-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, JCMDCmazI1CWGBb7tCeWAk+B82sHUaNXsyn59RjCw6TS8+YWXLQeqG5feO3a8tpC Q105DgnaWDFd9MXhkDKz0Q== 0001032210-01-500709.txt : 20010622 0001032210-01-500709.hdr.sgml : 20010622 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001032210-01-500709 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-K405 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 15 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20010331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20010621 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000810084 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841] IRS NUMBER: 931099680 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OR FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-K405 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-15360 FILM NUMBER: 1664993 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7620 S W BRIDGEPORT RD CITY: PORTLAND STATE: OR ZIP: 97224 BUSINESS PHONE: 5036397221 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7620 S W BRIDGEPORT ROAD CITY: PORTLAND STATE: OR ZIP: 97224 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BIOJECT MEDICAL SYSTEMS LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 10-K405 1 d10k405.htm FORM 10-K FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2001 FORM 10-K FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2001
 


 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 

 
FORM 10-K
 
x    
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
         For the Fiscal Year Ended: March 31, 2001
 
OR
 
¨    
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Commission File Number: 0-15360
 

 
BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Oregon
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
7620 SW Bridgeport Road, Portland, Oregon
(Address of principal executive offices)
93-1099680
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
97224
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
503-639-7221
 

 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
None
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
 
Common Stock, without par value
 

 
        Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days:  Yes   x  No  ¨
 
        Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K, or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  x
 
        The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant was $123,439,353 as of June 15, 2001 based upon the last sales price as reported by the Nasdaq SmallCap System.
 
        The number of shares outstanding of the Registrant’s Common Stock as of June 15, 2001 was 9,805,675 shares.
 
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
 
        Portions of the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 2001 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting are incorporated by reference into Part III.
 



 
BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
 
2001 FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
       Page
      
PART I
           
ITEM 1.      BUSINESS      2
 
ITEM 2.      PROPERTIES      13
 
ITEM 3.      LEGAL PROCEEDINGS      13
 
ITEM 4.      SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS      13
      
PART II
           
ITEM 5.      MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED
      STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
     14
 
ITEM 6.      SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA      15
 
ITEM 7.      MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
      RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
     15
 
ITEM 7A.      QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK      18
 
ITEM 8.      FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA      19
 
ITEM 9.      CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING
      AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
     38
      
PART III
           
ITEM 10.      DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT      38
 
ITEM 11.      EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION      38
 
ITEM 12.      SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND
      MANAGEMENT
     38
 
ITEM 13.      CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS      38
      
PART IV
           
ITEM 14.      EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON
      FORM 8-K
     39
 
SIGNATURES      42
 
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PART I
 
ITEM 1.    BUSINESS
 
Forward Looking Statements
 
        This Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements concerning prospects for future strategic corporate relationships, prospects for sales of the Company’s products into new, high leverage markets and generally heightened prospects for the adoption and use of needle-free technology. Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation, the risk that research and development efforts of the Company or others will not produce desired results, the risk that the Company will not have sufficient cash to sustain itself to the time, if ever, that it is profitable, the risk that demand from our strategic partners will not meet our expectations, the Company’s possible need for additional financing and uncertainties related to the time required to complete research and development, obtaining necessary clinical data and government clearances, successfully attracting additional strategic corporate partners and successfully executing revenue-generating agreements with additional strategic partners.
 
        Forward-looking statements are based on the estimates and opinions of management on the date the statements are made. The Company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements if conditions or management’s estimates or opinions should change, even if new information becomes available or other events occur in the future.
 
General
 
        Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. (“Bioject” or the “Company”) commenced operations in 1985 for the purpose of developing, manufacturing and marketing jet injection systems for needle-free drug delivery. The Company licenses its technology to leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for whose products the Company’s technology provides enhanced market acceptance or increased medical efficacy. The Company also sells its products directly to healthcare providers.
 
        Bioject’s needle-free injection technology works by forcing liquid medication at high speed through a tiny orifice held against the skin. This creates a fine stream of high-pressure medication that penetrates the skin, depositing the medication in the tissue beneath.
 
        Since its formation, the Company has been engaged principally in organizational, financing, research and development, and marketing activities. The Company’s products and manufacturing operations are subject to extensive government regulation, both in the U.S. and abroad. In the U.S., the development, manufacture, marketing and promotion of medical devices is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) under section 510(k) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (“FFDCA”).
 
        Bioject’s primary corporate objective is to develop partnerships with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to enhance the delivery of their injected medications and vaccines. Because of needle-phobia, many injected products are under-utilized by patients. By licensing its needle-free injection technology, Bioject can provide a more appealing format for the drug company’s injected products. In return, the drug manufacturer can create substantial demand for Bioject’s injection systems. By enhancing injected products with proprietary, customized needle-free injection systems, Bioject expects to help its partners expand the market for their injected products.
 
        The Company is actively pursuing strategic partnering relationships with a number of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies under which the Company plans to grant specified rights or licenses to some or all of its products. The strategy anticipates that the rights or licenses will allow strategic partners to i) use the licensed products for specific applications or purposes or ii) market the licensed products in conjunction with certain of their products.
 
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        Currently, Bioject has three strategic partners: Amgen, AngioSense, and Serono.
 
        Amgen, Inc. and the Company entered into a clinical development and supply agreement for the disposable Iject system for delivery of injected medications for two undisclosed medical indications. In addition, Amgen has options to license the Iject for additional indications.
 
        AngioSense, Inc. licensed three of Bioject’s systems to jointly develop novel delivery systems to deliver angiogenic and other compounds directly to the cardiovascular system. These systems will include a pre-filled disposable injection system, the Aject, which will be designed for epicardial injections during surgical procedures and catheter-based endocardial injections. In June 2001, Microheart, Inc. purchased AngioSense and the license was transferred to Microheart.
 
        Serono S.A. (“Serono”) licensed Bioject’s Vitajet® injection system for delivery of Saizen® human growth hormone. The Vitajet® has been customized for use in the pediatric growth market, and is marketed as the cool.click™. During the third quarter of fiscal 2001, the Company amended its agreement with Serono to provide Serono with exclusive worldwide distribution rights for its Saizen® recombinant human growth hormone. In addition, Serono was given exclusive worldwide rights to the Vitajet® device for AIDS wasting applications. In March 2001, the SeroJet™, a customized version of the Vitajet®, was cleared by the FDA for use with Serostim® for the treatment of AIDS wasting.
 
        The Company manufactures and directly markets a professional needle-free injection system, the Biojector® 2000 (the “Biojector® 2000” or “B-2000”), which allows healthcare professionals to inject medications through the skin, both intramuscularly and subcutaneously, without a needle. Using this technology to administer injections virtually eliminates the risk of contaminated needlestick injuries and the resulting blood-borne pathogen transmission, which is a major concern throughout the healthcare industry.
 
        The Company also markets the Vitajet®, a spring-powered, needle-free, self-injection device, the rights to which were acquired in a transaction with Vitajet Corporation in March 1998. The Vitajet® has regulatory clearance for administering injections of insulin and a modified Vitajet®, called the cool.click™, has regulatory clearance for administering Saizen®, Serono’s recombinant human growth hormone Saizen® for the treatment of pediatric growth hormone deficiency. In addition, a modified Vitajet® called the SeroJet™, has regulatory clearance for administering Serostim®, Serono’s recombinant human growth hormone Serostim® for the treatment of AIDS Wasting. See “Research and Product Development.”
 
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        Following is a chronology of significant milestones achieved:
 
Date
     Milestone
April 1987      Received FDA clearance to market a hand-held CO2-powered needle-free injection system.
February 1993      Began U.S. distribution of Biojector® 2000 system to hospitals and large clinics.
June 1994      Received FDA clearance to market a version of the Biojector® 2000 system in a
configuration targeted at high volume injection applications.
October 1996      Received FDA clearance for a needle-free disposable vial access device.
March 1997      Received FDA clearance for certain enhancements to the Biojector® 2000 system.
September 1997      Entered into a joint venture agreement with Elan for the development and commercialization
of certain blood glucose monitoring technology, which the Company licensed from Elan.
March 1998      Entered into a transaction with Vitajet Corporation whereby the Company acquired, along
with certain other assets, the rights to the Vitajet®, a spring-powered, needle-free self-
injection device, with FDA clearance for administering injections of insulin.
January 1999      Received ISO9001 and EN46001 certification.
June 1999      Marathon, the joint venture formed with Elan, completed a sale of the license to the blood
glucose monitoring technology and certain fixed assets related to the development of that
technology.
November 1999      Received CE Mark certification for the Company’s jet injection systems, which allows the
products to be sold in the European Union.
December 1999      Entered into a license and distribution agreement with Ares-Serono to deliver human growth
hormone with a modified Vitajet® for the pediatric growth market.
February 2000      Entered into a clinical development and supply agreement for the Iject, a single use
disposable jet injector.
June 2000      Received FDA clearance for a modified version of the Vitajet®, called the cool.click™, to
administer injections of Serono’s human growth hormone Saizen®.
October 2000      Amended Serono’s license and distribution agreement to include exclusive worldwide rights
for the cool.click™ injection device to deliver Saizen® and to include worldwide rights to
deliver Serostim® for AIDS wasting applications with a modified Vitajet®, called the
SeroJet™.
March 2001      Received FDA clearance for a modified version of the Vitajet®, called the SeroJet™, to
administer injections of Serono’s human growth hormone Serostim® for the treatment of
AIDS wasting.
April 2001      Received FDA clearance to market a Reconstitution Kit and Vial Connector.
 
        “Biojector,” “Bioject” and “ Vitajet” are registered trademarks of the Company.
 
Needle Free Injection
 
        Medications are currently delivered using various methods, each of which has both advantages and limitations. The most commonly used drug delivery techniques include oral ingestion, intravenous infusion, subcutaneous, intradermal and intramuscular injection, inhalation and transdermal “patch” diffusion. Many drugs are effective only when injected. Published data indicates that more than 1.7 billion needle-syringes are sold annually in the U.S. The Company believes that approximately 80% of these syringes are used for subcutaneous or intramuscular injections up to 1 ml.
 
        Injections using traditional needle-syringes suffer from many shortcomings, including: (i) the risk of needlestick injuries; (ii) the risk of penetrating a patient’s vein; and (iii) the patients’ aversion to needles and discomfort. The most dangerous of these, the contaminated needlestick injury, occurs when a needle that has been exposed to a patient’s blood accidentally penetrates a healthcare worker’s skin. Contaminated needles can transmit deadly blood-borne pathogens including such viruses as HIV and hepatitis B. Published data estimate that approximately 600,000 needlestick injuries occur in the U.S. each year.
 
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        Because of growing awareness in recent years of the danger of blood-borne pathogen transmission, needle safety has become a higher concern for hospitals, healthcare professionals and their patients. As a result, pressure on the healthcare industry to eliminate the risk of contaminated needlestick injuries has increased. For example, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued regulations, effective in 1992, which require healthcare institutions to treat all blood and other body fluids as infectious. These regulations require implementing “engineering and work practice controls” to “isolate or remove blood-borne pathogen hazards from the workplace.” Among the required controls are special handling and disposal of contaminated “sharps” in biohazardous “sharps” containers and follow-up testing for victims of needlestick injuries. To date, 18 states, with an additional 12 pending, and the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration have adopted legislation or regulations that require health care providers to utilize systems designed to reduce the risk of needlestick injuries.
 
        The costs resulting from needlestick injuries vary widely. Accidental needlesticks involving sterile needles involve relatively little cost. Needlesticks with contaminated needles require investigation and follow-up. These are much more expensive. Investigation typically includes identifying the source of contamination, testing the source for blood-borne pathogens and repeatedly testing the needlestick victim for infection over an extended period. Some healthcare providers are requiring additional measures, including treating all needlestick injuries as contaminated unless proven otherwise. In some circumstances, procedures require administering prophylactic treatment such as zidovudine (AZT) or other drugs. If a needlestick injury results in the healthcare worker actually becoming infected with life-threatening pathogens, such as HIV or hepatitis B, the cost of that injury is dramatically higher.
 
        In an effort to protect healthcare workers from needlestick injuries, many healthcare facilities have adopted more expensive, alternative technologies. One such technology is an intravenous (“IV”) port that permits medication to be injected directly into an IV line without requiring the use of a sharp needle for each administration. Another is use of one of a variety of “safety syringes.” These are generally disposable needle-syringes with a plastic sheath mechanism intended to cover the needle after use or with a needle that retracts after use. While these technologies can help to reduce accidental needlesticks, they cannot eliminate the risk.
 
Description of the Company’s Products
 
    Biojector 2000
 
        The Biojector® 2000 system consists of two components: a hand-held, reusable jet injector; and a sterile, single-use, disposable plastic syringe capable of delivering variable doses of medication up to 1 ml. The B-2000 system is a refinement of jet injection technology that enables healthcare professionals to reliably deliver measured variable doses of medication through the skin, either intramuscularly or subcutaneously, without a needle.
 
        The first component of the system, the Biojector® 2000, is a portable hand-held device which is approximately the size of a flashlight. It is designed both for ease of use by healthcare professionals, as well as to be attractive and non-threatening to patients. The Biojector® 2000 injector uses disposable CO2 cartridges as a power source. The CO2 cartridges, which are purchased by the Company from an outside supplier, give an average of ten injections before requiring replacement. The CO2 gas provides consistent, reliable pressure on the plunger of the disposable syringe, thereby propelling the medication into the tissue. The CO2 propellant does not come into contact with either the patient or the medication. The B-2000 is also available with a tank adapter which allows the device to be attached to a large volume CO2 tank. The tank adapter eliminates the need to change CO2 cartridges after every ten injections and is an attractive option for applications where a large number of injections are given in a relatively short period of time.
 
        The second component of the system, the Biojector® single-use disposable syringe, is provided in a sterile, peel-open package and consists of a plastic, needle-free, variable dose syringe, a Vial Adapter needle-free syringe filling device, which is used to fill the syringe, and a safety cap. If requested by a customer, the product can also be supplied with a needle which is used as an alternative to the Vial Adapter for filling the syringe. The body of the syringe is transparent and has graduated markings to aid accurate filling by healthcare workers.
 
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        There are five different Biojector® syringes, each of which is intended for a different injection depth or body type. The syringes are molded using the Company’s patented manufacturing process. A trained healthcare worker selects the syringe appropriate for the intended type of injection. One syringe size is for subcutaneous injections, while the others are designed for intramuscular injections, depending on the patient’s body characteristics and the location of the injection.
 
        Giving an injection with a Biojector® 2000 system is easy and straightforward. The healthcare worker giving the injection checks the CO2 pressure on an easy-to-read gauge at the rear of the injector, draws medication up into a disposable plastic syringe using either a needle or the Vial Adapter, inserts the syringe into the Biojector® 2000, presses the syringe tip against the appropriate disinfected surface on the patient’s skin, and then presses an actuator, thereby injecting the medication. A thin stream of medication is expelled at high velocity through a precision molded, small diameter orifice in the syringe. The medication is injected at a velocity sufficient to penetrate the skin and force the medication into the tissue at the desired depth.
 
        The current suggested retail list price for the Biojector® 2000 professional jet injector is $675, and the suggested retail list price for Biojector® syringes is $0.67 each. CO2 cartridges are sold for a suggested retail price of $0.50 per cartridge and average ten injections per cartridge. Discounts are offered for volume purchases.
 
    Vitajet
 
        The Vitajet® is also made-up of two components, a portable injector unit and a disposable syringe. It is smaller and lower in cost than other products in the Company’s needle-free offering. The method of operation and drug delivery is similar to the Biojector®, except that the Vitajet® is powered by a spring rather than by CO2. It is designed for self-injection and the technology was acquired to fill a gap in the Company’s product line for a low-cost, home use, needle-free device. Vitajet®’s regulatory labeling limits its use to the injection of Insulin. A modified Vitajet®, called the cool.click™, has received regulatory clearance for injection of Serono’s human growth hormone Saizen®. In addition, a modified Vitajet® called the SeroJet™, has regulatory clearance for administering the Serono human growth hormone Serostim® for the treatment of Aids Wasting. The Company believes that the Vitajet® has the potential to achieve regulatory labeling for additional subcutaneous injections.
 
        The current suggested retail price for the Vitajet® needle-free injector is $250. A three month supply (13-count) of Vitajet® syringes is sold for a suggested retail price of $60.
 
        The Company has other products in development which are intended to address other markets or to enhance the Biojector® 2000 system. See “Research and Product Development.”
 
Marketing and Competition
 
        The traditional needle-syringe is currently the primary method for administering intramuscular and subcutaneous injections.
 
        During the last 20 years, there have been many attempts to develop portable one-shot jet injection hypodermic devices. Problems have arisen in the attempts to develop such devices including: (a) inadequate injection power, (b) little or no control of pressure and depth of penetration, (c) complexity of design, with related difficulties in cost and performance, (d) difficulties in use, including filling and cleaning, and (e) the necessity for sterilization between uses.
 
        In recent years, several spring-driven, needle-free injectors have been developed and marketed, primarily for injecting insulin. Current list prices for such injectors range from approximately $250 to $600 per injector. The Company believes that market acceptance of these devices has been limited due to a combination of the cost of the devices coupled with the difficulties of their use.
 
        Also in recent years, various versions of a “safety syringe” have been designed and marketed. Most versions of the safety syringe generally involve a standard or modified needle-syringe with a plastic guard or
 
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sheath surrounding the needle. Such covering is usually retracted or removed in order to give an injection. The intent of the safety syringe is to reduce or eliminate needlestick injuries. However, while the safety syringe is in use and before the needle has been covered, a safety syringe still poses a risk of needlestick injury. Additionally, some safety syringes require manipulation after injection and pose the risk of needlestick injury during that manipulation. Safety syringes are also often bulky and add to contaminated waste disposal costs.
 
        Two U.K. companies, Powderject Pharmaceuticals plc and Weston Medical plc, are developing devices that will likely compete with the Company’s jet injection products for certain applications. Neither of these companies has yet obtained regulatory clearance to market jet injection products that compete with the Company’s products.
 
        The Company’s primary sales and marketing objective is to form licensing and supply arrangements with leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies whose products the Biojector® technology provides either increased medical efficacy or a higher degree of market acceptance. Agreements under this type of arrangement would ordinarily include some or all of the following components: i) licensing revenues for full or partially exclusive access to the Company’s products for a specific application or medical indication; ii) development fees if the Company is customizing one of its products for the customer or developing a new product; iii) milestone payments related to the customer’s progress in developing products to be used in conjunction with the Company’s products; and iv) product revenues from sale of the Company’s products to the customer pursuant to a supply agreement. Product sales through this channel would ordinarily be made to the pharmaceutical or biotechnology company, whose sales force would then sell that company’s injectable pharmaceutical products, along with the Company’s products, to end-users.
 
        The Company’s current sales and marketing effort is limited primarily to the United States. Pursuing these marketing strategies, the Company intends to eventually expand into international markets.
 
        The Company intends to grow direct sales of its needle-free injection systems by focusing its direct sales force on the military and public health markets. To implement its direct sales and marketing efforts, the Company currently employs a national sales manager, one east coast sales representative, one customer service representative, four part-time nurse trainers and a product manager. Bioject’s direct sales efforts have resulted in the signing of public health agreements for the state of North Carolina, the New York City Middle Schools and the health departments in the states of New Mexico, Oklahoma and Illinois. The Company also has a national contract with the Visiting Nurses Associations of America to promote the use of the B-2000 system in the association’s flu immunization programs.
 
        Selling to new customers in the Company’s target markets is often a lengthy process. A new customer is typically adopting the Company’s products as a new technology. Accordingly, the purchase approval process usually involves a lengthy product evaluation process, including testing and approval by several individuals or committees within the potential customer’s organization and thorough cost-benefit analysis.
 
        The medical equipment market is highly competitive, and competition is likely to intensify. Many of the Company’s existing and potential competitors have been in business longer than the Company and have substantially greater technical, financial, marketing, sales and customer support resources. The Company believes the primary competition for the Biojector® 2000 system and other needle-free jet injection systems it may develop is the traditional, disposable needle-syringe and the safety syringe. Leading suppliers of needle-syringes include: Becton-Dickinson & Co., Sherwood Medical Co., a subsidiary of American Home Products Corp., and Terumo Corp. of Japan. Manufacturers of traditional needle-syringes compete primarily on price, which generally ranges from approximately $0.07 to $0.15 per unit. Manufacturers of safety syringes compete on features, quality and price. Safety syringes generally are priced in a range of $0.20 to $0.50 per unit. The average price per injection with the B-2000 is approximately $0.60.
 
        The Company expects to compete with traditional needle-syringes and safety syringes based on issues of healthcare worker safety, ease of use, reduced cost of disposal, patient comfort, and reduced cost of compliance
 
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with OSHA regulations and other legislation. Except in the case of certain safety syringes, the Company does not expect to compete with needle-syringes based on purchase cost alone. However, the Company believes that the B-2000 system will compete effectively based on overall cost when all indirect costs, including disposal of syringes and testing, treatment and workers’ compensation expense related to needlestick injuries, are considered.
 
        The Company is aware of other portable, needle-free injectors currently on the market, which are generally focused on subcutaneous self-injection applications of 0.5 ml. or less. These compete primarily with the Vitajet®. The Company is not aware of any competing products with regulatory approval that have features and benefits comparable to the B-2000 system. The Biojector is suitable for both intramuscular and subcutaneous injections of up to 1 ml. in the professional and home injection markets. Manufacturers of needle-syringes, as well as other companies, may develop new products that compete directly or indirectly with the Company’s products. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to compete successfully in this market. A variety of new technologies (for example, transdermal patches) are being developed as alternatives to injection for drug delivery. While the Company does not believe such technologies have significantly affected the use of injection for drug delivery to date, there can be no assurance that they will not do so in the future.
 
Patents and Proprietary Rights
 
        The Company believes that the technology incorporated in its currently marketed Biojector® 2000 and Vitajet® devices and single-dose disposable plastic syringes, as well as the technology of products under development, give it significant advantages over both the manufacturers of competing needle-free jet injection systems and over prospective competitors seeking to develop similar systems. The Company attempts to protect its technology through a combination of trade secrets, confidentiality agreements and procedures and patent prosecution.
 
        The Company has three U.S. patents, which were issued with respect to jet injection technology and that were incorporated in earlier versions of the Company’s jet injection systems and which expire from July 2007 to November 2008.
 
        The Company has a total of 22 U.S. patents granted and 13 foreign patents granted. These cover various devices and methods pertinent to the Company’s needle free technology. Additionally, five new U.S. patent applications have been filed on matters specifically related to single use, disposable devices currently under development. The Company has also filed eight new foreign applications on matters already covered by U.S. patents. The Company generally files patent applications in Canada, Europe and Japan at the times and under the circumstances that it deems filing to be appropriate in each of those jurisdictions. There can be no assurance that any patents applied for will be granted or that patents held by the Company will be valid or sufficiently broad to protect the Company’s technology or provide a significant competitive advantage. The Company also relies on trade secrets and proprietary know-how that it seeks to protect through confidentiality agreements with its employees, consultants, suppliers and others. There can be no assurance that these agreements will not be breached, that the Company would have adequate remedies for any breach, or that the Company’s trade secrets will not otherwise become known to or be developed independently by competitors. In addition, the laws of foreign countries may not protect the Company’s proprietary rights to its technology, including patent rights, to the same extent as the laws of the U.S.
 
        The Company believes that it has independently developed its technology and attempts to assure that its products do not infringe on the proprietary rights of others. However, if infringement of the proprietary rights of others is alleged and proved, there can be no assurance that the Company could obtain necessary licenses to that technology on terms and conditions that would not have an adverse affect on the Company. The Company is not aware of any asserted claim that the Biojector® 2000, Vitajet® or any product under development violates the proprietary rights of any third party.
 
        If a dispute arises concerning the Company’s technology, the Company could become involved in litigation that might involve substantial cost to the Company. Such litigation might also divert substantial management attention away from Company operations and into efforts to enforce the Company’s patents, protect its trade secrets or know-how or determine the scope of the proprietary rights of others. If a proceeding resulted in adverse
 
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findings, the Company could be subject to significant liabilities to third parties. The Company might also be required to seek licenses from third parties in order to manufacture or sell its products. The Company’s ability to manufacture and sell its products might also be adversely affected by other unforeseen factors relating to the proceeding or its outcome.
 
Government Regulation
 
        The Company’s products and manufacturing operations are subject to extensive government regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad. In the U.S., the FDA administers the FFDCA and has adopted regulations to administer that Act. These regulations include regulations that: i) govern the introduction of new medical devices; ii) require observing certain standards and practices in the manufacture and labeling of medical devices; and iii) require medical device companies to maintain certain records and report device-related deaths, serious injuries, and certain malfunctions to the FDA. Manufacturing facilities and certain Company records are also subject to FDA inspection. The FDA has broad discretion to enforce the FFDCA and the related regulations. Noncompliance with the Act or its regulations can result in a variety of regulatory steps including warning letters, product detentions, device alerts or field corrections, mandatory recalls, seizures, injunctive actions and civil or criminal penalties.
 
        Unless exempted by regulation, the FFDCA provides that medical devices may not be commercially distributed in the U.S. unless they have been cleared by the FDA. The FFDCA provides two basic review procedures for pre-market clearance of medical devices. Certain products qualify for a submission authorized by Section 510(k) of the FFDCA. Under Section 510(k), manufacturers provide the FDA with a pre-market notification (“510(k) notification”) of the manufacturer’s intent to begin marketing the product. In the 510(k) notification, the manufacturer must establish, among other things, that the product it plans to market is substantially equivalent to another legally marketed product. To be substantially equivalent, a proposed product must have the same intended use and be as safe and effective as a legally marketed device. Further, it may not raise questions of safety and effectiveness that are different from those associated with a legally marketed device. Marketing a medical device may commence when the FDA issues a letter finding substantial equivalence to such a legally marketed device. The FDA may require, in connection with the 510(k) submission, that it be provided with animal and/or human test results.
 
        If a medical device does not qualify for the 510(k) procedure, the manufacturer must file a pre-market approval (“PMA”) application. A PMA must show that the device is safe and effective and is generally a much more complex submission than a 510(k) notification. A PMA typically requires more extensive testing before filing with the FDA and a longer FDA review process.
 
        A 510(k) notification is required when a device is being introduced into the market for the first time. A 510(k) notification is also required when the manufacturer makes a change or modification to an already marketed device that could significantly affect the device’s safety or effectiveness, or when there is a major change or modification in the intended use of the device. When any change or modification is made in a device or its intended use, the manufacturer is expected to make the initial determination as to whether the change or modification is of a kind that would require filing a new 510(k) notification. FDA regulations provide only limited guidance in making this determination.
 
        The Company is developing the Iject System, a single or multi-use prefilled disposable injector for self injection and pre-filled Biojector syringes. The Company plans to seek arrangements with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to package their medications in pre-filled Biojector syringes. See “Research and Product Development.” Before pre-filled Biojector syringes may be distributed for use in the U.S., the FDA may require tests to prove that the medication will retain its chemical and pharmacological properties if stored in the pre-filled syringe. It is current FDA policy that such pre-filled syringes are evaluated by the FDA as drugs rather than medical devices. In order to market pre-filled syringes, pharmaceutical companies will be required to gain prior clearance from the FDA by means of a new or amended Drug Application (“NDA”) or an Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”). An NDA is a complex submission required to establish that a drug will be
 
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safe and effective for its intended uses. An ANDA is a less detailed process which does not require, among other things, that the applicant provide complete reports of preclinical and clinical studies of safety and efficacy as are required for NDAs. Assuming that the drugs used in the pre-filled syringes have previously been approved by the FDA for injection, the Company believes that the FDA will likely require ANDAs, rather than NDAs, to be submitted. The Company believes that if a drug intended to be used in the Company’s pre-filled syringe was already the subject of an approved NDA or ANDA for intramuscular or subcutaneous injection, then the main issue affecting clearance for use in the pre-filled syringe would be the ability of the syringe to store the drug, assure its stability until used and safely deliver the proper dose.
 
        The FDA also regulates the Company’s quality control and manufacturing procedures. It requires the Company and its contract manufacturers to demonstrate compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices (“GMP”) Regulations. These regulations require, among other things, that i) the manufacturing process must be regulated and controlled by the use of written procedures, and ii) the ability to produce devices which meet the manufacturer’s specifications must be validated by extensive and detailed testing of every aspect of the process. GMPs also require investigating any deficiencies in the manufacturing process or in the products produced and detailed record-keeping. The FDA’s interpretation and enforcement of these requirements has been increasingly strict in recent years and will likely continue to be at least as strict in the future. Failure to adhere to GMP requirements would cause the products produced by the Company to be considered in violation of the FFDCA and subject to enforcement action. The FDA monitors compliance with these requirements by requiring manufacturers to register with the FDA, and by subjecting them to periodic FDA inspections of manufacturing facilities. If the inspector observes conditions that might be violated, the manufacturer must correct those conditions or explain them satisfactorily. Otherwise, the manufacturer may face potential regulatory action which might include physical recall of the product from the marketplace.
 
        In August 1998, the Company’s manufacturing facility was inspected by the FDA for compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices. The Company received no inspectional observations as a result of the inspection.
 
        The FDA’s Medical Device Reporting Regulation requires that the Company provide information to the FDA if any death or serious injuries alleged to have been associated with the use of the Company’s products occur. Any product malfunction that would likely cause or contribute to a death or serious injury if the malfunction were to occur must also be reported. In addition, FDA regulations prohibit a device from being marketed for unapproved or uncleared indications. If the FDA believes that the Company is not in compliance with these regulations, it may institute proceedings to detain or seize products, issue a product recall, seek injunctive relief or assess civil and criminal penalties against the violating company.
 
        The use and manufacture of the Company’s products are subject to OSHA and other federal, state and local laws and regulations that relate to such matters as: i) safe working conditions for healthcare workers and Company employees; ii) manufacturing practices; iii) environmental protection and disposal of hazardous or potentially hazardous substances; and iv) the policies of hospitals and clinics relating to complying with these laws and regulations. There can be no assurance that the Company will not be required to incur significant costs to comply with these laws, regulations or policies in the future, or that such laws, regulations or policies will not increase the costs or restrictions on the use of the Company’s products or otherwise have a materially adverse effect upon the Company’s ability to do business.
 
        Laws and regulations regarding the manufacture, sale and use of medical devices are subject to change and depend heavily on administrative interpretation. There can be no assurance that future changes in regulations or interpretations made by the FDA, OSHA or other regulatory bodies, will not adversely affect the Company.
 
        Sales of medical devices outside of the United States are subject to foreign regulatory requirements. The requirements for obtaining pre-market clearance by a foreign country may differ from those required for FDA clearance. Devices having an effective 510(k) clearance or PMA may be exported without further FDA authorization. FDA authorization is generally required in order to export other medical devices.
 
        In June 1998, the Company received certification from TUV Product Services for the Company’s quality system, which meets the requirements of ISO 9001 and EN 46001. In November 1999, the Company received
 
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certification from TUV Product Services for the applicable requirements of EC-Directive 93/42/EEC Annex. II.3 Medical Device Directive. This certification allows the Company to label its products with the CE Mark and sell them in the European Community.
 
Research and Product Development
 
        Research and development efforts are focused on enhancing the Company’s current product offerings and on developing new needle-free injection products. The Company uses clinical, magnetic resonance imaging and tissue studies to determine the reliability and performance of new and existing products. As of March 31, 2001, the Company’s research and product development staff, including clinical and regulatory staff members, consisted of ten employees and two outside contractors.
 
        The Company’s devices are currently being used in more than 35 clinical studies, both within and outside of the United States, of which 25 are DNA-related clinical research projects. These research projects are being conducted by companies leading the development of DNA-based medications as well as by the leading universities and governmental institutions conducting research in this area. The Company participates in these clinical collaborations under Research Agreements that provide the clinical researchers access to both existing and developing Biojector technology and to the Company’s clinical research staff. Under these agreements, the Company is typically granted access to the results of the study as they pertain to the effectiveness of the Company’s products.
 
        Developing DNA-based preventative and therapeutic treatments for a variety of diseases is a very active and growing area of medical research. Researchers hope to develop DNA-based treatments for diseases that have previously not been treatable as well as DNA-based alternatives to therapies currently used in the treatment of other diseases. Most DNA therapies currently being developed require injecting the medication either intramuscularly (into the muscle tissue) or intradermally (just under the skin). The Biojector® 2000 is currently the only jet injection device cleared by the FDA for intramuscular injections. The Company has developed an adapter for the Biojector syringe to allow the device to consistently deliver intradermal injections. This adapter is being used in clinical studies to deliver intradermal injections. Initial studies show the adapter to be effective. This adapter has not been cleared by the FDA to be marketed for intradermal injections and is not currently submitted to the FDA to gain clearance for those claims. If the Company’s jet injection technology is proven to enhance the performance of DNA-based medications, this area of medicine could present a significant opportunity for the Company to license its products to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for use in conjunction with their DNA-based medications. There can be no assurance that further clinical studies will prove conclusively that the Company’s technology is more effective in delivering DNA-based medications than alternative delivery systems that are either currently available or that may be developed in the future. Further, there can be no assurance, should the Company’s technology prove to be more effective in delivering DNA-based medications, that regulatory clearance will be gained to deliver any DNA-based medications using the Company’s products. Further, should intradermal delivery of DNA-based medications be critical to effective delivery of those compounds, there is no assurance that the Company will gain regulatory clearance for intradermal delivery DNA-based medications with its products.
 
        A primary focus of the Company’s product development efforts is on developing a new generation of personal injectors (the “Iject”) that are being designed to be smaller, disposable, more lightweight and less costly. These devices will target the growing market for patients administering their own injections in the home. The Company is seeking collaborations with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies that will help fund the cost of this new generation of products.
 
        The Iject is a small, lightweight, gas-powered injection system designed for home or professional use. This system has two versions, one is a pre-filled, single-use disposable injector, and the other is a reusable injector that accepts pre-filled medication cartridges.
 
        The Iject is a versatile injection system that can be adapted to deliver subcutaneous, intramuscular, and intradermal injections, as well as a variety of injection volumes. Key design elements of the Iject, such as
 
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injection pressure and orifice geometry, are closely based on the field-proven Biojector technology. Because the Iject features a pre-filled syringe, it is designed to be a customized delivery system for specific injected medications and vaccines. Bioject intends to license the Iject technology to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies who wish to improve the delivery of their injected products.
 
        Bioject’s leading Iject project is a disposable Iject licensed to Amgen for an undisclosed indication. Amgen has licensed the disposable Iject technology from Bioject for two medical indications, and holds options to license the technology for additional indications. Bioject has also licensed the Iject to AngioSense for delivery of injections directly into the cardiovascular system during surgical procedures. This version of the Iject is called the Aject. AngioSense is developing a surgical system around the Aject to deliver angiogenic compounds (compounds that promote the growth of new blood vessels.
 
        Bioject anticipates producing a whole family of Iject devices, each specially customized for the delivery of specific injected drugs and vaccines. Bioject will license the Iject technology to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for many different non-competing products. Bioject believes that licensing the Iject technology to a drug company partner creates a mutually beneficial relationship. The partner benefits by packaging their injected product in an attractive, non-threatening format that patients will prefer over competing products delivered with needles. In addition, Bioject’s technology offers clear benefits and low developmental risk—the Iject system does not require a reformulation of the injected product’s chemistry in order to work, unlike patches or inhalation-based drug delivery methods.
 
        Bioject benefits by having the partner’s sales and marketing organization promoting Bioject’s needle-free injection technology. In this way, the partner takes on the responsibility of educating healthcare professionals and patients about the benefits of needle-free injection. Also, the Company believes the strong, established sales organizations of the pharmaceutical industry will be able to drive large volumes of sales.
 
        The Company is also focusing product development efforts on developing pre-filled syringes for use with its B-2000 product and with other needle-free injectors presently being developed. When the pre-filled technology is perfected, the Company intends to seek arrangements with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies under which those companies will sell their medications, pre-packaged in Biojector pre-filled syringes. Purchasing syringes already filled with medication eliminates the filling and measuring procedures associated with traditional injection of medications and with injections administered with the current Biojector syringe. Before pre-filled Biojector syringes may be distributed for use in the U.S., pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies wishing to use these syringes must commit to packaging and distributing their products in the pre-filled syringes and to the time and financial resources necessary to gain regulatory clearance to package and market their products in this manner. This process could be lengthy. In addition, the companies will have to establish that their drugs will remain chemically and pharmacologically stable when packaged and stored in a Biojector pre-filled syringe and that a drug that is packaged, stored and delivered in this manner is safe and effective for its intended uses. See “Governmental Regulation.” There can be no assurance that pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies will be willing to commit efforts to develop pre-filled packaging and pursue regulatory clearance or that regulatory clearance of pre-filled Biojector syringes will be obtained. Further, if such companies are willing to commit efforts and resources to gaining regulatory clearance to package and distribute their drugs in Biojector pre-filled syringes, there can be no assurance as to the number of drugs that will prove chemically and pharmacologically stable in a Biojector pre-filled syringe or of the number of drugs that will prove to be safe and effective for their intended use when packaged, stored and delivered in this manner.
 
Manufacturing
 
        The Company assembles the Biojector® 2000, the Vitajet®, and related syringes from components purchased from outside suppliers. In fiscal 2001, the Company also commenced production of limited quantities of cool.click™, the modified Vitajet® for human growth hormone. There can be no assurance that sufficient numbers of qualified manufacturing employees will be available when needed to increase production to meet either foreseen or unforeseen demand for the Company’s products. Further, while the Company believes that it
 
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continues to maintain supplier relationships that will provide sufficient supply of materials to meet demands at full manufacturing capacity, there can be no assurance that such supplier relationships will be sufficient to meet such demand in quantities and at prices and quality levels required by the Company to operate efficiently and profitably.
 
Employees
 
        As of March 31, 2001, the Company had 42 full-time employees, with 10 employees engaged in research and product development, four in sales and marketing, two in technical product support, 17 in manufacturing, and nine in administration. The Company engages a limited number of part-time consultants who assist with research and development and sales and marketing activities. As of March 31, 2001, there were two consultants and four per diem nurses on contract with the Company. None of the Company’s employees are represented by a labor union.
 
Product Liability
 
        The Company believes that its products reliably inject medications both subcutaneously and intramuscularly when used in accordance with product guidelines. The Company’s current insurance policies provide coverage at least equal to an aggregate limit of $11 million with respect to certain product liability claims. The Company has experienced one product liability claim to date, and does not expect to incur significant liability pursuant to that claim. See Item 3. “Legal Proceedings.” There can be no assurance, however, that the Company will not become subject to more such claims, that the Company’s current insurance would cover such claims, or that insurance will continue to be available to the Company in the future. The Company’s business may be adversely affected by product liability claims.
 
ITEM 2.    PROPERTIES
 
        The Company’s principal offices are located in Portland, Oregon in approximately 23,000 square feet of leased office and manufacturing space. The lease, which expires in September 2002, has a five-year renewal option. The monthly minimum lease obligation for this facility is approximately $16,000. This facility includes the Company’s sales and administration offices, research and engineering facilities, and manufacturing facilities, that include a clean room assembly area, assembly line, testing facilities and warehouse area.
 
        The Company leases additional warehouse space totaling approximately 5,000 square feet for finished goods storage and shipments to customers. This lease, which also expires in September 2002, has a five-year renewal option, and minimum monthly lease obligations totaling $2,000.
 
        The Company believes its current facilities will be sufficient to support its manufacturing operations for the next three to five fiscal years. As the Company requires additional space to accommodate growth in its sales, administration and manufacturing activities, it is the Company’s intention to lease additional facilities as required. The Company believes that, if necessary, it will be able to obtain facilities at rates and under terms comparable to those of the current leases.
 
ITEM 3.    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
 
        In April 1998, the Company was named as co-defendant in a product liability suit alleging injury and unspecified damages in excess of $50,000 to the plaintiff in connection with an injection administered using the B-2000. The case, Donovan vs. Bioject Inc. et al, case number 19-C0-99-8265, was brought before the Dakota County District Court in Hastings, Minnesota. In May 2000, the suit was dismissed by the trial court. The plaintiff appealed the trial court’s decision, but the Company prevailed. The plaintiff may petition for review by the Minnesota Supreme Court and if so, the Company intends to defend this matter vigorously but cannot be certain of the outcome.
 
ITEM 4.    SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
 
        None.
 
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PART II
 
ITEM 5.    MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
 
        Since September 29, 1999, the Company’s Common Stock has been traded on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market under the Symbol “BJCT.” Prior to that time, it had traded on the Nasdaq National Market. On October 13, 1999, the Company effected a 1:5 reverse stock split. The reverse split reduced the number of common shares outstanding from approximately 29 million to 5.8 million. The following table sets forth the high and low closing sale prices of the Company’s Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market and the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, as applicable.
 
Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2000
     High
     Low
Quarter 1      $  4.69      $2.66
Quarter 2      2.97      1.72
Quarter 3      9.50      1.19
Quarter 4      20.00      7.88
              
Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2001
     High
     Low
Quarter 1      $11.25      $5.06
Quarter 2      10.00      5.44
Quarter 3      7.69      5.00
Quarter 4      11.19      6.88
 
        As of June 11, 2001, there were 614 shareholders of record and approximately 9,200 beneficial shareholders.
 
        The Company has not declared any dividends during its history and has no intention of declaring a dividend in the foreseeable future.
 
        In July and August 2000, the Company issued a total of 1.43 million shares of its common stock at an average price of $7.76 per share for total proceeds to the Company of $10.3 million, net of offering costs. In connection with this issuance, the Company issued two warrants exercisable for a total of 143,323 shares of its common stock at an average exercise price of $8.03 per share. The warrants are immediately exercisable and expire in July 2005 and August 2005.
 
        In November 2000, the Company issued a warrant exercisable for 10,000 shares of its common stock at a value of $64,500 in exchange for services. In addition, the Company issued 12,000 shares of its common stock with a value of $131,250 to an employee of the Company on March 30, 2001 in connection with the terms of an asset purchase agreement.
 
        Subsequent to year end, in May and June 2001, the Company issued a total of 1.63 million shares of its common stock at $10.00 per share for total proceeds to the Company of approximately $15 million, net of offering costs. In connection with these issuances, the Company issued warrants exercisable for a total of 374,900 shares of its common stock at an average exercise price of $11.20 per share. The warrants are immediately exercisable and expire in May and June 2006.
 
        In December 2000, the Company authorized a one-time grant of restricted stock to all current non-employee directors. Accordingly, Edward L. Flynn, William A. Gouveia, Sandra Panem, Grace Keeney Fey, Eric T. Herfindal, Richard J. Plestina and John Ruedy, M.D. each received 3,500 shares of common stock with a value of $5.94 per share.
 
        All of the issuances were exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
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ITEM 6.    SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
 
        The statement of operations and balance sheet data set forth below for the five fiscal years in the period ended March 31, 2001, have been derived from the consolidated financial statements of the Company. The selected consolidated financial data set forth below should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and with the detailed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Report.
 
SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
       For the year ended March 31,
       2001
     2000
     1999
     1998
     1997
Consolidated Statement of Operations Data                         
Revenues      $  2,033        $  1,280        $  2,697        $    2,070        $  2,391  
Operating expenses      7,754        5,726        5,471        6,196        6,793  
Loss from continuing operations allocable to common
     shareholders
     (6,025 )        (5,484 )        (4,064 )      (4,518 )        (4,296 )
Income (loss) from discontinued operations      —          2,403        (3,012 )        (12,111 )      —    
Net loss allocable to common shareholders      (6,025 )      (3,081 )      (7,076 )      (16,629 )      (4,296 )
Basic and diluted loss per common share from continuing
     operations
     (0.82 )      (0.94 )      (0.72 )      (0.98 )      (1.29 )
Basic and diluted loss per common share from discontinued
     operations
     —          (0.08 )      (0.53 )      (2.61 )      —    
Basic and diluted gain per common share from sale of
     discontinued operations
     —          0.49        —          —          —    
Basic and diluted loss per common share      (0.82 )      (0.53 )      (1.25 )      (3.59 )      (1.29 )
Shares used in per common share calculations      7,339        5,834        5,663        4,630        3,341  
                             
       March 31,
       2001
     2000
     1999
     1998
     1997
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data                         
Working capital      $12,871        $  6,931        $  3,038        $    3,019        $  2,858  
Total assets      17,989        9,814        8,591        6,978        7,088  
Shareholders’ equity      16,674        8,837        5,748        5,975        5,766  
 
ITEM 7.    MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
Overview
 
        Bioject develops, manufactures and markets jet injection systems for needle-free drug delivery. The Company licenses its technology to leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for whose products the Company’s technology provides increased medical efficacy or enhanced market acceptance. The Company also sells its products directly to healthcare providers.
 
        In fiscal 2001, the Company focused its sales and marketing efforts on entering into and expanding licensing and supply arrangements with leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The Company targeted its direct sales efforts toward the U.S. military and public health organizations..
 
        In fiscal 2001, the Company’s clinical research efforts were aimed primarily at clinical research collaborations in the area of DNA-based vaccines and medications. Product development efforts focused primarily in three areas: i) developing self-injectors targeted for the home use market, through continuing development of the Iject; ii) developing pre-filled syringes for use with the B-2000 and with other needle-free injectors presently being developed; and iii) furthering development of the intradermal adapter for the B-2000.
 
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        Revenues and results of operations have fluctuated and can be expected to continue to fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter and from year to year. Various factors may affect quarterly and yearly operating results including: i) length of time to close product sales; ii) customer budget cycles; iii) implementing cost reduction measures; iv) uncertainties and changes in product sales due to third party payer policies and proposals relating to healthcare cost containment; v) timing and amount of payments under licensing and technology development agreements; and vi) timing of new product introductions by the Company and its competition.
 
        The Company does not expect to report net income from operations in fiscal 2002.
 
Results of Operations
 
        Product sales increased to $1.4 million in fiscal 2001 from $702,000 in fiscal 2000 and $653,000 in fiscal 1999. Product sales in each of the three fiscal years consisted primarily of sales to public health and flu immunization clinics. The increase in fiscal 2001 is primarily due to increases in unit sales volumes for B-2000 and cool.click™ devices and syringes primarily to existing customers. The increase in fiscal 2000 is primarily attributable to an increase in new customer sales in states where needle safety legislation was enacted, as well as to increases in unit volume with existing customers.
 
        License and technology fees increased to $658,000 in fiscal 2001 from $578,000 in fiscal 2000 and decreased from $2.0 million in fiscal 1999. The increase in fiscal 2001 compared to fiscal 2000 is primarily due to the timing of various licensing fees received from existing strategic corporate partnership agreements. In addition, during the third quarter of fiscal 2001, the Company amended its agreement with Serono to provide Serono with exclusive worldwide distribution rights for its Saizen® recombinant human growth hormone using a customized version of Bioject’s Vitajet® needle-free delivery system. In addition, Serono was given exclusive worldwide rights to the Vitajet® to AIDS wasting applications. In exchange for the exclusive worldwide licenses, the Company received licensing and technology fees, which are recognizable over the life of the agreement.
 
        The fiscal 1999 license and technology fees consisted primarily of development revenues for work on the pre-filled syringe technology under the Elan agreement, which was terminated in fiscal 2000, and licensing fees received under the July 1998 agreement with Merck, which was terminated in fiscal 1999.
 
        Manufacturing expense is made up of the cost of products sold and manufacturing overhead expense related to excess manufacturing capacity. Manufacturing expense increased to $2.8 million in fiscal 2001 from $1.8 million in fiscal 2000 and $2.0 million in fiscal 1999. The increase in fiscal 2001 is due to increased sales volume of B-2000 and cool.click™ devices and syringes, and production costs related to the commercialization of the cool.click™. In addition, the Company expensed $379,000 on the disposal of specialized fixed assets no longer being utilized by the Company. Production costs and levels in fiscal 2000 were relatively consistent with costs and levels in fiscal 1999.
 
        Research and development expense increased to $2.1 million in fiscal 2001 from $1.3 million in fiscal 2000 and $1.0 million in fiscal 1999. The increase in fiscal 2001 compared to fiscal 2000 is primarily due to increased activity associated with the development of the Iject disposable and multi-use injectors and increased clinical studies and related activities. The increase in research and development costs in fiscal 2000 from fiscal 1999 was primarily due to increased activity in the development of the disposable injector, pre-filled syringes, and the intradermal spacer.
 
        Selling, general and administrative expense increased to $2.9 million in fiscal 2001 from $2.5 million in both fiscal 2000 and 1999. Increased payroll and related expenses, travel, consulting and accounting related fees and compensation expenses associated with the issuance of warrants and restricted stock accounted for the increase in fiscal 2001 compared to fiscal 2000 and 1999.
 
        Interest income increased to $849,000 in fiscal 2001 from $126,000 in fiscal 2000 and $122,000 in fiscal 1999. The increase in fiscal 2001 is due to increased cash balances, which resulted from net proceeds of $10.3 million from the private placement of 1.43 million shares of common stock in July and August 2000.
 
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        Loss from discontinued operations in fiscal 2000 and 1999 relates to the operating loss from the Company’s former operations to develop and commercialize blood glucose monitoring technology, the license to which was sold in June 1999.
 
        Gain on sale of discontinued operations of $2.9 million in fiscal 2000 represents the gain recognized from the sale of the Company’s blood glucose monitoring technology, and certain fixed assets related to developing the technology, to a third party on June 30, 1999.
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
        Since its inception in 1985, the Company has financed its operations, working capital needs and capital expenditures primarily from private placements of securities, exercises of stock options and warrants, proceeds received from its initial public offering in 1986, proceeds received from a public offering of common stock in November 1993, licensing and technology revenues and revenues from sales of products. Net proceeds received from issuance of securities from inception through March 31, 2001 total approximately $79.4 million. In addition, in May and June 2001, the Company issued 1.63 million shares of its common stock in two private placements for $10.00 per share, for total proceeds, net of offering costs of approximately $15 million.
 
        Cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities increased to $15.1 million at March 31, 2001 from $6.9 million at March 31, 2000. The increase resulted from net proceeds of approximately $10.3 million from the private placement of 1.43 million shares of our common stock during July and August 2000 and $2.1 million from the exercise of common stock options and warrants, offset by operating cash requirements of $3.9 million and capital asset purchases of $299,000.
 
        Accounts receivable increased to $440,000 at March 31, 2001 from $127,000 at March 31, 2000. The increase is due to an increase in product sales during fiscal 2001 compared to fiscal 2000. Included in the balance at March 31, 2001 was $345,000 due from two customers, $236,000 of which was received in April 2001.
 
        Inventories increased to $1.0 million at March 31, 2001 compared to $833,000 at March 31, 2000. The increase is due to additional purchases of raw materials for the commercialization of the cool.click™ and SeroJet™.
 
        Non-current receivables relate to the sale of used machinery and equipment for approximately $30,000. Approximately $9,500 is related to the current portion, which is included in the accounts receivable balance.
 
        Accounts payable increased to $323,000 at March 31, 2001 from $195,000 at March 31, 2000. The increase is the result of increased production volume and research and development activities.
 
        Deferred revenue primarily relates to licensing fees due from Serono pursuant to their agreement.
 
        Long term leases payable relate to the purchase of new machinery and equipment for approximately $31,000. Approximately $10,046 is related to the current portion, which is included in the accounts payable balance.
 
        In December 2000, the Company authorized a one-time grant of restricted stock to all current non-employee directors. Each of the seven directors received 3,500 shares of common stock, which vests 50% on December 7, 2001 and 50% on December 7, 2002. The Company recorded deferred compensation of $145,000 related to the restricted stock grants, which is being charged against income over the 24 month vesting period.
 
        The Company has fixed commitments for facilities rent and equipment leases, which total approximately $241,000 for fiscal 2002.
 
        The Company believes that cash position at March 31, 2001, combined with the subsequent equity financings, future revenues and other cash receipts will be sufficient to fund the Company’s operations through
 
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fiscal 2005. In addition, the Company is pursuing a number of additional financing sources. Even if the Company is successful in raising additional financing, unforeseen costs and expenses or lower than anticipated cash receipts from product sales or research and development activities could accelerate or increase the financing requirements. The Company has been successful in raising additional financing in the past and believes that sufficient funds will be available to fund future operations. However, there can be no assurance that the Company’s efforts will be successful, and there can be no assurance that such financing will be available on terms which are not significantly dilutive to existing shareholders. Failure to obtain needed additional capital on terms acceptable to the Company, or at all, would significantly restrict the Company’s operations and ability to continue product development and growth and would have a material adverse affect the Company’s business. The Company has no banking line of credit or other established source of borrowing.
 
New Accounting Pronouncements
 
        In June 2000, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 138, “Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities-an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133” (“SFAS 138”). In June 1999, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 137, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS 137”). SFAS 137 is an amendment to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”. SFAS 137 and 138 establish accounting and reporting standards for all derivative instruments. SFAS 137 and 138 are effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2000. The Company does not have any derivative instruments nor does it participate in hedging activities and therefore, the adoption of SFAS 137 and 138 did not have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.
 
        In December 1999, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101 (“SAB 101”). SAB 101 summarized certain areas of the Staff’s views in applying generally accepted accounting principles to revenue recognition in financial statements. In June 2000, SAB 101B was issued which deferred the implementation date of SAB 101 until October 1, 2000. The adoption of SAB 101 did not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.
 
ITEM 7A.    QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
 
        No disclosure is required under this item.
 
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ITEM 8.    CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
 
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Bioject Medical Technologies Inc:
 
        We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. (an Oregon corporation) and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2001. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
 
        We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
        In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. and subsidiaries, as of March 31, 2001 and 2000, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2001, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
 
/S /    ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
 
Portland, Oregon
 
April 27, 2001 (except with respect to the matter discussed in Note 9, as to which the date is June 7, 2001)
 
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BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 
       March 31,
       2001
     2000
ASSETS              
Current assets:          
          Cash and cash equivalents      $  6,254,544        $  6,883,524  
          Short-term marketable securities      5,933,664        —    
          Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $41,000 and
               $20,000
     439,809        126,634  
          Inventories      1,019,601        833,416  
          Other current assets      155,174        64,806  
     
     
  
                    Total current assets      13,802,792        7,908,380  
              
Long-term marketable securities      2,869,031        —    
Noncurrent receivable      11,540        —    
              
Property and equipment, at cost:          
          Machinery and equipment      2,225,427        2,320,197  
          Production molds      1,159,103        2,060,977  
          Furniture and fixtures      179,312        175,210  
          Leasehold improvements      98,450        94,115  
          Assets in process      95,604        —    
     
     
  
       3,757,896        4,650,499  
          Less—accumulated depreciation      (3,075,098 )      (3,307,367 )
     
     
  
       682,798        1,343,132  
Other assets      622,850        562,795  
     
     
  
                    Total assets      $17,989,011        $  9,814,307  
     
     
  
              
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY              
 
Current liabilities:          
          Accounts payable      $      323,356        $      194,605  
          Accrued payroll      271,146        309,160  
          Other accrued liabilities      235,263        377,166  
          Deferred revenue      101,640        96,727  
     
     
  
                    Total current liabilities      931,405        977,658  
     
     
  
              
Long-term liabilities:          
          Long-term lease payable      16,114        —    
          Deferred revenue      367,289        —    
              
Commitments (Note 7)          
              
Shareholders’ equity:          
          Preferred stock, no par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; issued and
               outstanding:
         
          Series A Convertible—692,694 shares, $15 stated value      13,453,593        12,305,533  
          Series C Convertible—391,830 shares, no stated value      2,400,000        2,400,000  
          Common stock, no par, 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued and
               outstanding 8,144,973 and 6,305,671 shares at March 31, 2001 and
               March 31, 2000
     67,902,703        55,188,623  
          Accumulated deficit        (67,082,093 )        (61,057,507 )
     
     
  
                    Total shareholders’ equity      16,674,203        8,836,649  
     
     
  
                    Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity      $17,989,011        $  9,814,307  
     
     
  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 
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BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 
       For the year ended March 31,
       2001
     2000
     1999
Revenue:               
          Net sales of products      $1,375,367        $    701,991        $    653,326  
          Licensing/technology/development fees      657,658        578,273        2,043,841  
     
     
     
  
       2,033,025        1,280,264        2,697,167  
                   
Operating expenses:               
          Manufacturing      2,768,581        1,847,152        1,981,923  
          Research and development      2,083,493        1,330,224        978,683  
          Selling, general and administrative      2,901,920        2,548,281        2,510,485  
     
     
     
  
                    Total operating expenses      7,753,994        5,725,657        5,471,091  
     
     
     
  
Operating loss      (5,720,969 )      (4,445,393 )      (2,773,925 )
                
Interest income      849,390        125,561        122,020  
Other expense      (4,947 )      —          —    
     
     
     
  
       844,443        125,561        122,020  
     
     
     
  
Loss before income taxes      (4,876,526 )      (4,319,832 )      (2,651,905 )
Provision for income taxes      —          —          —    
     
     
     
  
Loss from continuing operations before preferred stock dividend      (4,876,526 )      (4,319,832 )      (2,651,905 )
Preferred stock dividend      (1,148,060 )      (1,164,519 )      (1,412,341 )
     
     
     
  
Loss from continuing operations allocable to common
     shareholders
     (6,024,586 )      (5,484,351 )      (4,064,246 )
Loss from discontinued operations allocable to common
     shareholders
     —          (449,790 )      (3,608,928 )
Gain on sale of discontinued operations allocable to common
     shareholders
     —          2,852,667        —    
Minority interest allocation      —          —          597,000  
     
     
     
  
Gain (loss) from discontinued operations allocable to common
     shareholders
     —          2,402,877        (3,011,928 )
     
     
     
  
Net loss allocable to common shareholders      $(6,024,586 )      $(3,081,474 )      $(7,076,174 )
     
     
     
  
Basic and diluted loss per common share from continuing
     operations
     $        (0.82 )      $        (0.94 )      $        (0.72 )
     
     
     
  
Basic and diluted loss per common share from discontinued
     operations
     $          —          $        (0.08 )      $        (0.53 )
     
     
     
  
Basic and diluted income per common share from sale of
     discontinued operations
     $          —          $          0.49        $          —    
     
     
     
  
Basic and diluted net loss per common share      $        (0.82 )      $        (0.53 )      $        (1.25 )
     
     
     
  
Shares used in per share calculations      7,338,832        5,834,177        5,663,048  
     
     
     
  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
     Preferred Stock
   Common Stock
   Accumulated
Deficit

   Total
Shareholders’
Equity

     Series A
   Series B
   Series C
   Accumulated
Shares

   Amount
     Shares
   Amount
   Shares
   Amount
   Shares
   Amount
Balance at March 31, 1998    692,694    $  7,826,157    134,333      $1,491,289      —      $          —      $5,100,608    $47,557,297      $(50,899,859 )    $  5,974,884  
Issuance of common stock pursuant to
   warrant exercises
   —      —      —        —        —      —      618,012    2,642,221      —        2,642,221  
Issuance of common stock pursuant to stock
   option exercises
   —      —      —        —        —      —      71,627    326,711      —        326,711  
Issuance of warrants in exchange for
   services
   —      —      —        —        —      —      —      32,242      —        32,242  
Issuance of common stock for acquisition of
   assets
   —      —      —        —        —      —      12,000    35,640      —        35,640  
Preferred stock dividend    —      1,336,868    —        75,473      —      —      —      —        —        1,412,341  
Issuance of preferred stock pursuant to joint
   venture agreement
   —      —      —        —        391,830    2,400,000    —      —        —        2,400,000  
Net loss allocable to common
   shareholders
   —      —      —        —        —      —      —      —        (7,076,174 )    (7,076,174 )
    
 
 
    
    
 
 
 
    
    
  
Balance at March 31, 1999    692,694    9,163,025    134,333      1,566,762      391,830    2,400,000    5,802,247    50,594,111      (57,976,033 )    5,747,865  
Reverse split on October 13, 1999    —      —      —        —        —      —      57    —        —        —    
Issuance of common stock pursuant to
   warrant exercises
   —      —      —        —              371,298    3,172,820      —        3,172,820  
Issuance of common stock pursuant to stock
   option exercises
   —      —      —        —              51,273    208,600      —        208,600  
Compensation expense related to stock
   option grants
   —      —      —        —        —      —      —      24,233      —        24,233  
Issuance of common stock in exchange for
   services
   —      —      —        —              15,000    131,156      —        131,156  
Issuance of common stock to strategic
   partner
   —      —      —        —              65,796    1,468,930      —        1,468,930  
Preferred stock dividend    —      1,145,654    —        18,865      —      —      —      —        —        1,164,519  
Amendment to Elan Agreement setting fixed
   conversion price and conversion of Series
   B into common stock warrants
   —      1,996,854    (134,333 )    (1,585,627 )    —      —      —      (411,227 )    —        —    
Net loss allocable to common
   shareholders
   —      —      —        —        —      —      —      —        (3,081,474 )    (3,081,474 )
    
 
 
    
    
 
 
 
    
    
  
Balance at March 31, 2000    692,694    12,305,533    —        —        391,830    2,400,000    6,305,671    55,188,623      (61,057,507 )    8,836,649  
Issuance of common stock pursuant to
   warrant exercises
   —      —      —        —        —      —      317,076    1,973,113      —        1,973,113  
Issuance of common stock pursuant to stock
   option exercises
   —      —      —        —        —      —      25,590    96,774      —        96,774  
Compensation expense related to stock
   option grants
   —      —      —        —        —      —      —      24,030      —        24,030  
Issuance of common stock in exchange for
   services
   —      —      —        —        —      —      63,411    297,492      —        297,492  
Issuance of common stock and warrants in a
   private
   —      —      —        —        —      —      —      —        —        —    
placement in July and August 2000, net of
   offering costs
   —      —      —        —        —      —      1,433,225    10,322,671      —        10,322,671  
Preferred stock dividend    —      1,148,060    —        —        —      —      —      —        —        1,148,060  
Net loss allocable to common
   shareholders
   —      —      —        —        —      —      —      —        (6,024,586 )    (6,024,586 )
    
 
 
    
    
 
 
 
    
    
  
Balance at March 31, 2001    692,694    $13,453,593    —        $          —        391,830    $2,400,000    8,144,973    $67,902,703      $(67,082,093 )    $16,674,203  
    
 
 
    
    
 
 
 
    
    
  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
 
       For the year ended March 31,
       2001
     2000
     1999
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
        Net loss allocable to common shareholders      $(6,024,586 )      $(3,081,474 )      $(7,076,174 )
        Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities from continuing
            operations:
                Net loss from discontinued operations      —          449,790        3,011,928  
                Gain on sale of discontinued operations      —          (2,852,667 )      —    
                Compensation expense related to stock options      24,030        24,233        —    
                Contributed capital for services      297,492        131,156        32,242  
                Loss on disposal of assets      384,312        —          —    
                Depreciation and amortization      623,402        730,796        707,494  
                Preferred stock dividends      1,148,060        1,164,519        1,412,341  
        Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                Accounts receivable      (313,175 )      178,430        (151,343 )
                Inventories      (186,185 )      417,770        640,784  
                Other current assets      (80,868 )      (11,207 )      21,693  
                Accounts payable      118,706        3,929        (306,505 )
                Accrued payroll      (38,014 )      173,715        (82,979 )
                Other accrued liabilities      (141,903 )      (490,830 )      (222,734 )
                Deferred revenue      372,202        96,727        (10,000 )
     
     
     
  
                         Net cash used in operating activities of continuing operations      (3,816,527 )      (3,065,113 )      (2,023,253 )
                         Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities of discontinued operations      —          1,920,604        (1,102,875 )
     
     
     
  
       (3,816,527 )      (1,144,509 )      (3,126,128 )
 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
        Purchase of marketable securities      (16,406,023 )      —          —    
        Maturity of marketable securities      7,603,328        —          —    
        Purchase of Marathon Stock      —          (331,456 )      —    
        Capital expenditures of continuing operations      (298,755 )      (98,516 )      (76,578 )
        Capital expenditures of discontinued operations      —          —          (281,729 )
        Proceeds from sale of capital equipment      9,357        —          —    
        Other assets and non-current receivables      (108,097 )      (66,656 )      (111,025 )
     
     
     
  
                         Net cash used in investing activities      (9,200,190 )      (496,628 )      (469,332 )
 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
        Payments made on capital lease obligations      (4,821 )      —          —    
        Cash proceeds from the sale of Series C Preferred stock      —          2,400,000        —    
        Cash proceeds from the sale of common stock      12,392,558        4,850,350        2,968,932  
     
     
     
  
                         Net cash provided by financing activities      12,387,737        7,250,350        2,968,932  
     
     
     
  
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents      (628,980 )      5,609,213        (626,528 )
Cash and cash equivalents:
        Beginning of period      6,883,524        1,274,311        1,900,839  
     
     
     
  
        End of period      $6,254,544        $6,883,524        $1,274,311  
     
     
     
  
 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
        Stock subscription receivable      $          —          $          —          $2,400,000  
        Equipment sold in exchange for note receivable      27,000        —          —    
        Equipment purchased with capital lease      30,980        —          —    
        Purchase of fixed assets for stock      —          —          35,640  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
1.    THE COMPANY:
 
General
 
        The consolidated financial statements of Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. (the “Company”), include the accounts of Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. (“BMTI”), an Oregon corporation, and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Bioject Inc., an Oregon corporation (“Bioject”), and Marathon Medical Technologies Inc. (“Marathon”) (formerly Bioject JV Subsidiary Inc.), an Oregon corporation. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated. All references to the Company include Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. and its subsidiaries, unless the context requires otherwise.
 
        The Company commenced operations in 1985 for the purpose of developing, manufacturing and distributing needle-free drug delivery systems. Since its formation, the Company has been engaged principally in organizational, financing, research and development, and marketing activities. Since its inception, the Company has incurred operating losses and at March 31, 2001, had an accumulated deficit of approximately $67.1 million. The Company’s revenues to date have been derived primarily from licensing and technology fees for the jet injection technology and from limited product sales of the B-2000 devices and syringes.
 
Factors That May Affect Future Results of Operations
 
        Future revenues will depend upon acceptance and use by healthcare providers and on the Company successfully entering into license and supply agreements with major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Uncertainties over government regulation and competition in the healthcare industry may impact healthcare provider expenditures and third party payer reimbursements and, accordingly, the Company cannot predict what impact, if any, subsequent healthcare reforms and industry trends might have on its business. In the future, the Company is likely to require substantial additional financing. Failure to obtain such financing on favorable terms could adversely affect the Company’s business.
 
        To date, the Company’s revenues have not been sufficient to cover manufacturing and operating expenses. However, the Company believes that if its products attain significantly greater general market acceptance and if the Company is able to enter into large volume supply agreements with major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, the Company’s product sales volume will increase. Significantly higher product sales volumes will allow the Company to realize volume-related manufacturing cost efficiencies. This, in turn, will result in a reduced costs of goods as a percentage of sales, eventually allowing the Company to achieve positive gross profit. The Company believes that positive gross profit from product sales, together with licensing and technology revenues from agreements entered into with large pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies will eventually allow the Company to operate profitably.
 
        The level of revenues required to generate net income will be affected by a number of factors including the mix of revenues between product sales and licensing and technology fees, pricing of the Company’s products, its ability to attain volume-related and automation-related manufacturing efficiencies, and the impact of inflation on the Company’s manufacturing and other operating costs. There can be no assurance that the Company will achieve sufficient cost reductions or sell its products at prices or in volumes sufficient to achieve profitability or offset increases in its costs should they occur.
 
2.    ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
 
Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities
 
        Cash equivalents consist of highly liquid investments with maturities at the date of purchase of 90 days or less; marketable securities consist primarily of government and corporate debt instruments. The Company’s marketable securities are classified as “held to maturity.” See Note 3.
 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
 
 
Inventories
 
        Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined in a manner which approximates the first-in, first out (FIFO) method. Costs utilized for inventory valuation purposes include labor, materials and manufacturing overhead. Net inventories consist of the following:
 
March 31,
     2001
     2000
Raw materials and components      $    579,476      $253,120
Work-in-process      0      3,764
Finished goods      440,125      576,532
       
    
       $1,019,601      $833,416
       
    
 
Property and Equipment
 
        For financial statement purposes, depreciation expense on property and equipment is computed on the straight-line method using the following lives:
 
Furniture and Fixtures      5 years
Machinery and Equipment      7 years
Computer Equipment      3 years
Production Molds      5 years
 
        Leasehold improvements are amortized on the straight-line method over the shorter of the remaining term of the related lease or the estimated useful lives of the assets.
 
Other Assets
 
        Other assets include costs incurred in the patent application process, totaling $781,000 and $673,000 at March 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively. These costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over 17 years. Accumulated amortization totaled $266,000 and $227,000 at March 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively. Amortization expense related to the patents was $40,000 for the year ended March 31, 2001 compared to $30,000 for the years ended March 31, 2000 and March 31, 1999.
 
        Also included in other assets is $134,000 related to the cost of certain molds, tooling, patent rights and customer lists acquired from Vitajet Corporation in 1998, which is being amortized over 15 years. Accumulated amortization related to these assets was $27,000 and $18,000 at March 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively. Amortization expense totaled $9,000 for the years ended March 31, 2001 and 2000.
 
Accounting for Long-Lived Assets
 
        Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 121, “Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets To Be Disposed Of” requires the Company to review its long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset might not be recoverable. In fiscal 2001, the Company wrote off $379,000 of specialized fixed assets that were no longer utilizable and are reflected in manufacturing expense.
 
Revenue Recognition for Product Sales
 
        The Company records revenue from sales of its products upon delivery and when title and risk of loss have passed to the customer. In fiscal 2001 two customers accounted for 25% and 12%, respectively of net product sales. In fiscal 2000 one customer accounted for 10% of net product sales. No customers accounted for greater then 10% of net product sales in fiscal 1999. At March 31, 2001, accounts receivable from two customers
 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
 
accounted for 78% of total accounts receivable. At March 31 , 2000 and 1999, accounts receivable from one customer (different for each period) accounted for 51%, and 68%, respectively, of total accounts receivable.
 
Research and Development and Licensing/Technology/Development Revenues
 
        Prior to December 1999, licensing fees were recognized as revenue when due and payable since such fees were non-refundable and imposed no future performance requirements or other obligations on the Company. In December 1999, the SEC Staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin 101 (“SAB 101”), “Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements.” In accordance with SAB 101, all licensing revenue subsequent to December 1999 is recognized over the term of the license agreement. There was no cumulative effect of such accounting change since, as of December 1999, all prior licensing agreements had been terminated.
 
        Product development revenue is recognized on a percentage of completion basis as qualifying expenditures are incurred. Expenditures for research and development are charged to expense as incurred.
 
        Significant licensing and technology development agreements are summarized as follows:
 
    Serono
 
        In December 1999, Bioject and Serono Laboratories, Inc. (“Serono”), the U.S. affiliate of Serono, S.A., a leading biotechnology company headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, announced an exclusive license agreement in the U.S. and Canada to deliver Serono’s, Saizen® recombinant human growth hormone with a customized version of Bioject’s Vitajet® needle-free delivery system. In connection with the agreement, Serono paid a license fee to Bioject and signed a definitive supply agreement that commenced upon FDA clearance. The license fee is being recognized over the term of the agreement.
 
        During the third quarter of fiscal 2001, the Company amended its agreement with Serono to provide Serono with exclusive worldwide distribution rights for its Saizen® recombinant human growth hormone using a customized version of Bioject’s Vitajet® needle-free delivery system. In addition, Serono was given exclusive worldwide rights to use a customized version of the Vitajet® for AIDS wasting applications. In exchange for the exclusive worldwide licenses, the Company received licensing and technology fees, which are being recognized over the term of the agreement.
 
    AngioSense
 
        In October 1999, Bioject announced a strategic alliance with AngioSense, Inc. (“AngioSense”) to jointly develop innovative delivery systems to treat cardiovascular disease. Bioject’s needle-free drug delivery systems will be modified for delivering bio-therapeutic solutions as a surgical instrument for minimally invasive surgical procedures with several proprietary catheters being developed by AngioSense for catheter-based cardiology interventions.
 
        The alliance granted AngioSense an exclusive license to Bioject’s Biojector® 2000 and Vitajet® jet injectors, as well as a customized version of Bioject’s Iject (called the Aject), a single-use disposable jet injector with a self-contained, pre-filled medication cartridge to treat or diagnose cardiac or cardiovascular diseases. According to the terms of the agreement, Bioject received an equity position of approximately 10 percent in AngioSense upon completion of certain product development milestones. Bioject accomplished those milestones as of December 31, 1999. Since AngioSense is a start-up company in the research and development phase and has not released a product on the market, the Company has not recorded an asset on the balance sheet to account for the equity interest due to significant uncertainties surrounding valuation and realization. In addition to a long-term manufacturing and supply agreement with AngioSense, Bioject will receive royalties on future product sales. Bioject will also receive significant funding to support the development of the disposable injector portion of the
 
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AngioSense delivery system. To date, the terms of the funding have yet to be mutually determined by the joint development team. At the time that the joint development team has determined the funding, it will then be accounted for on the percentage of completion method.
 
        Subsequent to year end, in June 2001, AngioSense was purchased by Microheart Inc., a developer of catheter devices, and the license was transferred to Microheart. As part of the purchase, Bioject will receive cash and an equity position in Microheart.
 
    Amgen
 
        In June 1999, the Company entered into a binding letter agreement with Amgen, Inc. (“Amgen”), which provided for an evaluation of Bioject’s jet injection technology for use with certain biopharmaceutical products. Terms of the agreement provided for up to $500,000 in licensing and technology fees based upon meeting certain milestones. Based upon achievement of the milestones per the binding letter agreement, the Company recorded revenue of $500,000 during fiscal 2000.
 
        On February 29, 2000, after successful completion of the milestones mentioned above, Amgen and the Company entered into a clinical development and supply agreement. In connection with the agreement, Amgen made a $1.5 million equity investment for 65,796 shares of Bioject’s common stock on mutually agreed terms. Amgen received an exclusive license to the Iject technology for the delivery of Amgen products for two indications. Amgen also received options to further license the technology for delivery of certain other Amgen products for other indications.
 
        In fiscal 2001, the Company received fees under this agreement for clinical development of the Iject. In addition, the agreement includes future payments to the Company, including payments linked to developmental milestones, option payments to include other Amgen drugs in the current agreement, and payments to support ongoing product development, clinical supplies, and tooling expenses. Payments in connection with the product development support are recorded using the percentage of completion method. Additional milestone payments will be recognized when achieved. In addition, the agreement outlines a potential future commercial supply agreement under which Bioject would provide Amgen with customized Iject systems.
 
    Merck
 
        In July 1998, the Company entered into an agreement with Merck & Co. (“Merck”), which provided Merck limited-term rights to use the B-2000 needle-free injection system with selected Merck vaccines. As part of the agreement, the Company also granted Merck exclusive rights to negotiate a long-term license to the B-2000 for certain medical indications. The Company received $1.5 million in fees under this agreement in fiscal 1999. In February 1999, citing a refinement in its vaccine development strategy, Merck advised the Company that it would not continue discussions to seek long-term license rights to the Company’s technology.
 
    Elan Corporation
 
On September 30, 1997, the Company entered into an agreement with Elan Corporation, plc to develop and commercialize Elan’s blood glucose monitoring technology, as well as to collaborate on further development of the Company’s jet injection technology. In order to accomplish these goals, Marathon Medical Technologies Inc. (“Marathon”)was formed, which was owned 80.1% by Bioject and 19.9% by Elan. In accordance with the agreement and the formation of Marathon, Elan contributed capital to the Company and received shares of the Company’s common and preferred stock as follows:
 
Ÿ  
In fiscal 1998, Elan invested $2.8 million in Bioject in exchange for 545,455 shares of common stock and a five year warrant to purchase 350,000 shares of common stock at $12.50 per share;
 
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Ÿ  
Also in fiscal 1998, in exchange for the cancellation of a long-term promissory note due Elan for $12.015 million, the Company issued 692,694 shares of its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock for $10 million of the note plus accrued interest and 134,333 shares of its Series B Convertible Preferred Stock for $2.015 million of the note, with the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock accruing dividends at the rate of 9% per annum (compounded semi-annually) and the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock accruing no mandatory dividends.
 
Ÿ  
The issuance of $2.4 million of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock in fiscal 1999 in exchange for additional funding for Marathon.
 
        In May 1999, rather than continue to fund the cost of its development, the Company entered into negotiations to sell Marathon’s blood glucose monitoring technology, and certain fixed assets related to developing the technology, to a third party. The sale was completed on June 30, 1999. The gross proceeds of the sale were $4.0 million. The gain realized on the sale was approximately $2.9 million, net of associated expenses of the transaction and a $500,000 provision for expenses to wind-up Marathon’s operations. Accordingly, Marathon’s assets, liabilities, loss from operations, gain on sale and cash flows are reported as Discontinued Operations in the accompanying financial statements.
 
        In connection with the sale and the Company’s related purchase of Elan’s interest in Marathon at June 30, 1999, the Company and Elan agreed to certain changes in the terms of Elan’s Series A and Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A Stock” and “Series B Stock”). The modified terms fixed the conversion price of the Series A Stock at $7.50 and gave the Company the right to redeem the Series A Stock for cash within ninety days of receiving notice of the intent to convert all or part of the Series A Stock into common stock of the Company. The redemption price is the original issuance price of the Series A Stock being converted plus accumulated preferred stock dividends thereon from the date of issuance of the Series A Stock. Elan also exchanged its Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series B Stock”), which would have been convertible into a minimum of 268,000 shares of the Company’s common stock without additional cash payments, for a Warrant that expires June 30, 2006 (the “Warrant”) to purchase 758,000 shares of Bioject’s common stock for $7.50 per share. The Company has the right to redeem the Warrant if it is exercised prior to June 30, 2004. Under the redemption provisions, if Elan notifies the Company that it intends to exercise all or any part of the Warrant to acquire stock in the Company, the Company has the right to redeem the Warrant by paying Elan cash of $2.015 million, the original issuance price of the Series B Stock, plus accrued interest at 15% per annum, compounded semi-annually from June 30, 1999. If Elan chooses to exercise less than all of the shares covered by the Warrant, Bioject may exercise its redemption right either for all of the shares covered by the Warrant or for only that portion being exercised, in which case the payment is prorated in proportion to the portion of the Warrant being exercised.
 
        The terms of the sale of the blood glucose monitoring technology also provide for the Company to receive a royalty on net sales of future products, if any, which may be developed in the future from the licensed technology. The agreement calls for a royalty of three percent of net sales until the Company has received total royalty payments of $10 million. The agreement then calls for a royalty of one percent of net sales thereafter. The Company has not received any royalties under this agreement and there can be no assurance that any future products will be successfully developed from the blood glucose monitoring technology or that such products, if developed, will be commercially successful. See Note 4—“Discontinued Operations.”
 
    Hoffman-LaRoche
 
        In January 1995, the Company entered into a joint development and exclusive licensing and distribution agreement with Hoffman-LaRoche (“LaRoche”), a major pharmaceutical company. The Company last received revenue under this agreement in fiscal 1998 and in June 1999, LaRoche advised the Company that, because of
 
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the additional time and cost required to gain regulatory clearance to use the B-2020 in conjunction with the LaRoche products and because of an overall change in its marketing strategy for the products in question, it did not intend to pursue distributing the B-2020 and it relinquished its exclusive rights to the product.
 
Income Taxes
 
        The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, “Accounting For Income Taxes” (“SFAS 109”). Under the liability method specified by SFAS 109, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the temporary differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities as measured by the enacted tax rates for the years in which the taxes are expected to be paid. At March 31, 2001 and 2000, the Company had total deferred tax assets of approximately $30 million and $22 million, respectively, consisting principally of available net operating loss carryforwards. No benefit for these operating losses has been reflected in the accompanying financial statements as they do not satisfy the recognition criteria set forth in SFAS 109.
 
        As of March 31, 2001, the Company has net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $68.2 million available to reduce future federal taxable income, which expire in 2002 through 2021. Approximately $3.4 million of the Company’s carryforwards were generated as a result of deductions related to exercises of stock options. When utilized, this portion of the Company’s carryforwards, as tax effected, will be accounted for as a direct increase to contributed capital rather than as a reduction of that year’s provision for income taxes. The principal differences between net operating loss carryforwards for tax purposes and the accumulated deficit result from deductions related to the exercise of stock options for income tax purposes.
 
Use of Estimates
 
        The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
Reclassifications
 
        Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year’s amounts to conform to the current year presentation.
 
Comprehensive Income Reporting
 
        In June 1997, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 130, “Reporting Comprehensive Income” (“SFAS 130”). SFAS 130 establishes standards for reporting and displaying comprehensive income and its components in a full set of general purpose financial statements. The objective of SFAS 130 is to report a measure of all changes in the equity of an enterprise that result from transactions and other economic events of the period other than transactions with owners. The Company adopted SFAS 130 during the first quarter of fiscal 1999. Comprehensive loss did not differ from currently reported net loss in the periods presented.
 
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
 
        In June 2000, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 138, “Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities-an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133” (“SFAS 138”). In June 1999, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 137, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS 137”). SFAS 137 is an amendment
 
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to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”. SFAS 137 and 138 establish accounting and reporting standards for all derivative instruments. SFAS 137 and 138 are effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2000. The Company does not have any derivative instruments nor does it participate in hedging activities and therefore, the adoption of SFAS 137 and 138 did not have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.
 
Net Loss Per Share
 
        Basic loss per common share is computed using the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period. Diluted loss per common share is computed using the weighted average number of shares of common stock and dilutive common equivalent shares outstanding during the year. Common equivalent shares from stock options and other common stock equivalents are excluded from the computation when their effect is antidilutive.
 
        The Company was in a loss position for all periods presented and, accordingly there is no difference between basic loss per share and diluted loss per share since the common stock equivalents and the effect of convertible preferred stock under the “if-converted” method would be antidilutive.
 
        Potentially dilutive securities that were not included in the diluted net loss per share calculations because they would be antidilutive are as follows:
 
       Year Ended March 31,
       2001
     2000
     1999
Stock options and warrants      2,498,516      2,412,061      1,701,720
Convertible preferred stock      2,600,152      2,447,077      2,575,569
          Total      5,098,668      4,859,138      4,277,289
 
Stock Split
 
        All share and per share amounts in the accompanying consolidated financial statements and footnotes have been retroactively adjusted for a 1:5 reverse stock split which was effective October 13, 1999.
 
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3.    MARKETABLE SECURITIES:
 
        The Company accounts for its marketable securities in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115, “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities” (SFAS 115). Accordingly, the held to maturity securities are recorded at amortized cost and the available for sale securities are recorded at fair value with unrealized gains and losses reported in a separate component of shareholders’ equity. Certain information regarding the Company’s marketable securities is as follows:
 
Held to Maturity
     March 31, 2001
     March 31, 2000
Fair Market Value      $8,872,894            —  
       
    
Amortized Cost:          
          State and Local Government      —        —  
          Federal Government      $3,550,877      —  
          Corporate      5,251,818      —  
       
    
                    Total      $8,802,695      —  
       
    
Maturity Information:          
          Less than one year      $5,933,664      —  
          One to three years      2,869,031      —  
       
    
                    Total      $8,802,695      —  
       
    
 
4.    DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS:
 
        In May 1999, rather than continue to fund the cost of its development, the Company entered into negotiations to sell Marathon’s blood glucose monitoring technology, and certain fixed assets related to developing the technology, to a third party. The sale was completed on June 30, 1999. The gross proceeds of the sale were $4.0 million. The gain realized on the sale was approximately $2.9 million, net of associated expenses of the transaction and a $500,000 provision for expenses to wind-up Marathon’s operations. Accordingly, Marathon’s assets, loss from operations, gain on sale and cash flows are reported as Discontinued Operations in the accompanying financial statements.
 
5.    401(K) RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLAN:
 
        The Company has a 401(k) Retirement Benefit Plan for its employees. All employees, subject to certain age and length of service requirements, are eligible to participate. The plan permits certain voluntary employee contributions to be excluded from the employees’ current taxable income under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code Section 401(k). The Company provides for discretionary employer matches of employee contributions up to 6% of salary and for discretionary profit sharing contributions to all employees. Such employer matches and contributions may be either in cash or Company common stock. For fiscal 2000 and 1999, the Company matched 37.5% of employee contributions up to 6% of salary with Company common stock. Effective April 1, 2000, the beginning of fiscal 2001, the Company agreed to match 50% of employee contributions up to 6% of salary with Company common stock. In fiscal 2001, 2000 and 1999, the Company recorded an expense of $39,000, $26,000, and $30,000, respectively, related to discretionary employer matches under the 401(k) Plan. The Board of Directors has reserved up to 60,000 shares of common stock for these voluntary employer matches, of which 35,437 shares have been issued and an additional 3,360 shares were committed to be issued at March 31, 2001.
 
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6.    SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
 
Preferred Stock
 
        The Company has authorized 10 million shares of preferred stock to be issued from time to time with such designations and preferences and other special rights and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereon, as permitted by law and as fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. At March 31, 2001, the Company had preferred stock authorized and outstanding as follows (see also Note 2):
 
    Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
 
        Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A Stock”) accumulates dividends at 9% per annum, compounded semi-annually, payable in additional Series A Stock. In connection with the Company’s purchase of Elan’s interest in Marathon at June 30, 1999, the Company and Elan agreed to certain changes in the terms of Elan’s Series A Stock. The modified terms fixed the conversion price of the Series A Stock at $7.50 and gave the Company the right to redeem the Series A Stock for cash within ninety days of receiving notice of the intent to convert all or part of the Series A Stock into common stock of the Company. The redemption price is the original issuance price of the Series A Stock being converted plus accumulated preferred stock dividends thereon from the date of issuance of the Series A Stock. The Company has the right to redeem one-third of the outstanding shares of Series A Stock if the closing price of the Company’s common stock is over $11.25 per share on 20 out of any 30 consecutive trading days after October 15, 2000. The Company has the right to redeem another one-third of the outstanding shares of Series A Stock if the closing price of the Company’s common stock is over $11.25 per share on 20 out of any 30 consecutive trading days after October 15, 2001. The Company has the right to redeem the last one-third of the outstanding shares of Series A Stock if the closing price of the Company’s common stock is over $11.25 per share on 20 out of any 30 consecutive trading days after October 15, 2002. The Series A Stock automatically converts into common stock on October 15, 2004 without adjustment for accumulated preferred stock dividends. The Series A Stock has preference in liquidation to the common stock of the Company. A total of 692,694 shares with an original issuance value of $15.00 per share have been issued.
 
    Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
 
        In connection with the Company’s purchase of Elan’s interest in Marathon, the Company and Elan agreed to certain changes in Elan’s equity holdings in the Company. Elan exchanged its Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series B Stock”), which would have been convertible into a minimum of 268,000 shares of the Company’s common stock without additional cash payments, for a Warrant that expires June 30, 2006 (the “Warrant”), to purchase 758,000 shares of Bioject’s common stock for $7.50 per share. The Company has the right to redeem the Warrant if it is exercised prior to June 30, 2004. Under the redemption provisions, if Elan notifies the Company that it intends to exercise all or any part of the Warrant to acquire stock in the Company, the Company has the right to redeem the Warrant by paying Elan cash of $2.015 million, the original issuance price of the Series B Stock, plus accrued interest at 15% per annum, compounded semi-annually from June 30, 1999. If Elan chooses to exercise less than all of the shares covered by the Warrant, Bioject may exercise its redemption right either for all of the shares covered by the Warrant or for only that portion being exercised, in which case the payment is prorated in proportion to the portion of the Warrant being exercised.
 
    Series C Convertible Preferred Stock
 
        Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series C Stock”) has all of the rights and preferences of the Series A Stock including optional conversion, optional redemption and mandatory conversion, except that it does not accrue a mandatory dividend. It participates in any dividends paid pro rata with the common shareholders. The
 
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Series C Stock issuance price was equal to two times market value at the time it was issued. Its conversion price was equal to one-half of its issuance price. A total of 391,830 shares of Series C Stock with an original issuance value of $6.125 per share were issued and outstanding at March 31, 2001.
 
Common Stock
 
        Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote for each share of record held on all matters to be voted on by shareholders. No shares have been issued subject to assessment, and there are no preemptive or conversion rights and no provision for redemption, purchase or cancellation, surrender or sinking or purchase funds. Holders of common stock are not entitled to cumulate their shares in the election of directors.
 
        In the future, the Company may incur a non-cash charge to compensation expense in connection with the issuance of 20,000 shares of Common Stock to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Under terms of the employment agreement, he will receive the shares of common stock when the Company first achieves two consecutive quarters of positive earnings per share. Upon issuance of such shares, the Company will record a non-cash charge to compensation expense at the fair market value of the stock on the last day of the quarter in which the shares are earned.
 
        All share and per share amounts in the accompanying consolidated financial statements and footnotes have been retroactively adjusted for a 1:5 reverse stock split which was effective October 13, 1999.
 
    Restricted Stock
 
        In December 2000, the Company authorized a one-time grant of restricted stock to all current non-employee directors. Each of the seven directors received 3,500 shares of common stock, which vests 50% on December 7, 2001 and 50% on December 7, 2002. The Company recorded deferred compensation of $145,000 related to the restricted stock grants, which is being charged against income over 24 months from date of grant.
 
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Stock Plans
 
    1992 Stock Incentive Plan
 
        Options may be granted to directors, officers and employees of the Company by the Board of Directors under terms of the Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. 1992 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). Under the terms of the Plan, eligible employees may receive statutory and nonstatutory stock options, stock bonuses and stock appreciation rights for purchase of shares of the Company’s common stock at prices and vesting as determined by a committee of the Board. Except for options whose terms were extended, options granted under a prior plan maintain their previous option price, vesting and expiration dates. A total of up to 1,700,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, including options outstanding at the date of initial shareholder approval of the Plan, may be granted under the Plan, as amended. At March 31, 2001, the Company had options covering 392,833 shares of its common stock available for grant and 1,416,074 shares of common stock reserved for issuance pursuant to stock option exercises.
 
        Stock option activity is summarized as follows:
 
       Shares
Subject to Options

     Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
Per Share

Balances, March 31, 1998      462,984        $  4.16
Options granted      68,215        6.80
Options exercised      (71,627 )      4.56
Options cancelled or expired      (22,124 )      5.53
     
     
Balances, March 31, 1999      437,448        4.44
Options granted      396,222        8.04
Options exercised      (51,273 )      4.07
Options cancelled or expired      (49,310 )      6.28
     
     
Balances, March 31, 2000      733,087        6.29
Options granted      338,550        9.38
Options exercised      (25,590 )      3.78
Options cancelled or expired      (22,806 )       11.02
     
     
Balances, March 31, 2001      1,023,241        $  7.27
     
     
 
        The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at March 31, 2001:
 
Options Outstanding
     Options Exercisable
Range of
Exercise Prices

     Number
     Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (years)

     Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

     Number of
Shares
Exercisable

     Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

$1.91 –   3.44      287,804      4.24      $ 3.25      219,927      $ 3.27
  3.45 –   5.00      183,512      4.27       4.00      153,292      3.99
  5.01 –   7.50      39,150      2.48       6.16      5,166      6.53
  7.51 –   9.38      80,475      4.58       8.40      45,641      8.64
  9.39 – 12.94      432,300      5.97      11.22      38,844      12.88

  
  
  
  
  
$1.91 – 12.94      1,023,241      4.41      $ 7.27      462,870      $ 4.88

  
  
  
  
  
 
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        At March 31, 2000 and 1999, 333,441 and 304,343 options, respectively, were exercisable at weighted average exercise prices of $4.64 per share and $4.25 per share, respectively.
 
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
 
        In fiscal 2001, the Board of Directors and shareholders of the Company approved the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) and the reservation of 150,000 shares of common stock thereunder. The Purchase Plan is intended to qualify as an “Employee Stock Purchase Plan” under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and is administered by the Board of Directors. The purchase price for shares purchased under the ESPP is 85 percent of the lesser of the fair market value at the beginning or end of the purchase period. In May 2001, 8,145 shares were purchased under the ESPP at an average price of $5.05 per share.
 
    SFAS 123
 
        In October 1995, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS 123”), which establishes a fair value-based method of accounting for stock-based compensation plans and requires additional disclosures for those companies that elect not to adopt the new method of accounting. The Company has elected to continue to account for stock options under APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.”
 
        However, as prescribed by SFAS 123 the Company has computed, for pro forma disclosure purposes, the value of all options granted during fiscal 2001, 2000 and 1999 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and the following weighted average assumptions:
 
       Year ended March 31,
       2001
     2000
     1999
Risk-free interest rate      6%      6%      6%
Expected dividend yield      0%      0%      0%
Expected lives      3 years      1.5 years      1.5 years
Volatility      116%      137%      97%
 
        The total value of options granted during fiscal 2001, 2000 and 1999 totaled $3.2 million, $3.2 million and $464,000, respectively, and is amortized on a pro forma basis over the vesting period of the options. The average per share fair value of options granted in 2001, 2000 and 1999 was $9.38, $8.04 and $6.80, respectively. Options generally vest equally over three years. If the Company had accounted for these plans in accordance with SFAS 123, the Company’s net loss and net loss per share would have increased as reflected in the following pro forma disclosure:
 
       Year Ended March 31,
       2001
     2000
     1999
       (In thousands, except
per share amounts)
Net loss:
          As reported      $(6,025 )      $(3,081 )      $(7,076 )
          Pro forma      (7,512 )      (3,696 )      (7,378 )
Basic and diluted loss per share:
          As reported      (0.82 )      (0.53 )      (1.25 )
          Pro forma      (1.02 )      (0.68 )      (1.30 )
 
        The above determination of pro forma expense has been calculated consistent with SFAS 123, which does not take into consideration limitations on exercisability and transferability imposed by the Company’s Plan.
 
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Further, the valuation model is heavily weighted to stock price volatility, even with a declining stock price, which tends to increase the calculated value. The actual value, if any, and, therefore, imputed pro forma expense, will vary based on the exercise date and the market price of the related common stock when sold.
 
Warrants
 
        Warrant activity is summarized as follows:
 
       Shares
     Exercise
     Price Amount
Balances, March 31, 1998      1,852,714        $2.50 – 12.50      $13,299,557  
Warrants issued in 10% reload, expiring March 2003      29,570                  6.75      199,302  
Warrants exercised      (618,012 )       2.50 –   5.00      (2,642,221 )
     
     
  
  
Balances, March 31, 1999      1,264,272         2.50 – 12.50      10,856,638  
Warrants issued in connection with the Modification of the Elan
     Agreement, expiring June 2006
     774,000         3.13 –   7.50      5,735,000  
Warrants issued in connection with equity transactions, expiring
     in 2004 and 2005
     12,000         2.80 –   8.36      75,926  
Warrants exercised      (371,298 )       2.80 – 12.50      (3,172,820 )
     
     
  
  
Balances, March 31, 2000      1,678,974         2.80 – 12.50      13,494,744  
Warrants issued in connection with equity transactions, expiring
     July 2005
     143,323         7.94 –   8.81      1,150,823  
Warrants issued for services, expiring November 2003      10,000                 6.450      64,500  
Warrants exercised      (317,076 )       5.00 – 10.00      (1,973,113 )
Warrants cancelled or expired      (39,947 )       9.84 – 10.00      (398,971 )
     
     
  
  
Balances, March 31, 2001      1,475,274        $2.80 – 12.50      $12,337,983  
     
     
  
  
 
7.    COMMITMENTS:
 
Leases
 
        Bioject has operating leases for its manufacturing, sales and administrative facilities and warehouse facilities, which expire in September 2002, with options to renew for an additional five-year term. Bioject also leases office equipment under operating leases for periods up to five years. The Company also leases certain equipment under a capital lease. At March 31, 2001, future minimum payments under noncancellable operating and capital leases with terms in excess of one year were as follows:
 
For the year ending March 31,
     Operating
     Capital
2002      $229,889      $11,196  
2003      116,329      11,196  
2004      4,140      5,598  
2005      4,140      —    
2006      4,140      —    
     
  
  
Total minimum lease payments      $358,638      27,990  
     
        
Less amounts representing interest           (1,832 )
           
  
Present value of future minimum lease payments           $26,158  
           
  
 
        Lease expense for the years ended March 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999 totaled $231,000, $212,000 and $232,000 respectively.
 
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BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
 
 
8.    RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:
 
        See Note 4, “Discontinued Operations.”
 
9.    SUBSEQUENT EVENT—SALE OF STOCK:
 
        In May and June 2001, Bioject sold 1.63 million shares of its common stock in two private placements for $10.00 per share. Total proceeds, net of offering costs, were approximately $15 million. In connection with this sale of stock, Bioject issued warrants exercisable for 374,900 shares of its common stock at an average share price of $11.20 per share. The warrants are immediately exercisable and expire in May and June 2006.
 
        In June 2001, the Company received a demand for compensation from H.C. Wainwright & Co. (“Wainwright”) relating to the two private equity financings completed in May and June 2001 in which the Company raised an aggregate of $16 million. Wainwright asserted that pursuant to its June 7, 2000 contract with the Company, Wainwright had a right of first refusal to serve as placement agent for the two private placements and is entitled to full compensation as a result of the failure of the Company to offer the financings to it. The Company did not use Wainwright in the latest equity financings because of assurances not fulfilled. While management plans to vigorously contest this matter, its ultimate outcome is not presently determinable.
 
10.    QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED):
 
        Selected unaudited quarterly financial data for each of the eight quarters in the two-year period ended March 31, 2001 is as follows:
 
       1st Quarter
     2nd Quarter
     3rd Quarter
     4th Quarter
       (In thousands, except per share data)
Year Ended March 31, 2000
                           
Revenue      $    233        $    596        $    283        $    168  
Operating expenses      1,237        1,567        1,334        1,588  
Loss from continuing operations       (1,362 )      (1,185 )       (1,269 )       (1,668 )
Gain from discontinued operations      2,403        —          —          —    
Net income (loss)      1,041        (1,185 )      (1,269 )      (1,668 )
Basic and diluted loss per share from continuing
     operations
     (0.23 )      (0.20 )      (0.22 )      (0.29 )
Basic and diluted loss per share from discontinued
     operations
     (0.08 )      —          —          —    
Basic and diluted gain per share from sale of
     discontinued operations
     0.49        —          —          —    
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share      0.18        (0.20 )      (0.22 )      (0.29 )
                        
Year Ended March 31, 2001
                           
Revenue      $    515        $    536        $    499        $    483  
Operating expenses      1,633        1,784        1,941        2,396  
Net loss      (1,281 )       (1,245 )      (1,508 )      (1,991 )
Basic and diluted net loss per share      (0.20 )      (0.17 )      (0.19 )      (0.25 )
 
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ITEM 9.    CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
 
        None.
 
PART III
 
        The Company has omitted from Part III the information that will appear in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for its 2001 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Proxy Statement”), which will be filed within 120 days after the end of the Company’s fiscal year pursuant to Regulation 14A.
 
ITEM 10.    DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
 
        The information required by this item is included under “Election of Directors” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for its 2001 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
        Information with respect to executive officers of the Company is included under “Executive Compensation and Other Transactions” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for its 2001 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and is incorporated herein by reference. No information is required to be included for Item 405 of Regulation S-K for 2001.
 
ITEM 11.    EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
 
        The information required by this item is included under “Board of Directors Composition, Compensation and Committees,” “Executive Compensation and Other Transaction” (excluding the performance graph) and “Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for its 2001 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
ITEM 12.    SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
 
        Information with respect to security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management is included under “Voting Securities and Principal Holders Thereof” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for its 2001 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
ITEM 13.    CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
 
        Information required by this item is included under “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for its 2001 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
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PART IV
 
ITEM 14.    
EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
 
Financial Statements and Schedules
 
        The Consolidated Financial Statements, together with the report thereon of Arthur Andersen LLP, are included on the pages indicated below:
 
       Page
Report of Independent Public Accountants      19
 
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2001 and 2000      20
 
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended March 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999      21
 
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity for the years ended March 31, 2001, 2000
      and 1999
     22
 
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended March 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999      23
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements      24
 
        There are no schedules required to be filed herewith.
 
Reports on Form 8-K
 
        The Company did not file any reports on Form 8-K during the quarter ended March 31, 2001.
 
Exhibits
 
        The following exhibits are filed herewith and this list is intended to constitute the exhibit index. An asterisk (*) beside the exhibit number indicates the subset of the exhibits containing each management contract, compensatory plan, or arrangement required to be identified separately in this report.
 
Exhibit
No.

     Description
 3.1      Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant.
 
 3.2      Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Bioject Medical Technologies, Inc. Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2000.
 
10.1*      Employment Agreement with James C. O’Shea dated October 3, 1995. Incorporated by reference to
the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1995.
 
10.2*      Amended Employment Agreement between Bioject, Inc. and Joseph Michael Redmond dated
February 8, 2000. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Form 10-K for the
year ended March 31, 2000.
 
10.3*      Restated 1992 Stock Incentive Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Company’s
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2000.
 
10.4      Lease Agreement dated September 10, 1996 between Bridgeport Woods Business Park and Bioject
Inc. for the Portland, Oregon facility. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4.2 to Company’s
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1996.
 
10.5      Lease Extension Agreement dated October 4, 1994, between Earl J. Itel and Loris Itel Trust and
Bioject Inc., for the 6000 sq. ft. Tualatin, Oregon warehouse. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended December 31, 1996.
 
10.6      Form of Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement between Bioject Medical Technologies
Inc. and the participants in the 1995 private placement. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of
the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-80679).
 
 
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Exhibit
No.

     Description
10.7      Form of Series “D” Common Stock Purchase Warrant. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 of
the Company’s Form 8-K filed December 16, 1996.
 
10.8      Form of Series “E” Common Stock Purchase Warrant. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 of
the Company’s Form 8-K filed December 16, 1996.
 
10.9      Form of Series “H” Common Stock Purchase Warrant. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.47 to
the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 1998.
 
10.10      Form of Series “I” Common Stock Purchase Warrant. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.48 to
the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 1998.
 
10.11      Form of Series “J” Common Stock Purchase Warrant. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.49 to
the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 1998.
 
10.12      Form of Series “K” Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated October 15, 1997. Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.43 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed October 31, 1997.
 
10.13      Form of Series “L” Common Stock Purchase Warrant. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.50 to
the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 1998.
 
10.14      Form of Series “M” Common Stock Purchase Warrant. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.51 to
the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 1998.
 
10.15      Form of Series “N” Common Stock Purchase Warrant. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.52 to
the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 1998.
 
10.16      Form of Series “O” Common Stock Purchase Warrant. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.63 to
the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 1999.
 
10.19      Form of Series “P” Common Stock Purchase Warrant. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.66 to
the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1999.
 
10.17      Form of Series “R” Common Stock Purchase Warrant. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.36 to
the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2000.
 
10.17.1      Form of Registration Rights Agreement for Series R Common Stock, dated December 1, 1999.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.37 to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended
March 31, 2000.
 
10.18      Form of Registration Rights Agreement between Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. and the
participants in the 1996 private placement. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to the
Company’s Form 8-K filed December 16, 1996.
 
10.19      Form of Registration Rights Agreement between Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. and the
participants in the 1997 private placement. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.38 to the
Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 1997.
 
10.20      Securities Purchase Agreement between Elan International Services, Ltd. and Bioject Medical
Technologies Inc. dated October 15, 1997. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.41 to the
Company’s Form 8-K filed October 31, 1997.
 
10.20.1      Agreement dated June 30, 1999 to amend Securities Purchase Agreement and Certain Related
Securities between Elan International Services, Ltd. and Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. dated
October 15, 1997. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.64 to the Company’s 10-Q For the
quarter ended June 30, 1999.
 
10.21      Registration Rights Agreement between Elan International Services, Ltd. and Bioject Medical
Technologies Inc. dated October 15, 1997. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.42 to the
Company’s Form 8-K filed October 31, 1997.
 
 
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Exhibit
No.

     Description
10.22      License and Distribution Agreement dated December 21, 1999 between Bioject, Inc. and Serono
Laboratories, Inc. Confidential treatment has been granted with respect to certain portions of this
exhibit pursuant to an Application for Confidential Treatment filed with the Commission under
Rule 24b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.70 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 1999.
 
10.22.1      Amendment dated March 15, 2000 to License and Distribution Agreement dated December 21, 1999
between Bioject, Inc. and Serono Laboratories, Inc. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.34.1to
the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2000.
 
10.23      License and Development Agreement dated February 29, 2000 between Bioject Inc. and Amgen Inc.
Confidential treatment has been granted with respect to certain portions of this Exhibit pursuant to
an Application for Confidential Treatment filed with the Commission under Rule 24b-2 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.35 to the
Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2000.
 
10.24      Stock Purchase Agreement dated February 29, 2000 between Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. and
Amgen Inc. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-32848) filed March 20, 2000.
 
10.25      Form of Series “S” Common Stock Purchase Warrant.
 
10.26      Form of Registration Rights Agreement for Series “S” Common Stock.
 
10.27      Form of Series “T” Common Stock Purchase Warrant.
 
10.28      Form of Registration Rights Agreement for Series “T” Common Stock.
 
10.29      Form of Series “U” Common Stock Purchase Warrant.
 
10.30      Form of Registration Rights Agreement for Series “U” Common Stock.
 
10.31      Form of Series “V” Common Stock Purchase Warrant.
 
10.32      Form of Registration Rights Agreement for Series “V” Common Stock.
 
10.33      Form of Series “W” Common Stock Purchase Warrant.
 
10.34      Form of Registration Rights Agreement for Series “W” Common Stock.
 
10.35      Form of Subscription Agreement dated May 23, 2001 between the Company and the investors in the
May 2001 Private Placement.
 
10.36      Form of Subscription Agreement dated June 5, 2001 between the Company and the investors in the
June 2001 Private Placement.
 
21      List of Subsidiaries. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21 to the Company’s Form 10-K for the
year ended March 31, 1999.
 
23      Consent of Independent Public Accountants.
 
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SIGNATURES
 
        Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on June 21, 2001:
 
BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(Registrant)
 
/S /    JAMES C. O’SHEA         
By: 
James C. O’Shea
Chairman of the Board, President
and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive, Financial and Accounting Officer)
 
        Pursuant to the request of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities indicated on June 21, 2001.
 
Signature
     Title
 
/S /    JAMES C. O’SHEA         
                                                                                                  
James C. O’Shea
     Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive
Officer (Principal Executive,
Financial and Accounting
Officer)
 
/S /    SANDRA PANEM         
                                                                                                  
Sandra Panem
     Director
 
/S /    GRACE K. FEY         
                                                                                                  
Grace K. Fey
     Director
 
/S /    EDWARD L. FLYNN         
                                                                                                  
Edward L. Flynn
     Director
 
/S /    WILLIAM A. GOUVEIA         
                                                                                                  
William A. Gouveia
     Director
 
/S /    ERIC T. HERFINDAL         
                                                                                                  
Eric T. Herfindal
     Director
 
/S /    JOHN RUEDY , M.D.        
                                                                                                  
John Ruedy, M.D.
     Director
 
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EX-3.1 2 dex31.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 
EXHIBIT 3.1
 
AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
 
ARTICLE I
 
Name
 
        The name of the corporation (the “Corporation”) shall be Bioject Medical Technologies Inc.
 
ARTICLE II
 
Duration
 
        The Corporation’s duration shall be perpetual.
 
ARTICLE III
 
Purposes
 
        The purposes for which the Corporation is organized are:
 
        Section 1.    In general, to carry on any lawful business whatsoever which is calculated, directly or indirectly, to promote the interests of the Corporation or to enhance the value of its properties.
 
        Section 2.    To engage in and carry on any lawful business or trade and exercise all powers granted to a corporation formed under the Oregon Business Corporation Act, including any amendments thereto or successor statute that may hereinafter be enacted.
 
ARTICLE IV
 
Authorized Capital Stock
 
        Section 1.    Classes.    After giving effect to the reverse stock split set forth in Section 1.1, the Corporation shall be authorized to issue two classes of stock to be designated, respectively, “Common Stock” and “Preferred Stock”; the total number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is One Hundred Ten Million (110,000,000) ; the authorized number of shares of Common Stock shall be One Hundred Million (100,000,000), without par value; the authorized number of shares of Preferred Stock shall be Ten Million (10,000,000), without par value.
 
        Section 1.1.    Each five shares of issued and outstanding Common Stock of this Corporation are, on the effective date hereof, automatically reclassified into one share of Common Stock of this Corporation, thereby giving effect to a one-for-five reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”). All outstanding rights and obligations (including option plans, stock options and the exercise price thereof, stock purchase warrants and the exercise prices thereof and the conversion terms of the Corporation’s shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and Series C Convertible Preferred Stock) relating to this Corporation’s Common Stock shall be mathematically adjusted to reflect the Reverse Stock Split so that the proportionate ratio of such rights and obligations to the reclassified shares will be equal to the proportionate ratio
 
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of such rights and obligations to the shares outstanding immediately prior to such reclassification. In lieu of the issuance of any fractional shares that would otherwise result from the Reverse Stock Split, the Corporation shall issue to any shareholder that would otherwise receive fractional shares one whole share, the additional shares hereby issued being taken from authorized but theretofore unissued shares of Common Stock.
 
        Section 2.    Preferred Stock.    Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. Shares of Preferred Stock which may be redeemed, purchased or acquired by the Corporation may be reissued except as otherwise provided by law. The board of directors of the Corporation is hereby authorized to fix the designations and powers, preferences and relative participating, optional or other rights, if any, and qualifications, limitations or other restrictions thereof, including, without limitation, the dividend rate (and whether or not dividends are cumulative), conversion rights, if any, voting rights, rights and terms of redemption (including sinking fund provisions, if any), redemption price and liquidation preferences of any wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock and the number of shares constituting any such series and the designation thereof, or any of them; and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any series subsequent to the issue of shares of that series, but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding.
 
Designation of Rights and Preferences of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and Series C Convertible Preferred Stock
 
        Section 2.1.    Definitions.    The following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them below.
 
        “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
 
        “Business Day” shall mean any day other than Saturday, Sunday or a day on which federally-chartered banks located in New York, New York or Portland, Oregon are permitted by law to be closed.
 
        “Closing Date” shall mean October 15, 1997.
 
        “Closing Price” at any date shall mean the last reported sale price of the Common Stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market or other principal market of the Common Stock on such date.
 
        “Common Stock” shall mean, collectively, the Corporation’s Common Stock and any capital stock of any class of the Corporation (other than any Preferred Stock) hereafter authorized that is not limited to a fixed amount of percentage of par or stated value in respect of the rights of the holders thereof to participate in dividends or in the distribution of assets upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
 
        “Conversion Stock” shall mean shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of any shares of Preferred Stock.
 
        “Excluded Stock” shall mean (i) shares of Common Stock issued or reserved for issuance by the Corporation as a stock dividend payable in shares of Common Stock, or upon any subdivision or split-up of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or upon conversion of shares of the Preferred Stock, (ii) up to 3,650,000 shares of Common Stock (or Rights (as defined below)) therefor issued to directors, officers or employees of the Corporation or its affiliates (or in the case of options, granted at an exercise price) at less than Fair Value under a duly-enacted stock option or compensation plan, or (iii) any shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of any warrants currently outstanding or warrants which the Corporation has committed, as of October 15, 1997, to issue in the future.
 
        “Fair Value” shall mean the fair market value of any securities or assets as reasonably and in good faith determined by the Board.
 
        “Junior Securities” shall mean any of the Corporation’s equity securities (whether or not currently authorized) that are junior in liquidation preference to the Preferred Stock.
 
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        “Liquidation Value” of any share of Series A Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock as of any particular date shall be equal to $15.00 per share. Liquidation Value of Series C Preferred Stock is the Series C Issuance Price.
 
        “Market Price ” of any security shall mean the average of the closing prices of such security’s sales on all securities exchanges on which such security may at the time be listed, or, if there have been no sales on any such exchange on any day, the average of the highest bid and lowest asked prices on all such exchanges at the end of such day, or, if on any day such security is not so listed, the average of the representative bid and asked prices quoted in the NASDAQ Stock Market as of 4:00 p.m., New York time, or, if on any day such security is not quoted in the NASDAQ Stock Market, the average of the highest bid and lowest asked prices on such day in the domestic over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau, Incorporated, or any similar successor organization, in each such case averaged over a period of the 10 trading days preceding the determination date. If at any time such security is not listed on any securities exchange or quoted in the NASDAQ Stock Market or the over-the-counter market, the “Market Price” shall be the Fair Value thereof.
 
        “Person” shall mean an individual, a partnership, a corporation, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.
 
        “Preferred Stock” shall mean the Series A Preferred Stock, the Series B Preferred Stock and the Series C Preferred Stock, or, as the context requires, all such series of preferred stock of the Corporation.
 
        “Preferred Issuance Price” shall mean the purchase price per share for the Series A Preferred Stock, which is $15.00, and the purchase price per share for the Series B Preferred Stock, which is $15.00.
 
        “Series C Issuance Price” means the original price per share at which Series C Preferred Stock is issued.
 
        “Subsidiary” shall mean any Person of which the shares of outstanding capital stock or other equity interests, as the case may be, possessing the voting power under ordinary circumstances in electing the board of directors are, at the time as of which any determination is being made, owned by the Corporation either directly or indirectly through subsidiaries.
 
        Section 2.2.    Preferred Stock.    (a)    Series A Preferred Stock.    1,235,000 shares of the preferred stock, without par value, of the Corporation are hereby constituted as a series of preferred stock of the Corporation designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”). Such amount shall be adjusted by the Corporation in the event that any adjustments to the Series A Preferred Stock are required as set forth herein, including Section 2.7 hereof, and, in connection therewith, the Corporation shall promptly take all necessary or appropriate actions and make all necessary or appropriate filings in connection therewith.
 
        (b)    Series B Preferred Stock.    200,000 shares of the preferred stock, without par value, of the Corporation are hereby constituted as a series of preferred stock of the Corporation designated as Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”). Such amount shall be adjusted by the Corporation in the event that any adjustments to the Series B Preferred Stock are required as set forth herein, including Section 2.7 hereof, and, in connection therewith, the Corporation shall promptly take all necessary or appropriate action and make all necessary or appropriate filings in connection therewith.
 
        (c)    Series C Preferred Stock.    500,000 shares of the preferred stock, without par value, of the Corporation are hereby constituted as a series of preferred stock of the Corporation designated as Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series C Preferred Stock”). Such amount shall be adjusted by the Corporation in the event that any adjustments to the Series C Preferred Stock are required as set forth herein, including Section 2.7 hereof, and, in connection therewith, the Corporation shall promptly take all necessary or appropriate action and make all necessary or appropriate filings in connection therewith.
 
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        Section 2.3.    Dividends.    (a)     General.    (1)    Series A Preferred Stock.    Each outstanding share of Series A Preferred Stock shall accrue a dividend equal to 9% per annum of the Preferred Issuance Price of Series A Preferred Stock, compounded semi-annually beginning six months from the date of first issuance of Series A Preferred Stock; such dividend shall be paid by issuance of additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock, based upon a value equal to the Preferred Issuance Price.
 
        (2)    Series B Preferred Stock.    The holder of each share of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, pro rata among such holders and on a pari passu basis with the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock and the holders of Common Stock, as if the Series B Preferred Stock had been converted into Common Stock immediately prior to the record date in respect thereof, when and as declared by the Board out of funds legally available for the declaration and payment of dividends, cash dividends at the same rate and in the same amount per share as any and all dividends declared and paid in respect of the Common Stock. Except as set forth above, such holders shall not be entitled to receive any dividends.
 
        (3)    Series C Preferred Stock.    The holder of each share of Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, pro rata among such holders and on a pari passu basis with the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock and the holders of Common Stock, as if the Series C Preferred Stock had been converted into Common Stock immediately prior to the record date in respect thereof, when and as declared by the Board out of funds legally available for the declaration and payment of dividends, cash dividends at the same rate and in the same amount per share as any and all dividends declared and paid in respect of the Common Stock. Except as set forth above, such holders shall not be entitled to receive any dividends.
 
        (b)    Payment of Dividends.    (1)    Series A Preferred Stock.    Dividends accrued and unpaid on shares of Series A Preferred Stock as of the Mandatory Conversion Date (as defined in Section 2.6(a)(1) below) shall be payable in accordance with Section 2.6 below.
 
        (2)    Series B Preferred Stock.    Dividends payable in respect of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be paid as and when dividends are paid in respect of the Common Stock.
 
        (3)    Series C Preferred Stock.    Dividends payable in respect of the Series C Preferred Stock shall be paid as and when dividends are paid in respect of the Common Stock.
 
        (4)    Change in Dividend Rate.    If the Corporation shall fail to declare or pay a dividend on a date on which dividends are to be compounded pursuant to Section 2.3(a)(1) hereof, dividends on each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall thereupon begin to accrue at the rate of 9% of the sum of (a) the Preferred Issuance Price and (b) accrued and unpaid dividends on such date. If a dividend that was accrued and unpaid on a date dividends are to be compounded is subsequently paid, the rate at which dividends accrue shall thereupon be lowered to reflect such payment.
 
        Section 2.4.    Liquidation.    Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, each holder of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive from amounts remaining after satisfaction of creditors and holders of securities (if any) with liquidation preferences senior to the Preferred Stock, and pro rata based on the respective outstanding liquidation preferences with holders of securities with a liquidation preference pari passu to the Preferred Stock, an amount equal to the Liquidation Value, plus accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, per share multiplied by the number of shares of Preferred Stock, held by such holder, until paid in full, in preference and priority to any distribution to any holder of Junior Securities. The Corporation shall provide written notice of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, not less than 30 days prior to the payment date stated therein, to each record holder of any shares of Preferred Stock.
 
        Section 2.5.    Voting Rights.    (a)    No Voting.    Except as provided in Section 2.5(b) below or as required by the Oregon Business Corporation Act, the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any matter as to which stockholders of the Corporation shall be entitled to vote.
 
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        (b)    Special Voting Rights.    The Corporation shall not, without first obtaining the affirmative vote or written consent of a majority in interest of the Series A Preferred Stock, voting as a class:
 
        (1)    amend or repeal any provision of, or add any provision to, the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation or By-laws if such action would adversely alter preferences, rights, privileges or powers of, or the restrictions provided herein for the benefit of, the Series A Preferred Stock;
 
        (2)    create a series of Preferred Stock with a liquidation preference senior to the Series A Preferred Stock;
 
        (3)    effect any merger, consolidation or similar transaction; or
 
        (4)    increase or decrease the number of authorized shares of Series A Preferred Stock, except as required by Section 2.2 hereof.
 
        Section 2.6.    Conversion.    (a)    Series A Preferred Stock.    (1)    Mandatory Conversion.    All holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be required to convert all of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock as of the seventh anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Mandatory Conversion Date”), in which case the aggregate Preferred Issuance Price of all shares of the Series A Preferred Stock plus accrued and unpaid dividends thereon held by each holder shall be converted into a number of shares of Common Stock determined by dividing such sum by a price per share of Common Stock equal to $1.50 per share (the “Fixed Mandatory Conversion Rate”).
 
        (2)    Conversion Prior to Mandatory Conversion Date.    Prior to the Mandatory Conversion Date, all holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the right to convert each share of Series A Preferred Stock into ten shares of Common Stock, without giving effect to accrued and unpaid dividends, but subject to Section 2.6(e) below (the “Anti-dilution Adjustments”).
 
        (3)    Right of Redemption.    In the event that any holder shall provide notice to the Corporation of its intention to convert such holder’s shares of Series A Preferred Stock, as provided above, the Corporation shall have the right, within 90 days of receipt of such notice and upon five business days’ notice to the holders, to cause to be redeemed for cash the shares of Series A Preferred Stock subject to such notice, at a price equal to aggregate purchase price for such shares of Series A Preferred Stock plus mandatory dividends thereon at a rate equal to 9% per annum, from the date of issuance until the date redeemed in full. In the event that such cash amount is not paid within such 90-day period, such redemption right shall lapse and be of no further force and effect, and the holders shall thereupon have the right once again to convert such shares of Series A Preferred Stock into shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock. During such 90-day (or shorter, if redeemed, as set forth above) period, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall not convert such stock into the Corporation’s Common Stock, whether or not the Corporation exercises its right of redemption.
 
        (b)    Series B Preferred Stock.    Series B Preferred Stock is convertible in the same manner and subject to the same terms and conditions as provided for in Section 2.6(a) above with respect to the holders of Series A Preferred Stock.
 
        (c)    Series C Preferred Stock.    (1)     Mandatory Conversion.    All holders of Series C Preferred Stock shall be required to convert all of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock as of the Mandatory Conversion Date, in which case the aggregate Preferred Issuance Price of all shares of the Series C Preferred Stock plus accrued and unpaid dividends thereon held by each holder shall be converted into a number of shares of Common Stock determined by dividing such sum by one-tenth of the Series C Issuance Price.
 
        (2)    Conversion Prior to Mandatory Conversion Date.    Prior to the Mandatory Conversion Date, all holders of Series C Preferred Stock shall have the right to convert each share of Series C Preferred Stock into ten shares of Common Stock, without giving effect to accrued and unpaid dividends, but subject to the Anti-dilution Adjustments.
 
        (c)    Conversion Procedure.    (1)    Before any holder of shares of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to convert any of such shares into shares of Common Stock, such holder shall surrender the certificate or
 
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certificates, duly endorsed, at the office of the Corporation or of any transfer agent for the Preferred Stock, and shall give written notice to the Corporation at its principal corporate office of the election to convert such shares and shall state therein the name or names in which the certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock are to be issued.
 
        (2)    Each conversion of any shares of Preferred Stock shall be deemed to have been effected on the close of business on the date on which the certificate or certificates representing such Preferred Stock to be converted have been surrendered at the principal corporate office of the Corporation or the office of any transfer agent for the Preferred Stock. At such time as such conversion has been effected, the rights of the holder of such Preferred Stock as a holder shall cease, the Person or Persons in whose name or names any certificate or certificates for shares of Conversion Stock are to be issued upon such conversion shall be deemed to have become the holder or holders of record of the shares of Conversion Stock represented thereby.
 
        (3)    As soon as possible after a conversion has been effected (but in any event within five business days in the case of clause (6) below), the Corporation or its transfer agent shall deliver to the converting holder:
 
        (i)    a certificate or certificates representing the number of shares of Conversion Stock issuable by reason of such conversion in such name or names and such denomination or denominations as the converting holder has specified; and
 
        (ii)    payment in an amount equal to the amount payable under clause (6) below with respect to such conversion.
 
        (4)    The issuance of certificates for shares of Conversion Stock upon conversion of the Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to the holders of such Preferred Stock for any cost incurred by the Corporation in connection with such conversion and the related issuance of shares of Conversion Stock. Upon conversion of each share of Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall take all such actions as are necessary in order to ensure that the Conversion Stock issuable with respect to such conversion shall be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
 
        (5)    The Corporation shall not close its books against the transfer of the Preferred Stock or of Conversion Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock in any manner which interferes with the timely conversion of the Preferred Stock. The Corporation shall assist and cooperate with any holder of the Preferred Stock or Conversion Stock required to make any governmental filings or obtain any governmental approval prior to or in connection with any conversion of shares hereunder (including, without limitations, making any filings required to be made by the Corporation).
 
        (6)    If any fractional interest in a share of Conversion Stock would, except for the provisions of this clause (6), be deliverable upon any conversion of the Preferred Stock, the Corporation, in lieu of delivering the fractional share therefor, shall pay an amount to the holder thereof equal to the Market Price of such fractional interest as of the date of conversion.
 
        (7)    The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Conversion Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock, such number of shares of Conversion Stock issuable upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock. All shares of Conversion Stock which are so issuable shall, when issued, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges. The Corporation shall take all such actions as may be necessary to ensure that all such shares of Conversion Stock may be so issued without violation of any applicable law or governmental regulation or any requirements of any domestic securities exchange or market upon which shares of Conversion Stock may be listed (except for official notice of issuance which shall be immediately delivered by the Corporation upon each such issuance and except for filings, notices of applicability and permissions solely within the control of, or laws and regulations solely applicable to, the holders of the Preferred Stock).
 
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        (e)    Anti-dilution Adjustments.    (1)     Changes in Common Stock.    In case the Corporation shall at any time or from time to time October 13, 1999 (i) pay a dividend or make any other distribution with respect to its Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares of Common Stock, (iii) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock or (iv) issue any shares of its capital stock or other assets in a reclassification or reorganization of the Common Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Corporation is the continuing entity), then the number and kind of shares of capital stock of the Corporation or other assets that may be received upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock shall be adjusted to the number of shares of Conversion Stock and amount of any such securities, cash or other property of the Corporation which the holders would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the happening of any of the events described above had the Preferred Stock been converted immediately prior to the record date (or, if there is no record date, the effective date) for such event. An adjustment made pursuant to this clause (1) shall become effective upon the effective date of such payment, sub-division, combination or issuance as described above. Any Conversion Stock or other assets to be acquired as a result of such adjustment shall not be issued prior to the effective date of such event. For the purposes of this clause (1), the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.6(e)(1), an action described in Section 2.6(e)(1)(i), (ii) or (iii) hereof shall not affect the number of shares of Conversion Stock issued upon mandatory conversion of the Preferred Stock except by operation of Section 2.6(e)(5) hereof.
 
        (2)    Issuance of Rights.    In case the Corporation shall issue to all holders of its Common Stock rights, options or warrants to subscribe for or purchase, or other securities exchangeable for or convertible into, shares of Common Stock that are not distributed to holders of Preferred Stock (any such rights, options, warrants or other securities, collectively, “Rights”) (excluding rights to purchase Common Stock pursuant to a Corporation plan for reinvestment of dividends or interest and excluding any Excluded Stock) at a subscription offering, exercise or conversion price per share (as defined below, the “offering price per share”) which, before deduction of customary discounts and commissions, is lower than the current Market Price per share of Common Stock on the record date of such issuance or grant, whether or not, in the case of Rights, such Rights are immediately exercisable or convertible, then the number of shares of Conversion Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying the number of shares of Conversion Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock immediately prior to any adjustment in connection with such issuance or grant by a fraction, the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (exclusive of any treasury shares) on the record date of issuance or grant of such Rights plus the number of shares which the aggregate offering price (as defined below) of the total number of shares of Common Stock so offered would purchase at the current Market Price per share of Common Stock on the record date, and the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding plus the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the rights. Such adjustment shall be made immediately after the record date for the issuance or granting of such Rights. For purposes of this clause, the “offering price per share” of Common Stock shall, in the case of Rights, be determined by dividing (x) the total amount received or receivable by the Corporation in consideration of the issuance of such Rights plus the total consideration payable to the Corporation upon exercise thereof (the “aggregate offering price”), by (y) the total number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Rights.
 
        (3)    Dividends and Distributions.    In case the Corporation shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock any dividend or other distribution of evidences of its indebtedness or other assets (in each case other than cash dividends and other than as provided in clause (1) above in which the holders of the Preferred Stock are otherwise entitled to share, as provided herein) or Rights, then, in each case, all holders of the Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive all of the same dividends, distributions or Rights, as the case may be, as the holders of Common Stock, on an as-converted basis, as and when distributed to the holders of Common Stock, at such time, if any, that the holders of the Preferred Stock shall have elected to convert such stock to Common Stock, as provided herein.
 
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        (4)    Computations.    For the purpose of any computation under clauses (1) and (2) above, the current Market Price per share of Common Stock at any date shall be as set forth in (i) the definition of Market Price for the 10 consecutive trading days commencing 20 trading days prior to the earlier to occur of (A) the date as of which the Market Price is to be computed or (B) the last full trading day before the commencement of “ex-dividend” trading in the Common Stock relating to the event giving rise to the adjustment required by clause (1) or (2) or (ii) any other arm’s-length adjustment formula that the Board may use in good faith. In the event the Common Stock is not then publicly traded or if for any other reason the current market price per share cannot be determined pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this clause (4) the current market price per share shall be the Fair Value thereof.
 
        (5)    Adjustment.    Whenever the number of shares of Conversion Stock issuable upon voluntary conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock is adjusted as provided under clause (1) or (2), the Fixed Mandatory Conversion Rate shall be adjusted by multiplying such prices immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Conversion Stock issuable upon voluntary conversion of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock immediately prior to such adjustment, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Conversion Stock issuable upon voluntary conversion of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock immediately thereafter. Whenever the number of shares of Conversion Stock issuable upon voluntary conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock is adjusted as provided under clause (1) or (2), the Series C Issuance Price shall be adjusted by multiplying such prices immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Conversion Stock issuable upon voluntary conversion of any shares of Series C Preferred Stock immediately prior to such adjustment, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Conversion Stock issuable upon voluntary conversion of any shares of Series C Preferred Stock immediately thereafter.
 
        (6)    Securities.    For the purpose of this Section 2.6, the term “shares of Common Stock” shall mean (i) the class of stock designated as Common Stock, without par value, of the Corporation on the date of filing this Certificate or (ii) any other class of stock resulting from successive changes or reclassifications of such shares consisting solely of changes in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value.
 
        (7)    Re-Adjustment.    If, at any time after any adjustment to the number of Shares of Conversion Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock and the Conversion Price shall have been made pursuant to clause (2) of this Section 2.6, any rights, options, warrants or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock shall have expired, or any thereof shall not have been exercised, the Conversion Price and the number of shares of Conversion Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock shall, upon such expiration, be readjusted and shall thereafter be such as it would have been had it been originally adjusted (or had the original adjustment not been required, as the case may be) as if (A) the only shares of Common Stock offered were the shares of Common Stock, if any, actually issued or sold upon the exercise of such rights, options or warrants and (B) such shares of Common Stock, if any, were issued or sold for the consideration actually received by the Corporation for the issuance, sale or grant of all such rights, options or warrants whether or not exercised; provided, further that no such readjustment shall have the effect of increasing the Conversion Price or decreasing the number of shares of Conversion Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock by an amount (calculated by adjusting such increase or decrease as appropriate to account for all other adjustments pursuant to this Section 2.6 following the date of the original adjustment referred to above) in excess of the amount of the adjustment initially made in respect of the issuance, sale or grant of such rights, options or warrants.
 
        (e)    Reorganization, Reclassification Consolidation, Merger or Sale.      Any recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets to another Person or other transaction which is effected in such a manner that holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive (either directly or upon subsequent liquidation) stock, securities or assets with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock is referred to herein as an “Organic Change”. Prior to the consummation of any Organic
 
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Change, the Corporation shall make appropriate provisions to ensure that each of the holders of each share of the Preferred Stock shall thereafter have the right to acquire and receive, in lieu of or in addition to (as the case may be) the shares of Conversion Stock immediately theretofore acquirable and receivable upon the conversion of such holder’s Preferred Stock, such shares of stock, securities or assets as such holder would have received in connection with such Organic Change if such holder had converted its Preferred Stock immediately prior to such Organic Change. In each such case, the Corporation shall also make appropriate provisions to ensure that the provisions of this Section 2.6 hereof shall thereafter be applicable to the Preferred Stock. The Corporation shall not effect any such consolidation, merger or sale, unless prior to the consummation thereof, the successor corporation (if other than the Corporation) resulting from consolidation or merger or the corporation purchasing such assets assumes by written instrument the obligation to deliver to each such holder such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such holder may be entitled to acquire.
 
        (f)    Notices.    (1)    Immediately upon any adjustment of the number of shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall give written notice thereof to all holders of the Preferred Stock, setting forth in reasonable detail and certifying the calculation of such adjustment.
 
        (2)    The Corporation shall give written notice to all holders of the Preferred Stock at least 10 days prior to the date on which the Corporation closes its books or takes a record of determining rights to receive any dividends or distributions. The Corporation shall also give written notice to the holders of the Preferred Stock at least 30 days prior to the date on which Organic Change shall occur.
 
        Section 2.7.    Redemption.    (a)    Series A Preferred Stock.    (i)    General.    Subject to the provisions of Section 2.6 above, shares of Series A Preferred Stock may be redeemed by the Corporation, as follows, upon at least 45 days’ and no more than 90 days’ prior written notice, at a price equal to the sum of the aggregate Preferred Issuance Price of the Series A Preferred Stock plus accrued and unpaid dividends. From and after the third anniversary of the Closing Date, if the Closing Price shall be equal to or greater than $2.25 (subject to the anti-dilution adjustments described in Section 2.6(e)(1) above) for 20 out of any 30 consecutive trading days on or prior to any such applicable date (or, if thereafter, prior to any date for such a redemption if not effected prior thereto) (the “Redemption Price Condition”), the Corporation shall have the right to redeem one-third of the Series A Preferred Stock (as to the Preferred Issuance Price thereof), together with one-third of the then-accrued and unpaid dividends through such date. From and after the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date, if the Redemption Price Condition is met, the Corporation shall have the right to redeem an additional one-third of the Series A Preferred Stock (as to the Preferred Issuance Price thereof), together with one-half of the then-accrued and unpaid dividends at such date (or two-thirds of then-accrued and unpaid dividend at the second date if no Series A Preferred Stock was previously redeemed at or after the first such date). From and after the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, if the Redemption Price Condition is met, the Corporation shall have the right to redeem the balance of the Series A Preferred Stock, together with the remaining accrued and unpaid dividends at such date. Prior to redemption, the Corporation must provide the applicable redemption notice within 60 days of the achievement of the Redemption Price Condition.
 
        (ii)    Early Redemption.    The Series A Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) may be redeemed by the Corporation prior to such three, four or five-year period, as applicable, only in the event the Corporation shall have reasonably determined, in good faith, after consultation with the original holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to abandon the development of the Technology (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of the Closing Date among the Corporation and Elan International Services, Ltd., a Bermuda corporation) or products based on the Technology.
 
        (iii)    Notice of Redemption.    Not less than 45 days but not more than 90 days prior to the date of any redemption (each, a “Redemption Date”), as permitted by this Section 2.7(a), the Corporation shall send a written notice of redemption (the “Notice”) to each holder of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed in the manner provided herein. The notice shall identify:
 
        (1)    the Redemption Date;
 
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        (2)    the redemption price to be paid to such holder, as provided above (the “Redemption Price”), and applicable to such Series A Preferred Stock;
 
        (3)    the number of shares of Common Stock into which a share of Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock or Series C Preferred Stock, as the case may be, is convertible;
 
        (4)    the name and address of the transfer agent, if any, in respect of the Series A Preferred Stock;
 
        (5)    that Series A Preferred Stock called for redemption may be converted by the holder, as otherwise provided herein, at any time before the close of business on the Redemption Date; and
 
        (6)    that Series A Preferred Stock called for redemption must be surrendered to the transfer agent at the office of the Corporation or its transfer agent to collect the Redemption Price.
 
        (iv)    Effect of Notice of Redemption.    Upon the Notice, Series A Preferred Stock called for redemption shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date, unless converted prior to such date, and at the Redemption Price stated in the Notice. Upon surrender to the Corporation or transfer agent shares shall be redeemed and the Redemption Price stated in the Notice shall be paid in cash in full.
 
        (b)    Series B Preferred Stock.    Shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be redeemable by the Corporation in the same manner and subject to the same terms and conditions as set forth for redemption of shares of Series A Preferred Stock in Section 2.7(a) above.
 
        (c)    Series C Preferred Stock.    Shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be redeemable by the Corporation in the same manner and subject to the same terms and conditions as set forth for redemption of shares of Series A Preferred Stock in Section 2.7(a) above, except that shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be redeemed at a price equal to the sum of the aggregate Series C Issuance Price plus accrued and unpaid dividends.
 
        Section 2.8.    Registration of Transfer.    The Corporation shall keep a register for the registration of the record holders of the Preferred Stock. Upon the surrender of any certificate representing any shares of Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall, at the request of the record holder of such certificate, execute and deliver (at the Corporation’s expense, provided that the holder will be responsible for any transfer taxes if the certificate is register in a new name) a new certificate or certificates in exchange therefore representing in the aggregate the number of shares of the Preferred Stock, as applicable, represented by the surrendered certificate. Each such new certificate shall be registered in such name and shall represent such number of shares of the Preferred Stock, as applicable, as is requested by the holder of the surrendered certificate and shall be substantially identical in form to the surrendered certificate, and dividends shall accrue on the Preferred Stock represented by such new certificate from the date to which dividends have been fully paid on such Preferred Stock represented by the surrendered certificate.
 
        Section 2.9.    Replacement.    Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation (an affidavit of the registered holder and an undertaking of indemnity from a creditworthy indemnitor shall be satisfactory) of the ownership and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any certificate evidencing shares of the Preferred Stock, and in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, or, in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender of such certificate, the Corporation shall (at its expense) execute and deliver in lieu of such certificate a new certificate of like kind representing the number of shares of such series represented by such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificate and dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificate, and dividends shall accrue on the Preferred Stock represented by such new certificate from the date to which dividends have been fully paid on such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificate.
 
        Section 2.10.    Amendment and Waiver.    No amendment, modification or waiver shall be binding or effective with respect to any provision of Section 2.1 through Section 2.11 of these Articles of Incorporation without the prior written consent of a Majority in Interest of each of the Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock or Series C Preferred Stock outstanding at the time such action is taken.
 
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        Section 2.11.    Notices.    Except as otherwise expressly provided hereunder, all notices referred to herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid, or by reputable overnight courier or telecopy service, charges prepaid, and shall be deemed to have been given when so mailed or sent (a) to the Corporation, at its principal executive offices and (b) to any stockholder, at such holder’s address as it appears in the stock records of the Corporation (unless otherwise indicated by any such holder).
 
ARTICLE V
 
Preemptive Rights
 
        The owners of shares of stock of the Corporation shall not have preemptive rights to subscribe for or purchase any part of new or additional issues of stock, or securities convertible into stock, of any class whatsoever, whether now or hereafter authorized, and whether issued for cash, property, services, by way of dividends, or otherwise.
 
ARTICLE VI
 
Cumulative Voting
 
        Each shareholder entitled to vote at any election for directors shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares owned by him for as many persons as there are directors to be elected and for those election he has a right to vote, and no shareholder shall be entitled to cumulate his votes.
 
ARTICLE VII
 
Limitation of Directors’ Liability
 
        A director shall have no liability to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for conduct as a director, except for (a) any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its shareholders; (b) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law by the director; (c) conduct violating ORS 60.367; or (d) any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit. If the Oregon Business Corporation Act is hereafter amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director shall be eliminated or limited to the full extent permitted by the Oregon Business Corporation Act as so amended. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director that exists at the time of such repeal or modification and that extends to an act or omission of such director occurring prior to such repeal or modification.
 
ARTICLE VIII
 
Bylaws; Amendment of Articles
 
        Section 1.    Bylaws.    The board of directors shall have full power to adopt, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws or adopt new Bylaws. Nothing herein shall deny the concurrent power of the shareholders to adopt, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws.
 
        Section 2.    Amendment of Articles.    The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provisions contained in its Articles of Incorporation in any manner now or hereafter prescribed or permitted by statute. All rights of shareholders of the Corporation are granted subject to this reservation.
 
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ARTICLE IX
 
Registered Office and Agent
 
        The address of the registered office of the Corporation is 601 SW Second Avenue, Suite 2050, Portland, Oregon 97204, and the name of the registered agent at such address is CT Corporation System. The registered office and registered agent of the Corporation may be changed from time to time by the Board of Directors but may not be located outside of the State of Oregon.
 
ARTICLE X
 
Directors
 
        Section 1.    Number of Directors.    The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than six nor more than eleven, the exact number to be set as provided herein. Until increased or decreased as provided herein, the Board of Directors shall consist of eight members. The Board of Directors is authorized to increase or decrease the size of the Board of Directors (within the range specified above) at any time by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the directors then in office. Without the unanimous consent of the directors then in office, no more than two additional directors shall be added to the Board of Directors in any 12-month period. Without the unanimous approval of the directors then in office, no person who is affiliated as an owner, director, officer, employee or consultant of a company or business deemed by the Board of Directors to be competitive with that of the Corporation shall be eligible to serve of the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
 
        Section 2.    Classified Board.
 
        The Board shall be divided into three classes: Class I Directors, Class II Directors and Class III Directors. Each such class of directors shall be nearly equal in number of directors as possible. Each director shall serve for a term ending at the third annual shareholders’ meeting following the annual meeting at which such director was elected; provided, however, that the directors first elected as Class I Directors shall serve for a term ending at the annual meeting to be held in the year following the first election of directors by classes, the directors first elected as Class II Directors shall serve for a term ending at the annual meeting to be held in the second year following the first election of directors by classes and the directors first elected as Class III directors shall serve for a term ending at the annual meeting to be held in the third year following the first election of directors by classes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each director shall serve until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.
 
        At each annual election, the directors chosen to succeed those whose terms then expire shall be identified as being of the same class as the directors they succeed, unless, by reason of any intervening changes in the authorized number of directors, the Board shall designate one or more directorships whose term then expire as directorships of another class in order more nearly to achieve equality in the number of directors among the classes. When the Board fills a vacancy resulting from the death, resignation or removal of a director, the director chosen to fill that vacancy shall be of the same class as the director he or she succeeds, unless, by reason of any previous changes in the authorized number of directors, the Board shall designate the vacant directorship as a directorship of another class in order more nearly to achieve equality in the number of directors among the classes. The terms of any director elected by the Board to fill a vacancy will expire at the next shareholders meeting at which directors are elected, despite the class such director has been elected to fill.
 
        Notwithstanding the rule that the three classes shall be as nearly equal in number of directors as possible, upon any change in the authorized number of directors, each director then continuing to serve as such will nevertheless continue as a director of the class of which he or she is a member, until the expiration of his or her current term or his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.
 
        Newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors and any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, removal or other cause shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of
 
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Directors. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.
 
        Section 3.    Initial Directors as Classified.
 
        The directors of the Corporation first elected to classes are eight (8) in number and their names and class are:
 
Name
     Class
James C. O’Shea      III
John Ruedy, MD      III
William A. Gouveia      I
Grace Keeney Fey      II
Eric T. Herfindal      II
Richard Plestina      II
David H. DeWeese      I
Michael T. Sember      III
 
        Section 4.    Removal of Directors.
 
        Directors may be removed only for cause. For purposes of this Amendment, “cause” shall mean that the director has: (i) committed an act of fraud or embezzlement against the Corporation; (ii) been convicted of, or plead nolo contendre to a crime involving moral turpitude; (iii) failed to perform the director’s duties as a director and such failure constitutes a breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or provides an improper personal benefit to the director.
 
ARTICLE XI
 
Incorporator
 
        The name and address of the incorporator are:
 
Name
     Address
Benjamin F. Stephens      c/o Bogle & Gates
       Two Union Square
       601 Union Street
       Seattle, Washington 98101-2346
 
ARTICLE XII
 
Shareholder Approval Of Certain Events
 
        Notwithstanding any provision of Articles of Incorporation, as amended, or Bylaws of the Corporation, and notwithstanding the fact that some lesser percentage may be allowed by law, any amendment, change or repeal of Articles X or XII, or any other amendment of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, which would have the effect of modifying or permitting circumvention of the provisions of Articles X or XII, shall require the following shareholder votes: (i) the affirmative votes of 75 percent of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote on the matter, voting together as a single class; and (ii) if any shares of the Corporation are entitled to vote on the matter as a separate group, the affirmative vote of 75 percent of such shares, voting separately.
 
DATED:    October     , 1999.
 

 
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EX-10.25 3 dex1025.htm FORM SERIES "S" COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT FORM SERIES "S" COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
 
EXHIBIT 10.25
 
THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE LAWS, AND NO INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE SOLD, DISTRIBUTED, ASSIGNED, OFFERED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS COVERING ANY SUCH TRANSACTION OR SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT AND LAWS, SUCH COMPLIANCE, AT THE OPTION OF THE CORPORATION, TO BE EVIDENCED BY AN OPINION OF WARRANTHOLDER’S COUNSEL, IN FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CORPORATION, THAT NO VIOLATION OF SUCH REGISTRATION PROVISIONS WOULD RESULT FROM ANY PROPOSED TRANSFER OR ASSIGNMENT.
 
SERIES “S” COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
 
Bioject Medical Technologies Inc.
 
        THIS CERTIFIES that for good and valuable consideration received, H.C. Wainwright & Co., Inc., or registered assigns, is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to acquire from Bioject Medical Technologies Inc., an Oregon corporation (the “Corporation”) up to                 fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock, without par value, of the Corporation (“Warrant Stock”) at a purchase price per share (the “Exercise Price”) of $7.75.
 
1.    Term of Warrant
 
        Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, this Warrant shall be exercisable, in whole or from time to time in part, at any time on or after the date hereof (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and at or prior to 11:59 p.m., Pacific Standard Time, on July 27, 2005 (the “Expiration Time”), unless otherwise extended by the Corporation.
 
2.    Exercise of Warrant
 
        The purchase rights represented by this Warrant are exercisable by the registered holder hereof, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time at or prior to the Expiration Time by the surrender of this Warrant and the Notice of Exercise form attached hereto duly executed to the office of the Corporation at 7620 S.W. Bridgeport Road, Portland, Oregon 97224 (or such other office or agency of the Corporation as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered holder hereof at the address of such holder appearing on the books of the Corporation), and upon payment of the Exercise Price for the shares thereby purchased (by cash or by check or bank draft payable to the order of the Corporation or by cancellation of indebtedness of the Corporation to the holder hereof, if any, at the time of exercise in an amount equal to the purchase price of the shares thereby purchased); whereupon the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled to receive from the Corporation a stock certificate in proper form representing the number of shares of Warrant Stock so purchased.
 
3.    Issuance of Shares; No Fractional Shares of Scrip
 
        Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be delivered to the holder hereof by the Corporation’s transfer agent at the Corporation’s expense within a reasonable time after the date on which this Warrant shall have been exercised in accordance with the terms hereof. Each certificate so delivered shall be in such denominations as may be requested by the holder hereof and shall be registered in the name of such holder or, subject to applicable laws, other name as shall be requested by such holder. If, upon exercise of this Warrant, fewer than all of the shares of Warrant Stock evidenced by this Warrant are purchased prior to the Expiration Time, one or more new warrants substantially in the form of, and on the terms in, this Warrant will be issued for the remaining number of shares of Warrant Stock not purchased upon exercise of this Warrant. The Corporation
 
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hereby represents and warrants that all shares of Warrant Stock which may be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant will, upon such exercise, be duly and validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges in respect of the issuance thereof (other than liens or charges created by or imposed upon the holder of the Warrant Stock). The Corporation agrees that the shares so issued shall be and be deemed to be issued to such holder as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered for exercise in accordance with the terms hereof. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. With respect to any fraction of a share called for upon the exercise of this Warrant, an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the then current price at which each share may be purchased hereunder shall be paid in cash to the holder of this Warrant.
 
4.    Charges, Taxes and Expenses
 
        Issuance of certificates for shares of Warrant Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the holder hereof for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Corporation, and such certificates shall be issued in the name of the holder of this Warrant or in such name or names as may be directed by the holder of this Warrant; provided, however, that in the event certificates for shares of Warrant Stock are to be issued in a name other than the name of the holder of this Warrant, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the holder hereof.
 
5.    No Rights as Shareholders
 
        This Warrant does not entitle the holder hereof to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the Corporation prior to the exercise hereof.
 
6.    Registration Rights
 
        This Warrant is a Series “S” Warrant identified in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of July 27, 2000 between the Corporation and the parties listed on the signature pages thereto. A transferee of this Warrant may become a “Holder” as defined in such agreement upon compliance with the requirements of such agreement.
 
7.    Exchange and Registry of Warrant
 
        This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the registered holder at the above-mentioned office or agency of the Corporation, for a new Warrant of like tenor and dated as of such exchange. The Corporation shall maintain at the above-mentioned office or agency a registry showing the name and address of the registered holder of this Warrant. This Warrant may be surrendered for exchange, transfer or exercise, in accordance with its terms, at such office or agency of the Corporation, and the Corporation shall be entitled to rely in all respects, prior to written notice to the contrary, upon such registry.
 
8.    Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant
 
        Upon receipt by the Corporation of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and in case of loss, theft or destruction of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it, and upon reimbursement to the Corporation of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Corporation will make and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of this Warrant.
 
9.    Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays
 
        If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall be a Saturday or a Sunday or shall be a legal holiday, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.
 
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10.    Merger, Sale of Assets, Etc.
 
        If at any time the Corporation proposes to merge or consolidate with or into any other corporation, effect any reorganization, or sell or convey all or substantially all of its assets to any other entity, then, as a condition of such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the Corporation or its successor, as the case may be, shall enter into a supplemental agreement to make lawful and adequate provision whereby the holder shall have the right to receive, upon exercise of the Warrant, the kind and amount of equity securities which would have been received upon such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of a number of shares of common stock equal to the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant immediately prior to such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance. If the property to be received upon such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance is not equity securities, the Corporation shall give the holder of this Warrant ten (10) business days prior written notice of the proposed effective date of such transaction, and if this Warrant has not been exercised by or on the effective date of such transaction, it shall terminate.
 
11.    Certain Adjustments
 
        11.1    Adjustment of Warrant Stock.    The number, class and Exercise Price per share of securities for which this Warrant may be exercised are subject to adjustment from time to time upon the happening of certain events as hereinafter provided:
 
        (a)    Recapitalization.    If the outstanding shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock are divided into a greater number of shares or if the Corporation shall effect a stock dividend, the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately increased and the Exercise Price per share shall be proportionately reduced. Conversely, if the outstanding shares of Common Stock are combined into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately reduced and the Exercise Price per share shall be proportionately increased. The increases and reductions provided for in this Section 11.1(a) shall be made with the intent and, as nearly as practicable, the effect that neither the percentage of the total equity of the Corporation obtainable on exercise of this Warrant nor the aggregate price payable for such percentage shall be affected by any event described in this Section 11.1(a).
 
        (b)    Merger or Reorganization, Etc.     In the event of any change in the Common Stock through merger, consolidation, reclassification, reorganization, partial or complete liquidation or other change in the capital structure of the Corporation (not including the issuance of additional shares of capital stock other than by stock dividend or stock split), then, the Holder of this Warrant will have the right thereafter to receive upon the exercise of this Warrant the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities or property to which it would have been entitled if, immediately before the merger, consolidation, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other change in the capital structure, it had held the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable upon the exercise of this Warrant. In any such case, appropriate adjustment shall be made in the application of the provisions of this Section 11 with respect to the rights of the Holder after the merger, consolidation, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other change to the end that the provisions of this Section 11 (including adjustment of the Exercise Price then in effect and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant) shall be applicable after that event as nearly equivalent as may be practicable.
 
        (c)    Adjustment for Dividends or Distributions of Stock or Other Securities or Property.    In case the Corporation shall make or issue, or shall fix a record date for the determination of eligible holders entitled to receive, a dividend or other distribution with respect to the Warrant Stock (or any shares of stock or other securities at the time issuable upon exercise of the Warrant) payable in (i) securities of the Corporation (other than as provided for in Section 11.1(a) or (b) above) or any other entity or (ii) assets (excluding cash dividends paid or payable solely out of retained earnings), then, in each such case, upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation, effective date or record date of such dividend or other distribution, the Holder shall receive, in addition to the Warrant Stock (or such other stock or
 
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securities) issuable on such exercise prior to such date, and without the payment of additional consideration therefor, the securities or such other assets of the Corporation to which such Holder would have been entitled upon such date if such Holder had exercised this Warrant on the Initial Exercise Date and had thereafter, during the period from the Initial Exercise Date to and including the date of such exercise, retained such shares and/or all other additional stock or securities available by it as aforesaid during such period giving effect to all adjustments called for by this Section 11.
 
        (d)    Sale of Shares Below Exercise Price.
 
        (i)    If the Corporation shall issue any Additional Stock (as defined below) without consideration or for a consideration per share less than $7.75 (adjusted appropriately for stock dividends, splits, combinations and similar transactions) in effect immediately prior to the issuance of such Additional Stock in a transaction not subject to Section 11.1(a), (b) or (c) above, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to issuance of such Additional Stock (except as otherwise provided in this Section 11.1(d)) shall be adjusted down to a price equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the total computed under clause (x) below by the total computed under clause (y) below as follows:
 
        (x)    an amount equal to the sum of (1) the result obtained by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock deemed outstanding immediately prior to such issuance (which shall include the actual number of shares outstanding plus all shares issuable upon the conversion or exercise of all outstanding convertible securities, warrants and options other than shares excluded from the definition of Additional Stock by Section 11.1(d)(vi)) by the Exercise Price then in effect, and (2) the aggregate consideration, if any, received by the Corporation upon the issuance of such Additional Stock;
 
        (y)    the number of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation outstanding immediately after such issuance (including the shares deemed outstanding as provided in clause (x) above).
 
        (ii)    No adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made in an amount less than $0.01 per share; provided, however, that any adjustments which are not required to be made by reason of this sentence shall be carried forward and shall be taken into account in any subsequent adjustment made to the Exercise Price. Except as provided in Sections 11.1(d)(v)(C) and (D) below, no adjustment of the Exercise Price shall have the effect of increasing the Exercise Price above the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment.
 
        (iii)    In the case of the issuance of Common Stock for cash, the consideration shall be deemed to be the amount of cash paid therefor before deducting any discounts, commissions or other expenses allowed, paid or incurred by the Corporation for any underwriting or otherwise in connection with the issuance and sale thereof.
 
        (iv)    In the case of the issuance of Common Stock for a consideration in whole or in part other than cash, the consideration other than cash shall be deemed to be the fair value thereof as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors irrespective of any accounting treatment.
 
        (v)    In the case of the issuance of options or warrants to purchase or rights to subscribe for Common Stock, securities by their terms convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, or options or warrants to purchase or rights to subscribe for such convertible or exchangeable securities (which options, warrants, rights, convertible or exchangeable securities are not excluded from the definition of Additional Stock except as provided in Section 11.1(d)(vi)(B)), the following provisions shall apply:
 
        (A)    the aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon exercise of such options or warrants to purchase or rights to subscribe for Common Stock shall be deemed to have been issued at the time such options, warrants, or rights were issued for a consideration equal to the consideration (determined in the manner provided in Sections 11.1(d)(iii) and (iv) above), if any, received by the Corporation upon the issuance of such options, warrants or rights
 
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plus the minimum purchase price provided in such options, warrants or rights for the Common Stock covered thereby, but no further adjustment to the Exercise Price shall be made for the actual issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise of such options, warrants or rights in accordance with their terms;
 
        (B)    the aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion of or in exchange for any such convertible or exchangeable securities or upon the exercise of options or warrants to purchase or rights to subscribe for such convertible or exchangeable securities and subsequent conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued at the time such securities were issued or such options, warrants or rights were issued for a consideration equal to the consideration received, if any, by the Corporation for any such securities and any related options, warrants or rights, plus the minimum additional consideration, if any, to be received by the Corporation upon the conversion or exchange of such securities or the exercise of any related options, warrants or rights (the consideration in each case to be determined in the manner provided in Sections 11.1(d)(iii) and (iv) above), but no further adjustment to the Exercise Price shall be made for the actual issuance of Common Stock upon the conversion or exchange of such securities in accordance with their terms;
 
        (C)    if such options, warrants, rights or convertible or exchangeable securities by their terms provide, with the passage of time or otherwise, for any change in the consideration payable to the Corporation or in the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise, conversion or exchange thereof, including, without limitation, a change resulting from the antidilution provisions thereof, the Exercise Price computed upon the original issue thereof, and any subsequent adjustments based thereon, shall, upon such change becoming effective, be recomputed to reflect such change, but no further adjustment to the Exercise Price shall be made for the actual issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise of any such options, warrants or rights or the conversion or exchange of such securities in accordance with their terms; and
 
        (D)    upon the expiration of any such options, warrants or rights, the termination of any such rights to convert or exchange or the expiration of any options, warrants or rights related to such convertible or exchangeable securities, the Exercise Price shall forthwith be readjusted to such Exercise Price as would have been obtained had the adjustment which was made upon the issuance of such options, warrants, rights or securities or options, warrants or rights related to such securities been made upon the basis of the issuance of only the number of shares of Common Stock (and convertible or exchangeable securities which remain in effect) actually issued upon the exercise of such options, warrants or rights, upon the conversion or exchange of such securities or upon the exercise of the options, warrants or rights related to such securities.
 
        (vi)    “Additional Stock” shall mean any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock issued (or deemed to have been issued pursuant to Section 11.1(d)(v) above) by the Corporation after the Initial Exercise Date other than:
 
        (A)    Common Stock issued in connection with a transaction described in Section 11.1(a), (b) or (c);
 
        (B)    shares of Common Stock (and options to purchase shares of Common Stock) issued or issuable to employees, officers or directors of, or consultants to, the Corporation pursuant to a stock option, employee stock purchase or restricted stock plan approved by the Corporation’s Board of Directors;
 
        (C)    shares of Common Stock (adjusted appropriately for stock dividends, splits, combinations and similar transactions) issued or issuable upon the exercise of warrants outstanding on the Initial Exercise Date;
 
        (D)    shares of Common Stock, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock, issued to financial institutions or equipment lessors in connection
 
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with commercial credit arrangements, equipment financings or similar transactions not primarily for equity financing purposes and which have been approved by the Corporation’s Board of Directors; and
 
        (E)    shares of Common Stock, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock, issued in connection with business combinations or corporate partnering agreements approved by the Corporation’s Board of Directors.
 
        11.2    Notice of Adjustment.    Whenever an event occurs requiring any adjustment to be made pursuant to Section 11.1, the Corporation shall promptly file with its Secretary or an assistant secretary at its principal office and with its stock transfer agent, if any, a certificate of its President or Chief Financial Officer specifying such adjustment, setting forth in reasonable detail the acts requiring such adjustment, and stating such other facts as shall be necessary to show the manner and figures used to compute such adjustment. Such certificate shall be made available at all reasonable times for inspection by the Holder. Promptly (but in no event more than 30 days) after each such adjustment, the Corporation shall give a copy of such certificate by certified mail to the Holder.
 
12.    Transferability; Compliance with Securities Laws
 
        12.1    This Warrant may not be transferred or assigned in whole or in part without compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws by the transferor and transferee (including the delivery of investment representation letters and legal opinions reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, if requested by the Corporation). Subject to such restrictions, prior to the Expiration Time, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable by the holder hereof, in whole or in part, to transferees, including without limitation entities controlling, controlled by or under common control with H.C. Wainwright & Co., Inc. at the office or agency of the Corporation referred to in Section 1 hereof. Any such transfer shall be made in person or by the holder’s duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant together with the Assignment Form attached hereto properly endorsed.
 
        12.2    The Holder of this Warrant, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges that this Warrant and the Warrant Stock issuable upon exercise hereof are being acquired solely for the holder’s own account and not as a nominee for any other party, and for investment, and that the holder will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of this Warrant or any shares of Warrant Stock to be issued upon exercise hereof except under circumstances that will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws. Upon exercise of this Warrant, the holder shall, if requested by the Corporation, confirm in writing, in a form satisfactory to the Corporation, that the shares of Warrant Stock so purchased are being acquired solely for the holder’s own account and not as a nominee for any other party, for investment, and not with a view toward distribution or resale.
 
        12.3    The Warrant Stock has not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and this Warrant may not be exercised except by (i) the original purchaser of this Warrant from the Corporation or (ii) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Each certificate representing the Warrant Stock or other securities issued in respect of the Warrant Stock upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or similar event, shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend substantially in the following form (in addition to any legend required under applicable securities laws):
 
        THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED FOR VALUE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, NOR MAY THE SECURITIES BE TRANSFERRED ON THE BOOKS OF THE CORPORATION, WITHOUT REGISTRATION OF SUCH SECURITIES UNDER ALL APPLICABLE UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR COMPLIANCE WITH AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM,
 
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SUCH COMPLIANCE, AT THE OPTION OF THE CORPORATION, TO BE EVIDENCED BY AN OPINION OF SHAREHOLDER’S COUNSEL, IN FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CORPORATION, THAT NO VIOLATION OF SUCH REGISTRATION PROVISIONS WOULD RESULT FROM ANY PROPOSED TRANSFER OR ASSIGNMENT.
 
13.    Representations and Warranties
 
        The Corporation hereby represents and warrants to the holder hereof that:
 
        (a)    during the period this Warrant is outstanding, the Corporation will reserve from its authorized and unissued common stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of Warrant Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant;
 
        (b)    the issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to the Corporation’s officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the shares of Warrant Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant;
 
        (c)    the Corporation has all requisite legal and corporate power to execute and deliver this Warrant, to issue the common stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of this Warrant;
 
        (d)    all corporate action on the part of the Corporation, its directors and shareholders necessary for the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this Warrant by the Corporation, the authorization, sale, issuance and delivery of the Warrant Stock, the grant of registration rights as provided herein and the performance of the Corporation’s obligations hereunder has been taken;
 
        (e)    the Warrant Stock, when issued in compliance with the provisions of this Warrant and the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation (as they may be amended from time to time (the “Articles”)), will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and free of all taxes, liens or encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof, and will be issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws; and
 
        (f)    the issuance of the Warrant Stock will not be subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights.
 
14.    Corporation
 
        The Corporation will not, by amendment of its Articles or through any reorganization, recapitalization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Corporation, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the holder of the Warrant against impairment.
 
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15.    Governing Law
 
        This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Oregon.
 
        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Warrant to be executed by its duly authorized officer.
 
Dated: July 27, 2000
 
BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
 
By: 
Name: James C. O’Shea
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
 
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NOTICE OF EXERCISE
 
To: Bioject Medical Technologies Inc.
 
        (1)    The undersigned hereby elects to purchase                   shares of common stock of Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, and tenders herewith payment of the purchase price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
 
        (2)    In exercising this Warrant, the undersigned hereby confirms and acknowledges that the shares of common stock to be issued upon exercise hereof are being acquired solely for the account of the undersigned and not as a nominee for any other party, and for investment, and that the undersigned will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of any such shares of common stock except under circumstances that will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws.
 
        (3)    Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said shares of common stock in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
 
 

(Name)
 
 

(Address)
 
        (3)    The undersigned represents that (a) he, she or it is the original purchaser from the Corporation of the attached Warrant or an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and (b) the aforesaid shares of common stock are being acquired for the account of the undersigned for investment and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, the distribution thereof and that the undersigned has no present intention of distributing or reselling such shares.
 
 

(Date)
 

(Signature)
 
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
 
(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)
 
        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned registered owner of this Warrant hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the Assignee named below all of the rights of the undersigned under the within Warrant, with respect to the number of shares of common stock of Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. set forth below:
 
Name of Assignee
   Address
   No. of Shares
                                                                                                                                                                                         
       
       
 
and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney                                               to make such transfer on the books of Bioject Medical Technologies Inc., maintained for the purpose, with full power of substitution in the premises.
 
        The undersigned also represents that, by assignment hereof, the Assignee acknowledges that this Warrant and the shares of stock to be issued upon exercise hereof are being acquired for investment and that the Assignee will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of this Warrant or any shares of stock to be issued upon exercise hereof except under circumstances which will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws. Further, the Assignee shall, if requested by the Corporation, confirm in writing, in a form satisfactory to the Corporation, that the shares of stock so purchased are being acquired for investment and not with a view toward distribution or resale.
 
 
Dated: 
 
 
Holder’s Signature: 
 
 
Holder’s Address:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Guaranteed Signature:
 
        NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Warrant.
 
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EX-10.26 4 dex1026.htm REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT FOR "S" COMMON STOCK REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT FOR "S" COMMON STOCK
 
EXHIBIT 10.26
 
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
 
        This Agreement is made as of July 27, 2000 by and among BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC., an Oregon corporation (the “Corporation”), and H.C. Wainwright & Co., Inc. (“Wainwright”).
 
RECITALS
 
        Simultaneously herewith, the Corporation has issued a Series “S” Common Stock Purchase Warrant to Wainwright to purchase up to an aggregate of                  shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock (the “Warrants”).
 
AGREEMENT
 
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed as follows:
 
1.    Certain Definitions
 
        As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:
 
        “Common Stock” shall mean shares of common stock, without par value, of the Corporation.
 
        “Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
        “Holder” shall mean the holders of Registrable Securities and any person holding such securities to whom the rights under this Agreement have been transferred in accordance with Section 2.8 hereof.
 
        “Registrable Securities” means (i) all shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock acquired upon exercise of the Series “S” Warrants (the “Shares”), and (ii) any Common Stock or other securities of the Corporation issued or issuable with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of the Shares or such additional shares upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, or similar event; provided, however, that shares of Common Stock or other securities shall only be treated as Registrable Securities for the purposes of Section 2 hereof if and so long as they have not been sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act, or otherwise to or through a broker or dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or a public securities transaction.
 
        The terms “register,” “registered” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such registration statement.
 
        “Registration Expenses” shall mean all expenses, except as otherwise stated below, incurred by the Corporation in complying with Section 2 hereof, including, without limitation, all registration, qualification and filing fees, printing expenses, escrow fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation and one special counsel to the selling Holders, blue sky fees and expenses, fees to Nasdaq to list the Shares or American Stock Transfer and Trust Company to issue the Shares, and the expense of any special audits incident to or required by any such registration.
 
        “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
 
        “Selling Expenses” shall mean all underwriting discounts, selling commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to the securities registered by the selling Holders and any other expenses that are not Registration Expenses and that are incurred by the selling Holders.
 
 

 
2.    Registration Rights
 
        2.1    Company Registration
 
        (a)    Notice of Registration.     If at any time or from time to time the Corporation shall determine to register any of its securities, either for its own account or the account of a security holder or holders, other than a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans or a registration relating solely to a Commission Rule 145 transaction, the Corporation will:
 
        (i)    promptly give to each Holder written notice thereof; and
 
        (ii)    subject to Section 2.1(b), include in such registration (and any related qualification under blue sky laws or other compliance), and in any underwriting involved therein, all the Registrable Securities specified in a written request or requests made within 20 days after receipt of such written notice from the Corporation, by any Holder.
 
        (b)    Underwriting.    If the registration of which the Corporation gives notice is for a registered public offering involving an underwriting, the Corporation shall so advise the Holders as a part of the written notice given pursuant to Section 2.1(a) hereof. In such event the right of any Holder to registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Corporation) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, if the managing underwriter determines that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, the managing underwriter may limit the Registrable Securities and other securities to be distributed through such underwriting for the account of the requesting Holders (including persons other than Holders with registration rights relating to the Corporation’s Common Stock who have requested to participate in the underwritten offering (“Other Holders”)) to 20% of the total number of shares to be distributed. The Corporation shall so advise all Holders distributing their securities through such underwriting of such limitations and the number of shares of Registrable Securities, if any, that may be included in the registration (and underwriting, if any) shall be allocated among all Holders (including the Other Holders) in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective amounts of Registrable Securities and securities held by the Other Holders requested by such persons to be included in such Registration Statement. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions, the Corporation may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder or holder to the nearest 100 shares.
 
        (c)    Right to Terminate Registration.     The Corporation shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 2.1 prior to the effectiveness of such registration whether or not any Holder has elected to include securities in such registration. The Registration Expenses of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Corporation in accordance with Section 2.3 hereof.
 
        2.2    Demand Registration
 
        (a)    Any Holder holding a majority of Registrable Securities may request registration of such Registrable Securities. Upon receipt of such request (specifying that it is being made pursuant to this Section 2.2(a)), the Corporation shall use its best efforts to file within ninety (90) days of such receipt a registration statement on Form S-3 for the resale of the Registrable Securities and shall use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective as expeditiously as reasonably practical. The Corporation shall be obligated to prepare, file and cause to be effective only one registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.2(a). The Corporation shall be obligated to prepare, file and cause to be effective only two registration statements pursuant to this Section 2.2(a).
 
        Upon the receipt of such request, the Corporation shall:
 
        (i)    promptly give to each remaining Holder written notice that a registration is to be effected; and
 
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        (ii)    include in such registration (and any related qualification under blue sky laws or other compliance) all the Registrable Securities specified in a written request or requests made within 20 days after such written notice was sent by the Corporation, by any Holder.
 
        Further, the Corporation shall use all reasonable efforts to cause such registration to be a non-underwritten shelf registration pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act and to cause such shelf registration to be maintained effective for at least two (2) years.
 
        (b)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be obligated to take any action pursuant to this Section 2.2: (i) in any particular jurisdiction in which the Corporation would be required to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, qualification or compliance unless the Corporation is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities Act; or (ii) if the Corporation shall furnish to the Holders a certificate signed by the Chairman or President of the Corporation stating that the Corporation has reasonably determined that it should postpone for a specified period of time not to exceed 120 days in the case of clause (A) below, or 45 days in the case of clause (B) below (each, a “Blackout Period”), any action pursuant to this Section, including, without limitation, the preparation and/or filing of a registration statement or prospectus or any amendments or supplements to any registration statement or prospectus, because any such filing would (A) materially impede, delay or otherwise interfere with an offer or sale of securities, acquisition, corporate reorganization or other significant transaction involving the Corporation, or (B) require disclosure of material information (other than an event described in clause (A) above) which, if disclosed at that time, would be materially harmful to the interests of the Corporation and its shareholders. Upon delivery of such a certificate to the Holders by the Corporation, each of the Holders covenants that he shall (X) keep the fact of the notice strictly confidential, (Y) promptly halt any offer, sale, trading or transfer by him and his affiliates of any Common Stock for the duration of the Blackout Period set forth in the certificate or until the Blackout Period is earlier terminated by the Corporation and (Z) promptly halt any use or distribution of the registration statement and prospectus by him and his affiliates for the duration of the Blackout Period or until such Blackout Period is earlier terminated by the Corporation. The Corporation shall not be entitled to deliver a certificate and impose a Blackout Period pursuant to Clause A more than once in any twelve month period.
 
        2.3    Expenses of Registration
 
        All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with registration pursuant to Section 2.1 and the first registration pursuant to Section 2.2 shall be borne by the Corporation. All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the second registration pursuant to Section 2.2 shall be borne by the Holder(s) participating in such registration. All Selling Expenses relating to securities registered on behalf of the Holders shall be borne by the Holders of securities included in such registration pro rata, severally and not jointly, among each other on the basis of the number of shares so registered.
 
        2.4    Registration Procedures
 
        In the case of each registration effected by the Corporation pursuant to this Section 2, the Corporation will keep each Holder advised in writing as to the initiation of each registration and as to the completion thereof. At its expense the Corporation will:
 
        (a)    Prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement with respect to such securities and use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become and remain effective for at least two (2) years or, if earlier, until the distribution described in the registration statement has been completed;
 
        (b)    Prepare and file with the Commission during the period specified in Section 2.4(a) such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with
 
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such registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement;
 
        (c)    Furnish to the Holders participating in such registration and to the underwriters of the securities being registered such reasonable number of copies of the registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus and such other documents as the Holders and such underwriters may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public offering of such securities;
 
        (d)    Furnish, at the request of any Holder requesting registration of Registrable Securities at the time such securities are delivered to the underwriters (if any) for sale in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 2, (i) an opinion, dated such date, of the counsel representing the Corporation for the purposes of such registration, in form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters and to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities and (ii) a letter dated the date of commencement of the offering and a “bring-down” letter dated as of the closing date of such offering, from the independent accountants of the Corporation, in form and substance as is customarily given by independent accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities.
 
        2.5    Indemnification
 
        (a)    The Corporation will indemnify each Holder and each person controlling such Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, with respect to which registration has been effected pursuant to this Section 2, and each underwriter, if any, and each person who controls any underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against all expenses, claims, losses, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), including any of the foregoing incurred in settlement of any litigation, commenced or threatened, arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document, or any amendment or supplement thereto, incident to any such registration, qualification or compliance, or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, or any violation by the Corporation of the Securities Act or any other applicable federal and state securities laws or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder in connection with any such registration, qualification or compliance, and the Corporation will reimburse each such Holder, each of its officers, directors, partners, and legal counsel and each person controlling such Holder, each such underwriter and each person who controls any such underwriter, for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, provided that the Corporation will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such claim, loss, damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based on any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission, made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Corporation by such Holder, controlling person or underwriter and stated to be specifically for use therein.
 
        (b)    Each Holder will, if Registrable Securities held by such Holder are included in the securities as to which such registration, qualification or compliance is being effected, indemnify the Corporation, each of its directors and officers, each underwriter, if any, of the Corporation’s securities covered by such a registration statement, each person who controls the Corporation or such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, and each other Holder, each of its officers and directors, and each person controlling such Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any such registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document, or any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse the
 
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Corporation, such Holders, and such directors, officers, underwriters or control persons for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) is made in such registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Corporation by such Holder and stated to be specifically for use therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the liability of each Holder under this subsection (b) shall be limited to the proportion of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense which is equal to the proportion that the public offering price of the shares sold by such Holder under such registration statement bears to the total public offering price of all securities sold thereunder, but not to exceed the proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement.
 
        (c)    Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section 2.5 (the “Indemnified Party”) shall give notice to the party required to provide indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, provided that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or litigation resulting therefrom, shall be approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not unreasonably be withheld), and the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at such party’s expense, and provided further that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Section 2 unless the failure to give such notice is materially prejudicial to an Indemnifying Party’s ability to defend such action and provided further, that the Indemnifying Party shall not assume the defense for matters as to which there is a conflict of interest or separate and different defenses but shall bear the expense of such defense nevertheless. Each Indemnified Party shall furnish such information regarding itself or the claim in question as an Indemnifying Party may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in connection with the defense of such claim and litigation resulting therefrom. No Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation, shall, except with the consent of each Indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, no Indemnifying Party shall be obligated to indemnify any Indemnified Party for amounts paid by the Indemnified Party in settlement of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Indemnifying Party (which consent has not been unreasonably withheld).
 
        (d)    If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section 2.5 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Party under such paragraphs in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses or actions in respect thereof referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Party shall in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions in such proportion as appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Corporation, the underwriters, and the Holder of such Registrable Securities, respectively, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damage, liabilities, expenses or actions in respect thereof as well as any other relevant equitable considerations, including the failure to give any notice under paragraph (c). The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact relates to information supplied by the Corporation, on the one hand, or the underwriters or the Holders of such Registrable Securities, on the other, and to the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Corporation and each of the Holders agrees that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this paragraph were determined by pro rata allocation (even if all of the Holders of such Registrable Securities were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which did not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a
 
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result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this paragraph, shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, no Holder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the lesser of (i) the proportion that the public offering price of shares sold by such Holder under such registration statement bears to the total public offering price of all securities sold thereunder, but not to exceed the proceeds received by such Holder for the sale of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement and (ii) the amount of any damages which they would have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentations (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act), shall be entitled to contribution from any person who is not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
 
        (e)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement (if any) entered into in connection with an underwritten public offering of the Registrable Securities are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in such underwriting agreement shall control.
 
        2.6    Information by Holder
 
        The Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities included in any registration shall furnish to the Corporation such information regarding such Holder or Holders, the Registrable Securities held by them and the distribution proposed by such Holder or Holders as the Corporation may reasonably request in writing and as shall be required in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance referred to in this Section 2.
 
        2.7    Rule 144 Reporting
 
        With a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the Commission which may at any time permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the public without registration, the Corporation agrees to use its best efforts to:
 
        (a)    At all times make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act;
 
        (b)    File with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Corporation under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
 
        (c)    So long as a Holder owns any Registrable Securities to furnish to the Holder forthwith upon request a written statement by the Corporation as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of said Rule 144, and of the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Corporation, and such other reports and documents of the Corporation and other information in the possession of or reasonably obtainable by the Corporation as a Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the Commission allowing a Holder to sell any such securities without registration.
 
        2.8    Transfer of Registration Rights
 
        The rights to cause the Corporation to register securities granted to Holders under this Section 2 may be assigned (a) to a transferee or assignee in connection with any transfer or assignment of Registrable Securities by a Holder of not less than 20,000 shares of Registrable Securities (as presently constituted and subject to subsequent adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, reverse stock splits, and the like), or (b) to the estate of a Holder, provided in each case that such transfer may otherwise be effected in accordance with applicable securities laws and written notice of the transfer is given to the Corporation at the time of or within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, stating the name and address of
 
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the transferee or assignee and identifying the Registrable Securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned, and provided, further, that the transferee or assignee of such rights agrees in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as if such transferee were a party hereto.
 
        2.9    Standoff Agreement
 
        Each Holder agrees, in connection with registered public offerings of the Corporation’s securities for the account of the Corporation, upon request of the Corporation or the underwriters managing any underwritten offering of the Corporation’s securities, not to sell, make any short sale of or otherwise dispose of any Registrable Securities (other than those included in the registration) without the prior written consent of the Corporation or such underwriters, as the case may be, for such period of time (not to exceed 120 days in the case of other public offerings) from the effective date of such registration as may be requested by the underwriters, provided, that the officers and directors of the Corporation who own stock of the Corporation also agree to such restrictions.
 
        2.10    Termination of Registration Rights
 
        The rights granted under this Section 2 shall terminate one (1) year from the later of the exercise in full or termination of the Warrants.
 
        2.11    Delay of Registration
 
        No Holder or Holders shall have any right to take any action to restrain, enjoin, or otherwise delay any registration as a result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Section 2.
 
        2.12    Use of Form S-3
 
        With a view to maintaining its eligibility to use Form S-3, the Corporation agrees to use its best efforts to file with the Commission in a timely manner (i) all the material required to be filed pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (ii) all reports and other documents required to be filed by the Corporation under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; provided, however, that there can be no assurance that the Corporation will remain eligible for use of Form S-3 or that any Form S-3 filed by the Corporation with respect to the Registrable Securities will be declared effective.
 
3.    Miscellaneous
 
        3.1    Waivers and Amendments
 
        With the written consent of both the Corporation and Holders of a majority of outstanding Registrable Securities originally acquired by Wainwright then held by Holders (voting together as a class), the obligations of the Corporation and the rights of such Holders of Registrable Securities under this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, and either for a specified period of time or indefinitely), and with the same consent the Corporation, when authorized by resolution of its Board of Directors, may enter into a supplementary agreement for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement. Neither this Agreement nor any provisions hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, other than by a signed statement in writing.
 
        3.2    Governing Law
 
        This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Oregon as such laws are applied to agreements between Oregon residents entered into and to be performed entirely within Oregon.
 
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        3.3    Successors and Assigns
 
        Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the parties hereto.
 
        3.4    Entire Agreement
 
        This Agreement constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subjects hereof.
 
        3.5    Notices
 
        All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be effective upon receipt and shall be in writing and may be delivered in person, by telecopy, electronic mail, overnight delivery service or U.S. mail, in which event it may be mailed by first class, postage prepaid, addressed (a) if to Wainwright, at the address set forth on the signature page hereto, or at such other address as the Holder shall have furnished to the Corporation, or (b) if to the Corporation, at 7620 SW Bridgeport Road, Portland, Oregon 97224, Attention: President, or at such other address as shall have furnished to the Holders in writing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all notices and communications to addresses outside the United States shall be given by telecopier and confirmed in writing sent by overnight or two-day courier service.
 
        3.6    Titles and Subtitles
 
        The titles of the paragraphs and subparagraphs of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.
 
        3.7    Litigation; Prevailing Party
 
        In the event of any litigation between the Corporation and Wainwright with regard to this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reimbursement from the nonprevailing party for all reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the prevailing party.
 
        3.8    Nominees
 
        Securities registered in the name of a nominee for a Holder shall, for purposes of this Agreement, be treated as being owned by such Holder.
 
        3.9    Counterparts
 
        This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of a signed counterpart by and between telephone facsimile transmission shall between effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.
 
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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date set forth above.
 
BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
 
By: 
Name: James C. O’Shea
Title: President and CEO
 
H.C. WAINWRIGHT & CO., INC.
 
By: 
 
Name: 
 
Title: 
 
    
Address:
One Boston Place
Boston MA 02108
Attn: General Counsel
 
Telecopy: (617) 788-9520
 
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EX-10.27 5 dex1027.htm FORM OF SERIES "T" COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT FORM OF SERIES "T" COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
 
EXHIBIT 10.27
 
THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE LAWS, AND NO INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE SOLD, DISTRIBUTED, ASSIGNED, OFFERED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS COVERING ANY SUCH TRANSACTION OR SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT AND LAWS, SUCH COMPLIANCE, AT THE OPTION OF THE CORPORATION, TO BE EVIDENCED BY AN OPINION OF WARRANTHOLDER’S COUNSEL, IN FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CORPORATION, THAT NO VIOLATION OF SUCH REGISTRATION PROVISIONS WOULD RESULT FROM ANY PROPOSED TRANSFER OR ASSIGNMENT.
 
SERIES “T” COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
 
Bioject Medical Technologies Inc.
 
        THIS CERTIFIES that for good and valuable consideration received, H.C. Wainwright & Co., Inc., or registered assigns, is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to acquire from Bioject Medical Technologies Inc., an Oregon corporation (the “Corporation”) up to 15,000 fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock, without par value, of the Corporation (“Warrant Stock”) at a purchase price per share (the “Exercise Price”) of $                       .
 
1.    Term of Warrant
 
        Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, this Warrant shall be exercisable, in whole or from time to time in part, at any time on or after the date hereof (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and at or prior to 11:59 p.m., Pacific Standard Time, on August 2, 2005 (the “Expiration Time”), unless otherwise extended by the Corporation.
 
2.    Exercise of Warrant
 
        The purchase rights represented by this Warrant are exercisable by the registered holder hereof, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time at or prior to the Expiration Time by the surrender of this Warrant and the Notice of Exercise form attached hereto duly executed to the office of the Corporation at 7620 S.W. Bridgeport Road, Portland, Oregon 97224 (or such other office or agency of the Corporation as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered holder hereof at the address of such holder appearing on the books of the Corporation), and upon payment of the Exercise Price for the shares thereby purchased (by cash or by check or bank draft payable to the order of the Corporation or by cancellation of indebtedness of the Corporation to the holder hereof, if any, at the time of exercise in an amount equal to the purchase price of the shares thereby purchased); whereupon the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled to receive from the Corporation a stock certificate in proper form representing the number of shares of Warrant Stock so purchased.
 
3.    Issuance of Shares; No Fractional Shares of Scrip
 
        Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be delivered to the holder hereof by the Corporation’s transfer agent at the Corporation’s expense within a reasonable time after the date on which this Warrant shall have been exercised in accordance with the terms hereof. Each certificate so delivered shall be in such denominations as may be requested by the holder hereof and shall be registered in the name of such holder or, subject to applicable laws, other name as shall be requested by such holder. If, upon exercise of this Warrant, fewer than all of the shares of Warrant Stock evidenced by this Warrant are purchased prior to the Expiration Time, one or more new warrants substantially in the form of, and on the terms in, this Warrant will be issued for the remaining number of shares of Warrant Stock not purchased upon exercise of this Warrant. The Corporation
 
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hereby represents and warrants that all shares of Warrant Stock which may be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant will, upon such exercise, be duly and validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges in respect of the issuance thereof (other than liens or charges created by or imposed upon the holder of the Warrant Stock). The Corporation agrees that the shares so issued shall be and be deemed to be issued to such holder as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered for exercise in accordance with the terms hereof. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. With respect to any fraction of a share called for upon the exercise of this Warrant, an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the then current price at which each share may be purchased hereunder shall be paid in cash to the holder of this Warrant.
 
4.    Charges, Taxes and Expenses
 
        Issuance of certificates for shares of Warrant Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the holder hereof for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Corporation, and such certificates shall be issued in the name of the holder of this Warrant or in such name or names as may be directed by the holder of this Warrant; provided, however, that in the event certificates for shares of Warrant Stock are to be issued in a name other than the name of the holder of this Warrant, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the holder hereof.
 
5.    No Rights as Shareholders
 
        This Warrant does not entitle the holder hereof to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the Corporation prior to the exercise hereof.
 
6.    Registration Rights
 
        This Warrant is a Series “T” Warrant identified in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of August 2, 2000 between the Corporation and the parties listed on the signature pages thereto. A transferee of this Warrant may become a “Holder” as defined in such agreement upon compliance with the requirements of such agreement.
 
7.    Exchange and Registry of Warrant
 
        This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the registered holder at the above-mentioned office or agency of the Corporation, for a new Warrant of like tenor and dated as of such exchange. The Corporation shall maintain at the above-mentioned office or agency a registry showing the name and address of the registered holder of this Warrant. This Warrant may be surrendered for exchange, transfer or exercise, in accordance with its terms, at such office or agency of the Corporation, and the Corporation shall be entitled to rely in all respects, prior to written notice to the contrary, upon such registry.
 
8.    Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant
 
        Upon receipt by the Corporation of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and in case of loss, theft or destruction of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it, and upon reimbursement to the Corporation of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Corporation will make and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of this Warrant.
 
9.    Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays
 
        If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall be a Saturday or a Sunday or shall be a legal holiday, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.
 
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10.    Merger, Sale of Assets, Etc.
 
        If at any time the Corporation proposes to merge or consolidate with or into any other corporation, effect any reorganization, or sell or convey all or substantially all of its assets to any other entity, then, as a condition of such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the Corporation or its successor, as the case may be, shall enter into a supplemental agreement to make lawful and adequate provision whereby the holder shall have the right to receive, upon exercise of the Warrant, the kind and amount of equity securities which would have been received upon such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of a number of shares of common stock equal to the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant immediately prior to such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance. If the property to be received upon such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance is not equity securities, the Corporation shall give the holder of this Warrant ten (10) business days prior written notice of the proposed effective date of such transaction, and if this Warrant has not been exercised by or on the effective date of such transaction, it shall terminate.
 
11.    Certain Adjustments
 
        11.1    Adjustment of Warrant Stock.    The number, class and Exercise Price per share of securities for which this Warrant may be exercised are subject to adjustment from time to time upon the happening of certain events as hereinafter provided:
 
        (a)    Recapitalization.    If the outstanding shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock are divided into a greater number of shares or if the Corporation shall effect a stock dividend, the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately increased and the Exercise Price per share shall be proportionately reduced. Conversely, if the outstanding shares of Common Stock are combined into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately reduced and the Exercise Price per share shall be proportionately increased. The increases and reductions provided for in this Section 11.1(a) shall be made with the intent and, as nearly as practicable, the effect that neither the percentage of the total equity of the Corporation obtainable on exercise of this Warrant nor the aggregate price payable for such percentage shall be affected by any event described in this Section 11.1(a).
 
        (b)    Merger or Reorganization, Etc.     In the event of any change in the Common Stock through merger, consolidation, reclassification, reorganization, partial or complete liquidation or other change in the capital structure of the Corporation (not including the issuance of additional shares of capital stock other than by stock dividend or stock split), then, the Holder of this Warrant will have the right thereafter to receive upon the exercise of this Warrant the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities or property to which it would have been entitled if, immediately before the merger, consolidation, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other change in the capital structure, it had held the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable upon the exercise of this Warrant. In any such case, appropriate adjustment shall be made in the application of the provisions of this Section 11 with respect to the rights of the Holder after the merger, consolidation, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other change to the end that the provisions of this Section 11 (including adjustment of the Exercise Price then in effect and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant) shall be applicable after that event as nearly equivalent as may be practicable.
 
        (c)    Adjustment for Dividends or Distributions of Stock or Other Securities or Property.    In case the Corporation shall make or issue, or shall fix a record date for the determination of eligible holders entitled to receive, a dividend or other distribution with respect to the Warrant Stock (or any shares of stock or other securities at the time issuable upon exercise of the Warrant) payable in (i) securities of the Corporation (other than as provided for in Section 11.1(a) or (b) above) or any other entity or (ii) assets (excluding cash dividends paid or payable solely out of retained earnings), then, in each such case, upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation, effective date or record date of such dividend or other distribution, the Holder shall receive, in addition to the Warrant Stock (or such other stock or
 
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securities) issuable on such exercise prior to such date, and without the payment of additional consideration therefor, the securities or such other assets of the Corporation to which such Holder would have been entitled upon such date if such Holder had exercised this Warrant on the Initial Exercise Date and had thereafter, during the period from the Initial Exercise Date to and including the date of such exercise, retained such shares and/or all other additional stock or securities available by it as aforesaid during such period giving effect to all adjustments called for by this Section 11.
 
        (d)    Sale of Shares Below Exercise Price.
 
        (i)    If the Corporation shall issue any Additional Stock (as defined below) without consideration or for a consideration per share less than $7.75 (adjusted appropriately for stock dividends, splits, combinations and similar transactions) in effect immediately prior to the issuance of such Additional Stock in a transaction not subject to Section 11.1(a), (b) or (c) above, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to issuance of such Additional Stock (except as otherwise provided in this Section 11.1(d)) shall be adjusted down to a price equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the total computed under clause (x) below by the total computed under clause (y) below as follows:
 
        (x)    an amount equal to the sum of (1) the result obtained by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock deemed outstanding immediately prior to such issuance (which shall include the actual number of shares outstanding plus all shares issuable upon the conversion or exercise of all outstanding convertible securities, warrants and options other than shares excluded from the definition of Additional Stock by Section 11.1(d)(vi)) by the Exercise Price then in effect, and (2) the aggregate consideration, if any, received by the Corporation upon the issuance of such Additional Stock;
 
        (y)    the number of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation outstanding immediately after such issuance (including the shares deemed outstanding as provided in clause (x) above).
 
        (ii)    No adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made in an amount less than $0.01 per share; provided, however, that any adjustments which are not required to be made by reason of this sentence shall be carried forward and shall be taken into account in any subsequent adjustment made to the Exercise Price. Except as provided in Sections 11.1(d)(v)(C) and (D) below, no adjustment of the Exercise Price shall have the effect of increasing the Exercise Price above the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment.
 
        (iii)    In the case of the issuance of Common Stock for cash, the consideration shall be deemed to be the amount of cash paid therefor before deducting any discounts, commissions or other expenses allowed, paid or incurred by the Corporation for any underwriting or otherwise in connection with the issuance and sale thereof.
 
        (iv)    In the case of the issuance of Common Stock for a consideration in whole or in part other than cash, the consideration other than cash shall be deemed to be the fair value thereof as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors irrespective of any accounting treatment.
 
        (v)    In the case of the issuance of options or warrants to purchase or rights to subscribe for Common Stock, securities by their terms convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, or options or warrants to purchase or rights to subscribe for such convertible or exchangeable securities (which options, warrants, rights, convertible or exchangeable securities are not excluded from the definition of Additional Stock except as provided in Section 11.1(d)(vi)(B)), the following provisions shall apply:
 
        (A)    the aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon exercise of such options or warrants to purchase or rights to subscribe for Common Stock shall be deemed to have been issued at the time such options, warrants, or rights were issued for a consideration equal to the consideration (determined in the manner provided in Sections 11.1(d)(iii) and (iv) above), if any, received by the Corporation upon the issuance of such options, warrants or rights
 
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plus the minimum purchase price provided in such options, warrants or rights for the Common Stock covered thereby, but no further adjustment to the Exercise Price shall be made for the actual issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise of such options, warrants or rights in accordance with their terms;
 
        (B)    the aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion of or in exchange for any such convertible or exchangeable securities or upon the exercise of options or warrants to purchase or rights to subscribe for such convertible or exchangeable securities and subsequent conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued at the time such securities were issued or such options, warrants or rights were issued for a consideration equal to the consideration received, if any, by the Corporation for any such securities and any related options, warrants or rights, plus the minimum additional consideration, if any, to be received by the Corporation upon the conversion or exchange of such securities or the exercise of any related options, warrants or rights (the consideration in each case to be determined in the manner provided in Sections 11.1(d)(iii) and (iv) above), but no further adjustment to the Exercise Price shall be made for the actual issuance of Common Stock upon the conversion or exchange of such securities in accordance with their terms;
 
        (C)    if such options, warrants, rights or convertible or exchangeable securities by their terms provide, with the passage of time or otherwise, for any change in the consideration payable to the Corporation or in the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise, conversion or exchange thereof, including, without limitation, a change resulting from the antidilution provisions thereof, the Exercise Price computed upon the original issue thereof, and any subsequent adjustments based thereon, shall, upon such change becoming effective, be recomputed to reflect such change, but no further adjustment to the Exercise Price shall be made for the actual issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise of any such options, warrants or rights or the conversion or exchange of such securities in accordance with their terms; and
 
        (D)    upon the expiration of any such options, warrants or rights, the termination of any such rights to convert or exchange or the expiration of any options, warrants or rights related to such convertible or exchangeable securities, the Exercise Price shall forthwith be readjusted to such Exercise Price as would have been obtained had the adjustment which was made upon the issuance of such options, warrants, rights or securities or options, warrants or rights related to such securities been made upon the basis of the issuance of only the number of shares of Common Stock (and convertible or exchangeable securities which remain in effect) actually issued upon the exercise of such options, warrants or rights, upon the conversion or exchange of such securities or upon the exercise of the options, warrants or rights related to such securities.
 
        (vi)    “Additional Stock” shall mean any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock issued (or deemed to have been issued pursuant to Section 11.1(d)(v) above) by the Corporation after the Initial Exercise Date other than:
 
        (A)    Common Stock issued in connection with a transaction described in Section 11.1(a), (b) or (c);
 
        (B)    shares of Common Stock (and options to purchase shares of Common Stock) issued or issuable to employees, officers or directors of, or consultants to, the Corporation pursuant to a stock option, employee stock purchase or restricted stock plan approved by the Corporation’s Board of Directors;
 
        (C)    shares of Common Stock (adjusted appropriately for stock dividends, splits, combinations and similar transactions) issued or issuable upon the exercise of warrants outstanding on the Initial Exercise Date;
 
        (D)    shares of Common Stock, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock, issued to financial institutions or equipment lessors in connection
 
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with commercial credit arrangements, equipment financings or similar transactions not primarily for equity financing purposes and which have been approved by the Corporation’s Board of Directors; and
 
        (E)    shares of Common Stock, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock, issued in connection with business combinations or corporate partnering agreements approved by the Corporation’s Board of Directors.
 
        11.2    Notice of Adjustment.    Whenever an event occurs requiring any adjustment to be made pursuant to Section 11.1, the Corporation shall promptly file with its Secretary or an assistant secretary at its principal office and with its stock transfer agent, if any, a certificate of its President or Chief Financial Officer specifying such adjustment, setting forth in reasonable detail the acts requiring such adjustment, and stating such other facts as shall be necessary to show the manner and figures used to compute such adjustment. Such certificate shall be made available at all reasonable times for inspection by the Holder. Promptly (but in no event more than 30 days) after each such adjustment, the Corporation shall give a copy of such certificate by certified mail to the Holder.
 
12.    Transferability; Compliance with Securities Laws
 
        12.1    This Warrant may not be transferred or assigned in whole or in part without compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws by the transferor and transferee (including the delivery of investment representation letters and legal opinions reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, if requested by the Corporation). Subject to such restrictions, prior to the Expiration Time, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable by the holder hereof, in whole or in part, to transferees, including without limitation entities controlling, controlled by or under common control with H.C. Wainwright & Co., Inc. at the office or agency of the Corporation referred to in Section 1 hereof. Any such transfer shall be made in person or by the holder’s duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant together with the Assignment Form attached hereto properly endorsed.
 
        12.2    The Holder of this Warrant, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges that this Warrant and the Warrant Stock issuable upon exercise hereof are being acquired solely for the holder’s own account and not as a nominee for any other party, and for investment, and that the holder will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of this Warrant or any shares of Warrant Stock to be issued upon exercise hereof except under circumstances that will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws. Upon exercise of this Warrant, the holder shall, if requested by the Corporation, confirm in writing, in a form satisfactory to the Corporation, that the shares of Warrant Stock so purchased are being acquired solely for the holder’s own account and not as a nominee for any other party, for investment, and not with a view toward distribution or resale.
 
        12.3    The Warrant Stock has not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and this Warrant may not be exercised except by (i) the original purchaser of this Warrant from the Corporation or (ii) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Each certificate representing the Warrant Stock or other securities issued in respect of the Warrant Stock upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or similar event, shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend substantially in the following form (in addition to any legend required under applicable securities laws):
 
        THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED FOR VALUE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, NOR MAY THE SECURITIES BE TRANSFERRED ON THE BOOKS OF THE CORPORATION, WITHOUT REGISTRATION OF SUCH SECURITIES UNDER ALL APPLICABLE UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR COMPLIANCE WITH AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM,
 
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SUCH COMPLIANCE, AT THE OPTION OF THE CORPORATION, TO BE EVIDENCED BY AN OPINION OF SHAREHOLDER’S COUNSEL, IN FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CORPORATION, THAT NO VIOLATION OF SUCH REGISTRATION PROVISIONS WOULD RESULT FROM ANY PROPOSED TRANSFER OR ASSIGNMENT.
 
13.    Representations and Warranties
 
        The Corporation hereby represents and warrants to the holder hereof that:
 
        (a)    during the period this Warrant is outstanding, the Corporation will reserve from its authorized and unissued common stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of Warrant Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant;
 
        (b)    the issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to the Corporation’s officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the shares of Warrant Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant;
 
        (c)    the Corporation has all requisite legal and corporate power to execute and deliver this Warrant, to issue the common stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of this Warrant;
 
        (d)    all corporate action on the part of the Corporation, its directors and shareholders necessary for the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this Warrant by the Corporation, the authorization, sale, issuance and delivery of the Warrant Stock, the grant of registration rights as provided herein and the performance of the Corporation’s obligations hereunder has been taken;
 
        (e)    the Warrant Stock, when issued in compliance with the provisions of this Warrant and the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation (as they may be amended from time to time (the “Articles”)), will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and free of all taxes, liens or encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof, and will be issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws; and
 
        (f)    the issuance of the Warrant Stock will not be subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights.
 
14.    Corporation
 
        The Corporation will not, by amendment of its Articles or through any reorganization, recapitalization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Corporation, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the holder of the Warrant against impairment.
 
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15.    Governing Law
 
        This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Oregon.
 
        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Warrant to be executed by its duly authorized officer.
 
Dated: August 2, 2000
 
BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
 
By: 
Name: James C. O’Shea
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
 
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NOTICE OF EXERCISE
 
To: Bioject Medical Technologies Inc.
 
        (1)    The undersigned hereby elects to purchase                   shares of common stock of Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, and tenders herewith payment of the purchase price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
 
        (2)    In exercising this Warrant, the undersigned hereby confirms and acknowledges that the shares of common stock to be issued upon exercise hereof are being acquired solely for the account of the undersigned and not as a nominee for any other party, and for investment, and that the undersigned will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of any such shares of common stock except under circumstances that will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws.
 
        (3)    Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said shares of common stock in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
 
 

(Name)
 
 

(Address)
 
        (3)    The undersigned represents that (a) he, she or it is the original purchaser from the Corporation of the attached Warrant or an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and (b) the aforesaid shares of common stock are being acquired for the account of the undersigned for investment and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, the distribution thereof and that the undersigned has no present intention of distributing or reselling such shares.
 
 

(Date)
 

(Signature)
 
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
 
(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)
 
        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned registered owner of this Warrant hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the Assignee named below all of the rights of the undersigned under the within Warrant, with respect to the number of shares of common stock of Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. set forth below:
 
Name of Assignee
   Address
   No. of Shares
                                                                                                                                                                                         
           
           
 
and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney                                               to make such transfer on the books of Bioject Medical Technologies Inc., maintained for the purpose, with full power of substitution in the premises.
 
        The undersigned also represents that, by assignment hereof, the Assignee acknowledges that this Warrant and the shares of stock to be issued upon exercise hereof are being acquired for investment and that the Assignee will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of this Warrant or any shares of stock to be issued upon exercise hereof except under circumstances which will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws. Further, the Assignee shall, if requested by the Corporation, confirm in writing, in a form satisfactory to the Corporation, that the shares of stock so purchased are being acquired for investment and not with a view toward distribution or resale.
 
 
Dated: 
 
 
Holder’s Signature: 
 
 
Holder’s Address:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Guaranteed Signature:
 
        NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Warrant.
 
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EX-10.28 6 dex1028.htm REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT FOR "T" COMMON STOCK REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT FOR "T" COMMON STOCK
 
EXHIBIT 10.28
 
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
 
        This Agreement is made as of August 2, 2000 by and among BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC., an Oregon corporation (the “Corporation”), and H.C. Wainwright & Co., Inc. (“Wainwright”).
 
RECITALS
 
        Simultaneously herewith, the Corporation has issued a Series “T” Common Stock Purchase Warrant to Wainwright to purchase up to an aggregate of 15,000 shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock (the “Warrants”).
 
AGREEMENT
 
        NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed as follows:
 
1.    Certain Definitions
 
        As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:
 
        “Common Stock” shall mean shares of common stock, without par value, of the Corporation.
 
        “Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
        “Holder” shall mean the holders of Registrable Securities and any person holding such securities to whom the rights under this Agreement have been transferred in accordance with Section 2.8 hereof.
 
        “Registrable Securities” means (i) all shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock acquired upon exercise of the Series “T” Warrants (the “Shares”), and (ii) any Common Stock or other securities of the Corporation issued or issuable with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of the Shares or such additional shares upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, or similar event; provided, however, that shares of Common Stock or other securities shall only be treated as Registrable Securities for the purposes of Section 2 hereof if and so long as they have not been sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act, or otherwise to or through a broker or dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or a public securities transaction.
 
        The terms “register,” “registered” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such registration statement.
 
        “Registration Expenses” shall mean all expenses, except as otherwise stated below, incurred by the Corporation in complying with Section 2 hereof, including, without limitation, all registration, qualification and filing fees, printing expenses, escrow fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation and one special counsel to the selling Holders, blue sky fees and expenses, fees to Nasdaq to list the Shares or American Stock Transfer and Trust Company to issue the Shares, and the expense of any special audits incident to or required by any such registration.
 
        “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
 
        “Selling Expenses” shall mean all underwriting discounts, selling commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to the securities registered by the selling Holders and any other expenses that are not Registration Expenses and that are incurred by the selling Holders.
 
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2.    Registration Rights
 
        2.1    Company Registration
 
        (a)    Notice of Registration.     If at any time or from time to time the Corporation shall determine to register any of its securities, either for its own account or the account of a security holder or holders, other than a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans or a registration relating solely to a Commission Rule 145 transaction, the Corporation will:
 
        (i)    promptly give to each Holder written notice thereof; and
 
        (ii)    subject to Section 2.1(b), include in such registration (and any related qualification under blue sky laws or other compliance), and in any underwriting involved therein, all the Registrable Securities specified in a written request or requests made within 20 days after receipt of such written notice from the Corporation, by any Holder.
 
        (b)    Underwriting.    If the registration of which the Corporation gives notice is for a registered public offering involving an underwriting, the Corporation shall so advise the Holders as a part of the written notice given pursuant to Section 2.1(a) hereof. In such event the right of any Holder to registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Corporation) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, if the managing underwriter determines that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, the managing underwriter may limit the Registrable Securities and other securities to be distributed through such underwriting for the account of the requesting Holders (including persons other than Holders with registration rights relating to the Corporation’s Common Stock who have requested to participate in the underwritten offering (“Other Holders”)) to 20% of the total number of shares to be distributed. The Corporation shall so advise all Holders distributing their securities through such underwriting of such limitations and the number of shares of Registrable Securities, if any, that may be included in the registration (and underwriting, if any) shall be allocated among all Holders (including the Other Holders) in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective amounts of Registrable Securities and securities held by the Other Holders requested by such persons to be included in such Registration Statement. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions, the Corporation may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder or holder to the nearest 100 shares.
 
        (c)    Right to Terminate Registration.     The Corporation shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 2.1 prior to the effectiveness of such registration whether or not any Holder has elected to include securities in such registration. The Registration Expenses of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Corporation in accordance with Section 2.3 hereof.
 
        2.2    Demand Registration
 
        (a)    Any Holder holding a majority of Registrable Securities may request registration of such Registrable Securities. Upon receipt of such request (specifying that it is being made pursuant to this Section 2.2(a)), the Corporation shall use its best efforts to file within ninety (90) days of such receipt a registration statement on Form S-3 for the resale of the Registrable Securities and shall use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective as expeditiously as reasonably practical. The Corporation shall be obligated to prepare, file and cause to be effective only one registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.2(a). The Corporation shall be obligated to prepare, file and cause to be effective only two registration statements pursuant to this Section 2.2(a).
 
        Upon the receipt of such request, the Corporation shall:
 
        (i)    promptly give to each remaining Holder written notice that a registration is to be effected; and
 
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        (ii)    include in such registration (and any related qualification under blue sky laws or other compliance) all the Registrable Securities specified in a written request or requests made within 20 days after such written notice was sent by the Corporation, by any Holder.
 
        Further, the Corporation shall use all reasonable efforts to cause such registration to be a non-underwritten shelf registration pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act and to cause such shelf registration to be maintained effective for at least two (2) years.
 
        (b)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be obligated to take any action pursuant to this Section 2.2: (i) in any particular jurisdiction in which the Corporation would be required to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, qualification or compliance unless the Corporation is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities Act; or (ii) if the Corporation shall furnish to the Holders a certificate signed by the Chairman or President of the Corporation stating that the Corporation has reasonably determined that it should postpone for a specified period of time not to exceed 120 days in the case of clause (A) below, or 45 days in the case of clause (B) below (each, a “Blackout Period”), any action pursuant to this Section, including, without limitation, the preparation and/or filing of a registration statement or prospectus or any amendments or supplements to any registration statement or prospectus, because any such filing would (A) materially impede, delay or otherwise interfere with an offer or sale of securities, acquisition, corporate reorganization or other significant transaction involving the Corporation, or (B) require disclosure of material information (other than an event described in clause (A) above) which, if disclosed at that time, would be materially harmful to the interests of the Corporation and its shareholders. Upon delivery of such a certificate to the Holders by the Corporation, each of the Holders covenants that he shall (X) keep the fact of the notice strictly confidential, (Y) promptly halt any offer, sale, trading or transfer by him and his affiliates of any Common Stock for the duration of the Blackout Period set forth in the certificate or until the Blackout Period is earlier terminated by the Corporation and (Z) promptly halt any use or distribution of the registration statement and prospectus by him and his affiliates for the duration of the Blackout Period or until such Blackout Period is earlier terminated by the Corporation. The Corporation shall not be entitled to deliver a certificate and impose a Blackout Period pursuant to Clause A more than once in any twelve month period.
 
        2.3    Expenses of Registration
 
        All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with registration pursuant to Section 2.1 and the first registration pursuant to Section 2.2 shall be borne by the Corporation. All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the second registration pursuant to Section 2.2 shall be borne by the Holder(s) participating in such registration. All Selling Expenses relating to securities registered on behalf of the Holders shall be borne by the Holders of securities included in such registration pro rata, severally and not jointly, among each other on the basis of the number of shares so registered.
 
        2.4    Registration Procedures
 
        In the case of each registration effected by the Corporation pursuant to this Section 2, the Corporation will keep each Holder advised in writing as to the initiation of each registration and as to the completion thereof. At its expense the Corporation will:
 
        (a)    Prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement with respect to such securities and use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become and remain effective for at least two (2) years or, if earlier, until the distribution described in the registration statement has been completed;
 
        (b)    Prepare and file with the Commission during the period specified in Section 2.4(a) such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with
 
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such registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement;
 
        (c)    Furnish to the Holders participating in such registration and to the underwriters of the securities being registered such reasonable number of copies of the registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus and such other documents as the Holders and such underwriters may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public offering of such securities;
 
        (d)    Furnish, at the request of any Holder requesting registration of Registrable Securities at the time such securities are delivered to the underwriters (if any) for sale in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 2, (i) an opinion, dated such date, of the counsel representing the Corporation for the purposes of such registration, in form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters and to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities and (ii) a letter dated the date of commencement of the offering and a “bring-down” letter dated as of the closing date of such offering, from the independent accountants of the Corporation, in form and substance as is customarily given by independent accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities.
 
        2.5    Indemnification
 
        (a)    The Corporation will indemnify each Holder and each person controlling such Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, with respect to which registration has been effected pursuant to this Section 2, and each underwriter, if any, and each person who controls any underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against all expenses, claims, losses, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), including any of the foregoing incurred in settlement of any litigation, commenced or threatened, arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document, or any amendment or supplement thereto, incident to any such registration, qualification or compliance, or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, or any violation by the Corporation of the Securities Act or any other applicable federal and state securities laws or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder in connection with any such registration, qualification or compliance, and the Corporation will reimburse each such Holder, each of its officers, directors, partners, and legal counsel and each person controlling such Holder, each such underwriter and each person who controls any such underwriter, for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, provided that the Corporation will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such claim, loss, damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based on any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission, made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Corporation by such Holder, controlling person or underwriter and stated to be specifically for use therein.
 
        (b)    Each Holder will, if Registrable Securities held by such Holder are included in the securities as to which such registration, qualification or compliance is being effected, indemnify the Corporation, each of its directors and officers, each underwriter, if any, of the Corporation’s securities covered by such a registration statement, each person who controls the Corporation or such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, and each other Holder, each of its officers and directors, and each person controlling such Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any such registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document, or any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse the
 
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Corporation, such Holders, and such directors, officers, underwriters or control persons for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) is made in such registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Corporation by such Holder and stated to be specifically for use therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the liability of each Holder under this subsection (b) shall be limited to the proportion of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense which is equal to the proportion that the public offering price of the shares sold by such Holder under such registration statement bears to the total public offering price of all securities sold thereunder, but not to exceed the proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement.
 
        (c)    Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section 2.5 (the “Indemnified Party”) shall give notice to the party required to provide indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, provided that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or litigation resulting therefrom, shall be approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not unreasonably be withheld), and the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at such party’s expense, and provided further that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Section 2 unless the failure to give such notice is materially prejudicial to an Indemnifying Party’s ability to defend such action and provided further, that the Indemnifying Party shall not assume the defense for matters as to which there is a conflict of interest or separate and different defenses but shall bear the expense of such defense nevertheless. Each Indemnified Party shall furnish such information regarding itself or the claim in question as an Indemnifying Party may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in connection with the defense of such claim and litigation resulting therefrom. No Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation, shall, except with the consent of each Indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, no Indemnifying Party shall be obligated to indemnify any Indemnified Party for amounts paid by the Indemnified Party in settlement of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Indemnifying Party (which consent has not been unreasonably withheld).
 
        (d)    If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section 2.5 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Party under such paragraphs in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses or actions in respect thereof referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Party shall in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions in such proportion as appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Corporation, the underwriters, and the Holder of such Registrable Securities, respectively, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damage, liabilities, expenses or actions in respect thereof as well as any other relevant equitable considerations, including the failure to give any notice under paragraph (c). The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact relates to information supplied by the Corporation, on the one hand, or the underwriters or the Holders of such Registrable Securities, on the other, and to the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Corporation and each of the Holders agrees that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this paragraph were determined by pro rata allocation (even if all of the Holders of such Registrable Securities were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which did not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a
 
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result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this paragraph, shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, no Holder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the lesser of (i) the proportion that the public offering price of shares sold by such Holder under such registration statement bears to the total public offering price of all securities sold thereunder, but not to exceed the proceeds received by such Holder for the sale of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement and (ii) the amount of any damages which they would have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentations (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act), shall be entitled to contribution from any person who is not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
 
        (e)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement (if any) entered into in connection with an underwritten public offering of the Registrable Securities are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in such underwriting agreement shall control.
 
        2.6    Information by Holder
 
        The Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities included in any registration shall furnish to the Corporation such information regarding such Holder or Holders, the Registrable Securities held by them and the distribution proposed by such Holder or Holders as the Corporation may reasonably request in writing and as shall be required in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance referred to in this Section 2.
 
        2.7    Rule 144 Reporting
 
        With a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the Commission which may at any time permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the public without registration, the Corporation agrees to use its best efforts to:
 
        (a)    At all times make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act;
 
        (b)    File with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Corporation under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
 
        (c)    So long as a Holder owns any Registrable Securities to furnish to the Holder forthwith upon request a written statement by the Corporation as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of said Rule 144, and of the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Corporation, and such other reports and documents of the Corporation and other information in the possession of or reasonably obtainable by the Corporation as a Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the Commission allowing a Holder to sell any such securities without registration.
 
        2.8    Transfer of Registration Rights
 
        The rights to cause the Corporation to register securities granted to Holders under this Section 2 may be assigned (a) to a transferee or assignee in connection with any transfer or assignment of Registrable Securities by a Holder of not less than 20,000 shares of Registrable Securities (as presently constituted and subject to subsequent adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, reverse stock splits, and the like), or (b) to the estate of a Holder, provided in each case that such transfer may otherwise be effected in accordance with applicable securities laws and written notice of the transfer is given to the Corporation at the time of or within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, stating the name and address of
 
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the transferee or assignee and identifying the Registrable Securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned, and provided, further, that the transferee or assignee of such rights agrees in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as if such transferee were a party hereto.
 
        2.9    Standoff Agreement
 
        Each Holder agrees, in connection with registered public offerings of the Corporation’s securities for the account of the Corporation, upon request of the Corporation or the underwriters managing any underwritten offering of the Corporation’s securities, not to sell, make any short sale of or otherwise dispose of any Registrable Securities (other than those included in the registration) without the prior written consent of the Corporation or such underwriters, as the case may be, for such period of time (not to exceed 120 days in the case of other public offerings) from the effective date of such registration as may be requested by the underwriters, provided, that the officers and directors of the Corporation who own stock of the Corporation also agree to such restrictions.
 
        2.10    Termination of Registration Rights
 
        The rights granted under this Section 2 shall terminate one (1) year from the later of the exercise in full or termination of the Warrants.
 
        2.11    Delay of Registration
 
        No Holder or Holders shall have any right to take any action to restrain, enjoin, or otherwise delay any registration as a result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Section 2.
 
        2.12    Use of Form S-3
 
        With a view to maintaining its eligibility to use Form S-3, the Corporation agrees to use its best efforts to file with the Commission in a timely manner (i) all the material required to be filed pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (ii) all reports and other documents required to be filed by the Corporation under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; provided, however, that there can be no assurance that the Corporation will remain eligible for use of Form S-3 or that any Form S-3 filed by the Corporation with respect to the Registrable Securities will be declared effective.
 
3.    Miscellaneous
 
        3.1    Waivers and Amendments
 
        With the written consent of both the Corporation and Holders of a majority of outstanding Registrable Securities originally acquired by Wainwright then held by Holders (voting together as a class), the obligations of the Corporation and the rights of such Holders of Registrable Securities under this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, and either for a specified period of time or indefinitely), and with the same consent the Corporation, when authorized by resolution of its Board of Directors, may enter into a supplementary agreement for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement. Neither this Agreement nor any provisions hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, other than by a signed statement in writing.
 
        3.2    Governing Law
 
        This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Oregon as such laws are applied to agreements between Oregon residents entered into and to be performed entirely within Oregon.
 
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        3.3    Successors and Assigns
 
        Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the parties hereto.
 
        3.4    Entire Agreement
 
        This Agreement constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subjects hereof.
 
        3.5    Notices
 
        All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be effective upon receipt and shall be in writing and may be delivered in person, by telecopy, electronic mail, overnight delivery service or U.S. mail, in which event it may be mailed by first class, postage prepaid, addressed (a) if to Wainwright, at the address set forth on the signature page hereto, or at such other address as the Holder shall have furnished to the Corporation, or (b) if to the Corporation, at 7620 SW Bridgeport Road, Portland, Oregon 97224, Attention: President, or at such other address as shall have furnished to the Holders in writing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all notices and communications to addresses outside the United States shall be given by telecopier and confirmed in writing sent by overnight or two-day courier service.
 
        3.6    Titles and Subtitles
 
        The titles of the paragraphs and subparagraphs of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.
 
        3.7    Litigation; Prevailing Party
 
        In the event of any litigation between the Corporation and Wainwright with regard to this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reimbursement from the nonprevailing party for all reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the prevailing party.
 
        3.8    Nominees
 
        Securities registered in the name of a nominee for a Holder shall, for purposes of this Agreement, be treated as being owned by such Holder.
 
        3.9    Counterparts
 
        This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of a signed counterpart by and between telephone facsimile transmission shall between effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.
 
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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date set forth above.
 
BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
 
 
By: 
Name: James C. O’Shea
Title: President and CEO
 
H.C. WAINWRIGHT & CO., INC.
 
 
By: 
 
 
Name: 
 
 
Title: 
 
    
Address:
One Boston Place
Boston MA 02108
Attn: General Counsel
 
Telecopy: (617) 788-9520
 
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EX-10.29 7 dex1029.htm FORM OF SERIES "U" COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT FORM OF SERIES "U" COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
 
EXHIBIT 10.29
 
THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE LAWS, AND NO INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE SOLD, DISTRIBUTED, ASSIGNED, OFFERED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS COVERING ANY SUCH TRANSACTION OR SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT AND LAWS, SUCH COMPLIANCE, AT THE OPTION OF THE CORPORATION, TO BE EVIDENCED BY AN OPINION OF WARRANTHOLDER’S COUNSEL, IN FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CORPORATION, THAT NO VIOLATION OF SUCH REGISTRATION PROVISIONS WOULD RESULT FROM ANY PROPOSED TRANSFER OR ASSIGNMENT.
 
SERIES “U” COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
 
Bioject Medical Technologies Inc.
 
        THIS CERTIFIES that for good and valuable consideration received, MEDAcorp, Inc., or registered assigns, is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to acquire from Bioject Medical Technologies Inc., an Oregon corporation (the “Corporation”) up to 10,000 fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock, without par value, of the Corporation (“Warrant Stock”) at a purchase price per share (the “Exercise Price”) of $6.45.
 
1.    Term of Warrant
 
        Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, this Warrant shall be exercisable, in whole or from time to time in part, at any time on or after the date hereof and at or prior to 11:59 p.m., Pacific time, on November 22, 2003 (the “Expiration Time”).
 
2.    Exercise of Warrant
 
        The purchase rights represented by this Warrant are exercisable by the registered holder hereof, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time at or prior to the Expiration Time by the surrender of this Warrant and the Notice of Exercise form attached hereto duly executed to the office of the Corporation at 7620 S.W. Bridgeport Road, Portland, Oregon 97224 (or such other office or agency of the Corporation as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered holder hereof at the address of such holder appearing on the books of the Corporation), and upon payment of the Exercise Price for the shares thereby purchased (by cash or by check or bank draft payable to the order of the Corporation or by cancellation of indebtedness of the Corporation to the holder hereof, if any, at the time of exercise in an amount equal to the purchase price of the shares thereby purchased); whereupon the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled to receive from the Corporation a stock certificate in proper form representing the number of shares of Warrant Stock so purchased.
 
3.    Issuance of Shares; No Fractional Shares of Scrip
 
        Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be delivered to the holder hereof by the Corporation’s transfer agent at the Corporation’s expense within a reasonable time after the date on which this Warrant shall have been exercised in accordance with the terms hereof. Each certificate so delivered shall be in such denominations as may be requested by the holder hereof and shall be registered in the name of such holder or, subject to applicable laws, other name as shall be requested by such holder. If, upon exercise of this Warrant, fewer than all of the shares of Warrant Stock evidenced by this Warrant are purchased prior to the Expiration Time, one or more new warrants substantially in the form of, and on the terms in, this Warrant will be issued for the remaining number of shares of Warrant Stock not purchased upon exercise of this Warrant. The Corporation
 
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hereby represents and warrants that all shares of Warrant Stock which may be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant will, upon such exercise, be duly and validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges in respect of the issuance thereof (other than liens or charges created by or imposed upon the holder of the Warrant Stock). The Corporation agrees that the shares so issued shall be and be deemed to be issued to such holder as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered for exercise in accordance with the terms hereof. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. With respect to any fraction of a share called for upon the exercise of this Warrant, an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the then current price at which each share may be purchased hereunder shall be paid in cash to the holder of this Warrant.
 
4.    Charges, Taxes and Expenses
 
        Issuance of certificates for shares of Warrant Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the holder hereof for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Corporation, and such certificates shall be issued in the name of the holder of this Warrant or in such name or names as may be directed by the holder of this Warrant; provided, however, that in the event certificates for shares of Warrant Stock are to be issued in a name other than the name of the holder of this Warrant, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the holder hereof.
 
5.    No Rights as Shareholders
 
        This Warrant does not entitle the holder hereof to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the Corporation prior to the exercise hereof.
 
6.    Registration Rights
 
        This Warrant is a Series “U” Warrant identified in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of November 22, 2000 between the Corporation and the parties listed on the signature pages thereto. A transferee of this Warrant may become a “Holder” as defined in such agreement upon compliance with the requirements of such agreement.
 
7.    Exchange and Registry of Warrant
 
        This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the registered holder at the above-mentioned office or agency of the Corporation, for a new Warrant of like tenor and dated as of such exchange. The Corporation shall maintain at the above-mentioned office or agency a registry showing the name and address of the registered holder of this Warrant. This Warrant may be surrendered for exchange, transfer or exercise, in accordance with its terms, at such office or agency of the Corporation, and the Corporation shall be entitled to rely in all respects, prior to written notice to the contrary, upon such registry.
 
8.    Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant
 
        Upon receipt by the Corporation of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and in case of loss, theft or destruction of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it, and upon reimbursement to the Corporation of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Corporation will make and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of this Warrant.
 
9.    Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays
 
        If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall be a Saturday or a Sunday or shall be a legal holiday, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.
 
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10.    Merger, Sale of Assets, Etc.
 
        If at any time the Corporation proposes to merge or consolidate with or into any other corporation, effect any reorganization, or sell or convey all or substantially all of its assets to any other entity, then, as a condition of such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the Corporation or its successor, as the case may be, shall enter into a supplemental agreement to make lawful and adequate provision whereby the holder shall have the right to receive, upon exercise of the Warrant, the kind and amount of equity securities which would have been received upon such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of a number of shares of common stock equal to the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant immediately prior to such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance. If the property to be received upon such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance is not equity securities, the Corporation shall give the holder of this Warrant ten (10) business days prior written notice of the proposed effective date of such transaction, and if this Warrant has not been exercised by or on the effective date of such transaction, it shall terminate.
 
11.    Subdivision, Combination, Reclassification, Conversion, Etc.
 
        If the Corporation at any time shall, by subdivision, combination, reclassification of securities or otherwise, change the Warrant Stock into the same or a different number of securities of any class or classes, this Warrant shall thereafter entitle the holder to acquire such number and kind of securities as would have been issuable in respect of the Warrant Stock (or other securities which were subject to the purchase rights under this Warrant immediately prior to such subdivision, combination, reclassification or other change) as the result of such change if this Warrant had been exercised in full for cash immediately prior to such change. The Exercise Price hereunder shall be adjusted if and to the extent necessary to reflect such change. If the Warrant Stock or other securities issuable upon exercise hereof are subdivided or combined into a greater or smaller number of shares of such security, the number of shares issuable hereunder shall be proportionately increased or decreased, as the case may be, and the Exercise Price shall be proportionately reduced or increased, as the case may be, in both cases according to the ratio which the total number of shares of such security to be outstanding immediately after such even bears to the total number of shares of such security outstanding immediately prior to such event. The Corporation shall give the holder prompt written notice of any change in the type of securities issuable hereunder, any adjustment of the Exercise Price for the securities issuable hereunder, and any increase or decrease in the number of shares issuable hereunder.
 
12.    Transferability; Compliance with Securities Laws
 
        (a)    This Warrant may not be transferred or assigned in whole or in part without compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws by the transferor and transferee (including the delivery of investment representation letters and legal opinions reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, if requested by the Corporation). Subject such restrictions, prior to the Expiration Time, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable by the holder hereof, in whole or in part, at the office or agency of the Corporation referred to in Section 1 hereof. Any such transfer shall be made in person or by the holder’s duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant together with the Assignment Form attached hereto properly endorsed.
 
        (b)    The Holder of this Warrant, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges that this Warrant and the Warrant Stock issuable upon exercise hereof are being acquired solely for the holder’s own account and not as a nominee for any other party, and for investment, and that the holder will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of this Warrant or any shares of Warrant Stock to be issued upon exercise hereof except under circumstances that will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws. Upon exercise of this Warrant, the holder shall, if requested by the Corporation, confirm in writing, in a form satisfactory to the Corporation, that the shares of Warrant Stock so purchased are being acquired solely for holder’s own account and not as a nominee for any other party, for investment, and not with a view toward distribution or resale.
 
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        (c)    The Warrant Stock has not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and this Warrant may not be exercised except by (i) the original purchaser of this Warrant from the Corporation or (ii) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Each certificate representing the Warrant Stock or other securities issued in respect of the Warrant Stock upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or similar event, shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend substantially in the following form (in addition to any legend required under applicable securities laws):
 
        THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED FOR VALUE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, NOR MAY THE SECURITIES BE TRANSFERRED ON THE BOOKS OF THE CORPORATION, WITHOUT REGISTRATION OF SUCH SECURITIES UNDER ALL APPLICABLE UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR COMPLIANCE WITH AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM, SUCH COMPLIANCE, AT THE OPTION OF THE CORPORATION, TO BE EVIDENCED BY AN OPINION OF SHAREHOLDER’S COUNSEL, IN FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CORPORATION, THAT NO VIOLATION OF SUCH REGISTRATION PROVISIONS WOULD RESULT FROM ANY PROPOSED TRANSFER OR ASSIGNMENT.
 
13.    Representations and Warranties
 
        The Corporation hereby represents and warrants to the holder hereof that:
 
        (a)    during the period this Warrant is outstanding, the Corporation will reserve from its authorized and unissued common stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of Warrant Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant;
 
        (b)    the issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to the Corporation’s officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the shares of Warrant Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant;
 
        (c)    the Corporation has all requisite legal and corporate power to execute and deliver this Warrant, to sell and issue the Warrant Stock hereunder, to issue the common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant Stock and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of this Warrant;
 
        (d)    all corporate action on the part of the Corporation, its directors and shareholders necessary for the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this Warrant by the Corporation, the authorization, sale, issuance and delivery of the Warrant Stock, the grant of registration rights as provided herein and the performance of the Corporation’s obligations hereunder has been taken;
 
        (e)    the Warrant Stock, when issued in compliance with the provisions of this Warrant and the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation (as they may be amended from time to time (the “Articles”)), will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and free of all taxes, liens or encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof, and will be issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws; and
 
        (f)    the issuance of the Warrant Stock will not be subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights.
 
14.    Corporation
 
        The Corporation will not, by amendment of its Articles or through any reorganization, recapitalization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Corporation, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the holder of the Warrant against impairment.
 
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15.    Governing Law
 
        This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Oregon.
 
        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Warrant to be executed by its duly authorized officers.
 
Dated: November 22, 2000
 
BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
 
By: 
Name: Christine M. Farrell
Title: Controller & Secretary
 
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NOTICE OF EXERCISE
 
To: Bioject Medical Technologies Inc.
 
        (1)    The undersigned hereby elects to purchase                   shares of common stock of Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, and tenders herewith payment of the purchase price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
 
        (2)    In exercising this Warrant, the undersigned hereby confirms and acknowledges that the shares of common stock to be issued upon exercise hereof are being acquired solely for the account of the undersigned and not as a nominee for any other party, and for investment, and that the undersigned will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of any such shares of common stock except under circumstances that will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws.
 
        (3)    Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said shares of common stock in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
 
 

(Name)
 
 

(Address)
 
        (4)    The undersigned represents that (a) he, she or it is the original purchaser from the Corporation of the attached Warrant or an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and (b) the aforesaid shares of common stock are being acquired for the account of the undersigned for investment and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, the distribution thereof and that the undersigned has no present intention of distributing or reselling such shares.
 
 

(Date)
 

(Signature)
 
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
 
(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)
 
        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned registered owner of this Warrant hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the Assignee named below all of the rights of the undersigned under the within Warrant, with respect to the number of shares of common stock of Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. set forth below:
 
Name of Assignee
   Address
   No. of Shares
                                                                                                                                                                                         
           
           
 
and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney                                                   to make such transfer on the books of Bioject Medical Technologies Inc., maintained for the purpose, with full power of substitution in the premises.
 
        The undersigned also represents that, by assignment hereof, the Assignee acknowledges that this Warrant and the shares of stock to be issued upon exercise hereof are being acquired for investment and that the Assignee will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of this Warrant or any shares of stock to be issued upon exercise hereof except under circumstances which will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws. Further, the Assignee shall, if requested by the Corporation, confirm in writing, in a form satisfactory to the Corporation, that the shares of stock so purchased are being acquired for investment and not with a view toward distribution or resale.
 
 
Dated: 
 
 
Holder’s Signature: 
 
 
Holder’s Address:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Guaranteed Signature:
 
        NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers of corporations and those action in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Warrant.
 
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EX-10.30 8 dex1030.htm REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT FOR "U" COMMON STOCK REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT FOR "U" COMMON STOCK
 
EXHIBIT 10.30
 
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
 
        This Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made as of November 22, 2000 by and among BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC., an Oregon corporation (the “Corporation”), and MEDAcorp Inc. (“MEDAcorp”).
 
RECITALS
 
        From time to time on or after the date of this Agreement, the Corporation may issue one or more Series “U” Common Stock Purchase Warrants to MEDAcorp to purchase shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock (the “Warrants”).
 
AGREEMENT
 
        NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed as follows:
 
1.    Certain Definitions
 
        As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:
 
        “Common Stock” shall mean shares of common stock, without par value, of the Corporation.
 
        “Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
        “Holder” shall mean the holders of Registrable Securities and any person holding such securities to whom the rights under this Agreement have been transferred in accordance with Section 2.7 hereof.
 
        “Registrable Securities” means (i) all shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock acquired upon exercise of the Warrants (the “Shares”), and (ii) any Common Stock or other securities of the Corporation issued or issuable with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of the Shares or such additional shares upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, or similar event; provided, however, that shares of Common Stock or other securities shall only be treated as Registrable Securities for the purposes of Section 2 hereof if and so long as they have not been sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act, or otherwise to or through a broker or dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or a public securities transaction.
 
        The terms “register,” “registered” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such registration statement.
 
        “Registration Expenses” shall mean all expenses, except as otherwise stated below, incurred by the Corporation in complying with Section 2 hereof, including, without limitation, all registration, qualification and filing fees, printing expenses, escrow fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation and one special counsel to the selling Holders, blue sky fees and expenses, fees to Nasdaq to list the Shares or American Stock Transfer and Trust Company to issue the Shares, and the expense of any special audits incident to or required by any such registration.
 
        “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
 
        “Selling Expenses” shall mean all underwriting discounts, selling commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to the securities registered by the selling Holders and any other expenses that are not Registration Expenses and that are incurred by the selling Holders.
 
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2.    Registration Rights
 
        2.1    Company Registration
 
        (a)    Notice of Registration.     If at any time or from time to time the Corporation shall determine to register any of its securities, either for its own account or the account of a security holder or holders, other than a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans or a registration relating solely to a Commission Rule 145 transaction, the Corporation will:
 
        (i)    promptly give to each Holder written notice thereof; and
 
        (ii)    subject to Section 2.1(b), include in such registration (and any related qualification under blue sky laws or other compliance), and in any underwriting involved therein, all the Registrable Securities specified in a written request or requests made within 20 days after receipt of such written notice from the Corporation, by any Holder.
 
        (b)    Underwriting.    If the registration of which the Corporation gives notice is for a registered public offering involving an underwriting, the Corporation shall so advise the Holders as a part of the written notice given pursuant to Section 2.1(a) hereof. In such event the right of any Holder to registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Corporation) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, if the managing underwriter determines that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, the managing underwriter may limit the Registrable Securities and other securities to be distributed through such underwriting for the account of the requesting Holders. The Corporation shall so advise all Holders distributing their securities through such underwriting of such limitations and the number of shares of Registrable Securities, if any, that may be included in the registration (and underwriting, if any) shall be allocated among all Holders in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective amounts of Registrable Securities requested by such Holders to be included in such Registration Statement. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions, the Corporation may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder or holder to the nearest 100 shares.
 
        (c)    Right to Terminate Registration.     The Corporation shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 2.1 prior to the effectiveness of such registration whether or not any Holder has elected to include securities in such registration. The Registration Expenses of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Corporation in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof.
 
        2.2    Expenses of Registration
 
        All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with registration pursuant to Section 2.1 shall be borne by the Corporation. All Selling Expenses relating to securities registered on behalf of the Holders shall be borne by the Holders of securities included in such registration pro rata, severally and not jointly, among each other on the basis of the number of shares so registered.
 
        2.3    Registration Procedures
 
        In the case of each registration effected by the Corporation pursuant to this Section 2, the Corporation will keep each Holder advised in writing as to the initiation of each registration and as to the completion thereof. At its expense the Corporation will:
 
        (a)    Prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement with respect to such securities and use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become and remain effective for at least
 
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two (2) years or, if earlier, until the distribution described in the registration statement has been completed;
 
        (b)    Prepare and file with the Commission during the period specified in Section 2.3(a) such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement; and,
 
        (c)    Furnish to the Holders participating in such registration and to the underwriters of the securities being registered such reasonable number of copies of the registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus and such other documents as the Holders and such underwriters may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public offering of such securities.
 
        2.4    Indemnification
 
        (a)    The Corporation will indemnify each Holder and each person controlling such Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, with respect to which registration has been effected pursuant to this Section 2, and each underwriter, if any, and each person who controls any underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against all expenses, claims, losses, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), including any of the foregoing incurred in settlement of any litigation, commenced or threatened, arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document, or any amendment or supplement thereto, incident to any such registration, qualification or compliance, or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, or any violation by the Corporation of the Securities Act or any other applicable federal and state securities laws or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder in connection with any such registration, qualification or compliance, and the Corporation will reimburse each such Holder, each of its officers, directors, partners, and legal counsel and each person controlling such Holder, each such underwriter and each person who controls any such underwriter, for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, provided that the Corporation will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such claim, loss, damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based on any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission, made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Corporation by such Holder, controlling person or underwriter and stated to be specifically for use therein.
 
        (b)    Each Holder will, if Registrable Securities held by such Holder are included in the securities as to which such registration, qualification or compliance is being effected, indemnify the Corporation, each of its directors and officers, each underwriter, if any, of the Corporation’s securities covered by such a registration statement, each person who controls the Corporation or such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, and each other Holder, each of its officers and directors, and each person controlling such Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any such registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document, or any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse the Corporation, such Holders, and such directors, officers, underwriters or control persons for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) is made in such registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Corporation by such Holder and stated to be specifically for use therein Notwithstanding
 
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the foregoing, the liability of each Holder under this subsection (b) shall be limited to the proportion of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense which is equal to the proportion that the public offering price of the shares sold by such Holder under such registration statement bears to the total public offering price of all securities sold thereunder, but not to exceed the proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement.
 
        (c)    Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section 2.4 (the “Indemnified Party”) shall give notice to the party required to provide indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, provided that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or litigation resulting therefrom, shall be approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not unreasonably be withheld), and the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at such party’s expense, and provided further that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Section 2 unless the failure to give such notice is materially prejudicial to an Indemnifying Party’s ability to defend such action and provided further, that the Indemnifying Party shall not assume the defense for matters as to which there is a conflict of interest or separate and different defenses but shall bear the expense of such defense nevertheless. Each Indemnified Party shall furnish such information regarding itself or the claim in question as an Indemnifying Party may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in connection with the defense of such claim and litigation resulting therefrom. No Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation, shall, except with the consent of each Indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, no Indemnifying Party shall be obligated to indemnify any Indemnified Party for amounts paid by the Indemnified Party in settlement of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Indemnifying Party (which consent has not been unreasonably withheld).
 
        (d)    If the indemnification provided for paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section 2.4 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Party under such paragraphs in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses or actions in respect thereof referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Party shall in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions in such proportion as appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Corporation, the underwriters, and the Holder of such Registrable Securities, respectively, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damage, liabilities, expenses or actions in respect thereof as well as any other relevant equitable considerations, including the failure to give any notice under paragraph (c). The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact relates to information supplied by the Corporation, on the one hand, or the underwriters or the Holders of such Registrable Securities, on the other, and to the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Corporation and each of the Holders agrees that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this paragraph were determined by pro rata allocation (even if all of the Holders of such Registrable Securities were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which did not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this paragraph, shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, no Holder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the lesser of (i) the proportion that the public offering price of shares sold by such Holder under such registration statement bears to the total public offering price of all securities sold thereunder, but not to exceed the proceeds
 
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received by such Holder for the sale of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement and (ii) the amount of any damages which they would have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentations (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act), shall be entitled to contribution from any person who is not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation
 
        (e)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement (if any) entered into in connection with an underwritten public offering of the Registrable Securities are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in such underwriting agreement shall control.
 
        2.5    Information by Holder
 
        The Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities included in any registration shall furnish to the Corporation such information regarding such Holder or Holders, the Registrable Securities held by them and the distribution proposed by such Holder or Holders as the Corporation may reasonably request in writing and as shall be required in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance referred to in this Section 2.
 
        2.6    Rule 144 Reporting
 
        With a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the Commission which may at any time permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the public without registration, the Corporation agrees to use its best efforts to:
 
        (a)    At all times make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act;
 
        (b)    File with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Corporation under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
 
        (c)    So long as a Holder owns any Registrable Securities to furnish to the Holder forthwith upon request a written statement by the Corporation as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of said Rule 144, and of the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Corporation, and such other reports and documents of the Corporation and other information in the possession of or reasonably obtainable by the Corporation as a Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the Commission allowing a Holder to sell any such securities without registration.
 
        2.7    Transfer of Registration Rights
 
        The rights to cause the Corporation to register securities granted Holders under this Section 2 may be assigned (a) to a transferee or assignee in connection with any transfer or assignment of Registrable Securities by a Holder of not less than 10,000 shares of Registrable Securities (as presently constituted and subject to subsequent adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, reverse stock splits, and the like), or (b) to the estate of a Holder, provided in each case that such transfer may otherwise be effected in accordance with applicable securities laws and written notice of the transfer is given to the Corporation at the time of or within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, stating the name and address of the transferee or assignee and identifying the Registrable Securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned, and provided, further, that the transferee or assignee of such rights agrees in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as if such transferee were a party hereto.
 
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        2.8    Standoff Agreement
 
        Each Holder agrees, in connection with registered public offerings of the Corporation’s securities for the account of the Corporation, upon request of the Corporation or the underwriters managing any underwritten offering of the Corporation’s securities, not to sell, make any short sale of or otherwise dispose of any Registrable Securities (other than those included in the registration) without the prior written consent of the Corporation or such underwriters, as the case may be, for such period of time (not to exceed 180 days in the case of other public offerings) from the effective date of such registration as may be requested by the underwriters, provided, that the officers and directors of the Corporation who own stock of the Corporation also agree to such restrictions.
 
        2.9    Termination of Registration Rights
 
        The rights granted under this Section 2 shall terminate when the Registrable Securities become eligible for sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
 
        2.10    Delay of Registration
 
        No Holder or Holders shall have any right to take any action to restrain, enjoin, or otherwise delay any registration as a result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Section 2.
 
3.    Miscellaneous
 
        3.1    Waivers and Amendments
 
        With the written consent of both the Corporation and Holders of a majority of outstanding Registrable Securities then held by Holders (voting together as a class), the obligations of the Corporation and the rights of such Holders of Registrable Securities under this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, and either for a specified period of time or indefinitely), and with the same consent the Corporation, when authorized by resolution of its Board of Directors, may enter into a supplementary agreement for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement. Neither this Agreement nor any provisions hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by a signed statement in writing.
 
        3.2    Governing Law
 
        This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Oregon as such laws are applied to agreements between Oregon residents entered into and to be performed entirely within Oregon.
 
        3.3    Successors and Assigns
 
        Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the parties hereto.
 
        3.4    Entire Agreement
 
        This Agreement constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subjects hereof.
 
        3.5    Notices
 
        All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be effective upon receipt and shall be in writing and may be delivered in person, by telecopy, electronic mail, overnight delivery
 
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service or U.S. mail, in which event it may be mailed by first class, postage prepaid, addressed (a) if to MEDAcorp, at the address set forth on the signature page hereto, or at such other address as the Holder shall have furnished to the Corporation, or (b) if to the Corporation, at 7620 SW Bridgeport Road, Portland, Oregon 97224, Attention: President, or at such other address as shall have furnished to the Holders in writing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all notices and communications to addresses outside the United States shall be given by telecopier and confirmed in writing sent by overnight or two-day courier service.
 
        3.6    Titles and Subtitles
 
        The titles of the paragraphs and subparagraphs of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.
 
        3.7    Litigation; Prevailing Party
 
        In the event of any litigation between the Corporation and MEDAcorp with regard to this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reimbursement from the nonprevailing party for all reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the prevailing party.
 
        3.8    Nominees
 
        Securities registered in the name of a nominee for a Holder shall, for purposes of this Agreement, be treated as being owned by such Holder.
 
        3.9    Counterparts
 
        This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of a signed counterpart by and between telephone facsimile transmission shall between effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.
 
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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date set forth above.
 
BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
 
 
By: 
Name: Christine M. Farrell
Title: Controller & Secretary
 
MEDACORP INC.
 
 
By: 
Signature
 
 

Print Name
 

Print Title
 
 

 
 

Address
 
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EX-10.31 9 dex1031.htm FORM OF SERIES "V" COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT FORM OF SERIES "V" COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
 
EXHIBIT 10.31
 
THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE LAWS, AND NO INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE SOLD, DISTRIBUTED, ASSIGNED, OFFERED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS COVERING ANY SUCH TRANSACTION OR SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT AND LAWS.
 
SERIES “V” COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
 
Bioject Medical Technologies Inc.
 
        Warrant No. V-  
 
        THIS CERTIFIES that for good and valuable consideration received, Leerink Swann & Company, or registered assigns, is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to acquire from Bioject Medical Technologies Inc., an Oregon corporation (the “Corporation”) up to 120,000 fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock, without par value, of the Corporation (“Warrant Stock”) at a purchase price per share (the “Exercise Price”) of $11.00.
 
1.    Term of Warrant
 
        Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, this Warrant shall be exercisable, in whole or from time to time part, at any time on or after the date hereof and at or prior to 11:59 p.m., Pacific Standard Time, on May 23, 2006 (the “Expiration Time”).
 
2.    Exercise of Warrant
 
        The purchase rights represented by this Warrant are exercisable by the registered holder hereof, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time at or prior to the Expiration Time by the surrender of this Warrant and the Notice of Exercise form attached hereto duly executed to the office of the Corporation at 7620 S.W. Bridgeport Road, Portland, Oregon 97224 (or such other office or agency of the Corporation as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered holder hereof at the address of such holder appearing on the books of the Corporation), and upon payment of the Exercise Price for the shares thereby purchased (by cash or by check or bank draft payable to the order of the Corporation or by cancellation of indebtedness of the Corporation to the holder hereof, if any, at the time of exercise in an amount equal to the purchase price of the shares thereby purchased); whereupon the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled to receive from the Corporation a stock certificate in proper form representing the number of shares of Warrant Stock so purchased.
 
3.    Issuance of Shares; No Fractional Shares of Scrip
 
        Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be delivered to the holder hereof by the Corporation’s transfer agent at the Corporation’s expense as promptly as practicable, but in any event within five (5) business days, after the date on which this Warrant shall have been exercised in accordance with the terms hereof. Each certificate so delivered shall be in such denominations as may be requested by the holder hereof and shall be registered in the name of such holder or, subject to applicable laws, other name as shall be requested by such holder. If, upon exercise of this Warrant, fewer than all of the shares of Warrant Stock evidenced by this Warrant are purchased prior to the Expiration Time, one or more new warrants substantially in the form of, and on the terms in, this Warrant will be issued for the remaining number of shares of Warrant Stock not purchased upon exercise of this Warrant. The Corporation hereby represents and warrants that all shares of Warrant Stock which may be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant will, upon such exercise, be duly and validly authorized and
 
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issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges in respect of the issuance thereof (other than liens or charges created by or imposed upon the holder of the Warrant Stock). The Corporation agrees that the shares so issued shall be and be deemed to be issued to such holder as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered for exercise in accordance with the terms hereof. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. With respect to any fraction of a share called for upon the exercise of this Warrant, an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the then current price at which each share may be purchased hereunder shall be paid in cash to the holder of this Warrant.
 
4.    Charges, Taxes and Expenses
 
        Issuance of certificates for shares of Warrant Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the holder hereof for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Corporation, and such certificates shall be issued in the name of the holder of this Warrant or in such name or names as may be directed by the holder of this Warrant; provided, however, that in the event certificates for shares of Warrant Stock are to be issued in a name other than the name of the holder of this Warrant, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the holder hereof.
 
5.    No Rights as Shareholders
 
        This Warrant does not entitle the holder hereof to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the Corporation prior to the exercise hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if: (i)the Corporation shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on its Common Stock; or (ii) the Corporation shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of its Common Stock; or (iii) the Corporation shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights; or (iv) the approval of any stockholders of the Corporation shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Corporation is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property; or (v) the Corporation shall authorize the voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, then the Corporation shall cause to be mailed to each Holder at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the Warrant Register, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, share exchange, dissolution, liquidation or winding up; provided, however, that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice.
 
6.    Registration Rights
 
        This Warrant is a Series “V” Warrant identified in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of even date herewith between the Corporation and the parties listed on the signature pages thereto and is entitled to the benefits thereof. A transferee of this Warrant may become a “Holder” as defined in such agreement upon compliance with the requirements of such agreement.
 
7.    Exchange and Registry of Warrant
 
        This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the registered holder at the above-mentioned office or agency of the Corporation, for a new Warrant of like tenor and dated as of such exchange. The
 
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Corporation shall maintain at the above-mentioned office or agency a registry showing the name and address of the registered holder of this Warrant. This Warrant may be surrendered for exchange, transfer or exercise, in accordance with its terms, at such office or agency of the Corporation, and the Corporation shall be entitled to rely in all respects, prior to written notice to the contrary, upon such registry.
 
8.    Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant
 
        Upon receipt by the Corporation of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and in case of loss, theft or destruction of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it, and upon reimbursement to the Corporation of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Corporation will make and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of this Warrant.
 
9.    Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays
 
        If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall be a Saturday or a Sunday or shall be a legal holiday, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.
 
10.    Merger, Sale of Assets, Etc.
 
        If at any time the Corporation proposes to merge or consolidate with or into any other corporation, effect any reorganization, or sell or convey all or substantially all of its assets to any other entity, then, as a condition of such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the Corporation or its successor, as the case may be, shall enter into a supplemental agreement to make lawful and adequate provision whereby the holder shall have the right to receive, upon exercise of the Warrant, the kind and amount of equity securities which would have been received upon such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of a number of shares of common stock equal to the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant immediately prior to such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance. If the property to be received upon such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance is not equity securities, the Corporation shall give the holder of this Warrant twenty (20) business days prior written notice of the proposed effective date and a brief statement of the facts of such transaction (including the consideration to be paid), and if this Warrant has not been exercised by or on the effective date of such transaction, it shall terminate.
 
11.    Subdivision, Combination, Reclassification, Conversion, Etc.
 
        If the Corporation at any time shall pay a stock dividend or otherwise make a distribution on shares of its common stock or on any other class of capital stock payable in shares of its common stock (any such event hereafter referred to as a “common stock distribution”), or by subdivision, combination, reclassification of securities or otherwise, change the Warrant Stock into the same or a different number of securities of any class or classes, this Warrant shall thereafter entitle the holder to acquire such number and kind of securities as would have been issuable in respect of the Warrant Stock (or other securities which were subject to the purchase rights under this Warrant immediately prior to such common stock distribution, subdivision, combination, reclassification or other change) as the result of such change if this Warrant had been exercised in full for cash immediately prior to such change. The Exercise Price hereunder shall be adjusted if and to the extent necessary to reflect such change. If the Warrant Stock or other securities issuable upon exercise hereof are subdivided or combined into a greater or smaller number of shares of such security, the number of shares issuable hereunder shall be proportionately increased or decreased, as the case may be, and the Exercise Price shall be proportionately reduced or increased, as the case may be, in both cases according to the ratio which the total number of shares of such security to be outstanding immediately after such event bears to the total number of shares of such security outstanding immediately prior to such event. The Corporation shall give the holder prompt written notice of any change in the type of securities issuable hereunder, any adjustment of the Exercise
 
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Price for the securities issuable hereunder, and any increase or decrease in the number of shares issuable hereunder.
 
12.    Transferability; Compliance with Securities Laws
 
        (a)    This Warrant may not be transferred or assigned in whole or in part without compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws by the transferor and transferee (including the delivery of investment representation letters and legal opinions reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, if requested by the Corporation). Subject such restrictions, prior to the Expiration Time, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable by the holder hereof, in whole or in part, at the office or agency of the Corporation referred to in Section 1 hereof. Any such transfer shall be made in person or by the holder’s duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant together with the Assignment Form attached hereto properly endorsed.
 
        (b)    The Holder of this Warrant, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges that this Warrant and the Warrant Stock issuable upon exercise hereof are being acquired solely for the holder’s own account and not as a nominee for any other party, and for investment, and that the holder will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of this Warrant or any shares of Warrant Stock to be issued upon exercise hereof except under circumstances that will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws. Upon exercise of this Warrant, the holder shall, if requested by the Corporation, confirm in writing, in a form satisfactory to the Corporation, that the shares of Warrant Stock so purchased are being acquired solely for holder’s own account and not as a nominee for any other party, for investment, and not with a view toward distribution or resale except under circumstances that will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws.
 
        (c)    The Warrant Stock has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and this Warrant may not be exercised except by (i) the original purchaser of this Warrant from the Corporation or (ii) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. If then required by applicable securities laws, each certificate representing the Warrant Stock or other securities issued in respect of the Warrant Stock upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or similar event, shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend substantially in the following form (in addition to any legend required under applicable securities laws):
 
        THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED FOR VALUE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, NOR MAY THE SECURITIES BE TRANSFERRED ON THE BOOKS OF THE CORPORATION, WITHOUT REGISTRATION OF SUCH SECURITIES UNDER ALL APPLICABLE UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR COMPLIANCE WITH AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM.
 
13.    Representations and Warranties
 
        The Corporation hereby represents and warrants to the holder hereof that:
 
        (a)    during the period this Warrant is outstanding, the Corporation will reserve from its authorized and unissued common stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of Warrant Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant;
 
        (b)    the issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to the Corporation’s officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the shares of Warrant Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant;
 
        (c)    the Corporation has all requisite legal and corporate power to execute and deliver this Warrant, to sell and issue the Warrant Stock hereunder, to issue the common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant Stock and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of this Warrant;
 
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        (d)    all corporate action on the part of the Corporation, its directors and shareholders necessary for the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this Warrant by the Corporation, the authorization, sale, issuance and delivery of the Warrant Stock, the grant of registration rights as provided herein and the performance of the Corporation’s obligations hereunder has been taken;
 
        (e)    the Warrant Stock, when issued in compliance with the provisions of this Warrant, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and free of all taxes, liens or encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof, and will be issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws; and
 
        (f)    the issuance of the Warrant Stock will not be subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights.
 
14.    Corporation
 
        The Corporation will not, by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation or through any reorganization, recapitalization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Corporation, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the holder of the Warrant against impairment.
 
15.    Governing Law
 
        This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Oregon.
 
        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Warrant to be executed by its duly authorized officers.
 
Dated: May       , 2001
 
BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
 
By: 
Name: Christine M. Farrell
Title: Controller & Secretary
 
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NOTICE OF EXERCISE
 
To: Bioject Medical Technologies Inc.
 
        (1)    The undersigned hereby elects to purchase                   shares of common stock of Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, and tenders herewith payment of the purchase price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes payable by the undersigned pursuant to the Warrant , if any.
 
        (2)    In exercising this Warrant, the undersigned hereby confirms and acknowledges that the shares of common stock to be issued upon exercise hereof are being acquired solely for the account of the undersigned and not as a nominee for any other party, and for investment, and that the undersigned will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of any such shares of common stock except under circumstances that will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws.
 
        (3)    Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said shares of common stock in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
 
 

(Name)
 
 

(Address)
 
        (4)    The undersigned represents that (a) he, she or it is the original purchaser from the Corporation of the attached Warrant or an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and (b) the aforesaid shares of common stock are being acquired for the account of the undersigned for investment and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, the distribution thereof and that the undersigned has no present intention of distributing or reselling such shares except under circumstances that will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws.
 
 

(Date)
 

(Signature)
 
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
 
(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)
 
        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned registered owner of this Warrant hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the Assignee named below all of the rights of the undersigned under the within Warrant, with respect to the number of shares of common stock of Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. set forth below:
 
Name of Assignee
   Address
   No. of Shares
                                                                                                                                                                                         
           
           
 
and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney                                               to make such transfer on the books of Bioject Medical Technologies Inc., maintained for the purpose, with full power of substitution in the premises.
 
        The undersigned also represents that, by assignment hereof, the Assignee acknowledges that this Warrant and the shares of stock to be issued upon exercise hereof are being acquired for investment and that the Assignee will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of this Warrant or any shares of stock to be issued upon exercise hereof except under circumstances which will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws. Further, the Assignee shall, if requested by the Corporation, confirm in writing, in a form satisfactory to the Corporation, that the shares of stock so purchased are being acquired for investment and not with a view toward distribution or resale.
 
 
Dated: 
 
 
Holder’s Signature: 
 
 
Holder’s Address:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Guaranteed Signature:
 
        NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers of corporations and those action in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Warrant.
 
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EX-10.32 10 dex1032.htm REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT FOR "V" COMMON STOCK REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT FOR "V" COMMON STOCK
 
EXHIBIT 10.32
 
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
 
        This Agreement is made as of May       , 2001 by and among BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC., an Oregon corporation (the “Corporation”), and Leerink Swann & Company (“Leerink”).
 
RECITALS
 
        Simultaneously herewith, the Corporation has issued a Series “         ” Common Stock Purchase Warrant to Leerink to purchase up to an aggregate of                            shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock (the “Warrant”).
 
AGREEMENT
 
        NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed as follows:
 
1.    Certain Definitions
 
        As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:
 
        “Common Stock” shall mean shares of common stock, without par value, of the Corporation.
 
        “Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
        “Holder” shall mean the holders of Registrable Securities and any person holding such securities to whom the rights under this Agreement have been transferred in accordance with Section 2.8 hereof.
 
        “Registrable Securities” means (i) all shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock issued and/or issuable upon exercise of the Warrant (the “Shares”), and (ii) any Common Stock or other securities of the Corporation issued or issuable with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of the Shares or such additional shares upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, or similar event; provided, however, that shares of Common Stock or other securities shall only be treated as Registrable Securities for the purposes of Section 2 hereof if and so long as they have not been sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act, or otherwise to or through a broker or dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or a public securities transaction.
 
        The terms “register,” “registered” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such registration statement.
 
        “Registration Expenses” shall mean all expenses, except as otherwise stated below, incurred by the Corporation in complying with Section 2 hereof, including, without limitation, all registration, qualification and filing fees, printing expenses, escrow fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation and one special counsel to the selling Holders, blue sky fees and expenses, fees to Nasdaq to list the Shares or American Stock Transfer and Trust Company to issue the Shares, and the expense of any special audits incident to or required by any such registration.
 
        “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
 
        “Selling Expenses” shall mean all underwriting discounts, selling commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to the securities registered by the selling Holders that are incurred by the selling Holders.
 
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2.    Registration Rights
 
        2.1    Company Registration
 
        (a)    Notice of Registration.     If at any time or from time to time the Corporation shall determine to register any of its securities, either for its own account or the account of a security holder or holders, other than a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans or a registration relating solely to a Commission Rule 145 transaction, the Corporation will:
 
        (i)    promptly give to each Holder written notice thereof; and
 
        (ii)    subject to Section 2.1(b), include in such registration (and any related qualification under blue sky laws or other compliance), and in any underwriting involved therein, all the Registrable Securities specified in a written request or requests made within 20 days after receipt of such written notice from the Corporation, by any Holder.
 
        (b)    Underwriting.    If the registration of which the Corporation gives notice is for a registered public offering involving an underwriting, the Corporation shall so advise the Holders as a part of the written notice given pursuant to Section 2.1(a) hereof. In such event the right of any Holder to registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Corporation) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, if the managing underwriter determines that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, the managing underwriter may limit the Registrable Securities and other securities to be distributed through such underwriting for the account of the requesting Holders (including persons other than Holders with registration rights relating to the Corporation’s Common Stock who have requested to participate in the underwritten offering (“Other Holders”)) to 20% of the total number of shares to be distributed. The Corporation shall so advise all Holders distributing their securities through such underwriting of such limitations and the number of shares of Registrable Securities, if any, that may be included in the registration (and underwriting, if any) shall be allocated among all Holders (including the Other Holders) in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective amounts of Registrable Securities and securities held by the Other Holders requested by such persons to be included in such Registration Statement. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions, the Corporation may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder or holder to the nearest 100 shares.
 
        (c)    Right to Terminate Registration.     The Corporation shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 2.1 prior to the effectiveness of such registration whether or not any Holder has elected to include securities in such registration. The Registration Expenses of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Corporation in accordance with Section 2.3 hereof.
 
        2.2    Expenses of Registration
 
        All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with registration pursuant to Section 2.1 shall be borne by the Corporation. All Selling Expenses relating to securities registered on behalf of the Holders shall be borne by the Holders of securities included in such registration pro rata, severally and not jointly, among each other on the basis of the number of shares so registered.
 
        2.3    Registration Procedures
 
        In the case of each registration effected by the Corporation pursuant to this Section 2, the Corporation will keep each Holder advised in writing as to the initiation of each registration and as to the completion thereof. At its expense the Corporation will:
 
        (a)    Prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement with respect to such securities and use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become and remain effective for at least
 
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two (2) years or, if earlier, until the distribution described in the registration statement has been completed;
 
        (b)    Prepare and file with the Commission during the period specified in Section 2.4(a) such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement;
 
        (c)    Furnish to the Holders participating in such registration and to the underwriters of the securities being registered such reasonable number of copies of the registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus and such other documents as the Holders and such underwriters may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public offering of such securities;
 
        (d)    Furnish, at the request of any Holder requesting registration of Registrable Securities at the time such securities are delivered to the underwriters (if any) for sale in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 2, (i) an opinion, dated such date, of the counsel representing the Corporation for the purposes of such registration, in form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters and to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities and (ii) a letter dated the date of commencement of the offering and a “bring-down” letter dated as of the closing date of such offering, from the independent accountants of the Corporation, in form and substance as is customarily given by independent accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities;
 
        (e)    Use its best efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders; provided that the Corporation shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions, unless the Corporation is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities Act;
 
        (f)    Notify each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act as a result of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing;
 
        (g)    Cause all such Registrable Securities registered by such registration statement to be listed on each securities exchange and quotations system on which similar securities issued by the Corporation are then listed or quoted.
 
        2.4    Indemnification
 
        (a)    The Corporation will indemnify each Holder and each person controlling such Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, with respect to which registration has been effected pursuant to this Section 2, and each underwriter, if any, and each person who controls any underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against all expenses, claims, losses, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), including any of the foregoing incurred in settlement of any litigation, commenced or threatened, arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document, or any amendment or supplement thereto, incident to any such registration, qualification or compliance, or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, or any violation by the Corporation of the Securities Act or any other applicable federal and
 
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state securities laws or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder in connection with any such registration, qualification or compliance, and the Corporation will reimburse each such Holder, each of its officers, directors, partners, and legal counsel and each person controlling such Holder, each such underwriter and each person who controls any such underwriter, for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, provided that the Corporation will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such claim, loss, damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based on any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission, made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Corporation by such Holder, controlling person or underwriter and stated to be specifically for use therein.
 
        (b)    Each Holder will, if Registrable Securities held by such Holder are included in the securities as to which such registration, qualification or compliance is being effected, indemnify the Corporation, each of its directors and officers, each underwriter, if any, of the Corporation’s securities covered by such a registration statement, each person who controls the Corporation or such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, and each other Holder, each of its officers and directors, and each person controlling such Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any such registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document, or any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse the Corporation, such Holders, and such directors, officers, underwriters or control persons for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) is made in such registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Corporation by such Holder and stated to be specifically for use therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the liability of each Holder under this subsection (b) shall be limited to the proportion of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense which is equal to the proportion that the public offering price of the shares sold by such Holder under such registration statement bears to the total public offering price of all securities sold thereunder, but not to exceed the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement.
 
        (c)    Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section 2.4 (the “Indemnified Party”) shall give notice to the party required to provide indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, provided that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or litigation resulting therefrom, shall be approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not unreasonably be withheld), and the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at such party’s expense, and provided further that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Section 2 unless the failure to give such notice is materially prejudicial to an Indemnifying Party’s ability to defend such action and provided further, that the Indemnifying Party shall not assume the defense for matters as to which there is a conflict of interest or separate and different defenses but shall bear the expense of such defense nevertheless. Each Indemnified Party shall furnish such information regarding itself or the claim in question as an Indemnifying Party may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in connection with the defense of such claim and litigation resulting therefrom. No Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation, shall, except with the consent of each Indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, no Indemnifying Party shall be obligated to
 
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indemnify any Indemnified Party for amounts paid by the Indemnified Party in settlement of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Indemnifying Party (which consent has not been unreasonably withheld).
 
        (d)    If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section 2.4 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Party under such paragraphs in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses or actions in respect thereof referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Party shall in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions in such proportion as appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Corporation, the underwriters, and the Holder of such Registrable Securities, respectively, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damage, liabilities, expenses or actions in respect thereof as well as any other relevant equitable considerations, including the failure to give any notice under paragraph (c). The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact relates to information supplied by the Corporation, on the one hand, or the underwriters or the Holders of such Registrable Securities, on the other, and to the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Corporation and each of the Holders agrees that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this paragraph were determined by pro rata allocation (even if all of the Holders of such Registrable Securities were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which did not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this paragraph, shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, no Holder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the lesser of (i) the proportion that the public offering price of shares sold by such Holder under such registration statement bears to the total public offering price of all securities sold thereunder, but not to exceed the proceeds received by such Holder for the sale of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement and (ii) the amount of any damages which they would have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentations (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act), shall be entitled to contribution from any person who is not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
 
        (e)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement (if any) entered into in connection with an underwritten public offering of the Registrable Securities are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in such underwriting agreement shall control.
 
        2.5    Information by Holder
 
        The Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities included in any registration shall furnish to the Corporation such information regarding such Holder or Holders, the Registrable Securities held by them and the distribution proposed by such Holder or Holders as the Corporation may reasonably request in writing and as shall be required in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance referred to in this Section 2.
 
        2.6    Rule 144 Reporting
 
        With a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the Commission which may at any time permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the public without registration, the Corporation agrees to use its best efforts to:
 
        (a)    At all times make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act;
 
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        (b)    File with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Corporation under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
 
        (c) So long as a Holder owns any Registrable Securities to furnish to the Holder forthwith upon request a written statement by the Corporation as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of said Rule 144, and of the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Corporation, and such other reports and documents of the Corporation and other information in the possession of or reasonably obtainable by the Corporation as a Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the Commission allowing a Holder to sell any such securities without registration.
 
        2.7    Transfer of Registration Rights
 
        The rights to cause the Corporation to register securities granted to Holders under this Section 2 may be assigned (a) to a transferee or assignee in connection with any transfer or assignment of Registrable Securities by a Holder of not less than 20,000 shares of Registrable Securities (as presently constituted and subject to subsequent adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, reverse stock splits, and the like), or (b) to the estate of a Holder, provided in each case that such transfer may otherwise be effected in accordance with applicable securities laws and written notice of the transfer is given to the Corporation at the time of or within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, stating the name and address of the transferee or assignee and identifying the Registrable Securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned, and provided, further, that the transferee or assignee of such rights agrees in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as if such transferee were a party hereto.
 
        2.8    Standoff Agreement
 
        Each Holder agrees, in connection with registered public offerings of the Corporation’s securities for the account of the Corporation, upon request of the Corporation or the underwriters managing any underwritten offering of the Corporation’s securities, not to sell, make any short sale of or otherwise dispose of any Registrable Securities (other than those included in the registration) without the prior written consent of the Corporation or such underwriters, as the case may be, for such period of time (not to exceed 180 days in the case of other public offerings) from the effective date of such registration as may be requested by the underwriters, provided that the officers and directors of the Corporation who own stock of the Corporation also agree to such restrictions.
 
        2.9    Termination of Registration Rights
 
        The rights granted under this Section 2 shall terminate one (1) year from the later of the exercise in full or termination of the Warrant.
 
        2.10    Delay of Registration
 
        No Holder or Holders shall have any right to take any action to restrain, enjoin, or otherwise delay any registration as a result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Section 2.
 
        2.11    Use of Form S-3
 
        With a view to maintaining its eligibility to use Form S-3, the Corporation agrees to use its best efforts to file with the Commission in a timely manner (i) all the material required to be filed pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (ii) all reports and other documents required to be filed by the Corporation under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; provided, however, that there can be no assurance that the Corporation will remain eligible for use of Form S-3 or that any Form S-3 filed by the Corporation with respect to the Registrable Securities will be declared effective.
 
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3.    Miscellaneous
 
        3.1    Waivers and Amendments
 
        With the written consent of both the Corporation and Holders of a majority of outstanding Registrable Securities originally acquired by Leerink then held by Holders (voting together as a class), the obligations of the Corporation and the rights of such Holders of Registrable Securities under this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, and either for a specified period of time or indefinitely), and with the same consent the Corporation, when authorized by resolution of its Board of Directors, may enter into a supplementary agreement for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement. Neither this Agreement nor any provisions hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, other than by a signed statement in writing.
 
        3.2    Governing Law
 
        This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Oregon as such laws are applied to agreements between Oregon residents entered into and to be performed entirely within Oregon.
 
        3.3    Successors and Assigns
 
        Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the parties hereto.
 
        3.4    Entire Agreement
 
        This Agreement constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subjects hereof.
 
        3.5    Notices
 
        All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be effective upon receipt and shall be in writing and may be delivered in person, by telecopy, electronic mail, overnight delivery service or U.S. mail, in which event it may be mailed by first class, postage prepaid, addressed (a) if to Leerink, at the address set forth on the signature page hereto, or at such other address as the Holder shall have furnished to the Corporation, or (b) if to the Corporation, at 7620 SW Bridgeport Road, Portland, Oregon 97224, Attention: President, or at such other address as shall have furnished to the Holders in writing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all notices and communications to addresses outside the United States shall be given by telecopier and confirmed in writing sent by overnight or two-day courier service.
 
        3.6    Titles and Subtitles
 
        The titles of the paragraphs and subparagraphs of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.
 
        3.7    Litigation; Prevailing Party
 
        In the event of any litigation between the Corporation and Leerink with regard to this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reimbursement from the nonprevailing party for all reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the prevailing party.
 
        3.8    Nominees
 
        Securities registered in the name of a nominee for a Holder shall, for purposes of this Agreement, be treated as being owned by such Holder.
 
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        3.9    Counterparts
 
        This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of a signed counterpart by and between telephone facsimile transmission shall between effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.
 
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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date set forth above.
 
BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
 
 
By: 
Name: James C. O’Shea
Title: President and CEO
 
LEERINK SWANN & COMPANY
 
 
By: 
 
 
Name: 
 
 
Title: 
 
    
Address:
One Boston Place
Boston MA 02108
Attn: General Counsel
 
Telecopy: (617) 918-4724
 
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EX-10.33 11 dex1033.htm FORM OF SERIES "W" COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT FORM OF SERIES "W" COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
 
EXHIBIT 10.33
 
THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE LAWS, AND NO INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE SOLD, DISTRIBUTED, ASSIGNED, OFFERED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS COVERING ANY SUCH TRANSACTION OR SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT AND LAWS.
 
SERIES “W” COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
 
Bioject Medical Technologies Inc.
 
        Warrant No. W-1
 
        THIS CERTIFIES that for good and valuable consideration received, Leerink Swann & Company, or registered assigns, is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to acquire from Bioject Medical Technologies Inc., an Oregon corporation (the “Corporation”) up to 10,400 fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock, without par value, of the Corporation (“Warrant Stock”) at a purchase price per share (the “Exercise Price”) of $13.50.
 
1.    Term of Warrant
 
        Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, this Warrant shall be exercisable, in whole or from time to time part, at any time on or after the date hereof and at or prior to 11:59 p.m., Pacific Standard Time, on June 6, 2006 (the “Expiration Time”).
 
2.    Exercise of Warrant
 
        The purchase rights represented by this Warrant are exercisable by the registered holder hereof, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time at or prior to the Expiration Time by the surrender of this Warrant and the Notice of Exercise form attached hereto duly executed to the office of the Corporation at 7620 S.W. Bridgeport Road, Portland, Oregon 97224 (or such other office or agency of the Corporation as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered holder hereof at the address of such holder appearing on the books of the Corporation), and upon payment of the Exercise Price for the shares thereby purchased (by cash or by check or bank draft payable to the order of the Corporation or by cancellation of indebtedness of the Corporation to the holder hereof, if any, at the time of exercise in an amount equal to the purchase price of the shares thereby purchased); whereupon the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled to receive from the Corporation a stock certificate in proper form representing the number of shares of Warrant Stock so purchased.
 
3.    Issuance of Shares; No Fractional Shares of Scrip
 
        Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be delivered to the holder hereof by the Corporation’s transfer agent at the Corporation’s expense as promptly as practicable, but in any event within five (5) business days, after the date on which this Warrant shall have been exercised in accordance with the terms hereof. Each certificate so delivered shall be in such denominations as may be requested by the holder hereof and shall be registered in the name of such holder or, subject to applicable laws, other name as shall be requested by such holder. If, upon exercise of this Warrant, fewer than all of the shares of Warrant Stock evidenced by this Warrant are purchased prior to the Expiration Time, one or more new warrants substantially in the form of, and on the terms in, this Warrant will be issued for the remaining number of shares of Warrant Stock not purchased upon exercise of this Warrant. The Corporation hereby represents and warrants that all shares of Warrant Stock which
 
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may be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant will, upon such exercise, be duly and validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges in respect of the issuance thereof (other than liens or charges created by or imposed upon the holder of the Warrant Stock). The Corporation agrees that the shares so issued shall be and be deemed to be issued to such holder as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered for exercise in accordance with the terms hereof. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. With respect to any fraction of a share called for upon the exercise of this Warrant, an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the then current price at which each share may be purchased hereunder shall be paid in cash to the holder of this Warrant.
 
4.    Charges, Taxes and Expenses
 
        Issuance of certificates for shares of Warrant Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the holder hereof for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Corporation, and such certificates shall be issued in the name of the holder of this Warrant or in such name or names as may be directed by the holder of this Warrant; provided, however, that in the event certificates for shares of Warrant Stock are to be issued in a name other than the name of the holder of this Warrant, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the holder hereof.
 
5.    No Rights as Shareholders
 
        This Warrant does not entitle the holder hereof to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the Corporation prior to the exercise hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if: (i)the Corporation shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on its Common Stock; or (ii) the Corporation shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of its Common Stock; or (iii) the Corporation shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights; or (iv) the approval of any stockholders of the Corporation shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Corporation is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property; or (v) the Corporation shall authorize the voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, then the Corporation shall cause to be mailed to each Holder at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the Warrant Register, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, share exchange, dissolution, liquidation or winding up; provided, however, that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice.
 
6.    Registration Rights
 
        This Warrant is a Series “V” Warrant identified in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of even date herewith between the Corporation and the parties listed on the signature pages thereto and is entitled to the benefits thereof. A transferee of this Warrant may become a “Holder” as defined in such agreement upon compliance with the requirements of such agreement.
 
7.    Exchange and Registry of Warrant
 
        This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the registered holder at the above-mentioned office or agency of the Corporation, for a new Warrant of like tenor and dated as of such exchange. The
 
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Corporation shall maintain at the above-mentioned office or agency a registry showing the name and address of the registered holder of this Warrant. This Warrant may be surrendered for exchange, transfer or exercise, in accordance with its terms, at such office or agency of the Corporation, and the Corporation shall be entitled to rely in all respects, prior to written notice to the contrary, upon such registry.
 
8.    Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant
 
        Upon receipt by the Corporation of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and in case of loss, theft or destruction of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it, and upon reimbursement to the Corporation of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Corporation will make and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of this Warrant.
 
9.    Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays
 
        If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall be a Saturday or a Sunday or shall be a legal holiday, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.
 
10.    Merger, Sale of Assets, Etc.
 
        If at any time the Corporation proposes to merge or consolidate with or into any other corporation, effect any reorganization, or sell or convey all or substantially all of its assets to any other entity, then, as a condition of such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the Corporation or its successor, as the case may be, shall enter into a supplemental agreement to make lawful and adequate provision whereby the holder shall have the right to receive, upon exercise of the Warrant, the kind and amount of equity securities which would have been received upon such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of a number of shares of common stock equal to the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant immediately prior to such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance. If the property to be received upon such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance is not equity securities, the Corporation shall give the holder of this Warrant twenty (20) business days prior written notice of the proposed effective date and a brief statement of the facts of such transaction (including the consideration to be paid), and if this Warrant has not been exercised by or on the effective date of such transaction, it shall terminate.
 
11.    Subdivision, Combination, Reclassification, Conversion, Etc.
 
        If the Corporation at any time shall pay a stock dividend or otherwise make a distribution on shares of its common stock or on any other class of capital stock payable in shares of its common stock (any such event hereafter referred to as a “common stock distribution”), or by subdivision, combination, reclassification of securities or otherwise, change the Warrant Stock into the same or a different number of securities of any class or classes, this Warrant shall thereafter entitle the holder to acquire such number and kind of securities as would have been issuable in respect of the Warrant Stock (or other securities which were subject to the purchase rights under this Warrant immediately prior to such common stock distribution, subdivision, combination, reclassification or other change) as the result of such change if this Warrant had been exercised in full for cash immediately prior to such change. The Exercise Price hereunder shall be adjusted if and to the extent necessary to reflect such change. If the Warrant Stock or other securities issuable upon exercise hereof are subdivided or combined into a greater or smaller number of shares of such security, the number of shares issuable hereunder shall be proportionately increased or decreased, as the case may be, and the Exercise Price shall be proportionately reduced or increased, as the case may be, in both cases according to the ratio which the total number of shares of such security to be outstanding immediately after such event bears to the total number of shares of such security outstanding immediately prior to such event. The Corporation shall give the holder prompt written notice of any change in the type of securities issuable hereunder, any adjustment of the Exercise Price for the securities issuable hereunder, and any increase or decrease in the number of shares issuable hereunder.
 
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12.    Transferability; Compliance with Securities Laws
 
        (a)    This Warrant may not be transferred or assigned in whole or in part without compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws by the transferor and transferee (including the delivery of investment representation letters and legal opinions reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, if requested by the Corporation). Subject such restrictions, prior to the Expiration Time, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable by the holder hereof, in whole or in part, at the office or agency of the Corporation referred to in Section 1 hereof. Any such transfer shall be made in person or by the holder’s duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant together with the Assignment Form attached hereto properly endorsed.
 
        (b)    The Holder of this Warrant, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges that this Warrant and the Warrant Stock issuable upon exercise hereof are being acquired solely for the holder’s own account and not as a nominee for any other party, and for investment, and that the holder will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of this Warrant or any shares of Warrant Stock to be issued upon exercise hereof except under circumstances that will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws. Upon exercise of this Warrant, the holder shall, if requested by the Corporation, confirm in writing, in a form satisfactory to the Corporation, that the shares of Warrant Stock so purchased are being acquired solely for holder’s own account and not as a nominee for any other party, for investment, and not with a view toward distribution or resale except under circumstances that will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws.
 
        (c)    The Warrant Stock has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and this Warrant may not be exercised except by (i) the original purchaser of this Warrant from the Corporation or (ii) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. If then required by applicable securities laws, each certificate representing the Warrant Stock or other securities issued in respect of the Warrant Stock upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or similar event, shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend substantially in the following form (in addition to any legend required under applicable securities laws):
 
        THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED FOR VALUE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, NOR MAY THE SECURITIES BE TRANSFERRED ON THE BOOKS OF THE CORPORATION, WITHOUT REGISTRATION OF SUCH SECURITIES UNDER ALL APPLICABLE UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR COMPLIANCE WITH AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM.
 
13.    Representations and Warranties
 
        The Corporation hereby represents and warrants to the holder hereof that:
 
        (a)    during the period this Warrant is outstanding, the Corporation will reserve from its authorized and unissued common stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of Warrant Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant;
 
        (b)    the issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to the Corporation’s officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the shares of Warrant Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant;
 
        (c)    the Corporation has all requisite legal and corporate power to execute and deliver this Warrant, to sell and issue the Warrant Stock hereunder, to issue the common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant Stock and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of this Warrant;
 
        (d)    all corporate action on the part of the Corporation, its directors and shareholders necessary for the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this Warrant by the Corporation, the authorization,
 
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sale, issuance and delivery of the Warrant Stock, the grant of registration rights as provided herein and the performance of the Corporation’s obligations hereunder has been taken;
 
        (e)    the Warrant Stock, when issued in compliance with the provisions of this Warrant, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and free of all taxes, liens or encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof, and will be issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws; and
 
        (f)    the issuance of the Warrant Stock will not be subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights.
 
14.    Corporation
 
        The Corporation will not, by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation or through any reorganization, recapitalization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Corporation, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the holder of the Warrant against impairment.
 
15.    Governing Law
 
        This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Oregon.
 
        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Warrant to be executed by its duly authorized officers.
 
Dated: June 6, 2001
 
BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
 
By: 
Name: James C. O’Shea
Title: Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
 
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NOTICE OF EXERCISE
 
To: Bioject Medical Technologies Inc.
 
        (1)    The undersigned hereby elects to purchase                   shares of common stock of Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, and tenders herewith payment of the purchase price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes payable by the undersigned pursuant to the Warrant , if any.
 
        (2)    In exercising this Warrant, the undersigned hereby confirms and acknowledges that the shares of common stock to be issued upon exercise hereof are being acquired solely for the account of the undersigned and not as a nominee for any other party, and for investment, and that the undersigned will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of any such shares of common stock except under circumstances that will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws.
 
        (3)    Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said shares of common stock in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
 
 

(Name)
 
 

(Address)
 
        (4)    The undersigned represents that (a) he, she or it is the original purchaser from the Corporation of the attached Warrant or an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and (b) the aforesaid shares of common stock are being acquired for the account of the undersigned for investment and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, the distribution thereof and that the undersigned has no present intention of distributing or reselling such shares except under circumstances that will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws.
 
 

(Date)
 

(Signature)
 
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
 
(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)
 
        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned registered owner of this Warrant hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the Assignee named below all of the rights of the undersigned under the within Warrant, with respect to the number of shares of common stock of Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. set forth below:
 
Name of Assignee
   Address
   No. of Shares
                                                                                                                                                                                         
           
           
 
and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney                                                   to make such transfer on the books of Bioject Medical Technologies Inc., maintained for the purpose, with full power of substitution in the premises.
 
        The undersigned also represents that, by assignment hereof, the Assignee acknowledges that this Warrant and the shares of stock to be issued upon exercise hereof are being acquired for investment and that the Assignee will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of this Warrant or any shares of stock to be issued upon exercise hereof except under circumstances which will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws. Further, the Assignee shall, if requested by the Corporation, confirm in writing, in a form satisfactory to the Corporation, that the shares of stock so purchased are being acquired for investment and not with a view toward distribution or resale.
 
 
Dated: 
 
 
Holder’s Signature: 
 
 
Holder’s Address:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Guaranteed Signature:
 
        NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers of corporations and those action in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Warrant.
 
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EX-10.34 12 dex1034.htm REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT FOR "W" COMMON STOCK REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT FOR "W" COMMON STOCK
 
EXHIBIT 10.34
 
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
 
        This Agreement is made as of June 6, 2001 by and among BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC., an Oregon corporation (the “Corporation”), and Leerink Swann & Company (“Leerink”).
 
RECITALS
 
        Simultaneously herewith, the Corporation has issued a Series “W” Common Stock Purchase Warrant to Leerink to purchase up to an aggregate of 10,400 shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock (the “Warrant”).
 
AGREEMENT
 
        NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed as follows:
 
1.    Certain Definitions
 
        As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:
 
        “Common Stock” shall mean shares of common stock, without par value, of the Corporation.
 
        “Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
        “Holder” shall mean the holders of Registrable Securities and any person holding such securities to whom the rights under this Agreement have been transferred in accordance with Section 2.8 hereof.
 
        “Registrable Securities” means (i) all shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock issued and/or issuable upon exercise of the Warrant (the “Shares”), and (ii) any Common Stock or other securities of the Corporation issued or issuable with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of the Shares or such additional shares upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, or similar event; provided, however, that shares of Common Stock or other securities shall only be treated as Registrable Securities for the purposes of Section 2 hereof if and so long as they have not been sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act, or otherwise to or through a broker or dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or a public securities transaction.
 
        The terms “register,” “registered” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such registration statement.
 
        “Registration Expenses” shall mean all expenses, except as otherwise stated below, incurred by the Corporation in complying with Section 2 hereof, including, without limitation, all registration, qualification and filing fees, printing expenses, escrow fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation and one special counsel to the selling Holders, blue sky fees and expenses, fees to Nasdaq to list the Shares or American Stock Transfer and Trust Company to issue the Shares, and the expense of any special audits incident to or required by any such registration.
 
        “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
 
        “Selling Expenses” shall mean all underwriting discounts, selling commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to the securities registered by the selling Holders that are incurred by the selling Holders.
 
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2.    Registration Rights
 
        2.1    Company Registration
 
        (a)    Notice of Registration.     If at any time or from time to time the Corporation shall determine to register any of its securities, either for its own account or the account of a security holder or holders, other than a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans or a registration relating solely to a Commission Rule 145 transaction, the Corporation will:
 
        (i)    promptly give to each Holder written notice thereof; and
 
        (ii)    subject to Section 2.1(b), include in such registration (and any related qualification under blue sky laws or other compliance), and in any underwriting involved therein, all the Registrable Securities specified in a written request or requests made within 20 days after receipt of such written notice from the Corporation, by any Holder.
 
        (b)    Underwriting.    If the registration of which the Corporation gives notice is for a registered public offering involving an underwriting, the Corporation shall so advise the Holders as a part of the written notice given pursuant to Section 2.1(a) hereof. In such event the right of any Holder to registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Corporation) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, if the managing underwriter determines that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, the managing underwriter may limit the Registrable Securities and other securities to be distributed through such underwriting for the account of the requesting Holders (including persons other than Holders with registration rights relating to the Corporation’s Common Stock who have requested to participate in the underwritten offering (“Other Holders”)) to 20% of the total number of shares to be distributed. The Corporation shall so advise all Holders distributing their securities through such underwriting of such limitations and the number of shares of Registrable Securities, if any, that may be included in the registration (and underwriting, if any) shall be allocated among all Holders (including the Other Holders) in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective amounts of Registrable Securities and securities held by the Other Holders requested by such persons to be included in such Registration Statement. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions, the Corporation may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder or holder to the nearest 100 shares.
 
        (c)    Right to Terminate Registration.     The Corporation shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 2.1 prior to the effectiveness of such registration whether or not any Holder has elected to include securities in such registration. The Registration Expenses of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Corporation in accordance with Section 2.3 hereof.
 
        2.2    Expenses of Registration
 
        All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with registration pursuant to Section 2.1 shall be borne by the Corporation. All Selling Expenses relating to securities registered on behalf of the Holders shall be borne by the Holders of securities included in such registration pro rata, severally and not jointly, among each other on the basis of the number of shares so registered.
 
        2.3    Registration Procedures
 
        In the case of each registration effected by the Corporation pursuant to this Section 2, the Corporation will keep each Holder advised in writing as to the initiation of each registration and as to the completion thereof. At its expense the Corporation will:
 
(a)    Prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement with respect to such securities and use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become and remain effective for at least two (2) years or, if earlier, until the distribution described in the registration statement has been completed;
 
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        (b)    Prepare and file with the Commission during the period specified in Section 2.4(a) such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement;
 
        (c)    Furnish to the Holders participating in such registration and to the underwriters of the securities being registered such reasonable number of copies of the registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus and such other documents as the Holders and such underwriters may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public offering of such securities;
 
        (d)    Furnish, at the request of any Holder requesting registration of Registrable Securities at the time such securities are delivered to the underwriters (if any) for sale in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 2, (i) an opinion, dated such date, of the counsel representing the Corporation for the purposes of such registration, in form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters and to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities and (ii) a letter dated the date of commencement of the offering and a “bring-down” letter dated as of the closing date of such offering, from the independent accountants of the Corporation, in form and substance as is customarily given by independent accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities;
 
        (e)    Use its best efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders; provided that the Corporation shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions, unless the Corporation is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities Act;
 
        (f)    Notify each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act as a result of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing;
 
        (g)    Cause all such Registrable Securities registered by such registration statement to be listed on each securities exchange and quotations system on which similar securities issued by the Corporation are then listed or quoted.
 
        2.4    Indemnification
 
        (a)    The Corporation will indemnify each Holder and each person controlling such Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, with respect to which registration has been effected pursuant to this Section 2, and each underwriter, if any, and each person who controls any underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against all expenses, claims, losses, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), including any of the foregoing incurred in settlement of any litigation, commenced or threatened, arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document, or any amendment or supplement thereto, incident to any such registration, qualification or compliance, or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, or any violation by the Corporation of the Securities Act or any other applicable federal and state securities laws or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder in connection with any such registration, qualification or compliance, and the Corporation will reimburse each such Holder, each of its
 
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officers, directors, partners, and legal counsel and each person controlling such Holder, each such underwriter and each person who controls any such underwriter, for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, provided that the Corporation will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such claim, loss, damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based on any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission, made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Corporation by such Holder, controlling person or underwriter and stated to be specifically for use therein.
 
        (b)    Each Holder will, if Registrable Securities held by such Holder are included in the securities as to which such registration, qualification or compliance is being effected, indemnify the Corporation, each of its directors and officers, each underwriter, if any, of the Corporation’s securities covered by such a registration statement, each person who controls the Corporation or such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, and each other Holder, each of its officers and directors, and each person controlling such Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any such registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document, or any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse the Corporation, such Holders, and such directors, officers, underwriters or control persons for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) is made in such registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Corporation by such Holder and stated to be specifically for use therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the liability of each Holder under this subsection (b) shall be limited to the proportion of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense which is equal to the proportion that the public offering price of the shares sold by such Holder under such registration statement bears to the total public offering price of all securities sold thereunder, but not to exceed the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement.
 
        (c)    Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section 2.4 (the “Indemnified Party”) shall give notice to the party required to provide indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, provided that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or litigation resulting therefrom, shall be approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not unreasonably be withheld), and the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at such party’s expense, and provided further that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Section 2 unless the failure to give such notice is materially prejudicial to an Indemnifying Party’s ability to defend such action and provided further, that the Indemnifying Party shall not assume the defense for matters as to which there is a conflict of interest or separate and different defenses but shall bear the expense of such defense nevertheless. Each Indemnified Party shall furnish such information regarding itself or the claim in question as an Indemnifying Party may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in connection with the defense of such claim and litigation resulting therefrom. No Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation, shall, except with the consent of each Indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, no Indemnifying Party shall be obligated to indemnify any Indemnified Party for amounts paid by the Indemnified Party in settlement of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Indemnifying Party (which consent has not been unreasonably withheld).
 
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        (d)    If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section 2.4 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Party under such paragraphs in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses or actions in respect thereof referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Party shall in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions in such proportion as appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Corporation, the underwriters, and the Holder of such Registrable Securities, respectively, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damage, liabilities, expenses or actions in respect thereof as well as any other relevant equitable considerations, including the failure to give any notice under paragraph (c). The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact relates to information supplied by the Corporation, on the one hand, or the underwriters or the Holders of such Registrable Securities, on the other, and to the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Corporation and each of the Holders agrees that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this paragraph were determined by pro rata allocation (even if all of the Holders of such Registrable Securities were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which did not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this paragraph, shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, no Holder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the lesser of (i) the proportion that the public offering price of shares sold by such Holder under such registration statement bears to the total public offering price of all securities sold thereunder, but not to exceed the proceeds received by such Holder for the sale of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement and (ii) the amount of any damages which they would have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentations (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act), shall be entitled to contribution from any person who is not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
 
        (e)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement (if any) entered into in connection with an underwritten public offering of the Registrable Securities are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in such underwriting agreement shall control.
 
        2.5    Information by Holder
 
        The Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities included in any registration shall furnish to the Corporation such information regarding such Holder or Holders, the Registrable Securities held by them and the distribution proposed by such Holder or Holders as the Corporation may reasonably request in writing and as shall be required in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance referred to in this Section 2.
 
        2.6    Rule 144 Reporting
 
        With a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the Commission which may at any time permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the public without registration, the Corporation agrees to use its best efforts to:
 
        (a)    At all times make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act;
 
        (b)    File with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Corporation under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
 
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        (c)    So long as a Holder owns any Registrable Securities to furnish to the Holder forthwith upon request a written statement by the Corporation as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of said Rule 144, and of the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Corporation, and such other reports and documents of the Corporation and other information in the possession of or reasonably obtainable by the Corporation as a Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the Commission allowing a Holder to sell any such securities without registration.
 
        2.7    Transfer of Registration Rights
 
        The rights to cause the Corporation to register securities granted to Holders under this Section 2 may be assigned (a) to a transferee or assignee in connection with any transfer or assignment of Registrable Securities by a Holder of not less than 10,000 shares of Registrable Securities (as presently constituted and subject to subsequent adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, reverse stock splits, and the like), or (b) to the estate of a Holder, provided in each case that such transfer may otherwise be effected in accordance with applicable securities laws and written notice of the transfer is given to the Corporation at the time of or within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, stating the name and address of the transferee or assignee and identifying the Registrable Securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned, and provided, further, that the transferee or assignee of such rights agrees in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as if such transferee were a party hereto.
 
        2.8    Standoff Agreement
 
        Each Holder agrees, in connection with registered public offerings of the Corporation’s securities for the account of the Corporation, upon request of the Corporation or the underwriters managing any underwritten offering of the Corporation’s securities, not to sell, make any short sale of or otherwise dispose of any Registrable Securities (other than those included in the registration) without the prior written consent of the Corporation or such underwriters, as the case may be, for such period of time (not to exceed 180 days in the case of other public offerings) from the effective date of such registration as may be requested by the underwriters, provided that the officers and directors of the Corporation who own stock of the Corporation also agree to such restrictions.
 
        2.9    Termination of Registration Rights
 
        The rights granted under this Section 2 shall terminate one (1) year from the later of the exercise in full or termination of the Warrant.
 
        2.10    Delay of Registration
 
        No Holder or Holders shall have any right to take any action to restrain, enjoin, or otherwise delay any registration as a result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Section 2.
 
        2.11    Use of Form S-3
 
        With a view to maintaining its eligibility to use Form S-3, the Corporation agrees to use its best efforts to file with the Commission in a timely manner (i) all the material required to be filed pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (ii) all reports and other documents required to be filed by the Corporation under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; provided, however, that there can be no assurance that the Corporation will remain eligible for use of Form S-3 or that any Form S-3 filed by the Corporation with respect to the Registrable Securities will be declared effective.
 
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3.    Miscellaneous
 
        3.1    Waivers and Amendments
 
        With the written consent of both the Corporation and Holders of a majority of outstanding Registrable Securities originally acquired by Leerink then held by Holders (voting together as a class), the obligations of the Corporation and the rights of such Holders of Registrable Securities under this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, and either for a specified period of time or indefinitely), and with the same consent the Corporation, when authorized by resolution of its Board of Directors, may enter into a supplementary agreement for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement. Neither this Agreement nor any provisions hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, other than by a signed statement in writing.
 
        3.2    Governing Law
 
        This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Oregon as such laws are applied to agreements between Oregon residents entered into and to be performed entirely within Oregon.
 
        3.3    Successors and Assigns
 
        Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the parties hereto.
 
        3.4    Entire Agreement
 
        This Agreement constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subjects hereof.
 
        3.5    Notices
 
        All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be effective upon receipt and shall be in writing and may be delivered in person, by telecopy, electronic mail, overnight delivery service or U.S. mail, in which event it may be mailed by first class, postage prepaid, addressed (a) if to Leerink, at the address set forth on the signature page hereto, or at such other address as the Holder shall have furnished to the Corporation, or (b) if to the Corporation, at 7620 SW Bridgeport Road, Portland, Oregon 97224, Attention: President, or at such other address as shall have furnished to the Holders in writing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all notices and communications to addresses outside the United States shall be given by telecopier and confirmed in writing sent by overnight or two-day courier service.
 
        3.6    Titles and Subtitles
 
        The titles of the paragraphs and subparagraphs of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.
 
        3.7    Litigation; Prevailing Party
 
        In the event of any litigation between the Corporation and Leerink with regard to this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reimbursement from the nonprevailing party for all reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the prevailing party.
 
        3.8    Nominees
 
        Securities registered in the name of a nominee for a Holder shall, for purposes of this Agreement, be treated as being owned by such Holder.
 
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        3.9    Counterparts
 
        This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of a signed counterpart by and between telephone facsimile transmission shall between effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.
 
        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date set forth above.
 
BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
 
 
By: 
Name: James C. O’Shea
Title: President and CEO
 
LEERINK SWANN & COMPANY
 
 
By: 
 
 
Name: 
 
 
Title: 
 
    
Address:
One Boston Place
Boston MA 02108
Attn: General Counsel
 
Telecopy: (617) 918-4724
 
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EX-10.35 13 dex1035.htm SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT MAY 23, 2001 SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT MAY 23, 2001
 
EXHIBIT 10.35
 
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
 
        SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) made as of the date set forth on the signature page hereof between Bioject Medical Technologies Inc., an Oregon corporation (the “Company”) and the undersigned (the “Subscriber”).
 
WITNESSETH:
 
        WHEREAS, the Company is offering in a private placement to accredited investors (the “Offering”) up to 1,500,000 shares of its common stock, no par value (the “Common Stock”) at a price equal to $10.00 per share (the “Closing Price”) (the “Offering Price”), and warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the total number of shares sold to the Subscriber in the Offering at an exercise price per share equal to 110% of the Closing Price (the “Warrants”). The Warrants are issued for a five (5) year period. The shares of Common Stock and Warrants offered hereby are sometimes referred to as the “Securities;” and
 
        WHEREAS, the Subscriber desires to purchase that number of Securities set forth on the signature page hereof on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; and
 
        WHEREAS, the Company has engaged Leerink Swann & Company (the “Placement Agent”) as placement agent for the Offering on a “best-efforts” basis.
 
        NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual representations and covenants hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
 
I.    SUBSCRIPTION FOR SECURITIES AND REPRESENTATIONS BY SUBSCRIBER
 
        1.1    Subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Subscriber hereby irrevocably subscribes for and agrees to purchase from the Company such Securities as is set forth upon the signature page hereof and the Company agrees to sell such Securities to the Subscriber for said purchase price. The purchase price is payable by personal or business check, wire transfer of immediately available funds or money order made payable to First Union National Bank, Corporate Trust Administration, 10 State House Square, 2nd Floor, Hartford, CT 06103, Reference: Account 95728356081, First Union National Bank as Escrow Agent for Bioject Medical Technology Escrow contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Subscriber. All wires should be sent to:
 
First Union National Bank
Charlotte, NC
ABA# 053 000 219
Credit a/c: 5000000016439 Trust Ops
For further credit to a/c: 95728356081 First Union National Bank as Escrow
Agent for Bioject Medical Technology Inc Escrow
Attn: CT9750
 
        Certificates for the shares of Common Stock and the Warrants will be delivered by the Company to the Subscriber promptly following the Closing (as herein defined).
 
        1.2    The Subscriber recognizes that the purchase of Securities involves a high degree of risk in that (i) the Company remains a development stage business with a limited operating history and may require substantial funds in addition to the proceeds of the Offering; (ii) an investment in the Company is highly speculative and only investors who can afford the loss of their entire investment should consider investing in the Company;
 
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(iii) the Subscriber may not be able to liquidate its investment; (iv) transferability of the Securities is extremely limited; and (v) in the event of a disposition, the Subscriber could sustain the loss of its entire investment.
 
        1.3    The Subscriber represents that the Subscriber is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Act”), as indicated by the responses to the questions contained in Section VII hereof, and that the Subscriber is able to bear the economic risk and illiquidity of an investment in the Securities.
 
        1.4    The Subscriber hereby acknowledges and represents that (i) the Subscriber has prior investment experience, including investment in non-listed and unregistered securities, or that the Subscriber has employed the services of an investment advisor, attorney and/or accountant to read all of the documents furnished or made available by the Company both to the Subscriber and to all other prospective investors to evaluate the merits and risks of such an investment on the Subscriber’s behalf; (ii) the Subscriber recognizes the highly speculative nature of an investment in the Securities; and (iii) the Subscriber is able to bear the economic risk and illiquidity which the Subscriber assumes by investing in the Securities.
 
        1.5    The Subscriber (i) hereby acknowledges receipt and careful review of the Memorandum dated May, 2001 (the “Memorandum”), and to the extent that specific filings of the Company with the SEC (as herein defined) under the Act or the Exchange Act (as herein defined) and exhibits thereto have not been specifically included in such package, the Subscriber hereby acknowledges that it has had a reasonable opportunity to review such filings on the SEC’s EDGAR database or otherwise (the Memorandum and all of the foregoing filings and exhibits of the Company are referred to herein as the “Offering Package”); (ii) hereby represents that the Subscriber has been furnished by the Company during the course of this transaction with all information regarding the Company which the Subscriber has requested or desired to know; (iii) has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from duly authorized officers or other representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the Offering; and (iv) has received any additional information which the Subscriber has requested.
 
        1.6    (a)    In making the decision to invest in the Securities, the Subscriber has relied solely upon the information provided by the Company in the Offering Package. To the extent necessary, the Subscriber has retained, at its own expense, and relied upon the advice of appropriate professionals regarding the investment, tax and legal merits and consequences of this Agreement and its purchase of the Securities hereunder. The Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Placement Agent has not supplied any information for inclusion in the Offering Package other than information furnished in writing to the Company by the Placement Agent specifically for inclusion in the Offering Package relating to the Placement Agent, that the Placement Agent has no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the Offering Package and that the Subscriber has not relied upon the independent investigation or verification, if any, which may have been undertaken by the Placement Agent.
 
                (b)    The Subscriber represents that (i) the Subscriber was contacted regarding the sale of the Securities by the Placement Agent (or an authorized agent or representative thereof) with whom the Subscriber had a prior substantial pre-existing relationship and (ii) no Securities were offered or sold to it by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising, and in connection therewith the Subscriber did not (A) receive or review any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in a newspaper or magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, whether closed circuit or generally available; or (B) attend any seminar, meeting or industry investor conference whose attendees were invited by any general solicitation or general advertising.
 
        1.7    The Subscriber hereby acknowledges that the Offering has not been reviewed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) because of the Company’s representations that this Offering is intended to be exempt from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Act pursuant to Sections 3(b), 4(2) and 4(6) thereof and Regulation D promulgated under the Act. The Subscriber agrees that the Subscriber will not sell or otherwise transfer the Securities unless they are registered under the Act or unless an exemption from such registration is available.
 
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        1.8    The Subscriber understands that none of the Securities have been registered under the Act by reason of a claimed exemption under the provisions of the Act which depends, in part, upon the Subscriber’s investment intention. In this connection, the Subscriber hereby represents that the Subscriber is purchasing the Securities for the Subscriber’s own account for investment and not with a view toward the resale or distribution thereof to others. The Subscriber, if an entity, was not formed for the purpose of purchasing the Securities. The Subscriber understands that Rule 144 promulgated under the Act requires, among other conditions, a one-year holding period prior to the resale (in limited amounts) of securities acquired in a non-public offering without having to satisfy the registration requirements under the Act.
 
        1.9    The Subscriber understands and hereby acknowledges that the Company is under no obligation to register the Securities under the Act or any state securities or “blue sky” laws other than as set forth in Section V. The Subscriber consents that the Company may, if it desires, permit the transfer of the Securities out of the Subscriber’s name only when the Subscriber’s request for transfer is accompanied by an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company that neither the sale nor the proposed transfer results in a violation of the Act or any applicable state “blue sky” laws (collectively, “Securities Laws”).
 
        1.10    The Subscriber consents to the placement of a legend on any certificate or other document evidencing the Securities indicating that such Securities have not been registered under the Act or any state securities or “blue sky” laws and setting forth or referring to the restrictions on transferability and sale thereof contained in this Agreement. The Subscriber is aware that the Company will make a notation in its appropriate records and issue “stop transfer” instructions to its transfer agent with respect to the restrictions on the transferability of such Securities.
 
        1.11    The Subscriber understands that the Company will review this Agreement and, if such Subscriber is an individual, hereby gives authority to the Company to call Subscriber’s bank or place of employment (in a call in which the Placement Agent participates) or otherwise review the financial standing of the Subscriber; and it is further agreed that upon their mutual agreement the Placement Agent and the Company reserve the unrestricted right, without further documentation or agreement on the part of the Subscriber, to reject or limit any subscription, to accept subscriptions for Securities and to close the Offering to the Subscriber at any time.
 
        1.12    The Subscriber hereby represents that the address of the Subscriber furnished by the Subscriber on the signature page hereof is the Subscriber’s principal residence if the Subscriber is an individual or its principal business address if it is a corporation or other entity.
 
        1.13    The Subscriber represents that the Subscriber has full power and authority (corporate, statutory and otherwise) to execute and deliver this Agreement and to purchase the Securities subscribed for hereby. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Subscriber, enforceable against the Subscriber in accordance with its terms.
 
        1.14    If the Subscriber is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, employee benefit plan, individual retirement account, Keogh Plan, or other entity, then (a) it is authorized and qualified to become an investor in the Company and the person signing this Agreement on behalf of such entity has been duly authorized by such entity to do so, and (b) it is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.
 
        1.15    The Subscriber acknowledges that if he or she is a registered representative of a National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”) member firm, he or she must give such firm the notice required by the NASD’s Rules of Fair Practice, receipt of which must be acknowledged by such firm in Section 7.4 below.
 
        1.16    The Subscriber represents and warrants that it has not engaged, consented to nor authorized any broker, finder or intermediary to act on its behalf, directly or indirectly, as a broker, finder or intermediary in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Subscriber shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company from and against all fees, commissions or other payments owing to any such person or firm acting on behalf of such Subscriber hereunder.
 
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        1.17    The Subscriber acknowledges that (a) the Company has engaged, consented to and authorized the Placement Agent in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (b) the Company shall pay the Placement Agent a commission and reimburse the Placement Agent’s expenses in accordance with the Placement Agency Agreement (as defined in Section 5.1(c) below), and the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Subscriber from and against all fees, commissions or other payments owing by the Company to the Placement Agent or any other person or firm acting on behalf of the Company hereunder and (c) registered representatives of the Placement Agent and/or its designees (including, without limitation, registered representatives of the Placement Agent and/or its designees who participate in the Offering and sale of the securities sold in the Offering) will be paid a portion of the commissions paid to the Placement Agent including a portion of the Placement Warrants (as defined in Section 5.1(c) below).
 
        1.18    The Subscriber, whose name appears on the signature line below, shall be the beneficial owner of the Securities for which such Subscriber subscribes.
 
        1.19    The Subscriber agrees that from the time the Subscriber first received the Offering Package until a point in time equal to the earlier of (i) the date that the Registration Statement (as defined in Section 5.2(a)) is declared effective by the SEC or (ii) four months from the date of the Offering Package, the Subscriber has not and shall not, directly or indirectly, through related parties, affiliates or otherwise, (A) sell “short” or “short against the box” (as those terms are generally understood) any equity security of the Company or (B) otherwise engage in any transaction that involves hedging of the Subscriber’s position in any equity security of the Company.
 
II.    REPRESENTATIONS BY THE COMPANY
 
        The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Subscriber that:
 
        2.1    Organization and Qualification.    The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Oregon and has full corporate power and lawful authority to conduct its business as described in the Offering Package. The Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted, or as proposed to be conducted in the Offering Package, by it or the properties owned, leased or operated by it, makes such qualification or licensing necessary and where the failure to be so qualified or licensed would have a material adverse effect upon the business, prospects or financial condition of the Company.
 
        2.2    Capitalization and Voting Rights.    The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Offering Package; all issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Except as set forth in the Offering Package, there are no outstanding options, warrants, agreements, commitments, convertible securities, preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase any shares of capital stock of the Company nor are there any agreements, promises or commitments to issue any of the foregoing, or discussions concerning same. Except as set forth in the Offering Package, in this Agreement and as otherwise required by law, there are no restrictions upon the voting or transfer of the Securities pursuant to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended, (the “Articles of Incorporation”), By-laws or other governing documents or any agreement or other instruments to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound.
 
        2.3    Authorization; Enforceability.    The Company has all corporate right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. All corporate action on the part of the Company, its directors and stockholders necessary for the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company, the authorization, sale, issuance and delivery of the Securities and the performance of the Company’s obligations hereunder has been taken. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of debtors and rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, and to limitations of public policy. The Securities have been duly and validly authorized
 
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and, upon the issuance and delivery thereof and payment therefor as contemplated by this Agreement, will be free and clear of liens, duly and validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The issuance and sale of the Securities contemplated hereby will not give rise to any preemptive rights or rights of first refusal on behalf of any person.
 
        2.4    No Conflict; Governmental Consents.
 
                (a)    The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and the offer and sale of the Securities will not result in the violation of any law, statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or governmental authority to or by which the Company is bound, or of any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company, and will not conflict with, or result in a breach or violation of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, any lease, loan agreement, mortgage, security agreement, trust indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject, nor result in the creation or imposition of any lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company.
 
                (b)    No consent, waiver, approval, authorization or other order of any governmental authority or other third-party is required to be obtained by the Company in connection with the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement or with the authorization, issuance and sale of the Securities, except such filings as may be required to be made, and which shall have been made at or prior to the required time (except with respect to the Notification Form: Listing of Additional Shares with Nasdaq which will be filed prior to closing), with the SEC, the NASD and the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System SmallCap Market (“Nasdaq”), and with any state or foreign blue sky or securities regulatory authority.
 
        2.5    Licenses.    Except as may be set forth in the Offering Package, the Company has all licenses, permits and other governmental authorizations currently required for the conduct of its business or ownership of properties and is in all material respects complying therewith, except for any licenses, permits or other governmental authorizations which would not materially adversely affect the business, property, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company.
 
        2.6    Litigation.    The Company knows of no pending or threatened legal or governmental proceedings against the Company which could materially adversely affect the business, property, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company.
 
        2.7    Accuracy of Reports.    All reports required to be filed by the Company within the three years prior to the date of this Agreement under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”), have been duly and timely filed with the SEC, complied at the time of filing in all material respects with the requirements of their respective forms and, were complete and correct in all material respects as of the dates at which the information was furnished, and contained (as of such dates) no untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
 
        2.8    Accuracy of Offering Package.    No information set forth in the Offering Package contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
 
        2.9    Investment Company.    The Company is not an “investment company” within the meaning of such term under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder.
 
        2.10    Listing.    The Company has filed a Notification Form: Listing of Additional Shares with the Nasdaq SmallCap Market and hereby represents and warrants to the Placement Agent and the Subscriber that it will take any other necessary action in accordance with the rules of the Nasdaq SmallCap Market to enable the Securities
 
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(and the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Placement Warrants as defined in Section 5.1 (c)) to trade on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market.
 
        2.11    No Material Adverse Change.    Since the filing of the Company’s most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, (i) there has not been any material adverse change (financial or otherwise) in the assets, properties, financial condition, operating results or business of the Company, and (ii) there has been no event or condition of any character that might have a material adverse effect (financial or otherwise) in the assets, properties, financial condition, operating results or business of the Company.
 
        2.12    Financial Statements.    The financial statements included in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000 and all other reports filed by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act since the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, and prior to the date hereof (collectively, the “SEC Filings”) present fairly and accurately in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates shown and its results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis. Except as set forth in the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Filings filed prior to the date hereof, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, the Company has no liabilities, contingent or otherwise, except those which individually or in the aggregate are not material to the financial condition or operating results of the Company.
 
        2.13    Compliance with Laws.    Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any Person acting on its behalf has conducted any general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D of the Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would adversely affect reliance by the Company on Section 4(2) of the Act for the exemption from registration for the transactions contemplated hereby or would require registration of the Securities under the Act. The Company is in compliance with all applicable Nasdaq continued listing requirements. There are no proceedings pending or to the Company’s knowledge threatened against the Company relating to the continued listing of the Company’s Common Stock on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market and the Company has not received any notice of, nor to the knowledge of the Company is there any basis for, the delisting of the Common Stock from the Nasdaq SmallCap Market.
 
III.    TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION
 
        3.1    The Offering is for up to 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock and Warrants. The Securities are offered on a “best efforts” basis.
 
        3.2    Upon the mutual consent of the Company and the Placement Agent, this Offering may close (the “Closing”) prior to the sale of all 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock and there is no assurance that all 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock will be sold. The Closing shall occur no later than June 30, 2001, subject to change at the discretion of the Company and the Placement Agent (the “Closing Date”). The purchase price is payable by personal or business check, wire transfer of immediately available funds or money order made payable as provided in Section 1.1.
 
        3.3    The Subscriber hereby authorizes and directs the Company to deliver the Securities to be issued to the Subscriber pursuant to this Agreement directly to the Subscriber’s account maintained by the Placement Agent or, if no such account exists, to the residential or business address indicated on the signature page hereto.
 
        3.4    The Subscriber hereby authorizes and directs the Company to return any funds related to unaccepted subscriptions to the same account from which the funds were drawn, including any customer account maintained with the Placement Agent.
 
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IV.    CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE SUBSCRIBERS AND THE COMPANY
 
        4.1    The Subscribers’ obligation to purchase the Securities at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions, which conditions may be waived at the option of each Subscriber to the extent permitted by law:
 
                (a)    Representations and Warranties.     The representations and warranties made by the Company in Section II hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects when made, and shall be true and correct in all material respects on the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of said date.
 
                (b)    Covenants.    All covenants, agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement to be performed by the Company on or prior to such purchase shall have been performed or complied with in all material respects.
 
                (c)    No Legal Order Pending.     There shall not then be in effect any legal or other order enjoining or restraining the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
 
                (d)    No Law Prohibiting or Restricting Such Sale.    There shall not be in effect any law, rule or regulation prohibiting or restricting such sale or requiring any consent or approval of any person to issue the Securities which consent or approval shall not have been obtained (except as may otherwise be provided in this Agreement).
 
                (e)    Legal Opinion.     Upon the Closing, counsel to the Company shall have delivered to the Placement Agent for the benefit of the Subscribers a legal opinion with respect to such legal matters relating to this Agreement and the Offering Package as the Placement Agent may reasonably require.
 
        4.2    The Company’s obligation to sell the Securities at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions, which conditions may be waived at the option of the Company to the extent permitted by law:
 
                (a)    Acknowledgements, Representations and Warranties.    The acknowledgements, representations and warranties made by the Subscriber in Section I hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects when made, and shall be true and correct in all material respects on the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of said date. If any such representations, warranties or acknowledgements shall not be true and accurate in any respect prior to the Closing, the undersigned shall give immediate written notice of such fact to the Company, to the Placement Agent, and to his representatives, if any, specifying which representations, warranties or acknowledgements are not true and accurate and the reason therefor.
 
                (b)    Covenants.    All covenants, agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement to be performed by the Subscriber on or prior to such purchase shall have been performed or complied with in all material respects.
 
                (c)    No Legal Order Pending.     There shall not then be in effect any legal or other order enjoining or restraining the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
 
                (d)    No Law Prohibiting or Restricting Such Sale.    There shall not be in effect any law, rule or regulation prohibiting or restricting such sale or requiring any consent or approval of any person to issue the Securities which consent or approval shall not have been obtained (except as may otherwise be provided in this Agreement).
 
V.    REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
 
        5.1    As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 
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                (a)    “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person (as defined below), any other Person controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, such Person (for the purposes of this definition “control,” when used with respect to any specified Person, shall mean the power to direct the management and policies of such person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing).
 
                (b)    “Business Day” shall mean a day, Monday through Friday, on which banks are generally open for business in each of New York, New York; Boston, Massachusetts; and Portland, Oregon.
 
                (c)    “Holders” shall mean the Subscriber and any person holding Registrable Securities as defined below (including the Registrable Securities underlying the warrants to be issued to the Placement Agent (the “Placement Warrants”) to be granted to the Placement Agent and/or their designees pursuant to the engagement letter between the Company and the Placement Agent dated March 14, 2001, (the “Placement Agency Agreement”)), a holder of the Placement Warrants, or any person to whom the rights under Section V have been transferred in accordance with Section 5.10 hereof, and who, if known by the Company, shall be specifically named by the Company as selling stockholders in the Registration Statement (as defined below).
 
                (d)    “Person” shall mean any person, individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust or other nongovernmental entity or any governmental agency, court, authority or other body (whether foreign, federal, state, local or otherwise).
 
                (e)    The terms “register,” “registered” and “registration” refer to the registration effected by preparing and filing with the SEC a registration statement in compliance with the Act, and the declaration or ordering by the SEC of the effectiveness of such registration statement.
 
                (f)    “Registrable Securities” shall mean (i) the Common Stock (ii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants, and (iii) shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Placement Warrants; provided, however, that securities shall only be treated as Registrable Securities if and only for so long as they (A) have not been disposed of pursuant to a registration statement declared effective by the SEC, (B) have not been sold in a transaction exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Act so that all transfer restrictions and restrictive legends with respect thereto are removed upon the consummation of such sale, and (C) are held by a Holder or a permitted transferee pursuant to Section 5.10.
 
                (g)    “Registration Expenses” shall mean all expenses incurred by the Company in complying with Section 5.2 hereof, including, without limitation, all registration, qualification and filing fees, printing expenses, escrow fees, fees and expenses of counsel for the Company, blue sky fees and expenses and the expense of any special audits incident to, or required by, any such registration (but excluding the aggregate fees of legal counsel for all Holders).
 
                (h)    “Registration Statement” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.2 (a).
 
                (i)    “Registration Period” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.4 (a).
 
                (j)    “Selling Expenses” shall mean all underwriting discounts and selling commissions applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities and the aggregate fees and expenses of legal counsel for all Holders.
 
        5.2    (a)    The Company shall, as soon as practicable, but not later than thirty (30) business days after the Closing Date (the “Filing Date”), (i) use its best efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 (or if not eligible for such form, on such other form on which the Company is eligible) (the “Registration Statement”) with respect to the resale of the Registerable Securities and use its best efforts to have such Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC as soon thereafter as is practical and (ii) cause such Registration Statement to remain effective for the Registration Period.
 
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                (b)    If the Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to the Filing Date, then for each successive thirty (30) day period beyond the Filing Date, the Company shall pay to each Subscriber, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, one percent (1%) of the aggregate purchase price previously paid by such Subscriber for Securities (or a pro rata amount for any periods less than thirty (30) days) until such time as the filing is made; provided, however, such Subscriber shall not be entitled to such cash payment if and to the extent that such delays are the result of the failure of such Subscriber to provide the Company with written information necessary to complete the Registration Statement by the Filing Date.
 
        5.3    All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any registration, qualification, exemption or compliance pursuant to Section 5.2 shall be borne by the Company. All Selling Expenses relating to the sale of securities registered by or on behalf of Holders shall be borne by such Holders pro rata on the basis of the number of securities so registered.
 
        5.4    In the case of the registration, qualification, exemption or compliance effected by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall, upon reasonable request, inform each Holder as to the status of such registration, qualification, exemption and compliance. At its expense the Company shall:
 
                (a)    use its best efforts to keep such registration, and any qualification, exemption or compliance under state securities laws which the Holders reasonably request the Company to obtain, continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities until the Holders have completed the distribution described in the registration statement relating thereto. The period of time during which the Company is required hereunder to keep the Registration Statement effective is referred to herein as “the Registration Period.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the Company’s election, the Company may cease to keep such registration, qualification, exemption or compliance effective with respect to any Registrable Securities, and the registration rights of a Holder with respect to such Registrable Securities shall expire, at such time as the Holder may sell all Registrable Securities then held by such Holder under Rule 144 under the Act in a three-month period, but this sentence shall not relieve the Company of any obligation to comply with this Section V as to any shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Placement Warrants;
 
                (b)    advise the Holders (or in the case of (ii) below, to advise the Placement Agent):
 
                        (i)     when the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed with the SEC and when the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;
 
                        (ii)     of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional information;
 
                        (iii)     of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose;
 
                        (iv)     of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and
 
                        (v)     subject to the limitations set forth in Section 5.7(b)(ii) hereof, of the happening of any event that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the prospectus so that, as of such date, the statements therein are not misleading and do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading;
 
                (c)    make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement at the earliest possible time;
 
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                (d)    furnish to each Holder, without charge, at least one copy of such Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment or supplement thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits (excluding those incorporated by reference) in the form filed with the SEC;
 
                (e)    during the Registration Period, deliver to each Holder, without charge, a reasonable number of copies of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Holder may reasonably request; and the Company consents to the use, consistent with the provisions hereof, of the prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Registrable Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by the prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto;
 
                (f)    during the Registration Period, deliver to each Holder, without charge, (i) as soon as practicable (but in the case of the annual report of the Company to its stockholders, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company) one copy of: (A) its annual report to its stockholders, if any (which annual report shall contain financial statements audited in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America by a firm of certified public accountants of recognized standing); (B) if not included in substance in its annual report to stockholders, its annual report on Form 10-K (or similar form); (C) a copy of the full Registration Statement (excluding exhibits); (ii) upon reasonable request, all exhibits excluded by the parenthetical to the immediately preceding clause (C); and (iii) such other documents as may be reasonably requested.
 
                (g)    prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement, register or qualify or obtain an exemption for the offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any such Holders reasonably request in writing, provided that the Company shall not for any such purpose be required to qualify generally to transact business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction where it is not so qualified or to consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction, and do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement;
 
                (h)    cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to the Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends to the extent not required at such time and in such denominations and registered in such names as Holders may request at least five (5) business days prior to sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement;
 
                (i)    upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 5.4(b)(v) above, the Company shall promptly prepare a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Registrable Securities included therein, the prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and
 
                (j)    use its best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, and make generally available to the Holders not later than 45 days (or 90 days if the fiscal quarter is the fourth fiscal quarter) after the end of its fiscal quarter in which the first anniversary date of the effective date of the Registration Statement occurs, an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act.
 
        5.5    The Holders shall have no right to take any action to restrain, enjoin or otherwise delay any registration pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof as a result of any controversy that may arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Agreement.
 
        5.6    (a)    To the extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify each Holder, each underwriter of the Registrable Securities and each person controlling such Holder and each such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, with respect to which any registration, qualification or compliance has been sought
 
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pursuant to this Agreement, against all claims, losses, expenses, costs, damages and liabilities (or action in respect thereof), including any of the foregoing incurred in settlement of any litigation, commenced or threatened (subject to Section 5.6(c) below), arising out of or based on (i) any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any registration statement, prospectus or offering circular, or any amendment or supplement thereof, incident to any such registration, qualification or compliance, or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which they were made, or (ii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Act, the Exchange Act, or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Act or the Exchange Act, and shall reimburse each Holder, each underwriter of the Registrable Securities and each person controlling such Holder and each such underwriter, for reasonable legal and other expenses, in connection with investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action as and when incurred; provided that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any untrue statement or omission or allegation thereof is made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder or underwriter and stated to be specifically for use in preparation of such registration statement, prospectus or offering circular; provided that the Company shall not be liable in any such case where the claim, loss, damage or liability arises out of or is related to the failure of the Holder to comply with the covenants and agreements contained in Section 5.7 hereof, and except that the foregoing indemnity agreement is subject to the condition that, insofar as it relates to any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the preliminary prospectus but eliminated or remedied in the amended prospectus on file with the SEC at the time the registration statement becomes effective or in the amended prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Act or in the prospectus subject to completion under Rule 434 of the Act, which together meet the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Act (the “Final Prospectus”), such indemnity agreement shall not inure to the benefit of any such Holder, any such underwriter or any such controlling person, if a copy of the Final Prospectus furnished by the Company to the Holder for delivery was not furnished to the person or entity asserting the loss, liability, claim or damage at or prior to the time such furnishing is required by the Act and the Final Prospectus would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, liability, claim or damage. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Company shall reimburse each Holder, upon such Holder’s demand, for all reasonably necessary expenses and costs which are incurred, as and when incurred, by such Holder as a result of the indemnification claims described in this Section 5.6(a). Such demand may be made from time to time prior to resolution of the claim. In no event shall the Company be liable for the expenses and costs of more than one attorney on behalf of the Holders unless in the reasonable judgement of a Holder, based upon written advice of its counsel, a conflict of interest exists between the Holders with respect to such claims, in which case the Company shall reimburse the Holders for additional attorneys.
 
                (b)    Each Holder will severally, if Registrable Securities held by such Holder are included in the securities as to which such registration, qualification or compliance is being effected, indemnify the Company, each of its directors and officers, each underwriter of the Registrable Securities and each person who controls the Company and each underwriter of the Registrable Securities within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, against all claims, losses, expenses, costs, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), including any of the foregoing incurred in settlement of any litigation, commenced or threatened (subject to Section 5.6(c) below), arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any registration statement, prospectus or offering circular, or any amendment or supplement thereof, incident to any such registration, qualification or compliance or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which they were made, and will reimburse the Company, such directors and officers, each underwriter of the Registrable Securities and each person controlling the Company and each underwriter of the Registrable Securities for reasonable legal and any other expenses or costs reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action as incurred, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission or allegation thereof is made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Holder and stated to be specifically for use in preparation of such registration statement, prospectus or offering circular;
 
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provided that the indemnity shall not apply to the extent that such claim, loss, damage or liability results from the fact that a current copy of the prospectus or offering circular was not made available to the Holder and such current copy of the prospectus or offering circular would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, claim, expense, costs, damage or liability. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall a Holder be liable for any such claims, losses, expenses, costs, damages or liabilities in excess of the proceeds received by such Holder in that offering, except in the event of fraud by such Holder.
 
                (c)    Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section 5.6 (the “Indemnified Party”) shall give notice to the party required to provide indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, provided that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or litigation, shall be approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not unreasonably be withheld), and the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense with its own counsel at such Indemnified Party’s expense unless the named parties to any proceeding covered hereby (including any impleaded parties) include both the Company or any others the Company may designate and one or more Indemnified Persons, and representation of the Indemnified Persons and such other parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them, and provided further that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Agreement, unless such failure is materially prejudicial to the Indemnifying Party in defending such claim or litigation. An Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of an action or claim effected without its written consent (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld).
 
                (d)    If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5.6 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an Indemnified Party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage, cost or expense referred to therein, then the Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage, cost or expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and of the Indemnified Party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage, cost or expense as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and of the Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied or which should have been supplied by the Indemnifying Party or by the Indemnified Party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
 
        5.7    (a)    Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 5.7(b)(ii) below, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event requiring the preparation of a supplement or amendment to a prospectus relating to Registrable Securities so that, as thereafter delivered to the Holders, such prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, each Holder shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement contemplated by Section 5.2 until its receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus from the Company and, if so directed by the Company, each Holder shall deliver to the Company all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.
 
                (b)    Any Holder which owns five percent (5%) or more (and with respect to 5.7(b)(ii), “any Holder”) of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock shall suspend, upon request of the Company, any disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement and prospectus contemplated by Section 5.2 during (i) any period not to exceed one 180-day period within any one 12-month period the Company requires in connection with an underwritten offering of equity securities and (ii) any period, not to exceed two 45-day periods within any twelve month period, when the Company determines in good faith that offers and sales pursuant thereto should not be made by reason of the presence of material undisclosed circumstances or
 
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developments with respect to which the disclosure that would be required in such a prospectus is premature, would have an adverse effect on the Company or is otherwise inadvisable.
 
                (c)    As a condition to the inclusion of its Registrable Securities, each Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding such Holder, the securities of the Company owned beneficially or of record by such Holder and the distribution proposed by such Holder as the Company may request in writing because it is required in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance referred to in this Section V.
 
                (d)    With respect to any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section V, each Holder hereby covenants with the Company not to make any sale of the Registrable Securities without effectively causing the prospectus delivery requirements under the Act to be satisfied.
 
                (e)    Each Holder acknowledges and agrees that the Registrable Securities sold pursuant to the Registration Statement described in this Section are not transferable on the books of the Company unless the stock certificate submitted to the transfer agent evidencing such Registrable Securities is accompanied by a certificate reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that (i) the Registrable Securities have been sold in accordance with such Registration Statement and (ii) the requirement of delivering a current prospectus has been satisfied.
 
                (f)    Each Holder shall not take any action with respect to any distribution deemed to be made pursuant to such registration statement, which would constitute a violation of Regulation M under the Exchange Act or any other applicable rule, regulation or law.
 
                (g)    At the end of the period during which the Company is obligated to keep the Registration Statement current and effective as described above, the Holders of Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement and the shares underlying the Placement Warrants shall discontinue sales of shares pursuant to such Registration Statement upon receipt of notice from the Company of its intention to remove from registration the shares covered by such Registration Statement which remain unsold.
 
        5.8    With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the SEC which at any time permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the public without registration, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts:
 
                (a)    to make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Act, at all times;
 
                (b)    to file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Exchange Act; and
 
                (c)    so long as a Holder owns any Registrable Securities, to furnish to such Holder upon any reasonable request a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with Rule 144 under the Act, and of the Exchange Act, and a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company, and such other reports and documents of the Company as such Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the SEC allowing a Holder to sell any such securities without registration.
 
        5.9    With the written consent of the Company and the Holders holding a majority of the Registerable Securities that are then outstanding, any provision of this Section V may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, either retroactively or prospectively and either for a specified period of time or indefinitely) or amended. Upon the effectuation of each such waiver or amendment, the Company shall promptly give written notice thereof to the Holders, if any, who have not previously received notice thereof or consented thereto in writing.
 
        5.10    The rights and obligations of the Holders under this Section V may not be assigned or transferred to or assumed by any transferee or assignee except (i) to a transferee that acquires at least 20% of such Holder’s
 
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Registerable Securities or (ii) to an Affiliate or limited or general partner of a Holder; provided that such transfer was not in violation of this Agreement or the Securities Laws.
 
VI.    MISCELLANEOUS
 
        6.1    Any notice or other communication given hereunder shall be deemed sufficient in writing and sent by (a) telecopy or facsimile at the address or number designated below (if delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received); or (b) registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or delivered by hand against written receipt therefor, addressed to Bioject Medical Technologies Inc., 7620 S.W. Bridgeport Road, Portland, Oregon 97224, Facsimile: (503) 620-6431, Attention: James C. O’Shea, with a copy to Leerink Swann & Company, 60 State Street, 15th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02019, Facsimile (617) 918-4724, Attention: Stuart R. Barich. Notices shall be deemed to have been given or delivered on the date of mailing, except notices of change of address, which shall be deemed to have been given or delivered when received.
 
        6.2    Except as set forth in Section 5.9, this Agreement shall not be changed, modified or amended except by a writing signed by the parties to be charged, and this Agreement may not be discharged except by performance in accordance with its terms or by a writing signed by the party to be charged.
 
        6.3    Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Subscriber, this Agreement shall become a binding obligation of the Subscriber with respect to the purchase of Securities as herein provided, subject to acceptance by the Company and the Placement Agent; subject, however, to the right hereby reserved to the Company to enter into the same agreements with other subscribers and to add and/or delete other persons as subscribers.
 
        6.4    Notwithstanding the place where this Agreement may be executed by any of the parties hereto, the parties expressly agree that all the terms and provisions hereof shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Oregon without regard to principles of conflicts of law.
 
        6.5    The holding of any provision of this Agreement to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced in whole or in part, such provision shall be interpreted so as to remain enforceable to the maximum extent permissible consistent with applicable law and the remaining conditions and provisions or portions thereof shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect and enforceable to the extent they are valid, legal and enforceable, and no provisions shall be deemed dependent upon any other covenant or provision unless so expressed herein.
 
        6.6    It is agreed that a waiver by either party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate, or be construed, as a waiver of any subsequent breach by that same party.
 
        6.7    The parties agree to execute and deliver all such further documents, agreements and instruments and take such other and further action as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement.
 
        6.8    This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
 
        6.9    The Subscriber agrees not to issue any public statement with respect to the Subscriber’s investment or proposed investment in the Company or the terms of any agreement or covenant between them and the Company without the Company’s prior written consent, except such disclosures as may be required under applicable law or under any applicable order, rule or regulation.
 
        6.10    Nothing in this Agreement shall create or be deemed to create any rights in any person or entity not a party to this Agreement, except for the holders of Registrable Securities.
 
        6.11    Any pronoun herein shall include all genders and/or the plural or singular as appropriate from the context.
 
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VII.    CONFIDENTIAL INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE
 
        7.1    The Subscriber represents and warrants that he, she or it comes within one category marked below, and that for any category marked, he, she or it has truthfully set forth, where applicable, the factual basis or reason the Subscriber comes within that category. ALL INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS SECTION VII WILL BE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. The undersigned agrees to furnish any additional information which the Company deems necessary in order to verify the answers set forth below.
 
Category A
—   The undersigned is an individual (not a partnership, corporation, etc.) whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with his or her spouse, presently exceeds $1,000,000.
 
Explanation. In calculating net worth you may include equity in personal property and real estate, including your principal residence, cash, short-term investments, stock and securities. Equity in personal property and real estate should be based on the fair market value of such property less debt secured by such property.
 
Category B
—   The undersigned is an individual (not a partnership, corporation, etc.) who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years, or joint income with his or her spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of those years (in each case including foreign income, tax exempt income and full amount of capital gains and losses but excluding any income of other family members and any unrealized capital appreciation) and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year.
 
Category C
—   The undersigned is a director or executive officer of the Company.
 
Category D
—   The undersigned is a bank; a savings and loan association; insurance company; registered investment company; registered business development company; licensed small business investment company or “SBIC”; or employee benefit plan within the meaning of Title 1 of Employee Retirement Income Security Act or “ERISA” and (a) the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company or registered investment advisor, or (b) the plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000 or is a self-directed plan with investment decisions made solely by persons that are accredited investors.
 

 

 
(describe entity)
 
Category E
—   The undersigned is a private business development company as defined in section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940.
 

 

 
(describe entity)
 
Category F
—   The undersigned is either a corporation, partnership, Massachusetts business trust, or nonprofit organization within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, in each case not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities and with total assets in excess of $5,000,000.
 

 

 
(describe entity)
 
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Category G
 
—   The undersigned is a trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities where the purchase is directed by a “sophisticated person” as defined in Regulation 506(b)(2)(ii) under the Act.
 
Category H
 
—   The undersigned hereby certifies that it is an accredited investor because all of its equity owners are accredited investors. The Company, in its sole discretion, may request information regarding the basis on which such equity owners are accredited.
 
Category I
 
—   The undersigned hereby certifies that it is an accredited investor because it has total assets in excess of $5,000,000 and was not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities.
 
Category J
 
—   The undersigned is not within any of the categories above and is therefore not an accredited investor.
 
The Company will notify a prospective Subscriber whether such Subscriber is eligible to purchase Securities pursuant to this Agreement (and the Company, in its sole discretion, retains the right to accept or reject all such purchases). The undersigned agrees that it will notify the Company at any time on or prior to the Closing Date in the event that the representations and warranties in this Investor Questionnaire shall cease to be true, accurate and complete.
 
        7.2    SUITABILITY (please answer each question)
 
                (a)    For an individual Subscriber, please describe your current employment, including the company by which you are employed and its principal business:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
                (b)    For an individual Subscriber, please describe any college or graduate degrees held by you:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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                (c)    For all Subscribers, please list types of prior investments:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
                (d)    For all Subscribers, please state whether you have participated in other private placements before:
 
YES                        
     NO                        
 
                (e)    If your answer to question (d) above was “YES”, please indicate frequency of such prior participation in private placements of:
 
       Public
Companies

     Private
Companies

     Biotechnology,
Pharmaceutical
and Other Life
Science
Companies *

Frequently                                                                  
     
  
  
Occasionally                                                                  
     
  
  
Never                                                                  
     
  
  
 
*  
indicate how many companies, whether public or private, are in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical or other life sciences sectors.
 
                (f)    For an individual Subscriber, do you expect your current level of income to significantly decrease in the foreseeable future?
 
YES                        
     NO                        
 
                (g)    For trust, corporate, partnership and other institutional Subscribers, do you expect your total assets to significantly decrease in the foreseeable future?
 
YES                        
     NO                        
 
                (h)    For all Subscribers, do you have any other investments or contingent liabilities which you reasonably anticipate could cause you to need sudden cash requirements in excess of cash readily available to you?
 
YES                        
     NO                        
 
                (i)    For all Subscribers, are you familiar with the risk aspects and the non-liquidity of investments such as the securities for which you seek to subscribe?
 
YES                        
     NO                        
 
                (j)    For all Subscribers, do you understand that there is no guarantee of financial return on this investment and that you run the risk of losing your entire investment?
 
YES                        
     NO                        
 
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        7.3    MANNER IN WHICH TITLE IS TO BE HELD. (circle one)
 
                (a)    Individual Ownership
                (b)    Community Property
                (c)    Joint Tenant with Right of Survivorship (both parties must sign)
                (d)    Partnership*
                (e)    Tenants in Common
                (f)    Company*
                (g)    Trust*
                (h)    Other
 
        *If Securities are being subscribed for by an entity, the attached Certificate of Signatory must also be completed.
 
        7.4    NASD AFFILIATION.
 
Are you affiliated or associated with an NASD member firm (please check one)?
 
YES                        
     NO                        
 
If yes, please describe:**
 

 

 

 

 
        **If Subscriber is a Registered Representative with an NASD member firm, have the following acknowledgment signed by the appropriate party:
 
        The undersigned NASD member firm acknowledges receipt of the notice required by Article 3, Sections 28(a) and (b) of the Rules of Fair Practice.
 

 
Name of NASD Member Firm
 
By: 
 
Authorized Officer—Signature
 

 
Authorized Officer—Printed Name
 
Date:                                                                      , 2001
 
 
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        7.5    STOCK OWNERSHIP
 
Do you beneficially own any shares of the Company’s Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of the Company’s Common Stock?
 
YES                        
     NO                        
 
If yes, please describe, including number of shares:
 

 

 

 

 
        7.6    COMPANY RELIANCE ON THIS QUESTIONNAIRE
 
The undersigned is informed of the significance to the Company of the foregoing representations and answers contained in this Section VII and such answers have been provided under the assumption that the Company and its counsel will rely on them.
 
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SIGNATURE PAGE
Date Signed:                                                      , 2001
 
Number of shares:
    
    
 
Multiplied by Offering Price per share:
x
$
 
Equals subscription amount:
=
$
 

 
Warrants (multiply the number of shares by 15%):    195,000
 

 
    

 
Signature
 

 
Printed Name
 

 
Entity Name
 

 
Address
 

 
City, State and Zip Code
 

 
Telephone—Business
 

 
Facsimile—Business
 

 
Tax ID # or Social Security #

 
Second Signature (if purchasing jointly)
 

 
Printed Second Name
 

 
Entity Name
 

 
Address
 

 
City, State and Zip Code
 

 
Telephone—Business
 

 
Facsimile—Business
 

 
Tax ID # or Social Security #
 
Name in which securities should be issued: 
 
Leerink Swann & Company Account Number: 
 

 
This Subscription Agreement is agreed to and accepted as of                          , 2001.
 
BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
 
By:
 

 
Name: James C. O’Shea
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
 
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CERTIFICATE OF SIGNATORY
 
(To be completed if Securities are being subscribed for by an entity)
 
                I,                                                                   , am the                                                                          of                                                                              (the “Entity”).
 
        I certify that I am empowered and duly authorized by the Entity to execute and carry out the terms of the Subscription Agreement and to purchase and hold the Securities, and certify further that the Subscription Agreement has been duly and validly executed on behalf of the Entity and constitutes a legal and binding obligation of the Entity.
 
        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand this      day of            , 2001.
 

 
(Signature)
 
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EX-10.36 14 dex1036.htm SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT JUNE 5, 2001 SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT JUNE 5, 2001
 
EXHIBIT 10.36
 
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
 
        SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) made as of the date set forth on the signature page hereof between Bioject Medical Technologies Inc., an Oregon corporation (the “Company”) and the undersigned (the “Subscriber”).
 
WITNESSETH:
 
        WHEREAS, the Company is offering in a private placement to the Subscriber (the “Offering”) 130,000 shares of its common stock, no par value (the “Common Stock”) at a price equal to $10.00 per share (the “Offering Price”), and warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the total number of shares sold to the Subscriber in the Offering at an exercise price per share equal to $13.50 (the “Warrants”). The Warrants are issued for a five (5) year period. The shares of Common Stock and Warrants offered hereby are sometimes referred to as the “Securities;” and
 
        WHEREAS, the Subscriber desires to purchase that number of Securities set forth on the signature page hereof on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; and
 
        WHEREAS, the Company has engaged Leerink Swann & Company (the “Placement Agent”) as placement agent for the Offering on a “best-efforts” basis.
 
        NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual representations and covenants hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
 
I.    SUBSCRIPTION FOR SECURITIES AND REPRESENTATIONS BY SUBSCRIBER
 
        1.1    Subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Subscriber hereby irrevocably subscribes for and agrees to purchase from the Company such Securities as is set forth upon the signature page hereof and the Company agrees to sell such Securities to the Subscriber for said purchase price. The purchase price is payable by personal or business check, wire transfer of immediately available funds or money order made payable to First Union National Bank, Corporate Trust Administration, 10 State House Square, 2nd Floor, Hartford, CT 06103, Reference: Account 95728356081, First Union National Bank as Escrow Agent for Bioject Medical Technology Escrow contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Subscriber. All wires should be sent to:
 
First Union National Bank
Charlotte, NC
ABA# 053 000 219
Credit a/c: 5000000016439 Trust Ops
For further credit to a/c: 95728356081 First Union National Bank as Escrow Agent for Bioject Medical Technology Inc Escrow
Attn: CT9750
 
        Certificates for the shares of Common Stock and the Warrants will be delivered by the Company to the Subscriber promptly following the Closing (as herein defined).
 
        1.2    The Subscriber recognizes that the purchase of Securities involves a high degree of risk in that (i) the Company remains a development stage business with a limited operating history and may require substantial funds in addition to the proceeds of the Offering; (ii) an investment in the Company is highly speculative and only investors who can afford the loss of their entire investment should consider investing in the Company; (iii) the Subscriber may not be able to liquidate its investment; (iv) transferability of the Securities is extremely limited; and (v) in the event of a disposition, the Subscriber could sustain the loss of its entire investment.
 
 

 
        1.3    The Subscriber represents that the Subscriber is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Act”), as indicated by the responses to the questions contained in Section VII hereof, and that the Subscriber is able to bear the economic risk and illiquidity of an investment in the Securities.
 
        1.4    The Subscriber hereby acknowledges and represents that (i) the Subscriber has prior investment experience, including investment in non-listed and unregistered securities, or that the Subscriber has employed the services of an investment advisor, attorney and/or accountant to read all of the documents furnished or made available by the Company both to the Subscriber and to all other prospective investors to evaluate the merits and risks of such an investment on the Subscriber’s behalf; (ii) the Subscriber recognizes the highly speculative nature of an investment in the Securities; and (iii) the Subscriber is able to bear the economic risk and illiquidity which the Subscriber assumes by investing in the Securities.
 
        1.5    The Subscriber (i) hereby acknowledges receipt and careful review of the Memorandum dated May, 2001 (the “Memorandum”), and to the extent that specific filings of the Company with the SEC (as herein defined) under the Act or the Exchange Act (as herein defined) and exhibits thereto have not been specifically included in such package, the Subscriber hereby acknowledges that it has had a reasonable opportunity to review such filings on the SEC’s EDGAR database or otherwise (the Memorandum and all of the foregoing filings and exhibits of the Company are referred to herein as the “Offering Package”); (ii) hereby represents that the Subscriber has been furnished by the Company during the course of this transaction with all information regarding the Company which the Subscriber has requested or desired to know; (iii) has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from duly authorized officers or other representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the Offering; and (iv) has received any additional information which the Subscriber has requested. The Subscriber acknowledges that the Memorandum was delivered solely for informational purposes and does not set forth the terms of the Offering.
 
        1.6    (a)    In making the decision to invest in the Securities, the Subscriber has relied solely upon the information provided by the Company in the Offering Package. To the extent necessary, the Subscriber has retained, at its own expense, and relied upon the advice of appropriate professionals regarding the investment, tax and legal merits and consequences of this Agreement and its purchase of the Securities hereunder. The Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Placement Agent has not supplied any information for inclusion in the Offering Package other than information furnished in writing to the Company by the Placement Agent specifically for inclusion in the Offering Package relating to the Placement Agent, that the Placement Agent has no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the Offering Package and that the Subscriber has not relied upon the independent investigation or verification, if any, which may have been undertaken by the Placement Agent.
 
                (b)    The Subscriber represents that (i) the Subscriber was contacted regarding the sale of the Securities by the Placement Agent (or an authorized agent or representative thereof) with whom the Subscriber had a prior substantial pre-existing relationship and (ii) no Securities were offered or sold to it by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising, and in connection therewith the Subscriber did not (A) receive or review any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in a newspaper or magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, whether closed circuit or generally available; or (B) attend any seminar, meeting or industry investor conference whose attendees were invited by any general solicitation or general advertising.
 
        1.7    The Subscriber hereby acknowledges that the Offering has not been reviewed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) because of the Company’s representations that this Offering is intended to be exempt from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Act pursuant to Sections 3(b), 4(2) and 4(6) thereof and Regulation D promulgated under the Act. The Subscriber agrees that the Subscriber will not sell or otherwise transfer the Securities unless they are registered under the Act or unless an exemption from such registration is available.
 
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        1.8    The Subscriber understands that none of the Securities have been registered under the Act by reason of a claimed exemption under the provisions of the Act which depends, in part, upon the Subscriber’s investment intention. In this connection, the Subscriber hereby represents that the Subscriber is purchasing the Securities for the Subscriber’s own account for investment and not with a view toward the resale or distribution thereof to others. The Subscriber, if an entity, was not formed for the purpose of purchasing the Securities. The Subscriber understands that Rule 144 promulgated under the Act requires, among other conditions, a one-year holding period prior to the resale (in limited amounts) of securities acquired in a non-public offering without having to satisfy the registration requirements under the Act.
 
        1.9    The Subscriber understands and hereby acknowledges that the Company is under no obligation to register the Securities under the Act or any state securities or “blue sky” laws other than as set forth in Section V. The Subscriber consents that the Company may, if it desires, permit the transfer of the Securities out of the Subscriber’s name only when the Subscriber’s request for transfer is accompanied by an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company that neither the sale nor the proposed transfer results in a violation of the Act or any applicable state “blue sky” laws (collectively, “Securities Laws”).
 
        1.10    The Subscriber consents to the placement of a legend on any certificate or other document evidencing the Securities indicating that such Securities have not been registered under the Act or any state securities or “blue sky” laws and setting forth or referring to the restrictions on transferability and sale thereof contained in this Agreement. The Subscriber is aware that the Company will make a notation in its appropriate records and issue “stop transfer” instructions to its transfer agent with respect to the restrictions on the transferability of such Securities.
 
        1.11    The Subscriber understands that the Company will review this Agreement and, if such Subscriber is an individual, hereby gives authority to the Company to call Subscriber’s bank or place of employment (in a call in which the Placement Agent participates) or otherwise review the financial standing of the Subscriber; and it is further agreed that upon their mutual agreement the Placement Agent and the Company reserve the unrestricted right, without further documentation or agreement on the part of the Subscriber, to reject or limit any subscription, to accept subscriptions for Securities and to close the Offering to the Subscriber at any time.
 
        1.12    The Subscriber hereby represents that the address of the Subscriber furnished by the Subscriber on the signature page hereof is the Subscriber’s principal residence if the Subscriber is an individual or its principal business address if it is a corporation or other entity.
 
        1.13    The Subscriber represents that the Subscriber has full power and authority (corporate, statutory and otherwise) to execute and deliver this Agreement and to purchase the Securities subscribed for hereby. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Subscriber, enforceable against the Subscriber in accordance with its terms.
 
        1.14    If the Subscriber is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, employee benefit plan, individual retirement account, Keogh Plan, or other entity, then (a) it is authorized and qualified to become an investor in the Company and the person signing this Agreement on behalf of such entity has been duly authorized by such entity to do so, and (b) it is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.
 
        1.15    The Subscriber acknowledges that if he or she is a registered representative of a National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”) member firm, he or she must give such firm the notice required by the NASD’s Rules of Fair Practice, receipt of which must be acknowledged by such firm in Section 7.4 below.
 
        1.16    The Subscriber represents and warrants that it has not engaged, consented to nor authorized any broker, finder or intermediary to act on its behalf, directly or indirectly, as a broker, finder or intermediary in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Subscriber shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company from and against all fees, commissions or other payments owing to any such person or firm acting on behalf of such Subscriber hereunder.
 
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        1.17    The Subscriber acknowledges that (a) the Company has engaged, consented to and authorized the Placement Agent in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (b) the Company shall pay the Placement Agent a commission and reimburse the Placement Agent’s expenses in accordance with the Placement Agency Agreement (as defined in Section 5.1(c) below), and the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Subscriber from and against all fees, commissions or other payments owing by the Company to the Placement Agent or any other person or firm acting on behalf of the Company hereunder and (c) registered representatives of the Placement Agent and/or its designees (including, without limitation, registered representatives of the Placement Agent and/or its designees who participate in the Offering and sale of the securities sold in the Offering) will be paid a portion of the commissions paid to the Placement Agent including a portion of the Placement Warrants (as defined in Section 5.1(c) below).
 
        1.18    The Subscriber, whose name appears on the signature line below, shall be the beneficial owner of the Securities for which such Subscriber subscribes.
 
        1.19    The Subscriber agrees that from the time the Subscriber first received the Offering Package until a point in time equal to the earlier of (i) the date that the Registration Statement (as defined in Section 5.2(a)) is declared effective by the SEC or (ii) four months from the date of the Offering Package, the Subscriber has not and shall not, directly or indirectly, through related parties, affiliates or otherwise, (A) sell “short” or “short against the box” (as those terms are generally understood) any equity security of the Company or (B) otherwise engage in any transaction that involves hedging of the Subscriber’s position in any equity security of the Company.
 
II.    REPRESENTATIONS BY THE COMPANY
 
        The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Subscriber that:
 
        2.1    Organization and Qualification.    The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Oregon and has full corporate power and lawful authority to conduct its business as described in the Offering Package. The Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted, or as proposed to be conducted in the Offering Package, by it or the properties owned, leased or operated by it, makes such qualification or licensing necessary and where the failure to be so qualified or licensed would have a material adverse effect upon the business, prospects or financial condition of the Company.
 
        2.2    Capitalization and Voting Rights.    The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Offering Package; all issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Except as set forth in the Offering Package, there are no outstanding options, warrants, agreements, commitments, convertible securities, preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase any shares of capital stock of the Company nor are there any agreements, promises or commitments to issue any of the foregoing, or discussions concerning same. Except as set forth in the Offering Package, in this Agreement and as otherwise required by law, there are no restrictions upon the voting or transfer of the Securities pursuant to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended, (the “Articles of Incorporation”), By-laws or other governing documents or any agreement or other instruments to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound.
 
        2.3    Authorization; Enforceability.    The Company has all corporate right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. All corporate action on the part of the Company, its directors and stockholders necessary for the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company, the authorization, sale, issuance and delivery of the Securities and the performance of the Company’s obligations hereunder has been taken. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of debtors and rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, and to limitations of public policy. The Securities have been duly and validly authorized
 
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and, upon the issuance and delivery thereof and payment therefor as contemplated by this Agreement, will be free and clear of liens, duly and validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The issuance and sale of the Securities contemplated hereby will not give rise to any preemptive rights or rights of first refusal on behalf of any person.
 
        2.4    No Conflict; Governmental Consents.
 
                (a)    The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and the offer and sale of the Securities will not result in the violation of any law, statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or governmental authority to or by which the Company is bound, or of any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company, and will not conflict with, or result in a breach or violation of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, any lease, loan agreement, mortgage, security agreement, trust indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject, nor result in the creation or imposition of any lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company.
 
                (b)    No consent, waiver, approval, authorization or other order of any governmental authority or other third-party is required to be obtained by the Company in connection with the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement or with the authorization, issuance and sale of the Securities, except such filings as may be required to be made, and which shall have been made at or prior to the required time (except with respect to the Notification Form: Listing of Additional Shares with Nasdaq), with the SEC, the NASD and the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System SmallCap Market (“Nasdaq”), and with any state or foreign blue sky or securities regulatory authority.
 
        2.5    Licenses.    Except as may be set forth in the Offering Package, the Company has all licenses, permits and other governmental authorizations currently required for the conduct of its business or ownership of properties and is in all material respects complying therewith, except for any licenses, permits or other governmental authorizations which would not materially adversely affect the business, property, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company.
 
        2.6    Litigation.    The Company knows of no pending or threatened legal or governmental proceedings against the Company which could materially adversely affect the business, property, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company.
 
        2.7    Accuracy of Reports.    All reports required to be filed by the Company within the three years prior to the date of this Agreement under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”), have been duly and timely filed with the SEC, complied at the time of filing in all material respects with the requirements of their respective forms and, were complete and correct in all material respects as of the dates at which the information was furnished, and contained (as of such dates) no untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
 
        2.8    Accuracy of Offering Package.    No information set forth in the Offering Package contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
 
        2.9    Investment Company.    The Company is not an “investment company” within the meaning of such term under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder.
 
        2.10    Listing.    The Company will file a Notification Form: Listing of Additional Shares with the Nasdaq SmallCap Market and hereby represents and warrants to the Placement Agent and the Subscriber that it will take
 
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any other necessary action in accordance with the rules of the Nasdaq SmallCap Market to enable the Securities (and the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Placement Warrants as defined in Section 5.1 (c)) to trade on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market.
 
        2.11    No Material Adverse Change.    Since the filing of the Company’s most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, (i) there has not been any material adverse change (financial or otherwise) in the assets, properties, financial condition, operating results or business of the Company, and (ii) there has been no event or condition of any character that might have a material adverse effect (financial or otherwise) in the assets, properties, financial condition, operating results or business of the Company.
 
        2.12    Financial Statements.    The financial statements included in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000 and all other reports filed by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act since the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, and prior to the date hereof (collectively, the “SEC Filings”) present fairly and accurately in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates shown and its results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis. Except as set forth in the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Filings filed prior to the date hereof, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, the Company has no liabilities, contingent or otherwise, except those which individually or in the aggregate are not material to the financial condition or operating results of the Company.
 
        2.13    Compliance with Laws.    Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any Person acting on its behalf has conducted any general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D of the Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would adversely affect reliance by the Company on Section 4(2) of the Act for the exemption from registration for the transactions contemplated hereby or would require registration of the Securities under the Act. The Company is in compliance with all applicable Nasdaq continued listing requirements. There are no proceedings pending or to the Company’s knowledge threatened against the Company relating to the continued listing of the Company’s Common Stock on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market and the Company has not received any notice of, nor to the knowledge of the Company is there any basis for, the delisting of the Common Stock from the Nasdaq SmallCap Market.
 
III.    TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION
 
        3.1    The Offering is for 130,000 shares of Common Stock and Warrants. The Securities are offered on a “best efforts” basis.
 
        3.2    Upon the mutual consent of the Company and the Placement Agent, this Offering may close (the “Closing”) upon the sale of all 130,000 shares of Common Stock. The Closing shall occur at the discretion of the Company and the Placement Agent (the “Closing Date”). The purchase price is payable by personal or business check, wire transfer of immediately available funds or money order made payable as provided in Section 1.1.
 
        3.3    The Subscriber hereby authorizes and directs the Company to deliver the Securities to be issued to the Subscriber pursuant to this Agreement directly to the Subscriber’s account maintained by the Placement Agent or, if no such account exists, to the residential or business address indicated on the signature page hereto.
 
        3.4    The Subscriber hereby authorizes and directs the Company to return any funds related to unaccepted subscriptions to the same account from which the funds were drawn, including any customer account maintained with the Placement Agent.
 
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IV.    CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE SUBSCRIBERS AND THE COMPANY
 
        4.1    The Subscribers’ obligation to purchase the Securities at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions, which conditions may be waived at the option of each Subscriber to the extent permitted by law:
 
                (a)    Representations and Warranties.     The representations and warranties made by the Company in Section II hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects when made, and shall be true and correct in all material respects on the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of said date.
 
                (b)    Covenants.    All covenants, agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement to be performed by the Company on or prior to such purchase shall have been performed or complied with in all material respects.
 
                (c)    No Legal Order Pending.     There shall not then be in effect any legal or other order enjoining or restraining the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
 
                (d)    No Law Prohibiting or Restricting Such Sale.    There shall not be in effect any law, rule or regulation prohibiting or restricting such sale or requiring any consent or approval of any person to issue the Securities which consent or approval shall not have been obtained (except as may otherwise be provided in this Agreement).
 
                (e)    Legal Opinion.     Upon the Closing, counsel to the Company shall have delivered to the Placement Agent for the benefit of the Subscribers a legal opinion with respect to such legal matters relating to this Agreement and the Offering Package as the Placement Agent may reasonably require.
 
        4.2    The Company’s obligation to sell the Securities at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions, which conditions may be waived at the option of the Company to the extent permitted by law:
 
                (a)    Acknowledgements, Representations and Warranties.    The acknowledgements, representations and warranties made by the Subscriber in Section I hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects when made, and shall be true and correct in all material respects on the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of said date. If any such representations, warranties or acknowledgements shall not be true and accurate in any respect prior to the Closing, the undersigned shall give immediate written notice of such fact to the Company, to the Placement Agent, and to his representatives, if any, specifying which representations, warranties or acknowledgements are not true and accurate and the reason therefor.
 
                (b)    Covenants.    All covenants, agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement to be performed by the Subscriber on or prior to such purchase shall have been performed or complied with in all material respects.
 
                (c)    No Legal Order Pending.     There shall not then be in effect any legal or other order enjoining or restraining the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
 
                (d)    No Law Prohibiting or Restricting Such Sale.    There shall not be in effect any law, rule or regulation prohibiting or restricting such sale or requiring any consent or approval of any person to issue the Securities which consent or approval shall not have been obtained (except as may otherwise be provided in this Agreement).
 
V.    REGISTRATION RIGHTS
 
        5.1    As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 
                (a)    “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person (as defined below), any other Person controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, such Person (for the purposes of this
 
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definition “control,” when used with respect to any specified Person, shall mean the power to direct the management and policies of such person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing).
 
                (b)    “Business Day” shall mean a day, Monday through Friday, on which banks are generally open for business in each of New York, New York; Boston, Massachusetts; and Portland, Oregon.
 
                (c)    “Holders” shall mean the Subscriber and any person holding Registrable Securities as defined below (including the Registrable Securities underlying the warrants to be issued to the Placement Agent (the “Placement Warrants”) to be granted to the Placement Agent and/or their designees pursuant to the engagement letter between the Company and the Placement Agent dated                                     [March 14, 2001], (the “Placement Agency Agreement”)), a holder of the Placement Warrants, or any person to whom the rights under Section V have been transferred in accordance with Section 5.10 hereof, and who, if known by the Company, shall be specifically named by the Company as selling stockholders in the Registration Statement (as defined below).
 
                (d)    “Person” shall mean any person, individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust or other nongovernmental entity or any governmental agency, court, authority or other body (whether foreign, federal, state, local or otherwise).
 
                (e)    The terms “register,” “registered” and “registration” refer to the registration effected by preparing and filing with the SEC a registration statement in compliance with the Act, and the declaration or ordering by the SEC of the effectiveness of such registration statement.
 
                (f)    “Registrable Securities” shall mean (i) the Common Stock (ii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants, and (iii) shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Placement Warrants; provided, however, that securities shall only be treated as Registrable Securities if and only for so long as they (A) have not been disposed of pursuant to a registration statement declared effective by the SEC, (B) have not been sold in a transaction exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Act so that all transfer restrictions and restrictive legends with respect thereto are removed upon the consummation of such sale, and (C) are held by a Holder or a permitted transferee pursuant to Section 5.10.
 
                (g)    “Registration Expenses” shall mean all expenses incurred by the Company in complying with Section 5.2 hereof, including, without limitation, all registration, qualification and filing fees, printing expenses, escrow fees, fees and expenses of counsel for the Company, blue sky fees and expenses and the expense of any special audits incident to, or required by, any such registration (but excluding the aggregate fees of legal counsel for all Holders).
 
                (h)    “Registration Statement” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.2 (a).
 
                (i)    “Registration Period” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.4 (a).
 
                (j)    “Selling Expenses” shall mean all underwriting discounts and selling commissions applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities and the aggregate fees and expenses of legal counsel for all Holders.
 
        5.2    (a)    The Company shall, as soon as practicable, but not later than thirty (30) business days after the Closing Date (the “Filing Date”), (i) use its best efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 (or if not eligible for such form, on such other form on which the Company is eligible) (the “Registration Statement”) with respect to the resale of the Registerable Securities and use its best efforts to have such Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC as soon thereafter as is practical and (ii) cause such Registration Statement to remain effective for the Registration Period.
 
                (b)    If the Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to the Filing Date, then for each successive thirty (30) day period beyond the Filing Date, the Company shall pay to each Subscriber, in cash, as liquidated
 
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damages and not as a penalty, one percent (1%) of the aggregate purchase price previously paid by such Subscriber for Securities (or a pro rata amount for any periods less than thirty (30) days) until such time as the filing is made; provided, however, such Subscriber shall not be entitled to such cash payment if and to the extent that such delays are the result of the failure of such Subscriber to provide the Company with written information necessary to complete the Registration Statement by the Filing Date.
 
        5.3    All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any registration, qualification, exemption or compliance pursuant to Section 5.2 shall be borne by the Company. All Selling Expenses relating to the sale of securities registered by or on behalf of Holders shall be borne by such Holders pro rata on the basis of the number of securities so registered.
 
        5.4    In the case of the registration, qualification, exemption or compliance effected by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall, upon reasonable request, inform each Holder as to the status of such registration, qualification, exemption and compliance. At its expense the Company shall:
 
                (a)    use its best efforts to keep such registration, and any qualification, exemption or compliance under state securities laws which the Holders reasonably request the Company to obtain, continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities until the Holders have completed the distribution described in the registration statement relating thereto. The period of time during which the Company is required hereunder to keep the Registration Statement effective is referred to herein as “the Registration Period.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the Company’s election, the Company may cease to keep such registration, qualification, exemption or compliance effective with respect to any Registrable Securities, and the registration rights of a Holder with respect to such Registrable Securities shall expire, at such time as the Holder may sell all Registrable Securities then held by such Holder under Rule 144 under the Act in a three-month period, but this sentence shall not relieve the Company of any obligation to comply with this Section V as to any shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Placement Warrants;
 
                (b)    advise the Holders (or in the case of (ii) below, to advise the Placement Agent):
 
                        (i)     when the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed with the SEC and when the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;
 
                        (ii)     of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional information;
 
                        (iii)     of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose;
 
                        (iv)     of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and
 
                        (v)     subject to the limitations set forth in Section 5.7(b)(ii) hereof, of the happening of any event that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the prospectus so that, as of such date, the statements therein are not misleading and do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading;
 
                (c)    make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement at the earliest possible time;
 
                (d)    furnish to each Holder, without charge, at least one copy of such Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment or supplement thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits (excluding those incorporated by reference) in the form filed with the SEC;
 
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                (e)    during the Registration Period, deliver to each Holder, without charge, a reasonable number of copies of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Holder may reasonably request; and the Company consents to the use, consistent with the provisions hereof, of the prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Registrable Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by the prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto;
 
                (f)    during the Registration Period, deliver to each Holder, without charge, (i) as soon as practicable (but in the case of the annual report of the Company to its stockholders, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company) one copy of: (A) its annual report to its stockholders, if any (which annual report shall contain financial statements audited in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America by a firm of certified public accountants of recognized standing); (B) if not included in substance in its annual report to stockholders, its annual report on Form 10-K (or similar form); (C) a copy of the full Registration Statement (excluding exhibits); (ii) upon reasonable request, all exhibits excluded by the parenthetical to the immediately preceding clause (C); and (iii) such other documents as may be reasonably requested.
 
                (g)    prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement, register or qualify or obtain an exemption for the offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any such Holders reasonably request in writing, provided that the Company shall not for any such purpose be required to qualify generally to transact business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction where it is not so qualified or to consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction, and do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement;
 
                (h)    cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to the Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends to the extent not required at such time and in such denominations and registered in such names as Holders may request at least five (5) business days prior to sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement;
 
                (i)    upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 5.4(b)(v) above, the Company shall promptly prepare a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Registrable Securities included therein, the prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and
 
                (j)    use its best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, and make generally available to the Holders not later than 45 days (or 90 days if the fiscal quarter is the fourth fiscal quarter) after the end of its fiscal quarter in which the first anniversary date of the effective date of the Registration Statement occurs, an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act.
 
        5.5    The Holders shall have no right to take any action to restrain, enjoin or otherwise delay any registration pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof as a result of any controversy that may arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Agreement.
 
        5.6    (a)    To the extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify each Holder, each underwriter of the Registrable Securities and each person controlling such Holder and each such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, with respect to which any registration, qualification or compliance has been sought pursuant to this Agreement, against all claims, losses, expenses, costs, damages and liabilities (or action in respect thereof), including any of the foregoing incurred in settlement of any litigation, commenced or threatened (subject to Section 5.6(c) below), arising out of or based on (i) any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement)
 
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of a material fact contained in any registration statement, prospectus or offering circular, or any amendment or supplement thereof, incident to any such registration, qualification or compliance, or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which they were made, or (ii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Act, the Exchange Act, or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Act or the Exchange Act, and shall reimburse each Holder, each underwriter of the Registrable Securities and each person controlling such Holder and each such underwriter, for reasonable legal and other expenses, in connection with investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action as and when incurred; provided that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any untrue statement or omission or allegation thereof is made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder or underwriter and stated to be specifically for use in preparation of such registration statement, prospectus or offering circular; provided that the Company shall not be liable in any such case where the claim, loss, damage or liability arises out of or is related to the failure of the Holder to comply with the covenants and agreements contained in Section 5.7 hereof, and except that the foregoing indemnity agreement is subject to the condition that, insofar as it relates to any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the preliminary prospectus but eliminated or remedied in the amended prospectus on file with the SEC at the time the registration statement becomes effective or in the amended prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Act or in the prospectus subject to completion under Rule 434 of the Act, which together meet the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Act (the “Final Prospectus”), such indemnity agreement shall not inure to the benefit of any such Holder, any such underwriter or any such controlling person, if a copy of the Final Prospectus furnished by the Company to the Holder for delivery was not furnished to the person or entity asserting the loss, liability, claim or damage at or prior to the time such furnishing is required by the Act and the Final Prospectus would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, liability, claim or damage. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Company shall reimburse each Holder, upon such Holder’s demand, for all reasonably necessary expenses and costs which are incurred, as and when incurred, by such Holder as a result of the indemnification claims described in this Section 5.6(a). Such demand may be made from time to time prior to resolution of the claim. In no event shall the Company be liable for the expenses and costs of more than one attorney on behalf of the Holders unless in the reasonable judgement of a Holder, based upon written advice of its counsel, a conflict of interest exists between the Holders with respect to such claims, in which case the Company shall reimburse the Holders for additional attorneys.
 
                (b)    Each Holder will severally, if Registrable Securities held by such Holder are included in the securities as to which such registration, qualification or compliance is being effected, indemnify the Company, each of its directors and officers, each underwriter of the Registrable Securities and each person who controls the Company and each underwriter of the Registrable Securities within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, against all claims, losses, expenses, costs, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), including any of the foregoing incurred in settlement of any litigation, commenced or threatened (subject to Section 5.6(c) below), arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any registration statement, prospectus or offering circular, or any amendment or supplement thereof, incident to any such registration, qualification or compliance or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which they were made, and will reimburse the Company, such directors and officers, each underwriter of the Registrable Securities and each person controlling the Company and each underwriter of the Registrable Securities for reasonable legal and any other expenses or costs reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action as incurred, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission or allegation thereof is made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Holder and stated to be specifically for use in preparation of such registration statement, prospectus or offering circular; provided that the indemnity shall not apply to the extent that such claim, loss, damage or liability results from the fact that a current copy of the prospectus or offering circular was not made available to the Holder and such current copy of the prospectus or offering circular would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, claim,
 
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expense, costs, damage or liability. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall a Holder be liable for any such claims, losses, expenses, costs, damages or liabilities in excess of the proceeds received by such Holder in that offering, except in the event of fraud by such Holder.
 
                (c)    Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section 5.6 (the “Indemnified Party”) shall give notice to the party required to provide indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, provided that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or litigation, shall be approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not unreasonably be withheld), and the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense with its own counsel at such Indemnified Party’s expense unless the named parties to any proceeding covered hereby (including any impleaded parties) include both the Company or any others the Company may designate and one or more Indemnified Persons, and representation of the Indemnified Persons and such other parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them, and provided further that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Agreement, unless such failure is materially prejudicial to the Indemnifying Party in defending such claim or litigation. An Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of an action or claim effected without its written consent (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld).
 
                (d)    If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5.6 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an Indemnified Party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage, cost or expense referred to therein, then the Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage, cost or expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and of the Indemnified Party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage, cost or expense as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and of the Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied or which should have been supplied by the Indemnifying Party or by the Indemnified Party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
 
        5.7    (a)    Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 5.7(b)(ii) below, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event requiring the preparation of a supplement or amendment to a prospectus relating to Registrable Securities so that, as thereafter delivered to the Holders, such prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, each Holder shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement contemplated by Section 5.2 until its receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus from the Company and, if so directed by the Company, each Holder shall deliver to the Company all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.
 
                (b)    Any Holder which owns five percent (5%) or more (and with respect to 5.7(b)(ii), “any Holder”) of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock shall suspend, upon request of the Company, any disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement and prospectus contemplated by Section 5.2 during (i) any period not to exceed one 180-day period within any one 12-month period the Company requires in connection with an underwritten offering of equity securities and (ii) any period, not to exceed two 45-day periods within any twelve month period, when the Company determines in good faith that offers and sales pursuant thereto should not be made by reason of the presence of material undisclosed circumstances or developments with respect to which the disclosure that would be required in such a prospectus is premature, would have an adverse effect on the Company or is otherwise inadvisable.
 
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                (c)    As a condition to the inclusion of its Registrable Securities, each Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding such Holder, the securities of the Company owned beneficially or of record by such Holder and the distribution proposed by such Holder as the Company may request in writing because it is required in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance referred to in this Section V.
 
                (d)    With respect to any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section V, each Holder hereby covenants with the Company not to make any sale of the Registrable Securities without effectively causing the prospectus delivery requirements under the Act to be satisfied.
 
                (e)    Each Holder acknowledges and agrees that the Registrable Securities sold pursuant to the Registration Statement described in this Section are not transferable on the books of the Company unless the stock certificate submitted to the transfer agent evidencing such Registrable Securities is accompanied by a certificate reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that (i) the Registrable Securities have been sold in accordance with such Registration Statement and (ii) the requirement of delivering a current prospectus has been satisfied.
 
                (f)    Each Holder shall not take any action with respect to any distribution deemed to be made pursuant to such registration statement, which would constitute a violation of Regulation M under the Exchange Act or any other applicable rule, regulation or law.
 
                (g)    At the end of the period during which the Company is obligated to keep the Registration Statement current and effective as described above, the Holders of Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement and the shares underlying the Placement Warrants shall discontinue sales of shares pursuant to such Registration Statement upon receipt of notice from the Company of its intention to remove from registration the shares covered by such Registration Statement which remain unsold.
 
        5.8    With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the SEC which at any time permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the public without registration, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts:
 
                (a)    to make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Act, at all times;
 
                (b)    to file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Exchange Act; and
 
                (c)    so long as a Holder owns any Registrable Securities, to furnish to such Holder upon any reasonable request a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with Rule 144 under the Act, and of the Exchange Act, and a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company, and such other reports and documents of the Company as such Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the SEC allowing a Holder to sell any such securities without registration.
 
        5.9    With the written consent of the Company and the Holders holding a majority of the Registerable Securities that are then outstanding, any provision of this Section V may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, either retroactively or prospectively and either for a specified period of time or indefinitely) or amended. Upon the effectuation of each such waiver or amendment, the Company shall promptly give written notice thereof to the Holders, if any, who have not previously received notice thereof or consented thereto in writing.
 
        5.10    The rights and obligations of the Holders under this Section V may not be assigned or transferred to or assumed by any transferee or assignee except (i) to a transferee that acquires at least 20% of such Holder’s Registerable Securities or (ii) to an Affiliate or limited or general partner of a Holder; provided that such transfer was not in violation of this Agreement or the Securities Laws.
 
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VI.    MISCELLANEOUS
 
        6.1    Any notice or other communication given hereunder shall be deemed sufficient in writing and sent by (a) telecopy or facsimile at the address or number designated below (if delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received); or (b) registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or delivered by hand against written receipt therefor, addressed to Bioject Medical Technologies Inc., 7620 S.W. Bridgeport Road, Portland, Oregon 97224, Facsimile: (503) 620-6431, Attention: James C. O’Shea, with a copy to Leerink Swann & Company, 60 State Street, 15th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02019, Facsimile (617) 918-4724, Attention: Stuart R. Barich. Notices shall be deemed to have been given or delivered on the date of mailing, except notices of change of address, which shall be deemed to have been given or delivered when received.
 
        6.2    Except as set forth in Section 5.9, this Agreement shall not be changed, modified or amended except by a writing signed by the parties to be charged, and this Agreement may not be discharged except by performance in accordance with its terms or by a writing signed by the party to be charged.
 
        6.3    Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Subscriber, this Agreement shall become a binding obligation of the Subscriber with respect to the purchase of Securities as herein provided, subject to acceptance by the Company and the Placement Agent; subject, however, to the right hereby reserved to the Company to enter into the same agreements with other subscribers and to add and/or delete other persons as subscribers.
 
        6.4    Notwithstanding the place where this Agreement may be executed by any of the parties hereto, the parties expressly agree that all the terms and provisions hereof shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Oregon without regard to principles of conflicts of law.
 
        6.5    The holding of any provision of this Agreement to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced in whole or in part, such provision shall be interpreted so as to remain enforceable to the maximum extent permissible consistent with applicable law and the remaining conditions and provisions or portions thereof shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect and enforceable to the extent they are valid, legal and enforceable, and no provisions shall be deemed dependent upon any other covenant or provision unless so expressed herein.
 
        6.6    It is agreed that a waiver by either party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate, or be construed, as a waiver of any subsequent breach by that same party.
 
        6.7    The parties agree to execute and deliver all such further documents, agreements and instruments and take such other and further action as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement.
 
        6.8    This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
 
        6.9    The Subscriber agrees not to issue any public statement with respect to the Subscriber’s investment or proposed investment in the Company or the terms of any agreement or covenant between them and the Company without the Company’s prior written consent, except such disclosures as may be required under applicable law or under any applicable order, rule or regulation.
 
        6.10    Nothing in this Agreement shall create or be deemed to create any rights in any person or entity not a party to this Agreement, except for the holders of Registrable Securities.
 
        6.11    Any pronoun herein shall include all genders and/or the plural or singular as appropriate from the context.
 
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VII.    CONFIDENTIAL INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE
 
        7.1    The Subscriber represents and warrants that he, she or it comes within one category marked below, and that for any category marked, he, she or it has truthfully set forth, where applicable, the factual basis or reason the Subscriber comes within that category. ALL INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS SECTION VII WILL BE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. The undersigned agrees to furnish any additional information which the Company deems necessary in order to verify the answers set forth below.
 
Category A
—   The undersigned is an individual (not a partnership, corporation, etc.) whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with his or her spouse, presently exceeds $1,000,000.
 
Explanation.    In calculating net worth you may include equity in personal property and real estate, including your principal residence, cash, short-term investments, stock and securities. Equity in personal property and real estate should be based on the fair market value of such property less debt secured by such property.
 
Category B
—   The undersigned is an individual (not a partnership, corporation, etc.) who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years, or joint income with his or her spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of those years (in each case including foreign income, tax exempt income and full amount of capital gains and losses but excluding any income of other family members and any unrealized capital appreciation) and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year.
 
Category C
—   The undersigned is a director or executive officer of the Company.
 
Category D
—   The undersigned is a bank; a savings and loan association; insurance company; registered investment company; registered business development company; licensed small business investment company or “SBIC”; or employee benefit plan within the meaning of Title 1 of Employee Retirement Income Security Act or “ERISA” and (a) the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company or registered investment advisor, or (b) the plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000 or is a self-directed plan with investment decisions made solely by persons that are accredited investors.
 

 

 
(describe entity)
 
Category E
—   The undersigned is a private business development company as defined in section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940.
 

 

 
(describe entity)
 
Category F
—   The undersigned is either a corporation, partnership, Massachusetts business trust, or nonprofit organization within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, in each case not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities and with total assets in excess of $5,000,000.
 

 

 
(describe entity)
 
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Category G
—   The undersigned is a trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities where the purchase is directed by a “sophisticated person” as defined in Regulation 506(b)(2)(ii) under the Act.
 
Category H
—   The undersigned hereby certifies that it is an accredited investor because all of its equity owners are accredited investors. The Company, in its sole discretion, may request information regarding the basis on which such equity owners are accredited.
 
Category I
—   The undersigned hereby certifies that it is an accredited investor because it has total assets in excess of $5,000,000 and was not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities.
 
Category J
—   The undersigned is not within any of the categories above and is therefore not an accredited investor.
 
The Company will notify a prospective Subscriber whether such Subscriber is eligible to purchase Securities pursuant to this Agreement (and the Company, in its sole discretion, retains the right to accept or reject all such purchases). The undersigned agrees that it will notify the Company at any time on or prior to the Closing Date in the event that the representations and warranties in this Investor Questionnaire shall cease to be true, accurate and complete.
 
        7.2    SUITABILITY (please answer each question)
 
(a)    For an individual Subscriber, please describe your current employment, including the company by which you are employed and its principal business:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(b)    For an individual Subscriber, please describe any college or graduate degrees held by you:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(c)    For all Subscribers, please list types of prior investments:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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(d)    For all Subscribers, please state whether you have participated in other private placements before:
 
YES                        
     NO                        
 
(e)    If your answer to question (d) above was “YES”, please indicate frequency of such prior participation in private placements of:
 
       Public
Companies

     Private
Companies

     Biotechnology,
Pharmaceutical
and Other
Life Science
Companies *

Frequently                                                                  
     
  
  
Occasionally                                                                  
     
  
  
Never                                                                  
     
  
  
 
*
indicate how many companies, whether public or private, are in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical or other life sciences sectors.
 
(f)    For an individual Subscriber, do you expect your current level of income to significantly decrease in the foreseeable future?
 
YES                        
     NO                        
 
(g)    For trust, corporate, partnership and other institutional Subscribers, do you expect your total assets to significantly decrease in the foreseeable future?
 
YES                        
     NO                        
 
(h)    For all Subscribers, do you have any other investments or contingent liabilities which you reasonably anticipate could cause you to need sudden cash requirements in excess of cash readily available to you?
 
YES                        
     NO                        
 
(i)    For all Subscribers, are you familiar with the risk aspects and the non-liquidity of investments such as the securities for which you seek to subscribe?
 
YES                        
     NO                        
 
(j)    For all Subscribers, do you understand that there is no guarantee of financial return on this investment and that you run the risk of losing your entire investment?
 
YES                        
     NO                        
 
        7.3    MANNER IN WHICH TITLE IS TO BE HELD. (circle one)
 
                (a)    Individual Ownership
                (b)    Community Property
                (c)    Joint Tenant with Right of Survivorship (both parties must sign)
                (d)    Partnership*
                (e)    Tenants in Common
                (f)    Company*
                (g)    Trust*
                (h)    Other
 
        *If Securities are being subscribed for by an entity, the attached Certificate of Signatory must also be completed.
 
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        7.4    NASD AFFILIATION.
 
Are you affiliated or associated with an NASD member firm (please check one)?
 
YES                        
     NO                        
 
If yes, please describe:**
 

 

 

 

 
        **If Subscriber is a Registered Representative with an NASD member firm, have the following acknowledgment signed by the appropriate party:
 
        The undersigned NASD member firm acknowledges receipt of the notice required by Article 3, Sections 28(a) and (b) of the Rules of Fair Practice.
 

 
Name of NASD Member Firm
 
By: 
 
Authorized Officer—Signature
 

 
Authorized Officer—Printed Name
 
Date:                                                                      , 2001
 
        7.5    STOCK OWNERSHIP
 
Do you beneficially own any shares of the Company’s Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of the Company’s Common Stock?
 
YES                        
     NO                        
 
If yes, please describe, including number of shares:
 

 

 

 

 
        7.6    COMPANY RELIANCE ON THIS QUESTIONNAIRE
 
The undersigned is informed of the significance to the Company of the foregoing representations and answers contained in this Section VII and such answers have been provided under the assumption that the Company and its counsel will rely on them.
 
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SIGNATURE PAGE
Date Signed:                                                      , 2001
 
Number of shares:
    
130,000                             
 
Multiplied by Offering Price per share:
x
$10.00
 
Equals subscription amount:
=
$1,300,000
 

 
Warrants (multiply the number of shares by 15%):    195,000
 

 
    

 
Signature
 

 
Printed Name
 

 
Entity Name
 

 
Address
 

 
City, State and Zip Code
 

 
Telephone—Business
 

 
Facsimile—Business
 

 
Tax ID # or Social Security #
 

 
Second Signature (if purchasing jointly)
 

 
Printed Second Name
 

 
Entity Name
 

 
Address
 

 
City, State and Zip Code
 

 
Telephone—Business
 

 
Facsimile—Business
 

 
Tax ID # or Social Security #
 
Name in which securities should be issued: 
 
Leerink Swann & Company Account Number: 
 

 
This Subscription Agreement is agreed to and accepted as of                          , 2001.
 
BIOJECT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
 
By:
 

 
Name: James C. O’Shea
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
 
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CERTIFICATE OF SIGNATORY
 
(To be completed if Securities are being subscribed for by an entity)
 
                I,                                                         , am the                                                                                  of                                                                     (the “Entity”).
 
        I certify that I am empowered and duly authorized by the Entity to execute and carry out the terms of the Subscription Agreement and to purchase and hold the Securities, and certify further that the Subscription Agreement has been duly and validly executed on behalf of the Entity and constitutes a legal and binding obligation of the Entity.
 
        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand this      day of              , 2001.
 

 
(Signature)
 
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EX-23 15 dex23.htm CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
EXHIBIT 23
 
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
        As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation of our report included in this Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2001, into the Company’s previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-3, File Nos. 333-80679, 333-18933, 333-30955, 333-39421, 333-62889, 333-31542, 333-94907, 333-32848 and 333-44556 and Registration Statements on Form S-8, File Nos. 333-94400, 333-56454, 333-42156, 333-37017, 333-38206, 333-38212, 333-48632 and 333-48634.
 
Portland, Oregon
June 21, 2001
/S / ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
 
 
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