DELCATH SYSTEMS, INC. [-] Units UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

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Exhibit 1.1

DELCATH SYSTEMS, INC.

[-] Units

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

June [-], 2015

Roth Capital Partners, LLC

888 San Clemente Drive

Newport Beach, CA 92660

Ladies and Gentlemen:

1. INTRODUCTORY. Delcath Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to sell, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, to you (the “Underwriter”) an aggregate of [-] units (the “Units”), consisting of (i) [-] shares (the “Stock”) of common stock, $0.01 par value of the Company (the “Common Stock”), (ii) [-] Series A warrants to purchase [-] additional shares of Common Stock (the “Series A Warrants”), and (iii) [-] Series B warrants to purchase [-] additional shares of Common Stock and [-] additional Series A Warrants to purchase [-] additional shares of Common Stock (the “Series B Warrants”). The Series A Warrants, including the Series A Warrants issuable upon exercise of the Series B Warrants, and the Series B Warrants are collectively referred to as the “Warrants.” The shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants are collectively referred to as the “Warrants Shares.” The Stock, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares are collectively referred to as the “Securities.” The terms of the Series A Warrants and Series B Warrants are set forth in the form of Series A Warrant and Series B Warrant, respectively, attached as Exhibit A and Exhibit B hereto.

2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The Company represents and warrants to the Underwriter, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (as defined below), and agrees with the Underwriter, that:

(a) Filing of Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the published rules and regulations thereunder (the “Rules and Regulations”) adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), a registration statement, including a prospectus, covering the Securities on Form S-1 (File No. 333-204979), and such amendments to such registration statement (including post effective amendments) as may have been required to the date of this Agreement. Such registration statement, as amended (including any post effective amendments), has been declared effective by the Commission. Such registration statement, including amendments thereto (including post effective amendments thereto) at the time of effectiveness thereof (the “Effective Time”), the exhibits and any schedules thereto at the Effective Time or thereafter during the period of effectiveness and the documents and information otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by the Securities Act or otherwise pursuant to the Rules and Regulations at the Effective Time or thereafter during the period of effectiveness, is herein called the “Registration Statement.” If the Company has filed or files an abbreviated registration statement to register additional Securities pursuant to Rule 462(b)


under the Rules and Regulation (the “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall also be deemed to include such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. Any preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act is hereinafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus.” The Preliminary Prospectus relating to the Securities that was included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the pricing of the offering contemplated hereby is hereinafter called the “Pricing Prospectus.”

The Company shall file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act a final prospectus relating to the Securities, which includes the information permitted to be omitted therefrom at the Effective Time by Rule 430A under the Securities Act, and such final prospectus, as filed, is hereinafter called the “Final Prospectus.” The Final Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus in the form in which they were included in the Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act is hereinafter called a “Prospectus.”

For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”). All references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the subsequent filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and which is deemed to be incorporated therein by reference.

(b) Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Certain Defined Terms.

 

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At each time of effectiveness, at the date hereof and at the Closing Date, the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto complied or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Disclosure Package (as defined in Section 1(b)(iii)(A)(1) below) as of the date hereof and at the Closing Date, any roadshow or investor presentations delivered to and approved by the Underwriter for use in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities as of the time of their use and at the Closing Date, and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, as of its date, at the time of filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act and at the Closing Date did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The representations and warranties set forth in the two immediately preceding sentences shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or any Prospectus in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter specifically for use in the preparation thereof, which information

 

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  the parties hereto agree is limited to the Underwriter’s Information (as defined in Section 17 hereof). The Registration Statement contains all exhibits and schedules required to be filed by the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations. No order preventing or suspending the effectiveness or use of the Registration Statement or any Prospectus is in effect and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission.

 

  ii. The Company has not distributed any prospectus or other offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Disclosure Package.

 

  iii. (A) The Company has provided a copy to the Underwriter of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) used in the sale of the Securities. The Company has filed all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses required to be so filed with the Commission, and no order preventing or suspending the effectiveness or use of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is in effect and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission. When taken together with the rest of the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, since its first use and at all relevant times since then, no Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has, does or will include (1) any untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (2) information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus. The representations and warranties set forth in the immediately preceding sentence shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter specifically for use in the preparation thereof. As used in this paragraph and elsewhere in this Agreement:

(1) “Disclosure Package” means the Pricing Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and the pricing information set forth on Schedule II.

(2) “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations relating to the Securities in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) of the Rules and Regulations.

(3) “Time of Sale” means [-] [a/p.]m., New York city time, on the date of this Agreement.

(B) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus satisfied, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below in Section 1(c)), all other conditions as may be applicable to its use as set forth in Rules 164 and 433 of the Rules and Regulations, including any legend, record-keeping or other requirements.

 

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(c) Contents of Registration Statement. The Registration Statement complied when it became effective, complies as of the date hereof and, as amended or supplemented, at the Time of Sale and at all times during which a prospectus is required by the Securities Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Securities (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), will comply, in all material respects, with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations; the Registration Statement did not, as of the Effective Time, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, provided, that the Company makes no representation or warranty in this Section 2(c) with respect to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Underwriter’s Information.

(d) Contents of Prospectus. The Final Prospectus will comply, as of the date that it is filed with the Commission, the date of its delivery to prospective purchasers and at all times during the Prospectus Delivery Period, in all material respects, with the requirements of the Securities Act; at no time during the period that begins on the date the Final Prospectus is filed with the Commission and ends at the end of the Prospectus Delivery Period will the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, provided, that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to statements in or omissions from the Prospectus in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Underwriter’s Information.

(e) Incorporated Documents. Each of the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, at the time such document was filed with the Commission or at the time such document became effective, as applicable, complied, in all material respects, with the requirements of the Exchange Act, were filed on a timely basis with the Commission and did not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(f) Disclosure Package. The Disclosure Package, as of the Time of Sale, did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, that the Company makes no representations or warranty in this Section 2(f) with respect to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Underwriter’s Information.

 

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(g) Distributed Materials; Conflict with Registration Statement. Other than each Prospectus, the Company has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not make, use, prepare, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Schedule I hereto and other written communications approved in advance by the Underwriter.

(h) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if any, conformed or will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations on the date of first use, and the Company has complied or will comply with any filing requirements applicable to such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to the Rules and Regulations. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if any, when considered together with the Disclosure Package, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the Prospectus Delivery Period did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified; or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at the subsequent time, not misleading; provided, that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Underwriter’s Information.

(i) Not an Ineligible Issuer. (1) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Securities and (2) at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 (“Rule 405”) under the Securities Act.

(j) Due Incorporation. The Company and each Subsidiary (defined below) has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, with the corporate power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as currently being conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus and the Disclosure Package. The Company and each Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other legal entity in each other jurisdiction in which its ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing or have such power or authority (i) would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect upon, the general affairs, business, operations, prospects, properties, financial condition, or results of operations of the Company, taken as a whole, or (ii) impair in any material respect the power or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate any transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the issuance and sale of the Securities (any such effect as described in clauses (i) or (ii), a “Material Adverse Effect”).

 

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(k) Subsidiaries. The Company has no subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act) other than those entities listed on Schedule V hereto (each a “Subsidiary” and collectively, the “Subsidiaries”). The Company, directly or indirectly, owns all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary and, except as otherwise described in the Disclosure Package, does not own any beneficial interest, directly or indirectly, in any other corporation, partnership, joint venture or other business entity.

(l) Due Authorization and Enforceability. The Company has the full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the Warrants and to perform and discharge its obligations hereunder and thereunder; and this Agreement and the Warrants have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and each constitutes the valid, legal and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as rights to indemnity hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws and except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and subject to general principles of equity.

(m) The Stock. The issuance of the Stock has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and when issued, delivered and paid for in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will have been duly and validly issued and will be fully paid and nonassessable, will not be subject to any statutory or contractual preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or purchase or acquire any shares of Common Stock of the Company, which have not been waived or complied with and will conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and such description conforms in all material respects to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same. The Warrant Shares have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance pursuant to the terms of the Warrants, and when issued by the Company upon valid exercise of the Warrants and payment of the exercise price, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of any preemptive or similar rights and will conform to the description thereof and contained in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

(n) Capitalization. The information set forth under the caption “Capitalization” in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus is fairly presented on a basis consistent with the Company’s financial statements. The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to legal matters to the description thereof contained in the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Capital Stock” and “Description of the Securities We Are Offering” and in the Disclosure Package. The issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable, and have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws. None of the outstanding shares of Common Stock was issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase or acquire any securities of the Company. There are no authorized or outstanding shares of capital stock, options, warrants, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase, or equity or debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for, any capital stock of the Company other than those described in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package, and the Final Prospectus. The description of the Company’s stock option, stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, and the options or other rights granted thereunder, as described in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package, and the Final Prospectus, accurately and fairly present the information required to be shown with respect to such plans, arrangements, options and rights.

 

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(o) No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the Warrants and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and thereby including the issuance and sale by the Company of the Securities, will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under (nor constitute any event which with notice, lapse of time or both would result in any breach or violation of or constitute a default under), give rise to any right of termination or other right or the cancellation or acceleration of any right or obligation or loss of a benefit under, or give rise to the creation or imposition of any lien, encumbrance, security interest, claim or charge upon any property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them or any of their respective properties may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any Subsidiary, or (iii) result in any violation of any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their properties or assets.

(p) No Consents Required. No approval, authorization, consent or order of or filing, qualification or registration with, any court or governmental agency or body, foreign or domestic, which has not been made, obtained or taken and is not in full force and effect, is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the Warrants by the Company, the issuance and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than (i) as may be required under the Securities Act, (ii) any necessary qualification of the Securities under the securities or blue sky laws of the various jurisdictions in which the Securities are being offered, (iii) under the rules and regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) or (iv) the NASDAQ Capital Market in connection with the distribution of the Securities.

(q) Preemptive Rights. Except as otherwise described in the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, there are no preemptive rights or other rights (other than rights which have been waived in writing in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise satisfied) to subscribe for or to purchase any shares of Common Stock or shares of any other capital stock or other equity interests of the Company, or any agreement or arrangement between the Company and any of the Company’s stockholders, or to the Company’s knowledge, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders, which grant special rights with respect to any shares of the Company’s capital stock or which in any way affect any stockholder’s ability or right freely to alienate or vote such shares.

(r) Registration Rights. Except as otherwise described in the Registration Statement, Final Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right (other than rights which have been waived in writing in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise satisfied) to require the Company to register any securities with the Commission.

 

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(s) Lock-Up Agreements. The Company has received copies of the executed Lock-Up Agreements, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto (the “Lock-Up Agreements”) executed by each person listed on Schedule III hereto, and such Lock-Up Agreements shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date.

(t) Independent Accountants. Each of Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y LLP”), whose reports on the consolidated financial statements of the Company are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, and Grant Thornton LLP (“GT LLP”) is (A) an independent public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act, (B) a registered public accounting firm (as defined in Section 2(a)(12) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”)), and (C) to the Company’s knowledge, not in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

(u) Financial Statements. The financial statements of the Company, together with the related schedules and notes thereto, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, Final Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and present fairly in all material respects (i) the financial condition of the Company as of the dates indicated and (ii) the consolidated results of operations, stockholders’ equity and changes in cash flows of the Company for the periods therein specified; and such financial statements and related schedules and notes thereto have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise stated therein and subject, in the case of unaudited financial statements, to the absence of footnotes and normal year-end adjustments). There are no other financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus or the Disclosure Package; and all disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, to the extent applicable, and present fairly the information shown therein and the Company’s basis for using such measures.

(v) Absence of Material Changes. Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, and except as may be otherwise stated or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, there has not been (i) any Material Adverse Effect, (ii) any transaction which is material to the Company or any Subsidiary, (iii) any obligation, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations), incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary, which is material to the Company, (iv) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made on the capital stock of the Company, (v) any change in the capital stock (other than a change in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock due to the issuance of shares upon the exercise of outstanding options or warrants or the conversion of convertible indebtedness), or material change in the short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than upon conversion of convertible indebtedness) or any issuance of options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights to purchase the capital stock (other than grants of stock options under the Company’s stock option plans existing on the date hereof) of the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

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(w) Legal Proceedings. There are no legal or governmental actions, suits, claims or proceedings pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened or contemplated to which the Company or any Subsidiary is or would be a party or of which any of their respective properties is or would be subject at law or in equity, before or by any federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority or agency, or before or by any self-regulatory organization or other non-governmental regulatory authority (including, without limitation, the Food and Drug Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (the “FDA”)) which are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus and are not so described therein, or which, singularly or in the aggregate, if resolved adversely to the Company or any Subsidiary, would reasonably be likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect or prevent or materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

(x) No Violation. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in breach or violation of or in default (nor has any event occurred which with notice, lapse of time or both would result in any breach or violation of, or constitute a default) (i) under the provisions of its charter or bylaws (or analogous governing instrument, as applicable) or (ii) in the performance or observance of any term, covenant, obligation, agreement or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan or credit agreement or other evidence of indebtedness, or any license, lease, contract or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound or affected, or (iii) in the performance or observance of any statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any Subsidiary or any of its properties, as applicable (including, without limitation, those administered by the FDA or by any foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA), except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) above, to the extent any such contravention has been waived or would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(y) Permits. The Company and each Subsidiary has made all filings, applications and submissions required by, and owns or possesses all approvals, licenses, certificates, certifications, clearances, consents, exemptions, marks, notifications, orders, permits and other authorizations issued by, the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities (including, without limitation, the FDA, and any other foreign, federal state or local government or regulatory authorities performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA) necessary to conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (collectively, “Permits”), except for such Permits which the failure to obtain would not have a Material Adverse Effect (the “Immaterial Permits”), and is in compliance in all material respects with the terms and conditions of all such Permits other than the Immaterial Permits (the “Required Permits”). All such Required Permits held by the Company or any Subsidiary are valid and in full force and effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of any proceedings relating to revocation or modification of, any such Required Permit, which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect.

(z) Not an Investment Company. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is or, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, will be (i) required to register as

 

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an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or (ii) a “business development company” (as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the Investment Company Act).

(aa) No Price Stabilization. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s officers, directors, affiliates or controlling persons has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might be reasonably expected to cause or result in, or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(bb) Good Title to Property. The Company and each Subsidiary has good and marketable title to all property (whether real or personal) described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus as being owned by it, in each case free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests, other encumbrances or defects (collectively, “Liens”), except such as are described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and those that would not, individually or in the aggregate materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any Subsidiary. All of the property described in Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus as being held under lease by the Company or any Subsidiary is held thereby under leases that are in full force and effect.

(cc) Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and each Subsidiary owns or possesses the right to use all patents, trademarks, trademark registrations, service marks, service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, software, databases, know-how, Internet domain names, trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures, and other intellectual property (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary to carry on their respective businesses as currently conducted, and as proposed to be conducted and described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is aware of any claim to the contrary or any challenge by any other person to the rights of the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the foregoing except for those that could not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Intellectual Property licenses described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus are, to the knowledge of the Company, valid, binding upon, and enforceable by or against the parties thereto in accordance to their terms. The Company and each Subsidiary has complied in all material respects with, and is not in breach nor has received any asserted or threatened claim of breach of, any Intellectual Property license, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has knowledge of any breach or anticipated breach by any other person to any Intellectual Property license. The Company’s and each Subsidiary’s businesses as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, to the knowledge of the Company, do not and will not infringe or conflict with any patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, licenses or other Intellectual Property or franchise right of any person. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received notice of any material claim against the Company or any Subsidiary alleging the infringement by the Company or any Subsidiary of any patent, trademark, service mark, trade name, copyright, trade secret, license in or other intellectual property right or franchise right of any person. The Company and each Subsidiary has taken all reasonable steps to protect, maintain and safeguard its rights in all Intellectual Property, including the execution of appropriate

 

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intellectual property assignment, nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements, and no current or former employee or contractor is in violation of any such agreement or has retained any rights in such Intellectual Property. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not result in the loss or impairment of or payment of any additional amounts with respect to, nor require the consent of any other person in respect of, the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s right to own, use, or hold for use any of the Intellectual Property as owned, used or held for use in the conduct of the businesses as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has entered into any agreement to indemnify any third party against a claim of intellectual property infringement. The Company and each Subsidiary has duly and properly filed or caused to be filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the “PTO”) and applicable foreign and international patent authorities all patent applications owned by the Company or any Subsidiary (collectively, the “Company Patent Applications”). To the knowledge of the Company, the Company each Subsidiary has complied with the PTO’s duty of candor and disclosure for the Company Patent Applications and has made no material misrepresentation in the Company Patent Applications. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is aware of any information material to a determination of patentability regarding the Company Patent Applications not called to the attention of the PTO or similar foreign authority. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is aware of any information not called to the attention of the PTO or similar foreign authority that would preclude the grant of a patent for the Company Patent Applications. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has knowledge of any information that would preclude the Company or any Subsidiary, as applicable, from having clear title to the Company Patent Applications. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has used any open source software in any Company product. The Company and each Subsidiary is in compliance with all relevant local, state, federal, and foreign laws related to the collection, storage and distribution of personally identifiable information and with all Company and any Subsidiary privacy policies and all applicable agreements. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not violate any Company or any Subsidiary privacy obligations nor require the Company or any Subsidiary to provide any notice to, or seek any consent from, any employee, customer, supplier, service provide or other third party.

(dd) No Labor Disputes. No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary exists, or, to the Company’s knowledge, is threatened or imminent, which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is aware that any key employee or significant group of employees of the Company or any Subsidiary plans to terminate employment with the Company or any Subsidiary. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has engaged in any unfair labor practice; except for matters which would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is (A) no unfair labor practice complaint pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary before the National Labor Relations Board, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under collective bargaining agreements is pending or to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, (B) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company and (C) no union representation dispute currently existing concerning the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary and (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, (A) no union organizing activities are currently taking place concerning the employees of the Company and (B) there has been no violation of any federal, state, local or foreign law relating to discrimination in the hiring, promotion or pay of employees, any applicable wage or hour laws or any provision of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder concerning the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

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(ee) Taxes. The Company and each Subsidiary has (i) timely filed all necessary federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns (or timely filed applicable extensions therefore) that have been required to be filed and (ii) is not in default in the payment of any taxes which were payable pursuant to said returns or any assessments with respect thereto, other than any which the Company or any Subsidiary is contesting in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided and reflected in the Company’s financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any tax deficiency that has been or, to the knowledge of the Company, is reasonably likely to be asserted or threatened against it that would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(ff) ERISA. The Company and each Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with all presently applicable provisions of ERISA; no “reportable event” (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to any “pension plan” (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company or any Subsidiary would have any liability; neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has incurred and does not expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “pension plan” or (ii) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the “Code”); and each “pension plan” for which the Company or any Subsidiary would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.

(gg) Compliance with Environmental Laws. The Company and each Subsidiary (i) is in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, orders, rules, regulations, directives, decrees and judgments relating to the use, treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous or toxic substances or waste and protection of human health and safety or the environment which are applicable to their businesses (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) has received and is in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct its business; and (iii) is in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. There are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which would, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(hh) Insurance. The Company and each Subsidiary maintains or is covered by insurance provided by recognized, financially sound and reputable institutions with insurance policies in such amounts and covering such risks as is adequate for the conduct of its business and the value of its properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries. All such insurance is fully in force on the date hereof and will be fully in

 

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force as of the Closing Date. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has 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 have a Material Adverse Effect.

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

(jj) Disclosure Controls. The Company and each Subsidiary has established, maintains and evaluates “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act), which (i) are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company is made known to the Company’s and any Subsidiary’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer by others within those entities, (ii) have been evaluated for effectiveness as of the end of the last fiscal period covered by the Registration Statement; and (iii) such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in all material respects to perform the functions for which they were established. There are no significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial data to management and the Board of Directors of the Company. The Company is not aware of any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a role in the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s internal controls; and since the date of the most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures, there have been no significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

(kk) Contracts; Off-Balance Sheet Interests. There is no document, contract, permit or instrument, or off-balance sheet transaction (including without limitation, any “variable interests” in “variable interest entities,” as such terms are defined in Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46) of a character required by the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or document incorporated by reference therein, which is not described or filed as required. The contracts described in the immediately preceding sentence to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company or such Subsidiary, constitute valid and binding agreements of the Company or such Subsidiary, are enforceable against and by the Company or such Subsidiary in accordance with the terms thereof and are in full force and effect on the date hereof.

(ll) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company on the one hand and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of their affiliates on the other hand, which is required to be described in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or a document incorporated by reference therein and which has not been so described.

 

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(mm) Brokers Fees. There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or the Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities.

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

(oo) NASDAQ; Exchange Act Registration. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) and/or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or reasonably likely to have the effect of, termination the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting the Common Stock from the NASDAQ Capital Market, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or the NASDAQ Capital Market is contemplating terminating such registration or listing. The Company has complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the NASDAQ Capital Market for maintenance of inclusion of the Common Stock thereon. The Company will file a notification of the listing of the Stock and the Warrant Shares on the NASDAQ Capital Market.

(pp) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company, each Subsidiary, and to the Company’s knowledge, all of the Company’s and each Subsidiary’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable effective provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and any related rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission. Each of the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the Company (or each former principal executive officer of the Company and each former principal financial officer of the Company as applicable) has made all certifications required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act with respect to all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the Commission. For purposes of the preceding sentence, “principal executive officer” and “principal financial officer” shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

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

 

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(rr) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company, any Subsidiary, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, including without limitation any director, officer, agent or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary, has, directly or indirectly, while acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary (i) used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity or failed to disclose fully any contribution in violation of law, (ii) made any payment to any federal or state governmental officer or official, or other person charged with similar public or quasi-public duties, other than payments required or permitted by the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction thereof, (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.

(ss) Statistical or Market-Related Data. Any statistical, industry-related and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus or the Disclosure Package are based on or derived from sources that the Company reasonably and in good faith believes to be reliable and accurate, and such data agree with the sources from which they are derived.

(tt) Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and each Subsidiary are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending, or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary.

(uu) OFAC. Neither the Company, the Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, 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”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any affiliate, joint venture partner or other person or entity, which, to the Company’s knowledge, will use such proceeds for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

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

 

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

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

(yy) Exchange Act Requirements. The Company has filed in a timely manner all reports required to be filed pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(e), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (except to the extent that Section 15(d) requires reports to be filed pursuant to Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Exchange Act, which shall be governed by the next clause of this sentence); and the Company has filed in a timely manner all reports required to be filed pursuant to Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Exchange Act since January 1, 2012, except where the failure to timely file could not reasonably be expected individually or in the aggregate to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(zz) Trading Market. No approval of the shareholders of the Company under the rules and regulations of any trading market (including Rule 5635 of the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules) is required for the Company to issue and deliver the Securities to prospective purchasers.

(aaa) Form S-1. The conditions for the use of Form S-1 to register the offering and sale of the Securities under the Securities Act, as set forth in the general instructions to such form, have been satisfied.

(bbb) Regulatory Compliance.

 

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The clinical, pre-clinical and other studies and tests conducted by or on behalf of or sponsored by the Company or any Subsidiary or in which the Company or any Subsidiary or products or product candidates have participated that are described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus were and, if still pending, are being conducted in accordance in all material respects with all applicable federal, state or foreign statutes, laws, rules and regulations, as applicable (including, without limitation, those administered by the FDA or by any foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA and current Good Laboratory and Good Clinical Practices) and in accordance in all material respects with experimental protocols, procedures and controls pursuant to, where applicable, accepted professional and scientific standards. The descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus and the Disclosure Package of the results of such studies, tests and trials are accurate and complete in all material respects and fairly present the published data derived from such studies, tests and trials. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notices or other correspondence from the FDA or any other foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority performing functions similar to those

 

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  performed by the FDA with respect to any ongoing clinical or pre-clinical studies or tests requiring the termination, suspension or material modification of such studies, tests or preclinical or clinical trials, which termination, suspension or material modification would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s knowledge, no filing or submission to the FDA or any other federal, state or foreign regulatory body, that is intended to be the basis for any approval, contains any material misstatement or omission. The Company and each Subsidiary is in compliance with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, regulations, orders and decrees governing their business as prescribed by the FDA, or any other federal, state or foreign agencies or bodies, including those bodies and agencies engaged in the regulation of pharmaceuticals or biohazardous substances or materials, except where noncompliance would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  b. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any written notice or other communication from the FDA or any other foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA regarding non-compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (“FDCA”) and applicable FDA regulations or similar laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, or regulations of any other foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, including, but not limited to, any regulatory or warning letter, untitled letter, adverse inspection finding, finding of deficiency, any other compliance or enforcement action. To the Company’s knowledge, there has not been any non-compliance with or violation of any statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, judgment, injunction, writ, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their properties, as applicable (including, without limitation, the Public Health Service Act, the FDCA and those administered by the FDA or by any foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA), that could reasonably be expected to require the issuance of any such communication, or an investigation, corrective action or enforcement action by the FDA or similar governmental or regulatory authorities. To the Company’s knowledge, no review or investigation by governmental or regulatory authorities is pending and no such review or investigation has been threatened.

 

  c. Neither the Company, any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents has been convicted of any crime or has been the subject of an FDA debarment proceeding. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has been nor is now subject to FDA’s Applications Integrity Policy. To the Company’s knowledge, neither the Company, any Subsidiary nor any of its directors, officers, employees or agents, has made, or caused the making of, any false statements on, or material omissions from, any applications, approvals, reports or other submissions to the FDA or any other governmental or regulatory authority, or made any false statements on, or material omissions from, any other records or documentation prepared or maintained to comply with the requirements of the FDA or any other governmental or regulatory authority.

 

  d. Neither the Company, any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents, have with respect to each of the following statutes, or regulations promulgated thereto: (i) engaged in activities under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1320a-7 or 1395nn; (ii) knowingly engaged in any activities under 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a or the Federal False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729; or (iii) knowingly and willfully engaged in any activities under 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b, which are, as applicable, prohibited, cause for civil penalties, or mandatory or permissive exclusion from Medicare, Medicaid, or any other State Health Care Program or Federal Health Care Program.

 

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Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Underwriter or to counsel for the Underwriter in connection with the Offering shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.

3. PURCHASE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF OFFERED SECURITIES. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Company the number of Units set forth opposite the name of the Underwriter on Schedule IV hereto.

The purchase price per Unit to be paid by the Underwriter to the Company for the combination of Stock, Series A Warrants, and Series B Warrants will be $[-] per Unit (the “Purchase Price”).

The Company will deliver to the Underwriter, (i) the Stock through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company and (ii) the Warrants in physical, certificated form, in each such case, issued in such names and in such denominations as the Underwriter may direct by notice in writing to the Company given at or prior to 12:00 Noon, New York time, on the second (2nd) full business day preceding the Closing Date against payment of the aggregate Purchase Price therefor by wire transfer in federal (same day) funds to an account at a bank acceptable to the Underwriter payable to the order of the Company all at the offices of LeClairRyan, A Professional Corporation, 885 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified pursuant to this Agreement is a further condition of the obligations of the Underwriter hereunder. The time and date of the delivery and closing shall be at 10:00 A.M., New York time, on July     , 2015. The time and date of such payment and delivery are herein referred to as the “Closing Date”. The Closing Date and the location of delivery of, and the form of payment for, the Stock and the Warrants may be varied by agreement among the Company and the Underwriter.

The Company is advised by the Underwriter that the Underwriter intends (i) to make a public offering of the Stock and the Warrants as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the Underwriter’s judgment is advisable and (ii) initially offer the Stock and the Warrants upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus. The Underwriter may from time to time increase or decrease the public offering price after the initial public offering to such extent as the Underwriter may determine.

 

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4. FURTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company agrees with the Underwriter:

(a) To prepare the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if necessary, in a form approved by the Underwriter and file such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission by 10:00 p.m., New York time, on the date hereof, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Rules and Regulations; to prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Underwriter containing information previously omitted at the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement in reliance on Rules 430A, 430B or 430C of the Rules and Regulations and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations not later than the second business (2nd) day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations; prior to the termination of the Offering, to notify the Underwriter immediately of the Company’s intention to file or prepare any supplement or amendment to any Registration Statement or to the Final Prospectus and to make no amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or to the Final Prospectus to which the Underwriter shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; prior to the termination of the Offering, to advise the Underwriter, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to any Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the Underwriter with copies thereof; to timely file all material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2) of the Rules and Regulations, as the case may be; to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of a prospectus covering the sale or resale of the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 5(r) hereto; to advise the Underwriter, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification, and promptly to use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order.

(b) The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Underwriter, and the Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless the Underwriter obtains the prior consent of the Company, no party has made nor will make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations (each, a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”). The Company represents that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 of the Rules and Regulations applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including the requirements relating to timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping and will not take any action that would result in the Underwriter or the Company being required to file with the Commission

 

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pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules and Regulations a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that such Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.

(c) If at any time prior to the expiration of nine (9) months after the later of (i) the latest effective date of the Registration Statement or (ii) the date of the Prospectus, when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Rules and Regulations) any event occurs or condition exists as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made when the Prospectus is delivered (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Rules and Regulations), not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement any Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in a prospectus covering the sale or resale of the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 4(r) hereto) to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, that the Company will promptly notify the Underwriter thereof and upon its request will prepare an appropriate amendment or supplement or upon its request make an appropriate filing pursuant to Section 13 or 14 of the Exchange Act in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance and will use its best efforts to have any amendment to any Registration Statement declared effective as soon as possible. The Company will furnish without charge to the Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the Underwriter may from time to time reasonably request of such amendment or supplement. In case the Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Rules and Regulations) relating to the Securities nine (9) months or more after the later of (i) the latest effective date of the Registration Statement or (ii) the date of the Prospectus, the Company upon the request of the Underwriter will prepare promptly an amended or supplemented Prospectus as may be necessary to permit compliance with the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act and deliver to such Underwriter as many copies as such Underwriter may reasonably request of such amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act.

(d) If the Disclosure Package is being used to solicit offers to buy the Securities at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriter, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, or to make the statements therein not conflict with the information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement then on file and not superseded or modified, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to comply with any law, the Company promptly will prepare, file with the Commission (if required) and furnish to the Underwriter and any dealers an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Disclosure Package so that the Disclosure Package will comply with law.

(e) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any

 

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prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof and not superseded or modified or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at the subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Underwriter so that any use of the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus may cease until it is amended or supplemented and has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

(f) For so long as delivery of a prospectus by the Underwriter or a dealer may be required under the Act, to deliver promptly to the Underwriter in New York City such number of the following documents as the Underwriter shall reasonably request: (i) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (ii) the Prospectus (the delivery of the documents referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 4(f) to be made not later than 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement), (iii) conformed copies of any amendment to the Registration Statement (excluding exhibits), (iv) any amendment or supplement to the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (the delivery of the documents referred to in clauses (iii) and (iv) of this Section 4(f) to be made not later than 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the business day following the date of such amendment or supplement), and (v) any document incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus (excluding exhibits thereto) after the date hereof (the delivery of the documents referred to in clause (v) of this Section 4(f) to be made not later than 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the business day following the date of such document); provided that filing with the Commission on EDGAR any document specified in Section 4(f)(iii) or (v) shall constitute delivery to the Underwriter.

(g) To make generally available to its shareholders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than sixteen (16) months after the effective date of each Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) of the Rules and Regulations), an earnings statement of the Company (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158).

(h) To take promptly from time to time such actions as the Underwriter may reasonably request to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Underwriter may designate and to continue such qualifications in effect, and to comply with such laws, for so long as required to permit the offer and sale of the Securities in such jurisdictions; provided that the Company shall not be obligated to qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction.

(i) Upon request, during the period of five (5) years from the date hereof, to deliver to the Underwriter, (i) as soon as they are available, copies of all reports or other communications furnished to shareholders, and (ii) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed. However, so long as the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and is timely filing reports with the Commission on EDGAR, it is not required to furnish such reports or statements to the Underwriter.

 

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(j) That the Company will not for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this Agreement (the “Lock-Up Period”), without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, directly or indirectly offer, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, contract to sell, or otherwise dispose of, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock for less than the Purchase Price, other than the Company’s sale of the Securities hereunder and the issuance of restricted Common Stock or options to acquire Common Stock pursuant to the Company’s employee benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or other employee compensation plans as such plans are in existence on the date hereof and described in the Prospectus and the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to the valid exercises of options, warrants or rights outstanding on the date hereof and upon exercise of the Warrants. The Company will cause each person listed in Schedule III to furnish to the Underwriter, on or prior to the date hereof, the Lock-Up Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto. The Company also agrees that during such period, other than for the sale of the Securities hereunder, the Company will not file any registration statement, preliminary prospectus or prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, under the Securities Act for any such transaction or which registers, or offers for sale, Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, except for (i) a registration statement on Form S-8 relating to employee benefit plans or (ii) a resale registration statement on Form S-3 relating to Common Stock issuable upon valid exercises of warrants outstanding on the date hereof to the extent such shares of Common Stock are not otherwise registered under an existing and effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3. The Company hereby agrees that (i) if it issues an earnings release or material news, or if a material event relating to the Company occurs, during the last seventeen (17) days of the Lock-Up Period, or (ii) if prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the sixteen (16)-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the restrictions imposed by this Section 4(j) or the letter shall continue to apply until the expiration of the eighteen (18)-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event. The Company will provide the Underwriter (in accordance with Section 13 herein) notice of any such announcement that gives rise to an extension of the Lock-Up Period.

(k) To supply the Underwriter with copies of all correspondence to and from, and all documents issued to and by, the Commission in connection with the registration of the Stock, Warrants, and Warrant Shares under the Securities Act or any of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto or document incorporated by reference therein.

(l) Prior to the Closing Date, not to issue any press release or other communication directly or indirectly or hold any press conference with respect to the Company, its condition, financial or otherwise, or earnings, business affairs or business prospects (except for routine oral marketing communications in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the past practices of the Company and of which the Underwriter is notified), without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, unless in the judgment of the Company and its counsel, and after notification to the Underwriter, such press release or communication is required by law.

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purchasers (as defined in Regulation M under the Exchange Act) not to, either alone or with one or more other persons, bid for or purchase, for any account in which it or any of its affiliated purchasers has a beneficial interest, any Stock and Warrants, or attempt to induce any person to purchase any Stock and Warrants, and not to, and to cause its affiliated purchasers not to, make bids or purchase for the purpose of creating actual, or apparent, active trading in or of raising the price of the Stock and Warrants.

(n) To at all times comply in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in effect from time to time.

(o) To maintain, at its expense, a registrar and transfer agent for the Stock and Warrant Shares.

(p) To apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Units as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds,” and except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package, the Company does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Units hereunder to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of the Underwriter. The Company shall not invest, or otherwise use the proceeds of the Offering in such a manner as would require the Company to be or become an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.

(q) To use its best efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, and to maintain the listing of the Stock and Warrant Shares on the NASDAQ Capital Market.

(r) For a period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the earlier of (i) the five (5) year anniversary of the Closing Date or (ii) the date that the Warrants are no longer outstanding, to use commercially reasonable efforts to (A) cause the Registration Statement to remain effective with a current prospectus under the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations (including by post effective amendment) or (B) file a post effective amendment on Form S-3 to the previously filed and effective Registration Statement to convert such Registration Statement from a Form S-1 to a Form S-3, and thereafter cause such registration statement to remain effective with a current prospectus covering the sale or resale of the Warrant Shares under the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations.

(s) If all or any portion of a Warrant is exercised at a time when there is an effective registration statement to cover the issuance of the Warrant Shares or if the Warrant is exercised via cashless exercise at a time when such Warrant Shares would be eligible for resale under Rule 144 by a non-affiliate of the Company, the Warrant Shares issued pursuant to any such exercise shall be issued free of all restrictive legends.

(t) Upon any exercise of Series B Warrants solicited by the Underwriter (the effective date of any such exercise, a “Series B Exercise Date”), the Company shall pay to the applicable Underwriter a financial advisory fee equal to 7.0% of the gross proceeds received by the Company from such exercise (the “Advisory Fee”). The Company shall provide the Underwriter with written notice of each exercise of Series B Warrants within three business days of the applicable Series B Exercise Date. Any such Advisory Fee shall be paid to the Underwriter not more than five (5) business days after notice of the Series B Exercise Date giving rise to such Advisory Fee and shall be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account previously specified by the Underwriter.

 

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5. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. The Company agrees to pay, or reimburse if paid by the Underwriter, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated or this Agreement is terminated: (a) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities and any taxes payable in that connection; (b) the costs incident to the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act; (c) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and distribution of the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus, any amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto or any document incorporated by reference therein and the costs of printing, reproducing and distributing this Agreement and any closing documents by mail, telex or other means of communications; (d) the fees and expenses (including related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriter) incurred in connection with securing any required review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities and any filings made with FINRA; (e) any applicable listing or other fees in connection with listing the Stock and the Warrant Shares on the NASDAQ Capital Market; (f) the fees and expenses (including related fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriter) of qualifying the Securities under the securities laws of the several jurisdictions as provided in Section 4(h) and of preparing, printing and distributing wrappers, Blue Sky Memoranda and Legal Investment Surveys; (g) the cost of preparing and printing stock certificates; (h) all fees and expenses of the registrar and transfer agent of the Common Stock; (i) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Company, travel and lodging expenses of the officers of the Company and such consultants, including the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show; (k) the fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriter; and (l) all other costs and expenses incident to the offering of the Securities or the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement (including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and the Company’s independent accountants). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum amount of fees and expenses that shall be included in the expense reimbursement to the Underwriter shall not exceed $50,000 without the prior approval of the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.

6. CONDITIONS OF UNDERWRITERS OBLIGATIONS. The obligations of the Underwriter hereunder are subject to the accuracy, when made and as of the Time of Sale and on the Closing Date, of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional terms and conditions:

(a) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act, and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof, preventing or suspending the use of any Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission,

 

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and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission (to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Underwriter; the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by, and in compliance with, the Rules and Regulations and in accordance with Section 4(a), and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, shall have become effective immediately upon its filing with the Commission; and FINRA shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the terms of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

(b) The Underwriter shall not have discovered and disclosed to the Company on or prior to the Closing Date that the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a fact which, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter, is material or omits to state any fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material or omits to state any fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is necessary in order to make the statements, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.

(c) All corporate action incident to the authorization, form and validity of each of this Agreement, the Stock, the Warrants, the Warrant Shares, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to counsel for the Underwriter, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all Company documents and information that it may reasonably request to enable it to pass upon such matters.

(d) Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP shall have furnished to the Underwriter such counsel’s written opinion and a negative assurance letter, as counsel to the Company, addressed to the Underwriter and dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter.

(e) [Reserved.]

(f) The Underwriter shall have received from LeClairRyan, A Professional Corporation, counsel for the Underwriter, such opinion or opinions, dated as of the Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as it requests for enabling it to pass upon such matters.

 

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(g) At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Underwriter shall have received from each of GT LLP and E&Y LLP, a letter, addressed to the Underwriter, executed and dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter (A) confirming that they are an independent registered accounting firm with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and PCAOB and (B) stating the conclusions and findings of such firm, of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters, with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

(h) On the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement and on the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received a letter (the “bring-down letter”) from each of GT LLP and E&Y LLP, addressed to the Underwriter and dated as of the Closing Date confirming, as of the date of the bring-down letter (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, as the case may be, as of a date not more than three (3) business days prior to the date of the bring-down letter), the conclusions and findings of such firm, of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters, with respect to the financial information and other matters covered by its letter delivered to the Underwriter concurrently with the execution of this Agreement pursuant to Section 6(g).

(i) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, of its President and Chief Executive Officer and its Senior Vice President, Finance stating that (i) such officers have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, (ii) to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, as of the Closing Date, the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date, and (iii) there has not been, subsequent to the date of the most recent audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package, any material adverse change in the financial position or results of operations of the Company, or any change or development that, singularly or in the aggregate, would involve a material adverse change or a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, assets or prospects of the Company taken as a whole, except as set forth in the Final Prospectus.

(j) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Disclosure Package or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package as of the date hereof, (i) the Company shall not have sustained any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth in the Disclosure Package, and (ii) there shall not have been any change in the capital stock (other than a change in number of Common Stock shares outstanding due to the issuance of shares upon exercise of options or warrants) or long-term debt of the Company, or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the business, general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company, otherwise than as set forth in the Disclosure Package, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii) of this

 

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Section 6(j), is, in the judgment of the Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the sale or delivery of the Stock and the Warrants on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Disclosure Package.

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

(l) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ Global Market or NASDAQ Capital Market or in the over-the-counter market, or trading in the Common Stock of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market, shall have been suspended or materially limited, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by Federal or state authorities or a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, (iii) the United States shall have been the subject of an act of terrorism or there shall have been an outbreak of or escalation in hostilities involving the United States, or there shall have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or (iv) there shall have occurred such a material adverse change in general economic, political or financial conditions (or the effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States shall be such) as to make it, in the judgment of the Underwriter, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the sale or delivery of the Stock and Warrants on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

(m) The NASDAQ Capital Market shall have approved the Stock and the Warrant Shares for listing therein, subject only to official notice of issuance.

(n) The Underwriter shall have received on and as of the Closing Date satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company in its jurisdiction of incorporation and its good standing as a foreign corporation in such other jurisdictions as the Underwriter may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.

(o) The Underwriter shall have received the written Lock-Up Agreements, substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, of the persons listed in Schedule III to this Agreement.

(p) The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date a Secretary’s Certificate of the Company.

(q) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter such further certificates and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request.

 

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

7. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION.

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Underwriter, its partners, directors and officers, any person who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and the successors and assigns of all of the foregoing persons, from and against any loss, damage, expense, liability or claim (including the reasonable cost of investigation) which, jointly or severally, such Underwriter or any such person may incur under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the common law or otherwise, insofar as such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or in the Registration Statement as amended by any post-effective amendment thereof by the Company) or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as any such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in, and in conformity with information concerning the Underwriter furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Underwriter to the Company expressly for use in, the Registration Statement or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in the Registration Statement in connection with such information, which material fact was not contained in such information and which material fact was required to be stated in such Registration Statement or was necessary to make such information not misleading or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any Prospectus (including for the purpose of this Section 7 any amendments or supplements to the foregoing), in any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, in any “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act) of the Company or in any Prospectus together with any combination of one or more of the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except, with respect to such Prospectus or Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, insofar as any such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in, and in conformity with information concerning the Underwriter furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Underwriter to the Company expressly for use in, such Prospectus or Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in such Prospectus or Permitted Free Writing Prospectus in connection with such information, which material fact was not contained in such information and which material fact was necessary in order to make the statements in such information, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(b) The Underwriter agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, its directors and officers, and any person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and the successors and assigns of all of the foregoing persons, from and against any loss, damage, expense, liability or claim (including the reasonable cost of investigation) which, jointly or severally, the Company or any

 

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such person may incur under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the common law or otherwise, insofar as such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in, and in conformity with information concerning the Underwriter furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Underwriter to the Company expressly for use in, the Registration Statement (or in the Registration Statement as amended by any post-effective amendment thereof by the Company), or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in such Registration Statement in connection with such information, which material fact was not contained in such information and which material fact was required to be stated in such Registration Statement or was necessary to make such information not misleading or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in, and in conformity with information concerning the Underwriter furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Underwriter to the Company expressly for use in, a Prospectus or a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in such Prospectus or Permitted Free Writing Prospectus in connection with such information, which material fact was not contained in such information and which material fact was necessary in order to make the statements in such information, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(c) If any action, suit or proceeding (each, a “Proceeding”) is brought against a person (an “indemnified party”) in respect of which indemnity may be sought against the Company or the Underwriter (as applicable, the “indemnifying party”) pursuant to subsection (a) or (b), respectively, of this Section 7, such indemnified party shall promptly notify such indemnifying party in writing of the institution of such Proceeding and such indemnifying party shall assume the defense of such Proceeding, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party and payment of all fees and expenses; provided, however, that the omission to so notify such indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability which such indemnifying party may have to any indemnified party or otherwise. The indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party or parties unless the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party in connection with the defense of such Proceeding or the indemnifying party shall not have, within a reasonable period of time in light of the circumstances, employed counsel to defend such Proceeding or such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be defenses available to it or them which are different from, additional to or in conflict with those available to such indemnifying party (in which case such indemnifying party shall not have the right to direct the defense of such Proceeding on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events such fees and expenses shall be borne by such indemnifying party and paid as incurred (it being understood, however, that such indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (in addition to any local counsel) in any one Proceeding or series of related Proceedings in the same jurisdiction representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such Proceeding). The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any Proceeding effected without its written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, but, if settled with its written consent, such indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the indemnified party or parties from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as

 

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contemplated by the second sentence of this Section 7(c), then the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any Proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 60 business days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have fully reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement and (iii) such indemnified party shall have given the indemnifying party at least 30 days’ prior notice of its intention to settle. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened Proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding and does not include an admission of fault or culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of such indemnified party.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is unavailable to an indemnified party under subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 7 or insufficient to hold an indemnified party harmless in respect of any losses, damages, expenses, liabilities or claims referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, damages, expenses, liabilities or claims (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other hand from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriter on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, damages, expenses, liabilities or claims, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total proceeds from the offering (net of underwriting discounts and commissions but before deducting expenses) received by the Company, and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriter, bear to the aggregate public offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriter on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriter and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, damages, expenses, liabilities and claims referred to in this subsection shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending any Proceeding.

(e) The Company and the Underwriter agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in subsection (d) above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, the Underwriter shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by the Underwriter and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damage which the Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged

 

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omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

(f) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7 and the covenants, warranties and representations of the Company contained in this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriter, its respective partners, directors or officers or any person (including each partner, director or officer of such person) who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, or by or on behalf of the Company, its directors or officers or any person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and shall survive any termination of this Agreement or the issuance and delivery of the Stock and Warrants. The Company and the Underwriter agree promptly to notify each other of the commencement of any Proceeding against them and, in the case of the Company, against any of the Company’s officers or directors in connection with the issuance and sale of the Stock and Warrants, or in connection with the Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.

8. TERMINATION. The obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be terminated by the Underwriter, in the Underwriter’s absolute discretion, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Stock and the Warrants if, prior to that time, any of the events described in Sections 6(j), 6(k) or 6(l) have occurred or if the Underwriter shall decline to purchase the Securities for any reason permitted under this Agreement.

9. REIMBURSEMENT OF UNDERWRITERS EXPENSES. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if the sale of the Securities is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriter set forth in Section 6 is not satisfied or because of the refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or to satisfy any condition or to comply with the provisions hereof, then in addition to the payment of amounts in accordance with Section 5, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriter for the fees and expenses of Underwriter’s counsel and for such other out-of-pocket expenses as shall have been reasonably incurred by it in connection with this Agreement and the proposed purchase of the Securities, including, without limitation, travel and lodging expenses of the Underwriter, and upon demand the Company shall pay the full amount thereof to the Underwriter.

10. ABSENCE OF FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIP. The Company acknowledges and agrees that:

(a) the Underwriter’s responsibility to the Company is solely contractual in nature, the Underwriter have been retained solely to act as an underwriter in connection with the sale of the Securities and no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company and the Underwriter has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective of whether the Underwriter has advised or is advising the Company on other matters;

(b) the price of the Stock and the terms of the Warrants set forth in this Agreement were established by the Company following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Underwriter, and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

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(c) it has been advised that the Underwriter and their respective affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that the Underwriter have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and

(d) it waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against the Underwriter for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agrees that the Underwriter shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including stockholders, employees or creditors of the Company.

11. SUCCESSORS; PERSONS ENTITLED TO BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriter, the Company and their respective successors and assigns. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons mentioned in the preceding sentence, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement, or any provisions herein contained, this Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive benefit of such persons and for the benefit of no other person; except that the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and indemnities of the Company contained in this Agreement shall also be for the benefit of the Underwriter indemnified parties, and the indemnities of the Underwriter shall be for the benefit of the Company indemnified parties. It is understood that the Underwriter’s responsibility to the Company is solely contractual in nature and the Underwriter does not owe the Company, or any other party, any fiduciary duty as a result of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Stock or Warrants from the Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.

12. SURVIVAL OF INDEMNITIES, REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, ETC. The respective indemnities, covenants, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the Underwriter, as set forth in this Agreement or made by them respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriter, the Company or any person controlling any of them and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Stock and the Warrants. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, including without limitation any termination pursuant to Section 8, the indemnities, covenants, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements forth in Sections 2, 5, 7 and 9 and Sections 10 through 19, inclusive, of this Agreement shall not terminate and shall remain in full force and effect at all times.

13. NOTICES. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and:

(a) if to the Underwriter, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex, facsimile transmission or email to Roth Capital Partners, LLC, 888 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach, California 92660, Attention: Aaron Gurewitz, Managing Director and Head of Equity Capital Markets, Fax: (858)  ###-###-####, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to LeClairRyan, A Professional Corporation, 885 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022, Attention: James T. Seery, E-mail: ***@***; and

(b) if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex, facsimile transmission or email to Delcath Systems, Inc., 1301 Avenue of the Americas, 43rd Floor, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Barbra Keck, Fax: 212 ###-###-####, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, 101 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10178, Attention: Anna Tomczyk, Esq., Fax: 212 ###-###-####.

 

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14. DEFINITION OF CERTAIN TERMS. For purposes of this Agreement, “business day” means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. is open for trading.

15. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, including without limitation Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations. The Company and the Underwriter irrevocably (a) submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York for the purpose of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, (b) agree that all claims in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding may be heard and determined by any such court, (c) waive to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any immunity from the jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process, (d) agree not to commence any such suit, action or proceeding other than in such courts, and (e) waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum.

16. UNDERWRITERS INFORMATION. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, for all purposes of this Agreement, the Underwriter’s Information consists solely of the statements concerning the Underwriter contained in the eleventh and twelfth paragraphs in the “Underwriting” section of the Prospectus.

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

18. GENERAL. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. In this Agreement, the masculine, feminine and neuter genders and the singular and the plural include one another. The section headings in this Agreement are for the convenience of the parties only and will not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. This Agreement may be amended or modified, and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived, only by a writing signed by the Company and the Underwriter.

19. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

 

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

 

Very truly yours,
DELCATH SYSTEMS, INC.
By:

 

Name:
Title:

 

Accepted as of the date first above written:
ROTH CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC
By:

 

Name: Aaron M. Gurewitz
Title: Head of Equity Capital Markets


SCHEDULE I

General Use Free Writing Prospectuses

None.


SCHEDULE II

Pricing Information

Stock to be sold: [-]

Series A Warrants to be sold: [-]

Warrant Shares underlying the Series A Warrants: [-]

Series B Warrants to be sold: [-]

Warrants Shares underlying the Series B Warrants: [-]

Series A Warrants issuable upon exercise of Series B Warrant Shares: [-]

Warrant Shares underlying Series A Warrants issuable upon exercise of Series B Warrant Shares: [-]

Purchase Price Per Unit: $[-]

Underwriting Discounts and Commissions per Unit: $[-]

Estimated Net Proceeds to the Company, before expenses: $[-]

Exercise Price of the Series A Warrants: $[-]

Series A Warrant Term: 5 years

Exercise Price of the Series B Warrants: $[-]

Series B Warrant Term: 90 days

 

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SCHEDULE III

Persons Executing Lock-Up Agreements

Jennifer Simpson

John Purpura

Barbra C. Keck

Roger G. Stoll

Harold S. Koplewicz

Dennis H. Langer

Laura A. Philips

William D. Rueckert

Marco Taglietti


SCHEDULE IV

 

Underwriter

   Number of Units to
be Purchased

Roth Capital Partners, LLC

  

Total

  

 

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SCHEDULE V

Subsidiaries

Delcath Holdings Limited, an Irish non-resident company permitted and residing in Bermuda.

Delcath Systems Limited, an Irish company.

Delcath Systems UK Limited, a company organized under the laws of England and Wales.

Delcath Systems GmbH, a German Company.

Delcath Systems B.V., a Dutch company.

 

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EXHIBIT A

Form of Series A Warrant

 

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EXHIBIT B

Form of Series B Warrant

 

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EXHIBIT C

Form of Lock-Up Agreement

 

 

Name
            , 2015

Roth Capital Partners, LLC

888 San Clemente Drive

Newport Beach, CA 92660

 

  Re: Proposed Public Offering by Delcath Systems, Inc.

Dear Sirs:

This Agreement is being delivered to you in connection with the proposed Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) between Delcath Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Roth Capital Partners, LLC (the “Underwriter”), relating to the proposed public offering comprised of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) and warrants, of the Company.

In order to induce the Underwriter to enter into the Underwriting Agreement, and in light of the benefits that the offering will confer upon the undersigned in its capacity as a security holder and/or an officer, director or employee of the Company, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees with the Underwriter that, during the period beginning on the date hereof through and including the date that is the 30th day after the date of the Underwriting Agreement (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of Roth Capital Partners, LLC, directly or indirectly, (i) offer, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, contract to sell, or otherwise dispose of, or announce the intention to otherwise dispose of, any shares of Common Stock (including, without limitation, Common Stock which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time (such shares, the “Beneficially Owned Shares”)) or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, (ii) enter into any swap, hedge or similar agreement or arrangement that transfers in whole or in part, the economic risk of ownership of the Beneficially Owned Shares or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition, or (iii) engage in any short selling of the Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, for a price less than $[-] per share of Common Stock. If (i) the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, or (ii) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the Lock-Up Period shall be extended and the restrictions imposed by this Agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event.

 

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The restrictions set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph shall not apply to:

(1) if the undersigned is a natural person, any transfers made by the undersigned (a) as a bona fide gift to any member of the immediate family (as defined below) of the undersigned or to a trust, family partnership or family company the beneficiaries of which are exclusively the undersigned or members of the undersigned’s immediate family, (b) by will or intestate succession upon the death of the undersigned or (c) as a bona fide gift,

(2) if the undersigned is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity, any transfers to any shareholder, partner or member of, or owner of a similar equity interest in, the undersigned, as the case may be, if, in any such case, such transfer is not for value, and

(3) if the undersigned is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity, any transfer made by the undersigned (a) in connection with the sale or other bona fide transfer in a single transaction of all or substantially all of the undersigned’s capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests or other similar equity interests, as the case may be, or all or substantially all of the undersigned’s assets, in any such case not undertaken for the purpose of avoiding the restrictions imposed by this Agreement or (b) to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity so long as the transferee is an affiliate (as defined below) of the undersigned and such transfer is not for value;

provided, however, that in the case of any transfer described in clause (1), (2) or (3) above, it shall be a condition to the transfer that (A) the transferee executes and delivers to the Underwriter, not later than one business day prior to such transfer (which period shall not apply in connection with a transfer pursuant to Section (1)(b)), a written agreement, in substantially the form of this Agreement (it being understood that any references to “immediate family” in the agreement executed by such transferee shall expressly refer only to the immediate family of the undersigned and not to the immediate family of the transferee), and (B) if the undersigned is required to file a report under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock or Beneficially Owned Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or Beneficially Owned Shares during the Lock-Up Period (as the same may be extended as described above), the undersigned shall include a statement in such report to the effect that, in the case of any transfer pursuant to clause (1) above, such transfer is being made as a gift or by will or intestate succession or, in the case of any transfer pursuant to clause (2) above, such transfer is being made to a shareholder, partner or member of, or owner of a similar equity interest in, the undersigned and is not a transfer for value or, in the case of any transfer pursuant to clause (3) above, such transfer is being made either (a) in connection with the sale or other bona fide transfer in a single transaction of all or substantially all of the undersigned’s capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests or other similar equity interests, as the case may be, or all or substantially all of the undersigned’s assets or (b) to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity that is an affiliate of the undersigned and such transfer is not for value. For purposes of this paragraph, “immediate family” shall mean a spouse, child, grandchild or other lineal descendant (including by adoption), father, mother, brother or sister of the undersigned; and “affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This Agreement shall not apply to the entering into a written trading plan designed to comply with Section 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act, provided no sales are made pursuant to such plan during the Lock-Up Period.

 

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In addition, the restrictions set forth herein shall not apply to sales of Common Stock:

(1) pursuant to any Rule 10b5-1 plan, a copy of which has been provided to the Underwriter prior to the date hereof,

(2) constituting restricted stock outstanding prior to the date hereof that vests during the Lock-Up Period, solely to the extent necessary to generate proceeds to fund any income taxes resulting from such vesting, and

(3) issued upon the exercise of stock options granted prior to the date hereof and scheduled to expire within six (6) months of the date hereof, solely to the extent necessary to generate proceeds to fund the exercise price thereof and any income taxes resulting from such exercise.

The undersigned further agrees that (i) it will not, during the Lock-Up Period (as the same may be extended as described above), make any demand or request for or exercise any right with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of any shares of Common Stock or other Beneficially Owned Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or other Beneficially Owned Shares, and (ii) the Company may, with respect to any Common Stock or other Beneficially Owned Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or other Beneficially Owned Shares owned or held (of record or beneficially) by the undersigned, cause the transfer agent or other registrar to enter stop transfer instructions and implement stop transfer procedures with respect to such securities during the Lock-Up Period (as the same may be extended as described above).

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and that this Agreement has been duly authorized (if the undersigned is not a natural person), executed and delivered by the undersigned and is a valid and binding agreement of the undersigned. This Agreement and all authority herein conferred are irrevocable and shall survive the death or incapacity of the undersigned (if a natural person) and shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned.

The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that whether or not any public offering of Common Stock actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including market conditions.

 

Very truly yours,

 

(Name of Stockholder - Please Print)

 

(Signature)

 

(Name of Signatory if Stockholder is an entity - Please Print)

 

(Title of Signatory if Stockholder is an entity - Please Print)

Address:

 

 

 

 

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