Amendment No. 1 to Open Market Sale AgreementSM, dated January 19, 2024, by and between the Company and Jefferies LLC
Exhibit 1.1
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE OPEN MARKET SALE AGREEMENTSM
January 19, 2024
JEFFERIES LLC
520 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Amendment No. 1 to the Open Market Sale AgreementSM (this Amendment No. 1) is entered into as of the date first written above by and between Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc., a corporation existing under the Canada Business Corporations Act (the Company), and Jefferies LLC, as sales agent and/or principal (the Agent), as parties to that certain Open Market Sale AgreementSM, dated July 2, 2021 (the Sales Agreement) relating to the offering of up to $100,000,000 of the Companys common shares, no par value per share (the Common Shares).
On the date hereof, the Company has filed or will file a Prospectus Supplement relating to the offering of an additional $100,000,000 of the Common Shares (the January 2024 ATM Prospectus Supplement), to the base prospectus, dated July 13, 2021, contained in the registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-257653).
This Amendment No. 1, among other things, increases the aggregate offering price to $200,000,000. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Sales Agreement.
The parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby amend the Sales Agreement as follows:
1. The preamble to the Sales Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc., a corporation existing under the Canada Business Corporations Act (the Company), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell from time to time through Jefferies LLC, as sales agent and/or principal (the Agent), common shares of the Company, no par value per share (the Common Shares), having an aggregate offering price of up to $200,000,000 on the terms set forth in this agreement (this Agreement).
2. Section 3(d) of the Sales Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the last sentence of such section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
The fees and disbursement of the Agents counsel pursuant to subsections (vi) and (vii) above shall not exceed (A) $50,000 in connection with the first Issuance Notice, (B) $15,000 in connection with each Triggering Event Date (as defined below) on which the Company is required to provide a certificate pursuant to
Section 4(o), except for a Triggering Event Date related to the Companys filing of an Annual Report on Form 10-K and (C) $25,000 in connection with each Triggering Event Date on which the Company is required to provide a certificate pursuant to Section 4(o) related to the Companys filing of an Annual Report on Form 10-K.
3. For the avoidance of doubt, any reference to Prospectus in the Sales Agreement shall be deemed to include the January 2024 ATM Prospectus Supplement.
4. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with the Agent that: (a) this Amendment No. 1 has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a valid and binding agreement of, the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as rights to indemnification hereunder may be limited by applicable law and except as the enforcement hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles; and (b) that on the date hereof, the Company will file a Prospectus Supplement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the additional $100,000,000 of the Common Shares which may be issued pursuant to the Sales Agreement as amended by this Amendment No. 1 and a Current Report on Form 8-K relating to this Amendment No. 1.
5. Without limiting any other agreement, including Section 3(d) of the Sales Agreement, as applicable, the Company agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the entry into this Amendment No. 1 and the performance of the Companys obligations under the Sales Agreement, as further amended by this Amendment No. 1, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including without limitation, (i) all filing fees, attorneys fees and expenses incurred by the Company or any Agent in connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of the Shares authorized by this Amendment No. 1 for offer and sale under the state securities or blue sky laws and (ii) the reasonable fees and disbursements of the Agents counsel, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Agent in connection with, FINRA review, if any, and approval of the Agents participation in the offering and distribution of the Shares authorized by this Amendment No. 1. The fees and disbursements of Agents counsel pursuant to subsections (i) and (ii) above shall not exceed $75,000. For the avoidance of doubt, the $75,000 of fees and disbursements of Agents counsel that may become payable by the Company hereunder shall be in addition to the fees and disbursements of Agents counsel in connection with entering into the Sales Agreement, that were paid by the Company under Section 3(d) of the Sales Agreement prior to the date hereof, and the fees and disbursements of Agents Counsel that may become payable by the Company pursuant to Section 3(d) of the Sales Agreement as amended by this Amendment No. 1 in connection with each Triggering Event Date on which the Company is required to provide a certificate pursuant to Section 4(o) of the Sales Agreement.
6. The Sales Agreement, as amended by this Amendment No. 1, represents the final agreement of the parties and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Amendment No. 1 may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit.
7. The invalidity or unenforceability of any section, paragraph or provision of this Amendment No. 1 shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any section, paragraph or provision of this Amendment No. 1 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. All references in the Sales Agreement to the Agreement shall mean the Sales Agreement as amended by this Amendment No. 1; provided, however, that all references to date of this Agreement in the Sales Agreement shall (i) continue to refer to the date of the Sales Agreement, unless otherwise amended pursuant to this Amendment No. 1, and (ii) refer to each of the date of the Sales Agreement and the date of this Amendment No. 1, as the context requires, with respect to the first paragraph of Section 2, Section 2(b), Section 2(uu), and Section 8(a).
8. This Amendment No. 1 shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in such state. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Amendment No. 1 or the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Sales Agreement (each, a Related Proceeding) may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York (collectively, the Specified Courts), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court, as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such partys address set forth in the Sales Agreement shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The Company hereby irrevocably appoints Equiniti Trust Company, LLC, with offices at 48 Wall Street, Floor 23, New York, NY 10005, as its agent for service of process in any Related Proceeding and agrees that service of process in any such Related Proceeding may be made upon it at the office of such agent. The Company waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any other requirements of or objections to personal jurisdiction with respect thereto. The Company represents and warrants that such agent has agreed to act as the Companys agent for service of process, and the Company agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents and instruments, that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
9. This Amendment No. 1 may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed amendment by one party to the other may be made by facsimile, electronic mail or other transmission method as permitted by applicable law,
and the parties hereto agree that any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes. A partys electronic signature (complying with the New York Electronic Signatures and Records Act (N.Y. State Tech. §§ 301-309), as amended from time to time, or other applicable law) of this Amendment No. 1 shall have the same validity and effect as a signature affixed by the partys hand.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between the Company and the Agent, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this Amendment No. 1 shall constitute a binding amendment to the Sales Agreement between the Company and the Agent.
Very truly yours, | ||
JEFFERIES LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Michael Magarro | |
Name: Michael Magarro | ||
Title: Managing Director |
ACCEPTED as of the date first written above: | ||
FUSION PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | ||
By: | /s/ John Valliant | |
Name: John Valliant | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to the Sales Agreement]