PLACEMENT AGENCY AGREEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York, New York

July 10, 2013

Aegis Capital Corp.

    as Representative of the several Placement Agents named on Schedule 1 attached hereto

810 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor

New York, New York 10019

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned, Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (collectively with its subsidiaries and affiliates, including, without limitation, all entities disclosed or described in the Registration Statement (as hereinafter defined) as being subsidiaries or affiliates of Oramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the "Company"), hereby confirms its agreement (this "Agreement") with Aegis Capital Corp as representative to the placement agents named on Schedule 1 hereto (hereinafter referred to as "you" (including its correlatives) or the "Representative") and with the other placement agents named in Schedule 1 hereto for which the Representative is acting as representative (the Representative and such other placement agents being collectively called the "Placement Agents" or individually, a "Placement Agent") as follows:

 

1.             Purchase and Sale of Shares.

 

1.1           Shares.

 

1.1.1           Nature and Purchase of Shares.

 

(i)            On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company proposes to issue and sell an aggregate of up to 658,144 shares ("Shares") of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.012 per share (the "Common Stock"), to certain investors in a proposed offering of the Shares (the "Offering") under the Registration Statement (as defined below), with the terms of the Offering to be subject to market conditions and negotiations between the Company, the Placement Agents and the prospective investors in the Offering (the "Purchasers", with each of the Purchasers, an "Purchaser").  The Company desires to engage the Placement Agents as exclusive placement agents in connection with such issuance and sale of the Shares. The Shares include 226,144 shares of Common Stock (the "Other Shares") to be purchased by investors identified by the Company (the "Other Shares Purchasers") for an aggregate consideration that will not exceed $4,000,000.

 

(ii)           As compensation for services rendered, and provided that any of the Shares are sold to Purchasers in the Offering, on the Closing Date (as defined below), the Company shall pay to the Representative, an aggregate amount (the "Placement Fee") equal to 6% of the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Shares (other than the Other Shares).

 

(iii)          The sale of the Shares shall be made pursuant to securities purchase agreements in the form included as Exhibit A hereto (the "Subscription Agreements").  All Purchasers will be offered identical terms with respect to the Offering. The Company shall have the sole right to accept offers to purchase the Shares and may reject any such offer in whole or in part.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that the Placement Agents or any of their affiliates may, solely at its discretion and without any obligation to do so, purchase Shares as principal; provided, however, that any such purchases by the Placement Agents (or their affiliates) shall be fully disclosed to the Company and approved by the Company in accordance with the previous sentence.

 

 

(iv)          This Agreement shall not give rise to any commitment by the Placement Agents to purchase any of the Shares, and the Placement Agent shall have no authority to bind the Company.  The Placement Agents shall act on a reasonable best efforts basis and does not guarantee that it will be able to raise new capital in the Offering.  The Placement Agent may at its sole discretion retain other brokers or dealers to act as sub-agents and/or co-placement agents on its behalf in connection with the Offering, the fees of which shall be paid out of the Placement Fee.  Prior to the earlier of (i) the date on which this Agreement is terminated and (ii) the Closing Date (as defined below), the Company shall not, without first notifying the Representative, solicit or accept offers to purchase any securities of the Company (other than pursuant to the exercise of options or warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock that are outstanding at the date hereof and other than the Other Shares) otherwise than through the Placement Agents in accordance herewith.

 

(v)           The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Placement Agents shall act as an independent contractors, and not as fiduciaries, and any duties of the Placement Agents with respect to investment banking services to the Company, including the Offering of the Shares contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the Offering), shall be contractual in nature, as expressly set forth herein, and shall be owed solely to the Company.  Each party disclaims any intention to impose any fiduciary or similar duty on the other. Additionally, the Placement Agents have not advised, nor is advising, the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.  The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Placement Agents shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto.  Any review by the Placement Agents of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions has been and will be performed solely for the benefit of the Placement Agents and has not been and shall not be on behalf of the Company or any other person.  It is understood that the Placement Agents have not and will not be rendering an opinion to the Company as to the fairness of the terms of the Offering. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the Placement Agents with respect to any breach or alleged breach of fiduciary duty owed to the Company with respect to the Offering.

 

1.1.2           Shares Payment and Delivery.

 

(i)            Delivery and payment for the Shares shall be made at 10:00 a.m., Eastern time, on July 16, 2013, at the offices of Troutman Sanders LLP, The Chrysler Building, 405 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10174 ("Placement Agent Counsel"), or at such time or other place (or remotely by facsimile or other electronic transmission) as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company. The hour and date of delivery and payment for the Shares is called the "Closing Date." No Shares which the Company has agreed to sell pursuant to this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements shall be deemed to have been purchased and paid for, or sold by the Company, until such Shares shall have been delivered to the Purchasers against payment therefor by the Purchasers.  If the Company shall default in its obligations to deliver the Shares to a Purchaser whose offer it has accepted, the Company shall indemnify and hold the Placement Agents harmless against any loss, claim or damage incurred by the Placement Agents arising from or as a result of such default by the Company.

 

 

(ii)           On or before the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall pay by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account specified by the Company an amount equal to the product of (x) the number of Shares such Purchaser has agreed to purchase and (y) the purchase price thereof as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus (as defined below).  On the Closing Date, the Company shall (i) deliver or cause to be delivered the Shares to the Purchasers, with such delivery to be made, if possible, through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company's DWAC system, and (ii) pay to the Representative (A) the Placement Fee and (B) the expense reimbursement to which the Representative is entitled pursuant to Section 3.10 hereof.

 

(iii)          The Shares shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as the Representative shall request by written notice to the Company.

 

(iv)          It is understood and agreed that the Other Shares will initially be reserved for offer and sale to the Other Shares Purchasers upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

2.             Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to the Placement Agents, as of the Applicable Time (as defined below) and as of the Closing Date, as follows:

 

2.1           Filing of Registration Statement.

 

2.1.1           Pursuant to the Securities Act. The Company has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a "shelf" registration statement, and an amendment or amendments thereto, on Form S-3 (File No. 333-187343), which registration statement was declared effective on March 22, 2013, for the registration of the sale of certain securities of the Company, including the Shares, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (the "Securities Act Regulations").  Such registration statement, including the exhibits thereto, as amended at the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called the "Registration Statement".  If the Company files a registration statement with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act Regulations relating to the Shares, then, after such filing, any reference herein to the Registration Statement shall also be deemed to include such registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b).

 

After execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file with the Commission a prospectus supplement to the base prospectus included in the Registration Statement (the "Base Prospectus") in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430B ("Rule 430B") and Rule 424(b) ("Rule 424(b)") of the Securities Act Regulations; any information included in such prospectus supplement that was omitted from the Registration Statement at the time it became effective but that is deemed to be part of and included in the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B is herein called the "Rule 430B Information"; the Base Prospectus, together with any prospectus supplement used in connection with the offering of the Shares that omitted Rule 430B Information, is hereinafter collectively called a "Preliminary Prospectus." The Base Prospectus, together with the final prospectus supplement which includes the Rule 430B Information, in the form first furnished to the Placement Agents for use in connection with the offering and confirmation of the sales of the Shares, is hereinafter collectively called the "Prospectus."

 

 

Any reference in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, a Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein (the "Incorporated Documents") pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (the "Exchange Act Regulations"), on or before the date of this Agreement, or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference in this Agreement to the terms "amend," "amendment" or "supplement" with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the date of this Agreement, or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, or the Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and any other information which is "contained, "included," "described," "referenced," "set forth" or "stated" in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, a Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (and all other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and any other information which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, or the Prospectus, as the case may be.

 

"Applicable Time" with respect to any Purchaser, means the time of receipt and acceptance of an executed Subscription Agreement from such Purchaser.

 

"Disclosure Package" means any Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the Prospectus and the information included on Schedule 2-A hereto, all considered together.

 

"Issuer Free Writing Prospectus" means any "issuer free writing prospectus," as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act Regulations ("Rule 433"), including without limitation any "free writing prospectus" (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act Regulations) relating to the Shares that is (i) required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) a "road show that is a written communication" within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii) exempt from filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Shares or of the Offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case 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).

 

"Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus" means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors (other than a "bona fide electronic road show," as defined in Rule 433 (the "Bona Fide Electronic Road Show")), as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule 2-B hereto.

 

"Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus" means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus.

 

2.1.2           Pursuant to the Exchange Act. The shares of Common Stock are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) under the Exchange Act.  The Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the shares of Common Stock under the Exchange Act, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration.

 

2.1.3           S-3 Eligibility.  The Company and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement meet the requirements for, and comply with the conditions for the use of, Form S-3 under the Securities Act, including but not limited to Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3.  The Company is not a shell company (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act Regulations) and has not been a shell company for at least 12 calendar months previously and if it has been a shell company at any time previously, has filed current Form 10 information (as defined in Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3) with the Commission at least 12 calendar months previously reflecting its status as an entity that is not a shell company.

 

 

2.2           Stock Exchange Listing. The shares of Common Stock are listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market (the "Exchange"), and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, delisting the shares of Common Stock from the Exchange, nor has the Company received any notification that the Exchange is contemplating terminating such listing except as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.  The Company has filed an application for the Listing of Additional Shares with the Exchange to list the Shares.

 

2.3           No Stop Orders, etc. Neither the Commission nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any state regulatory authority has issued any order preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or has instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened to institute, any proceedings with respect to such an order. The Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information.

 

2.4           Disclosures in Registration Statement.

 

2.4.1           Compliance with Securities Act and 10b-5 Representation.

 

(i)            Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations. Each Preliminary Prospectus, including the Base Prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment or supplement thereto, and the Prospectus, at the time each was filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations. Each Preliminary Prospectus delivered to the Placement Agents for use in connection with this Offering and the Prospectus was or will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

(ii)           Neither the Registration Statement nor any amendment thereto, at its effective time, as of the Applicable Time or at the Closing Date, contained, contains or will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

(iii)          The Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time or at the Closing Date, did not, does not and will 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; and each Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus hereto does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, and each such Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, 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 light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements made or statements omitted in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company with respect to the Placement Agents by the Representative expressly for use in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto. The parties acknowledge and agree that such information provided by or on behalf of the Placement Agents consists solely of the disclosure contained in the eighth paragraph of the "Plan of Distribution" section of the Prospectus (the "Placement Agent Information"); and

 

 

(iv)          Neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto (including any prospectus wrapper), as of its issue date, at the time of any filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or at the Closing Date, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to the Placement Agent Information.

 

(v)           The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any 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; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any 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.

 

2.4.2           Disclosure of Agreements. The agreements and documents described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained or incorporated by reference therein, and there are no agreements or other documents required by the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or to be filed with the Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement or to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, that have not been so described or filed or incorporated by reference. Each agreement or other instrument (however characterized or described) to which the Company is a party or by which it is or may be bound or affected that is material to the Company’s business, has been duly authorized and validly executed by the Company, is in full force and effect in all material respects and is enforceable against the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, the other parties thereto, in accordance with its terms, except (x) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (y) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the federal and state securities laws, and (z) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. None of such agreements or instruments has been assigned by the Company, and neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any other party is in default thereunder and, to the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default thereunder, except for any such default that would not have or reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change in the financial position or results of operations of the Company or the Subsidiary (as hereinafter defined), either individually or taken as a whole, nor any change or development that, singularly or in the aggregate, would involve a material adverse change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business or assets of the Company or the Subsidiary, either individually or taken as a whole  (a "Material Adverse Change"). To the best of the Company’s knowledge, performance by the Company of the material provisions of such agreements or instruments will not result in a violation of any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any governmental agency or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its assets or businesses (each, a "Governmental Entity"), including, without limitation, those relating to environmental laws and regulations except for any such violation that would not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

 

2.4.3           Prior Securities Transactions.  During the last three years, no securities of the Company have been sold by the Company or by or on behalf of, or for the benefit of, any person or persons controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 declared effective on February 12, 2013.

 

2.4.4           Regulations. The disclosures in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus concerning the effects of federal, state, local and all foreign regulation on the Offering and the Company’s business as currently contemplated are correct in all material respects and no other such regulations are required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus which are not so disclosed.

 

2.5           Changes After Dates in Registration Statement.

 

2.5.1           No Material Adverse Change. Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as otherwise specifically stated therein: (i) there has been no material adverse change in the financial position or results of operations of the Company, nor any change or development that, singularly or in the aggregate, would involve a Material Adverse Change; (ii) there have been no material transactions entered into by the Company, other than as contemplated pursuant to this Agreement; and (iii) no officer or director of the Company has resigned from any position with the Company.

 

2.5.2           Recent Securities Transactions, etc. Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and except as may otherwise be indicated or contemplated herein or disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has not (i) issued any securities or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, for borrowed money; or (ii) declared or paid any dividend or made any other distribution on or in respect to its capital stock.

 

2.6           Disclosures in Commission Filings.  Since September 1, 2009, (i) none of the Company’s filings with the Commission contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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; and (ii) the Company has made all filings with the Commission required under the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Regulations.

 

2.7           Independent Accountants. To the knowledge of the Company, Kesselman & Kesselman, a member of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited (the "Auditor"), whose report is filed with the Commission and included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The Auditor has not, during the periods covered by the financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, provided to the Company any non-audit services, as such term is used in Section 10A(g) of the Exchange Act.

 

 

2.8           Financial Statements, etc.  The financial statements, including the notes thereto and supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, fairly present the financial position and the results of operations of the Company at the dates and for the periods to which they apply; and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), consistently applied throughout the periods involved (provided that unaudited interim financial statements are subject to year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material in the aggregate and do not contain all footnotes required by GAAP); and the supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement present fairly the information required to be stated therein. Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus under the Securities Act, the Securities Act Regulations, the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Regulations. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein, regarding "non-GAAP financial measures" (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission), if any, comply with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the Securities Act, to the extent applicable. Each of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus discloses all material off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations (including contingent obligations), and other relationships of the Company with unconsolidated entities or other persons that may have a material current or future effect on the Company’s financial condition, changes in financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, capital resources, or significant components of revenues or expenses. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (a) neither the Company nor Oramed Ltd., the Company's only subsidiary (the "Subsidiary"), has incurred any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any material transactions other than in the ordinary course of business, (b) the Company has not declared or paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind with respect to its capital stock, (c) there has not been any change in the capital stock of the Company or the Subsidiary, or, other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the Company's prior policies, made any grants under any stock compensation plan, and (d) there has not been any material adverse change in the Company’s long-term or short-term debt.

 

2.9           Authorized Capital; Options, etc. The Company had, at the date or dates indicated in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the duly authorized, issued and outstanding capitalization as set forth therein. Based on the assumptions stated in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company will have on the Closing Date the adjusted stock capitalization set forth therein. Except as set forth in, or contemplated by, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as of the Applicable Time and on the Closing Date, there will be no stock options, warrants, or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire any authorized, but unissued shares of Common Stock of the Company or any security convertible or exercisable into shares of Common Stock of the Company, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell shares of Common Stock or any such options, warrants, rights or convertible securities.

 

2.10         Valid Issuance of Securities, etc.

 

2.10.1         Outstanding Securities. All issued and outstanding securities of the Company issued prior to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof have no rights of rescission with respect thereto, and are not subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders; and none of such securities were issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company or similar contractual rights granted by the Company. The authorized shares of Common Stock conform in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The offers and sales of the outstanding shares of Common Stock were at all relevant times either registered under the Securities Act and the applicable state securities or "blue sky" laws or, based in part on the representations and warranties of the purchasers of such shares of Common Stock, exempt from such registration requirements.

 

 

2.10.2         Securities Sold Pursuant to this Agreement. The Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and sale and, when issued and paid for, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not and will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders; the Shares are not and will not be subject to the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company or similar contractual rights granted by the Company, except as otherwise waived by such holders; and all corporate action required to be taken for the authorization, issuance and sale of the Shares has been duly and validly taken. The Shares conform in all material respects to all statements with respect thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

2.11         Registration Rights of Third Parties. Except as have been waived in writing and delivered to the Representative prior to the date hereof or with respect to securities already registered or as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no holders of any securities of the Company or any rights exercisable for or convertible or exchangeable into securities of the Company have the right to require the Company to register any such securities of the Company under the Securities Act or to include any such securities in a registration statement to be filed by the Company.

 

2.12         Validity and Binding Effect of Agreements. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by the Company, and, when executed and delivered, will constitute, the valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally; (ii) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the federal and state securities laws; (iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought; (iv) as such enforceability may be limited by an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; and (v) as such enforceability may be limited by the effects of the possible judicial application of foreign laws or foreign governmental or judicial action affecting creditors’ rights.

 

2.13         No Conflicts, etc. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and all ancillary documents, the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein and therein contemplated and the compliance by the Company with the terms hereof and thereof do not and will not, with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both: (i) result in a material breach of, or conflict with any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a material default under, or result in the creation, modification, termination or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party; (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (as the same may be amended or restated from time to time, the "Charter") or the amended and restated by-laws of the Company; or (iii) violate any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any Governmental Entity (including, without limitation, those promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (the "FDA") or by any foreign, federal, state or local regulatory authority performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA), except in the case of clause (iii), for any such violation that would not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

2.14         No Defaults; Violations. No material default exists in the due performance and observance of any term, covenant or condition of any material license, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, note, loan or credit agreement, or any other agreement or instrument evidencing an obligation for borrowed money, or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company may be bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company is subject. The Company is not in violation of any term or provision of its Charter, or in violation of any franchise, license, permit, applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment or decree of any Governmental Entity.

 

 

2.15         Corporate Power; Licenses; Consents.

 

2.15.1         Conduct of Business. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has all requisite corporate power and authority, and has all necessary authorizations, approvals, orders, licenses, certificates and permits of and from all governmental regulatory officials and bodies that it needs as of the date hereof to conduct its business purpose as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus except where the failure to have any such authorization, approval, order, license, certificate or permit would not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

2.15.2         Transactions Contemplated Herein. The Company has all corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out the provisions and conditions hereof, and all consents, authorizations, approvals and orders required in connection therewith have been obtained. No consent, authorization or order of, and no filing with, any court, government agency or other body is required for the valid issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares and the consummation of the transactions and agreements contemplated by this Agreement and as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except with respect to applicable federal and state securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. ("FINRA").

 

2.16         D&O Questionnaires.  To the Company’s knowledge, all information contained in the questionnaires (the "Questionnaires") completed by each of the Company’s directors and officers immediately prior to the Offering (the "Insiders") as supplemented by all information concerning the Company’s directors, officers and principal shareholders as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as well as in the Lock-Up Agreement (as defined in Section 2.26 below), provided to the Placement Agents, is true and correct in all material respects and the Company has not become aware of any information which would cause the information disclosed in the Questionnaires to become materially inaccurate and incorrect.

 

2.17         Litigation; Governmental Proceedings. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry, arbitration, investigation, litigation or governmental proceeding pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against, or involving the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any executive officer or director which has not been disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except for any such action, suit, proceeding, inquiry, arbitration, investigation, litigation or governmental proceeding that would not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, or in connection with the Company’s listing application for the listing of the Shares on the Exchange.

 

2.18         Good Standing. The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation and is in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware as of the date hereof, and is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of business requires such qualification, except where the failure to qualify, singularly or in the aggregate, would not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

2.19         Insurance. The Company carries or is entitled to the benefits of insurance, with reputable insurers, in such amounts and covering such risks which the Company believes are adequate, and all such insurance is in full force and effect. The Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able (i) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

 

2.20         Transactions Affecting Disclosure to FINRA.

 

2.20.1         Finder’s Fees. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no claims, payments, arrangements, agreements or understandings relating to the payment of a finder’s, consulting or origination fee by the Company or any Insider with respect to the sale of the Shares hereunder or any other arrangements, agreements or understandings of the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its shareholders that may affect the Placement Agents' compensation, as determined by FINRA.

 

2.20.2         Payments Within Twelve (12) Months. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has not made any direct or indirect payments (in cash, securities or otherwise) to: (i) any person, as a finder’s fee, consulting fee or otherwise, in consideration of such person raising capital for the Company or introducing to the Company persons who raised or provided capital to the Company; (ii) any FINRA member; or (iii) any person or entity that has any direct or indirect affiliation or association with any FINRA member, within the twelve (12) months prior to the date of this Agreement, other than the payment to the Placement Agents as provided hereunder in connection with the Offering.

 

2.20.3         Use of Proceeds. None of the net proceeds of the Offering will be paid by the Company to any participating FINRA member or its affiliates, except as specifically authorized herein.

 

2.20.4         FINRA Affiliation. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates (within the meaning of FINRA’s Conduct Rule 5121(f)(1)) directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, or is an associated person (within the meaning of Article I, Section 1(ee) of the By-laws of FINRA) of, any member firm of FINRA.

 

2.20.5         Information. All information provided by the Company in its FINRA Questionnaire to Placement Agent Counsel specifically for use by Placement Agent Counsel in connection with its Public Offering System filings (and related disclosure) with FINRA is true, correct and complete in all material respects.

 

2.21         Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Neither the Company nor the Subsidiary or, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or the Subsidiary or any other person acting on behalf of the Company or  the Subsidiary, has, directly or indirectly, given or agreed to give any money, gift or similar benefit (other than legal price concessions to customers in the ordinary course of business) to any customer, supplier, employee or agent of a customer or supplier, or official or employee of any governmental agency or instrumentality of any government (domestic or foreign) or any political party or candidate for office (domestic or foreign) or other person who was, is, or may be in a position to help or hinder the business of the Company (or assist it in connection with any actual or proposed transaction) that (i) might subject the Company to any damage or penalty in any civil, criminal or governmental litigation or proceeding, (ii) if not given in the past, might have had a Material Adverse Change or (iii) if not continued in the future, might adversely affect the assets, business, operations or prospects of the Company. The Company has taken reasonable steps to ensure that its accounting controls and procedures are sufficient to cause the Company to comply in all material respects with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended or Title 5 of the Israeli Penalty Law (Bribery Transactions).

 

 

2.22           Compliance with OFAC. Neither the Company nor the Subsidiary or, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or the Subsidiary or any other person acting on behalf of the Company or the Subsidiary, is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury ("OFAC"), and the Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Offering hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

 

2.23           Money Laundering Laws.  The operations of the Company and the Subsidiary are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the Israeli Prohibition on Money Laundering Law, 2000, 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 Entity (collectively, the "Money Laundering Laws"); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity involving the Company or the Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

2.24           Regulatory. All preclinical and clinical studies conducted by or on behalf of the Company that are material to the Company or the Subsidiary, taken as a whole, are or have been adequately described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in all material respects.  The clinical and preclinical studies conducted by or on behalf of the Company or the Subsidiary that are described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or the results of which are referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus were and, if still ongoing, are being conducted in material compliance with all laws and regulations applicable thereto in the jurisdictions in which they are being conducted and with all laws and regulations applicable to preclinical and clinical studies from which data will be submitted to support marketing approval.  The descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus of the results of such studies are accurate and complete in all material respects and fairly present the data derived from such studies, and the Company has no knowledge of, or reason to believe that, any large well-controlled clinical study the aggregate results of which are inconsistent with or otherwise call into question the results of any clinical study conducted by or on behalf of the Company or the Subsidiary that are described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or the results of which are referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.  Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor the Subsidiary has received any written notices or statements from the FDA, the European Medicines Agency ("EMA") or any other governmental agency or authority imposing, requiring, requesting or suggesting a clinical hold, termination, suspension or material modification for or of any clinical or preclinical studies that are described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or the results of which are referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.  Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor the Subsidiary has received any written notices or statements from the FDA, the EMA or any other governmental agency, and otherwise has any knowledge of, or reason to believe that, (i) any investigational new drug application for potential product of the Company or the Subsidiary is or has been rejected or determined to be non-approvable or conditionally approvable; and (ii) any license, approval, permit or authorization to conduct any clinical trial of any potential product of the Company or the Subsidiary has been, will be or may be suspended, revoked, modified or limited.

 

2.25           Officers’ Certificate. Any certificate signed by any duly authorized officer of the Company and delivered to you or to Placement Agent Counsel shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to the Placement Agents and the Purchasers as to the matters covered thereby.

 

 

2.26         Lock-Up Agreements.  Schedule 3 hereto contains a complete and accurate list of the Company’s officers, directors and each owner of at least 10% of the Company’s outstanding shares of Common Stock (or securities convertible or exercisable into shares of Common Stock), as well as certain other holders of shares of Common Stock heretofore agreed upon between you and the Company (collectively, the "Lock-Up Parties").  The Company has caused each of the Lock-Up Parties to deliver to the Representative an executed Lock-Up Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the "Lock-Up Agreement"), prior to the execution of this Agreement.

 

2.27         Subsidiary.  The Company does not have any direct or indirect subsidiaries other than Oramed Ltd.  The Subsidiary is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Israel, and the Subsidiary is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of business requires such qualification, except where the failure to qualify would not have a Material Adverse Change.  The Company’s ownership and control of the Subsidiary is as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

2.28         Related Party Transactions. There are no business relationships or related party transactions involving the Company or any other person required to be described or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus that have not been described or incorporated by reference as required.

 

2.29         Board of Directors. The Board of Directors of the Company is comprised of Nadav Kidron, Miriam Kidron, Leonard Sank, Harold Jacob, Michael Berelowitz, and Gerald Ostrov.  The qualifications of the persons serving as board members and the overall composition of the board comply with the Exchange Act, the Exchange Act Regulations, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules promulgated thereunder (the "Sarbanes-Oxley Act") applicable to the Company and the listing rules of the Exchange.  At least one member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors qualifies as an "audit committee financial expert," as such term is defined under Regulation S-K and the listing rules of the Exchange.  In addition, at least a majority of the persons serving on the Board of Directors qualify as "independent," as defined under the listing rules of the Exchange.

 

2.30         Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance.

 

2.30.1         Disclosure Controls. The Company has developed and currently maintains disclosure controls and procedures that will comply with Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15 under the Exchange Act, and such controls and procedures are effective to ensure that all material information concerning the Company will be made known on a timely basis to the individuals responsible for the preparation of the Company’s Exchange Act filings and other public disclosure documents.

 

2.30.2         Compliance. The Company is, or at the Applicable Time and on the Closing Date will be, in material compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act applicable to it, and has implemented or will implement such programs and taken reasonable steps to ensure the Company’s future compliance (not later than the relevant statutory and regulatory deadlines therefor) with all of the material provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

 

2.31         Accounting Controls. The Company maintains systems of "internal control over financial reporting" (as defined under Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act Regulations) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, including, but not limited to, internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (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 the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal controls.  The Company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are known to the Company’s management and that have adversely affected or are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’ ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (ii) any fraud known to the Company’s management, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.

 

2.32         No Investment Company Status. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the Offering and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be, an "investment company," as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

2.33         No Labor Disputes. No labor related litigation and no labor dispute with the employees of the Company or the Subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent. The Company and the Subsidiary are in compliance in all material respects with the labor and employment laws applicable to their employees.

 

2.34         Intellectual Property. The Company and the Subsidiary own or possess or have valid rights to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets and similar rights ("Intellectual Property Rights") necessary for the conduct of the business of the Company and the Subsidiary as currently carried on and as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.  To the knowledge of the Company, no action or use by the Company or the Subsidiary necessary for the conduct of its business as currently carried on and as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will involve or give rise to any infringement of, or license or, except as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, similar fees for, any Intellectual Property Rights of others.  Neither the Company nor the Subsidiary has received any notice alleging any such infringement, fee or conflict with asserted Intellectual Property Rights of others. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change (A) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no infringement, misappropriation or violation by third parties of any of the Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company or the Subsidiary; (B) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the rights of the Company in or to any such Intellectual Property Rights, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim, that would, individually or in the aggregate, together with any other claims in this Section 2.34, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; (C) the Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company or the Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Intellectual Property Rights licensed to the Company or the Subsidiary have not been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property Rights, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim that would, individually or in the aggregate, together with any other claims in this Section 2.34, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; (D) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company or the Subsidiary infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property Rights or other proprietary rights of others, the Company or the Subsidiary has not received any written notice of such claim and the Company is unaware of any other facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim that would, individually or in the aggregate, together with any other claims in this Section 2.34, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; and (E) to the Company’s knowledge, no employee of the Company or the Subsidiary is in or has ever been in violation in any material respect of any term of any employment contract, patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment agreement, non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement, nondisclosure agreement or any restrictive covenant to or with a former employer where the basis of such violation relates to such employee’s employment with the Company or the Subsidiary, or actions undertaken by the employee while employed with the Company and could reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change. To the Company’s knowledge, all material technical information developed by and belonging to the Company or the Subsidiary which has not been patented has been kept confidential. Neither the Company nor the Subsidiary is a party to or bound by any options, licenses or agreements with respect to the Intellectual Property Rights of any other person or entity that are required to be set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and are not described therein. The Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus contain in all material respects the same description of the matters set forth in the preceding sentence. None of the technology employed by the Company or the Subsidiary has been obtained or is being used by the Company of the Subsidiary in violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or the Subsidiary or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its officers, directors or employees, or otherwise in violation of the rights of any persons. Other than as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, neither the Company, nor the Subsidiary, has received claims for royalties or other compensation from individuals, including employees of the Company, who made inventive contributions to Company’s technology or products, and neither Company or the Subsidiary will have no obligation to pay royalties or other compensation to such individuals on account of such inventive contributions.

 

 

2.35         Taxes. Each of the Company and the Subsidiary has filed all returns (as hereinafter defined) required to be filed with taxing authorities prior to the date hereof or has duly obtained extensions of time for the filing thereof.  Each of the Company and the Subsidiary has paid all taxes (as hereinafter defined) shown as due on such returns that were filed and has paid all taxes imposed on or assessed against the Company or the Subsidiary.  The provisions for taxes payable, if any, shown on the financial statements filed with or as part of the Registration Statement are sufficient for all accrued and unpaid taxes, whether or not disputed, and for all periods to and including the dates of such consolidated financial statements.  Except as disclosed in writing to the Placement Agents, (i) no issues have been raised (and are currently pending) by any taxing authority in connection with any of the returns or taxes asserted as due from the Company or the Subsidiary, and (ii) no waivers of statutes of limitation with respect to the returns or collection of taxes have been given by or requested from the Company or the Subsidiary.  The term "taxes" mean all federal, state, local, foreign and other net income, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, profits, license, lease, service, service use, withholding, payroll, employment, national insurance, value added, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property, windfall profits, customs, duties or other taxes, fees, assessments or charges of any kind whatever, together with any interest and any penalties, inflation linkages, additions to tax or additional amounts with respect thereto.  The term "returns" means all returns, declarations, reports, statements and other documents required to be filed in respect to taxes.

 

2.36         Environmental Matters. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, (i) each of the Company and the Subsidiary is not in violation of any material federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products (collectively, "Hazardous Materials") or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, "Environmental Laws"), (ii) each of the Company and the Subsidiary  has all material permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and is in compliance with their requirements, (iii) there are no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or the Subsidiary and (iv) to the Company’s knowledge, there are no events or circumstances that might reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or governmental body or agency, against or affecting the Company or the Subsidiary relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.

 

 

2.37         ERISA Compliance.  Neither the Company nor the Subsidiary has any employees in the United States and is not subject to Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

 

2.38         Compliance with Laws.  Each of the Company and the Subsidiary: (A) is and at all times has been in compliance with all statutes, rules, or regulations applicable to the ownership, testing, development, manufacture, packaging, processing, use, distribution, marketing, labeling, promotion, sale, offer for sale, storage, import, export or disposal of any product manufactured or distributed by the Company ("Applicable Laws"), except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change; (B) has not received any FDA Form 483, notice of adverse finding, warning letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or any other governmental authority alleging or asserting noncompliance with any Applicable Laws or any licenses, certificates, approvals, clearances, authorizations, permits and supplements or amendments thereto required by any such Applicable Laws ("Authorizations"); (C) possesses all material Authorizations and such Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect and are not in material violation of any term of any such Authorizations; (D) has not received notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from any governmental authority or third party alleging that any product operation or activity is in violation of any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and has no knowledge that any such governmental authority or third party is considering any such claim, litigation, arbitration, action, suit, investigation or proceeding; (E) has not received notice that any governmental authority has taken, is taking or intends to take action to limit, suspend, modify or revoke any Authorizations and has no knowledge that any such governmental authority is considering such action; (F) has filed, obtained, maintained or submitted all material reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments as required by any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and that all such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments were complete and correct on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent submission); and (G) has not, either voluntarily or involuntarily, initiated, conducted, or issued or caused to be initiated, conducted or issued, any recall, market withdrawal or replacement, safety alert, post-sale warning, "dear doctor" letter, or other notice or action relating to the alleged lack of safety or efficacy of any product or any alleged product defect or violation and, to the Company’s knowledge, no third party has initiated, conducted or intends to initiate any such notice or action.

 

 

2.39         Ineligible Issuer. At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the Securities Act Regulations) of the Shares and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an "ineligible issuer," as defined in Rule 405, without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer.

 

2.40         Smaller Reporting Company. As of the time of filing of the Registration Statement and as of the filing of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Company was a "smaller reporting company," as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

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

 

2.42         Margin Securities.  The Company owns no "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 Offering 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 shares of Common Stock to be considered a "purpose credit" within the meanings of Regulation T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.

 

2.43         Industry Data. The statistical and market-related data included in each of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company reasonably and in good faith believes are reliable and accurate or represent the Company’s good faith estimates that are made on the basis of data derived from such sources.

 

2.44         Exchange Act Reports.  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 September 1, 2010, except where the failure to timely file could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

2.45         Currency of Registration Statement.  The date of this Agreement is not more than three years subsequent to the initial effective date of the Registration Statement.

 

2.46         Israeli Law Matters.

 

2.46.1         The Subsidiary does not have any immunity from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution or otherwise) under the laws of the State of Israel.

 

2.46.2         No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing, qualification or registration with, any Israeli court or governmental agency or body, which has not been made, obtained or taken and is not in full force and effect, is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company, the offer or sale of the Shares or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, other than the obligation to file certain information following the Closing Date with the Israeli Investment Center and the Chief Scientist.

 

 

2.46.3         Neither the Company nor the Subsidiary is in violation of any condition or requirement stipulated (A) by any instruments of approval, granted to it by the Office of the Chief Scientist in the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor (the "Chief Scientist"), the Law for Encouragement of Industrial Research and Development, 5744-1984 (the "R&D Law"), or the Bio-Jerusalem Fund  (the "Bio-Jerusalem Fund") with respect to any research and development grants or benefits given to the Company or the Subsidiary by the Chief Scientist or the Bio-Jerusalem Fund  or (B) with respect to any instrument of approval granted to it by the Investment Center of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor of the State of Israel with respect to grants or benefits given to the Company and the Subsidiary.  Neither the Company nor the Subsidiary has received any notice denying, revoking or modifying any "approved enterprise" or "benefited enterprise" or "privileged enterprise" status with respect to any of the Company’s or the Subsidiary's facilities or operations or with respect to any grants or benefits from the Chief Scientist, the Investment Center or the Bio-Jerusalem Fund (including, in all such cases, notice of proceedings or investigations related thereto). All information supplied by the Company or the Subsidiary with respect to the applications or notifications relating to such "approved enterprise" status, "privileged enterprise status" and "benefitted enterprise" status and to grants and benefits from the Chief Scientist, the Investment Center and/or the Bio-Jerusalem Fund was true, correct and complete in all material respects when supplied to the appropriate authorities.

 

2.46.4         No proceedings have been instituted in the State of Israel for the dissolution of the Subsidiary.

 

3.             Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees as follows:

 

3.1           Amendments to Registration Statement. The Company shall deliver to the Placement Agents, prior to filing, any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus proposed to be filed after the date of this Agreement and not file any such amendment or supplement to which the Placement Agents shall reasonably object in writing.

 

3.2           Federal Securities Laws.

 

3.2.1           Compliance. The Company, subject to Section 3.2.2, shall comply with the requirements of Rule 430B, and will notify the Representative promptly, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall become effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus shall have been filed; (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission; (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, including any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, or for additional information; (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Securities Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act in connection with the Offering of the Shares. The Company shall effect all filings required under Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act Regulations, in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and shall take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Company shall use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order, prevention or suspension and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.

 

 

3.2.2           Continued Compliance. The Company shall comply with the Securities Act, the Securities Act Regulations, the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Shares as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Shares is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172 of the Securities Act Regulations ("Rule 172"), would be) required by the Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of Placement Agent Counsel, for the Company, to (i) amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) amend or supplement the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order that the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser or (iii) amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, in order to comply with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Securities Act Regulations, the Company will promptly (A) give the Representative notice of such event; (B) prepare any amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus comply with such requirements and, a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed filing or use, furnish the Representative with copies of any such amendment or supplement and (C) file with the Commission any such amendment or supplement; provided that the Company shall not file or use any such amendment or supplement to which the Representative or Placement Agent Counsel shall reasonably object in writing. The Company will furnish to the Representative such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Representative may reasonably request. The Company has given the Placement Agents notice of any filings made pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time; the Company will give the Representative notice of its intention to make any such filing from the Applicable Time until the Closing Date and will furnish the Placement Agents with copies of the related document(s) a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representative or Placement Agent Counsel shall reasonably object.

 

3.2.3           Exchange Act Registration. For a period of three (3) years after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to maintain the registration of the shares of Common Stock under the Exchange Act. The Company shall not deregister the shares of Common Stock under the Exchange Act without the prior written consent of the Representative.

 

3.2.4           Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representative, it shall not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a "free writing prospectus," or a portion thereof, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the Representative shall be deemed to have consented to each Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus hereto and any "road show that is a written communication" within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) that has been reviewed by the Representative. The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each such free writing prospectus consented to, or deemed consented to, by the Representative as an "issuer free writing prospectus," as defined in Rule 433, and that it has complied and will comply with the applicable requirements of Rule 433 with respect thereto, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

 

 

3.3           Delivery to the Placement Agents of Registration Statements. The Company has delivered or made available or shall deliver or make available to the Representative and Placement Agent Counsel, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Placement Agents, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for the Placement Agents. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Placement Agents will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

3.4           Delivery to the Placement Agents of Prospectuses. The Company has delivered or made available or will deliver or make available to the Placement Agents, without charge, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus as the Placement Agents reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the Securities Act. The Company will furnish to the Placement Agents, without charge, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Shares is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172 of the Securities Act Regulations, would be) required to be delivered under the Securities Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as the Placement Agents may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Placement Agents will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

3.5           Review of Financial Statements.  For a period of five (5) years after the date of this Agreement, the Company, at its expense, shall cause its regularly engaged independent registered public accounting firm to review (but not audit) the Company’s financial statements for each of the three fiscal quarters immediately preceding the announcement of any quarterly financial information.

 

3.6           Listing. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to maintain the listing of the shares of Common Stock (including the Shares) on the Exchange for at least one year from the date of this Agreement.

 

3.7           Financial Public Relations Firm. As of the Closing Date, the Company shall have retained a financial public relations firm reasonably acceptable to the Representative and the Company, which shall initially be Corporate Profile LLC, which firm shall be experienced in assisting issuers in public offerings of securities and in their relations with their security holders, and shall retain such firm or another firm reasonably acceptable to the Representative for a period of not less than two (2) years after the date of this Agreement.

 

 

3.8           Reports to the Representative.

 

3.8.1           Periodic Reports, etc. For a period of three  (3) years after the date of this Agreement, commercially reasonable best efforts to file with the Commission such periodic and special reports as required by the Exchange Act.

 

3.9           Payment of Expenses.

 

3.9.1           General Expenses Related to the Offering. The Company hereby agrees to pay on the Closing Date all expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement, including, but not limited to: (a) all filing fees and communication expenses relating to the registration of the shares of Common Stock to be sold in the Offering with the Commission; (b) all COBRADesk filing fees associated with the review of the Offering by FINRA; (c) all fees and expenses relating to the listing of such Shares on the NasdaqCM, the Nasdaq Global Market, Nasdaq Global Select Market or the NYSE MKT and such other stock exchanges as the Company and the Representative together determine; (d) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to background checks of the Company’s officers and directors in an amount not to exceed $2,000 per individuals; (e) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to the registration or qualification of such Shares under the "blue sky" securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably designate (including, without limitation, all filing and registration fees, it being agreed that if the Offering is commenced on the NasdaqCM, the Company shall make a payment of $5,000); (f) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to the registration, qualification or exemption of such Shares under the securities laws of such foreign jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably designate; (g) the costs of all mailing and printing of the Placement Agency documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement and any Blue Sky Surveys), Registration Statements, Prospectuses and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto and as many preliminary and final Prospectuses as the Representative  may reasonably deem necessary; (h) the costs and expenses of the public relations firm; (i) the costs of preparing, printing and delivering certificates representing the Shares; (j) fees and expenses of the transfer agent for the Shares; (k) stock transfer and/or stamp taxes, if any, payable upon the transfer of securities from the Company to the Purchasers; (l) the costs associated with post-Closing Date advertising the Offering in the national editions of the Wall Street Journal and New York Times; (m) the costs associated with bound volumes of the public offering materials as well as commemorative mementos and lucite tombstones, each of which the Company or its designee shall provide within a reasonable time after the Closing Date in such quantities as the Placement Agents may reasonably request; (n) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants; (o) the fees and expenses of the Company’s legal counsel and other agents and representatives; (p) the $15,000 cost associated with the Representative's use of Ipreo’s book-building, prospectus tracking and compliance software for the Offering; and (q) up to $20,000 of the Representative's actual accountable "road show" expenses for the Offering.

 

3.9.2           Non-accountable Expenses. The Company further agrees that, in addition to the expenses payable pursuant to Section 3.9.1, on the Closing Date it shall pay to the Representative's a non-accountable expense allowance equal to one percent (1%) of the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Shares (excluding the proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Other Shares), provided, however, that in the event that the Offering is terminated, the Company agrees to reimburse the Representative pursuant to Section 8.3 hereof.

 

3.10         Application of Net Proceeds. The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the Offering received by it in a manner consistent with the application thereof described under the caption "Use of Proceeds" in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

3.11         Delivery of Earnings Statements to Security Holders. The Company shall make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but not later than the first day of the fifteenth (15th) full calendar month following the date of this Agreement, an earnings statement (which need not be certified by independent registered public accounting firm unless required by the Securities Act or the Securities Act Regulations, but which shall satisfy the provisions of Rule 158(a) under Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) covering a period of at least twelve (12) consecutive months beginning after the Closing Date.

 

 

3.12         Stabilization. Neither the Company nor, to its knowledge, any of its employees, directors or shareholders (without the consent of the Representative) has taken or shall take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that has constituted or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under Regulation M of the Exchange Act, or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.

 

3.13         Internal Controls. The Company shall maintain 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 in order to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP 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.

 

3.14         Accountants. The Company shall continue to retain a nationally recognized independent registered public accounting firm for a period of at least three (3) years after the Closing Date. The Representative acknowledges that the Auditor is acceptable to the Representative.

 

3.15         FINRA. The Company shall advise the Representative (who shall make an appropriate filing with FINRA) if it is or becomes aware that Company or any of its affiliates (within the meaning of FINRA’s Conduct Rule 5121(f)(1)) directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, or is an associated person (within the meaning of Article I, Section 1(ee) of the By-laws of FINRA) of, any member firm of FINRA.

 

3.16         No Fiduciary Duties. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Placement Agents' responsibility to the Company is solely contractual in nature and that none of the Placement Agents' or their affiliates or any selling agent shall be deemed to be acting in a fiduciary capacity, or otherwise owes any fiduciary duty to the Company or any of its affiliates in connection with the Offering and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

3.17         Company Lock-Up Agreement.  The Company, on behalf of itself and any successor entity, agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representative, it will not, for a period of 90 days after the date of this Agreement (the "Lock-Up Period"), (i) with the exception of strategic transactions or equity plans, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company; (ii) file or cause to be filed any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company except for a registration statement on Form S-8 to register shares issuable pursuant to the Company's equity incentive plans; or (iii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of capital stock of the Company, whether any such transaction described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above is to be settled by delivery of shares of capital stock of the Company or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.

 

 

The restrictions contained in this Section 3.18 shall not apply to (i) the shares of Common Stock to be sold to the Purchasers under the Subscription Agreements, or (ii) the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of a stock option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof, of which the Representative has been advised in writing.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (ii) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results or becomes aware that material news or a material event will occur during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the restrictions imposed by this Section 3.18.1 shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of such material news or material event, as applicable, unless the Representative waives, in writing, such extension.

 

3.18         Release of D&O Lock-up Period. If the Representative, in its sole discretion, agrees to release or waive the restrictions set forth in the Lock-Up Agreements described in Section 2.26 hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three (3) Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto through a major news service at least two (2) Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.

 

3.19         Reporting Requirements.  The Company, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Shares is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the Securities Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act within the time periods required by the Exchange Act and Exchange Act Regulations. Additionally, the Company shall report the use of proceeds from the issuance of the Shares as may be required under Rule 463 under the Securities Act Regulations.

 

4.             Conditions of the  Placement Agents' Obligations. The obligations of the Placement Agents, as provided herein, shall be subject to (i) the continuing accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date; (ii) the accuracy of the statements of officers of the Company made pursuant to the provisions hereof; (iii) the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder; and (iv) the following conditions:

 

4.1           Regulatory Matters.

 

4.1.1           Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Rule 430A Information. The Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act and, at the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the Securities Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, contemplated by the Commission. The Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information. The Prospectus containing the Rule 430A Information shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time frame required by Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act Regulations (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)) or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed with, and declared effective by, the Commission in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430B under the Securities Act Regulations.

 

 

4.1.2           FINRA Clearance. On or before the date of this Agreement, the Representative shall have received conditional no objection letter from FINRA as to the amount of compensation allowable or payable to FINRA members as described in the Registration Statement.

 

4.1.3           Exchange Stock Market Clearance. On the Closing Date, the Company's shares of Common Stock, including the Shares, shall have been approved for listing on the Exchange, subject only to official notice of issuance.

 

4.2           Company Counsel Matters.

 

4.2.1           Closing Date Opinion of US Counsel. On the Closing Date, the Representative and the Purchasers shall have received the favorable opinion of Zysman Aharoni Gayer and Sullivan & Worcester LLP, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative, in form and substance satisfactory to Placement Agent Counsel.

 

4.2.2           10b-5 Negative Assurance Letter. On the Closing Date, the Representative shall further have received a written statement providing certain 10b-5 negative assurances from Zysman Aharoni Gayer and Sullivan & Worcester LLP, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative and the Purchasers, in form and substance satisfactory to Placement Agent Counsel.

 

4.2.3           Closing Date Opinion of Israeli Counsel. On the Closing Date, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion of Goldfarb Seligman & Co., special Israeli counsel, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative and the Purchasers, in form and substance satisfactory to Placement Agent Counsel.

 

4.2.4           Opinion of JMB Davis.  On the Closing Date, the Representative shall have received the opinion of JMB Davis, dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Representative and the Purchasers in form and substance satisfactory to Placement Agent Counsel.

 

4.2.5           Reliance. In rendering such opinions, such counsel may rely: (i) as to matters involving the application of laws other than the laws of the United States and jurisdictions in which they are admitted, to the extent such counsel deems proper and to the extent specified in such opinion, if at all, upon an opinion or opinions (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative) of other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Representative, familiar with the applicable laws; and (ii) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates or other written statements of officers of the Company and officers of departments of various jurisdictions having custody of documents respecting the corporate existence or good standing of the Company, provided that copies of any such statements or certificates shall be delivered to Placement Agent Counsel if requested.

 

4.3           Opinion of Placement Agent Counsel.  Troutman Sanders LLP, counsel to the Placement Agents, shall have furnished to the Representative a written statement providing certain "10b-5" negative assurances, addressed to the Placement Agent and dated the Closing Date, in the form mutually agreed to by the Representative and Placement Agent Counsel.

 

4.4           Comfort Letters.

 

4.4.1           Cold Comfort Letter. At the time this Agreement is executed you shall have received from the Auditor a cold comfort letter containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ comfort letters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, addressed to the Representative  and in form and substance satisfactory in all respects to you and to the Auditor, dated as of the date of this Agreement.

 

 

4.4.2           Bring-down Comfort Letter. At the Closing Date, the Representative shall have received from the Auditor a letter, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the Auditor reaffirms the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to Section 4.4.1, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three (3) business days prior to the Closing Date.

 

4.5           Officers’ Certificates.

 

4.5.1           Officers’ Certificate. The Company shall have furnished to the Representative a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of its President and Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer stating that (i) such officers have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and, in their opinion, the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and the Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as of its date and as of the Closing Date, the Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto, as of the respective date thereof and as of the Closing Date, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, (ii) since the Applicable Time, no event has occurred which should have been set forth in a supplement or amendment to the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) 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 (iv) 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, except as set forth in the Prospectus.

 

4.5.2           Secretary’s Certificate. At the Closing Date, the Representative shall have received a certificate of the Company signed by the Secretary of the Company, dated the Closing Date, certifying: (i) that each of the Charter and Bylaws is true and complete, has not been modified and is in full force and effect; (ii) that the resolutions of the Company’s Board of Directors or any committee thereof relating to the Offering are in full force and effect and have not been modified; (iii) as to the accuracy and completeness of all correspondence between the Company or its counsel and the Commission; and (iv) as to the incumbency of the officers of the Company. The documents referred to in such certificate shall be attached to such certificate.

 

4.6           No Material Changes. Prior to and on the Closing Date: (i) there shall have been no material adverse change or development involving a prospective material adverse change in the condition or prospects or the business activities, financial or otherwise, of the Company from the latest dates as of which such condition is set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; (ii) no action, suit or proceeding, at law or in equity, shall have been pending or threatened against the Company or any Insider before or by any court or federal or state commission, board or other administrative agency wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding which could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; (iii) no stop order shall have been issued under the Securities Act and no proceedings therefor shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and (iv) the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto shall contain all material statements which are required to be stated therein in accordance with the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations and shall conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations, and neither the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package nor the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

 

4.7           Delivery of Agreements.  On or before the date of this Agreement, the Company shall have delivered to the Representative executed copies of this Agreement and the Lock-Up Agreements from each of the persons listed in Schedule 3 hereto.

 

4.8           Additional Documents. At the Closing Date, Placement Agent Counsel shall have been furnished with such documents and certificates as they may reasonably require, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and Placement Agent Counsel.

 

5.             Indemnification.

 

5.1           Indemnification of the Placement Agents.

 

5.1.1           General.  Subject to the conditions set forth below, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Placement Agent, its affiliates and each of its and their respective directors, officers, members, employees, representatives and agents and each person, if any, who controls any such Placement Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (collectively the "Placement Agent Indemnified Parties," and each an "Placement Agent Indemnified Party"), against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever (including but not limited to any and all legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, whether arising out of any action between any of the Placement Agent Indemnified Parties and the Company or between any of the Placement Agent Indemnified Parties and any third party, or otherwise) to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any other statute or at common law or otherwise or under the laws of foreign countries, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in (i) the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as from time to time each may be amended and supplemented); (ii) any materials or information provided to Purchasers by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the Offering, including any "road show" or investor presentations made to Purchasers by the Company (whether in person or electronically); or (iii) any application or other document or written communication (in this Section 5, collectively called "application") executed by the Company or based upon written information furnished by the Company in any jurisdiction in order to qualify the Shares under the securities laws thereof or filed with the Commission, any state securities commission or agency, the Exchange or any other national securities exchange; or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of 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, unless such statement or omission was made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, the Placement Agent Information.  With respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in the Disclosure Package, the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 5.1.1 shall not inure to the benefit of any Placement Agent Indemnified Party to the extent that any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense of such Placement Agent Indemnified Party results from the fact that a copy of the Prospectus was not given or sent to the person asserting any such loss, liability, claim or damage at or prior to the written confirmation of sale of the Shares to such person as required by the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations, and if the untrue statement or omission has been corrected in the Prospectus, unless such failure to deliver the Prospectus was a result of non-compliance by the Company with its obligations under Section 3.3 hereof.

 

 

5.1.2           Procedure. If any action is brought against an Placement Agent Indemnified Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought against the Company pursuant to Section 5.1.1, such Placement Agent Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the institution of such action and the Company shall assume the defense of such action, including the employment and fees of counsel (subject to the reasonable approval of such Placement Agent Indemnified Party) and payment of actual expenses. Such Placement Agent Indemnified Party 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 Placement Agent Indemnified Party unless (i) the employment of such counsel at the expense of the Company shall have been authorized in writing by the Company in connection with the defense of such action, or (ii) the Company shall not have employed counsel to have charge of the defense of such action, or (iii) such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be defenses available to it or them which are different from or additional to those available to the Company (in which case the Company shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events the reasonable fees and expenses of not more than one additional firm of attorneys selected by the Placement Agent Indemnified Party (in addition to local counsel) shall be borne by the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any Placement Agent Indemnified Party shall assume the defense of such action as provided above, the Company shall have the right to approve the terms of any settlement of such action, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

5.2           Indemnification of the Company. Each Placement Agent, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and persons who control the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the foregoing indemnity from the Company to the several Placement Agents, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or in any application, in reliance upon, and in strict conformity with, the Placement Agent Information. In case any action shall be brought against the Company or any other person so indemnified based on any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or any application, and in respect of which indemnity may be sought against the any Placement Agent, such Placement Agent shall have the rights and duties given to the Company, and the Company and each other person so indemnified shall have the rights and duties given to the several Placement Agents by the provisions of Section 5.1.2.  The Company agrees promptly to notify the Representative of the commencement of any litigation or proceedings against the Company or any of its officers, directors or any person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares or in connection with the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

 

 

5.3           Contribution.

 

5.3.1           Contribution Rights. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 shall for any reason be unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 5.1 or 5.2 in respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof, referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Placement Agents, on the other, from the Offering of the Shares, 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 the Placement Agents, on the other, with respect to the statements or omissions that resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Placement Agents, on the other, with respect to such Offering shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the Offering of the Shares (before deducting expenses and excluding the proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Other Shares) received by the Company, as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus, on the one hand, and the total placement agent fees received by the Placement Agents with respect to the shares of the Common Stock purchased under this Agreement, as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus, on the other hand.  The relative fault shall be determined by reference to whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Placement Agents, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.  The Company and the Placement Agents agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 5.3.1 were to be determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Placement Agents were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein.  The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 5.3.1 shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this Section 5.3.1, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5.3.1 in no event shall the Placement Agents be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total placement agent fees received by the Placement Agents with respect to the Offering of the Shares exceeds the amount of any damages that the Placement Agents has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.  No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

5.3.2           Contribution Procedure. Within fifteen (15) days after receipt by any party to this Agreement (or its representative) of notice of the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding, such party will, if a claim for contribution in respect thereof is to be made against another party ("contributing party"), notify the contributing party of the commencement thereof, but the failure to so notify the contributing party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any other party other than for contribution hereunder. In case any such action, suit or proceeding is brought against any party, and such party notifies a contributing party or its representative of the commencement thereof within the aforesaid 15 days, the contributing party will be entitled to participate therein with the notifying party and any other contributing party similarly notified. Any such contributing party shall not be liable to any party seeking contribution on account of any settlement of any claim, action or proceeding affected by such party seeking contribution on account of any settlement of any claim, action or proceeding affected by such party seeking contribution without the written consent of such contributing party. The contribution provisions contained in this Section 5.3.2 are intended to supersede, to the extent permitted by law, any right to contribution under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise available.

 

 

6.             Additional Covenants.

 

6.1           Board Composition and Board Designations. The Company shall ensure that: (i) the qualifications of the persons serving as members of the Board of Directors and the overall composition of the Board comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, with the Exchange Act and with the listing rules of the Exchange nor any other national securities exchange, as the case may be, in the event the Company seeks to have its shares of Common Stock listed on another exchange or quoted on an automated quotation system, and (ii) if applicable, at least one member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors qualifies as an "audit committee financial expert," as such term is defined under Regulation S-K and the listing rules of the NasdaqCM.

 

6.2           Prohibition on Press Releases and Public Announcements. Prior to the Closing Date, the Company will not issue any press release or other communication directly or indirectly or hold any press conference with respect to the Company, its condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings, business, operations or prospects of any of them, or the offering of the Shares, without the prior written consent of the Representative, unless in the reasonable judgment of the Company and its counsel, and after notification to the Representative, such press release or communication is required by law, in which case the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to allow the Representative reasonable time to comment on such release or other communication in advance of such issuance.

 

7.             Effective Date of this Agreement and Termination Thereof.

 

7.1           Effective Date. This Agreement shall become effective when both the Company and the Representative have executed the same and delivered counterparts of such signatures to the other party.

 

7.2           Termination. The Representative shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time prior to any Closing Date, (i) if any domestic or international event or act or occurrence has materially disrupted, or in your opinion will in the immediate future materially disrupt, general securities markets in the United States; or (ii) if trading on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC shall have been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required by FINRA or by order of the Commission or any other government authority having jurisdiction; or (iii) if the United States shall have become involved in a new war or an increase in major hostilities; or (iv) if a banking moratorium has been declared by a New York State or federal authority; or (v) if a moratorium on foreign exchange trading has been declared which materially adversely impacts the United States securities markets; or (vi) if the Company shall have sustained a material loss by fire, flood, accident, hurricane, earthquake, theft, sabotage or other calamity or malicious act which, whether or not such loss shall have been insured, will, in the Representative's opinion, make it inadvisable to proceed with the delivery of the Shares; or (vii) if the Company is in material breach of any of its representations, warranties or covenants hereunder; or (viii) if the Representative shall have become aware after the date hereof of such a material adverse change in the conditions or prospects of the Company, or such adverse material change in general market conditions as in the Representative's judgment would make it impracticable to proceed with the offering, sale and/or delivery of the Shares.

 

7.3           Expenses. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event that this Agreement shall not be carried out for any reason whatsoever, within the time specified herein or any extensions thereof pursuant to the terms herein, the Company shall be obligated to pay to the Placement Agents their actual and accountable out-of-pocket expenses related to the transactions contemplated herein then due and payable (including the fees and disbursements of the Representative's counsel up to $50,000 inclusive of the $20,000 advance for accountable expenses previously paid by the Company to the Representative and upon demand the Company shall pay the full amount thereof to the Representative on behalf of the Placement Agents; provided, however, that such expense cap in no way limits or impairs the indemnification and contribution provisions of this Agreement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any advance received by the Representative will be reimbursed to the Company to the extent not actually incurred in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(C).

 

 

7.4           Indemnification. Notwithstanding any contrary provision contained in this Agreement, any election hereunder or any termination of this Agreement, and whether or not this Agreement is otherwise carried out, the provisions of Section 5 shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be in any way affected by, such election or termination or failure to carry out the terms of this Agreement or any part hereof.

 

7.5           Representations, Warranties, Agreements to Survive. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Placement Agents or their Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling any Placement Agent, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company or (ii) delivery of and payment for the Shares.

 

8.             Miscellaneous.

 

8.1           Notices. All communications hereunder, except as herein otherwise specifically provided, shall be in writing and shall be mailed (registered or certified mail, return receipt requested), personally delivered or sent by facsimile transmission and confirmed and shall be deemed given when so delivered or faxed and confirmed or if mailed, two (2) days after such mailing.

 

If to the Representative:

Aegis Capital Corp.

810 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor

New York, New York 10019

Attn: Mr. David Bocchi, Managing Director of Investment Banking

Fax No.: (212) 813-1047

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

Troutman Sanders LLP

The Chrysler Building

405 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10174

Attn: Henry I. Rothman

Fax No.: (212) 704-6288

and to

Yigal Arnon & Co.

22 Rivlin Street

Jerusalem 94263 Israel

Attention:  Barry Levenfeld, Adv.

Fax No.: + 972-2 ###-###-####

 

 

If to the Company:

Oramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Hi-Tech Park 2/5 Givat Ram

PO Box 39098

Jerusalem, 91390, Israel

Attention: Nadav Kidron, President and Chief Executive Officer

Fax No: +972-2 ###-###-####

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

Zysman Aharoni Gayer and Sullivan & Worcester LLP

1633 Broadway

New York, New York

Attention:  Oded Har-Even

Fax No: 212- 660-3001

and to

Goldfarb Seligman & Co.

The Electra Tower

98 Yigal Alon Street

Tel Aviv 67891 Israel

Attention:  Adam M. Klein, Adv.

Fax No.: + 972-3 ###-###-####

8.2           Headings. The headings contained herein are for the sole purpose of convenience of reference, and shall not in any way limit or affect the meaning or interpretation of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement.

 

8.3           Amendment. This Agreement may only be amended by a written instrument executed by each of the parties hereto.

 

8.4           Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with the other agreements and documents being delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement) constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings of the parties, oral and written, with respect to the subject matter hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, it is understood and agreed by the parties hereto that all other legally binding terms and conditions of that certain engagement letter between the Company and Aegis Capital Corp., dated June 5, 2013, shall remain in full force and effect.

 

8.5           Binding Effect. This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Representative, the Placement Agents, the Company and the controlling persons, directors and officers referred to in Section 5 hereof, and their respective successors, legal representatives, heirs and assigns, and no other person shall have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of or by virtue of this Agreement or any provisions herein contained. The term "successors and assigns" as herein used shall not include any Purchaser of the Shares by reason merely of such purchase.

 

 

8.6           Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Trial by Jury. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflict of laws principles thereof. The Company hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of, or relating in any way to this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the New York Supreme Court, County of New York, or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The Company hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. Any such process or summons to be served upon the Company may be served by transmitting a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to it at the address set forth in Section 9.1 hereof. Such mailing shall be deemed personal service and shall be legal and binding upon the Company in any action, proceeding or claim. The Company agrees that the prevailing party(ies) in any such action shall be entitled to recover from the other party(ies) all of its reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses relating to such action or proceeding and/or incurred in connection with the preparation therefor. The Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) and each of the Placement Agents hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

8.7           Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts has been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of a signed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile or email/pdf transmission shall constitute valid and sufficient delivery thereof.

 

8.8           Waiver, etc. The failure of any of the parties hereto to at any time enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall not be deemed or construed to be a waiver of any such provision, nor to in any way effect the validity of this Agreement or any provision hereof or the right of any of the parties hereto to thereafter enforce each and every provision of this Agreement. No waiver of any breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument executed by the party or parties against whom or which enforcement of such waiver is sought; and no waiver of any such breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment shall be construed or deemed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment.

 

 

 

 

Aegis Capital Corp.

 

Maxim Group LLC

 

 

 

 

Number of Shares: 658,144

 

Number of Other Shares: 226,144

 

Offering Price per Share: $7.00

 

Placement Fee per Share: $0.42

 

Non-accountable Expense Allowance per Share: $0.07

 

Proceeds to Company per Share (other than Other Shares) (before expenses): $6.51

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

____________, 2013

 

Aegis Capital Corp.

810 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor

New York, New York 10019

Re:         Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the "Company")

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter agreement (this "Agreement") is delivered to you pursuant to the Placement Agency Agreement (the "Placement Agency Agreement") to be entered into by the Company, as issuer, and Aegis Capital Corp., as the placement agent (the "Placement Agent"). Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Placement Agency Agreement, the Company intends to effect a registered direct offering (the "Offering") of shares (the "Shares") of common stock, par value $0.012 per share, of the Company.

The undersigned recognizes that it is in the best financial interests of the undersigned, as an officer or director, or an owner of shares, options, warrants or other securities of the Company (the "Company Securities"), that the Company complete the proposed Offering.

The undersigned further recognizes that the Company Securities held by the undersigned are, or may be, subject to certain restrictions on transferability, including those imposed by United States federal securities laws. Notwithstanding these restrictions, the undersigned has agreed to enter into this Agreement to further assure the Placement Agent that the Company Securities of the undersigned, now held or hereafter acquired, will not enter the public market at a time that might impair the placement agency effort.

Therefore, as an inducement to the Placement Agent to execute the Placement Agency Agreement, the undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that the undersigned will not (i) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of, engage in any hedging or other transactions, including, without limitation, any short sale or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including without limitation any put or call option) with respect to, or with respect to any security that includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from (collectively a "Disposition"), any Company Securities, or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or any rights to purchase or otherwise acquire, any Company Securities held by the undersigned or acquired by the undersigned after the date hereof, or that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned (collectively, the "Lock-Up Shares"), pursuant to the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for a period commencing on the date hereof and ending 90 days after the date of the Company’s final prospectus relating to the Offering is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, (the "Lock-Up Period"), without the prior written consent of the Placement Agent, or (ii) exercise or seek to exercise or effectuate in any manner any rights of any nature that the undersigned has or may have hereafter to require the Company to register, under the Act, the undersigned’s sale, transfer or other disposition of any of the Lock-Up Shares or other securities of the Company held by the undersigned, or to otherwise participate as a selling securityholder in any manner in any registration effected by the Company under the Act during the Lock-Up Period.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, the Company issues a release concerning earnings or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (y) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period; the restrictions imposed in 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.

 

 

 The undersigned agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent against the transfer of any Company Securities or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or any rights to purchase or otherwise acquire, any Company Securities, held by the undersigned except in compliance with this Agreement.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the conditions below, the undersigned may transfer the Lock-Up Shares in the transactions listed as (i)-(iv) below without the prior written consent of the Placement Agent, provided that (1) prior to such a transfer, the Placement Agent shall have received a duplicate form of this Agreement executed and delivered by each donee, trustee, distributee or transferee, as the case may be, and (2) no such transfer shall involve a disposition for value:

 

(i)

as a bona fide gift or gifts;

 

(ii)

to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned;

 

(iii)

to any beneficiary of the undersigned pursuant to a will or other testamentary document or applicable laws of descent; or

 

(iv)

to any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity all of the beneficial ownership interests of which are held by the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned.

 

It is understood that if the Placement Agency Agreement (other than the provisions thereof that survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Shares, you will release the undersigned from the obligations under this Agreement.

Facsimile or electronically transmitted signatures to this Agreement shall be binding and have the same force and effect as manually executed original signatures.

In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company and its transfer agent and registrar are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of Lock-Up Shares if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding on the undersigned and the respective successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns of the undersigned. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Placement Agency Agreement.

 

 

ORAMED PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

 

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the "Company") announced today that Aegis Capital Corp., acting as the placement agent in the Company’s registered direct offering of _______ shares of the Company’s common stock, is [waiving] [releasing] a lock-up restriction with respect to _________ shares of the Company’s common stock held by [certain officers or directors] [an officer or director] of the Company. The [waiver] [release] will take effect on _________, 20___, and the shares may be sold on or after such date.

 

 

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