-----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, UUL2ZqChOUGxivuYGTTNukgzPQKrcH8m6GaYi2M6hEXuI0xTeEV0EawEuG+rL8BV tdndKMmSbhcmRFIUyEsMVA== 0000950134-06-001540.txt : 20060131 0000950134-06-001540.hdr.sgml : 20060131 20060131172338 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950134-06-001540 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 7 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060130 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20060131 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060131 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: THERMOGENESIS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000811212 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: LABORATORY APPARATUS & FURNITURE [3821] IRS NUMBER: 943018487 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-82900 FILM NUMBER: 06567042 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2711 CITRUS ROAD CITY: RANCHO CORDOVA STATE: CA ZIP: 95742 BUSINESS PHONE: 9168585100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2711 CITRUS ROAD CITY: RANCHO CORDOVA STATE: CA ZIP: 95742 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: INSTA COOL INC OF NORTH AMERICA DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 f16749e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
 

 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 30, 2006
THERMOGENESIS CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   0-16375   94-3018487
         
(State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)        
2711 Citrus Road
Rancho Cordova, California 95742
(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(916) 858-5100
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


 

Section 1 — Registrant’s Business and Operations
Section 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
     On January 30, 2006, ThermoGenesis Corp. (the “Company”) entered into an Equity Underwriting Agreement with Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Jefferies and Company, Inc. (collectively, the “Underwriters”), relating to the sale and issuance of an aggregate of 8,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company also granted an option to the Underwriters to purchase up to an additional 800,000 shares within 30 days after the offering, to cover over-allotments, if any. The price to the public is to be $4.00 per share, and the net proceeds before expenses to the Company from the offering are expected to be approximately $30.1 million.
     A copy of the Equity Underwriting Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Section 7 — Regulation FD Disclosure
Section 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
     On January 31, 2006, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the offering. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Section 9 — Financial Statements and Exhibits
Section 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
         
Exhibit No.     Exhibit Description
  1.1    
Equity Underwriting Agreement, dated January 30, 2006
         
  99.1    
Press release dated January 31, 2006, titled “ThermoGenesis Corp. Announces Pricing of Offering of Common Stock”
         
  99.2    
Prospectus Supplement, dated January 30, 2006

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SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
     
 
  THERMOGENESIS CORP.,
 
  a Delaware Corporation
 
   
Dated: January 31, 2006
  /s/ Matthew Plavan
 
   
 
  Matthew Plavan,
 
  Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX
         
Exhibit No.     Description
  1.1    
Equity Underwriting Agreement, dated January 26, 2006
  99.1    
Press release dated January 31, 2006, titled “ThermoGenesis Corp. Announces Pricing of Offering of Common Stock”
  99.2    
Prospectus Supplement, dated January 30, 2006

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EX-1.1 2 f16749exv1w1.htm EXHIBIT 1.1 exv1w1
 

EXHIBIT 1.1
8,000,000 Shares
ThermoGenesis Corp.
Common Stock
($0.001 Par Value)
EQUITY UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
January 30, 2006
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Jefferies & Company, Inc.
As Representatives of the
   Several Underwriters
c/o Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
60 Wall Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10005
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     ThermoGenesis Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) proposes to sell to the several underwriters (the “Underwriters”) named in Schedule I hereto for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”) an aggregate of 8,000,000 shares (the “Firm Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value (the “Common Stock”) all of which will be sold by the Company. The respective amounts of the Firm Shares to be so purchased by the several Underwriters are set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto. The Company also proposes to sell at the Underwriters’ option an aggregate of up to 800,000 additional shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Option Shares”) as set forth below.
     As the Representatives, you have advised the Company (a) that you are authorized to enter into this Agreement on behalf of the several Underwriters, and (b) that the several Underwriters are willing, acting severally and not jointly, to purchase the numbers of Firm Shares set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I, plus their pro rata portion of the Option Shares if you elect to exercise the over-allotment option in whole or in part for the accounts of the several Underwriters. The Firm Shares and the Option Shares (to the extent the aforementioned option is exercised) are herein collectively called the “Shares.”

 


 

     In consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and of the interests of the parties in the transactions contemplated hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:
     1. Representations and Warranties of the Company.
          The Company represents and warrants to each of the Underwriters as follows:
          (a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-129845) with respect to the Shares has been prepared by the Company in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and the rules and regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) thereunder and has been filed with the Commission. The Company and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement meet the requirements and comply with the conditions for the use of Form S-3. Copies of such registration statement, including any amendments thereto, the preliminary prospectuses (meeting the requirements of the Rules and Regulations) contained therein and the exhibits, financial statements and schedules, as finally amended and revised, have heretofore been delivered by the Company to you. Such registration statement, together with any registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act, is herein referred to as the “Registration Statement,” which shall be deemed to include all information omitted therefrom in reliance upon Rules 430A, 430B or 430C under the Act and contained in the Prospectus referred to below, has become effective under the Act and no post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed as of the date of this Agreement. “Prospectus” means the form of prospectus first filed with the Commission pursuant to and within the time limits described in Rule 424(b) under the Act. Each preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement prior to the time it becomes effective is herein referred to as a “Preliminary Prospectus.” Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or to the Prospectus or to any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing documents shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents incorporated by reference therein, and, in the case of any reference herein to the Prospectus, also shall be deemed to include any documents incorporated by reference therein, and any supplements or amendments thereto, filed with the Commission after the date of filing of the Prospectus under Rule 424(b) under the Act, and prior to the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters.
          (b) As of the Applicable Time (as defined below) and as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, neither (i) the General Use Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the Statutory Prospectus (as defined below) and the information included on Schedule II hereto, all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), nor (ii) any individual Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below), when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included or will include any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to information contained in or omitted from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives, specifically for use therein, it being

 


 

understood and agreed that the only such information is that described in Section 13 herein. As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:
     “Applicable Time” means 6:30 pm (New York time) on the date of this Agreement or such other time as agreed to by the Company and the Representatives.
     “Statutory Prospectus” as of any time means the Preliminary Prospectus relating to the Shares that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including any document incorporated by reference therein.
     “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act, relating to the Shares in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the Act.
     “General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is identified on Schedule III to this Agreement.
     “Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Free Writing Prospectus.
          (c) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Company is duly qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification. The Company has no subsidiaries.
          d) The outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the Shares to be issued and sold by the Company have been duly authorized and when issued and paid for as contemplated herein will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; and no preemptive rights of stockholders exist with respect to any of the Shares or the issue and sale thereof. Neither the filing of the Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of the Shares as contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights, other than those which have been waived or satisfied, for or relating to the registration of any shares of Common Stock.
          (e) The information set forth under the caption “Capitalization” in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any similar section or information contained in the General Disclosure Package) is true and correct. All of the Shares conform to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The form of certificates for the Shares conforms to the corporate law of the jurisdiction of the Company’s incorporation.

 


 

          (f) The Commission has not issued an order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus relating to the proposed offering of the Shares, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act has been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission. The Registration Statement contains, and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto will contain, all statements which are required to be stated therein by, and will conform to, the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations. The documents incorporated, or to be incorporated, by reference in the Prospectus, at the time filed with the Commission conformed or will conform, in all respects to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) or the Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The Registration Statement and any amendment thereto do not contain, and will not contain, any untrue statement of a material fact and do not omit, and will not omit, to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto do not contain, and will not contain, any untrue statement of a material fact; and do not omit, and will not omit, to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives, specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described in Section 13 herein.
          (g) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Shares or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representatives as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein that has not been superseded or modified.
          (h) The Company has not, directly or indirectly, distributed and will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares other than any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and other materials, if any, permitted under the Act and consistent with Section 4(b) below. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time required under Rule 433(d) under the Act. The Company has satisfied or will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 under the Act to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any electronic road show.
          (i) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement and (ii) as of the date hereof (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause(ii)), the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act, without taking into account any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 under the Act that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer), including, without limitation, for purposes of Rules 164 and 433 under the Act with respect to the offering of the Shares as contemplated by the Registration Statement.

 


 

          (j) The financial statements of the Company, together with related notes and schedules as set forth or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, present fairly the financial position and the results of operations and cash flows of the Company, at the indicated dates and for the indicated periods. Such financial statements and related schedules have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted principles of accounting (“GAAP”), consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed therein, and all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of results for such periods have been made. The summary and selected financial and statistical data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus presents fairly the information shown therein and such data has been compiled on a basis consistent with the financial statements presented therein and the books and records of the Company. The Company does not have any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations or any “variable interest entities” within the meaning of Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46), not disclosed in, or incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. There are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to be included in or incorporated into the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not included as required.
          (k) Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain of the financial statements filed with the Commission as part of, or incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the “PCAOB”).
          (l) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is aware of (i) any material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting or (ii) change in internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
          (m) Solely to the extent that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission and the Nasdaq Capital Market thereunder (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) has been applicable to the Company, there is and has been no failure on the part of the Company to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company has taken all necessary actions to ensure that it is in compliance with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that are in effect and with which the Company is required to comply and is actively taking steps to ensure that it will be in compliance with other provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act not currently in effect or which will become applicable to the Company.
          (n) There is no action, suit, claim or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company before any court or administrative agency or otherwise

 


 

which if determined adversely to the Company would either (i) have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the earnings, business, management, properties, assets, rights, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company or (ii) prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (the occurrence of any such effect or any such prevention described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being referred to as a “Material Adverse Effect”), except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
          (o) The Company has good and marketable title to all of the properties and assets reflected in the financial statements hereinabove described in or incorporated into the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, subject to no lien, mortgage, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind except those reflected in such financial statements or described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or which are not material in amount. The Company occupies its leased properties under valid and binding leases conforming in all material respects to the description thereof set forth in or incorporated into the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
          (p) The Company has filed all Federal, State, local and foreign tax returns which have been required to be filed and have paid all taxes indicated by such returns and all assessments received by them or any of them to the extent that such taxes have become due and are not being contested in good faith and for which an adequate reserve for accrual has been established in accordance with GAAP. All tax liabilities have been adequately provided for in the financial statements of the Company, and the Company does not know of any actual or proposed additional material tax assessments.
          (q) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as each may be amended or supplemented, there has not been any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change in or affecting the earnings, business, management, properties, assets, rights, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), or prospects of the Company, whether or not occurring in the ordinary course of business, and there has not been any material transaction entered into or any material transaction that is probable of being entered into by the Company, other than transactions in the ordinary course of business and changes and transactions described in or incorporated into the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as each may be amended or supplemented. The Company has no material contingent obligations which are not disclosed in the Company’s financial statements which are included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
          (r) The Company has not been, nor with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, will be, (i) in violation of its certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of formation, limited liability agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents or (ii) in violation of or in default under any agreement, lease, contract, indenture or other instrument or obligation to which it is a party or by which it, or any of its properties, is bound and, solely with respect to this clause (ii), which violation or default would have a Material Adverse Effect. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein

 


 

contemplated and the fulfillment of the terms hereof will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its properties is bound, or of the certificate or articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any law, order, rule or regulation judgment, order, writ or decree applicable to the Company of any court or of any government, regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body having jurisdiction.
          (s) The execution and delivery of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company.
          (t) Each approval, consent, order, authorization, designation, declaration or filing by or with any regulatory, administrative or other governmental body necessary in connection with the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated (except such additional steps as may be required by the Commission, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the “NASD”) or such additional steps as may be necessary to qualify the Shares for public offering by the Underwriters under state securities or Blue Sky laws) has been obtained or made and is in full force and effect.
          (u) The Company holds all material licenses, certificates and permits from governmental authorities which are necessary to the conduct of their businesses; the Company owns or possesses the right to use all patents, patent rights, trademarks, trade names, service marks, service names, copyrights, license rights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) and other intellectual property rights (“Intellectual Property”) necessary to carry on its business in all material respects; the Company has not infringed, and the Company has received notice of conflict with, any Intellectual Property of any other person or entity. The Company has taken all reasonable steps necessary to secure interests in such Intellectual Property from its contractors. There are no outstanding options, licenses or agreements of any kind relating to the Intellectual Property of the Company that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and are not described in all material respects. The Company is not a party to or bound by any options, licenses or agreements with respect to the Intellectual Property of any other person or entity that are required to be set forth in the Prospectus and are not described in all material respects. None of the technology employed by the Company has been obtained or is being used by the Company in violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or any of its officers, directors or employees or otherwise in violation of the rights of any persons; the Company has not received any written or oral communications alleging that the company has violated, infringe or conflicted with, or, by conducting its business as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, would violate, infringe or conflict with, any of the Intellectual Property of any other person or entity. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company knows of no infringement by others of Intellectual Property owned by or licensed to the Company.

 


 

          (v) Neither the Company, nor to the Company’s knowledge, any of its affiliates, has taken or may take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares. The Company acknowledges that the Representatives may engage in passive market making transactions in the shares of Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market in accordance with Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
          (w) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares contemplated hereunder and the application of the net proceeds from such sale as described in the Properties, will not be an “investment company” within the meaning of such term under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended (the “1940 Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
          (x) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
          (y) The Company has established and maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-14(c) and 15d-14(c) under the Exchange Act); the Company’s “disclosure controls and procedures” are reasonably designed to ensure that all information (both financial and non-financial) required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and regulations of the Exchange Act, and that all such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow untimely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the certifications of the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the Company required under the Exchange Act with respect to such reports.
          (z) The statistical, industry-related and market-related data included in or incorporated into the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources which the Company reasonably and in good faith believes are reliable and accurate, and such data agree with the sources from which they are derived.
          (aa) The operations of the Company are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any or its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened.

 


 

          (bb) Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
          (cc) The Company carries, or is covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as is adequate for the conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their respective properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses.
          (dd) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”); no “reportable event” (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to any “pension plan” (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company would have any liability; the Company has not incurred and does not expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “pension plan” or (ii) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the “Code”); and each “pension plan” for which the Company would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.
          (ee) To the Company’s knowledge, there are no affiliations or associations between any member of the NASD and any of the Company’s officers, directors or 5% or greater securityholders, except as set forth in the Registration Statement.
          (ff) The Company is not in violation of any statute, rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “environmental laws”), owns or operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is subject to environmental laws, is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any environmental laws, or is subject to any claim relating to any environmental laws, which violation, contamination, liability or claim would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is not aware of any pending investigation which might lead to such a claim.
          (gg) The Shares have been approved for listing subject to notice of issuance on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

 


 

          (hh) There are no relationships or related-party transactions involving the Company or any other person required to be described in the Prospectus which have not been described as required.
          (ii) The Company has not made any contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any federal, state or foreign office in violation of any law which violation is required to be disclosed in the Prospectus.
     2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Firm Shares.
          (a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, and subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase, at a price of $3.76 per share, the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of each Underwriter in Schedule I hereof, subject to adjustments in accordance with Section 9 hereof.
          (b) Payment for the Firm Shares to be sold hereunder is to be made in Federal (same day) funds against delivery of certificates therefor to the Representatives for the several accounts of the Underwriters. Such payment and delivery are to be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York at 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the third business day after the date of this Agreement or at such other time and date not later than five business days thereafter as you and the Company shall agree upon, such time and date being herein referred to as the “Closing Date.” (As used herein, “business day” means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading and on which banks in New York are open for business and are not permitted by law or executive order to be closed.)
          (c) In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase the Option Shares at the price per share as set forth in the first paragraph of this Section 2. The option granted hereby may be exercised in whole or in part by giving written notice (i) at any time before the Closing Date and (ii) only once thereafter within 30 days after the date of this Agreement, by you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, to the Company setting forth the number of Option Shares as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option and the time and date at which such certificates are to be delivered. The time and date at which certificates for Option Shares are to be delivered shall be determined by the Representatives but shall not be earlier than three nor later than 10 full business days after the exercise of such option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Date (such time and date being herein referred to as the “Option Closing Date”). If the date of exercise of the option is three or more days before the Closing Date, the notice of exercise shall set the Closing Date as the Option Closing Date. The number of Option Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be in the same proportion to the total number of Option Shares being purchased as the number of Firm Shares being purchased by such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Shares, adjusted by you in such manner as to avoid fractional shares. The option with respect to the Option Shares granted hereunder may be exercised only to cover over-allotments in the sale of the Firm Shares by the Underwriters. You, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, may cancel such option at any

 


 

time prior to its expiration by giving written notice of such cancellation to the Company. To the extent, if any, that the option is exercised, payment for the Option Shares shall be made on the Option Closing Date in Federal (same day funds) through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company in New York, New York drawn to the order of the Company.
     3. Offering by the Underwriters.
          It is understood that the several Underwriters are to make a public offering of the Firm Shares as soon as the Representatives deem it advisable to do so. The Firm Shares are to be initially offered to the public at the initial public offering price set forth in the Prospectus. The Representatives may from time to time thereafter change the public offering price and other selling terms.
          It is further understood that you will act as the Representatives for the Underwriters in the offering and sale of the Shares in accordance with a Master Agreement Among Underwriters entered into by you and the several other Underwriters.
     4. Covenants of the Company.
          The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that:
          (a) The Company will (A) prepare and timely file with the Commission under Rule 424(b) under the Act a Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives containing information previously omitted at the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement in reliance on Rules 430A, 430B or 430C under the Act, (B) not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or distribute an amendment or supplement to the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or document incorporated by reference therein of which the Representatives shall not previously have been advised and furnished with a copy or to which the Representatives shall have reasonably objected in writing or which is not in compliance with the Rules and Regulations, and (C) file on a timely basis all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters.
          (b) The Company will (i) not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission under Rule 433 under the Act unless the Representatives approves its use in writing prior to first use (each, a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”); provided that the prior written consent of the Representatives hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) included in Schedule III hereto, (ii) treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (iii) comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including the requirements relating to timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping and (iv) not take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on

 


 

behalf of such Underwriter that such Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder. The Company will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 under the Act to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any electronic road show.
          (c) The Company will advise the Representatives promptly (A) when the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto shall have become effective, (B) of receipt of any comments from the Commission, (C) of any request of the Commission for amendment of the Registration Statement or for supplement to the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or for any additional information, and (D) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the institution of any proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order and to obtain as soon as possible the lifting thereof, if issued.
          (d) The Company will cooperate with the Representatives in endeavoring to qualify the Shares for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably have designated in writing and will make such applications, file such documents, and furnish such information as may be reasonably required for that purpose, provided the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or required to file such a consent. The Company will, from time to time, prepare and file such statements, reports, and other documents, as are or may be required to continue such qualifications in effect for so long a period as the Representatives may reasonably request for distribution of the Shares.
          (e) The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representatives, from time to time, as many copies of any Preliminary Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representatives, from time to time, as many copies of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representatives during the period when delivery of a Prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to under Rule 173(a) under the Act) (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”) is required under the Act, as many copies of the Prospectus in final form, or as thereafter amended or supplemented, as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will deliver to the Representatives at or before the Closing Date, four signed copies of the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto including all exhibits filed therewith, and will deliver to the Representatives such number of copies of the Registration Statement (including such number of copies of the exhibits filed therewith that may reasonably be requested), including documents incorporated by reference therein, and of all amendments thereto, as the Representatives may reasonably request.
          (f) The Company will comply with the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Shares as contemplated in this Agreement and the Prospectus. If during the period in which a prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to under Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required by law to be delivered by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall

 


 

occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or, if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with any law, the Company promptly will either (i) prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or (ii) prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate filing under the Exchange Act which shall be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus so that the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when it is so delivered, be misleading, or so that the Prospectus will comply with the law.
          (g) If the General Disclosure Package is being used to solicit offers to buy the Shares at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or to make the statements therein not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package to comply with any law, the Company promptly will either (i) prepare, file with the Commission (if required) and furnish to the Underwriters and any dealers an appropriate amendment or supplement to the General Disclosure Package or (ii) prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate filing under the Exchange Act which shall be incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package so that the General Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances, be misleading or conflict with the Registration Statement then on file, or so that the General Disclosure Package will comply with law.
          (h) The Company will make generally available to its security holders, as soon as it is practicable to do so, but in any event not later than 15 months after the effective date of the Registration Statement, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) in reasonable detail, covering a period of at least 12 consecutive months beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the requirements of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act and will advise you in writing when such statement has been so made available.
          (i) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters, as soon as they have been prepared by or are available to the Company, a copy of any unaudited interim financial statements of the Company for any period subsequent to the period covered by the most recent financial statements appearing in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
          (j) No offering, sale, short sale or other disposition of any shares of Common Stock of the Company or other securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock or derivative of Common Stock (or agreement for such) will be made for a period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, directly or indirectly, by the Company otherwise than hereunder or with the prior written consent of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 90-day restricted period, the Company issues an

 


 

earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period following the last day of the 90-day restricted period, then in each case the restrictions imposed by this Agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of the release of the earnings results or the occurrence of material news or a material event relating to the Company, as the case may be, unless the Representatives waive, in writing, such extension.
          (k) The Company will use its best efforts to list the Shares for quotation on the Nasdaq Capital Market and maintain the listing of the Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
          (l) The Company has caused each officer and director of the Company to furnish to you, on or prior to the date of this agreement, a letter or letters, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Lockup Agreement”).
          (m) The Company shall apply the net proceeds of its sale of the Shares as set forth in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
          (n) The Company shall not invest, or otherwise use the proceeds received by the Company from its sale of the Shares in such a manner as would require the Company to register as an investment company under the 1940 Act.
          (o) The Company will maintain a transfer agent and, if necessary under the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company, a registrar for the Common Stock.
          (p) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company.
     5. Costs and Expenses.
          The Company will pay all costs, expenses and fees incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following: accounting fees of the Company; the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; the cost of printing and delivering to, or as requested by, the Underwriters copies of the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectuses, the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, the Prospectus, this Agreement, the Underwriters’ Selling Memorandum, the Underwriters’ Invitation Letter, the Additional Listing Application, if any, the Blue Sky Survey and any supplements or amendments thereto; the filing fees of the Commission; the filing fees and expenses (including legal fees and disbursements) incident to securing any required review by the NASD of the terms of the sale of the Shares; the Additional Listing Fee of the Nasdaq Capital Market; the expenses of the Representatives, plus fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters, incurred in connection with the qualification of the Shares under State securities or Blue Sky laws. In addition, if this Agreement shall not be consummated because the conditions in Section 6 hereof are not satisfied, or because this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives

 


 

pursuant to Section 11 hereof, or by reason of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company to perform any undertaking or satisfy any condition of this Agreement or to comply with any of the terms hereof on its part to be performed, unless such failure, refusal or inability is due primarily to the default or omission of any Underwriter, the Company shall reimburse the several Underwriters for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, marketing and proposing to market the Shares or in contemplation of performing their obligations hereunder; but the Company shall not in any event be liable to any of the several Underwriters for damages on account of loss of anticipated profits from the sale by them of the Shares.
     6. Conditions of Obligations of the Underwriters.
          The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Firm Shares on the Closing Date and the Option Shares, if any, on the Option Closing Date are subject to the accuracy, as of the Applicable Time, the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein, and to the performance by the Company of its covenants and obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
          (a) The Registration Statement and all post-effective amendments thereto shall have become effective and the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus required shall have been filed as required by Rules 424, 430A, 430B, 430C or 433 under the Act, as applicable, within the time period prescribed by, and in compliance with, the Rules and Regulations, and any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement or otherwise) shall have been disclosed to the Representatives and complied with to its reasonable satisfaction. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, as amended from time to time, shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Act shall have been taken or, to the knowledge of the Company, shall be contemplated or threatened by the Commission and no injunction, restraining order or order of any nature by a Federal or state court of competent jurisdiction shall have been issued as of the Closing Date which would prevent the issuance of the Shares.
          (b) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the opinion of Bullivant/Houser/Bailey P.C., counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Underwriters (and stating that it may be relied upon by counsel to the Underwriters) to the effect that:
               (i) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement; the Company is duly qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification, or in which the failure to qualify would not have a materially adverse effect upon the business of the Company.

 


 

               (ii) The Company has authorized and outstanding capital stock as set forth under the caption “Capitalization” in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any similar section or information contained in the General Disclosure Package); the authorized shares of the Company’s Common Stock have been duly authorized; the outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; all of the Shares conform to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; the certificates for the Shares, assuming they are in the form filed with the Commission, are in due and proper form; the shares of Common Stock, including the Option Shares, if any, to be sold by the Company pursuant to this Agreement have been duly authorized and will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable when issued and paid for as contemplated by this Agreement; and no preemptive rights of stockholders exist with respect to any of the Shares or the issue or sale thereof.
               (iii) Except as described in or contemplated by the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding securities of the Company convertible or exchangeable into or evidencing the right to purchase or subscribe for any shares of capital stock of the Company and there are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants or rights of any character obligating the Company to issue any shares of its capital stock or any securities convertible or exchangeable into or evidencing the right to purchase or subscribe for any shares of such stock; and except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no holder of any securities of the Company or any other person has the right, contractual or otherwise, which has not been satisfied or effectively waived, to cause the Company to sell or otherwise issue to them, or to permit them to underwrite the sale of, any of the Shares or the right to have any Common Shares or other securities of the Company included in the Registration Statement or the right, as a result of the filing of the Registration Statement, to require registration under the Act of any shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company.
               (iv) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and, to the best of the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order proceedings with respect thereto and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act have been instituted or are pending or threatened under the Act.
               (v) The Registration Statement, the Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto and document incorporated by reference therein comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder (except that such counsel need express no opinion as to the financial statements and related schedules or incorporated by reference therein). The conditions for the use of Form S-3, set forth in the General Instructions thereto, have been satisfied.
               (vi) Such counsel does not know of any contracts or documents required to be filed as exhibits to or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which are not so filed, incorporated by reference or described as required, and such contracts and documents as are summarized in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus are fairly summarized in all material respects.

 


 

               (vii) Such counsel knows of no material legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened against the Company except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
               (viii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein do not and will not conflict with or violate any of the terms or provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company, or conflict with or result in a breach of, or default under, any of the terms or provisions of any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company may be bound.
               (ix) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
               (x) No approval, consent, order, authorization, designation, declaration or filing by or with any regulatory, administrative or other governmental body is necessary in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated (other than as may be required by the NASD or as required by State securities and Blue Sky laws as to which such counsel need express no opinion) except such as have been obtained or made, specifying the same.
               (xi) The Company is not, and will not become, as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Prospectus, required to register as an investment company under the 1940 Act.
               (xii) Any required filing of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to Rule 433 under the Act has been made within the time period required by Rule 433(d) under the Act.
          In rendering such opinion Bullivant/Houser/Bailey P.C. may rely as to matters governed by the laws of states other than California or Federal laws on local counsel in such jurisdictions, provided that in each case Bullivant/Houser/Bailey P.C. shall state that they believe that they and the Underwriters are justified in relying on such other counsel. In addition to the matters set forth above, such opinion shall also include a statement to the effect that nothing has come to the attention of such counsel which leads them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, at the time it became effective under the Act (including the information deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement at the time it became effective pursuant to Rules 430A, 430B or 430C under the Act) and as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the General Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (iii) the Prospectus, or any supplement thereto, on the date it was filed pursuant to the Rules and Regulations and as of

 


 

the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except that such counsel need express no view as to financial statements and schedules and other financial data therein). With respect to such statement, Bullivant/Houser/Bailey P.C. may state that their belief is based upon the procedures set forth therein, but is without independent check and verification.
          (c) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the opinion of Weintraub, Genshlea & Chediak, a law corporation, special intellectual property counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Underwriters (and stating that it may be relied upon by counsel to the Underwriters) to the effect that:
               (i) As to the statements in the Annual Report on Form 10-K, incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and Prospectus under the caption “Business — Patents and Proprietary Rights,” nothing has come to such counsel’s attention which causes such counsel to believe that the above-mentioned sections of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto made available and reviewed by such counsel, at the time the Registration Statement became effective and at all times subsequent thereto up to and on the Closing Date and on any Option Closing Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
               (ii) With the exception of review by the United States Patent and Trademark Office or similar non-U.S. authority review of pending applications, such counsel knows of no material action, suit, claim or proceeding relating to patents, patent rights or licenses, trademarks or trademark rights, copyrights, collaborative research, licenses or royalty arrangements or agreements or trade secrets, know-how or proprietary techniques, including processes and substances, owned by or affecting the business or operations of the Company which are pending or threatened against the Company or any of its officers or directors.
               (iii) To such counsel’s knowledge, except as set forth on Schedule A or Schedule B to such opinion, (i) the Company is listed in the records of the United States Patent and Trademark Office as the holder of record of the patents listed on Schedule A hereto (the “Patents”) and each of the applications listed on Schedule B hereto (the “Applications”), and (ii) there are no claims of third parties to any ownership interest or lien with respect to any of the Patents or Applications. Such counsel is not aware of any material defect in form in the preparation or filing of the Applications on behalf of the Company. To such counsel’s knowledge, the Applications are being pursued by the Company. To such counsel’s knowledge, except as indicated on Schedule A or Schedule B, the Company owns as its sole property the Patents and pending Applications.
               (iv) The Company is listed in the records of the appropriate foreign offices as the sole holder of record of the foreign patents listed on a schedule to such opinion (the


 

“Foreign Patents”) and each of the applications listed on a schedule to such opinion (the “Foreign Applications”). Such counsel knows of no claims of third parties to any ownership interest or lien with respect to the Foreign Patents or Foreign Applications. Such counsel is not aware of any material defect of form in the preparation or filing of the Foreign Applications on behalf of the Company. To the knowledge of such counsel, the Foreign Applications are being pursued by the Company. To the knowledge of such counsel, the Company owns as its sole property the Foreign Patents and pending Foreign Applications.
               (v) Such counsel knows of no reason why the Patents or Foreign Patents are not valid as issued. Such counsel has no knowledge of any reason why any patent that may issue from a pending Application or Foreign Application would not be valid.
          (d) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the opinion of Bullivant/Houser/Bailey P.C., special regulatory counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Underwriters (and stating that it may be relied upon by counsel to the Underwriters) to the effect that:
               (i) Such counsel is familiar with the United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the “FFDC Act”) set forth at 21 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., regulations promulgated the authority of the FFDC Act, and the enforcement of the FFDC Act and its regulations by the United States Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) (for purposes of this opinion referred to collectively as the “FDA Laws”) and has reviewed the information in the Annual Report on Form 10-K incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under the captions “Factors Affecting Future Results — Our Business is Heavily Regulated, Resulting in Increased Costs of Operations and Delays in Product Sales,” and “Business — Government Regulation” (collectively, the “Regulatory Portion”);
               (ii) In such counsel’s opinion, insofar as the statements in the Regulatory Portion constitute summaries of the FDA Laws, the Regulatory Portion is accurate in all material respects;
               (iii) The Company has obtained such licenses, permits, approvals, and authorizations required by the FDA that are necessary for the conduct of the business of the Company as it is currently conducted and described in or incorporated into the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and to our knowledge such authorizations are in effect;
               (iv) Counsel is not aware of any lawsuit or regulatory proceeding, pending or threatened, brought by or before the FDA, in which the Company is or would be the defendant or respondent, nor is counsel aware of any adverse judgment, decree or order currently in effect that has been issued by the FDA against the Company; and
               (v) Nothing has come to the attention of such counsel which caused them to believe that the Regulatory Portion of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any similar section or information contained in the General Disclosure Package) and any amendment

 


 

or supplement thereto made available and reviewed by such counsel, at the time the Registration Statement became effective and at all times subsequent thereto up to and on the Closing Date and on any Option Closing Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
          (e) The Representatives shall have received from Heller Ehrman LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, an opinion dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, in such form as shall be agreed to with the Underwriters.
          (f) The Representatives shall have received at or prior to the Closing Date from Heller Ehrman LLP a memorandum or summary, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, with respect to the qualification for offering and sale by the Underwriters of the Shares under the State securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably have designated to the Company.
          (g) You shall have received, on each of the date hereof, the Closing Date and, if applicable, the Option Closing Date, a letter dated the date hereof, the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to you, of Ernst & Young LLP confirming that they are an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations and the PCAOB and stating that in their opinion the financial statements and schedules examined by them and included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related Rules and Regulations; and containing such other statements and information as is ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to Underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial and statistical information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
          (h) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date and, if applicable, the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate or certificates of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company to the effect that, as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, each of them severally represents as follows:
               (i) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or no order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued, and no proceedings for such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act have been taken or are, to his or her knowledge, contemplated or threatened by the Commission;
               (ii) The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1 hereof are true and correct as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be;

 


 

               (iii) All filings required to have been made pursuant to Rules 424, 430A, 430B or 430C under the Act have been made as and when required by such rules;
               (iv) He or she has carefully examined the General Disclosure Package and any individual Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus and, in his or her opinion, as of the Applicable Time, the statements contained in the General Disclosure Package and any individual Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact, and such General Disclosure Package and any individual Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, did not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
               (v) He or she has carefully examined the Registration Statement and, in his or her opinion, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, and since the effective date of the Registration Statement, no event has occurred which should have been set forth in a supplement to or an amendment of the Prospectus which has not been so set forth in such supplement or amendment;
               (vi) He or she has carefully examined the Prospectus and, in his or her opinion, as of its date and the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and
               (vii) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and Prospectus, there has not been any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change in or affecting the business, management, properties, assets, rights, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business.
          (i) The Firm Shares and Option Shares, if any, have been approved for designation upon notice of issuance on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
          (j) The Lockup Agreements described in Section 4(j) are in full force and effect.
          The opinions and certificates mentioned in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in all material respects satisfactory to the Representatives and to Heller Ehrman LLP, counsel for the Underwriters.
          If any of the conditions hereinabove provided for in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement to be fulfilled, the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be terminated by the Representatives by notifying the Company of

 


 

such termination in writing or by telegram at or prior to the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be.
          In such event, the Company and the Underwriters shall not be under any obligation to each other (except to the extent provided in Sections 5 and 8 hereof).
     7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Company.
          The obligations of the Company to sell and deliver the portion of the Shares required to be delivered as and when specified in this Agreement are subject to the conditions that at the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and in effect or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened.
     8. Indemnification.
          (a) The Company agrees:
     (1) to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter or any such controlling person may become subject under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or (ii) the 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 the light of the circumstances under which they were made; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus, or such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 13 herein; and
     (2) to reimburse each Underwriter and each such controlling person upon demand for any legal or other out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage or liability, action or proceeding or in responding to a subpoena or governmental inquiry related to the offering of the Shares, whether or not such Underwriter or controlling person is a party to any action or proceeding. In the event that it is finally judicially

 


 

determined that the Underwriters were not entitled to receive payments for legal and other expenses pursuant to this subparagraph, the Underwriters will promptly return all sums that had been advanced pursuant hereto.
          (b) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who have signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or any such director, officer, or controlling person may become subject under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or (ii) the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made; and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action or proceeding; provided, however, that each Underwriter will be liable in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission has been made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 13 herein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Underwriter may otherwise have.
          (c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Section 8, such person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing. No indemnification provided for in Section 8(a) or (b) shall be available to any party who shall fail to give notice as provided in this Section 8(c) if the party to whom notice was not given was unaware of the proceeding to which such notice would have related and was materially prejudiced by the failure to give such notice, but the failure to give such notice shall not relieve the indemnifying party or parties from any liability which it or they may have to the indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than on account of the provisions of Section 8(a) or (b). In case any such proceeding shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party and shall pay as incurred the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel at its own expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnifying party shall pay as incurred (or within 30 days of presentation) the fees and expenses of the counsel retained by the indemnified party in the event (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party

 


 

shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel, (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them or (iii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense and employ counsel acceptable to the indemnified party within a reasonable period of time after notice of commencement of the action. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm for all such indemnified parties. Such firm shall be designated in writing by you in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a) and by the Company in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b). The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. In addition, the indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding of which indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether or not any indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such claim, action or proceeding) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action or proceeding.
          (d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 8(a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Shares. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

 


 

          The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 8(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to above in this Section 8(d) 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 subsection (d), (i) no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discounts and commissions applicable to the Shares purchased by such Underwriter and (ii) no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this Section 8(d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
          (e) In any proceeding relating to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any supplement or amendment thereto, each party against whom contribution may be sought under this Section 8 hereby consents to the jurisdiction of any court having jurisdiction over any other contributing party, agrees that process issuing from such court may be served upon it by any other contributing party and consents to the service of such process and agrees that any other contributing party may join it as an additional defendant in any such proceeding in which such other contributing party is a party.
          (f) Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses for which an indemnified party is entitled to indemnification or contribution under this Section 8 shall be paid by the indemnifying party to the indemnified party as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are incurred. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 8 and the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter, the Company, its directors or officers or any persons controlling the Company, (ii) acceptance of any Shares and payment therefor hereunder, and (iii) any termination of this Agreement. A successor to any Underwriter, or any person controlling any Underwriter, or to the Company, its directors or officers, or any person controlling the Company, shall be entitled to the benefits of the indemnity, contribution and reimbursement agreements contained in this Section 8.
     9. Default by Underwriters.
          If on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter shall fail to purchase and pay for the portion of the Shares which such Underwriter has agreed to purchase and pay for on such date (otherwise than by reason of any default on the part of the Company), you, as Representatives of the Underwriters, shall use your reasonable efforts to procure within 36 hours thereafter one or more of the other Underwriters, or any others, to purchase from the Company such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms set forth herein, the Shares which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters failed to purchase. If during such 36

 


 

hours you, as such Representatives, shall not have procured such other Underwriters, or any others, to purchase the Shares agreed to be purchased by the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then (a) if the aggregate number of shares with respect to which such default shall occur does not exceed 10% of the Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Option Closing date, as the case may be, the other Underwriters shall be obligated, severally, in proportion to the respective numbers of Shares which they are obligated to purchase hereunder, to purchase the Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters failed to purchase, or (b) if the aggregate number of shares of Shares with respect to which such default shall occur exceeds 10% of the Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company or you as the Representatives of the Underwriters will have the right, by written notice given within the next 36-hour period to the parties to this Agreement, to terminate this Agreement without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters or of the Company except to the extent provided in Sections 5 and 8 hereof. In the event of a default by any Underwriter or Underwriters, as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, may be postponed for such period, not exceeding seven days, as you, as Representatives, may determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. The term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for a defaulting Underwriter. Any action taken under this Section 9 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.
     10. Notices.
          All communications hereunder shall be in writing and, except as otherwise provided herein, will be mailed, delivered, telecopied or telegraphed and confirmed as follows: (a) if to the Underwriters, to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., 60 Wall Street, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Syndicate Manager, with a copy to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, Attention: General Counsel, and with a copy to Heller Ehrman LLP, 333 Bush Street, San Francisco, California 94104, Attention: Nora L. Gibson, Esq., and (b) if to the Company, to ThermoGenesis Corp., 2711 Citrus Road, Rancho Cordova, California, Attention: Philip H. Coelho, Chief Executive Officer, with a copy to Bullivant/Houser/Bailey P.C., 1331 Garden Highway, Suite 300, Sacramento, California 95833, Attention: David C. Adams, Esq.
     11. Termination.
          This Agreement may be terminated by you by notice to the Company (a) at any time prior to the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date (if different from the Closing Date and then only as to Option Shares) if any of the following has occurred: (i) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change in or affecting the earnings, business, management, properties, assets, rights, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or declaration of war or national emergency or other national or international calamity or crisis or change in economic or political conditions if the effect of such

 


 

outbreak, escalation, declaration, emergency, calamity, crisis or change on the financial markets of the United States would, in your judgment, make it impracticable or inadvisable to market the Shares or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Shares, or (iii) suspension of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market or limitation on prices (other than limitations on hours or numbers of days of trading) for securities on either such Exchange, (iv) the enactment, publication, decree or other promulgation of any statute, regulation, rule or order of any court or other governmental authority which in your opinion materially and adversely affects or may materially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company, (v) the declaration of a banking moratorium by United States or New York State authorities, (vi) any downgrading, or placement on any watch list for possible downgrading, in the rating of any of the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Exchange Act); (vii) the suspension of trading of the Company’s common stock by the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Commission, or any other governmental authority or, (viii) the taking of any action by any governmental body or agency in respect of its monetary or fiscal affairs which in your reasonable opinion has a material adverse effect on the securities markets in the United States; or
          (b) as provided in Sections 6 and 9 of this Agreement.
     12. Successors.
          This Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors, executors, administrators, heirs and assigns, and the officers, directors and controlling persons referred to herein, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. No purchaser of any of the Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign merely because of such purchase.
     13. Information Provided by Underwriters.
          The Company and the Underwriters acknowledge and agree that the only information furnished or to be furnished by any Underwriter to the Company for inclusion in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus consists of the third and ninth through fourteenth paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus.
     14. Miscellaneous.
          The reimbursement, indemnification and contribution agreements contained in this Agreement and the representations, warranties and covenants in this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of (a) any termination of this Agreement, (b) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person thereof, or by or on behalf of the Company or its directors or officers, and (c) delivery of and payment for the Shares under this Agreement.

 


 

          The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Underwriter in providing investment banking services to the Company in connection with the offering, including in acting pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, has acted and is acting as an independent contractor and not as a fiduciary and the Company does not intend such Underwriter to act in any capacity other than as an independent contractor, including as a fiduciary or in any other position of higher trust.
          This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
          This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York, including, without limitation, Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law.

 


 

          If the foregoing letter is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicates hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the Company and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
         
    Very truly yours,
 
       
    THERMOGENESIS CORP.
 
       
 
  By    
 
       
 
      Philip H. Coelho
 
      Chief Executive Officer
The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
As Representatives of the several Underwriters listed on Schedule I
         
By:
  Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.    
 
       
By
       
 
       
 
  Authorized Officer    
 
       
By
       
 
       
 
  Authorized Officer    

 


 

SCHEDULE I
Schedule of Underwriters
     
    Number of Firm Shares
Underwriter   to be Purchased
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
  6,200,000
Jefferies & Company, Inc.
  1,800,000

 


 

SCHEDULE II
1.   Number of Shares Offered : 8,000,000

2.   Initial Price to Public : $4.00 per share

3.   Approximate Total Net Proceeds (before Company expenses) : $30,080,000

 


 

SCHEDULE III
None.

 


 

EXHIBIT A
LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
January  , 2006
ThermoGenesis Corp.
2711 Citrus Road
Rancho Cordova, California 95742
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
The Other Underwriters Named in the
Underwriting Agreement (as defined below)
As Representatives of the
      Several Underwriters
c/o Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
60 Wall Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10005
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     The undersigned understands that Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and the other underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement, as representatives (the “Representatives”) of the several underwriters (the “Underwriters”), propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with ThermoGenesis Corp. (the “Company”), providing for the public offering by the Underwriters, including the Representatives, of common stock, par value $0.001 (the “Common Stock”), of the Company (the “Public Offering”).
     To induce the Underwriters that may participate in the Public Offering to continue their efforts in connection with the Public Offering, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, the undersigned will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, pledge, contract to sell (including any short sale), grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock (including, without limitation, shares of Common Stock of the Company which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned on the date hereof in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, shares of Common Stock which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant and any other security convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock) or enter into any Hedging Transaction (as defined below) relating to the Common Stock (each of the foregoing referred to as a “Disposition”) during the period specified in the following paragraph (the “Lock-Up Period”). The foregoing restriction is expressly intended to preclude the undersigned from engaging in any Hedging

 


 

Transaction or other transaction which is designed to or reasonably expected to lead to or result in a Disposition during the Lock-Up Period even if the securities would be disposed of by someone other than the undersigned. “Hedging Transaction” means any short sale (whether or not against the box) or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to any security (other than a broad-based market basket or index) that includes, relates to or derives any significant part of its value from the Common Stock.
     The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date hereof and continue until, and include, the date that is 90 days after the date of the final prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the “Initial Lock-Up Period”); provided, however, that if (1) during the last 17 days of the Initial Lock-Up Period, (A) the Company releases earnings results or (B) material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (2) prior to the expiration of the Initial Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period following the last day of the Initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of the release of the earnings results or the occurrence of material news or a material event relating to the Company, as the case may be, unless the Representatives waive, in writing, such extension.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may transfer (a) shares of Common Stock acquired in open market transactions by the undersigned after the completion of the Public Offering, and (b) any or all of the shares of Common Stock or other Company securities if the transfer is by (i) gift, will or intestacy, or (ii) distribution to partners, members or shareholders of the undersigned; provided, however, that in the case of a transfer pursuant to clause (b) above, it shall be a condition to the transfer that the transferee execute an agreement stating that the transferee is receiving and holding the securities subject to the provisions of this Lock-Up Agreement.
     The undersigned agrees that the Company may, and that the undersigned will, (i) with respect to any shares of Common Stock or other Company securities for which the undersigned is the record holder, cause the transfer agent for the Company to note stop transfer instructions with respect to such securities on the transfer books and records of the Company and (ii) with respect to any shares of Common Stock or other Company securities for which the undersigned is the beneficial holder but not the record holder, cause the record holder of such securities to cause the transfer agent for the Company to note stop transfer instructions with respect to such securities on the transfer books and records of the Company.
     In addition, the undersigned hereby waives any and all notice requirements and rights with respect to registration of securities pursuant to any agreement, understanding or otherwise setting forth the terms of any security of the Company held by the undersigned, including any registration rights agreement to which the undersigned and the Company may be party; provided that such waiver shall apply only to the proposed Public Offering, and any other action taken by the Company in connection with the proposed Public Offering.
     The undersigned hereby agrees that, to the extent that the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement conflict with or are in any way inconsistent with any registration rights agreement to which the

 


 

undersigned and the Company may be a party, this Lock-Up Agreement supersedes such registration rights agreement.
     The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Lock-Up Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred shall survive the death or incapacity of the undersigned and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned.
     Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the closing of the Public Offering has not occurred prior to April 15, 2006, this agreement shall be of no further force or effect.
         
    Signature:    
 
       
 
       
    Print Name:    
 
       
 
       
Number of shares owned
       
subject to warrants, options or convertible securities:   Certificate numbers:
 
       
     
 
       
     
 
       
     

 

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EXHIBIT 99.1
(THERMOGENESIS LOGO)
ThermoGenesis Corp.
Announces Pricing of Offering of Common Stock
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif., Jan. 31/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — THERMOGENESIS CORP. (Nasdaq: KOOL - - News ) today announced that it has priced an offering of 8,000,000 shares of its common stock at $4.00 per share. ThermoGenesis has also granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 800,000 shares to cover over-allotments, if any. Net proceeds before expenses from the offering are expected to be approximately $30.1 million. Net proceeds from the offering are anticipated to be used for general working capital, and possibly for acquisition of technology, assets and companies, or accelerating certain research and development projects. At the completion of the offering, ThermoGenesis expects to have approximately 53,984,192 shares issued and outstanding.
The sole book-running manager of the offering is Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. The co-manager of the offering is Jefferies and Company, Inc. Copies of the final prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., 60 Wall Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10005, from the office of Jefferies & Company, Inc., or from the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov.
The offering was made pursuant to an effective registration statement. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
About ThermoGenesis Corp.
ThermoGenesis Corp. is a leader in enabling technologies for cell therapeutics. The Company’s technology platforms lead the world in their ability to produce biological products from single units of blood.
    The BioArchive® System, an automated robotic cryogenic device, is used by major cord blood stem cell banks in 26 countries as a key enabling technology for cryopreserving and archiving cord blood stem cell units for transplant.
 
    The AutoXpress™ System is a semi-automated robotic device and companion sterile closed blood processing disposable, to harvest stem cells from cord blood.
 
    The CryoSeal® FS System, a newly developed automated device and companion sterile blood processing disposable, is used to prepare hemostatic and adhesive surgical sealants from the patient’s blood in about an hour. Enrollment in a 150 patient U.S. pivotal clinical trial has been completed and a PMA is being reviewed by the FDA.
 
    The Thrombin Processing Device™ (TPD™) is a sterile blood processing disposable that prepares activated thrombin from a small aliquot of patient blood, or blood plasma in less than 30 minutes. The TPD market launch is underway in Europe.
The statements contained in this release which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, certain delays beyond the Company’s control with respect to market acceptance of new technologies and products, delays in testing and evaluation of products, and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
For more information, contact:
ThermoGenesis Corp.
Matthew Plavan: (916) 858-5100
Or Fern Lazar: (212) 867-1762
or visit the website at www.thermogenesis.com

 

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Exhibit 99.2
Prospectus Supplement
(To Prospectus Dated December 14, 2005)
Dated January 30, 2006
ThermoGenesis Corp.
(THERMOGENESIS LOGO)
 
8,000,000 Shares
Common Stock
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This is a public offering of common stock of ThermoGenesis Corp. We are offering 8,000,000 shares of our common stock. Our common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “KOOL.” On January 30, 2006, the last reported sales price of our common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market was $4.51 per share.
Investing in our common stock involves risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-3 of this prospectus supplement.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
                 
    Per Share   Total
Public offering price
  $ 4.00     $ 32,000,000  
Underwriting discounts and commissions
  $ 0.24     $ 1,920,000  
Proceeds, before expenses, to ThermoGenesis Corp. 
  $ 3.76     $ 30,080,000  
We granted the underwriters the right to purchase up to 800,000 additional shares of common stock to cover over-allotments. If the underwriters exercise this option in full, the total underwriting discounts and commissions will be $2,112,000, and our total proceeds, before expenses, will be $33,088,000.
 
  Deutsche Bank Securities
 
  Jefferies & Company, Inc.
 
 The date of this prospectus supplement is January 30, 2006.


 

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
      This document is in two parts. The first part is this prospectus supplement, which describes the terms of the offering of common stock and also adds to and updates information contained in the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference into the accompanying prospectus. The second part is the accompanying prospectus, which provides more general information. To the extent there is a conflict between the information contained in this prospectus supplement, on the one hand, and the information contained in the accompanying prospectus or any document incorporated by reference therein, on the other hand, you should rely on the information in this prospectus supplement.
      You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the documents we incorporate by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different. We are offering the common stock only in jurisdictions where such offers are permitted. The information contained in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus is accurate only as of their respective dates, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, or of any sale of the common stock. It is important for you to read and consider all information contained in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus in making your investment decision. You should also read and consider the information in the documents to which we have referred to you in “Where You Can Find More Information” below.
      Thermogenesis®, Thermogenesis’ Logo, BioArchive®, CryoSeal®, Xpresspacktm, AutoXpresstm AXPtm, and TPDtm are the registered and common law trademarks of ThermoGenesis Corp.
      Unless stated otherwise, references in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus to “we,” “us,” or “our” refer to ThermoGenesis Corp., a Delaware corporation.

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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT SUMMARY
      This summary highlights selected information contained in greater detail elsewhere in this prospectus supplement. This summary does not contain all of the information that you should consider before investing in our common stock. You should carefully read the entire prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein, including “Risk Factors” and the financial statements, before making an investment decision.
Our Business
Overview
      We are a leader in developing and manufacturing automated blood processing systems and disposables that enable the manufacture, preservation and delivery of personalized cell and tissue therapy products, or CTT products, for clinical use. Personalized CTT products are created from the blood or tissue of a single donor and administered to that donor or a matched patient. Our systems and disposables are intended for use by hospitals and blood banks in two distinct markets. In cell therapy, our products automate the isolation, capture and preservation of stem cells residing in the blood of the placenta and umbilical cord, or cord blood, after a baby is born. These cells are used to treat patients for leukemia, lymphoma and over 60 other life threatening genetic diseases. Cord blood stem cells typically result in reduced immune complications post transplant compared to adult bone marrow stem cells. In tissue therapy, our products are used for the rapid manufacture of autologous sealants or thrombin for surgical wound care. Autologous sealants have no risk of contamination by blood-borne pathogens from other donors. We believe that our significant experience and technical expertise in developing proprietary technologies for enabling personalized CTT products, coupled with our relationships with leading transplant physicians, stem cell researchers and surgeons, has enabled us to develop safer, more effective systems for these applications.
Our Solution
      We believe that the use of personalized CTT products will increase due to the growing evidence and understanding of their clinical benefits in treating disease. Our proprietary systems and disposables enable the manufacture, preservation and delivery of these personalized CTT products and have substantial advantages over other products and practices available today. Our products address a broad range of CTT applications in two primary areas: cell therapy and tissue therapy, including wound care.
Our Strategy
      We believe our products significantly enhance the safety and viability of CTT products and will ultimately expand the use and success of CTT products in clinical treatment. Our strategy is to expand our leadership position in the area of medical devices and disposables for the manufacture and preservation of personalized CTT products. The key elements of our strategy include:
  •  Begin commercializing the AXP system through our strategic partner, GE Healthcare;
 
  •  Complete the PMA and receive approval for our CryoSeal FS System in the United States and Japan;
 
  •  Expand commercialization of the TPD through Biomet, Medtronic, Asahi Medical and potentially other distribution partners;
 
  •  Expand our reach through both sales and consulting services for clinical trials;

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  •  Accelerate our research and development efforts; and
 
  •  Leverage our installed base to generate additional recurring revenue.
Corporate Information
      We were incorporated in Delaware on July 3, 1986. Our principal executive offices are located at 2711 Citrus Road, Rancho Cordova, California 95742. Our telephone number is (916) 858-5100. Our website is www.thermogenesis.com. The information on our website does not constitute part of this document.
The Offering
Common stock offered by ThermoGenesis Corp 8,000,000
 
Common stock to be outstanding after this offering 53,984,192
 
Use of proceeds We expect to use the net proceeds from this offering for general working capital, and possibly for acquisition of technology, assets and companies, or accelerating certain research and development projects. See “Use of Proceeds.”
 
NASDAQ Capital Market symbol KOOL
      The number of shares of our common stock to be outstanding after this offering is based upon 45,984,192 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2005. This number does not include:
  •  2,385,932 shares of our common stock subject to outstanding options with a weighted average exercise price of approximately $2.61 per share;
 
  •  580,016 shares of our common stock reserved for future issuance under our stock option plans; and
 
  •  547,749 shares of our common stock subject to outstanding warrants with a weighted average exercise price of approximately $3.01 per share.
      Unless otherwise indicated, all information in this prospectus supplement assumes no exercise of the underwriter’s overallotment option.
 

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RISK FACTORS
      Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the following risk factors and all other information contained in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated herein by reference, before purchasing our common stock. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties that we are unaware of, or that we currently deem immaterial, also may become important factors that affect us.
      If any of the following risks occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. In that case, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you could lose some or all of your investment.
Risks Related to Our Business
We have incurred net losses since our inception and expect losses to continue.
      Except for net income of $11,246 for fiscal 1994, we have not been profitable since our inception. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005, we had a net loss of $8,220,000, and an accumulated deficit at June 30, 2005, of $67,710,000. We will continue to incur significant costs as we continue our efforts to develop and market our current systems and related applications. Although we are executing on our business plan to develop and market launch new products, continuing losses may impair our ability to fully meet our objectives for new product sales.
We may need to raise additional capital in the future to fund our operations.
      During the year ended June 30, 2005, our operating activities used cash of $7,931,000. As of June 30, 2005, we had cash on hand of $9,568,000. Based on our cash balance, historical trends, planned cost reductions and future projections, we believe our current funds are sufficient to provide for our projected needs to maintain operations for at least the next 12 months. However, if actual sales do not meet expectations, or product development, marketing, production and clinical trial costs increase significantly, we may need to seek additional financing. Any additional equity financings may be dilutive to our existing stockholders. We may be unable to raise funds when needed or on acceptable terms.
We have limited market availability and must successfully complete further clinical trials in order to gain FDA approval required to market our CryoSeal Fibrin Sealant System for various indications in the United States.
      We are completing the pivotal trial of our CryoSeal FS System in the United States for the indication of adjunct to hemostasis for Liver Resections. While these studies provide a basis to achieve regulatory permission to promote these systems for the indication listed, from which we believe can be achieved, they do not provide a basis to achieve all of the indications necessary to address the entire market opportunities. Additional clinical studies must be performed in order to market the CryoSeal system for these indications. There can be no assurance that the clinical studies can be successfully completed within our expected time frame and budget, or that our products will prove effective in the required clinical trials. If we are unable to successfully demonstrate that the clinical trials using our products meet its clinical endpoint for the indications for which the clinical is designed for our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

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We have limited clinical data and must successfully complete further clinical trials in order to gain FDA approval required to market our Thrombin Processing Disposable in the United States.
      We will need to complete a clinical trial of our CryoSeal FS System in the United States in order to receive permission to market the device for specific indications. While such a trial will provide a basis to achieve regulatory permission to promote these systems for targeted indications that we believe can be achieved, it will not provide a basis to achieve all of the indications. Additional clinical studies may be required to effectively market the devices for specific endpoints in various markets. There can be no assurance that the clinical studies can be successfully completed within our expected time frame and our budget, or that our products will prove effective in the required clinical trials. If we are unable to conclude successfully the clinical trials of its products in development, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
Our business is heavily regulated, resulting in increased costs of operations and delays in product introductions and sales.
      Most of our products require FDA approval to sell in the United States and will require either clearance or registration from comparable agencies to sell our products in foreign countries. These clearances may limit the United States or foreign market in which our products may be sold or delay applications for United States or foreign markets in which our products may be sold. Although the majority of our products related to freezing blood components are currently exempt from the requirement to file a 510(k) pre-market application, that situation could always change in the future as the FDA moves to regulate cell therapy products being processed by the BioArchive System and/or AXP. In anticipation of possible future regulation by the FDA, we have filed, and are maintaining, a Master File on the BioArchive System and we intend to update our existing Master file on the AXP prior to market release. However, currently the BioArchive and the ThermoLine products are being marketed and sold worldwide. Further, our products must be manufactured under the guidelines of our quality system for continued adherence to both the FDA and Notified European Body regulations, such as the CE Marking that allows our products to be marketed and sold in Europe, which are similar to the FDA quality system regulations. Failure to comply with those quality system requirements and regulations may subject us to delays in production placed upon us in order to correct any deficiencies found by either the FDA, the State of California or our Notifying European Body during any audit of our quality system. With limited working capital and resources there is no assurance that we will not be found to be out of compliance, resulting in warning letters or even temporarily shut down in manufacturing while the non-conformances are rectified.
Our failure to develop new products will adversely affect our future growth.
      Historically, a significant portion of our sales have been from products related to freezing, thawing, and storing of blood or blood components. Because we expect the segment of the blood plasma market to have limited growth potential, new products for the biotechnology market will have to be successfully developed and marketed for future growth. Recently, the BioArchive product line has been a significant contributor to our revenues. We are currently focused on increasing our BioArchive product line revenues, marketing novel blood processing systems such as the AXP System for the automated processing of autologous or allogeneic blood components Although the AXP product system and the disposables use technology related to our core competencies, they also represent a departure from our former core blood plasma business. Further, although we have had discussions with experts in areas of application for these products, they are still in the development and/or initial market phase. No assurance can be given that potential products can be successfully developed, and if developed, that a market will also accept them.

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Influence by the government and insurance companies may adversely impact sales of our products.
      Our business may be materially affected by continuing efforts by government, third party payers such as Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance plans, to reduce the costs of healthcare. For example, in certain foreign markets the pricing and profit margins of certain healthcare products are subject to government controls. In addition, increasing emphasis on managed care in the United States will continue to place pressure on the pricing of healthcare products. As a result, continuing effort to contain healthcare costs may result in reduced sales or price reductions for our products. To date, we are not aware of any direct impact on our pricing or product sales due to such efforts by governments to contain healthcare costs, and we do not anticipate any immediate impact in the near future.
Competition in our industry is intense and will likely involve companies with greater resources than we have.
      We hope to develop a competitive advantage in the medical applications of our products, but there are many competitors that are substantially larger and who possess greater financial resources and personnel than we have. Our current principal market includes users of ultra-rapid blood plasma freezing and thawing equipment and cord blood banks. There are companies that sell freezers to the blood plasma freezing industry that are larger and possess greater financial and other resources than we do. The CryoSeal System may face competition from major plasma fractionators that currently sell fibrin glue sourced from pooled plasma outside the United States With regard to the BioArchive System, numerous larger and better-financed medical device manufacturers may choose to enter this market as it develops.
Our new products are at initial market introduction, and we are not sure the market will accept them.
      The market acceptance of our new products in development will depend upon the medical community and third-party payers accepting the products as clinically useful, reliable, accurate, and cost effective compared to existing and future products or procedures. Market acceptance will also depend on our ability to adequately train technicians on how to use the CryoSeal System and the BioArchive System. Even if our new product systems are clinically adopted, the use may not be recommended by the medical profession or hospitals unless acceptable reimbursement from health care and third party payers is available. Failure of either of these new systems to achieve significant market share could have material adverse effects on our long term business, financial condition, and results of operation.
Given our limited internal manufacturing, sales, marketing and distribution capabilities, we need to develop increased internal capability or collaborative relationships to manufacture, sell, market and distribute our products.
      We have only limited internal manufacturing, sales, marketing and distribution capabilities. We currently sell our existing medical devices through a direct sales and marketing force, and our foreign distribution network. Although we have entered into exclusive distribution agreements for our two new platform products and we continue to seek strategic partners, there are no assurances that the distributors will produce significant sales of the systems. Our inability to develop and maintain those relationships would limit our ability to market, sell and distribute our products. Our inability to enter into successful, long-term relationships could require us to develop alternate arrangements at a time when we need sales, marketing or distribution capabilities to meet existing demand. We may market our products through our own sales force. Our inability to develop and retain a qualified sales force could limit our ability to market, sell and distribute our products.

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As of recent, we rely exclusively on third parties for the worldwide marketing and distribution of our BioArchive System, and they may not be successful in selling our products.
      We have entered into an exclusive marketing and distribution agreement with GE Healthcare whereby GE Healthcare is solely responsible for worldwide marketing and distribution of our BioArchive System. While we believe that GE Healthcare intends to aggressively market our products, we cannot assure you that GE Healthcare will succeed in marketing our products on a global basis. We may not be able to maintain satisfactory arrangements with GE Healthcare, who may not devote adequate resources to selling our BioArchive System. If this happens, we may not be able to successfully market and distribute our products, which would decrease our revenues.
Failure to keep our key personnel may adversely affect our operations.
      Failure to retain skilled personnel could hinder our operations. Our future success partially depends upon the continued services of key technical and senior management personnel. Our future success also depends on our continuing ability to attract, retain and motivate highly qualified managerial and technical personnel. The inability to retain or attract qualified personnel could have a significant negative effect upon our efforts and thereby materially harm our business and financial condition. We have entered into employment agreements with each member of our senior management. Specifically, we are dependent upon the experience and services of Philip H. Coelho, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Kevin Simpson, our President and Chief Operating Officer. We have obtained key man life insurance covering Mr. Coelho in the amount of $2,000,000 to provide some protection against this risk.
Our lack of production experience may delay producing our new products.
      We have manufactured our Blood Plasma Thawers, Freezers and BioArchive Systems for a number of years. Although we have redesigned our manufacturing facility to accommodate the BioArchive System and the CryoSeal System, we do not have significant experience in manufacturing the CryoSeal System or in the manufacture of disposables. There can be no assurance that our current resources and manufacturing facility could handle a significant increase in orders for either the BioArchive System or the CryoSeal System. If we are unable to meet demand for sales of the new systems, we would need to contract with third-party manufacturers for the backlog, and no assurances can be made that such third-party manufacturers can be retained, or retained on terms favorable to us and our pricing of the equipment. Inability to have products manufactured by third parties at a competitive price will erode anticipated margins for such products, and negatively impact our profitability.
We are dependent on our suppliers and OEM manufacturers to meet existing regulations.
      Certain of our suppliers and manufacturers are subject to heavy government regulations, including FDA approval in the operation of their facilities, products and manufacturing processes. Any adverse action by the FDA against our suppliers or manufacturers could delay supply or manufacture of component products required to be integrated or sold with our products. There are no assurances we will be successful in locating an alternative supplier or manufacturer to meet product shipment or launch deadlines. As a result, our sales, contractual commitments and financial forecasts may be significantly affected by any such delays.

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If third-party suppliers of materials necessary to manufacture our products do not supply quality materials in a timely manner, it may delay or impair our ability to develop and commercialize products on a timely and competitive basis, or prevent or limit our potential future profitability.
      Although most of the raw materials used in the manufacture of the CryoSeal System, BioArchive System and Thrombin Processing Disposable products are available from more than one supplier, changes in critical components could cause the FDA to require us to prove equivalency of the materials, or potentially to modify or perform additional clinical trials for such products, which could have the effect of restricting our ability to commercialize our products. Interruptions in supplies for the manufacture of our CryoSeal System, BioArchive System and Thrombin Processing Disposables products may occur and we may have to obtain substitute vendors for these materials. Any significant supply interruption would delay our marketing, product development or clinical trial programs. In addition, an uncorrected impurity or supplier’s variation in a raw material, either unknown to us or incompatible with our manufacturing process, could prevent or delay our ability to manufacture products. These delays may limit our revenues.
Discovery of previously unknown problems with a product, manufacturer, or facility, could result in product recalls or withdrawals and significantly reduce our revenues.
      Certain components of our systems, including the sterile disposable bag sets, must be manufactured under controlled conditions, often in regulated facilities, to meeting strict product release criteria. Any manufacturing errors or defects, or uncorrected impurity or variation in a raw material, either unknown or undetected by us, could affect the quality and safety of our products. If any of the defects were material, we could be required to undertake a market withdrawal or recall of the affected products. The cost of a market withdrawal or product recall could significantly reduce our resources.
Product liability and uninsured risks may adversely affect our continuing operations.
      We manufacture medical devices that are used on patients in surgical procedures and we may be subject to product liability claims. We may be liable if any of our products cause injury, illness, or death. We also may be required to recall certain of our products should they become damaged or if they are defective. We are not aware of any material product liability claim against us. Further, we maintain a general liability policy that includes product liability coverage of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 per year in the aggregate. However, our product liability coverage has various exclusions, and therefore we may be subject to a product liability claim or recall for which we have no insurance coverage. In such a case, we may have to pay the entire amount of the award or costs of the recall. Product liability insurance is expensive and may not be available in the future on acceptable terms, or at all.
Dependence on suppliers for custom components may impact the production schedule.
      We obtain certain custom components from a limited number of suppliers. If the supplier raises the price of the component or discontinues production, we may have to find another qualified supplier to provide the component. In the event that it becomes necessary for us to find another supplier, we would first be required to qualify the quality assurance systems and product of that alternative supplier. Any transfer between qualified suppliers may impact the production schedule, therefore delaying revenues, and may cause the price of the key components to increase.

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All of our operations are conducted at a single location, and any disruption at our facility could delay revenues or increase our expenses.
      All of our operations are conducted at a single location although we do contract our manufacturing of certain disposables and components. We take precautions to safeguard our facility, including insurance, health and safety protocols, and off-site storage of computer data. However, a natural disaster, such as a fire, flood or earthquake, could cause substantial delays in our operations, damage or destroy our manufacturing equipment or inventory, and cause us to incur additional expenses. The insurance we maintain against fires, floods, and other natural disasters may not be adequate to cover our losses in any particular case.
Because a significant portion of our sales is to customers in foreign countries, we may lose revenues, market share, and profits due to exchange rate fluctuations and other factors related to our foreign customers.
      In the year ended June 30, 2005, sales to customers in foreign countries comprised approximately 67% of our revenues. Our foreign business is subject to economic, political and regulatory uncertainties and risks that are unique to each area of the world. Fluctuations in exchange rates may also affect the prices that our foreign customers are willing to pay, and may put us at a price disadvantage compared to other competitors. Potentially volatile shifts in exchange rates may negatively affect our financial condition and operations.
The preparation of our financial statements in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles requires us to make estimates, judgments, and assumptions that may ultimately prove to be incorrect.
      The accounting estimates and judgments that we must make in the ordinary course of business affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the periods presented. If the underlying estimates are ultimately proven to be incorrect, subsequent adjustments could have a material adverse effect on our operating results for the period or periods in which the change is identified. Additionally, subsequent adjustments could require us to restate our financial statements. Restating financial statements could result in a material decline in the price of our stock.
RISKS RELATED TO OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Our inability to protect our patents, trademarks, and other proprietary rights could adversely impact our competitive position.
      We believe that our patents, trademarks, and other proprietary rights are important to our success and our competitive position. Accordingly, we devote substantial resources to the establishment and protection of our patents, trademarks, and proprietary rights. We currently hold patents for products, and have patents pending for additional products that we market or intend to market. However, our actions to establish and protect our patents, trademarks, and other proprietary rights may be inadequate to prevent imitation of our products by others or to prevent others from claiming violations of their trademarks and proprietary rights by us. If this happens, sales of our products would suffer and our ability to generate revenues will be severely impacted. If our products are challenged as infringing upon patents of other parties, we could be required to modify the design of the product, obtain a license, or litigate the issues, all of which may have an adverse business effect on us. We may have to pay significant fees or royalties to license those patents to continue marketing our products. This will cause any future profits on sales of our products to decline.

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      Our dependence upon having exclusive rights to the technology covered under our owned or licensed patents and patent applications is subject to the following risks, among others:
  •  applications may not result in issued patents;
 
  •  current or future issued or licensed patents, trade secrets or know-how may not afford protection against competitors with similar technologies or processes;
 
  •  any patents issued may be infringed upon or be designed around by others, or be challenged and invalidated; and
 
  •  others may independently develop technologies or processes that are the same as or substantially equivalent to ours.
Failure to protect our trade secrets may assist our competitors.
      We use various methods, including confidentiality agreements with employees, vendors, and customers, to protect our trade secrets and proprietary know-how for our products. However, such methods may not provide complete protection and there can be no assurance that others will not obtain our know-how, or independently develop the same or similar technology. We prepare and file for patent protection on aspects of our technology which we think will be integrated into final products early in design phases, thereby attempting to mitigate the potential risks.
RISKS RELATED TO THIS OFFERING
The sale of our common stock may significantly impact the market price of our common stock.
      The sale of shares pursuant to this prospectus supplement may significantly affect the market price of our stock. We cannot predict the effect, if any, that future sales of our capital stock, warrants or debt securities, or the availability of our securities for future sale, will have on the market price of our shares, including our common stock. Additionally, if we raise additional funds through issuance of common stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for common stock, the percentage ownership of our stockholders will be reduced and the price of our common stock may fall.
We do not pay cash dividends.
      We have never paid any cash dividends on our common stock and may not pay cash dividends in the future. Instead, we intend to apply earnings to the expansion and development of our business. Thus, the liquidity of your investment is dependent upon your ability to sell stock at an acceptable price. The price can go down as well as up and may limit your ability to realize any value from your investment, including the initial purchase price.
We expect our stock price to be volatile.
      The trading price of our common stock is likely to be highly volatile and could be subject to wide fluctuations in price in response to various factors, many of which are beyond our control, including:
  •  the depth and liquidity of the market for our common stock;
 
  •  developments generally affecting the biotech, healthcare and pharmaceutical industry;
 
  •  investor perceptions of us and our business;
 
  •  changes in securities analysts’ expectations or our failure to meet those expectations;
 
  •  actions by institutional or other large stockholders;

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  •  terrorist acts or natural disasters;
 
  •  actual or anticipated fluctuations in our results of operations;
 
  •  announcements of technological innovations or significant contracts by us or our competitors;
 
  •  introduction of new products by us or our competitors;
 
  •  our sale of common stock or other securities in the future;
 
  •  conditions and trends in biotechnology industries;
 
  •  changes in market valuation or earnings of our competitors;
 
  •  changes in the estimation of the future size and growth rate of our markets;
 
  •  our actual or projected results of operations and financial performance; and
 
  •  general economic, industry and market conditions.
In addition, the stock market in general often experiences substantial volatility that is seemingly unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the trading price of our common stock.
Any sale of a substantial amount of our stock could cause our stock price to drop.
      In general, our stockholders are not obligated to retain their shares, except that subject to limited exceptions, our directors and executive officers have agreed not to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of common stock for 90 days after the completion of this offering without the consent of Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., subject to a potential extension of the lock-up period for up to an additional 18 days under certain circumstances. In addition, during the beginning of 2004, we sold shares of common stock in one private placement. As part of the terms of the private placement, we registered for resale 2,660,000 shares of common stock with the SEC, representing approximately 5.78% of our outstanding common stock as of December 31, 2005. Any sale by these or other holders of a substantial amount of common stock in the public market, or the perception that such a sale could occur, could have an adverse effect on the market price of our common stock. Such an effect could be magnified because these shares can be sold immediately and our stock is relatively thinly traded.
Management will have broad discretion over the use of proceeds from this offering.
      We expect to use the net proceeds from this offering for general working capital and acquisition of technology, assets and companies. We have not reserved or allocated specific amounts for these purposes, and we cannot specify with certainty how we will use the net proceeds. Accordingly, our management will have considerable discretion in the application of the net proceeds, and you will not have the opportunity, as part of your investment decision, to assess whether the proceeds are being used appropriately. The net proceeds may be used for corporate purposes that do not increase our operating results or market value. Until the net proceeds are used, they may be placed in investments that do not produce income or that lose value.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
      This prospectus supplement contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “could,” “may,” “believes” or

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“estimates” or similar language identify forward-looking statements, as do the negative of these terms and other comparable terminology. The forward-looking statements in this prospectus supplement relate, among other things, to:
  •  our future business, financial condition and results of operations;
 
  •  maintaining and expanding market acceptance of our products or services;
 
  •  competitiveness of our products or services;
 
  •  customer satisfaction with our products or services;
 
  •  any statements of belief; and
 
  •  any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing.
      These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of our future performance or results, and our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including those set forth under “Risk Factors.” You should consider the risk factors and uncertainties under the section titled “Risk Factors,” among other things, in evaluating our prospects and future financial performance. Before making a decision to invest in our common stock, you should be aware that the occurrence of the events described in the risk factors could harm our business, results of operations and financial condition. Forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this prospectus supplement or the other documents in which they are found. Except as required by securities laws, we are not required and do not intend to update or alter these forward-looking statements in this prospectus supplement or the other documents in which they are found, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
USE OF PROCEEDS
      We will receive net proceeds of approximately $29.8 million ($32.8 million if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full) from the sale of 8,000,000 shares of our common stock offered by us in this offering, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.
      We expect to use the net proceeds from this offering for general working capital purposes and possibly the acquisition of technology, assets and companies, although we currently have no agreements or understandings relating to any such transactions. We have not reserved or allocated specific amounts for these purposes. Accordingly, our management will have broad discretion as to the application of the offering proceeds. Pending our use of the net proceeds, we may invest them in short-term, investment-grade, interest-bearing securities.
DIVIDEND POLICY
      Our present policy is to retain any earnings to finance future growth. We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our capital stock and have no present intention of paying any cash dividends for the foreseeable future.

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DILUTION
      Our net tangible book value as of September 30, 2005 was approximately $12.4 million, or $0.27 per share of common stock. Net tangible book value per share is equal to our total tangible assets minus total liabilities, all divided by the number of shares of common stock outstanding as of September 30, 2005. Dilution is determined by subtracting net tangible book value per share from the public offering price per share.
      Without taking into account any changes in net tangible book value after September 30, 2005, other than giving effect to the sale of the 8,000,000 shares of common stock we are offering at the public offering price of $4.00 per share, and after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and our estimated offering expenses (assuming the over-allotment option is not exercised), our as-adjusted net tangible book value would have been approximately $42.2 million, or approximately $0.78 per share of common stock. This represents an immediate increase in net tangible book value of approximately $0.51 per share to existing stockholders and an immediate dilution of approximately $3.22 per share to new investors. The following table illustrates this calculation on a per share basis:
                   
Public offering price per share
          $ 4.00  
             
 
Net tangible book value per share as of September 30, 2005
  $ 0.27          
 
Increase per share attributable to the offering
    0.51          
             
As adjusted net tangible book value per share after this offering
            0.78  
             
Dilution per share to new investors
          $ 3.22  
             
      If the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full, as-adjusted net tangible book value would increase to approximately $0.83 per share, representing an increase to existing stockholders of approximately $0.56 per share, and there would be an immediate dilution of approximately $3.17 per share to new investors.
      The number of shares of common stock outstanding used for existing stockholders in the table and calculations above is based on 45,929,944 shares outstanding as of September 30, 2005 and excludes:
  •  2,269,000 shares of our common stock subject to outstanding options with a weighted average exercise price of approximately $2.49 per share; and
 
  •  600,749 shares of our common stock subject to outstanding warrants with a weighted average exercise price of approximately $3.00 per share.
      The exercise of outstanding options and warrants having an exercise price less than the public offering price will increase dilution to new investors.

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UNDERWRITING
      Subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement, the underwriters named below, through their representatives Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Jefferies & Company, Inc., have severally agreed to purchase from us the following respective numbers of shares of common stock at a public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions set forth on the cover page of this prospectus supplement:
           
    Number of
Underwriters   Shares
     
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. 
    6,200,000  
Jefferies & Company, Inc.
    1,800,000  
       
 
Total
    8,000,000  
       
      The underwriting agreement provides that the obligations of the several underwriters to purchase the shares of common stock offered hereby are subject to certain conditions precedent and that the underwriters will purchase all of the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus supplement, other than those covered by the over-allotment option described below, if any of these shares are purchased.
      We have been advised by the representatives of the underwriters that the underwriters propose to offer the shares of common stock to the public at the public offering price set forth on the cover of this prospectus supplement and to dealers at a price that represents a concession not in excess of $0.14 per share under the public offering price. The underwriters may allow, and these dealers may re-allow, a concession of not more than $0.10 per share to other dealers. After the public offering, representatives of the underwriters may change the offering price and other selling terms.
      We have granted to the underwriters an option, exercisable not later than 30 days after the date of this prospectus supplement, to purchase up to 800,000 additional shares of common stock at the public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions set forth on the cover page of this prospectus supplement. The underwriters may exercise this option only to cover over-allotments made in connection with the sale of the common stock offered by this prospectus supplement. To the extent that the underwriters exercise this option, each of the underwriters will become obligated, subject to conditions, to purchase approximately the same percentage of these additional shares of common stock as the number of shares of common stock to be purchased by it in the above table bears to the total number of shares of common stock offered by this prospectus supplement. We will be obligated, pursuant to the option, to sell these additional shares of common stock to the underwriters to the extent the option is exercised. If any additional shares of common stock are purchased, the underwriters will offer the additional shares on the same terms as those on which the 8,000,000 shares are being offered.

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      The underwriting discounts and commissions per share are equal to the public offering price per share of common stock less the amount paid by the underwriters to us per share of common stock. The underwriting discounts and commissions are 6.0% of the public offering price. We have agreed to pay the underwriters the following discounts and commissions, assuming either no exercise or full exercise by the underwriters of the underwriters’ over-allotment option:
                         
        Total Fees
         
        Without Exercise of   With Full Exercise of
    Fee   Over-Allotment   Over-Allotment
    per Share   Option   Option
             
Discounts and commissions paid by us
  $ 0.24     $ 1,920,000     $ 2,112,000  
      In addition, we estimate that the total expenses of this offering, excluding underwriting discounts and commissions, will be approximately $291,511.
      We have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against specified types of liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and to contribute to payments the underwriters may be required to make in respect of any of these liabilities.
      Each of our executive officers and directors has agreed not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, or enter into any transaction that is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition of any shares of our common stock or other securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of our common stock or derivatives of our common stock owned by these persons prior to this offering or common stock issuable upon exercise of options or warrants held by these persons for a period of at least 90 days after the date of this prospectus supplement without the prior written consent of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., subject to a potential extension of the lock-up period for up to an additional 18 days under certain circumstances. This consent may be given at any time without public notice. We have entered into a similar agreement with the representatives of the underwriters. There are no agreements between the representatives and any of our officers, directors, stockholders or affiliates releasing them from these lock-up agreements prior to the expiration of the up to 108-day period.
      In connection with the offering, the underwriters may purchase and sell shares of our common stock in the open market. These transactions may include short sales, purchases to cover positions created by short sales and stabilizing transactions.
      Short sales involve the sale by the underwriters of a greater number of shares than they are required to purchase in the offering. Covered short sales are sales made in an amount not greater than the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares of common stock from us in the offering. The underwriters may close out any covered short position by either exercising their option to purchase additional shares or purchasing shares in the open market. In determining the source of shares to close out the covered short position, the underwriters will consider, among other things, the price of shares available for purchase in the open market as compared to the price at which they may purchase shares through the over-allotment option.
      Naked short sales are any sales in excess of the over-allotment option. The underwriters must close out any naked short position by purchasing shares in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if underwriters are concerned that there may be downward pressure on the price of the shares in the open market prior to the completion of the offering.
      Stabilizing transactions consist of various bids for or purchases of our common stock made by the underwriters in the open market prior to the completion of the offering.

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      The underwriters may impose a penalty bid. This occurs when a particular underwriter repays to the other underwriters a portion of the underwriting discount received by it because the representatives of the underwriters have repurchased shares sold by or for the account of that underwriter in stabilizing or short covering transactions.
      Purchases to cover a short position and stabilizing transactions may have the effect of preventing or slowing a decline in the market price of our common stock. Additionally, these purchases, along with the imposition of a penalty bid, may stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the market price of our common stock. As a result, the price of our common stock may be higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the open market. These transactions may be effected on the NASDAQ Capital Market, in the over-the-counter market or otherwise.
      In connection with this offering, the underwriters may engage in passive market making transactions in our common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market in accordance with Rule 103 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act during a period before the commencement of offers or sales of common stock and extending through the completion of distribution. A passive market maker must display its bid at a price not in excess of the highest independent bid of that security. However, if all independent bids are lowered below the passive market maker’s bid, that bid must then be lowered when specified purchase limits are exceeded.
      A prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus in electronic format are being made available on Internet web sites maintained by one or more of the lead underwriters of this offering and may be made available on web sites maintained by other underwriters. Other than the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus in electronic format, the information on any underwriter’s web site and any information contained in any other web site maintained by an underwriter is not part of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus or the registration statement of which the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus form a part.
LEGAL MATTERS
      The validity of the common stock offered pursuant to this prospectus supplement was passed upon by Bullivant|Houser|Bailey PC, Sacramento, California, counsel to ThermoGenesis Corp. Certain legal matters in connection with this offering will be passed upon for the underwriters by Heller Ehrman LLP, San Francisco, California.
EXPERTS
      The financial statements of ThermoGenesis Corp. appearing in ThermoGenesis Corp.’s Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended June 30, 2005 (including the schedule appearing therein) and ThermoGenesis Corp. management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2005 included therein, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon, included therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements and management’s assessment are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE
      The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus supplement and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference herein the documents listed below and any future filings made by us with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the

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Securities Exchange Act of 1934 prior to the termination of this offering. The documents we incorporate by reference into this prospectus supplement are:
  •  our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 27, 2006.
 
  •  our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 17, 2006.
 
  •  the description of our common stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A.
      Please note that all other documents and reports filed under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 following the date of this prospectus supplement and prior to the termination of this offering will be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and will be made a part of it from the date of filing with the Commission.
      We will furnish to you without charge upon your request a copy of any of the documents incorporated in this prospectus supplement and any statement in, or incorporated in, this prospectus supplement by reference, other than the exhibits to those documents unless those exhibits are specifically incorporated herein by reference. For a copy of any of the documents you should contact ThermoGenesis Corp., 2711 Citrus Road, Rancho Cordova, California 95742 or call (916) 858-5100, Attention: Corporate Secretary.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
      We are subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We therefore file periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. These reports may be obtained by visiting the Public Reference Room of the SEC at 100 F Street, NE, Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549, or by calling the SEC at 1-212-551-8090. In addition, the SEC maintains an internet site (www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically.
      Our internet address is www.thermogenesis.com. We make available, free of charge, through our internet website copies of our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports, if any, filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as soon as reasonably practicable after filing such material electronically or otherwise furnishing it to the SEC.
      We have filed this prospectus supplement and a registration statement on Form S-3, as amended, regarding this offering with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933. This prospectus supplement, which constitutes a part of the registration statement, does not contain all the information contained in the registration statement, certain items of which are contained in exhibits to the registration statement as permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC. You should refer to the registration statement and its exhibits to read that information. Statements made in this prospectus supplement as to the content of any contract, agreement or other document are not necessarily complete and you should refer to the contracts, agreements and other documents attached as exhibits to the registration statement for a more complete description of the agreements, contracts and other documents.

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PROSPECTUS
THERMOGENESIS CORP.
 
$75,000,000
Common Stock
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By this prospectus, we may offer a number of shares of our common stock up to an aggregate of $75,000,000 in one or more transactions. We will provide specific terms for any sale of common stock in supplements to this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, as well as the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus, carefully before you invest. This prospectus may not be used to offer and sell the shares of common stock unless accompanied by a prospectus supplement.
Our common stock is traded and listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market, under the symbol “KOOL.” On December 9, 2005, the last reported sale price for the common stock was $4.05 per share.
 
Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” at page 3.
 
NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR DETERMINED IF THIS PROSPECTUS IS TRUTHFUL OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
THIS PROSPECTUS MAY NOT BE USED TO CONSUMMATE SALES OF SECURITIES UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY THE APPLICABLE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT.
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
Forward-Looking Statements
      This Prospectus contains or incorporates “forward-looking statements,” which include statements about our business strategy, our growth strategy, our product development and marketing efforts and anticipated trends in our business, which are not historical facts. We may also make additional forward-looking statements from time to time in filings that we make with the Commission. When we use words like “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “project,” and similar expressions, this should alert you that the statement is forward-looking. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made, based largely on expectations. These expectations are generally subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified and which are beyond our control. Future events and actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results expressed in, contemplated by, or underlying our forward-looking statements. Statements in this Prospectus, and in documents incorporated by reference into this Prospectus, including those set forth in the caption “Risk Factors” describe factors, among others, that could contribute to or cause differences. In light of these risks and uncertainties, we cannot give any assurances that the forward-looking information will in fact transpire or prove to be accurate in the future.
Summary
      This summary highlights selected information from this prospectus and does not contain all of the information that is important to you. To understand the terms of any offering you should read carefully this prospectus and the prospectus supplement, as well as our periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that contain more detailed disclosure about our business and financial performance.
About this Prospectus
      This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) utilizing a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we may sell shares of our common stock up to an aggregate of $75,000,000 in one or more offerings. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the shares of common stock we may offer. Each time we sell shares of common stock we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offer and sale. The prospectus supplement may add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. This prospectus, together with applicable prospectus supplements, includes all material information relating to this offering. Please carefully read both this

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prospectus and any prospectus supplement together with any additional information described below under “Where You Can Find More Information.” THIS PROSPECTUS MAY NOT BE USED TO CONSUMMATE A SALE OF SECURITIES UNLESS IT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT.
Where You Can Find More Information
      Government Filings. We file annual, quarterly and special reports and other information with the Commission. You may read and copy any document that we file at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Public Reference Room at 100 F. Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the Commission at 1-202-551-8090 for more information about the Public Reference Room. Most of our filings are also available to you free of charge at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
      Information Incorporated by Reference. The Commission rules and regulations allow us to “incorporate by reference” the information that we file with it. This means that we can disclose additional important information to you by referring to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this Prospectus, and information that we file in the future with the Commission will automatically update and supersede this information. We have filed the following documents with the Commission and the information contained in those documents is incorporated by reference into this Prospectus:
  •  Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005, filed on September 12, 2005;
 
  •  Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, filed on November 9, 2005;
 
  •  Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/ A for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, filed on December 12, 2005;
 
  •  Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on November 10, 2005;
 
  •  Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 18, 2005;
 
  •  Our Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on September 12, 2005;
 
  •  Our Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on October 31, 2005.
      Please note that all other documents and reports filed under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, following the date of this Prospectus and prior to the termination of this offering will be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Prospectus and will be made a part of it from the date of filing with the Commission.
      Filings made with the Commission and other information about us can be found on our website at www.thermogenesis.com. We will provide to each person, including any beneficial owner, who is delivered a prospectus, a copy of any of the documents that are incorporated by reference free of charge. Send requests to Matthew Plavan, Assistant Corporate Secretary, ThermoGenesis Corp., 2711 Citrus Road, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742 or call (916) 858-5100.
OUR BUSINESS
      We are a leader in developing and manufacturing automated blood processing systems and disposables that enable the manufacture, preservation and delivery of personalized cell and tissue therapy products, or CTT products, for clinical use. Personalized CTT products are created from the blood or tissue of a single donor and administered to that donor or a matched

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patient. Our systems and disposables are intended for use by hospitals and blood banks in two distinct markets. In cell therapy, our products automate the isolation, capture and preservation of stem cells residing in the blood of the placenta and umbilical cord, or cord blood, after a baby is born. These cells are used to treat patients for leukemia, lymphoma and over 60 other life threatening genetic diseases. Cord blood stem cells typically result in reduced immune complications post transplant compared to adult bone marrow stem cells. In tissue therapy, our products are used for the rapid manufacture of autologous sealants or thrombin for surgical wound care. Autologous sealants have no risk of contamination by blood-borne pathogens from other donors. We believe that our significant experience and technical expertise in developing proprietary technologies for enabling personalized CTT products, coupled with our relationships with leading transplant physicians, stem cell researchers and surgeons, has enabled us to develop safer, more effective systems for these applications.
      Our principal executive offices are located at 2711 Citrus Road, Rancho Cordova, California 95742. Our telephone number is (916) 858-5100.
RISK FACTORS
      Investment in our common stock involves risk. You should carefully consider the risks we describe in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from time to time which are incorporated by reference herein, and those that may be set forth in any prospectus supplement, before deciding to invest.
USE OF PROCEEDS
      Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we expect to use the net proceeds from the sale of our common stock for working capital, to fund our future growth plans, and for other general corporate purposes and capital expenditures related to our growth. We may also use a portion of the net proceeds to acquire or invest in businesses, products or technologies that complement our existing business. From time to time, we engage in preliminary discussions and negotiations with various businesses in order to explore the possibility of strategic partnering or investment.
DESCRIPTION OF OUR BUSINESS
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
      We are a leader in developing and manufacturing automated blood processing systems and disposables that enable the manufacture, preservation and delivery of personalized cell and tissue therapy products, or CTT products, for clinical use. Personalized CTT products are created from the blood or tissue of a single donor and administered to that donor or a matched patient. Our systems and disposables are intended for use by hospitals and blood banks in two distinct markets. In cell therapy, our products automate the isolation, capture and preservation of stem cells residing in the blood of the placenta and umbilical cord, or cord blood, after a baby is born. These cells are used to treat patients for leukemia, lymphoma and over 60 other life threatening genetic diseases. Cord blood stem cells typically result in reduced immune complications post transplant compared to adult bone marrow stem cells. In tissue therapy, our products are used for the rapid manufacture of autologous sealants or thrombin for surgical wound care. Autologous sealants have no risk of contamination by blood-borne pathogens from other donors. We believe that our significant experience and technical expertise in developing proprietary technologies for enabling personalized CTT products, coupled with our relationships with leading transplant physicians, stem cell researchers and surgeons, has enabled us to develop safer, more effective systems for these applications.

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      In recent years, our revenue primarily has been generated from the sale of our BioArchive System and related disposables. However, we currently are developing and commercializing new automated systems that enable the manufacture of personalized CTT products. Our products and products in development are described below.
  •  The BioArchive System is an automated cryogenic system used in cell therapy to cryopreserve and archive cord blood stem cells for future transplant. We have sold 117 BioArchive Systems to date to major cord blood banks and stem cell research institutes in 26 countries. We have recently signed a global distribution agreement with GE Healthcare granting them exclusive rights to distribute the BioArchive System and related disposables.
 
  •  The AutoXpress, or AXP, System is our newly developed automated system and disposable intended for use in cell therapy to isolate and capture stem cells from cord blood. Our agreement with GE Healthcare also grants them exclusive rights to distribute the AXP System and disposables, and we expect sales to begin in the first quarter of 2006.
 
  •  The CryoSeal Fibrin Sealant, or FS, System is an automated system used in wound care to prepare an autologous hemostatic surgical sealant from a patient’s own blood in approximately one hour. We have completed our pivotal 150 patient U.S. clinical trial and are preparing our PMA submission. In addition, we have received the CE Mark, and in Japan our distribution partner, Asahi Medical, filed their PMA equivalent in March 2005.
 
  •  The Thrombin Processing Disposable, or TPD, is used in wound care to isolate activated thrombin from the patient’s blood plasma in less than 30 minutes. Thrombin is used as a topical hemostatic agent for minor bleeding sites, to treat pseudo aneurysms and to release growth factors from platelets. We have signed non-exclusive distribution agreements with Biomet, Medtronic and Asahi Medical for sales of our TPD.
BACKGROUND
Industry
      CTT is a broad and rapidly growing field of medicine that requires the collection, purification, manipulation, storage and administration of stem cells, proteins and growth factors tailored to individual patients. Personalized CTT products are created from the blood or tissue of a single donor, administered to that donor or a matched patient, and used either for the treatment of leukemia, lymphoma and over 60 other life threatening diseases, or for surgical wound care. Critical factors in providing effective personalized CTT products are that they be precisely identified and tracked from their source to the receiving patient and that every manufacturing step, such as harvesting, processing, freezing, transporting, matching and delivering, preserves the viability and sterility of the product.
Cell Therapy
      The human body is comprised of cells of specific tissues, such as skin, liver or blood, and stem cells that are not fully differentiated into specific tissues. Until the middle of the 1990s, researchers were familiar with two major types of stem cells, embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells. However, researchers now know that pluripotent stem cells are found in cord blood, bone marrow and other tissues of the body. Pluripotent stem cells are capable of differentiation into multiple tissues such as bone, blood, nerve and muscle. All the cells residing in blood, which are red cells, white cells and platelets, arise from a particular pluripotent stem cell called the hematopoietic stem cell. Before the discovery that there were hematopoietic stem cells in cord blood, the placenta and umbilical cord were routinely discarded as biological waste. However, these hematopoietic stem cells are harvested at no risk or pain to the donor and can

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be preserved in a cord blood bank for clinical use with a matched patient on short notice. Their use also results in a lower incidence of post-transplant immune complications than transplants with adult bone marrow stem cells.
      Hematopoietic stem cell therapy is used to:
  •  replace diseased bone marrow with healthy, functioning bone marrow for patients with blood diseases such as aplastic anemia;
 
  •  replace bone marrow damaged by high-dose chemotherapy or radiation therapy used to treat patients with a variety of cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma; and
 
  •  provide genetically healthy and functioning bone marrow to treat patients with genetic diseases such as sickle cell anemia.
      With approximately four million births per year in the United States alone, cord blood represents a large, natural resource for use in the treatment of malignant and genetic diseases. Following the first successful cord blood transplant performed in 1988, awareness of the potential therapeutic value of cord blood stem cells has increased and collection and storage has grown rapidly.
      We believe the number of units stored will continue to grow, due in part to the following factors:
  •  increased awareness about the availability and benefits of preserving cord blood;
 
  •  improved technology to harvest the stem cells in a sterile environment and maintain their viability for many years;
 
  •  growing endorsement by the medical community;
 
  •  new applications for cell therapy; and
 
  •  new governmental legislation.
      For example, in May 2005, the House of Representatives passed the National Cord Blood Stem Cell Act, which aims to store 150,000 units of cord blood in a national registry. This Act is still awaiting passage by the Senate, and there is no certainty that it ultimately will pass and be signed into law. Separately, the Health Resources and Services Administration intends to distribute funds to qualified cord blood banks to manufacture higher quality cord blood units and develop an improved system for distributing the units to matched patients. We believe that countries outside the United States are likely to follow this lead.
Wound Care
      Wound care products are used in a variety of surgical procedures and applications to control bleeding, close incisions, assist in tissue fixation, create a physical barrier to prevent fluid or air passage and promote healing. With the population and number of surgeries increasing and as physicians learn about new applications and safer products, this market has potential for significant growth. Wound-healing products are evaluated by their safety, effectiveness, preparation time, ease of use and cost. In addition, the components of wound care products are very important, as different materials have different associated risks and benefits.
      Current wound care products fall into the following general categories: topical hemostats, tissue sealants and platelet gels. Topical hemostats are used when bleeding is difficult to control with conventional methods, such as suturing, stapling or placement of pads or gauze at the bleeding site. The most common type of topical hemostatic agents are thrombin-based, which are used in procedures where blood clotting must be accelerated, in order to keep the

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surgery site dry. In addition, thrombin can be used by itself to control minor bleeding sites but is insufficient for more persistent bleeding sites.
      The only thrombin that is available in the United States as a stand-alone product is Thrombin JMI®, a thrombin derived from bovine, or cow, blood. This product is only sold in limited geographies outside of the United States. The market for thrombin is growing rapidly, with Thrombin JMI net sales totaling approximately $175 million in the full year ended December 31, 2004, and already $170 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2005.
      Tissue sealants, which are more powerful hemostatic agents than thrombin alone, are made of either biologic or synthetic material and are used in a variety of surgical specialties and applications. They are used to close incisions, seal and secure skin flaps, reduce adhesions and promote hemostasis. Fibrin sealants make up the majority of this sub-segment. Conventional fibrin sealants are derived from large pools of up to 10,000 units of purchased human plasma and often contain animal proteins such as bovine aprotinin. While current processes attempt to remove all viral and bacterial pathogens from conventional sealants, there have been several recent peer-reviewed journal reports of the transmission of Parvovirus B-19 to surgical patients treated with these sealants. In addition, animal proteins are a potential source of agents of transmissible bovine spongiform encephalopathy, which are resistant to any methods of pathogen inactivation available to fractionators at this time.
      Autologous platelet gels are made by isolating the platelets from a small amount of the patient’s own blood and combining those platelets with thrombin. Thrombin causes the release of growth factors from the platelets, which then trigger wound-healing and tissue repair. Platelet gels increase the quantity and concentration of growth factors at the wound site.
OUR SOLUTION
      We believe that the use of personalized CTT products will increase due to the growing evidence and understanding of their clinical benefits in treating disease. Our proprietary systems and disposables enable the manufacture, preservation and delivery of these personalized CTT products and have substantial advantages over other products and practices available today. Our products address a broad range of CTT applications in two primary areas: cell therapy and tissue therapy, including wound care.
Cell Therapy
      Our BioArchive and AXP Systems and disposables are designed to ensure that the stem cells in the CTT products are successfully isolated, captured and preserved such that the cells are fully viable at time of transplant, which may be months or years after production. The BioArchive System, which can store up to 3,623 units of cord blood stem cells, is the only fully automated system that integrates controlled rate freezing, quarantine and long term cryogenic storage. The robotic storage and retrieval of these stem cell units improves cell viability, provides precise inventory management and minimizes the possibility of human error. To date we have sold 117 BioArchive Systems to major cord blood stem cell banks and stem cell research centers in 26 countries. Cord blood stem cell units have been used to treat leukemia, lymphoma and over 60 other life threatening genetic diseases.
      More recently, we have developed the AXP System, which automates the isolation and capture of hematopoietic stem cells from cord blood into a fixed 20 ml volume. It includes a compact battery powered device and a proprietary sterile disposable bag set. The AXP replaces the current clinical process, which involves more than a dozen manual steps. The AXP System will provide cord blood banks with a reproducible and GMP-compliant solution to more successfully isolate and capture stem cells with lower labor costs and reduced contamination.

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We expect sales of the AXP System and disposables to begin in the first quarter of 2006 through our distribution partner, GE Healthcare.
Wound Care
      In the tissue therapy market, we have developed the CryoSeal FS System and the TPD. The CryoSeal FS System manufactures fibrin sealant in a closed and sterile disposable from a single unit of the patient’s own plasma in about an hour. In contrast, conventional fibrin sealants are sourced from large pools of up to 10,000 or more units of purchased plasma and often include bovine proteins, and thus remain vulnerable to contamination by infectious pathogens residing anywhere in these sources. Our CryoSeal FS System prepares the two interactive liquid components of a fibrin sealant: (1) the wound healing proteins of fibrinogen, fibronectin, Factor VIII, von Willebrands Factor and Factor XIII and (2) the activating enzyme, thrombin. When combined at the bleeding wound site, the two components form an adhesive gel that stops bleeding and bonds tissue. Once prepared, the CryoSeal fibrin sealant may be stored frozen for up to a year or used immediately as a hemostatic agent for patients undergoing surgery.
      Our pivotal trial, completed in July 2005, was a 150 patient blinded, randomized multi-center clinical trial comparing the performance of CryoSeal FS to Johnson & Johnson’s Instat® collagen sponge. The study demonstrated that patients treated with CryoSeal FS showed statistically significant reduced time to hemostasis versus the Instat® control group, with p=<0.001. We are currently preparing our PMA for the CryoSeal FS System for submission in the first quarter of 2006.
      We have received the CE Mark, allowing sales of the CryoSeal FS System in Europe, although sales into individual countries under cost reimbursement structures often requires the existence of supporting clinical usage within that country. We have, through our distribution partners in Europe, undertaken several clinical studies and, upon completion, will initiate more aggressive marketing. In Japan, our distributor, Asahi Medical, has completed enrollment in their pivotal clinical trial and filed their PMA equivalent in March 2005. In addition, several field trials are underway in other geographies to provide a cost justification for reimbursement for use of the product.
      The TPD is incorporated in the CryoSeal FS system but can be sold as a stand alone product. It is a disposable device that isolates and captures activated autologous thrombin from approximately 11 ml of patient blood plasma. Thrombin is used as a topical hemostatic agent for minor bleeding sites, to treat pseudo aneurysms and to release growth factors from platelets. We have a received the CE Mark for TPD and began selling the product in Europe through our distributor in August 2005. The TPD standalone product would require a separate PMA before sale in the United States.
OUR STRATEGY
      We believe our products significantly enhance the safety and viability of CTT products and will ultimately expand the use and success of CTT products in clinical treatment. Our strategy is to expand our leadership position in the area of medical devices and disposables for the manufacture and preservation of personalized CTT products. The key elements of our strategy include:
  •  Begin commercializing the AXP system through our strategic partner, GE Healthcare
 
  •  Complete the PMA and receive approval for our CryoSeal FS System in the United States and Japan
 
  •  Expand commercialization of the TPD through Biomet, Medtronic, Asahi Medical and potentially other distribution partners

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  •  Expand our reach through both sales and consulting services for clinical trials
 
  •  Accelerate our research and development efforts
 
  •  Leverage our installed base to generate additional recurring revenue
CORPORATE INFORMATION
      We are incorporated in Delaware. Our principal executive offices are located at 2711 Citrus Road, Rancho Cordova, California 95742. Our telephone number is (916) 858-5100. Our website is www.thermogenesis.com. Information contained on our website is not considered to be a part of this prospectus.
      We are authorized by our Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and restated, to issue 80,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value and 2,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value. As of December 9, 2005, there were 45,984,692 shares of common stock and no shares of preferred stock outstanding. Holders of shares of common stock have full voting rights, one vote for each share held of record. Stockholders are entitled to receive dividends as may be declared by the Board out of funds legally available therefore and share pro rata in any distributions to stockholders upon liquidation. Stockholders have no conversion, preemptive or subscription rights. All outstanding shares of common stock are fully paid and nonassessable, and all the shares of common stock issued by us upon the exercise of outstanding warrants will, when issued, be fully paid and nonassessable.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
      We may sell all or a portion of the common stock:
  •  Through one or more underwriters or dealers for public offering and sale;
 
  •  Directly to investors;
 
  •  Through agents;
 
  •  Through a block trade in which the broker or dealer engaged to handle the block trade will attempt to sell the common stock as agent, but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction.
      We may distribute the common stock from time to time in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed from time to time:
  •  at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, or
 
  •  at negotiated prices.
      We will describe the method of distribution of the common stock in the prospectus supplement. Underwriters, dealers or agents may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from us or the purchasers, as their agents, in connection with the sale of the common stock. These underwriters, dealers or agents may be considered to be underwriters under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and, therefore, any discounts, commissions, or profits on resale received by such underwriters may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions. In the prospectus supplement, we will identify any such underwriter, dealer or agent, and describe the compensation received by them from us. Any public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.
      Underwriters, dealers and agents may be entitled to indemnification by us against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under federal securities laws. Underwriters, dealers and agents

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also may be entitled to contribution with respect to payments made by other underwriters, dealers and agents under agreements between us and such underwriters, dealers and agents.
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
      Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that we will indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the state of Delaware. Further, our bylaws, as amended, provide authority for us to maintain a liability insurance policy that insures our directors or officers against any liability incurred by them for service to us.
      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted for our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by us of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of our company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, unless in the opinion of our counsel, the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, we will submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by final adjudication.
EXPERT
      The financial statements of ThermoGenesis Corp. appearing in ThermoGenesis Corp.’s Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended June 30, 2005 (including the schedule appearing therein) and ThermoGenesis Corp. management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2005 included therein, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon, included therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements and management’s assessment are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
LEGAL MATTERS
      The validity of the shares of common stock offered will be passed by the law firm of Bullivant|Houser|Bailey P.C., Sacramento, California.

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You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the documents we incorporate by reference in this prospectus supplement. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different. We are offering our common stock only in jurisdictions where such offers are permitted. The information contained in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus is accurate only as of their respective dates, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus supplement, or of any sale of our common stock.
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ThermoGenesis Corp.
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Prospectus Supplement
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