, threatened.
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(z) Capitalization. The capitalization of the Company as of the date hereof is as set forth in the SEC Reports (as defined below). Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Companys equity incentive plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Companys employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock or the capital stock of any Subsidiary, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or capital stock of any Subsidiary. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Investors). There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary with any provision that adjusts the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price of such security or instrument upon an issuance of securities by the Company or any Subsidiary. There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary that contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or such Subsidiary. The Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or phantom stock plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Companys capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Companys stockholders.
(aa) SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two (2) years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, together with the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, being collectively referred to herein as the SEC Reports) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (GAAP), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, year-end audit adjustments.
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(bb) No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Investors representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of any applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.
(cc) Tax Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries each (i) has made or filed all United States federal, state and local income and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply.
(dd) Acknowledgment Regarding Investors Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Investors is acting solely in the capacity of an arms length Investor with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further acknowledges that no Investor 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 Investor or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Investors purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each Investor that the Companys 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.
(ee) Acknowledgment Regarding Investors Trading Activity. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding, it is understood and acknowledged by the Company that: (i) none of the Investors (other than any Investors subject to the Companys insider trading policy) has been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Investor agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or derivative securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term; (ii) past or future open market or other transactions by any Investor, specifically including, without limitation, Short Sales or derivative transactions, before or after the closing of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Companys publicly-traded securities; (iii) any Investor, and counter-parties in derivative transactions to which any such Investor is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a short position in the Common Stock, and (iv) each Investor shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arms length counter-party in any derivative transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that (y) one or more Investors may engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the value of the Warrant Shares and Pre-Funded Warrant Shares deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined, and (z) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing stockholders equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any of the Transaction Documents.
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(ff) Regulation M Compliance. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Companys placement agent in connection with the placement of the Securities.
3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Investors. Each Investor, for itself and for no other Investor, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows (unless as of a specific date therein, in which case they shall be accurate as of such date):
(a) Organization; Authority. Such Investor is duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation with full right, corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and performance by such Investor of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the part of such Investor. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Investor, and when delivered by such Investor in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Investor, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
(b) Understandings or Arrangements. Such Investor is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities (this representation and warranty not limiting such Investors right to sell the Securities in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). Such Investor is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.
(c) Access to Information.
(i) Such Investor acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules thereto) and has been afforded, to the extent such Investor has determined is adequate to its investment in the Securities, (x) 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 or otherwise about the Company and its business; (y) been furnished with all other materials that it considers relevant to an investment in the Securities; and (z) been given the opportunity fully to perform its own due diligence.
(ii) Such Investor represents that it has received (or otherwise had made available to it by the filing by the Company of an electronic version thereof with the Commission) the Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement and the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus prior to or in connection with its receipt of this Agreement. The Investor acknowledges that, prior to the delivery of this Agreement to the Company,
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the Investor will receive certain additional information regarding the offering of the Shares, including pricing information (the Offering Information). The Offering Information may be provided to the Investor by any means permitted under the Securities Act, including in the Prospectus Supplement (delivered to the Investor or made available to it by the filing of an electronic version thereof with the Commission), a free writing prospectus or oral communications.
(iii) Such Investor has had access to all the information as it deems necessary or appropriate in connection with its entry into this Agreement and its economic exposure to the Securities and has made its own investment decision regarding this Agreement and the Securities based on its own knowledge; and in evaluating the Securities and their suitability as an investment, the Investor has relied on its own investment judgment and to the extent it has deemed it necessary, it has sought advice from its own accounting, tax, legal and financial advisors. Such Investor understands that nothing in this Agreement or any other materials presented to the Investor in connection with the purchase and sale of the Securities constitutes legal, tax or investment advice. The Investor has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors as the Investor, in its sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with the Investors purchase of the Shares.
(iv) Such Investor has or has had access to all information that it believes is necessary, sufficient or appropriate in connection with its purchase of the Securities. Such Investor has made an independent decision to purchase the Securities based on the information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company and other information available to such Investor, which such Investor has determined is adequate for that purpose, and such Investor has not relied on any representation or warranty (in any form, whether written or oral) furnished by the Company or on its behalf in making that decision, other than the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 3.1 and the Prospectus Supplement.
(v) Such Investor acknowledges that the Company and the Companys officers, employees, agents and affiliates may possess non-public information not known to such Investor regarding or relating to the Company or the Securities. Such Investor acknowledges that the Company and its officers, employees and agents have not disclosed any non-public information to such Investor and such Investor has not requested and agrees that any such information need not be disclosed to it.
(d) Neither the Investor nor any of its officers or directors or any other person acting in a similar capacity or carrying out a similar function, is (i) a person named on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, the Foreign Sanctions Evaders List, the Sectoral Sanctions Identification List, or any other similar list of sanctioned persons administered by the U.S. Treasury Departments Office of Foreign Assets Control, or any similar list of sanctioned persons administered by the European Union or any individual European Union member state, including the United Kingdom (collectively, Sanctions Lists); (ii) directly or indirectly owned or controlled by, or acting on behalf of, one or more persons on a Sanctions List; (iii) organized, incorporated, established, located, resident or born in, or a citizen, national, or the government, including any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof, of, Russia, Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, the Crimea region of Ukraine, or any other country or territory embargoed or subject to substantial trade restrictions by the United States, the European Union or any individual European Union member state, including the United Kingdom; (iv) a Designated National as defined in the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515; or (v) a non-U.S. shell bank or providing banking services indirectly to a non-U.S. shell bank (collectively, a Prohibited Investor). To the extent required by applicable law, the Investor also represents that it maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance with sanctions administered by the United States, the European Union, or any individual European Union member state, including the United Kingdom, to the extent applicable to the Investor. The Investor further represents that the funds held by the Investor and used to purchase the Shares were legally derived and were not obtained, directly or indirectly, from a Prohibited Investor.
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(e) At the Closing, the Investor will have sufficient funds to pay the Subscription Amount and consummate the purchase and sale of the Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants, as the case may be, pursuant to this Agreement.
(f) The Investor hereby acknowledges that it is not acting as a member of a group (as such term is defined in Rule 13d of the Exchange Act) with any other investor in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares, other than a group consisting solely of Investor and its Affiliates.
(g) If the Investor is outside the United States, the Investor will comply with all applicable laws and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which it purchases, offers, sells or delivers the Shares or has in its possession or distributes any offering material, in all cases at its own expense.
(h) The Investor does not act on behalf of (i) any employee benefit plan that is subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), (ii) any plan or an individual retirement account or other arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), (iii) any entity whose underlying assets are considered to include plan assets of any such plan, account or arrangement described in clauses (i) and (ii) (each, an ERISA Plan), or (iv) any employee benefit plan that is a governmental plan (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA), a church plan (as defined in Section 3(33) of ERISA), a non-U.S. plan (as described in Section 4(b)(4) of ERISA) or other plan that is not subject to the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) but may be subject to provisions under any other federal, state, local, non-U.S., or other laws or regulations that are similar to such provisions of ERISA or the Code.
(i) Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such Investor has not, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Investor, directly or indirectly executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during the period commencing as of the time that such Investor first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any Person representing the Company setting forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Investor that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Investors assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Investors assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement or to such Investors representatives, including, without limitation, its officers, directors, partners, legal and other advisors, employees, agents and Affiliates, such Investor has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Further, such Investor shall not issue any press release or make any other public announcement relating to this Agreement unless (i) the content thereof is mutually agreed to by the Company and the Investor, or (ii) the Investor is advised by its counsel that such press release or public announcement is required by law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to locating or borrowing shares in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.
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The Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in this Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect such Investors right to rely on the Companys representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to locating or borrowing shares in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.
ARTICLE IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Shares and Warrant Shares. If at any time following the date hereof the Registration Statement (or any subsequent registration statement registering the sale or resale of the Warrant Shares) is not effective or is not otherwise available for the sale or resale of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall immediately notify the holders of the Warrants in writing that such registration statement is not then effective and thereafter shall promptly notify such holders when the registration statement is effective again and available for the sale or resale of the Warrant Shares (it being understood and agreed that the foregoing shall not limit the ability of the Company to issue, or any Investor to sell, any of the Warrant Shares in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). The Company shall use best efforts to keep a registration statement (including the Registration Statement) registering the issuance or resale of the Warrant Shares effective during the term of the Warrants.
4.2 Furnishing of Information. Until the earlier of the time that (i) no Investor owns Securities and (ii) the Common Warrants have expired, the Company covenants to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act unless the Company is not then subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.
4.1 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall (a) by the Disclosure Time, issue a press release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, (b) file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, with the Commission within the time required by the Exchange Act and (c) by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on May 6, 2024, issue a press release disclosing all material, non-public information delivered to any of the Investors by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, Affiliates or agents that has not previously been disclosed (the Disclosing Release). From and after the issuance of the Disclosing Release, the Company represents to the Investors that it shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to any of the Investors by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, Affiliates or agents and that no Investor nor any of its Affiliates or representatives shall be in possession of any material, non-public information received from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, Affiliates or agents. In addition, effective upon the issuance of the Disclosing Release, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, Affiliates or agents on the one hand, and any of the Investors or any of their Affiliates on the other hand, shall terminate and be of no further force or effect. The Company understands and confirms that each Investor shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. The Company and each Investor shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Investor shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of any Investor, or without the
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prior consent of each Investor, with respect to any press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Investor, or include the name of any Investor in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Investor, except (a) as required by federal securities law in connection with the filing of final Transaction Documents with the Commission and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Investors with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (b) and reasonably cooperate with such Investor regarding such disclosure.
4.2 Non-Public Information. Except with respect to the information which shall be disclosed pursuant to Section 4.1, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide any Investor or its agents or counsel with any information that constitutes, or the Company reasonably believes constitutes, material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Investor shall have consented in writing to the receipt of such information and agreed in writing with the Company to keep such information confidential. The Company understands and confirms that each Investor shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. To the extent that the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates delivers any material, non-public information to an Investor without such Investors consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that such Investor shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, Affiliates or agents or a duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, Affiliates or agents not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public information, provided that the Investor shall remain subject to applicable law. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company, the Company shall promptly with the delivery of such notice (or in any event no later than the Closing Date) make such material non-public information public in a widely disseminated fashion. The Company understands and confirms that each Investor shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.
4.3 Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement and shall not use such proceeds: (a) for the redemption of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, (b) for the settlement of any outstanding litigation or (c) in violation of FCPA or OFAC regulations.
4.4 Indemnification of Investors. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.6, the Company will indemnify and hold each Investor and its directors, officers, shareholders, 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 Investor (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders, 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 persons (each, an Investor 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 that any such Investor Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) 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 (b) any action instituted against the Investor Parties in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Investor Party, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is solely based upon a
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breach of such Investor Partys representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Investor Party may have with any such stockholder or any violations by such Investor Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Investor Party which is finally judicially determined to constitute fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct). If any action shall be brought against any Investor Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Investor Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Investor Party. Any Investor Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Investor Party except to the extent that (x) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (y) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (z) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Investor Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. The Company will not be liable to any Investor Party under this Agreement (1) for any settlement by an Investor Party effected without the Companys prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (2) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Investor Partys breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Investor Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents. The indemnification required by this Section 4.6 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or are incurred. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Investor Party against the Company or others and any liabilities the Company may be subject to pursuant to law.
4.5 Reservation of Common Stock. As of the date hereof, the Company has reserved and the Company shall continue to reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to issue the Warrant Shares pursuant to any exercise of the Warrants.
4.6 Listing of Common Stock. The Company hereby agrees to use best efforts to maintain the listing or quotation of the Common Stock on the Trading Market on which it is currently listed, and concurrently with the Closing, the Company shall apply to list or quote all of the Shares and Warrant Shares on such Trading Market and promptly secure the listing of all of the Shares and Warrant Shares on such Trading Market. The Company further agrees, if the Company applies to have the Common Stock traded on any other Trading Market, it will then include in such application all of the Shares and Warrant Shares, and will take such other action as is necessary to cause all of the Shares and Warrant Shares to be listed or quoted on such other Trading Market as promptly as possible. The Company will then take all action reasonably necessary to continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock on such Trading Market and will comply in all respects with the Companys reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of such Trading Market. The Company agrees to maintain the eligibility of the Common Stock for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation, including, without limitation, by timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust Company or such other established clearing corporation in connection with such electronic transfer.
4.7 Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Each Investor covenants that neither it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales, including Short Sales of any of the Companys securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending upon the issuance of the Disclosing Release. Each Investor covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.3, such Investor will maintain the
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confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) no Investor makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in effecting transactions in any securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.3, (ii) no Investor shall be restricted or prohibited from effecting any transactions in any securities of the Company in accordance with applicable securities laws from and after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.3 and (iii) no Investor shall have any duty of confidentiality or duty not to trade in the securities of the Company to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, Affiliates or agent after the issuance of the initial press release as described in Section 4.3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Investor that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Investors assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Investors assets, the covenant set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement.
4.8 Exercise Procedures. The form of Notice of Exercise included in the Warrants sets forth the totality of the procedures required of the Investors in order to exercise the Warrants. No additional legal opinion, other information or instructions shall be required of the Investors to exercise their Warrants. Without limiting the preceding sentences, no ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise form be required in order to exercise the Warrants. The Company shall honor exercises of the Warrants and shall deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in the Transaction Documents.
4.9 Reclassification. From the date hereof and through the Termination Date (as defined in the Common Warrants), the Company shall not affect any reclassification of the shares of Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the shares of Common Stock are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (other than as a result of a subdivision or combination of shares of Common Stock covered by Section 9(a) of the Common Warrants).
4.10 Equal Treatment of Investors. No consideration (including any modification of the Transaction Documents) shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents. For clarification purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Investor by the Company and negotiated separately by each Investor, and is intended for the Company to treat the Investors as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the Investors acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.
ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by any Investor, as to such Investors obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Investors, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before the fifth (5th) Trading Day following the date hereof; provided, however, that no such termination will affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by any other party (or parties).
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5.2 Fees and Expenses. Each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees (including, without limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company and any exercise notice delivered by an Investor), stamp taxes and other similar taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the Investors.
5.3 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
5.4 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 time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via email attachment at the email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto at or prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via email attachment at the email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service 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 set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.
5.5 Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed by the Company and Investors holding at least a majority of the Shares and Warrant Shares then held by all Investors (or such Investors successors or assigns pursuant to this Agreement) (or, prior to the Closing, the Company and each Investor), provided that if any amendment, modification or waiver disproportionately and adversely impacts an Investor (or group of Investors), the consent of such disproportionately impacted Investor (or group of Investors) shall also be required. 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 any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right. Any amendment effected in accordance with this Section 5.5 shall be binding upon each Investor and holder of Securities and the Company.
5.6 Headings. 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.
5.7 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Investor (other than by merger). Any Investor may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Investor assigns or transfers any Securities, provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the Investors.
5.8 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 as otherwise set forth in Section 4.6.
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5.9 Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents 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 legal 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, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection 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 court, that such Proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such Proceeding. Each party 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 other manner permitted by law. If any party shall commence a Proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then, in addition to the obligations of the Company under Section 4.6, the prevailing party in such Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the non-prevailing party for its reasonable attorneys fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such Proceeding.
5.10 Survival. The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Securities.
5.11 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 each other party, it being understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by e-mail delivery (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method, such signature shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and 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 .pdf signature page were an original thereof.
5.12 Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
5.13 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 (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.
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5.14 Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Investors 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 contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and not to assert in any Proceeding for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
5.15 Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.
5.16 Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel have reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments thereto. In addition, each and every reference to share prices and shares of Common Stock in any Transaction Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement.
5.17 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.
5.18 Independent Nature of Investors Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Investor under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Investor, and no Investor shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Investor under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Investor pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Investors as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Investors 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 Investor 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 Investor to be joined as an additional party in any Proceeding for such purpose. Each Investor has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. The Company has elected to provide all Investors with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any of the Investors. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement and in each other Transaction Document is between the Company and an Investor, solely, and not between the Company and the Investors collectively and not between and among the Investors.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
CORVUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | Address for Notice: | |||||||
863 Mitten Road, Suite 102 | ||||||||
Burlingame, CA 94010 | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Leiv Lea | |||||||
Name: Leiv Lea | E-Mail: [***] | |||||||
Title: CFO | ||||||||
With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Latham & Watkins LLP 140 Scott Drive | ||||||||
Menlo Park, CA 94024 Attn: Phillip Stoup |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Investor: Point72 Associates, LLC
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investor: /s/ Jason Colombo
Name of Authorized Signatory: Jason Colombo
Title of Authorized Signatory: Authorized Signatory
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: [***]
Address for Notice to Investor: 72 Cummings Point Road, Stamford, CT 06902
Address for Delivery of Warrants to Investor (if not same as address for notice): 4 Chase Metrotech Ctr, Floor 03, Brooklyn, NY ###-###-####, United States, Attn: Anthony Collette, ph: [***]
Subscription Amount: $14,999,730
Shares: 5,964,510
Subscription Amount for Shares: $10,325,760
Pre-Funded Warrants: 2,700,000
Subscription Amount for Pre-Funded Warrants: $4,673,970
Common Warrants: 8,386,102
EIN Number: [***]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Investor: Samlyn Onshore Fund, LP
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investor: /s/ Michael Barry
Name of Authorized Signatory: Michael Barry
Title of Authorized Signatory: Authorized Signatory
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: [***]
Address for Notice to Investor:
c/o Samlyn Capital, LLC
500 Park Avenue, Floor 2
New York, NY 10022
Address for Delivery of Warrants to Investor (if not same as address for notice):
Subscription Amount:
Shares: 658,463
Subscription Amount for Shares: $1,139,931.15
Pre-Funded Warrants:
Subscription Amount for Pre-Funded Warrants: $
Common Warrants: 637,305
EIN Number: [***]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Investor: Samlyn Offshore Master Fund, Ltd.
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investor: /s/ Michael Barry
Name of Authorized Signatory: Michael Barry
Title of Authorized Signatory: Authorized Signatory
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: [***]
Address for Notice to Investor:
c/o Samlyn Capital, LLC
500 Park Avenue, Floor 2
New York, NY 10022
Address for Delivery of Warrants to Investor (if not same as address for notice):
Subscription Amount:
Shares: 1,472,485
Subscription Amount for Shares: $2,549,166.04
Pre-Funded Warrants:
Subscription Amount for Pre-Funded Warrants: $
Common Warrants: 1,425,171
EIN Number: [***]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Investor: Samlyn Net Neutral Master Fund, Ltd.
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investor: /s/ Michael Barry
Name of Authorized Signatory: Michael Barry
Title of Authorized Signatory: Authorized Signatory
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: [***]
Address for Notice to Investor:
c/o Samlyn Capital, LLC
500 Park Avenue, Floor 2
New York, NY 10022
Address for Delivery of Warrants to Investor (if not same as address for notice):
Subscription Amount:
Shares: 1,424,272
Subscription Amount for Shares: $2,465,699.69
Pre-Funded Warrants:
Subscription Amount for Pre-Funded Warrants: $
Common Warrants: 1,378,508
EIN Number: [***]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Investor: Samlyn Long Alpha Master Fund, Ltd.
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investor: /s/ Michael Barry
Name of Authorized Signatory: Michael Barry
Title of Authorized Signatory: Authorized Signatory
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: [***]
Address for Notice to Investor:
c/o Samlyn Capital, LLC
500 Park Avenue, Floor 2
New York, NY 10022
Address for Delivery of Warrants to Investor (if not same as address for notice):
Subscription Amount:
Shares: 199,401
Subscription Amount for Shares: $345,203.02
Pre-Funded Warrants:
Subscription Amount for Pre-Funded Warrants: $
Common Warrants: 192,994
EIN Number: [***]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd.
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: /s/ Steven Boyd
Name of Authorized Signatory: Steven Boyd
Title of Authorized Signatory: CIO of Armistice Capital, LLC, the Investment Manager
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: [***]
Address for Notice to Purchaser:
c/o Armistice Capital, LLC
510 Madison Avenue, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Address for Delivery of Securities to Purchaser (if not same as address for notice):
c/o Armistice Capital, LLC
Attention: Ying Wu
510 Madison Avenue, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Subscription Amount: $3,000,000.00
Shares: 1,732,902
Pre-Funded Warrants:
Beneficial Ownership Blocker ☐ 4.99% or ☒ 9.99%
Common Warrants: 1,677,220
Beneficial Ownership Blocker ☒ 4.99% or ☐ 9.99%
EIN Number: [***]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Investor: Weisbrod Family Office Management Company
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investor: /s/ Stuart Weisbrod
Name of Authorized Signatory: Stuart Weisbrod
Title of Authorized Signatory: Chief Investment Officer
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: [***]
Address for Notice to Investor: [***]
Address for Delivery of Warrants to Investor (if not same as address for notice): [***]
Subscription Amount: $432,800
Shares: 250,000
Subscription Amount for Shares: $432,800
Pre-Funded Warrants:
Subscription Amount for Pre-Funded Warrants: $
Common Warrants: 241,967
EIN Number: [***]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Investor: William B. Jones
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investor: /s/ William B. Jones
Name of Authorized Signatory: William B. Jones
Title of Authorized Signatory: William B. Jones
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: [***]
Address for Notice to Investor: [***]
Address for Delivery of Warrants to Investor (if not same as address for notice):
Same as address for notice
Subscription Amount: $34,624
Shares: 20,001
Subscription Amount for Shares: $34,624
Pre-Funded Warrants:
Subscription Amount for Pre-Funded Warrants: $
Common Warrants: 19,358
EIN Number: XXXX
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
ORBIMED PRIVATE INVESTMENTS V, LP
By: OrbiMed Capital GP V LLC,
its General Partner
By: OrbiMed Advisors LLC,
its Managing Member
By: | /s/ Peter Thompson | |
Name: Peter Thompson | ||
Title: Member |
Notice Address:
ATTN: General Counsel
601 Lexington Avenue, 54th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Phone: +1 ###-###-####
Email: ***@***
Subscription Amount: $2,499,855.59
Shares:
Subscription Amount for Shares:
Pre-Funded Warrants: 1,444,085
Subscription Amount for Pre-Funded Warrants: $2,499,855.59
Common Warrants: 1,397,684
EIN Number: [***]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Investor: Altamont Pharmaceutical Holdings, LLC
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investor: /s/ Mark Pearson
Name of Authorized Signatory: Mark Pearson
Title of Authorized Signatory: Chief Executive Officer
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: [***]
Address for Notice to Investor: | 5960 Berkshire Ln, Floor 6 |
Dallas, TX 75225 |
Address for Delivery of Warrants to Investor (if not same as address for notice):
Subscription Amount: $600,000.00
Shares: 346,580
Subscription Amount for Shares: $600,000.00
Pre-Funded Warrants:
Subscription Amount for Pre-Funded Warrants: $
Common Warrants: 335,444
EIN Number: [***]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Investor: Puissance Capital Management
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investor: /s/ Ted Wang
Name of Authorized Signatory: Ted Wang
Title of Authorized Signatory: CEO
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: [***]
Address for Notice to Investor: [***]
Address for Delivery of Warrants to Investor (if not same as address for notice):
Same
Subscription Amount: $1,500,000
Shares: 866,451
Subscription Amount for Shares: $1,500,000
Common Warrants: 838,610
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Investor: Richard Miller
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investor: /s/ Richard Miller
Name of Authorized Signatory: Richard Miller
Title of Authorized Signatory: Investor
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: [***]
Address for Notice to Investor: [***]
Address for Delivery of Warrants to Investor (if not same as address for notice):
Same as notice
Subscription Amount: $1,000,000
Shares: 577,634
Subscription Amount for Shares: $1,000,000
Pre-Funded Warrants:
Subscription Amount for Pre-Funded Warrants: $
Common Warrants: 559,073
EIN Number: None
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EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF COMMON WARRANT
[Attached.]
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EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF PRE-FUNDED WARRANT
[Attached.]