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Exhibit 1.2
OPEN MARKET SALE AGREEMENT
SM
August 9, 2023
JEFFERIES LLC
 
520 Madison Avenue
New York,
 
New York
 
10022
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
Vaxxinity,
 
Inc.,
 
a Delaware corporation
 
(the “
Company
”), proposes, subject to
 
the terms
and conditions
 
stated herein,
 
to issue
 
and sell
 
from time
 
to time
 
through Jefferies
 
LLC, as
 
sales
agent and/or principal (the “
Agent
”), shares of the
 
Company’s Class
 
A common stock, par value
$0.0001
 
per
 
share
 
(the
 
Common
 
Shares
”),
 
on
 
the
 
terms
 
set
 
forth
 
in
 
this
 
agreement
 
(this
Agreement
”).
Section 1.
 
DEFINITIONS
(a)
 
Certain Definitions.
 
For purposes of this Agreement,
 
capitalized terms used herein
and not otherwise defined shall have the following respective meanings:
Affiliate
 
of
 
a
 
Person
 
means
 
another
 
Person
 
that
 
directly
 
or
 
indirectly,
 
through
 
one
 
or
more
 
intermediaries,
 
controls,
 
is
 
controlled
 
by,
 
or
 
is
 
under
 
common
 
control
 
with,
 
such
 
first-
mentioned
 
Person.
 
The
 
term
 
“control”
 
(including
 
the
 
terms
 
“controlling,”
 
“controlled
 
by”
 
and
“under common control
 
with”) means the
 
possession, direct or
 
indirect, of the
 
power to direct
 
or
cause the direction of the
 
management and policies of a
 
Person, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
Agency
 
Period
 
means
 
the
 
period
 
commencing
 
on
 
the
 
date
 
of
 
this
 
Agreement
 
and
expiring on the
 
earliest to occur
 
of (x) the
 
date on which
 
the Agent
 
shall have placed
 
the Maximum
Program
 
Amount
 
pursuant
 
to
 
this
 
Agreement
 
and
 
(y)
 
the
 
date
 
this
 
Agreement
 
is
 
terminated
pursuant to Section 7.
Commission
” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Exchange Act
” means
 
the Securities
 
Exchange Act
 
of 1934,
 
as amended,
 
and the
 
rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Floor Price
” means the minimum
 
price set by
 
the Company in the
 
Issuance Notice below
which the Agent shall not sell Shares
 
during the applicable period set forth
 
in the Issuance Notice,
which may
 
be
 
adjusted
 
by the
 
Company at
 
any time
 
during the
 
period set
 
forth in
 
the
 
Issuance
Notice by delivering
 
written notice of
 
such change to
 
the Agent and
 
which in no
 
event shall be
 
less
than $1.00 without the
 
prior written consent of
 
the Agent, which may
 
be withheld in the
 
Agent’s
sole discretion.
_______________________________
SM “Open Market Sale Agreement” is a service mark of Jefferies LLC
 
2
 
Issuance Amount
” means
 
the aggregate
 
Sales Price
 
of the
 
Shares to
 
be sold by
 
the Agent
pursuant to any Issuance Notice.
Issuance
 
Notice
 
means
 
a
 
written
 
notice
 
delivered
 
to
 
the
 
Agent
 
by
 
the
 
Company
 
in
accordance with
 
this Agreement
 
in the
 
form attached
 
hereto as
 
Exhibit A
 
that is
 
executed by
 
its
principal executive officer or principal financial officer.
Issuance Notice
 
Date
” means
 
any Trading
 
Day during
 
the Agency
 
Period that
 
an Issuance
Notice is delivered pursuant to Section 3(b)(i).
 
Issuance Price
” means the Sales Price less the Selling Commission.
Maximum Program Amount
” means Common Shares with an aggregate Sales Price of
the lesser
 
of
 
(a) the
 
number or
 
dollar
 
amount of
 
Common
 
Shares registered
 
under the
 
effective
Registration
 
Statement
 
(defined
 
below)
 
pursuant
 
to
 
which
 
the
 
offering
 
is
 
being
 
made,
 
(b)
 
the
number of authorized but unissued
 
Common Shares (less Common Shares
 
issuable upon exercise,
conversion or exchange of any outstanding securities of the Company or otherwise reserved from
the
 
Company’s
 
authorized
 
capital
 
stock),
 
(c)
 
the
 
number
 
or
 
dollar
 
amount
 
of
 
Common
 
Shares
permitted to be
 
sold under Form S-3
 
(including General Instruction I.B.6
 
thereof, if applicable),
 
or
(d) the number
 
or dollar amount of
 
Common Shares for
 
which the Company
 
has filed a
 
Prospectus
(defined below).
Person
 
means
 
an
 
individual
 
or
 
a
 
corporation,
 
partnership,
 
limited
 
liability
 
company,
trust, incorporated
 
or unincorporated
 
association, joint
 
venture, joint
 
stock company, governmental
authority or other entity of any kind.
Principal
 
Market
 
means
 
The
 
Nasdaq
 
Stock
 
Market
 
LLC
 
or
 
such
 
other
 
national
securities exchange on which the Common Shares, including any Shares, are then listed.
Sales
 
Price
 
means
 
the
 
actual
 
sale
 
execution
 
price
 
of
 
each
 
Share
 
placed
 
by
 
the
 
Agent
pursuant to this Agreement.
Securities
 
Act
 
means
 
the
 
Securities
 
Act
 
of
 
1933,
 
as
 
amended,
 
and
 
the
 
rules
 
and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Selling Commission
” means
 
three percent
 
(3.0%) of
 
the gross
 
proceeds of
 
Shares sold
pursuant
 
to
 
this
 
Agreement,
 
or
 
as
 
otherwise
 
agreed
 
between
 
the
 
Company
 
and
 
the
 
Agent
 
with
respect to any Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement.
 
Settlement Date
” means the
 
second business
 
day following each
 
Trading Day during
 
the
period set forth in the Issuance
 
Notice on which Shares are sold pursuant
 
to this Agreement, when
the Company
 
shall deliver
 
to the
 
Agent the
 
amount of
 
Shares sold
 
on such
 
Trading Day
 
and the
Agent shall deliver to the Company the Issuance Price received on such sales.
Shares
” shall
 
mean the
 
Company’s
 
Common Shares
 
issued or
 
issuable pursuant
 
to this
Agreement.
Trading Day
” means any day on which the Principal Market is open for trading.
 
3
Section 2.
 
REPRESENTATIONS
 
AND WARRANTIES
 
OF THE COMPANY
 
The Company represents and warrants
 
to, and agrees with, the
 
Agent that as of (1)
 
the date
of this Agreement,
 
(2) each
 
Issuance Notice Date,
 
(3) each Settlement
 
Date, (4)
 
each Triggering
Event
 
Date
 
(as
 
defined
 
below)
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
which
 
the
 
Company
 
is
 
required
 
to
 
deliver
 
a
certificate pursuant to Section 4(o), and
 
(5) as of each Time
 
of Sale (each of the times
 
referenced
above
 
is
 
referred
 
to
 
herein
 
as
 
a
 
Representation
 
Date
”),
 
except
 
as
 
may
 
be
 
disclosed
 
in
 
the
Prospectus
 
(including
 
any
 
documents
 
incorporated
 
by
 
reference
 
therein
 
and
 
any
 
supplements
thereto) on or before a Representation Date:
 
(a)
 
Registration Statement.
 
The Company has prepared and filed, or
 
will file, with the
Commission a shelf registration statement
 
on Form S-3 that contains a base
 
prospectus (the “
Base
Prospectus
”).
 
Such registration statement
 
registers the offering
 
and sale by
 
the Company of
 
the
Shares
 
under
 
the
 
Securities
 
Act.
 
The
 
Company
 
may
 
file
 
one
 
or
 
more
 
additional
 
registration
statements
 
from
 
time
 
to
 
time
 
that
 
will
 
contain
 
a
 
base
 
prospectus
 
and
 
related
 
prospectus
 
or
prospectus
 
supplement,
 
if
 
applicable,
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
the
 
Shares.
 
Except
 
where
 
the
 
context
otherwise requires, such
 
registration statement(s), including
 
any information deemed to
 
be a part
thereof pursuant to
 
Rule 430B under
 
the Securities Act,
 
including all financial
 
statements, exhibits
and
 
schedules
 
thereto
 
and
 
all
 
documents
 
incorporated
 
or
 
deemed
 
to
 
be
 
incorporated
 
therein
 
by
reference pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act as from time to time amended
or
 
supplemented,
 
is
 
herein
 
referred
 
to
 
as
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement,
 
and
 
the
 
prospectus
supplement
 
relating
 
to
 
the
 
sale
 
of
 
the
 
Shares
 
and
 
constituting
 
a
 
part
 
of
 
such
 
registration
statement(s),
 
together
 
with
 
the
 
Base
 
Prospectus
 
and
 
any
 
prospectus
 
supplement
 
filed
 
with
 
the
Commission pursuant
 
to Rule
 
424(b) under
 
the Securities
 
Act relating
 
to a
 
particular offering
 
of
the Shares,
 
including all
 
documents incorporated
 
or deemed
 
to be
 
incorporated therein
 
by reference
pursuant
 
to
 
Item
 
12
 
of
 
Form
 
S-3
 
under
 
the
 
Securities
 
Act,
 
in
 
each
 
case,
 
as
 
from
 
time
 
to
 
time
amended or
 
supplemented,
 
is
 
referred to
 
herein as
 
the
 
Prospectus,
 
except
 
that
 
if
 
any
 
revised
prospectus is provided to the Agent by
 
the Company for use in connection
 
with the offering of the
Shares that is
 
not required to
 
be filed by
 
the Company pursuant
 
to Rule 424(b)
 
under the Securities
Act, the term “
Prospectus
” shall refer to such revised prospectus from and after
 
the time it is first
provided
 
to
 
the
 
Agent
 
for
 
such
 
use.
 
As
 
used
 
in
 
this
 
Agreement,
 
the
 
terms
 
“amendment”
 
or
“supplement” when
 
applied
 
to
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement or
 
the
 
Prospectus
 
shall
 
be
 
deemed to
include the filing by the
 
Company with the Commission
 
of any document under
 
the Exchange Act
after the date hereof that is or is deemed to be incorporated therein by reference.
All
 
references
 
in
 
this
 
Agreement
 
to
 
financial
 
statements
 
and
 
schedules
 
and
 
other
information
 
which
 
is
 
“contained,”
 
“included”
 
or
 
“stated”
 
in
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
or
 
the
Prospectus (and all other references
 
of like import) shall be
 
deemed to mean and include
 
all such
financial statements and schedules and
 
other information which is or
 
is deemed to be incorporated
by reference
 
in or
 
otherwise
 
deemed under
 
the
 
Securities Act
 
to be
 
a part
 
of or
 
included in
 
the
Registration
 
Statement
 
or
 
the
 
Prospectus,
 
as
 
the
 
case
 
may
 
be,
 
as
 
of
 
any
 
specified
 
date;
 
and
 
all
references in this
 
Agreement to amendments
 
or supplements to
 
the Registration Statement or
 
the
Prospectus shall
 
be deemed
 
to mean
 
and include,
 
without limitation,
 
the filing
 
of any
 
document
under the
 
Exchange
 
Act
 
which
 
is
 
or
 
is
 
deemed to
 
be
 
incorporated by
 
reference
 
in
 
or
 
otherwise
deemed under
 
the Securities
 
Act to
 
be a
 
part of
 
or included
 
in the
 
Registration Statement
 
or the
Prospectus, as the case may be, as of any specified date.
 
 
 
 
4
At the time the Registration
 
Statement was or will be
 
declared effective and at the time the
Company’s
 
most recent annual report
 
on Form 10-K
 
was filed with
 
the Commission, if
 
later, the
Company
 
met
 
the
 
then-applicable
 
requirements
 
for
 
use
 
of
 
Form
 
S-3
 
under
 
the
 
Securities
 
Act.
 
During
 
the
 
Agency
 
Period,
 
each
 
time
 
the
 
Company
 
files
 
an
 
annual
 
report
 
on
 
Form
 
10-K
 
the
Company will meet
 
the then-applicable requirements
 
for use of
 
Form S-3
 
under the Securities
 
Act.
(b)
 
Compliance with Registration Requirements.
 
The Registration Statement and any
registration
 
statement
 
filed
 
pursuant
 
to
 
Rule
 
462(b)
 
under
 
the
 
Securities
 
Act
 
(“
Rule
 
462(b)
Registration Statement
”) have been
 
declared effective
 
by the
 
Commission under
 
the Securities
Act.
 
The
 
Company
 
has
 
complied
 
to
 
the
 
Commission’s
 
satisfaction
 
with
 
all
 
requests
 
of
 
the
Commission for additional or supplemental
 
information in connection therewith, if
 
any.
 
No stop
order suspending the effectiveness
 
of the Registration Statement
 
or any Rule 462(b)
 
Registration
Statement is in effect and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending or,
to the best knowledge of the Company, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission.
 
The
 
Prospectus,
 
when
 
filed,
 
complied
 
or
 
will
 
comply
 
in
 
all
 
material
 
respects
 
with
 
the
Securities Act and, if
 
filed with the
 
Commission through its
 
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis
and
 
Retrieval
 
system
 
(“
EDGAR
”)
 
(except
 
as
 
may
 
be
 
permitted
 
by
 
Regulation
 
S-T
 
under
 
the
Securities Act), was identical
 
to the copy thereof
 
delivered to the Agent
 
for use in connection
 
with
the
 
offering
 
and
 
sale
 
of
 
the
 
Shares.
 
Each
 
of
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement,
 
any
 
Rule
 
462(b)
Registration
 
Statement
 
and
 
any
 
post-effective
 
amendment
 
thereto,
 
at
 
the
 
time
 
it
 
became
 
or
becomes
 
effective
 
and
 
at
 
each
 
Representation
 
Date,
 
complied
 
and
 
will
 
comply
 
in
 
all
 
material
respects with the
 
Securities Act and did
 
not and will not
 
contain any untrue statement
 
of a material
fact or
 
omit to state
 
a material
 
fact required
 
to be stated
 
therein or
 
necessary to make
 
the statements
therein not
 
misleading.
 
As of
 
the date
 
of this
 
Agreement, the
 
Prospectus and
 
any Free
 
Writing
Prospectus (as defined
 
below) considered together
 
(collectively, the “
Time of Sale Information
”)
did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the
 
statements therein,
 
in the
 
light of
 
the circumstances
 
under which
 
they were
 
made, not
misleading.
 
The Prospectus,
 
as amended
 
or supplemented,
 
as of
 
its date
 
and at
 
each Representation
Date, did not
 
and will not contain
 
any 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.
 
The representations and
 
warranties set forth
 
in the three
immediately preceding sentences do not apply to
 
statements in or omissions from the Registration
Statement, any
 
Rule 462(b)
 
Registration Statement,
 
or any
 
post-effective
 
amendment thereto,
 
or
the
 
Prospectus,
 
or
 
any
 
amendments
 
or
 
supplements
 
thereto,
 
made
 
in
 
reliance
 
upon
 
and
 
in
conformity
 
with
 
information
 
relating
 
to
 
the
 
Agent
 
furnished
 
to
 
the
 
Company
 
in
 
writing
 
by
 
the
Agent
 
expressly
 
for
 
use
 
therein,
 
it
 
being
 
understood
 
and
 
agreed
 
that
 
the
 
only
 
such
 
information
furnished by the Agent to the Company consists
 
of the information described in Section 6 below.
 
There are no contracts or other documents
 
required to be described in the Prospectus
 
or to be filed
as exhibits to
 
the Registration Statement which
 
have not been described
 
or filed as
 
required. The
Registration
 
Statement
 
and
 
the
 
offer
 
and
 
sale
 
of
 
the
 
Shares
 
as
 
contemplated
 
hereby
 
meet
 
the
requirements of
 
Rule 415
 
under the
 
Securities Act
 
and comply
 
in all
 
material respects
 
with said
rule.
(c)
 
Ineligible Issuer
 
Status. The
 
Company is
 
not an
 
“ineligible issuer”
 
in connection
with the offering of the Shares pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act.
 
Any
Free Writing
 
Prospectus that
 
the Company
 
is required
 
to file
 
pursuant to
 
Rule 433(d)
 
under the
 
 
 
 
 
5
Securities Act
 
has been, or
 
will be, filed
 
with the Commission
 
in accordance
 
with the requirements
of the Securities Act.
 
Each Free Writing
 
Prospectus that the Company has filed, or is
 
required to
file, pursuant
 
to Rule
 
433(d) under
 
the Securities
 
Act or
 
that was
 
prepared by
 
or on
 
behalf of
 
or
used
 
or
 
referred
 
to
 
by
 
the
 
Company
 
complies
 
or
 
will
 
comply
 
in
 
all
 
material
 
respects
 
with
 
the
requirements of Rule 433 under the
 
Securities Act including timely filing with
 
the Commission or
retention where
 
required and legending,
 
and each
 
such Free Writing Prospectus,
 
as of
 
its issue date
and
 
at
 
each
 
Representation
 
Date
 
did
 
not,
 
does
 
not
 
and
 
will
 
not
 
include
 
any
 
information
 
that
conflicted,
 
conflicts
 
with
 
or
 
will
 
conflict
 
with
 
the
 
information
 
contained
 
in
 
the
 
Registration
Statement or
 
the Prospectus,
 
including any
 
document incorporated
 
by reference
 
therein.
 
Except
for the Free
 
Writing Prospectuses, if any, furnished to the Agent
 
before first use, the
 
Company has
not prepared, used or
 
referred to, and
 
will not, without
 
the Agent’s
 
prior consent, prepare,
 
use or
refer to, any Free Writing Prospectus.
(d)
 
Incorporated
 
Documents.
 
The
 
documents
 
incorporated
 
or
 
deemed
 
to
 
be
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
 
and the Prospectus, at the time
 
they were
filed with
 
the Commission,
 
complied in
 
all material
 
respects with
 
the requirements
 
of the
 
Exchange
Act, as
 
applicable, and,
 
when read
 
together with
 
the other
 
information in
 
the Prospectus,
 
do not
contain 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, in light
 
of the circumstances
 
under which they
were made, not misleading.
 
(e)
 
Exchange
 
Act
 
Compliance.
 
The
 
documents
 
incorporated
 
or
 
deemed
 
to
 
be
incorporated by
 
reference in
 
the Prospectus,
 
at the
 
time they
 
were or
 
hereafter are
 
filed with
 
the
Commission
 
complied
 
and
 
will
 
comply
 
in
 
all
 
material
 
respects
 
with
 
the
 
requirements
 
of
 
the
Exchange Act,
 
and, when
 
read together with
 
the other
 
information in
 
the Prospectus,
 
at the
 
time
the Registration Statement
 
and any
 
amendments thereto
 
become effective and
 
at each
 
Time of Sale
(as defined below),
 
as the case
 
may be, will
 
not contain an
 
untrue statement of
 
a material fact
 
or
omit to state a material fact required to be
 
stated therein or necessary to make the 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.
(f)
 
Emerging
 
Growth
 
Company
 
Status.
 
From
 
the
 
time
 
of
 
filing
 
of
 
the
 
Registration
Statement through the date hereof, the Company has been and
 
is an “emerging growth company,”
as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act (an “
Emerging Growth Company
”).
 
(g)
 
Independent
 
Accountants.
 
Armanino
 
LLP,
 
or
 
such
 
other
 
accountants
 
(the
Accountants
”),
 
who
 
certified
 
or
 
reviewed
 
the
 
financial
 
statements
 
and
 
supporting
 
schedules
included
 
or
 
incorporated
 
by
 
reference
 
in
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
and
 
the
 
Prospectus
 
are
independent
 
public
 
accountants
 
as
 
required
 
by
 
the
 
Securities
 
Act
 
and
 
the
 
Public
 
Company
Accounting Oversight Board.
 
(h)
 
Financial
 
Statements;
 
Non-GAAP
 
Financial
 
Measures.
 
The
 
financial
 
statements
included or
 
incorporated by
 
reference in
 
the Registration
 
Statement and
 
the Prospectus,
 
together
with
 
the
 
related schedules
 
and
 
notes
 
thereto,
 
present
 
fairly
 
in
 
all
 
material
 
respects the
 
financial
position of the Company and its combined consolidated subsidiaries at the dates
 
indicated and the
statement of
 
operations,
 
stockholders’ equity
 
and
 
cash flows
 
of
 
the Company
 
and its
 
combined
consolidated subsidiaries
 
for the
 
periods specified;
 
said financial
 
statements have
 
been prepared
 
 
 
6
in
 
conformity
 
with
 
U.S.
 
generally
 
accepted
 
accounting
 
principles
 
(“
GAAP
”)
 
applied
 
on
 
a
consistent basis throughout
 
the periods involved.
 
The supporting schedules,
 
if any,
 
present fairly
in all
 
material respects
 
in
 
accordance with
 
GAAP
 
the information
 
required to
 
be stated
 
therein.
Except as included therein,
 
no historical or pro
 
forma financial statements or
 
supporting schedules
are
 
required
 
to
 
be
 
included
 
or
 
incorporated
 
by
 
reference
 
in
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
or
 
the
Prospectus
 
under
 
the
 
Securities
 
Act.
 
The
 
interactive
 
data
 
in
 
eXtensible
 
Business
 
Reporting
Language included or
 
incorporated by reference
 
in the
 
Registration Statement fairly
 
presents the
information
 
called
 
for
 
in
 
all
 
material
 
respects
 
and
 
has
 
been
 
prepared
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
(i)
 
No Material Adverse Effect on Business.
 
Except as otherwise stated therein, since
the
 
respective
 
dates
 
as
 
of
 
which
 
information
 
is
 
given
 
in
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
or
 
the
Prospectus, (A) there has
 
been no material adverse
 
change in the condition,
 
financial or otherwise,
or
 
in
 
the
 
earnings,
 
business
 
affairs
 
or
 
business
 
prospects
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
and
 
its
 
subsidiaries
considered as
 
one enterprise,
 
whether or
 
not arising
 
in the
 
ordinary course
 
of business (a
 
Material
Adverse Effect
”), (B) there have
 
been no transactions entered
 
into by the Company
 
or any of its
subsidiaries, other
 
than those
 
in the
 
ordinary course
 
of business,
 
which are
 
material with
 
respect
to
 
the
 
Company
 
and
 
its
 
subsidiaries
 
considered
 
as
 
one
 
enterprise,
 
and
 
(C)
 
there
 
has
 
been
 
no
dividend or
 
distribution of
 
any kind
 
declared, paid
 
or made
 
by the
 
Company on
 
any class
 
of its
capital stock.
 
(j)
 
Good Standing of
 
the Company.
 
The Company has
 
been duly incorporated
 
and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has
corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and
 
to conduct its business
as
 
described in
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
and
 
the Prospectus
 
and
 
to
 
enter
 
into
 
and
 
perform
 
its
obligations under this
 
Agreement; and the
 
Company is
 
duly qualified as
 
a foreign corporation
 
to
transact business and
 
is in good
 
standing in each
 
other jurisdiction in
 
which such qualification
 
is
required, whether
 
by reason
 
of the
 
ownership or
 
leasing of
 
property or
 
the conduct
 
of business,
except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(k)
 
Good Standing of
 
Subsidiaries. Each
 
“significant subsidiary”
 
of the
 
Company (as
such term is defined in Rule
 
1-02 of Regulation S-X) (each, a
 
subsidiary
” and, collectively,
 
the
subsidiaries
”) has been duly
 
organized and is validly existing
 
in good standing under
 
the laws of
the jurisdiction of
 
its incorporation or
 
organization, has
 
corporate or similar
 
power and authority
to own, lease and
 
operate its properties and to
 
conduct its business as described
 
in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and is duly
 
qualified to transact business and is
 
in good standing in
each jurisdiction
 
in which
 
such qualification
 
is required,
 
whether by
 
reason of
 
the ownership
 
or
leasing
 
of
 
property or
 
the
 
conduct
 
of
 
business,
 
in
 
each case
 
except
 
as
 
would
 
not
 
reasonably be
expected to result in a Material
 
Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise
 
disclosed in the Registration
Statement and the
 
Prospectus, all of
 
the issued and
 
outstanding capital stock
 
of each subsidiary
 
has
been
 
duly
 
authorized
 
and
 
validly
 
issued,
 
is
 
fully
 
paid
 
and
 
non-assessable
 
and
 
is
 
owned
 
by
 
the
Company,
 
directly
 
or
 
through
 
subsidiaries,
 
free
 
and
 
clear
 
of
 
any
 
security
 
interest,
 
mortgage,
pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any
subsidiary
 
were
 
issued
 
in
 
violation
 
of
 
the
 
preemptive
 
or
 
similar
 
rights
 
of
 
any
 
securityholder
 
of
such subsidiary. The only subsidiaries of the Company are the subsidiaries listed on Exhibit 21 to
the Company’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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(l)
 
Capitalization. The authorized,
 
issued and outstanding
 
shares of capital
 
stock of the
Company are as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (except for subsequent
issuances, if
 
any,
 
pursuant to
 
this Agreement,
 
pursuant to
 
reservations, agreements
 
or employee
benefit
 
plans
 
referred
 
to
 
in
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
and
 
the
 
Prospectus
 
or
 
pursuant
 
to
 
the
exercise of convertible
 
securities or options
 
or warrants referred
 
to in
 
the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus) and there are no outstanding warrants, options, other convertible securities or
other rights to acquire shares
 
of Common Shares that
 
have not been disclosed
 
in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus. The outstanding shares
 
of capital stock of the Company
 
have been
duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. None of the outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Company were issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar
rights of any securityholder of the Company.
 
(m)
 
Authorization of
 
Agreement. This
 
Agreement has
 
been duly
 
authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company.
 
(n)
 
Authorization and
 
Description of
 
Shares. The
 
Shares subject
 
to any
 
Issuance Notice
have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and
delivered by
 
the Company
 
pursuant to
 
this Agreement
 
against payment
 
therefor,
 
will be
 
validly
issued and fully paid and non-assessable; and the
 
issuance and sale of the Shares is
 
not subject to
the preemptive
 
or other similar
 
rights to subscribe
 
for or purchase
 
the Shares. The
 
Common Shares
conform
 
in
 
all
 
material
 
respects
 
to
 
all
 
statements
 
relating
 
thereto
 
contained
 
in
 
the
 
Registration
Statement and the
 
Prospectus and such
 
description conforms in
 
all material respects
 
to the rights
set forth in the instrument defining the same.
 
(o)
 
Registration Rights.
 
There are
 
no persons
 
with registration
 
rights or
 
other similar
rights to have any securities
 
registered for sale pursuant
 
to the Registration Statement,
 
other than
those rights
 
that have
 
been disclosed
 
in the
 
Registration Statement
 
and the
 
Prospectus and
 
have
been waived.
 
(p)
 
Absence of Violations, Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries is
 
(A) in
 
violation of
 
its charter,
 
by-laws or
 
similar organizational
 
document, (B)
 
in
default
 
in
 
the
 
performance
 
or
 
observance
 
of
 
any
 
obligation,
 
agreement,
 
covenant
 
or
 
condition
contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement,
 
note, lease
or other agreement or instrument to which the
 
Company or any of its subsidiaries is
 
a party or by
which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company
or
 
any
 
subsidiary
 
is
 
subject
 
(collectively,
 
Agreements
 
and
 
Instruments
”),
 
except
 
for
 
such
defaults that would
 
not, singly or
 
in the aggregate,
 
reasonably be expected to
 
result in a
 
Material
Adverse Effect,
 
or (C)
 
in violation
 
of any
 
law,
 
statute, rule,
 
regulation, judgment,
 
order,
 
writ or
decree of
 
any arbitrator,
 
court, governmental
 
body, regulatory body, administrative
 
agency or
 
other
authority,
 
body or agency
 
having jurisdiction over
 
the Company or
 
any of its
 
subsidiaries or any
of their
 
respective properties,
 
assets or
 
operations (each,
 
a “
Governmental Entity
”), except
 
for
such violations
 
that would
 
not, singly
 
or in
 
the aggregate,
 
reasonably be
 
expected to
 
result in
 
a
Material
 
Adverse
 
Effect.
 
The
 
execution,
 
delivery
 
and
 
performance
 
of
 
this
 
Agreement
 
and
 
the
issuance and
 
sale of
 
the Shares
 
subject to
 
any Issuance
 
Notice and
 
the use
 
of the
 
proceeds from
the sale of such Shares as described therein under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) and compliance
by
 
the
 
Company
 
with
 
its
 
obligations
 
hereunder
 
have
 
been
 
duly
 
authorized
 
by
 
all
 
necessary
corporate action and do
 
not and will not,
 
whether with or without
 
the giving of notice
 
or passage
 
 
 
 
8
of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined
below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any
properties or
 
assets of
 
the Company or
 
any subsidiary
 
pursuant to,
 
the Agreements
 
and Instruments
(except
 
for
 
such
 
conflicts,
 
breaches,
 
defaults
 
or
 
Repayment
 
Events
 
or
 
liens,
 
charges
 
or
encumbrances
 
that
 
would
 
not,
 
singly
 
or
 
in
 
the
 
aggregate,
 
reasonably
 
be
 
expected
 
to
 
result
 
in
 
a
Material Adverse
 
Effect), nor
 
will such
 
action result
 
in any
 
violation of
 
(i) the
 
provisions of
 
the
charter, by-laws
 
or similar organizational
 
document of the
 
Company or any
 
of its subsidiaries
 
or
(ii) any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order,
 
writ or decree of any Governmental Entity,
except,
 
in
 
the
 
case
 
of
 
clause
 
(ii)
 
above,
 
for
 
such
 
violations
 
that
 
would
 
not,
 
singly
 
or
 
in
 
the
aggregate,
 
reasonably
 
be
 
expected
 
to
 
result
 
in
 
a
 
Material
 
Adverse
 
Effect.
 
As
 
used
 
herein,
 
a
Repayment Event
” means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture
or other
 
evidence of
 
indebtedness (or
 
any person
 
acting on
 
such holder’s
 
behalf) the
 
right to
 
require
the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such
 
indebtedness by the Company
or any of its subsidiaries.
 
(q)
 
Absence of
 
Labor Dispute.
 
Except as
 
disclosed in
 
the Registration
 
Statement and
the Prospectus, (A) no labor dispute with the employees of
 
the Company or any of its subsidiaries
exists or,
 
to the
 
knowledge of
 
the Company,
 
is imminent,
 
and (B)
 
the Company
 
is not
 
aware of
any
 
existing
 
or
 
imminent
 
labor
 
disturbance
 
by
 
the
 
employees
 
of
 
any
 
of
 
the
 
Company’s
 
or
 
any
subsidiary’s
 
principal
 
suppliers,
 
manufacturers,
 
customers
 
or
 
contractors,
 
which,
 
in
 
the
 
case
 
of
either clause
 
(A) or
 
(B), would,
 
singly or
 
in the
 
aggregate, reasonably
 
be expected
 
to result
 
in a
Material Adverse Effect.
 
(r)
 
Absence of Proceedings. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, there is no
 
action, suit, proceeding, inquiry
 
or investigation before or
 
brought by any
Governmental Entity now
 
pending or,
 
to the knowledge
 
of the Company,
 
threatened, against the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, that, singly or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, or which would reasonably be
 
expected to materially and adversely affect
 
their respective
properties or
 
assets or
 
the consummation
 
of the
 
transactions contemplated
 
in this
 
Agreement or
the performance
 
by the
 
Company of
 
its obligations
 
hereunder; and
 
the aggregate
 
of all
 
pending
legal or governmental
 
proceedings to which
 
the Company or
 
any such subsidiary
 
is a party
 
or of
which
 
any
 
of
 
their
 
respective
 
properties
 
or
 
assets
 
is
 
the
 
subject
 
which
 
are
 
not
 
described
 
in
 
the
Registration Statement
 
and the
 
Prospectus, including
 
ordinary routine
 
litigation incidental
 
to the
business,
 
would
 
not,
 
singly
 
or
 
in
 
the
 
aggregate,
 
reasonably
 
be
 
expected
 
to
 
result
 
in
 
a
 
Material
Adverse Effect.
 
(s)
 
Accuracy of
 
Exhibits. There
 
are no
 
contracts or
 
documents which
 
are required
 
to
be
 
described
 
in
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
or
 
the
 
Prospectus
 
or
 
to
 
be
 
filed
 
as
 
exhibits
 
to
 
the
Registration Statement which have not been so described and filed as required.
 
(t)
 
Absence
 
of
 
Further
 
Requirements.
 
No
 
filing
 
with,
 
or
 
authorization,
 
approval,
consent,
 
license,
 
order,
 
registration,
 
qualification
 
or
 
decree
 
of,
 
any
 
Governmental
 
Entity
 
is
necessary
 
or
 
required
 
for
 
the
 
performance
 
by
 
the
 
Company
 
of
 
its
 
obligations
 
hereunder,
 
in
connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Shares hereunder or the consummation of
 
the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
 
except (A) such as
 
have been already obtained or
 
as
 
 
 
9
may be required under
 
the Securities Act, the rules
 
of the Principal Market,
 
state securities laws or
the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“
FINRA
”).
 
(u)
 
Possession
 
of
 
Licenses
 
and
 
Permits.
 
Except
 
as
 
disclosed
 
in
 
the
 
Registration
Statement
 
and
 
the
 
Prospectus, the
 
Company
 
and its
 
subsidiaries
 
possess
 
such permits,
 
licenses,
approvals, consents and
 
other authorizations (collectively,
 
Governmental Licenses
”) issued by
the appropriate
 
Governmental Entities
 
necessary to
 
conduct the
 
business now
 
operated by
 
them,
except where
 
the failure
 
so to
 
possess would
 
not, singly
 
or in
 
the aggregate,
 
reasonably be
 
expected
to result
 
in a
 
Material Adverse
 
Effect. Except
 
as disclosed
 
in the
 
Registration Statement
 
and the
Prospectus, the Company
 
and its subsidiaries
 
are in compliance with
 
the terms and
 
conditions of
all
 
Governmental
 
Licenses,
 
except
 
where
 
the
 
failure
 
so
 
to
 
comply
 
would
 
not,
 
singly
 
or
 
in
 
the
aggregate, reasonably
 
be expected
 
to result
 
in a
 
Material Adverse
 
Effect.
 
Except as
 
disclosed in
the Registration Statement
 
and the Prospectus, all
 
of the Governmental
 
Licenses are valid
 
and in
full force and
 
effect, except
 
when the invalidity
 
of such Governmental
 
Licenses or the
 
failure of
such Governmental
 
Licenses to
 
be in
 
full force
 
and effect
 
would not,
 
singly or
 
in the
 
aggregate,
reasonably
 
be
 
expected
 
to
 
result
 
in
 
a
 
Material
 
Adverse
 
Effect.
 
Except
 
as
 
disclosed
 
in
 
the
Registration
 
Statement
 
and the
 
Prospectus,
 
neither the
 
Company
 
nor
 
any
 
of
 
its
 
subsidiaries has
received
 
any
 
written
 
notice
 
of
 
proceedings
 
relating
 
to
 
the
 
revocation
 
or
 
modification
 
of
 
any
Governmental Licenses
 
which, singly or
 
in the
 
aggregate, if
 
the subject
 
of an
 
unfavorable decision,
ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(v)
 
Title
 
to
 
Property.
 
Except
 
as
 
disclosed
 
in
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
and
 
the
Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries do not
 
own any real property and have good title
 
to
all
 
other
 
properties
 
(other
 
than
 
Intellectual
 
Property
 
(as
 
defined
 
below),
 
which
 
is
 
addressed
 
in
Section
 
1(r)
 
below)
 
owned
 
by
 
them
 
that
 
are
 
material
 
to
 
the
 
business
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
and
 
its
subsidiaries, in each case, free
 
and clear of all
 
mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests,
 
claims,
restrictions
 
or
 
encumbrances
 
of
 
any
 
kind
 
except
 
such
 
as
 
do
 
not,
 
singly
 
or
 
in
 
the
 
aggregate,
materially affect the value of such property and do
 
not materially interfere with the use made and
proposed to
 
be made
 
of such
 
property by
 
the Company
 
or any
 
of its
 
subsidiaries; and
 
except as
disclosed in the Registration Statement
 
and the Prospectus, all
 
of the leases and
 
subleases material
to the business
 
of the Company and
 
its subsidiaries, considered as
 
one enterprise, and under
 
which
the Company or any of its subsidiaries holds properties described
 
in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus, are in
 
full force and effect,
 
and neither the Company
 
nor any such subsidiary
 
has
received
 
any
 
written
 
notice
 
of
 
any
 
material
 
claim
 
of
 
any
 
sort
 
that
 
has
 
been
 
asserted
 
by
 
anyone
adverse
 
to
 
the
 
rights
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
or
 
any
 
subsidiary
 
under
 
any
 
of
 
the
 
leases
 
or
 
subleases
mentioned above, or affecting
 
or questioning the rights of
 
the Company or such subsidiary
 
to the
continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease.
 
(w)
 
Possession
 
of
 
Intellectual
 
Property.
 
Except
 
as
 
disclosed
 
in
 
the
 
Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries own or have a valid license to, or
can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate rights to
 
all patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions,
copyrights,
 
know-how
 
(including
 
trade
 
secrets
 
and
 
other
 
unpatented
 
and/or
 
unpatentable
proprietary or confidential
 
information, systems or
 
procedures), trademarks, service
 
marks, trade
names or
 
other intellectual
 
property (collectively,
 
Intellectual Property
”) used
 
in or
 
necessary
to carry on the business now operated by them.
 
Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement
and the
 
Prospectus, neither the
 
Company nor any
 
of its subsidiaries
 
has received any
 
written notice
or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted
 
rights of others with respect
 
 
10
to
 
any
 
Intellectual
 
Property
 
or
 
of
 
any
 
facts
 
or
 
circumstances
 
which
 
would
 
render
 
any
 
of
 
their
Intellectual
 
Property
 
invalid
 
or
 
inadequate
 
to
 
protect
 
the
 
interest
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
or
 
any
 
of
 
its
subsidiaries therein, nor does the operation of the
 
Company’s or its
 
subsidiaries’ business as now
operated by them
 
infringe or conflict
 
with the Intellectual
 
Property of others,
 
in each case
 
which
infringement or conflict (if
 
the subject of any
 
unfavorable decision, ruling or finding)
 
or invalidity
or inadequacy,
 
singly
 
or
 
in the
 
aggregate,
 
would reasonably
 
be
 
expected
 
to result
 
in a
 
Material
Adverse Effect.
 
(x)
 
Environmental
 
Laws.
 
Except
 
as
 
described
 
in
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
and
 
the
Prospectus or would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company nor any of
 
its subsidiaries is in violation of any 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,
 
asbestos-containing
 
materials
 
or
 
mold
(collectively,
 
Hazardous
 
Materials
”)
 
or
 
to
 
the
 
manufacture,
 
processing,
 
distribution,
 
use,
treatment,
 
storage,
 
disposal,
 
transport
 
or
 
handling
 
of
 
Hazardous
 
Materials
 
(collectively,
Environmental
 
Laws
”), (B)
 
the Company
 
and its
 
subsidiaries have
 
all permits,
 
authorizations
and approvals required
 
under any applicable
 
Environmental Laws and
 
are each in
 
compliance with
their
 
requirements,
 
(C)
 
there
 
are
 
no
 
pending
 
or,
 
to
 
the
 
knowledge
 
of
 
the
 
Company,
 
threatened
administrative, regulatory or
 
judicial actions, suits,
 
demands, demand letters,
 
claims, liens, notices
of noncompliance or
 
violation, investigations
 
or proceedings relating
 
to any
 
Environmental Law
or Hazardous Materials
 
against the Company
 
or any of its
 
subsidiaries and (D) to
 
the knowledge
of the Company,
 
there are no events or circumstances that
 
would 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 Entity, against or affecting
 
the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating
to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.
 
(y)
 
Accounting
 
Controls.
 
The
 
Company
 
maintains
 
a
 
system
 
of
 
internal
 
control
 
over
financial
 
reporting
 
(as
 
defined
 
under
 
Rule
 
13-a15
 
and
 
15d-15
 
under
 
the
 
Exchange
 
Act)
 
and
 
a
system
 
of
 
internal
 
accounting
 
controls
 
sufficient
 
to
 
provide
 
reasonable
 
assurances
 
that
 
(A)
transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific
 
authorization; (B)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
 
conformity
with
 
GAAP
 
and
 
to
 
maintain
 
accountability
 
for
 
assets;
 
(C)
 
access
 
to
 
assets
 
is
 
permitted
 
only
 
in
accordance with management’s
 
general or specific authorization; (D)
 
the recorded accountability
for
 
assets
 
is
 
compared
 
with
 
the
 
existing
 
assets
 
at
 
reasonable
 
intervals
 
and
 
appropriate
 
action
 
is
taken with
 
respect to
 
any differences; and
 
(E) the
 
interactive data
 
in eXtensible
 
Business Reporting
Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
 
Statement and the Prospectus
fairly presents
 
the information called
 
for in
 
all material
 
respects and
 
is prepared
 
in accordance
 
with
the Commission's rules and guidelines
 
applicable thereto. Except as described in
 
the Registration
Statement
 
and
 
the
 
Prospectus,
 
since
 
the
 
end
 
of
 
the
 
Company’s
 
most
 
recent
 
audited
 
fiscal
 
year,
there has been
 
(1) no material
 
weakness in the
 
Company’s internal control over financial
 
reporting
(whether or
 
not remediated)
 
and (2)
 
no change
 
in the
 
Company’s
 
internal control
 
over financial
 
 
 
 
11
reporting that has
 
materially affected,
 
or is reasonably
 
likely to materially
 
affect, the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting.
 
(z)
 
Compliance with
 
the Sarbanes-Oxley
 
Act.
 
The Company
 
has taken
 
all necessary
actions to ensure that it is in compliance in all material respects with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that
are in effect, and only to the extent that such
 
provisions are applicable to the Company as of such
time.
 
(aa)
 
Payment
 
of
 
Taxes.
 
Except
 
as
 
disclosed
 
in
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
and
 
the
Prospectus, all income tax returns of the Company and its subsidiaries required by law
 
to be filed
by
 
the
 
Company
 
and
 
its
 
subsidiaries
 
have
 
been
 
filed
 
and
 
are
 
true,
 
correct
 
and
 
complete
 
in
 
all
material respects and all taxes,
 
interest, penalties or additional amounts
 
shown by such returns or
otherwise assessed
 
(whether imposed
 
directly or
 
through withholding),
 
which are
 
due and
 
payable,
have been
 
paid, except
 
assessments against
 
which appeals
 
have been
 
or will
 
be promptly
 
taken,
are being contested in
 
good faith and as
 
to which adequate reserves
 
have been provided. Except as
disclosed in the Registration Statement
 
and the Prospectus, the Company and
 
its subsidiaries have
filed all
 
other tax
 
returns that
 
are required
 
to have
 
been filed
 
by them
 
pursuant to
 
applicable tax
law, and
 
all such tax returns are true, correct
 
and complete in all material respects, except
 
insofar
as the failure to file such returns
 
would not reasonably be expected to result in a
 
Material Adverse
Effect. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
 
Prospectus, the Company and its
subsidiaries
 
have
 
paid
 
all
 
taxes
 
shown
 
as
 
due
 
pursuant
 
to
 
such
 
returns
 
or
 
pursuant
 
to
 
any
assessment received
 
by the
 
Company and
 
its subsidiaries,
 
except for
 
such taxes,
 
if any, as are
 
being
contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been established by the Company,
or except insofar
 
as the failure
 
to pay such
 
taxes would
 
not reasonably be
 
expected to result
 
in a
Material
 
Adverse
 
Effect.
 
The
 
charges,
 
accruals
 
and
 
reserves
 
on
 
the
 
books
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
in
respect
 
of
 
any
 
income
 
and
 
corporation
 
tax
 
liability
 
for
 
any
 
years
 
not
 
finally
 
determined
 
are
adequate to
 
meet
 
any
 
assessments
 
or re-assessments
 
for
 
additional tax
 
for
 
any
 
years not
 
finally
determined, except to
 
the extent of
 
any inadequacy that
 
would not reasonably
 
be expected to
 
result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(bb)
 
Insurance.
 
Except
 
as
 
disclosed
 
in
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
and
 
the
 
Prospectus,
the Company and its subsidiaries carry
 
or are entitled to the benefits of insurance,
 
with financially
sound and reputable
 
insurers, in such
 
amounts and covering
 
such risks as
 
the Company reasonably
believes is adequate to conduct its business and the business of its subsidiaries as described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and all
 
such insurance is in full force
 
and effect except
where
 
the
 
failure
 
to
 
carry
 
such
 
insurance
 
or
 
have
 
such
 
insurance
 
be
 
in
 
full
 
effect
 
would
 
not
reasonably
 
be
 
expected
 
to
 
result
 
in
 
a
 
Material
 
Adverse
 
Effect.
 
Except
 
as
 
disclosed
 
in
 
the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company has no reason to believe that it or any of
its
 
subsidiaries
 
will
 
not be
 
able
 
(A)
 
to
 
renew
 
its
 
existing
 
insurance coverage
 
as
 
and
 
when
 
such
policies expire or
 
(B) to obtain comparable
 
coverage from similar institutions
 
as may be
 
necessary
or
 
appropriate
 
to
 
conduct
 
its
 
business
 
as
 
presently
 
conducted
 
and
 
at
 
a
 
cost
 
that
 
would
 
not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(cc)
 
Investment Company Act.
 
The Company is
 
not required,
 
and upon
 
the issuance and
sale
 
of
 
the
 
Shares
 
as
 
herein
 
contemplated
 
and
 
the
 
application
 
of
 
the
 
net
 
proceeds
 
therefrom
 
as
described in the Prospectus will
 
not be required, to register
 
as an “investment company” under
 
the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “
Investment Company Act”).
 
 
 
 
12
(dd)
 
Absence of Manipulation. Neither the Company nor any controlled Affiliate of the
Company has taken, nor will
 
the Company or any controlled
 
Affiliate take, directly or
 
indirectly,
any
 
action
 
which
 
is
 
designed,
 
or
 
would
 
reasonably
 
be
 
expected, to
 
cause
 
or
 
result
 
in,
 
or
 
which
constitutes,
 
the
 
stabilization
 
or
 
manipulation
 
of
 
the
 
price
 
of
 
any
 
security
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
to
facilitate the
 
sale or
 
resale of
 
the Shares
 
or result
 
in a
 
violation of
 
Regulation M
 
under the
 
Exchange
Act.
 
(ee)
 
Anti-Corruption
 
and
 
Anti-Bribery
 
Laws.
 
None
 
of
 
the
 
Company,
 
any
 
of
 
its
subsidiaries
 
nor,
 
to
 
the
 
knowledge
 
of
 
the
 
Company,
 
any
 
director,
 
officer,
 
agent,
 
employee,
controlled Affiliate
 
or other person
 
acting on
 
behalf of the
 
Company or
 
any of its
 
subsidiaries is
aware of
 
or has
 
taken
 
any action,
 
directly or
 
indirectly,
 
that would
 
result
 
in a
 
violation by
 
such
persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, the UK Bribery Act 2010, and
similar
 
laws
 
of
 
other
 
jurisdictions
 
where
 
the
 
Company
 
conducts
 
business
 
(collectively,
 
Anti-
Corruption Laws
”), including,
 
without limitation, making
 
an offer,
 
payment, promise
 
to pay or
authorization
 
of
 
the
 
payment
 
of
 
any
 
money,
 
or
 
other
 
property,
 
gift,
 
promise
 
to
 
give,
 
or
authorization of the
 
giving of anything
 
of value to
 
any government official
 
or any political
 
party
or official thereof or
 
any candidate for political
 
office, in contravention of
 
Anti-Corruption Laws
and the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, its controlled Affiliates have conducted
their
 
businesses
 
in
 
compliance
 
with
 
Anti-Corruption
 
Laws
 
and
 
have
 
instituted
 
and
 
maintain
policies
 
and
 
procedures
 
designed
 
to
 
ensure,
 
and
 
which
 
are
 
reasonably
 
expected
 
to
 
continue
 
to
ensure,
 
continued
 
compliance
 
therewith.
 
Except
 
as
 
otherwise
 
disclosed
 
in
 
the
 
Registration
Statement and the
 
Prospectus, neither the
 
Company nor any
 
of its subsidiaries
 
nor, to
 
the best of
the Company’s
 
knowledge, any
 
employee or
 
agent of the
 
Company or
 
any subsidiary,
 
has made
any contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any federal,
 
state or foreign
office
 
in
 
violation
 
of
 
any
 
law
 
or
 
of
 
the
 
character
 
required
 
to
 
be
 
disclosed
 
in
 
the
 
Registration
Statement and the Prospectus.
(ff)
 
Money Laundering Laws.
 
The operations of
 
the Company and
 
its subsidiaries 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
 
money laundering
 
statutes of
 
all jurisdictions
 
where the
 
Company and
 
its subsidiaries
conduct business, 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
 
any
 
of
 
its
 
subsidiaries
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
the
 
Money
 
Laundering
Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
 
threatened.
 
(gg)
 
OFAC.
 
None of the Company,
 
any of its subsidiaries nor,
 
to the knowledge of the
Company,
 
any
 
director,
 
officer,
 
agent,
 
employee,
 
controlled
 
Affiliate
 
or
 
representative
 
of
 
the
Company or
 
any of
 
its subsidiaries
 
is an
 
individual or
 
entity (“
Person
”) currently
 
the subject
 
or
target
 
of
 
any
 
sanctions
 
administered
 
or
 
enforced
 
by
 
the
 
United
 
States
 
Government,
 
including,
without
 
limitation,
 
the
 
U.S.
 
Department
 
of
 
the
 
Treasury’s
 
Office
 
of
 
Foreign
 
Assets
 
Control
(“
OFAC
”), the United
 
Nations Security Council
 
(“
UNSC
”), the European
 
Union, His
 
Majesty’s
Treasury
 
(“
HMT
”), or
 
other
 
relevant
 
sanctions
 
authority
 
(collectively,
 
Sanctions
”), nor
 
is
 
the
Company located,
 
organized or
 
resident in
 
a country
 
or territory
 
that is
 
the subject
 
of Sanctions;
and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale
 
of the Shares, or lend,
contribute or otherwise make
 
available such proceeds to any
 
subsidiaries, joint venture partners or
 
 
 
 
13
other Person, to fund any
 
activities of or business
 
with any Person, or in
 
any country or territory,
that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions or in any other manner that will result
in
 
a
 
violation
 
by
 
any
 
Person
 
(including
 
any
 
Person
 
participating
 
in
 
the
 
transaction,
 
whether
 
as
underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.
 
(hh)
 
Lending
 
Relationship
.
Except
 
as
 
disclosed
 
in
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
and
 
the
Prospectus,
 
the
 
Company
 
(i)
 
does
 
not
 
have
 
any
 
material
 
lending
 
or
 
other
 
relationship
 
with
 
any
bank or lending Affiliate of the Agent and (ii) does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the
sale of the Shares to repay any outstanding debt owed to any Affiliate of the Agent.
 
(ii)
 
Statistical
 
and
 
Market-Related
 
Data.
 
Any
 
statistical
 
and
 
market-related
 
data
included in the Registration Statement
 
or the Prospectus are based
 
on or derived from sources that
the
 
Company
 
believes,
 
after
 
reasonable
 
inquiry,
 
to
 
be
 
reliable
 
and
 
accurate
 
and,
 
to
 
the
 
extent
required, the Company has obtained
 
the written consent to the use
 
of such data from such
 
sources.
 
(jj)
 
Cybersecurity.
 
Except
 
as
 
disclosed
 
in
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
and
 
the
Prospectus, there
 
has been
 
no security
 
breach or
 
incident, unauthorized
 
access or
 
disclosure, or
other compromise of or relating to the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ information technology and
computer
 
systems,
 
networks,
 
hardware,
 
software,
 
data
 
and
 
databases
 
(including
 
the
 
data
 
and
information of their respective customers, employees,
 
suppliers, vendors and any third
 
party data
maintained, processed or stored by
 
the Company and its subsidiaries, and
 
any such data processed
or stored by third parties on behalf
 
of the Company and its subsidiaries), equipment
 
or technology
(collectively,
 
IT
 
Systems
 
and
 
Data
”),
 
except
 
as
 
has
 
not
 
resulted
 
in
 
material
 
liability
 
to
 
the
Company.
 
Except
 
as
 
disclosed
 
in
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
and
 
the
 
Prospectus,
 
neither
 
the
Company nor
 
its subsidiaries
 
have been
 
notified in
 
writing of,
 
and each
 
of them
 
have no
 
knowledge
of
 
any
 
event
 
or
 
condition
 
that
 
would
 
reasonably
 
be
 
expected
 
to
 
result
 
in,
 
any
 
material
 
security
breach or incident, unauthorized
 
access or disclosure or
 
other compromise to their IT
 
Systems and
Data. Except as disclosed
 
in the Registration
 
Statement and the Prospectus,
 
the Company and
 
its
subsidiaries
 
have
 
implemented
 
appropriate
 
controls,
 
policies,
 
procedures
 
and
 
technological
safeguards intended
 
to maintain
 
and protect
 
the integrity,
 
continuous operation,
 
redundancy and
security of their IT Systems and Data reasonably consistent with industry
 
standards and practices,
or as
 
required by
 
applicable regulatory
 
standards. Except
 
as disclosed
 
in the
 
Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, and except as would not,
 
singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
 
to
result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company
 
and its subsidiaries are presently in compliance
with all applicable laws or statutes and all
 
judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or
arbitrator
 
or
 
governmental
 
or
 
regulatory
 
authority,
 
internal
 
policies
 
and
 
contractual
 
obligations
relating to
 
the privacy
 
and security
 
of IT
 
Systems and
 
Data and
 
to the
 
protection of
 
such IT
 
Systems
and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification.
 
(kk)
 
Stock
 
Exchange Listing.
 
The
 
Common
 
Shares
 
are
 
registered pursuant
 
to
 
Section
12(b) or 12(g) of
 
the Exchange Act and
 
are listed on
 
the Principal Market, and
 
the Company has
taken
 
no
 
action
 
designed
 
to,
 
or
 
likely
 
to
 
have
 
the
 
effect
 
of,
 
terminating
 
the
 
registration
 
of
 
the
Common
 
Shares
 
under
 
the
 
Exchange
 
Act
 
or
 
delisting
 
the
 
Common
 
Shares
 
from
 
the
 
Principal
Market,
 
nor
 
has
 
the
 
Company
 
received
 
any
 
notification
 
that
 
the
 
Commission
 
or
 
the
 
Principal
Market is contemplating terminating such
 
registration or listing.
 
To the Company’s knowledge, it
is in material compliance with all applicable listing requirements of the Principal Market.
 
 
 
 
 
14
(ll)
 
FINRA Matters.
 
All of the information provided to the Agent or
 
to counsel for the
Agent by the Company in connection
 
with the offering of the Shares is
 
true, complete, correct and
compliant with
 
FINRA rules
 
and any
 
letters, filings
 
or other
 
supplemental information
 
provided
to FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rules or NASD Conduct Rules is true, complete and correct.
(mm)
 
ERISA Compliance.
 
Except as
 
otherwise disclosed
 
in the
 
Prospectus, the
 
Company
and its subsidiaries and
 
any “employee benefit plan”
 
(as defined under the
 
Employee Retirement
Income
 
Security
 
Act
 
of
 
1974,
 
as
 
amended,
 
and
 
the
 
regulations
 
and
 
published
 
interpretations
thereunder (collectively,
 
ERISA
”)) established
 
or maintained
 
by the
 
Company,
 
its subsidiaries
or
 
their
 
“ERISA
 
Affiliates”
 
(as
 
defined
 
below)
 
are
 
in
 
compliance
 
in
 
all
 
material
 
respects
 
with
ERISA.
 
ERISA Affiliate
” means,
 
with respect
 
to the
 
Company or
 
any of
 
its subsidiaries,
 
any
member of any group of organizations described in Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations
 
and published interpretations thereunder
(the “
Code
”) of
 
which the
 
Company or
 
such subsidiary
 
is a
 
member.
 
No “reportable event”
 
(as
defined
 
under
 
ERISA)
 
has
 
occurred
 
or
 
is
 
reasonably
 
expected
 
to
 
occur
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
any
“employee benefit plan”
 
established or maintained
 
by the Company, its subsidiaries
 
or any of
 
their
ERISA Affiliates.
 
Except as otherwise
 
disclosed in the
 
Registration Statement and
 
the Prospectus,
no “employee benefit plan”
 
established or maintained by
 
the Company,
 
its subsidiaries or any
 
of
their ERISA Affiliates,
 
if such “employee
 
benefit plan” were
 
terminated, would have
 
any “amount
of unfunded
 
benefit liabilities”
 
(as defined
 
under ERISA).
 
Except as
 
otherwise disclosed
 
in the
Registration Statement and
 
the Prospectus and
 
except as would
 
not have a
 
Material Adverse
 
Effect
on the Company
 
and its subsidiaries,
 
taken as a
 
whole, neither the
 
Company,
 
its subsidiaries nor
any of
 
their ERISA
 
Affiliates
 
has incurred
 
or reasonably
 
expects to
 
incur any
 
liability under
 
(i)
Title IV of
 
ERISA with
 
respect to
 
termination of,
 
or withdrawal
 
from, any
 
“employee benefit
 
plan”
or
 
(ii)
 
Sections
 
412,
 
4971,
 
4975
 
or
 
4980B
 
of
 
the
 
Code.
 
Except
 
as
 
otherwise
 
disclosed
 
in
 
the
Registration Statement and
 
the Prospectus and
 
except as would
 
not have a
 
Material Adverse
 
Effect
on the Company and
 
its subsidiaries, taken as
 
a whole, each “employee
 
benefit plan” established
or maintained by the
 
Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates that
 
is intended to
be qualified
 
under Section
 
401(a) of
 
the Code
 
is so
 
qualified and
 
nothing has
 
occurred, whether
by action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.
(nn)
 
Brokers.
 
Except as otherwise
 
disclosed in the
 
Prospectus, there is no
 
broker, finder
or other party that
 
is entitled to
 
receive from the Company
 
any brokerage or finder’s
 
fee or other
fee or commission as a result of any transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(oo)
 
Dividend Restrictions.
 
Except as disclosed in the Prospectus,
 
no subsidiary of the
Company is prohibited
 
or restricted, directly
 
or indirectly, from paying dividends to
 
the Company,
or from making
 
any other distribution
 
with respect to
 
such subsidiary’s
 
equity securities or
 
from
repaying to the
 
Company or any
 
other subsidiary of
 
the Company any
 
amounts that may
 
from time
to time
 
become due
 
under any
 
loans or
 
advances to
 
such subsidiary
 
from the
 
Company or
 
from
transferring any property or assets to the Company or to any other subsidiary.
(pp)
 
Clinical
 
Data and
 
Regulatory
 
Compliance.
 
Except
 
as
 
otherwise disclosed
 
in
 
the
Registration Statement
 
and the
 
Prospectus, and
 
except as
 
would not
 
have a
 
Material Adverse
 
Effect
on the Company
 
and its subsidiaries,
 
taken as a
 
whole, (i) the
 
pre-clinical studies and clinical
 
trials
conducted by or, to the knowledge of the Company, on behalf of or sponsored by the Company or
its subsidiaries or in which
 
the Company or its subsidiaries
 
have participated, that are described
 
in
 
 
15
the
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
and
 
the
 
Prospectus,
 
or
 
the
 
results
 
of
 
which
 
are
 
referred
 
to
 
in
 
the
Registration
 
Statement
 
and
 
the
 
Prospectus,
 
as
 
applicable,
 
were,
 
and
 
if
 
still
 
pending
 
are,
 
being
conducted in all material
 
respects in accordance with the
 
protocols submitted to the
 
U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (the “
FDA
”) and other applicable
 
regulatory authorities (including, without
limitation,
 
any
 
foreign,
 
federal,
 
state
 
or
 
local
 
governmental
 
or
 
regulatory
 
authority
 
performing
functions similar
 
to those
 
performed by
 
the FDA)
 
(collectively,
 
the “
Regulatory Authorities
”),
the
 
applicable
 
rules
 
and
 
regulations
 
of
 
the
 
Regulatory
 
Authorities,
 
and
 
current
 
Good
 
Clinical
Practices and
 
Good Laboratory
 
Practices; (ii)
 
the descriptions
 
in the
 
Registration Statement
 
and
the Prospectus
 
of the
 
results of
 
such studies
 
and trials
 
are accurate
 
in all
 
material respects
 
and fairly
present in all material respects the data
 
derived therefrom; (iii) the Company has no knowledge
 
of
any other
 
studies or
 
trials not
 
described in
 
the Registration
 
Statement and
 
the Prospectus,
 
the results
of which
 
call into
 
question the
 
results described
 
or referred
 
to in
 
the Registration
 
Statement and
the Prospectus; (iv) the Company
 
and its subsidiaries have operated at
 
all times and are currently
in
 
material
 
compliance
 
with
 
all
 
applicable
 
statutes,
 
rules
 
and
 
regulations
 
of
 
the
 
Regulatory
Authorities;
 
and
 
(v)
 
neither
 
the
 
Company
 
nor
 
any
 
of
 
its
 
subsidiaries
 
have
 
received
 
any
 
written
notices,
 
correspondence
 
or
 
other
 
communications
 
from
 
the
 
Regulatory
 
Authorities
 
or
 
any
 
other
governmental
 
agency
 
requiring
 
the
 
termination,
 
modification
 
or
 
suspension
 
of
 
any
 
pre-clinical
studies or clinical trials that are described
 
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
 
or the
results
 
of
 
which
 
are
 
referred
 
to
 
in
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
and
 
the
 
Prospectus,
 
other
 
than
ordinary course communications with
 
respect to modifications in
 
connection with the design
 
and
implementation
 
of
 
such
 
studies
 
or
 
trials,
 
and,
 
to
 
the
 
Company’s
 
best
 
knowledge,
 
there
 
are
 
no
reasonable grounds for the same.
(qq)
 
Duties, Transfer Taxes,
 
Etc.
 
No stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties
and no
 
capital gains,
 
income, withholding
 
or other
 
taxes are
 
payable by
 
the Agent
 
in the
 
United
States
 
or
 
any
 
political
 
subdivision
 
or
 
taxing
 
authority
 
thereof
 
or
 
therein
 
in
 
connection
 
with
 
the
execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement
 
by the Company or the sale
 
and delivery by
the Company of the Shares.
(rr)
 
Compliance
 
with
 
Health
 
Care
 
Laws.
 
Except
 
as
 
otherwise
 
disclosed
 
in
 
the
Registration Statement
 
or the
 
Prospectus and
 
except as
 
would be
 
reasonably expected
 
to have
 
a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, the Company and
its
 
subsidiaries
 
are,
 
and
 
at
 
all
 
times
 
have
 
been,
 
in
 
compliance
 
with
 
all
 
applicable
 
Health
 
Care
Laws.
 
For purposes of this Agreement, “
Health Care Laws
” means: (i) the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
 
§§ 301 et seq.), the Public
 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. §§
 
201 et
seq.); (ii) all applicable federal, state, local and all
 
applicable foreign health care related fraud and
abuse
 
laws,
 
including,
 
without
 
limitation,
 
the
 
U.S.
 
Anti-Kickback
 
Statute
 
(42
 
U.S.C.
 
§
 
1320a-
7b(b)), the
 
U.S. False
 
Statements Law
 
(42 U.S.C.
 
§ 1320a-7b(a)),
 
the Civil
 
Monetary Penalties
Law (42
 
U.S.C. §1320a-7a),
 
the U.S.
 
Civil False
 
Claims Act
 
(31 U.S.C.
 
§ 3729
 
et seq.),
 
all criminal
laws relating
 
to health care
 
fraud and abuse,
 
including but not
 
limited to 18
 
U.S.C. §§ 286
 
and 287,
and
 
the
 
health
 
care
 
fraud
 
criminal
 
provisions
 
under
 
the
 
U.S.
 
Health
 
Insurance
 
Portability
 
and
Accountability
 
Act
 
of
 
1996
 
(“
HIPAA
”)
 
(42
 
U.S.C.
 
§§
 
1320d
 
et
 
seq.),
 
the
 
Physician
 
Payments
Sunshine Act
 
(42 U.S.C.
 
§ 1320a-7h),
 
the exclusion
 
law (42
 
U.S.C. §1320a-7);
 
(iii) HIPAA,
 
as
amended by the Health Information
 
Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (42
 
U.S.C.
§§ 17921 et seq.); (iv) regulations
 
promulgated pursuant to such statutes; and
 
(v) any and all other
applicable federal,
 
state, or
 
foreign health
 
care laws
 
and regulation
 
applicable to
 
the ownership,
testing,
 
development,
 
manufacture,
 
packaging,
 
processing,
 
use,
 
distribution,
 
marketing,
 
 
 
 
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advertising,
 
labeling,
 
promotion,
 
sale,
 
offer
 
for
 
sale,
 
storage,
 
import,
 
export
 
or
 
disposal
 
of
 
any
product manufactured
 
or distributed
 
by the
 
Company.
 
Neither the
 
Company nor
 
its subsidiaries
has
 
received
 
written
 
notice
 
of
 
any
 
claim,
 
action,
 
suit,
 
proceeding,
 
hearing,
 
enforcement,
investigation, arbitration or
 
other action from
 
any court or
 
arbitrator or governmental
 
or regulatory
authority
 
or
 
third
 
party
 
alleging
 
that
 
it
 
is
 
in
 
violation
 
of
 
any
 
Health
 
Care
 
Laws,
 
and,
 
to
 
the
Company’s
 
knowledge,
 
no
 
such
 
claim,
 
action,
 
suit,
 
proceeding,
 
hearing,
 
enforcement,
investigation, arbitration or
 
other action is
 
threatened.
 
Neither the Company
 
nor its subsidiaries,
nor their
 
respective officers, directors,
 
employees, contractors
 
or agents, is
 
a party to
 
any corporate
integrity
 
agreements,
 
monitoring
 
agreements,
 
consent
 
decrees,
 
settlement
 
orders,
 
or
 
similar
agreements with
 
or imposed
 
by any
 
governmental or
 
regulatory authority.
 
Additionally,
 
neither
the Company
 
nor any
 
of its
 
employees, officers,
 
directors, contractors
 
or agents,
 
nor its
 
subsidiaries
or any of the subsidiary’s employees, officers, directors, contractors or agents, has been excluded,
suspended or
 
debarred from
 
participation in
 
any U.S.
 
federal health
 
care program
 
(as defined
 
in
42
 
U.S.C.
 
§
 
1320a-7b(f))
 
or
 
human
 
clinical
 
research
 
or,
 
to
 
the
 
knowledge
 
of
 
the
 
Company,
 
is
subject
 
to
 
a
 
governmental
 
inquiry,
 
investigation,
 
proceeding,
 
or
 
other
 
similar
 
action
 
that
 
could
reasonably be expected to
 
result in such
 
debarment, suspension, or
 
exclusion. The Company
 
and
its
 
subsidiaries
 
have
 
filed,
 
obtained,
 
maintained
 
or
 
submitted
 
all
 
material
 
reports,
 
documents,
forms,
 
notices,
 
applications,
 
records,
 
claims,
 
submissions
 
and
 
supplements
 
or
 
amendments
 
as
required by
 
the Health
 
Care Laws,
 
and all
 
such reports,
 
documents, forms,
 
notices, applications,
records, claims, submissions
 
and supplements
 
or amendments
 
were timely, complete, accurate
 
and
not misleading
 
on the date
 
filed in all
 
material respects
 
(or were corrected
 
or supplemented by
 
a
subsequent submission).
(ss)
 
Forward-Looking Statements.
 
No forward-looking
 
statement (within
 
the meaning
of Section 27A
 
of the Securities
 
Act and Section
 
21E of the
 
Exchange Act) (a
 
Forward-Looking
Statement
”)
 
contained
 
in
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
and
 
the
 
Prospectus
 
has
 
been
 
made
 
or
reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(tt)
 
Other Agreements. The Company is not a party
 
to any agreement with an agent or
underwriter for any other “at the market” or continuous equity transaction.
 
Any
 
certificate
 
signed
 
by
 
any
 
officer
 
or
 
representative
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
or
 
any
 
of
 
its
subsidiaries and delivered to the Agent or counsel for the Agent in connection with an offering or
sale of Shares shall
 
be deemed a representation
 
and warranty by the
 
Company to the
 
Agent as to
the matters covered thereby on the date of such certificate.
The
 
Company
 
acknowledges
 
that
 
the
 
Agent
 
and,
 
for
 
purposes
 
of
 
the
 
opinions
 
to
 
be
delivered pursuant to Section 4(p) hereof, counsel to
 
the Company and counsel to the Agent, will
rely upon
 
the accuracy
 
and truthfulness
 
of the
 
foregoing representations
 
and hereby
 
consents to
such reliance.
Section 3.
 
OFFER AND SALE OF COMMON SHARES
(a)
 
Sale of Securities.
 
On the basis of
 
the representations, warranties and
 
agreements
herein contained,
 
but subject
 
to the
 
terms and
 
conditions
 
herein set
 
forth,
 
the Company
 
and the
Agent agree that
 
the Company may
 
from time to
 
time seek to
 
sell Shares through
 
the Agent, acting
as sales
 
agent,
 
or directly
 
to the
 
Agent,
 
acting
 
as
 
principal,
 
as follows,
 
with an
 
aggregate
 
Sales
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Price of up to the Maximum Program Amount, based on and in accordance with Issuance Notices
as the Company may deliver, during the Agency Period.
 
(b)
 
Mechanics of Issuances.
 
(i)
 
Issuance
 
Notice.
 
Upon
 
the
 
terms
 
and
 
subject
 
to
 
the
 
conditions
 
set
 
forth
herein, on any Trading Day during the Agency
 
Period on which the conditions set
 
forth in Section
5(a) and
 
Section 5(b)
 
shall have
 
been satisfied,
 
the Company
 
may exercise
 
its right
 
to request
 
a
sale of
 
Shares by
 
delivering to
 
the Agent
 
an Issuance
 
Notice; provided,
 
however,
 
that (A)
 
in no
event may the Company deliver an Issuance Notice to the extent that the sum of (x) the aggregate
Sales Price of the requested Issuance
 
Amount, plus (y) the aggregate
 
Sales Price of all Shares
 
sold
under
 
all
 
previous
 
Issuance
 
Notices
 
effected
 
pursuant
 
to
 
this
 
Agreement,
 
would
 
exceed
 
the
Maximum Program Amount; and (B) prior to delivery
 
of any Issuance Notice, the period set forth
for any previous Issuance Notice shall have expired or been terminated. An
 
Issuance Notice shall
be considered delivered on the Trading Day that it is received by e-mail to the persons set forth in
Schedule A hereto
 
and confirmed by
 
the Company by
 
telephone (including a
 
voicemail message
to the
 
persons so
 
identified), with
 
the understanding
 
that, with
 
adequate prior
 
written notice,
 
the
Agent may modify the list of such persons from time to time.
 
(ii)
 
Agent Efforts.
 
Upon the terms and
 
subject to the conditions set
 
forth in this
Agreement, upon the
 
receipt of an
 
Issuance Notice, the
 
Agent will use
 
its commercially reasonable
efforts
 
consistent with
 
its normal
 
sales and
 
trading practices
 
to place
 
the
 
Shares with
 
respect to
which the
 
Agent has
 
agreed to
 
act as
 
sales agent,
 
subject to,
 
and in
 
accordance with
 
the information
specified
 
in,
 
the
 
Issuance
 
Notice,
 
unless
 
the
 
sale
 
of
 
the
 
Shares
 
described
 
therein
 
has
 
been
suspended, cancelled
 
or otherwise terminated
 
in accordance with
 
the terms of
 
this Agreement.
 
For
the avoidance of doubt, the parties to
 
this Agreement may modify an Issuance Notice
 
at any time
provided they both agree in writing to any such modification.
 
(iii)
 
Method
 
of
 
Offer
 
and
 
Sale.
 
The
 
Shares
 
may
 
be
 
offered
 
and
 
sold
 
(A)
 
in
negotiated transactions with the consent of the Company
 
or (B) by any other method permitted
 
by
law deemed to
 
be an “
at the market
 
offering
” as defined
 
in Rule 415(a)(4)
 
under the Securities
Act, including block
 
transactions, sales made directly
 
on the Principal
 
Market or sales made
 
into
any
 
other
 
existing
 
trading
 
market
 
of
 
the
 
Common
 
Shares.
 
Nothing
 
in
 
this
 
Agreement
 
shall
 
be
deemed to require either
 
party to agree to
 
the method of offer
 
and sale specified in
 
the preceding
sentence, and (except as specified in clause (A) above) the method of placement of any Shares by
the Agent shall be at the Agent’s discretion.
(iv)
 
Confirmation to the
 
Company.
 
If acting
 
as sales
 
agent hereunder, the
 
Agent
will provide
 
written confirmation
 
to the
 
Company no
 
later than
 
the opening
 
of the
 
Trading
 
Day
next following the Trading Day on which
 
it has placed Shares hereunder setting forth the number
of shares sold on such Trading Day, the corresponding Sales Price and the Issuance Price payable
to the Company in respect thereof.
 
(v)
 
Settlement.
 
Each sale of
 
Shares will be settled
 
on the applicable
 
Settlement
Date
 
for
 
such
 
sale
 
of
 
Shares
 
and,
 
subject
 
to
 
the
 
provisions
 
of
 
Section
 
5,
 
on
 
or
 
before
 
each
Settlement Date,
 
the Company
 
will, or
 
will cause
 
its transfer
 
agent to,
 
electronically transfer
 
the
Shares
 
being
 
sold
 
by
 
crediting
 
the
 
Agent
 
or
 
its
 
designee’s
 
account
 
at
 
The
 
Depository
 
Trust
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Company through its
 
Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian (DWAC) System, or by such other means
of delivery as
 
may be mutually agreed
 
upon by the parties
 
hereto and, upon receipt
 
of such Shares,
which in all cases
 
shall be freely tradable,
 
transferable, registered shares in good
 
deliverable form,
the Agent will deliver, by wire transfer of immediately available funds,
 
the related Issuance Price
in same
 
day funds
 
delivered to
 
an account
 
designated by
 
the Company
 
prior to
 
the Settlement
 
Date.
 
The Company
 
may sell
 
Shares to
 
the Agent
 
as principal
 
at a
 
price agreed
 
upon at
 
each relevant
time Shares are sold pursuant to this Agreement (each, a “
Time of Sale
”).
 
(vi)
 
Suspension
 
or
 
Termination
 
of
 
Sales.
 
Consistent
 
with
 
standard
 
market
settlement
 
practices,
 
the
 
Company
 
or
 
the
 
Agent
 
may,
 
upon
 
notice
 
to
 
the
 
other
 
party
 
hereto
 
in
writing or by telephone (confirmed
 
immediately by verifiable e-mail), suspend
 
any sale of Shares,
and the
 
period set forth
 
in an Issuance
 
Notice shall immediately
 
terminate; provided, however, that
(A)
 
such
 
suspension
 
and
 
termination
 
shall
 
not
 
affect
 
or
 
impair
 
either
 
party’s
 
obligations
 
with
respect
 
to
 
any
 
Shares
 
placed
 
or
 
sold
 
hereunder
 
prior
 
to
 
the
 
receipt
 
of
 
such
 
notice;
 
(B)
 
if
 
the
Company
 
suspends
 
or
 
terminates
 
any
 
sale
 
of
 
Shares
 
after
 
the
 
Agent
 
confirms
 
such
 
sale
 
to
 
the
Company, the Company shall
 
still be
 
obligated to
 
comply with
 
Section 3(b)(v)
 
with respect
 
to such
Shares; and
 
(C) if
 
the Company
 
defaults in
 
its obligation
 
to deliver
 
Shares on
 
a Settlement
 
Date
(other than as a
 
result of the failure by
 
the Agent to perform
 
its obligations under this Agreement),
the Company
 
agrees that
 
it will
 
hold the
 
Agent harmless
 
against any
 
loss, claim,
 
damage or
 
expense
(including, without
 
limitation, penalties,
 
interest
 
and reasonable
 
and documented
 
legal fees
 
and
expenses),
 
as
 
incurred,
 
arising
 
out
 
of
 
or
 
in
 
connection
 
with
 
such
 
default
 
by
 
the
 
Company.
 
The
parties hereto acknowledge
 
and agree that, in
 
performing its obligations under
 
this Agreement, the
Agent
 
may
 
borrow
 
Common
 
Shares
 
from
 
stock
 
lenders
 
in
 
the
 
event
 
that
 
the
 
Company
 
has
 
not
delivered Shares
 
to
 
settle
 
sales
 
as
 
required
 
by
 
subsection
 
(v)
 
above,
 
and
 
may
 
use
 
the
 
Shares
 
to
settle or
 
close out
 
such borrowings.
 
The Company
 
agrees that
 
no such
 
notice shall
 
be effective
against the
 
Agent unless
 
it is
 
made to
 
the persons
 
identified in
 
writing by
 
the Agent
 
pursuant to
Section 3(b)(i).
 
(vii)
 
No Guarantee of Placement,
 
Etc.
 
The Company acknowledges and
 
agrees
that
 
(A)
 
there
 
can
 
be
 
no
 
assurance that
 
the
 
Agent
 
will
 
be
 
successful
 
in
 
placing
 
Shares;
 
(B)
 
the
Agent will
 
incur no
 
liability or
 
obligation to
 
the Company
 
or any
 
other Person if
 
it does
 
not sell
Shares;
 
and
 
(C)
 
the
 
Agent
 
shall
 
be
 
under no
 
obligation
 
to
 
purchase Shares
 
on
 
a
 
principal
 
basis
pursuant
 
to
 
this
 
Agreement,
 
except
 
as
 
otherwise
 
specifically
 
agreed
 
by
 
the
 
Agent
 
and
 
the
Company.
(viii)
 
Material Non-Public Information.
 
Notwithstanding any other provision
 
of
this Agreement,
 
the Company
 
and the
 
Agent agree
 
that the
 
Company shall
 
not deliver
 
any Issuance
Notice to the
 
Agent, and the
 
Agent shall not
 
be obligated to
 
place any Shares,
 
during any period
in which the Company is in possession of material non-public information.
(c)
 
Fees.
 
As compensation for services rendered,
 
the Company shall pay to
 
the Agent,
on the
 
applicable Settlement
 
Date, the
 
Selling
 
Commission
 
for the
 
applicable Issuance
 
Amount
(including with
 
respect to
 
any suspended
 
or terminated
 
sale pursuant
 
to Section
 
3(b)(vi)) by
 
the
Agent deducting the Selling Commission from the applicable Issuance Amount.
(d)
 
Expenses.
 
The
 
Company
 
agrees
 
to
 
pay
 
all
 
costs,
 
fees
 
and
 
expenses
 
incurred
 
in
connection
 
with
 
the
 
performance
 
of
 
its
 
obligations
 
hereunder
 
and
 
in
 
connection
 
with
 
the
 
 
 
 
 
 
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transactions
 
contemplated
 
hereby,
 
including
 
without
 
limitation
 
(i)
 
all
 
expenses
 
incident
 
to
 
the
issuance and
 
delivery of
 
the Shares
 
(including all
 
printing and
 
engraving costs);
 
(ii) all
 
fees and
expenses
 
of
 
the
 
registrar
 
and
 
transfer
 
agent
 
of
 
the
 
Shares;
 
(iii)
 
all
 
necessary
 
issue,
 
transfer
 
and
other stamp taxes in
 
connection with the issuance
 
and sale of the
 
Shares; (iv) all fees
 
and expenses
of the Company’s
 
counsel, independent public or certified public accountants
 
and other advisors;
(v) all
 
costs and
 
expenses incurred
 
in connection
 
with the
 
preparation, printing,
 
filing, shipping
and distribution of the Registration Statement (including
 
financial statements, exhibits, schedules,
consents
 
and
 
certificates
 
of
 
experts),
 
the
 
Prospectus,
 
any
 
Free
 
Writing
 
Prospectus
 
(as
 
defined
below) prepared by or on
 
behalf of, used by,
 
or referred to by the
 
Company,
 
and all amendments
and
 
supplements
 
thereto,
 
and
 
this
 
Agreement;
 
(vi)
 
all
 
filing
 
fees,
 
attorneys’
 
fees
 
and
 
expenses
incurred by the
 
Company or the
 
Agent in connection
 
with qualifying or
 
registering (or obtaining
exemptions from the qualification or
 
registration of) all or any
 
part of the Shares for offer and
 
sale
under
 
the
 
state
 
securities
 
or
 
blue
 
sky
 
laws
 
or
 
the
 
provincial
 
securities
 
laws
 
of
 
Canada,
 
and,
 
if
requested
 
by
 
the
 
Agent,
 
preparing
 
and
 
printing
 
a
 
Blue
 
Sky
 
Survey
 
or
 
memorandum
 
and
 
a
“Canadian
 
wrapper”,
 
and
 
any
 
supplements
 
thereto,
 
advising
 
the
 
Agent
 
of
 
such
 
qualifications,
registrations, determinations
 
and exemptions;
 
(vii) the
 
reasonable fees
 
and disbursements
 
of the
Agent’s counsel, including
 
the reasonable
 
fees and
 
expenses of
 
counsel for
 
the Agent
 
in connection
with,
 
FINRA
 
review,
 
if
 
any,
 
and
 
approval
 
of
 
the
 
Agent’s
 
participation
 
in
 
the
 
offering
 
and
distribution of the Shares; (viii) the filing fees incident to FINRA review,
 
if any; and (ix) the fees
and
 
expenses
 
associated
 
with
 
listing
 
the
 
Shares
 
on
 
the
 
Principal
 
Market.
 
The
 
fees
 
and
disbursements of Agent’s counsel pursuant
 
to subsections (vi)
 
and (vii) above
 
shall not exceed
 
(A)
$75,000 in connection
 
with the execution
 
of this Agreement
 
and (B) $25,000
 
in connection with
each Triggering Event
 
Date (as defined below) involving
 
the filing of a
 
Form 10-K on which
 
the
Company
 
is
 
required
 
to
 
provide
 
a
 
certificate
 
pursuant
 
to
 
Section
 
4(o)
 
and
 
(C)
 
$15,000
 
in
connection with
 
each other
 
Triggering
 
Event Date
 
(as defined
 
below) on
 
which the
 
Company is
required to provide a certificate pursuant to Section 4(o).
Section 4.
 
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
The
 
Company
 
covenants and
 
agrees with
 
the
 
Agent
 
as
 
follows,
 
in
 
addition to
 
any
 
other
covenants and agreements made elsewhere in this Agreement:
(a)
 
Exchange Act Compliance.
 
During the Agency Period, the Company shall (i) file,
on
 
a
 
timely
 
basis,
 
with
 
the
 
Commission
 
all
 
reports
 
and
 
documents
 
required
 
to
 
be
 
filed
 
under
Section 13, 14
 
or 15 of
 
the Exchange Act
 
in the
 
manner and within
 
the time periods
 
required by
the Exchange Act; and (ii) either (A) include
 
in its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and
 
its annual
reports on
 
Form 10-K,
 
a summary
 
detailing, for
 
the relevant
 
reporting period,
 
(1) the
 
number of
Shares sold through
 
the Agent pursuant to
 
this Agreement and (2)
 
the net proceeds received
 
by the
Company from such
 
sales or
 
(B) prepare a
 
prospectus supplement
 
containing, or include
 
in such
other
 
filing
 
permitted
 
by
 
the
 
Securities
 
Act
 
or
 
Exchange
 
Act
 
(each
 
an
 
Interim
 
Prospectus
Supplement
”), such summary information and, at least once a
 
quarter and subject to this
 
Section
4, file such Interim Prospectus Supplement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act
 
(and
within the time periods required by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430B under the Securities Act)).
(b)
 
Securities Act
 
Compliance.
 
After the
 
date of
 
this Agreement,
 
the Company
 
shall
promptly
 
advise
 
the
 
Agent
 
in
 
writing
 
(i)
 
of
 
the
 
receipt
 
of
 
any
 
comments
 
of,
 
or
 
requests
 
for
additional
 
or
 
supplemental
 
information
 
from,
 
the
 
Commission
 
relating
 
to
 
the
 
Registration
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20
Statement or the
 
Prospectus; (ii) of
 
the time
 
and date
 
of any
 
filing of any
 
post-effective amendment
to
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement,
 
any
 
Rule
 
462(b)
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
or
 
any
 
amendment
 
or
supplement to the
 
Prospectus, any Free
 
Writing Prospectus; (iii) of
 
the time and
 
date that any
 
post-
effective
 
amendment
 
to
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
or
 
any
 
Rule
 
462(b)
 
Registration
 
Statement
becomes effective;
 
and (iv) of
 
the issuance by
 
the Commission
 
of any stop
 
order suspending the
effectiveness
 
of
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
or
 
any
 
post-effective
 
amendment
 
thereto,
 
any
 
Rule
462(b) Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or of any order
preventing
 
or
 
suspending
 
the
 
use
 
of
 
any
 
Free
 
Writing
 
Prospectus
 
or
 
the
 
Prospectus,
 
or
 
of
 
any
proceedings to remove,
 
suspend or terminate
 
from listing or
 
quotation the Common
 
Shares from
any
 
securities
 
exchange
 
upon
 
which
 
they
 
are
 
listed
 
for
 
trading
 
or
 
included
 
or
 
designated
 
for
quotation, or
 
of the
 
threatening or
 
initiation of
 
any proceedings for
 
any of
 
such purposes.
 
If the
Commission shall
 
enter any such
 
stop order at
 
any time, the
 
Company will use
 
its best efforts
 
to
obtain the
 
lifting of
 
such order
 
as soon
 
as practicable.
 
Additionally,
 
the Company
 
agrees that
 
it
shall comply with the provisions of Rule 424(b) and Rule 433,
 
as applicable, under the Securities
Act and
 
will use its
 
reasonable efforts to
 
confirm that any
 
filings made by
 
the Company under
 
such
Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission.
 
(c)
 
Amendments and Supplements to the
 
Prospectus and Other Securities Act
 
Matters.
 
If
 
any
 
event
 
shall
 
occur
 
or
 
condition
 
exist
 
as
 
a
 
result
 
of
 
which
 
it
 
is
 
necessary
 
to
 
amend
 
or
supplement the
 
Prospectus so
 
that the
 
Prospectus does
 
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 when
 
the Prospectus is
 
delivered to a purchaser,
 
not misleading, or
 
if in the
opinion of
 
the Agent
 
or counsel
 
for the
 
Agent it
 
is otherwise
 
necessary to
 
amend or
 
supplement
the Prospectus to
 
comply with
 
applicable law,
 
including the
 
Securities Act, the
 
Company agrees
(subject
 
to
 
Section
 
4(d)
 
and
 
Section
 
4(f))
 
to
 
promptly
 
prepare,
 
file
 
with
 
the
 
Commission
 
and
furnish at its own expense to the Agent, amendments or supplements to the Prospectus (including
by filing a document incorporated by reference
 
therein) so that the statements in the Prospectus as
so amended or
 
supplemented 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
when
 
the
 
Prospectus
 
is
 
delivered
 
to
 
a
 
purchaser,
 
be
 
misleading
 
or
 
so
 
that
 
the
 
Prospectus,
 
as
amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law including the Securities Act.
 
Neither
the Agent’s consent
 
to, or
 
delivery of,
 
any such
 
amendment or
 
supplement shall
 
constitute a
 
waiver
of any of the Company’s obligations under Section 4(d) and Section 4(f).
(d)
 
Agent’s Review of Proposed Amendments and
 
Supplements.
 
Prior to amending or
supplementing the Registration
 
Statement (including any
 
Rule 462(b) Registration
 
Statement) or
the Prospectus (excluding
 
any amendment or
 
supplement through incorporation of
 
any report filed
under the Exchange Act),
 
the Company shall furnish
 
to the Agent for
 
review, a reasonable amount
of time
 
prior to
 
the proposed
 
time of
 
filing or
 
use thereof,
 
a copy
 
of each
 
such proposed
 
amendment
or
 
supplement,
 
but
 
only
 
insofar
 
as
 
such
 
proposed
 
amendment
 
or
 
supplement
 
relates
 
to
 
the
transactions
 
contemplated
 
hereby,
 
and
 
the
 
Company
 
shall
 
not
 
file
 
or
 
use
 
any
 
such
 
proposed
amendment
 
or
 
supplement
 
without
 
the
 
Agent’s
 
prior
 
consent,
 
and
 
to
 
file
 
with
 
the
 
Commission
within
 
the
 
applicable
 
period
 
specified
 
in
 
Rule
 
424(b)
 
under
 
the
 
Securities
 
Act
 
any
 
prospectus
required to be filed pursuant to such Rule.
(e)
 
Use of Free Writing Prospectus. Neither the Company nor the Agent has prepared,
used, referred to or distributed, or
 
will prepare, use, refer to or distribute,
 
without the other party’s
 
 
 
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prior written consent, any “written communication” that constitutes a
 
“free writing prospectus” as
such
 
terms
 
are
 
defined
 
in
 
Rule
 
405
 
under
 
the
 
Securities
 
Act
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
the
 
offering
contemplated by
 
this Agreement
 
(any such
 
free writing
 
prospectus being
 
referred to
 
herein as
 
a
Free Writing Prospectus
”).
(f)
 
Free Writing Prospectuses.
 
The Company shall furnish to
 
the Agent for review,
 
a
reasonable
 
amount
 
of
 
time
 
prior
 
to
 
the
 
proposed
 
time
 
of
 
filing
 
or
 
use
 
thereof,
 
a
 
copy
 
of
 
each
proposed Free Writing
 
Prospectus or any amendment
 
or supplement thereto to
 
be prepared by or
on behalf of, used by,
 
or referred to by the
 
Company and the Company
 
shall not file, use or
 
refer
to
 
any
 
proposed
 
Free
 
Writing
 
Prospectus
 
or
 
any
 
amendment
 
or
 
supplement
 
thereto
 
without
 
the
Agent’s consent, which
 
shall not
 
be unreasonably
 
withheld, conditioned
 
or delayed.
 
The Company
shall furnish
 
to the
 
Agent, without
 
charge, as
 
many copies
 
of any
 
Free Writing Prospectus
 
prepared
by or on behalf of, or used
 
by the Company,
 
as the Agent may reasonably request.
 
If at any time
when a
 
prospectus is
 
required by
 
the Securities
 
Act (including,
 
without limitation,
 
pursuant to
 
Rule
173(d))
 
to
 
be
 
delivered
 
in
 
connection
 
with
 
sales
 
of
 
the
 
Shares
 
(but
 
in
 
any
 
event
 
if
 
at
 
any
 
time
through
 
and
 
including
 
the
 
date
 
of
 
this
 
Agreement)
 
there
 
occurred
 
or
 
occurs
 
an
 
event
 
or
development as a
 
result of
 
which any Free
 
Writing
 
Prospectus prepared by
 
or on behalf
 
of, used
by,
 
or referred to by
 
the Company 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
 
prevailing
 
at
 
that
 
subsequent
 
time,
 
not
 
misleading,
 
the
 
Company
shall promptly
 
amend or
 
supplement such
 
Free
 
Writing
 
Prospectus to
 
eliminate or
 
correct such
conflict or so that the statements in such Free Writing Prospectus as so amended or supplemented
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
 
prevailing at
 
such subsequent
time,
 
not
 
misleading,
 
as
 
the
 
case
 
may
 
be;
 
provided,
 
however,
 
that
 
prior
 
to
 
amending
 
or
supplementing
 
any
 
such
 
Free
 
Writing
 
Prospectus,
 
the
 
Company
 
shall
 
furnish
 
to
 
the
 
Agent
 
for
review, a
 
reasonable amount of time
 
prior to the proposed time
 
of filing or use thereof,
 
a copy of
such proposed amended or supplemented
 
Free Writing Prospectus and the Company shall
 
not file,
use or
 
refer to
 
any such
 
amended or
 
supplemented Free
 
Writing
 
Prospectus without
 
the Agent’s
consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
(g)
 
Filing of Agent
 
Free Writing Prospectuses.
 
The Company shall not
 
take any action
that would
 
result in
 
the Agent
 
or the
 
Company being
 
required to
 
file with
 
the Commission pursuant
to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the
Agent that the Agent otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.
(h)
 
Copies of Registration Statement
 
and Prospectus.
 
After the date of
 
this Agreement
through
 
the
 
last
 
time
 
that
 
a
 
prospectus
 
is
 
required
 
by
 
the
 
Securities
 
Act
 
(including,
 
without
limitation,
 
pursuant
 
to
 
Rule
 
173(d))
 
to
 
be
 
delivered
 
in
 
connection
 
with
 
sales
 
of
 
the
 
Shares,
 
the
Company
 
agrees
 
to
 
furnish
 
the
 
Agent
 
with
 
copies
 
(which
 
may
 
be
 
electronic
 
copies)
 
of
 
the
Registration Statement and
 
each amendment thereto,
 
and with copies
 
of the Prospectus
 
and each
amendment or supplement
 
thereto in the
 
form in
 
which it is
 
filed with the
 
Commission pursuant
to the Securities Act or Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, both in such quantities as the Agent
may reasonably
 
request from
 
time to
 
time; and,
 
if the
 
delivery of
 
a prospectus
 
is required
 
under
the Securities
 
Act or
 
under the
 
blue sky
 
or securities
 
laws of
 
any jurisdiction
 
at any
 
time on
 
or
prior to the
 
applicable Settlement Date
 
for any period set
 
forth in an Issuance
 
Notice in connection
 
 
 
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with the
 
offering
 
or sale
 
of the
 
Shares and
 
if at
 
such time
 
any event
 
has occurred
 
as a
 
result of
which the
 
Prospectus as
 
then amended
 
or supplemented
 
would include
 
an untrue
 
statement of
 
a
material fact or
 
omit to state
 
any material fact
 
necessary in order
 
to make the
 
statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they
 
were made when such Prospectus is delivered,
not misleading,
 
or,
 
if
 
for
 
any other
 
reason it
 
is
 
necessary during
 
such same
 
period to
 
amend
 
or
supplement
 
the
 
Prospectus
 
or
 
to
 
file
 
under
 
the
 
Exchange
 
Act
 
any
 
document
 
incorporated
 
by
reference in
 
the
 
Prospectus
 
in
 
order to
 
comply
 
with
 
the
 
Securities
 
Act
 
or
 
the
 
Exchange
 
Act,
 
to
notify the Agent and to
 
request that the Agent suspend
 
offers to sell Shares (and, if
 
so notified, the
Agent shall
 
cease such
 
offers
 
as soon
 
as practicable);
 
and if
 
the
 
Company decides
 
to amend
 
or
supplement
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
or
 
the
 
Prospectus
 
as
 
then
 
amended
 
or
 
supplemented,
 
to
advise the Agent
 
promptly by
 
telephone (with confirmation
 
in writing) and
 
to prepare and
 
cause
to
 
be
 
filed
 
promptly
 
with
 
the
 
Commission
 
an
 
amendment
 
or
 
supplement
 
to
 
the
 
Registration
Statement or the Prospectus as
 
then amended or supplemented that will
 
correct such statement or
omission
 
or
 
effect
 
such
 
compliance,
 
including
 
by
 
filing
 
a
 
document
 
incorporated
 
by
 
reference
therein;
 
provided,
 
however,
 
that
 
if
 
during
 
such
 
same
 
period
 
the
 
Agent
 
is
 
required
 
to
 
deliver
 
a
prospectus in
 
respect of
 
transactions in
 
the Shares,
 
the Company
 
shall promptly
 
prepare and file
with the Commission such an amendment or supplement.
(i)
 
Blue Sky Compliance.
 
The Company shall
 
cooperate with the Agent
 
and counsel
for
 
the
 
Agent
 
to
 
qualify
 
or
 
register
 
the
 
Shares
 
for
 
sale
 
under
 
(or
 
obtain
 
exemptions
 
from
 
the
application of) the state securities or blue
 
sky laws or Canadian provincial securities laws
 
of those
jurisdictions
 
designated
 
by
 
the
 
Agent,
 
shall
 
comply
 
with
 
such
 
laws
 
and
 
shall
 
continue
 
such
qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect so long as required for
 
the distribution of the
Shares.
 
The Company
 
shall not
 
be required
 
to qualify as
 
a foreign
 
corporation or
 
to take
 
any action
that would subject it to general
 
service of process in any such jurisdiction
 
where it is not presently
qualified or
 
where
 
it
 
would
 
be subject
 
to taxation
 
as a
 
foreign corporation.
 
The Company
 
will
advise the
 
Agent promptly
 
of the
 
suspension of
 
the qualification
 
or registration
 
of (or
 
any such
exemption relating to)
 
the Shares for
 
offering, sale or
 
trading in any
 
jurisdiction or any
 
initiation
or threat
 
of any
 
proceeding for
 
any such
 
purpose,
 
and in
 
the event
 
of the
 
issuance of
 
any order
suspending such qualification, registration or exemption, the Company shall use its best efforts to
obtain the withdrawal thereof as soon as practicable.
(j)
 
Earnings
 
Statement.
 
As
 
soon
 
as
 
practicable,
 
the
 
Company
 
will
 
make
 
generally
available to
 
its security holders
 
and to the
 
Agent an earnings
 
statement (which need
 
not be audited)
covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company
occurring after
 
the date
 
of this
 
Agreement which
 
shall satisfy
 
the provisions
 
of Section
 
11(a)
 
of
the
 
Securities
 
Act
 
and
 
Rule
 
158
 
under
 
the
 
Securities
 
Act;
 
provided
 
that
 
the
 
Company
 
shall
 
be
deemed to have furnished such
 
statements to its security holders
 
and the Agent to the
 
extent they
are filed on the Commission’s EDGAR system or any successor to such system.
(k)
 
Listing;
 
Reservation
 
of
 
Shares.
 
(a)
 
The
 
Company
 
will
 
use
 
commercially
reasonable
 
efforts
 
to
 
maintain
 
the
 
listing
 
of
 
the
 
Shares
 
on
 
the
 
Principal
 
Market;
 
and
 
(b)
 
the
Company will
 
reserve and keep
 
available during each
 
period beginning
 
on the first
 
Trading Day
of the selling
 
period indicated in
 
each Issuance Notice
 
and ending on
 
the second Trading Day after
the earlier
 
of (i) the
 
last Trading Day
 
of the
 
applicable selling period
 
and (ii)
 
the date
 
the applicable
Issuance
 
Notice
 
is
 
canceled,
 
free
 
of
 
preemptive
 
rights,
 
Shares
 
for
 
the
 
purpose
 
of
 
enabling
 
the
Company to satisfy its obligations under the respective Issuance Notice.
 
 
 
 
 
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(l)
 
Transfer Agent.
 
The Company
 
shall engage
 
and maintain,
 
at its
 
expense, a
 
registrar
and transfer agent for the Shares.
 
(m)
 
Due Diligence.
 
During the term of this Agreement, the Company will reasonably
cooperate with
 
any reasonable
 
due diligence
 
review conducted
 
by the
 
Agent in
 
connection with
the
 
transactions
 
contemplated
 
hereby,
 
including,
 
without
 
limitation,
 
providing
 
information
 
and
making available
 
documents
 
and senior
 
corporate officers,
 
during normal
 
business hours
 
and at
the Company’s principal offices, as the Agent may reasonably request from time to time.
(n)
 
Representations and
 
Warranties.
 
The Company
 
acknowledges that
 
each delivery
of an Issuance Notice and
 
each delivery of Shares on
 
a Settlement Date shall
 
be deemed to be (i)
an affirmation
 
to the
 
Agent that
 
the representations
 
and warranties of
 
the Company
 
contained in
or made pursuant to this Agreement are true
 
and correct as of the date of
 
such Issuance Notice or
of such Settlement
 
Date, as the
 
case may be,
 
as though made
 
at and as
 
of each such
 
date, except
as may be disclosed in
 
the Prospectus (including any documents incorporated
 
by reference therein
and any supplements
 
thereto); and (ii)
 
an undertaking
 
that the Company
 
will advise the
 
Agent if
any of such
 
representations and warranties
 
will not
 
be true and
 
correct as of
 
the Settlement Date
for the Shares
 
relating to such Issuance
 
Notice, as though made
 
at and as of
 
each such date (except
that such
 
representations and
 
warranties shall
 
be deemed
 
to relate
 
to the
 
Registration Statement
and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented relating to such Shares).
(o)
 
Deliverables at Triggering
 
Event Dates; Certificates. The
 
Company agrees that on
or prior
 
to the
 
date of
 
the first
 
Issuance Notice
 
and, during
 
the term
 
of this
 
Agreement after
 
the
date of the first Issuance Notice, upon:
(A)
 
the filing of the Prospectus or the amendment or supplement of any
Registration
 
Statement
 
or
 
Prospectus
 
(other
 
than
 
a
 
prospectus
 
supplement
 
relating
 
solely
 
to
 
an
offering of
 
securities other
 
than the
 
Shares or
 
a prospectus
 
filed pursuant
 
to Section
 
4(a)(ii)(B)),
by means of
 
a post-effective amendment, sticker
 
or supplement, but not
 
by means of
 
incorporation
of documents by reference into the Registration Statement or Prospectus;
 
(B)
 
the filing with
 
the Commission of an
 
annual report on Form
 
10-K or
a quarterly
 
report on
 
Form 10-Q
 
(including any
 
Form 10-K/A
 
or Form
 
10-Q/A containing
 
amended
financial information or
 
a material amendment
 
to the previously
 
filed annual report
 
on Form 10-
K or quarterly report on Form 10-Q), in each case, of the Company; or
(C)
 
the filing with
 
the Commission
 
of a current
 
report on
 
Form 8-K of
the
 
Company
 
containing
 
amended
 
financial
 
information
 
(other
 
than
 
information
 
“furnished”
pursuant to Item 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K or to provide disclosure pursuant to Item 8.01 of Form
8-K relating to reclassification of certain properties
 
as discontinued operations in accordance with
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.
 
144) that is material to the offering
 
of Shares of
the Company in the Agent’s reasonable discretion;
 
(any such
 
event, a
 
Triggering
 
Event Date
”), the
 
Company shall
 
furnish the
 
Agent (but
 
in the
case of
 
clause (C)
 
above only
 
if the
 
Agent reasonably
 
determines that the
 
information contained
in
 
such
 
current
 
report
 
on
 
Form
 
8-K
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
is
 
material)
 
with
 
a
 
certificate
 
as
 
of
 
the
Triggering Event Date, in
 
the form attached as Exhibit B
 
hereto,
 
modified, as necessary,
 
to relate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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to the Registration
 
Statement and
 
the Prospectus
 
as amended
 
or supplemented, (A)
 
confirming that
the
 
representations
 
and
 
warranties
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
contained
 
in
 
this
 
Agreement
 
are
 
true
 
and
correct,
 
(B)
 
confirming
 
that
 
the
 
Company
 
has
 
performed
 
all
 
of
 
its
 
obligations
 
hereunder
 
to
 
be
performed
 
on
 
or
 
prior
 
to
 
the
 
date
 
of
 
such
 
certificate
 
and
 
as
 
to
 
the
 
matters
 
set
 
forth
 
in
 
Section
5(a)(iii) hereof, and (C) containing any other certification that the Agent shall reasonably request.
The requirement to provide a certificate under this Section 4(o)
 
shall be automatically waived for
any Triggering Event Date
 
occurring at a
 
time when no
 
Issuance Notice is
 
pending or a
 
suspension
is in effect, which waiver shall
 
continue until the earlier to
 
occur of the date the Company
 
delivers
instructions for the sale of
 
Shares hereunder (which for such calendar
 
quarter shall be considered
a
 
Triggering
 
Event
 
Date)
 
and
 
the
 
next
 
occurring
 
Triggering
 
Event
 
Date.
 
Notwithstanding
 
the
foregoing, if the Company subsequently decides to sell Shares following a Triggering Event Date
when a suspension
 
was in effect and
 
did not provide
 
the Agent with
 
a certificate under
 
this Section
4(o), then
 
before the
 
Company delivers
 
the instructions
 
for the
 
sale of
 
Shares or
 
the Agent
 
sells
any Shares pursuant
 
to such instructions,
 
the Company shall
 
provide the
 
Agent with a
 
certificate
in conformity with this Section 4(o) dated as of the date
 
that the instructions for the sale of Shares
are issued.
(p)
 
Legal Opinions. On or prior to the date of the
 
first Issuance Notice and on or prior
to
 
each
 
Triggering
 
Event
 
Date
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
which
 
the
 
Company
 
is
 
obligated
 
to
 
deliver
 
a
certificate pursuant to
 
Section 4(o) for
 
which no waiver
 
is applicable and
 
excluding the date
 
of this
Agreement, a
 
negative assurance
 
letter and
 
the written
 
legal opinion
 
of Davis
 
Polk &
 
Wardwell
LLP,
 
counsel
 
to
 
the
 
Company,
 
and
 
the
 
written
 
legal
 
opinion
 
of
 
Locke
 
Lord
 
LLP,
 
intellectual
property
 
counsel
 
to
 
the
 
Company,
 
each
 
dated
 
the
 
date
 
of
 
delivery,
 
in
 
form
 
and
 
substance
reasonably
 
satisfactory
 
to
 
Agent
 
and
 
its
 
counsel,
 
substantially
 
similar
 
to
 
the
 
form
 
previously
provided
 
to
 
the
 
Agent
 
and
 
its
 
counsel,
 
modified,
 
as
 
necessary,
 
to
 
relate
 
to
 
the
 
Registration
Statement
 
and
 
the
 
Prospectus
 
as
 
then
 
amended
 
or
 
supplemented.
 
In
 
lieu
 
of
 
such
 
opinions
 
for
subsequent periodic
 
filings, in
 
the discretion
 
of the
 
Agent, the
 
Company may
 
furnish a
 
reliance
letter
 
from
 
such
 
counsel
 
to
 
the
 
Agent,
 
permitting
 
the
 
Agent
 
to
 
rely
 
on
 
a
 
previously
 
delivered
opinion letter,
 
modified as appropriate
 
for any passage
 
of time or
 
Triggering Event
 
Date (except
that statements in
 
such prior
 
opinion shall
 
be deemed
 
to relate to
 
the Registration
 
Statement and
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented as of such Triggering Event Date).
 
(q)
 
Comfort Letter.
 
On or prior to the
 
date of the first Issuance
 
Notice and on or
 
prior
to
 
each
 
Triggering
 
Event
 
Date
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
which
 
the
 
Company
 
is
 
obligated
 
to
 
deliver
 
a
certificate pursuant to
 
Section 4(o) for
 
which no waiver
 
is applicable and
 
excluding the date
 
of this
Agreement,
 
the
 
Company
 
shall
 
cause
 
the
 
Accountants,
 
the
 
independent
 
registered
 
public
accounting firm who has audited the financial statements included or
 
incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement,
 
to furnish the
 
Agent a
 
comfort letter, dated
 
the date of
 
delivery, in form
and substance
 
reasonably satisfactory
 
to the
 
Agent and
 
its counsel,
 
substantially similar
 
to the
 
form
previously provided to the Agent and its counsel; provided, however, that
 
any such comfort letter
will only be
 
required on
 
the Triggering Event
 
Date specified
 
to the extent
 
that the
 
Triggering Event
Date filing contains
 
financial statements filed
 
with the Commission
 
under the Exchange
 
Act and
incorporated
 
or
 
deemed
 
to
 
be
 
incorporated
 
by
 
reference
 
into
 
a
 
Prospectus.
 
If
 
requested
 
by
 
the
Agent, the Company
 
shall also cause
 
a comfort letter
 
to be furnished
 
to the Agent
 
on the date
 
of
occurrence of any material transaction or event requiring the filing
 
of a current report on Form 8-
K containing material
 
amended financial information
 
of the Company,
 
including the restatement
of the
 
Company’s
 
financial statements.
 
The Company
 
shall be
 
required to
 
furnish no
 
more than
 
 
 
 
 
 
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one comfort letter
 
hereunder per each
 
filing of an
 
annual report on Form
 
10-K or a
 
quarterly report
on Form 10-Q.
 
(r)
 
Secretary’s
 
Certificate. On
 
or prior
 
to the
 
date of the
 
first Issuance
 
Notice and
 
on
or prior to each Triggering
 
Event Date with respect to which the
 
Company is obligated to deliver
a certificate pursuant to Section 4(o) for which
 
no waiver is applicable, and excluding the
 
date of
this Agreement,
 
the Company shall furnish
 
the Agent a certificate
 
executed by the
 
Secretary of the
Company,
 
signing in
 
such capacity,
 
dated the
 
date of
 
delivery in
 
the form
 
attached as
 
Exhibit C
hereto
 
(i)
 
certifying
 
that
 
attached
 
thereto
 
are
 
true
 
and
 
complete
 
copies
 
of
 
the
 
resolutions
 
duly
adopted by the Board of
 
Directors of the Company authorizing
 
the execution and delivery of
 
this
Agreement
 
and
 
the
 
consummation
 
of
 
the
 
transactions
 
contemplated
 
hereby
 
(including,
 
without
limitation, the issuance of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement), which authorization shall be in
full force
 
and
 
effect
 
on
 
and as
 
of
 
the date
 
of
 
such
 
certificate,
 
(ii) certifying
 
and attesting
 
to the
office,
 
incumbency,
 
due
 
authority
 
and
 
specimen
 
signatures
 
of
 
each
 
Person
 
who
 
executed
 
this
Agreement for
 
or on
 
behalf of
 
the Company,
 
and (iii)
 
containing any
 
other certification
 
that the
Agent shall reasonably request.
(s)
 
Agent’s
 
Own
 
Account;
 
Clients’
 
Account.
 
The
 
Company
 
consents
 
to
 
the
 
Agent
trading, in
 
compliance with
 
applicable law,
 
in the
 
Common Shares
 
for the
 
Agent’s
 
own account
and
 
for
 
the
 
account
 
of
 
its
 
clients
 
at
 
the
 
same
 
time
 
as
 
sales
 
of
 
the
 
Shares
 
occur pursuant
 
to
 
this
Agreement.
(t)
 
Investment
 
Limitation.
 
The
 
Company
 
shall
 
not
 
invest,
 
or
 
otherwise
 
use
 
the
proceeds received by the Company
 
from its sale of the
 
Shares in such a manner
 
as would require
the Company or any of its subsidiaries
 
to register as an investment company under
 
the Investment
Company Act.
(u)
 
Market Activities.
 
The Company
 
will
 
not take,
 
directly or
 
indirectly,
 
any
 
action
designed to or
 
that might be reasonably
 
expected to cause or
 
result in stabilization
 
or manipulation
of the price of the Shares or any other reference security, whether to facilitate the sale or resale of
the Shares or
 
otherwise, and the
 
Company will, and
 
shall use commercially
 
reasonable efforts to
cause
 
each
 
of
 
its
 
Affiliates
 
to,
 
comply
 
with
 
all
 
applicable
 
provisions
 
of
 
Regulation
 
M.
 
If
 
the
limitations of Rule
 
102 of Regulation M
 
(“
Rule 102
”) do not
 
apply with respect to
 
the Shares or
any other
 
reference security
 
pursuant to
 
any exception
 
set forth
 
in Section
 
(d) of
 
Rule 102,
 
then
promptly upon
 
notice from
 
the Agent
 
(or,
 
if later,
 
at the
 
time stated
 
in the
 
notice), the
 
Company
will, and shall use commercially reasonable
 
efforts to cause each of its
 
Affiliates to, comply with
Rule 102
 
as though
 
such
 
exception were
 
not
 
available but
 
the other
 
provisions
 
of Rule
 
102
 
(as
interpreted by the Commission)
 
did apply.
 
The Company shall promptly
 
notify the Agent if
 
it no
longer meets the requirements set forth in Section (d) of Rule 102.
 
(v)
 
Notice of Other Sale. Without
 
the written consent of the Agent,
 
the Company will
not, directly or
 
indirectly,
 
offer to
 
sell, sell, contract
 
to sell,
 
grant any option
 
to sell
 
or otherwise
dispose of any
 
Common Shares or
 
securities convertible into or
 
exchangeable for Common
 
Shares
(other than Shares
 
hereunder), warrants
 
or any rights
 
to purchase or
 
acquire Common
 
Shares, or
effect
 
a
 
reverse
 
stock
 
split,
 
recapitalization,
 
share
 
consolidation,
 
reclassification
 
or
 
similar
transaction affecting
 
the
 
outstanding
 
Common
 
Shares, during
 
the
 
period
 
beginning
 
on
 
the
 
third
Trading Day immediately prior to the date
 
on which any Issuance Notice
 
is delivered to the Agent
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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hereunder and
 
ending on
 
the third
 
Trading Day
 
immediately following
 
the Settlement
 
Date with
respect to
 
Shares sold
 
pursuant to
 
such Issuance
 
Notice; and
 
will not
 
directly or
 
indirectly enter
into any other
 
“at the market” or
 
continuous equity transaction to
 
offer to sell, sell, contract
 
to sell,
grant any option
 
to sell or
 
otherwise dispose of
 
any Common Shares (other
 
than the Shares
 
offered
pursuant to
 
this Agreement)
 
or securities
 
convertible into
 
or exchangeable
 
for Common
 
Shares,
warrants
 
or
 
any
 
rights
 
to
 
purchase
 
or
 
acquire,
 
Common
 
Shares
 
prior
 
to
 
the
 
termination
 
of
 
this
Agreement; provided, however,
 
that such restrictions
 
will not be
 
required in connection
 
with the
Company’s
 
(i)
 
issuance
 
or
 
sale
 
of
 
Common
 
Shares,
 
options
 
to
 
purchase
 
Common
 
Shares
 
or
Common
 
Shares
 
issuable
 
upon
 
the
 
exercise
 
of
 
options
 
or
 
other
 
equity
 
awards
 
pursuant
 
to
 
any
employee or
 
director share
 
option,
 
incentive
 
or
 
benefit
 
plan,
 
share purchase
 
or
 
ownership
 
plan,
long-term incentive
 
plan, dividend
 
reinvestment plan,
 
inducement award
 
under the
 
applicable rules
of the Principal Market or
 
other compensation plan of the
 
Company or its subsidiaries, as
 
in effect
on the
 
date of
 
this Agreement
 
or subsequently
 
disclosed in
 
filings by
 
the Company
 
available on
EDGAR,
 
(ii)
 
issuance
 
or
 
sale
 
of
 
Common
 
Shares
 
issuable
 
upon
 
exchange,
 
conversion
 
or
redemption of securities or the exercise or
 
vesting of warrants, options or securities outstanding at
the
 
date
 
of
 
this
 
Agreement
 
or
 
subsequently
 
disclosed
 
in
 
filings
 
by
 
the
 
Company
 
available
 
on
EDGAR,
 
(iii)
 
modification
 
of
 
any
 
outstanding
 
options,
 
warrants
 
of
 
any
 
rights
 
to
 
purchase
 
or
acquire
 
Common
 
Shares,
 
and
 
(iv)
 
issuance
 
or
 
sale
 
of
 
Common
 
Shares
 
in
 
connection
 
with
 
an
acquisition, joint venture, commercial
 
or collaborative relationship or the
 
acquisition or license by
the
 
Company
 
of
 
the
 
securities,
 
business,
 
property
 
or
 
other
 
assets
 
of
 
another
 
person
 
or
 
entity
 
or
pursuant to any
 
employee benefit plan
 
as assumed
 
by the Company
 
in connection with
 
any such
acquisition (provided that the aggregate
 
number of Common Shares
 
that the Company may
 
issue
or
 
sell
 
pursuant
 
to
 
this
 
clause (iv)
 
shall
 
not
 
exceed
 
5%
 
of
 
the
 
total
 
number
 
of
 
Common
 
Shares
issued and outstanding immediately prior to such issuance or sale).
 
(w)
 
Emerging
 
Growth
 
Company
 
Status.
 
During
 
the
 
Agency
 
Period,
 
the
 
Company
agrees to
 
notify the
 
Agent as
 
soon as
 
practicable upon
 
the Company
 
ceasing to
 
be an
 
Emerging
Growth Company.
Section 5.
 
CONDITIONS TO
 
DELIVERY
 
OF ISSUANCE
 
NOTICES AND
 
TO
SETTLEMENT
(a)
 
Conditions Precedent
 
to the
 
Right of
 
the Company
 
to Deliver
 
an Issuance
 
Notice
and the Obligation
 
of the Agent to
 
Sell Shares.
 
The right of
 
the Company to deliver
 
an Issuance
Notice hereunder is
 
subject to the satisfaction,
 
on the date of
 
delivery of such Issuance
 
Notice, and
the obligation of
 
the Agent
 
to use its
 
commercially reasonable
 
efforts to
 
place Shares
 
during the
applicable period
 
set forth
 
in the
 
Issuance Notice
 
is subject
 
to the
 
satisfaction,
 
on each
 
Trading
Day
 
during
 
the
 
applicable
 
period
 
set
 
forth
 
in
 
the
 
Issuance
 
Notice,
 
of
 
each
 
of
 
the
 
following
conditions:
(i)
 
Accuracy of the Company’s
 
Representations and Warranties;
 
Performance
by
 
the
 
Company.
 
The
 
Company
 
shall
 
have
 
delivered
 
the
 
certificate
 
required
 
to
 
be
 
delivered
pursuant
 
to
 
Section
 
4(o)
 
on
 
or
 
before
 
the
 
date
 
on
 
which
 
delivery
 
of
 
such
 
certificate
 
is
 
required
pursuant
 
to
 
Section
 
4(o).
 
The
 
Company
 
shall
 
have
 
performed,
 
satisfied
 
and
 
complied
 
with
 
all
covenants, agreements
 
and
 
conditions
 
required by
 
this
 
Agreement to
 
be
 
performed, satisfied
 
or
complied with by
 
the Company at
 
or prior to
 
such date, including,
 
but not limited
 
to, the covenants
contained in Section 4(p), Section 4(q) and Section 4(r).
 
 
 
 
 
 
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(ii)
 
No Injunction.
 
No statute, rule, regulation,
 
executive order,
 
decree, ruling
or
 
injunction
 
shall
 
have
 
been
 
enacted,
 
entered,
 
promulgated
 
or
 
endorsed
 
by
 
any
 
court
 
or
governmental
 
authority
 
of
 
competent
 
jurisdiction
 
or
 
any
 
self-regulatory
 
organization
 
having
authority over the matters contemplated hereby that prohibits or directly and materially adversely
affects any of
 
the transactions contemplated
 
by this Agreement,
 
and no proceeding
 
shall have been
commenced that
 
may have
 
the effect
 
of prohibiting
 
or materially
 
adversely affecting
 
any of
 
the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(iii)
 
Material Adverse
 
Effect. Except
 
as disclosed
 
in the
 
Prospectus and
 
the Time
of Sale
 
Information, (a) in
 
the judgment of
 
the Agent
 
there shall not
 
have occurred any
 
Material
Adverse Effect; and (b) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice
 
have
been given of
 
any intended or
 
potential downgrading or
 
of any review
 
for a possible
 
change that
does not indicate the direction
 
of the possible change, in
 
the rating accorded any securities
 
of the
Company or any
 
of its
 
subsidiaries by
 
any “nationally
 
recognized statistical
 
rating organization”
as such term is defined for purposes of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act.
(iv)
 
No Suspension
 
of Trading in
 
or Delisting
 
of Common
 
Shares; Other
 
Events.
 
The trading of
 
the Common Shares
 
(including without limitation
 
the Shares) shall not
 
have been
suspended by
 
the Commission,
 
the Principal
 
Market or
 
FINRA and
 
the Common
 
Shares (including
without limitation
 
the Shares)
 
shall have
 
been approved
 
for listing
 
or quotation
 
on and
 
shall not
have been
 
delisted from
 
the Principal
 
Market or
 
any of
 
its constituent
 
markets.
 
There shall
 
not
have occurred (and be continuing
 
in the case of occurrences under
 
clauses (i) and (ii) below)
 
any
of
 
the
 
following:
 
(i)
 
trading
 
or
 
quotation
 
in
 
any
 
of
 
the
 
Company’s
 
securities
 
shall
 
have
 
been
suspended
 
or
 
limited
 
by
 
the
 
Commission
 
or
 
by
 
the
 
Principal
 
Market
 
or
 
trading
 
in
 
securities
generally on the Principal Market
 
shall have been suspended
 
or limited, or minimum or
 
maximum
prices shall
 
have been
 
generally established
 
on any
 
of such
 
stock exchanges
 
by the Commission
or the
 
FINRA; (ii)
 
a general
 
banking moratorium
 
shall have
 
been declared
 
by any
 
of federal
 
or
New York,
 
authorities; or (iii) there shall
 
have occurred any outbreak or
 
escalation of national or
international hostilities
 
or any
 
crisis or
 
calamity, or any change
 
in the
 
United States
 
or international
financial markets,
 
or any
 
substantial change
 
or development
 
involving a
 
prospective substantial
change
 
in
 
United
 
States’
 
or
 
international
 
political,
 
financial
 
or
 
economic
 
conditions,
 
as
 
in
 
the
judgment of the Agent is material and adverse and makes it impracticable to market the Shares in
the
 
manner and
 
on
 
the
 
terms
 
described in
 
the
 
Prospectus
 
or
 
to
 
enforce contracts
 
for
 
the
 
sale
 
of
securities.
(b)
 
Documents Required to be
 
Delivered on each
 
Issuance Notice Date.
 
The Agent’s
obligation to use its
 
commercially reasonable efforts
 
to place Shares hereunder
 
shall additionally
be conditioned
 
upon the delivery
 
to the Agent
 
on or before
 
the Issuance
 
Notice Date
 
of a
 
certificate
in form
 
and substance
 
reasonably satisfactory
 
to the
 
Agent, executed
 
by the
 
principal executive
officer or principal
 
financial officer of
 
the Company, to the
 
effect that all
 
conditions to the
 
delivery
of such Issuance
 
Notice shall have
 
been satisfied as
 
at the
 
date of
 
such certificate (which
 
certificate
shall not be required if the foregoing representations shall be set forth in the Issuance Notice or in
the certificate described in Section 4(o)).
(c)
 
No
 
Misstatement
 
or
 
Material
 
Omission.
 
The
 
Agent
 
shall
 
not
 
have
 
advised
 
the
Company that the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or
 
the Time of Sale
 
Information, or any
amendment
 
or
 
supplement
 
thereto,
 
contains
 
an
 
untrue
 
statement
 
of
 
fact
 
that
 
in
 
the
 
Agent’s
 
 
 
 
 
 
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reasonable opinion
 
is material,
 
or omits
 
to state
 
a fact
 
that in
 
the Agent’s
 
reasonable opinion
 
is
material
 
and
 
is
 
required
 
to
 
be
 
stated
 
therein
 
or
 
is
 
necessary
 
to
 
make
 
the
 
statements
 
therein
 
not
misleading.
(d)
 
Agent
 
Counsel
 
Legal
 
Opinion.
 
Agent
 
shall
 
have
 
received
 
from
 
Cooley
 
LLP,
counsel for
 
Agent, such
 
opinion or
 
opinions, on
 
or before
 
the date
 
on which
 
the delivery
 
of the
Company counsel legal opinion is
 
required pursuant to Section 4(p),
 
with respect to such matters
as
 
Agent
 
may
 
reasonably
 
require,
 
and
 
the
 
Company
 
shall
 
have
 
furnished
 
to
 
such
 
counsel
 
such
documents as they may reasonably request for enabling them to pass upon such matters.
Section 6.
 
INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION
(a)
 
Indemnification
 
of
 
the
 
Agent.
 
The
 
Company
 
agrees
 
to
 
indemnify
 
and
 
hold
harmless the
 
Agent, its
 
officers and
 
employees, and
 
each person, if
 
any,
 
who controls
 
the Agent
within
 
the meaning
 
of the
 
Securities Act
 
or the
 
Exchange
 
Act against
 
any
 
loss,
 
claim, damage,
liability or
 
expense, as
 
incurred, to
 
which the
 
Agent or
 
such officer, employee
 
or controlling
 
person
may become subject,
 
under the Securities
 
Act, the
 
Exchange Act,
 
other federal or
 
state statutory
law or
 
regulation, or
 
the laws
 
or regulations
 
of foreign
 
jurisdictions where
 
Shares have
 
been offered
or sold or at
 
common law or otherwise
 
(including in settlement of
 
any litigation), insofar as such
loss,
 
claim,
 
damage,
 
liability
 
or
 
expense
 
(or
 
actions
 
in
 
respect
 
thereof
 
as
 
contemplated
 
below)
arises out of
 
or is based
 
upon (i) any
 
untrue statement or
 
alleged untrue statement
 
of a material
 
fact
contained
 
in
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement,
 
or
 
any
 
amendment
 
thereto,
 
including
 
any
 
information
deemed to
 
be a
 
part thereof
 
pursuant to
 
Rule 430B
 
under the
 
Securities Act,
 
or the
 
omission or
alleged omission
 
therefrom of
 
a material
 
fact required
 
to be
 
stated therein
 
or necessary
 
to make
the statements therein not misleading; or (ii) any
 
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
 
of a
material fact contained in
 
any Free Writing
 
Prospectus that the Company
 
has used, referred to or
filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act or the Prospectus (or any
amendment or
 
supplement thereto),
 
or the
 
omission or
 
alleged omission
 
therefrom of
 
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 to
 
reimburse the
 
Agent and
 
each such
 
officer, employee
and
 
controlling
 
person
 
for
 
any
 
and
 
all
 
documented
 
expenses
 
(including
 
the
 
reasonable
 
and
documented
 
fees
 
and
 
disbursements
 
of
 
counsel
 
chosen
 
by
 
the
 
Agent)
 
as
 
such
 
expenses
 
are
reasonably incurred
 
by the
 
Agent or
 
such officer,
 
employee or
 
controlling person
 
in connection
with
 
investigating,
 
defending,
 
settling,
 
compromising
 
or
 
paying
 
any
 
such
 
loss,
 
claim,
 
damage,
liability,
 
expense or action;
 
provided, however,
 
that the foregoing
 
indemnity agreement shall
 
not
apply to any loss, claim,
 
damage, liability or expense to
 
the extent, but only to
 
the extent, arising
out
 
of
 
or
 
based
 
upon
 
any
 
untrue
 
statement
 
or
 
alleged
 
untrue
 
statement
 
or
 
omission
 
or
 
alleged
omission
 
made
 
in
 
reliance
 
upon
 
and
 
in
 
conformity
 
with
 
written
 
information
 
furnished
 
to
 
the
Company
 
by
 
the
 
Agent
 
expressly
 
for
 
use
 
in
 
the
 
Registration
 
Statement,
 
any
 
such
 
Free
 
Writing
Prospectus or the Prospectus
 
(or any amendment or supplement
 
thereto), it being understood
 
and
agreed
 
that
 
the
 
only
 
such
 
information
 
furnished
 
by
 
the
 
Agent
 
to
 
the
 
Company
 
consists
 
of
 
the
information described in subsection (b) below.
 
The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section
6(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Company may otherwise have.
(b)
 
Indemnification of
 
the Company,
 
its Directors
 
and Officers.
 
The Agent
 
agrees to
indemnify and hold
 
harmless the
 
Company,
 
each of
 
its directors,
 
each of
 
its officers
 
who signed
the Registration Statement and
 
each person, if any, who controls
 
the Company within the
 
meaning
 
 
 
 
 
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of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as
incurred, to
 
which the
 
Company or
 
any such
 
director,
 
officer or
 
controlling person
 
may become
subject,
 
under
 
the
 
Securities
 
Act,
 
the
 
Exchange
 
Act,
 
or
 
other
 
federal
 
or
 
state
 
statutory
 
law
 
or
regulation, or
 
the laws
 
or regulations
 
of foreign
 
jurisdictions where
 
Shares have
 
been offered
 
or
sold or at
 
common law or
 
otherwise (including in
 
settlement of any litigation),
 
arises out of or
 
is
based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
 
the
Registration Statement, or any amendment thereto, including any information
 
deemed to be a part
thereof
 
pursuant
 
to
 
Rule
 
430B
 
under
 
the
 
Securities
 
Act,
 
or
 
the
 
omission
 
or
 
alleged
 
omission
therefrom
 
of
 
a
 
material
 
fact
 
required
 
to
 
be
 
stated
 
therein
 
or
 
necessary
 
to
 
make
 
the
 
statements
therein not misleading;
 
or (ii) any
 
untrue statement or
 
alleged untrue statement
 
of a material
 
fact
contained in
 
any
 
Free Writing
 
Prospectus that
 
the Company
 
has used,
 
referred to
 
or
 
filed, or
 
is
required to file,
 
pursuant to Rule
 
433(d) of the
 
Securities Act or
 
the Prospectus (or
 
any amendment
or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged
 
omission therefrom of a material fact
 
necessary
in order
 
to make
 
the statements
 
therein, in
 
the light
 
of the
 
circumstances under
 
which they
 
were
made, not misleading; but, for each of (i) and (ii) above, only
 
to the extent arising out of or based
upon any
 
untrue statement
 
or alleged
 
untrue statement
 
or omission
 
or alleged
 
omission made
 
in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Agent
expressly for
 
use in
 
the Registration
 
Statement, any
 
such Free
 
Writing Prospectus or
 
the Prospectus
(or
 
any
 
amendment
 
or
 
supplement
 
thereto),
 
it
 
being
 
understood
 
and
 
agreed
 
that
 
the
 
only
 
such
information furnished
 
by
 
the Agent
 
to the
 
Company consists
 
of the
 
information
 
set forth
 
in the
first sentence
 
of the
 
ninth
 
paragraph under
 
the caption
 
“Plan of
 
Distribution” in
 
the Prospectus,
and to reimburse the Company and
 
each such director, officer
 
and controlling person for any
 
and
all documented
 
expenses (including the
 
reasonable and documented
 
fees and disbursements
 
of one
counsel chosen
 
by the
 
Company)
 
as such
 
expenses are
 
reasonably incurred
 
by the
 
Company or
such officer,
 
director or
 
controlling person
 
in connection
 
with investigating,
 
defending, settling,
compromising or paying any such
 
loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action. The indemnity
agreement set forth in this
 
Section 6(b) shall be in
 
addition to any liabilities that
 
the Agent or the
Company may otherwise have.
(c)
 
Notifications and Other Indemnification
 
Procedures.
 
Promptly after receipt by
 
an
indemnified
 
party
 
under
 
this
 
Section
 
6
 
of
 
notice
 
of
 
the
 
commencement
 
of
 
any
 
action,
 
such
indemnified party
 
will, if
 
a claim
 
in respect
 
thereof is
 
to be
 
made against
 
an indemnifying
 
party
under this Section
 
6, notify the
 
indemnifying party
 
in writing
 
of the commencement
 
thereof, but
the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve
 
it from any liability which it may
have to any
 
indemnified party
 
for contribution
 
or otherwise than
 
under the
 
indemnity agreement
contained in this Section
 
6 or to the extent
 
it is not prejudiced
 
as a proximate result of
 
such failure.
 
In case any such action
 
is brought against any
 
indemnified party and such indemnified
 
party seeks
or intends to
 
seek indemnity from
 
an indemnifying party,
 
the indemnifying party
 
will be entitled
to participate
 
in, and,
 
to the
 
extent that
 
it
 
shall elect,
 
jointly
 
with all
 
other indemnifying
 
parties
similarly notified, by
 
written notice
 
delivered to the
 
indemnified party promptly
 
after receiving the
aforesaid
 
notice
 
from
 
such
 
indemnified
 
party,
 
to
 
assume
 
the
 
defense
 
thereof
 
with
 
counsel
reasonably satisfactory
 
to such
 
indemnified party;
 
provided, however, if
 
the defendants
 
in any
 
such
action include
 
both the
 
indemnified party
 
and the
 
indemnifying party
 
and the
 
indemnified party
shall
 
have
 
reasonably
 
concluded
 
that
 
a
 
conflict
 
may
 
arise
 
between
 
the
 
positions
 
of
 
the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party in conducting the defense
 
of any such action or that
there may
 
be
 
legal
 
defenses
 
available
 
to
 
it
 
and/or
 
other
 
indemnified
 
parties
 
which
 
are
 
different
from or
 
additional to
 
those available
 
to the
 
indemnifying party,
 
the indemnified
 
party or
 
parties
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30
shall
 
have
 
the
 
right
 
to
 
select
 
separate
 
counsel
 
to
 
assume
 
such
 
legal
 
defenses
 
and
 
to
 
otherwise
participate
 
in
 
the
 
defense
 
of
 
such
 
action
 
on
 
behalf
 
of
 
such
 
indemnified
 
party
 
or
 
parties.
 
Upon
receipt
 
of
 
notice
 
from
 
the
 
indemnifying
 
party
 
to
 
such
 
indemnified
 
party
 
of
 
such
 
indemnifying
party’s election so
 
to assume the defense of such action
 
and approval by the indemnified party of
counsel, the indemnifying
 
party will not
 
be liable to
 
such indemnified party
 
under this
 
Section 6
for
 
any
 
legal
 
or
 
other
 
expenses
 
subsequently
 
incurred
 
by
 
such
 
indemnified
 
party
 
in
 
connection
with the defense thereof unless
 
(i) the indemnified party shall
 
have employed separate counsel in
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
proviso
 
to
 
the
 
preceding
 
sentence
 
(it
 
being
 
understood,
 
however,
 
that
 
the
indemnifying party shall not be liable for
 
the fees and expenses of more
 
than one separate counsel
(together with local counsel), representing the indemnified parties who are
 
parties to such action),
which counsel
 
(together with
 
any local
 
counsel) for
 
the indemnified
 
parties shall
 
be selected
 
by
the indemnified party (in the
 
case of counsel for the
 
indemnified parties referred to in Section
 
6(a)
and Section 6(b)
 
above), (ii) the
 
indemnifying party shall
 
not have employed
 
counsel reasonably
satisfactory to
 
the indemnified
 
party to
 
represent the
 
indemnified party
 
within a
 
reasonable time
after notice
 
of commencement
 
of the
 
action or
 
(iii) the
 
indemnifying party
 
has authorized
 
in writing
the employment of counsel for the indemnified party
 
at the expense of the indemnifying party,
 
in
each of which cases the
 
fees and expenses of counsel
 
shall be at the expense
 
of the indemnifying
party and shall be paid as they are incurred.
(d)
 
Settlements.
 
The indemnifying party
 
under this Section
 
6 shall not
 
be liable
 
for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its
 
written consent, but if settled with such consent
or
 
if
 
there be
 
a
 
final
 
judgment
 
for
 
the
 
plaintiff,
 
the indemnifying
 
party
 
agrees to
 
indemnify
 
the
indemnified party
 
against any
 
loss, claim,
 
damage, liability
 
or expense
 
by reason
 
of such
 
settlement
or judgment.
 
Notwithstanding the
 
foregoing sentence,
 
if at
 
any time
 
an indemnified
 
party shall
have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the
 
indemnified party for fees and expenses of
counsel as
 
contemplated by
 
Section 6(c)
 
hereof, the
 
indemnifying party
 
agrees that
 
it shall
 
be liable
for any settlement
 
of any proceeding
 
effected without
 
its written consent
 
if (i) such
 
settlement is
entered into more than
 
30 days after
 
receipt by such
 
indemnifying party of
 
the aforesaid request;
and (ii)
 
such indemnifying
 
party shall
 
not have
 
reimbursed the
 
indemnified party
 
in accordance
with such
 
request prior
 
to the
 
date of
 
such settlement.
 
No indemnifying
 
party shall,
 
without the
prior written consent
 
of the indemnified
 
party, effect any settlement, compromise or
 
consent to the
entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit
 
or proceeding in respect of which any
indemnified
 
party
 
is
 
or
 
could
 
have
 
been
 
a
 
party
 
and
 
indemnity
 
was
 
or
 
could
 
have
 
been
 
sought
hereunder by such indemnified party,
 
unless such settlement, compromise
 
or consent includes an
unconditional
 
release of
 
such
 
indemnified
 
party
 
from
 
all
 
liability
 
on claims
 
that
 
are the
 
subject
matter of such action, suit or proceeding.
(e)
 
Contribution.
 
If the indemnification
 
provided for in
 
this Section 6
 
is for any
 
reason
held to be
 
unavailable to or otherwise
 
insufficient to hold harmless
 
an indemnified party
 
in respect
of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses
 
referred to therein, then each indemnifying
party
 
shall
 
contribute
 
to
 
the
 
aggregate
 
amount
 
paid
 
or
 
payable
 
by
 
such
 
indemnified
 
party,
 
as
incurred, as a result of any losses,
 
claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred
 
to therein (i) in
such proportion as is
 
appropriate to reflect
 
the relative benefits
 
received by the
 
Company,
 
on the
one
 
hand,
 
and
 
the
 
Agent,
 
on
 
the
 
other
 
hand,
 
from
 
the
 
offering
 
of
 
the
 
Shares
 
pursuant
 
to
 
this
Agreement; 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
 
Agent, on
 
the other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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hand,
 
in
 
connection
 
with
 
the
 
statements
 
or
 
omissions
 
which
 
resulted
 
in
 
such
 
losses,
 
claims,
damages,
 
liabilities
 
or
 
expenses,
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
any
 
other
 
relevant
 
equitable
 
considerations.
 
The
relative benefits received by the
 
Company,
 
on the one hand,
 
and the Agent, on
 
the other hand, in
connection with the offering of the
 
Shares pursuant to this Agreement
 
shall be deemed to
 
be in the
same
 
respective
 
proportions
 
as
 
the
 
total
 
gross
 
proceeds
 
from
 
the
 
offering
 
of
 
the
 
Shares
 
(before
deducting
 
expenses)
 
received
 
by
 
the
 
Company
 
bear
 
to
 
the
 
total
 
commissions
 
received
 
by
 
the
Agent.
 
The relative fault
 
of the Company, on the
 
one hand, and
 
the Agent, on
 
the other hand,
 
shall
be
 
determined
 
by
 
reference
 
to,
 
among
 
other
 
things,
 
whether
 
any
 
such
 
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,
 
on the one
 
hand, or the
 
Agent, on the
 
other hand, and
 
the
parties’
 
relative
 
intent,
 
knowledge,
 
access
 
to
 
information
 
and
 
opportunity
 
to
 
correct
 
or
 
prevent
such statement or omission.
The amount paid or payable by a
 
party as a result of
 
the losses, claims, damages, liabilities
and expenses
 
referred to
 
above shall
 
be deemed
 
to include,
 
subject to
 
the limitations
 
set forth
 
in
Section 6(c), any legal or
 
other fees or expenses
 
reasonably incurred by such
 
party in connection
with investigating or defending any action or claim.
 
The provisions set forth in Section 6(c) with
respect to
 
notice of
 
commencement of
 
any action
 
shall apply
 
if a
 
claim for
 
contribution is
 
to be
made under this Section
 
6(e); provided, however,
 
that no additional notice
 
shall be required with
respect
 
to
 
any
 
action
 
for
 
which
 
notice
 
has
 
been
 
given
 
under
 
Section
 
6(c)
 
for
 
purposes
 
of
indemnification.
The Company
 
and the
 
Agent agree that
 
it would
 
not be
 
just and
 
equitable if
 
contribution
pursuant to
 
this
 
Section
 
6(e) were
 
determined by
 
pro rata
 
allocation or
 
by
 
any other
 
method of
allocation which does
 
not take
 
account of the
 
equitable considerations referred
 
to in
 
this Section
6(e).
Notwithstanding
 
the
 
provisions
 
of
 
this
 
Section
 
6(e),
 
the
 
Agent
 
shall
 
not
 
be
 
required
 
to
contribute any amount
 
in excess of
 
the Selling Commission
 
received by the Agent
 
in connection
with the offering contemplated
 
hereby.
 
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.
 
For purposes of this
 
Section 6(e), each
officer
 
and
 
employee
 
of
 
the
 
Agent
 
and
 
each
 
person,
 
if
 
any,
 
who
 
controls
 
the
 
Agent
 
within
 
the
meaning of
 
the Securities
 
Act or
 
the Exchange
 
Act shall
 
have the
 
same rights
 
to contribution
 
as
the
 
Agent,
 
and
 
each
 
director
 
of
 
the
 
Company,
 
each
 
officer
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
who
 
signed
 
the
Registration Statement, and each person,
 
if any, who controls the Company within the meaning
 
of
the Securities
 
Act and
 
the Exchange
 
Act shall
 
have the
 
same rights
 
to contribution
 
as the
 
Company.
Section 7.
 
TERMINATION & SURVIVAL
(a)
 
Term.
 
Subject to the provisions of this Section 7, the term of this Agreement shall
continue
 
from
 
the
 
date
 
of
 
this
 
Agreement
 
until
 
the
 
end
 
of
 
the
 
Agency
 
Period,
 
unless
 
earlier
terminated by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.
(b)
 
Termination; Survival Following Termination
 
.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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(i)
 
Either party
 
may terminate
 
this Agreement
 
prior to
 
the end
 
of the
 
Agency
Period, by giving
 
written notice
 
as required
 
by this Agreement,
 
upon ten (10)
 
Trading Days’ notice
to the
 
other party;
 
provided that,
 
(A) if
 
the Company
 
terminates this
 
Agreement after
 
the Agent
confirms to the Company any sale of Shares, the Company shall remain obligated to comply with
Section 3(b)(v) with
 
respect to such
 
Shares and (B)
 
Section 2, Section
 
3(d), Section 6,
 
Section 7
and Section 8 shall survive
 
termination of this Agreement.
 
If termination shall occur prior to
 
the
Settlement Date for
 
any sale of
 
Shares, such sale
 
shall nevertheless settle
 
in accordance with
 
the
terms of this Agreement.
(ii)
 
In
 
addition
 
to
 
the
 
survival
 
provision
 
of
 
Section
 
7(b)(i),
 
the
 
respective
indemnities, agreements, representations,
 
warranties and other
 
statements of the
 
Company,
 
of its
officers and of the Agent set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force
and effect, regardless
 
of any investigation
 
made by or
 
on behalf of
 
the Agent or
 
the Company or
any of its or their partners, officers or
 
directors or any controlling person, as the case
 
may be, and,
anything
 
herein
 
to
 
the
 
contrary
 
notwithstanding,
 
will
 
survive
 
delivery
 
of
 
and
 
payment
 
for
 
the
Shares sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement.
Section 8.
 
MISCELLANEOUS
(a)
 
Press Releases and Disclosure.
 
The Company may issue a press
 
release describing
the material
 
terms of
 
the
 
transactions contemplated
 
hereby as
 
soon as
 
practicable
 
following the
date of
 
this Agreement,
 
and may
 
file with
 
the Commission
 
a Current
 
Report on
 
Form 8
 
K, with
this
 
Agreement
 
attached
 
as
 
an
 
exhibit
 
thereto,
 
describing
 
the
 
material
 
terms
 
of
 
the
 
transactions
contemplated
 
hereby,
 
and
 
the
 
Company
 
shall
 
consult
 
with
 
the
 
Agent
 
prior
 
to
 
making
 
such
disclosures,
 
and
 
the
 
parties
 
hereto shall
 
use
 
all
 
commercially
 
reasonable
 
efforts,
 
acting
 
in
 
good
faith, to agree upon a text
 
for such disclosures that is
 
reasonably satisfactory to all parties
 
hereto.
No party hereto shall
 
issue thereafter any
 
press release or like
 
public statement (including, without
limitation,
 
any disclosure required
 
in reports filed with the
 
Commission pursuant to the
 
Exchange
Act) related
 
to this
 
Agreement or
 
any of
 
the transactions
 
contemplated hereby
 
without the
 
prior
written
 
approval
 
of
 
the
 
other
 
party
 
hereto,
 
except
 
as
 
may
 
be
 
necessary
 
or
 
appropriate
 
in
 
the
reasonable opinion
 
of
 
the party
 
seeking
 
to make
 
disclosure to
 
comply
 
with the
 
requirements of
applicable
 
law
 
or
 
stock
 
exchange
 
rules.
 
If
 
any
 
such
 
press
 
release
 
or
 
like
 
public
 
statement
 
is
 
so
required, the party making such disclosure shall consult with the other party prior to making such
disclosure, and
 
the parties
 
shall use
 
all commercially
 
reasonable efforts,
 
acting in
 
good faith,
 
to
agree upon a text for such disclosure that is reasonably satisfactory to all parties hereto.
(b)
 
No Advisory
 
or Fiduciary
 
Relationship.
 
The Company
 
acknowledges and
 
agrees
that (i) the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the
 
determination of any fees,
are arm’s
 
-length commercial
 
transactions between
 
the Company
 
and the
 
Agent, (ii)
 
when acting
as a principal
 
under this Agreement,
 
the Agent is
 
and has been
 
acting solely as
 
a principal is
 
not
the agent or
 
fiduciary of the
 
Company, or its stockholders, creditors,
 
employees or any
 
other party,
(iii) the Agent has not assumed nor will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of
the Company with
 
respect to the transactions
 
contemplated hereby or the
 
process leading thereto
(irrespective
 
of
 
whether
 
the
 
Agent
 
has
 
advised
 
or
 
is
 
currently
 
advising
 
the
 
Company
 
on
 
other
matters)
 
and
 
the
 
Agent
 
does
 
not
 
have
 
any
 
obligation
 
to
 
the
 
Company
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
the
transactions contemplated hereby
 
except the obligations
 
expressly set forth
 
in this Agreement,
 
(iv)
the Agent and its Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests
 
 
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that differ from those
 
of the Company,
 
and (v) the Agent has
 
not provided any legal, accounting,
regulatory or
 
tax advice
 
with respect
 
to the
 
transactions contemplated
 
hereby and
 
the Company
has
 
consulted
 
its
 
own
 
legal,
 
accounting,
 
regulatory
 
and
 
tax
 
advisors
 
to
 
the
 
extent
 
it
 
deemed
appropriate.
 
(c)
 
Research
 
Analyst
 
Independence.
 
The
 
Company
 
acknowledges
 
that
 
the
 
Agent’s
research analysts and
 
research departments are
 
required to
 
and should be
 
independent from their
respective investment
 
banking divisions
 
and are
 
subject to
 
certain regulations
 
and internal
 
policies,
and
 
as
 
such
 
the
 
Agent’s
 
research
 
analysts
 
may
 
hold
 
views
 
and
 
make
 
statements
 
or
 
investment
recommendations and/or publish research reports
 
with respect to the Company
 
or the offering that
differ from the views
 
of their respective
 
investment banking divisions.
 
The Company understands
that the Agent is a full service securities firm and as
 
such from time to time, subject to applicable
securities laws,
 
may
 
effect
 
transactions
 
for its
 
own
 
account or
 
the
 
account of
 
its
 
customers
 
and
hold long or
 
short positions in
 
debt or equity
 
securities of the
 
companies that may
 
be the subject
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(d)
 
Notices.
 
All
 
communications
 
hereunder shall
 
be
 
in
 
writing
 
and
 
shall
 
be
 
mailed,
hand delivered, sent
 
via electronic mail
 
(if applicable) or
 
telecopied and confirmed
 
to the parties
hereto as follows:
If to the Agent:
Jefferies LLC
520 Madison Avenue
New York,
 
NY 10022
Facsimile:
 
(646) 786-5719
Attention:
 
General Counsel
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Cooley LLP
55 Hudson Yards
New York,
 
NY 10001
Attention: Daniel I. Goldberg
E-mail: dgoldberg@cooley.com;
 
josh.kaufman@cooley.com
 
If to the Company:
Vaxxinity,
 
Inc.
 
505 Odyssey Way
Merritt Island,
 
FL32953
Attention: General Counsel
E-mail: legal@vaxxinity.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
 
450 Lexington Avenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
34
New York,
 
NY 10017
 
Attention: Yasin
 
Keshvargar
 
E-mail: yasin.keshvargar@davispolk.com
Any party hereto may change
 
the address for receipt
 
of communications by giving
 
written notice
to the others in accordance with this Section 8(d).
(e)
 
Successors.
 
This Agreement
 
will inure
 
to the
 
benefit of
 
and be
 
binding upon
 
the
parties hereto, and to
 
the benefit of the
 
employees, officers and
 
directors and controlling
 
persons
referred to in
 
Section 6, and in
 
each case their
 
respective successors, and
 
no other person will
 
have
any right
 
or obligation
 
hereunder.
 
The term
 
“successors” shall
 
not include
 
any purchaser
 
of the
Shares as such from the Agent merely by reason of such purchase.
(f)
 
Partial Unenforceability.
 
The invalidity
 
or unenforceability
 
of any
 
Article, Section,
paragraph or provision
 
of this Agreement
 
shall not affect
 
the validity or
 
enforceability of any
 
other
Article, Section, paragraph or provision hereof.
 
If any Article, Section, paragraph or provision of
this Agreement is for any reason
 
determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there
 
shall be deemed
to be made
 
such minor changes
 
(and only such
 
minor changes)
 
as are necessary
 
to make it
 
valid
and enforceable.
(g)
 
Governing Law
 
Provisions.
 
This Agreement
 
shall be
 
governed by
 
and construed
in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and
to be
 
performed in
 
such state.
 
Any legal
 
suit, action
 
or proceeding
 
arising out
 
of or
 
based upon
this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
 
hereby may be instituted in
 
the federal courts of
the United States of America located in the
 
Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York or the
courts of the State
 
of New York
 
in each case
 
located in the
 
Borough of Manhattan
 
in the City
 
of
New
 
York
 
(collectively,
 
the
 
Specified
 
Courts
”),
 
and
 
each
 
party
 
irrevocably
 
submits
 
to
 
the
exclusive jurisdiction
 
(except for
 
proceedings instituted
 
in regard
 
to the
 
enforcement of
 
a judgment
of any such court,
 
as to which such
 
jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of
 
such courts in
 
any such suit,
action or
 
proceeding.
 
Service of
 
any process,
 
summons, notice
 
or document
 
by mail
 
to such
 
party’s
address set forth
 
above shall be
 
effective service of process
 
for any suit, action
 
or other proceeding
brought in any such court.
 
The parties irrevocably and unconditionally
 
waive any objection to the
laying of venue of
 
any suit, action or other
 
proceeding in the Specified
 
Courts and irrevocably and
unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim
 
in any such court that any such suit, action
or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
 
(h)
 
General Provisions.
 
This Agreement constitutes
 
the entire agreement of
 
the parties
to
 
this
 
Agreement
 
and
 
supersedes
 
all
 
prior
 
written
 
or
 
oral
 
and
 
all
 
contemporaneous
 
oral
agreements,
 
understandings
 
and
 
negotiations
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
the
 
subject
 
matter
 
hereof.
 
This
Agreement may be executed in
 
two or more counterparts, each one
 
of which shall be
 
an original,
with the
 
same effect
 
as if
 
the signatures
 
thereto and
 
hereto were
 
upon the
 
same instrument,
 
and
may be
 
delivered by
 
facsimile transmission
 
or by
 
electronic delivery
 
of a
 
portable document
 
format
(PDF) file
 
(including any
 
electronic signature
 
covered by
 
the U.S.
 
federal
 
ESIGN Act
 
of 2000,
Uniform
 
Electronic
 
Transactions
 
Act,
 
the
 
Electronic
 
Signatures
 
and
 
Records
 
Act
 
or
 
other
applicable
 
law,
 
e.g.,
 
www.docusign.com).
 
This
 
Agreement
 
may
 
not
 
be
 
amended
 
or
 
modified
unless in writing by all of the parties hereto,
 
and no condition herein (express or implied)
 
may be
waived unless
 
waived in
 
writing by
 
each party
 
whom the
 
condition is
 
meant to
 
benefit.
 
The Article
35
and Section
 
headings herein
 
are for
 
the
 
convenience of
 
the
 
parties only
 
and
 
shall not
 
affect
 
the
construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
[
Signature Page Immediately Follows
]
 
 
 
If the
 
foregoing is
 
in accordance
 
with your
 
understanding of
 
our agreement,
 
kindly sign
and return to the Company
 
the enclosed copies hereof, whereupon
 
this instrument, along with
 
all
counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms
Very
 
truly yours,
VAXXINITY,
 
INC.
By:
 
/s/ Mei Mei Hu
 
Name: Mei Mei Hu
 
Title: Chief Executive Officer
 
The foregoing
 
Agreement is
 
hereby confirmed
 
and accepted
 
by the
 
Agent in
 
New York,
New York
 
as of the date first above written.
JEFFERIES LLC
By:
 
/s/ Michael Magarro
 
Name: Michael Magarro
 
 
Title: Managing Director
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EXHIBIT A
ISSUANCE NOTICE
[Date]
Jefferies LLC
520 Madison Avenue
New York,
 
New York
 
10022
Attn: [__________]
Reference
 
is
 
made
 
to
 
the
 
Open
 
Market
 
Sale
 
Agreement
SM
 
between
 
Vaxxinity,
 
Inc.
 
(the
Company
”) and
 
Jefferies LLC (the
 
Agent
”) dated
 
as of
 
August 9,
 
2023. The
 
Company confirms
that all conditions to the delivery of this Issuance Notice are satisfied as of the date hereof.
Date of Delivery of Issuance Notice (determined pursuant to Section 3(b)(i)):
_______________________
Issuance Amount (equal to the total Sales Price for such Shares):
 
$
 
Maximum number of Shares to be sold (notwithstanding a higher Sale Amount)
 
 
Number of days in selling period:
 
First date of selling period:
 
Last date of selling period:
 
Settlement Date(s) if other than standard T+2 settlement:
 
Floor Price Limitation (in no event less than $1.00 without the prior written consent of the
Agent, which consent may be withheld in the Agent’s sole discretion): $ ____ per share
Comments:
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
Name:
 
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit B
Form of Officer’s Certificate Pursuant to Section 4(o)
The undersigned, the duly qualified and elected [●] of Vaxxinity,
 
Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “
Company
”), does hereby certify in such capacity and on behalf of the
Company, pursuant to Section 4(o) of the Open Market Sale Agreement
SM
, dated August 9,
2023, between the Company and Jefferies LLC (the “
Sale Agreement
”), that to the knowledge
of the undersigned:
(i)
 
The representations and warranties of the Company in Section 2 of the Sale
Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date hereof with the same force and effect as if
expressly made on and as of the date hereof; provided, however that such representations and
warranties are qualified by the disclosure included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus (including any documents incorporated by reference
therein and any supplements thereto); and
(ii)
 
The Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its
part to be performed or satisfied pursuant to the Sale Agreement at or prior to the date hereof.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
 
and Cooley LLP are entitled to rely on this certificate in
connection with the respective opinions such firms are rendering pursuant to the Sale Agreement.
Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings given to such terms in
the Sale Agreement.
 
VAXXINITY,
 
INC.
By:
 
Name:
 
Title:
 
Date: [•]
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit C
Form of Secretary’s Certificate Pursuant to Section 4(o)
The undersigned, Secretary of Vaxxinity,
 
Inc.,
 
a Delaware corporation (the “
Company
”),
does hereby certify in such capacity and on behalf of the Company, pursuant to Section 4(o) of
the Open Market Sale Agreement
SM
, dated August 9, 2023, between the Company and Jefferies
LLC (the “
Sale Agreement
”), that to the knowledge of the undersigned:
1.
 
Attached hereto as Appendix A is a true, correct and complete copy of the
Company’s certificate of incorporation dated [●] (the “
Certificate of Incorporation
”), filed
with the Delaware Secretary of State on [●], as in full force and effect as of the date hereof.
 
Since such date, no amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation has been approved by the
Board of Directors of the Company (the “
Board of Directors
”) or the shareholders of the
Company or filed with the Delaware Secretary of State.
 
2.
 
Attached hereto as Appendix B is a true, correct and complete copy of the bylaws
of the Company as in effect at the date hereof and at all times since [●]. No action has been taken
by the Company or its stockholders, directors or officers to effect or authorize any amendment or
other modification to the bylaws.
3.
 
No proceeding for the dissolution, merger, sale, consolidation or liquidation of the
Company or for the sale of all or substantially all of its assets is pending or, to the best of my
knowledge, threatened and no such proceeding is contemplated by the Company.
4.
 
Attached hereto as Appendices C-1 and C-2, respectively, are true, correct and
complete copies of written resolutions duly adopted by (i) the Board of Directors on August [●],
2023 and (ii) the committee designated by the Board of Directors on August [●], 2023. Such
resolutions have not been amended or modified, are in full force and effect in the form adopted
and are the only resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors or by any committee of or
designated by the Board of Directors relating to (i) the Company’s Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (File No. 333-[●]) (the “
Registration Statement
”) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “
SEC
”), and (ii) the execution and delivery of the Sale Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder (including, without
limitation, the sale of the Common Shares pursuant to such agreement).
5.
 
Each person who, as a director or officer of the Company, signed (a) the
Registration Statement, (b) the Sale Agreement and (c) any other document or certificate
delivered under the Sale Agreement in connection with the transactions contemplated thereunder
was at the respective times of such signing and delivery and, in the case of the document referred
to under (a) above, was at the time of filing such Registration Statement with the SEC, duly
elected or appointed and acting as such director or officer and was duly authorized to execute
and deliver such document on behalf of the Company, and the signatures of such persons
appearing on such documents are their genuine signatures or true facsimiles thereof.
6.
 
The minutes and resolutions of the Company relating to all proceedings of the
shareholders and the Board of Directors (and any committee of the Board of Directors) of the
Company made available to Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
 
and Cooley LLP are the original
 
minutes and resolutions of the Company, or are true, correct and complete copies thereof, with
respect to all such proceedings of said shareholders, Board of Directors and committees of the
Board of Directors of the Company since January 1, 2020 through the date hereof. The minutes,
resolutions and other documents of the Company made available to Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
and Cooley LLP were true, correct and complete in all respects. There have been no material
changes, additions or alterations in said minutes, resolutions and other documents that have not
been disclosed to Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and
 
Cooley LLP in writing.
7.
 
The Sale Agreement, as executed and delivered by the Company, is in
substantially the form approved by one or more of the Company’s officers pursuant to the
resolutions referred to in paragraph 4 above, under authority delegated by the Board of Directors,
and has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Company by an appropriate officer of
the Compan
y.
8.
 
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company,
 
LLC has been duly appointed by the
Company to serve as the transfer agent and registrar for the Common Shares and, as of the date
hereof, serves in such capacity for the Common Shares.
 
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
 
and Cooley LLP are entitled to rely on this certificate in
connection with the respective opinions such firms are rendering pursuant to the Sale Agreement.
Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings given to such terms in
the Sale Agreement.
 
 
 
 
 
Schedule A
Notice Parties
The Company
Mei Mei Hu
 
The Agent
Michael Magarro
Donald Lynaugh