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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2007
 
Registration No. 333-             
 


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
 

 
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 


PRESSURE BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 

 
Massachusetts
 
 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
04-2652826
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
 
321 Manley Street
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts 02379
(508) 580-1818
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
 


Richard T. Schumacher
Chief Executive Officer
Pressure BioSciences, Inc.
321 Manley Street
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts 02379
(508) 580-1818
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 

 
Copies to:
Steven London, Esq.
Pepper Hamilton LLP
100 Federal Street, Suite 1010
Boston, MA 02111
(617) 956-4343
 

 
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.



 

 
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If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  o
 
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered
 
Amount to be
Registered (1)
 
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share (2)
 
  Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price (2)
 
  Amount of
Registration
Fee
 
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
   
126,750
 
$
4.75
 
$
633,750
 
$
18.50
 
Preferred Share Purchase Rights(3)
         
___
             

(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the shares being registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock as may be issuable with respect to the shares being registered hereunder as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
   
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act. The price per share and aggregate offering price are based on the average of the high and low sales prices of the registrant’s common stock on December 19, 2007, as reported on The Nasdaq Capital Market.
   
(3)
On February 27, 2003, the Board of Directors of the registrant declared a dividend of a preferred share purchase right for each then outstanding share of common stock and each additional share of common stock issued thereafter. The rights registered by this registration statement represent one right issued in connection with each share of common stock. Each right entitles the holder to purchase from the registrant one one-thousandth of a share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock at a price of $45.00 per one one-thousandth of a preferred share. The rights are exercisable only upon the occurrence of certain events described in that certain rights agreement dated February 23, 2003, as amended, between the registrant and Computershare Trust Company, Inc. Such presently indeterminable number of additional rights are also registered by this registration statement as may be issued in the event of a stock splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions. The rights are not separately transferable apart from the registrant's common stock, nor are they exercisable until the occurrence of certain events. Accordingly, no independent value has been attributed to the rights registered hereunder.
 
The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
 


The information contained in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The selling stockholders may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is prohibited.
 
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED DECEMBER 20, 2007
 
PROSPECTUS
 
PRESSURE BIOSCIENCES, INC.
 
126,750 Shares
Common Stock
 
This prospectus relates to the resale of up to 126,750 shares of our common stock by the selling stockholders listed in the section entitled “Selling Stockholders” beginning on page 17 of this prospectus. The selling stockholders acquired their shares of common stock from us in a private placement that closed on November 21, 2007, and is more fully described in the section entitled “Selling Stockholders” beginning on page 17. We are not selling any securities under this prospectus or its supplements and will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling stockholders.
 
This prospectus may be supplemented from time to time by one or more prospectus supplements.
 
The selling stockholders may sell the shares of common stock described in this prospectus or its supplements in a number of different ways and at varying prices. We provide more information about how the selling stockholders may sell their shares of common stock in the section entitled “Plan of Distribution” on page 22 and in any supplements to this prospectus. We will not be paying any underwriting discounts or commissions in this offering.
 
Our common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “PBIO.” On December 17, 2007, the last sale price of the common stock as reported on The Nasdaq Capital Market was $5.35 per share.
 


Investing in our common stock involves risks and uncertainties. You should review carefully the risks and uncertainties described under the heading “Risk Factors” beginning on page 3 of this prospectus and under similar headings in each prospectus supplement and the other documents that are incorporated in this prospectus by reference.
 

 
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.
 
The date of this prospectus is December __, 2007.
 


 
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
 
1
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
1
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
 
2
RISK FACTORS
 
4
USE OF PROCEEDS
 
9
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
 
9
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
 
10
LEGAL MATTERS
 
11
EXPERTS
 
11
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
 
11
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS 
 
You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, and on the information contained in any prospectus supplements. We have not, and the selling stockholders have not, authorized anyone to provide you with information different from that contained in this prospectus or such supplements. The selling stockholders are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, shares of our common stock only in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. The information in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, and the information in any prospectus supplement is accurate only as of the date of such supplement, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any such supplement or any sale of our common stock.
 
 
This prospectus, any supplements to this prospectus and other documents that are and will be incorporated into this prospectus contain statements that involve expectations, plans or intentions (such as those relating to future business or financial results, new products or services, or management strategies). These statements are forward-looking and are subject to risks and uncertainties, so actual results may vary materially. You can identify these forward-looking statements by words such as “may,” “should,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan” and other similar expressions. You should consider our forward-looking statements in light of the risks discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” below and in documents incorporated herein by reference, including our consolidated financial statements, related notes and other financial information appearing in our other filings and documents incorporated herein by reference. Given these risks and uncertainties, we caution you not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus speak only as of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to update such statements.
 
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY 
 
This summary highlights information contained elsewhere or incorporated by reference into this prospectus. Because it is a summary, it does not contain all of the information that you should consider before investing in our common stock. You should read this entire prospectus and any supplements to this prospectus carefully, including the section entitled “Risk Factors” and the documents that we incorporate by reference into this prospectus or any such supplements, before making an investment decision.
 
Unless the context requires otherwise, in this prospectus, a reference to “PBI,” “Pressure BioSciences,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Pressure BioSciences, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation, and its subsidiaries.
 
About Pressure BioSciences
 
We are a life sciences company focused on the development and commercialization of an enabling, platform technology called pressure cycling technology or PCT. PCT uses cycles of hydrostatic pressure between low and ultra-high levels (up to 35,000 psi and greater) to control bio-molecular interactions.
 
Our pressure cycling technology uses our internally developed instrumentation that is capable of cycling pressure between low and ultra-high levels at controlled temperatures to rapidly and repeatedly control the interactions of bio-molecules. Our instrument, the Barocycler®, and our internally developed disposable PULSE© (Pressure Used to Lyse Samples for Extraction) Tubes, together make up the PCT Sample Preparation System.
 
We hold 13 United States and 6 foreign patents covering the use of PCT in the life sciences field, and these patents have claims that apply to a variety of different uses in sample preparation, nucleic acid or protein extraction and other areas. We believe our pressure cycling technology employs a unique approach that has the potential for broad applications in a number of established and emerging life sciences areas, including;
 
·
sample preparation for genomic, proteomic, and small molecule studies;
 
·
control of chemical (enzymatic) reactions;
 
·
protein purification;
 
·
pathogen inactivation;
 
·
immunodiagnostics;
 
·
DNA sequencing; and
 
·
food safety.
 
We were incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in August 1978 as Boston Biomedica, Inc. In September 2004 we completed the sale of the Boston Biomedica core business units and began to focus exclusively on the further development and commercialization of our pressure cycling technology. Following this change in business strategy, we changed our name from Boston Biomedica, Inc. to Pressure BioSciences, Inc., and commenced significant operations as Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (PBI) in February 2005. Our web address is www.pressurebiosciences.com. We make available free of charge through the investor relations section of our website all reports that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We do not incorporate the information on our website into this prospectus, and you should not consider it part of this prospectus or any accompanying prospectus supplement.
 
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The Offering
 
On November 21, 2007, we sold and issued to the selling stockholders named on page 9 in a private placement an aggregate of 126,750 shares of our common stock. As part of the agreement relating to this private placement, we agreed to register for resale all of the shares of common stock issued to the selling stockholders.

Common stock to be offered by
 
the selling stockholders
126,750 shares
   
Selling stockholders
All of the common stock covered by this prospectus is being offered by the selling stockholders named under the heading, "Selling Stockholders" beginning of page 9
   
Use of Proceeds
We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares of common stock covered by this prospectus
   
Trading
 
 
Our common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "PBIO"
   
Plan of Distribution
The selling stockholders may dispose of the shares of common stock covered by this prospectus from time to time as described under the heading "Plan of Distribution" beginning on page 10
   
Common stock outstanding as
 
of December 20, 2007
2,192,175 shares
 
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Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. Prior to making a decision about investing in our common stock, you should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below, together with all of the other information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. In particular, you should carefully consider the risks described in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” contained in our latest Annual Report on Form 10-KSB and any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB, which have been filed with the SEC and are incorporated herein by reference, as well as other information in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement before purchasing any of our common stock. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include those discussed below, as well as those discussed elsewhere in this prospectus.
 
We expect that we will require additional capital to further develop our pressure cycling technology products and services and cannot ensure that additional capital will be available on acceptable terms or at all.
 
We have experienced negative cash flows from operations with respect to our pressure cycling technology business since its inception. As of September 30, 2007, we had available cash of approximately $6.0 million. Based on our current projections, our current cash resources are sufficient to fund our normal operations through 2008.
 
We will need additional capital sooner than we currently expect if we experience unforeseen costs or expenses, unanticipated liabilities or delays in implementing our business plan, developing our products and achieving commercial sales. We also believe that we will need substantial capital to accelerate the growth and development of our pressure cycling technology products and services. Our capital requirements will depend on many factors, including but not limited to:
 
·
the problems, delays, expenses, and complications frequently encountered by early-stage companies;
 
·
market acceptance of our pressure cycling technology products and services;
 
·
the success of our sales and marketing programs; and
 
·
changes in economic, regulatory, or competitive conditions of our planned business.
 
To satisfy our potential capital requirements to cover the cost of the development and commercialization of our pressure cycling technology products and services, we may need to raise additional funds in the public or private capital markets. Additional financing may not be available to us on a timely basis, if at all, or on terms acceptable to us. If adequate funds are not available or if we fail to obtain acceptable additional financing, we may be required to:
 
·
obtain financing with terms that may have the effect of diluting or adversely affecting the holdings or the rights of the holders of our common stock;
 
·
obtain funds through arrangements with future collaboration partners or others that may require us to relinquish rights to some or all of our technologies or products; or
 
·
otherwise reduce planned expenditures and forego other business opportunities, which could harm our business.
 
Our business may be harmed if we encounter problems, delays, expenses, and complications that typically affect early-stage companies.
 
Early-stage companies typically encounter problems, delays, expenses, and complications, many of which may be beyond our control or may harm our business or prospects. These include, but are not limited to, unanticipated problems and costs relating to the development, testing, production, marketing, and sale of our products; availability of adequate financing; and competition. There can be no assurance that we will successfully complete the transition from an early-stage company to the commercialization of our pressure cycling technology products and services.
 
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We have a history of operating losses, anticipate future losses and may never be profitable.
 
We have experienced significant operating losses in the area of PCT in each period since we began investing resources in pressure cycling technology in 1998. These losses have resulted principally from expenses incurred in research and development, from sales and marketing expenses, and general and administrative expenses associated with our pressure cycling technology business. We expect to continue to incur operating losses until our sales of our pressure cycling technology products increase substantially. We cannot be certain when, if ever, we will become profitable. Even if we were to become profitable, we might not be able to sustain such profitability on a quarterly or annual basis.
 
Our operating results may fluctuate significantly from period to period depending on a variety of factors, including the following:
 
·
our ability to increase our sales of our pressure cycling technology products on a consistent quarterly or annual basis
 
·
the product mix that make up our installations in a given period, and whether the installations are completed pursuant to sales, rental or lease arrangements, and the average selling prices that we are able to command for our products;
 
·
our ability to manage our costs and expenses;
 
·
our ability to continue our research and development activities without unexpected costs and expenses;
 
·
our ability to comply with state and federal regulations without incurring unexpected costs and expenses
 
Our instrumentation operates at high pressures and is therefore subject to certain regulation in the US and overseas. This regulation of high pressure equipment may limit or hinder our development and sale of future instrumentation.
 
Due to the various regulatory agencies that oversee the manufacture of high pressure equipment, we may incur additional costs in developing and selling our instrumentation. The regulations vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Therefore we may incur additional costs, and production and selling delays, as we enter new jurisdictions in foreign countries.
 
We expect that we will be subject to additional regulation in the US, such as the FDA, and overseas as we begin to invest more resources in the development and commercialization of PCT in applications outside of sample preparation.
 
The other applications in which we intend to develop and commercialize pressure cycling technology, such as; protein purification, pathogen inactivation and immunodiagnostics, will require regulatory approvals from agencies such as the FDA prior to commercialization. We expect that obtaining these approvals will require a significant investment of time and capital resources and there can be no assurance that such investments will yield approvals that would allow us to commercialize the technology in these applications.
 
The sales cycle of our pressure cycling technology products has been lengthy and as a result, we have incurred and may continue to incur significant expenses and we may not generate any significant revenue related to those products.
 
Many of our current and potential customers have required between three and six months, or more to test and evaluate our pressure cycling technology related products. This increases the possibility that a customer may decide to cancel its order or otherwise change its plans, which could reduce or eliminate our sales to that potential customer. As a result of this lengthy sales cycle, we have incurred and may continue to incur significant research and development, selling, and general and administrative expenses related to customers from whom we have not yet generated any significant related revenue for these products, and from whom we may never generate the anticipated revenue if a customer cancels or changes its plans.
 
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If we are unable to protect our patents and other proprietary technology relating to our pressure cycling technology products, our business will be harmed.
 
Our ability to further develop and successfully commercialize our products will depend, in part, on our ability to enforce our patents, preserve trade secrets, and operate without infringing on the proprietary rights of third parties. We currently have thirteen United States patents issued and several pending patent applications for our pressure cycling technology. Several of these have been followed up with foreign applications, for which three patents have been issued in Europe and one patent has been issued in Australia and one in Japan. We expect to file additional foreign applications in the future relating to our pressure cycling technology.  The patents which have been issued expire between 2015 and 2024.
 
There can be no assurance that:
 
·
any patent applications filed by us will result in issued patents;
 
·
patent protection will be secured for any particular technology;
 
·
any patents that have been or may be issued to us will be valid or enforceable;
 
·
any patents will provide meaningful protection to us;
 
·
others will not be able to design around our patents; or
 
·
our patents will provide a competitive advantageor have commercial application.
 
The failure to obtain adequate patent protection would have a material adverse effect on us and may adversely affect our ability to enter into, or affect the terms of, any arrangement for the marketing or sale of any product.
 
Our patents may be challenged by others.
 
We could incur substantial costs in proceedings, including interference proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and comparable proceedings before similar agencies in other countries, in connection with any claims that may arise in the future. These proceedings could result in adverse decisions about the patentability of our inventions and products, as well as about the enforceability, validity, or scope of protection afforded by the patents.
 
If we are unable to maintain the confidentiality of our trade secrets and proprietary knowledge, others may develop technology and products that could prevent the successful commercialization of our products.
 
We also rely on trade secrets and other unpatented proprietary information in our product development activities. To the extent we rely on trade secrets and unpatented know-how to maintain our competitive technological position, there can be no assurance that others may not independently develop the same or similar technologies. We seek to protect our trade secrets and proprietary knowledge, in part, through confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants, advisors and contractors. Nevertheless, these agreements may not effectively prevent disclosure of our confidential information and may not provide us with an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized disclosure of such information. If our employees, consultants, advisors, or contractors develop inventions or processes independently that may be applicable to our products, disputes may arise about ownership of proprietary rights to those inventions and processes. Such inventions and processes will not necessarily become our property, but may remain the property of those persons or their employers. Protracted and costly litigation could be necessary to enforce and determine the scope of our proprietary rights. Failure to obtain or maintain trade secret protection, for any reason, could have a material adverse effect on us.
 
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If we infringe on the intellectual property rights of others, our business will be harmed.
 
It is possible that the manufacture, use or sale of our pressure cycling technology products or services may infringe patent or other intellectual property rights of others. We may be unable to avoid infringement of the patent or other intellectual property rights of others and may be required to seek a license, defend an infringement action, or challenge the validity of the patents or other intellectual property rights in court. We may be unable to secure a license on terms and conditions acceptable to us, if at all. Also, we may not prevail in any patent or other intellectual property rights litigation. Patent or other intellectual property rights litigation is costly and time-consuming, and there can be no assurance that we will have sufficient resources to bring any possible litigation related to such infringement to a successful conclusion. If we do not obtain a license under such patents or other intellectual property rights, or if we are found liable for infringement, or if we are unsuccessful in having such patents declared invalid, we may be liable for significant monetary damages, may encounter significant delays in successfully commercializing and developing our pressure cycling technology products, or may be precluded from participating in the manufacture, use, or sale of our pressure cycling technology products or services requiring such licenses.
 
We may be unable to adequately respond to rapid changes in technology and the development of new industry standards.
 
The introduction of products and services embodying new technology and the emergence of new industry standards may render our existing pressure cycling technology products and related services obsolete and unmarketable if we are unable to adapt to change. We may be unable to allocate the funds necessary to improve our current products or introduce new products to address our customers’ needs and respond to technological change. In the event that other companies develop more technologically advanced products, our competitive position relative to such companies would be harmed.
 
We may not be able to compete successfully with others that are developing or have developed competitive technologies and products.
 
A number of companies have developed, or are expected to develop, products that compete or will compete with our products. We compete with companies that have existing technologies for the extraction of nucleic acids and proteins from cells and tissues, including methods such as mortar and pestle, sonication, rotor-stator homogenization, French press, bead beating, freezer milling, enzymatic digestion, and chemical dissolution. We will also compete with a number of companies that offer competitive sample extraction and purification technologies to the life sciences industry. We are aware that there are additional companies pursuing new technologies with similar goals to the products developed or being developed by us. Some of the companies with which we now compete or may compete in the future have or may have more extensive research, marketing, and manufacturing capabilities, more experience in genomics and proteomics sample preparation, protein purification, pathogen inactivation, immunodiagnostics, and DNA sequencing and significantly greater technical, personnel and financial resources than we do, and may be better positioned to continue to improve their technology in order to compete in an evolving industry. To compete, we must be able to demonstrate to potential customers that our products provide improved performance and capabilities. Our failure to compete successfully could harm our business and prospects.
 
We rely on third parties for our manufacturing, engineering, and other related services.
 
Source Scientific, LLC, an instrumentation company, manufactures our products, provides engineering expertise, and manages the majority of our sub-contractor supplier relationships. Our success will depend, in part, on the ability of Source Scientific, LLC to manufacture our products cost effectively, in sufficient quantities to meet our customer demand when and if such demand occurs, and meeting our quality requirements. If Source Scientific, LLC experiences manufacturing problems or delays, or if Source Scientific, LLC decides not to continue to provide us with these services, our business may be harmed. While we believe other contract manufacturers are available to address our manufacturing and engineering needs, if we find it necessary to replace Source Scientific, LLC, there will be a disruption in our business and we could incur additional costs and delays that would have an adverse effect on our business.
 
In connection with the sale of our BBI Core Businesses to SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc. in September 2004, we continue to be exposed to possible indemnification claims in amounts up to the purchase price for the BBI Core Businesses, which could prevent us from pursuing our remaining business operations in the event an indemnification claim is brought against us.
 
Our indemnification obligations for breaches of some representations and warranties relating to compliance with environmental laws extend until September 14, 2009, representations and warranties relating to tax matters extend for the applicable statute of limitations period (which varies depending on the nature of claim), and representations and warranties relating to our due organization, subsidiaries, authorization to enter into and perform the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement and brokers fees, extend indefinitely. Our indemnification obligations are limited by an overall cap equal to the $30 million purchase price. If we are required to pay any claims for indemnification from SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc., we will have less cash available to fund our operations, our business may be harmed and, if we are subject to additional indemnification claims or unanticipated expenses or liabilities, it may be difficult to continue our business as planned unless we are able to obtain equity or debt financing.
 
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The market price for our common stock may fluctuate due to low trading volume, and it may be difficult for you to sell your stock at the prices and times you desire.
 
Due to the relatively low trading volume of our common stock, the market price of our common stock may fluctuate significantly. Attempts to purchase or sell relatively small amounts of our common stock could cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate. Low trading volume levels may also affect our stockholders’ ability to sell shares of our common stock quickly at the current market price. In addition, because of the low trading volume of our common stock, sales of our common stock, or the perception that substantial sales could occur, could adversely affect the prevailing market prices for our common stock.
 
Provisions in our charter and by-laws and our shareholders rights plan may discourage or frustrate stockholders’ attempts to remove or replace our current management.
 
Our Restated Articles of Organization, as amended, and Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended, contain provisions that may make it more difficult or discourage changes in our management that our stockholders may consider to be favorable. These provisions include:
 
·
a classified board of directors;
 
·
advance notice for stockholder nominations to the board of directors;
 
·
limitations on the ability of stockholders to remove directors; and
 
·
a provision that allows a majority of the directors to fill vacancies on the board of directors.
 
Our shareholders rights agreement may also have the effect of discouraging or preventing a change in control.
 
These provisions could prevent or frustrate attempts to make changes in our management that our stockholders consider to be beneficial and could limit the price that our stockholders might receive in the future for shares of our common stock.
 
The costs of compliance with the reporting obligations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, may place a strain on our limited resources and our management’s attention may be diverted from other business concerns.
 
As a result of the regulatory requirements applicable to public companies, we incur legal, accounting, and other expenses that are significant in relation to the size of our Company.  In addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as well as new rules subsequently implemented by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Nasdaq, have required changes in corporate governance practices of public companies, some of which are currently applicable to us and others will or may become applicable to us in the future.  These new rules and regulations will increase our legal and financial compliance costs and may make some activities more time-consuming.  These requirements may place a strain on our systems and on our management and financial resources.
 
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We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of our common stock by the selling stockholders.
 
 
On November 21, 2007, we sold and issued to the selling stockholders listed in the table below in a private placement an aggregate of 126,750 shares of our common stock. As part of the agreement relating to this private placement, we agreed to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the shares of our common stock issued in the private placement.
 
The shares covered by this prospectus may be offered by the selling stockholders from time to time. Registration by the selling stockholders does not necessarily mean that the selling stockholders will sell any or all of their shares. The shares covered by this prospectus include all of the shares we issued to the selling stockholders in the private placement. None of the selling stockholders has had any material relationship with us or with any of our affiliates within the past three years.
 
The information with regard to each selling stockholder in the table below is based upon information provided to us by each selling stockholder as of December 20, 2007. The table below lists (i) the number of shares of common stock that each selling stockholder beneficially owns prior to the offering; (ii) the maximum number of shares each selling stockholder indicated it plans to offer; and (iii) the number of shares of common stock to be beneficially owned by each of the selling stockholders, assuming the sale of all the common stock being offered by the selling stockholder, and the ownership percentage of our common stock by the selling stockholders after completion of the offering. For purposes of the table below, “beneficial ownership” is determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, pursuant to which a selling stockholder is deemed to have beneficial ownership of any shares of common stock that such stockholder has the right to acquire within 60 days of December 20, 2007.
 
The selling stockholders listed in the table below may have sold or transferred, in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, some or all of their shares since the date on which the information in the table below is presented. Information about the selling stockholders may change over time.

   
Shares beneficially
 
Number of
 
Shares beneficially owned and
 
   
owned prior to
 
shares being
 
ownership percentage after
 
Selling Stockholder
 
offering
 
offered
 
offering
 
           
Number1
 
Percent2
 
Robert M. Nieder
   
1,520
   
25,750
   
27,270
   
1.2
%
Kleemann Family 2004 Revocable Family Trust
   
65,000
   
21,000
   
86,000
   
3.9
%
Sems Diversified Value Fund LP
   
0
   
20,000
   
20,000
   
*
 
Alan I Goldberg
   
0
   
20,000
   
20,000
   
*
 
Alan Zuckert
   
10,000
   
20,000
   
30,000
   
1.4
%
Harrison H. Augur Smith Barney 401(k) Prototype
   
16,000
   
15,000
   
31,000
   
1.4
%
Robert Clary
   
1,000
   
3,000
   
4,000
   
*
 
Donald G. Kempton
   
0
   
2,000
   
2,000
   
*
 
 

 
(1)
Assumes the completion of this offering and that the selling stockholders dispose of all of their shares of common stock covered by this prospectus, that they do not dispose of common stock owned but not covered by this prospectus and that they do not acquire any additional shares of common stock.
 
 
(2)
Percentages are based upon 2,192,750 shares of our common stock that were outstanding on December 20, 2007.
 
* - less than 1%
 
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Each selling stockholder of common stock and any of their pledgees, assignees, and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their shares of common stock on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. A selling stockholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling shares:
 
·
on the NASDAQ Capital Market (or any other exchange on which the shares may be listed);
 
·
ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;
 
·
block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;
 
·
purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;
 
·
an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;
 
·
privately negotiated transactions;
 
·
settlement of short sales entered into after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part;
 
·
broker-dealers may agree with the selling stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;
 
·
through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;
 
·
a combination of any such methods of sale; or
 
·
any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.
 
The selling stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus.
 
Broker-dealers engaged by the selling stockholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the selling stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with NASD Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with NASD IM-2440.
 
The selling stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the shares may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Each selling stockholder has informed us that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the common stock.
 
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We are required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by us incident to the registration of the shares. We have agreed to indemnify the selling stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
 
Because selling stockholders may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, they will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act including Rule 172 thereunder. In addition, as described above, any securities covered by this prospectus which qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act may be sold under Rule 144 rather than under this prospectus. There is no underwriter or coordinating broker acting in connection with the proposed sale of the resale shares by the selling stockholders.
 
We have agreed to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the shares may be resold by the selling stockholders without registration and without regard to any volume limitations by reason of Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the shares have been sold pursuant to this prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect. The resale shares will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale shares may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.
 
Under applicable rules and regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), any person engaged in the distribution of the resale shares may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the common stock for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the selling stockholders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of shares of the common stock by the selling stockholders or any other person. We will make copies of this prospectus available to the selling stockholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).
 
 
The validity of the shares of common stock offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Pepper Hamilton LLP, Boston, Massachusetts.
 
 
The consolidated financial statements of Pressure Biosciences, Inc. appearing in our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2006, have been audited by UHY LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report thereon, included therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
 
The consolidated financial statements of Pressure Biosciences, Inc. appearing in our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2005, have been audited by Weinberg & Company, P.A., independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report thereon, included therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
 
 
We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy these reports, proxy statements and other information filed by us at the SEC’s public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for more information about the operation of the public reference room. Our SEC filings are also available at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Our internet address is www.pressurebiosciences.com. Information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus and, therefore, is not part of this prospectus or any accompanying prospectus supplement.
 
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The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” information from some of our other SEC filings. This means that we can disclose information to you by referring you to those other filings, and the information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus. In addition, some information that we file with the SEC after the date of this prospectus will automatically update, and in some cases supersede, the information contained or otherwise incorporated by reference in this prospectus. The following documents, which we filed with the SEC, are incorporated by reference in this registration statement:
 
 
·
 
Our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, filed with the SEC on March 23, 2007;
 
·
 
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2007, filed with the SEC on May 11, 2007;
     
·
 
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2007, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2007;
     
·
 
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2007, filed with the SEC on November 12, 2007;
     
·
 
Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 28, 2007;
     
·
 
Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 1, 2007;
     
·
 
Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 26, 2007;
     
·
 
The description of our common stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A (File No. 0-21615) filed with the SEC under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
     
·
 
The description of our preferred share purchase rights in our registration statement on Form 8-A (File No. 0-21615) filed with the SEC under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
 
Current Reports on Form 8-K containing only Regulation FD or Regulation G disclosure furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of Form 8-K are not incorporated herein by reference.
 
All documents and reports filed by us with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than Current Reports on Form 8-K containing only Regulation FD or Regulation G disclosure furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of Form 8-K, unless otherwise indicated therein) after the date of this prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering made hereby shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein or in any prospectus supplement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.
 
We will provide, without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request of such person, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated herein by reference other than exhibits, unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into such documents or this document. Requests for such documents should be addressed in writing or by telephone to:
 
Pressure Biosciences, Inc.
321 Manley Street
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts 02379
Attention: Investor Relations
(508) 580-1818 
 
This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the SEC under the Securities Act. This prospectus does not contain all of the information contained in the registration statement. For further information about us and our securities, you should read the prospectus and the exhibits filed with the registration statement, as well as all prospectus supplements.
 
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You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement or any document incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with information that is different. This prospectus and any prospectus supplement may be used only where it is legal to sell these securities. The information in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement is current only as of the date on the front of these documents.
 
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PART II
 
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.
 
The following table sets forth an estimate of the expenses we expect to incur and pay in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered:
 
Registration Fee — Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
$
18
 
Accounting Fees and Expenses.
 
$
10,000
 
Legal Fees and Expenses
 
$
30,000
 
Miscellaneous.
 
$
1,500
 
TOTAL.
 
$
41,518
 

ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
 
Section 8.51 of the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act, under which the registrant is governed, provides that a corporation may indemnify a director who is a party to a proceeding because he is a director against liability incurred in the proceeding if he conducted himself in good faith and he reasonably believed that his conduct was in the best interests of the corporation or that his conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in the case of any criminal proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Section 8.52 of the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act requires corporations to indemnify any director who was wholly successful in the defense of any proceeding to which he was a party because he was a director of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with the proceeding.
 
Section 8.56 of the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act provides that a corporation may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer of the corporation who is a party to a proceeding because he is an officer of the corporation to the same extent as a director, and, if he is an officer but not a director, to such further extent as may be provided by the articles of organization, the bylaws, a resolution of the board of directors or contract, except for liability arising out of acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law. Section 8.56 also provides that an officer of the corporation who is not a director is entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 8.52, and that the officer may apply to a court for indemnification or an advance for expenses, in each case to the same extent to which a director may be entitled to indemnification or advance under those provisions.
 
Our Restated Articles of Organization, as amended (the "Articles"), eliminate, subject to certain exceptions, the personal liability of our directors to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of fiduciary duties as directors. The Articles do not provide for the elimination of or any limitation on the personal liability of a director for (i) any breach of a director's duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders, (ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) certain unauthorized dividends, redemptions, or distributions, (iv) certain loans of our assets to any of our officers or directors or (v) any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal benefit. This provision of the Articles will limit the remedies available to a stockholder in the event of breaches of any director's duties to such stockholder or to us.
 
Our Articles provide that we may, either in our By-laws or by contract, provide for the indemnification of directors, officers, employees and agents, by whomever elected or appointed, to the full extent permitted by law as the law may be amended from time to time.
 
Our Amended and Restated By-laws, as amended, include provisions to permit the indemnification of our officers and directors for damages arising out of the performance of their duties unless such damages arise out of the officer's or director's failure to exercise his duties and to discharge the duties of his office in good faith and in the reasonable belief that his action was in, or not opposed to, the best interest of our company, and with respect to any criminal action, do not have reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
 
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ITEM 16. EXHIBITS.
 
Exhibit
Number
 
Title
 
       
4.1
 
Restated Articles of Organization of the Registrant, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-10759).*
 
       
4.2
 
Articles of Amendment to Restated Articles of the Organization of the Registrant, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2004 (File No. 0-21615).*
 
       
4.3
 
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-10759).*
 
       
4.4
 
Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 (File No. 0-21615).*
 
       
4.5
 
Specimen Certificate for the Shares of the Registrant's Common Stock, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004 (File No. 0-21615).*
 
       
4.6
 
Description of Capital Stock (contained in the Registrant's Restated Articles of Organization, as amended, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-10759)).*
 
       
4.7
 
Rights Agreement dated as of February 27, 2003 between the Registrant and Computershare Trust Company, Inc., filed as Exhibit 4 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 0-21615) filed with the SEC on March 12, 2003.*
 
       
4.8
 
Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement dated April 16, 2004 between the Registrant and Computershare Trust Company, Inc., filed as Exhibit 4 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 0-21615) filed with the SEC on April 16, 2004.*
 
       
4.9
 
Securities Purchase Agreement dated November 21, 2007 between the Registrant and the Purchasers named therein.
 
       
4.10
 
Registration Rights Agreement dated November 21, 2007 between the Registrant and the Purchasers named therein.
 
       
5.01
 
Legal Opinion of Pepper Hamilton LLP.
 
       
23.01
 
Consent of UHY LLP
 
       
23.02
 
Consent of Weinberg & Company, P.A.
 
       
23.03
 
Consent of Pepper Hamilton LLP (included in its legal opinion filed as Exhibit 5.01 to this registration statement).
 
       
24.01
 
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement).
 
 

*
Not filed herewith. In accordance with Rule 411(c) promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, reference is made to the documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which documents are hereby incorporated by reference.
 
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ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS 
 
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
 
(a) (1) To file, during any period in which it offers or sells securities, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
 
(i)  To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
 
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
 
(iii) To include any additional or changed material information on the plan of distribution;
 
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is incorporated by reference from periodic reports filed by the registrant under the Exchange Act, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is deemed part of and included in the registration statement.
 
(2) That, for purposes of determining liability under the Securities Act, to treat each such post-effective amendment as a new registration statement of the securities offered, and the offering of the securities at that time to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
(3) To file a post-effective amendment to remove from registration any of the securities that remain unsold at the end of the offering.
 
(b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 15, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant 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, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
 
(c) That for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser, if the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying of Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness; provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the Town of West Bridgewater, Commonwealth of Massachusetts on December 20, 2007.
 
     
 
PRESSURE BIOSCIENCES, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:  
/s/ Richard T. Schumacher
 
Richard T. Schumacher
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Richard T. Schumacher and Edward H. Myles, and each of them singly, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement on Form S-3 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.  
 
         
Name and Signature
  
Title(s)
 
Date
     
/s/ Richard T. Schumacher  
Richard T. Schumacher
  
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(principal executive officer)
 
December 20, 2007
     
/s/ Edward H. Myles

Edward H. Myles
  
Senior Vice President of Finance and
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(principal financial and accounting officer)
 
December 20, 2007
         
/s/ R. Wayne Fritzsche

R. Wayne Fritzsche
  
 
Director and Chairman of the Board
 
December 20, 2007
 
   
/s/ J. Donald Payne

J. Donald Payne
  
Director
 
December 20, 2007
     
/s/ Calvin A. Saravis, Ph.D.

Calvin A. Saravis, Ph.D.
  
Director
 
December 20, 2007
     
/s/ P. Thomas Vogel

P. Thomas Vogel
  
Director
 
December 20, 2007
 
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number
 
Title
 
       
4.1
 
Restated Articles of Organization of the Registrant, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-10759).*
 
       
4.2
 
Articles of Amendment to Restated Articles of the Organization of the Registrant, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2004 (File No. 0-21615).*
 
       
4.3
 
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-10759).*
 
       
4.4
 
Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 (File No. 0-21615).*
 
       
4.5
 
Specimen Certificate for the Shares of the Registrant's Common Stock, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004 (File No. 0-21615).*
 
       
4.6
 
Description of Capital Stock (contained in the Registrant's Restated Articles of Organization, as amended, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-10759)).*
 
       
4.7
 
Rights Agreement dated as of February 27, 2003 between the Registrant and Computershare Trust Company, Inc., filed as Exhibit 4 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 0-21615) filed with the SEC on March 12, 2003.*
 
       
4.8
 
Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement dated April 16, 2004 between the Registrant and Computershare Trust Company, Inc., filed as Exhibit 4 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 0-21615) filed with the SEC on April 16, 2004.*
 
       
4.9
 
Securities Purchase Agreement dated November 21, 2007 between the Registrant and the Purchasers named therein.
 
       
4.10
 
Registration Rights Agreement dated November 21, 2007 between the Registrant and the Purchasers named therein.
 
       
5.01
 
Legal Opinion of Pepper Hamilton LLP.
 
       
23.01
 
Consent of UHY LLP
 
       
23.02
 
Consent of Weinberg & Company, P.A.
 
       
23.03
 
Consent of Pepper Hamilton LLP (included in its legal opinion filed as Exhibit 5.01 to this registration statement).
 
       
24.01
 
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement).
 
 
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EX-4.9 2 v097685_ex4-9.htm

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
 
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of November 21, 2007, by and among Pressure BioSciences Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and collectively the “Purchasers”).
 
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company, as more fully described in this Agreement.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as follows:
 
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
 
1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:
 
Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
 
Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday, any day which shall be a federal legal holiday in the United States, or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.
 
Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to Section 2.1.
 
Closing Date” means the date of this Agreement.
 
Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed into.
 
Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units, or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
 
Company Counsel” means Pepper Hamilton LLP, with offices located at 101 Federal Street, Suite 1010, Boston, Massachusetts, 02110.
 
Damages” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.5.
 
Disclosure Schedules” means the Disclosure Schedules of the Company delivered concurrently herewith.
 
 
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Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
 
Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
Legend Removal Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).
 
Liens” means a lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
 
Material Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(a).
 
Per Share Price” equals $5.00.
 
Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof), or other entity of any kind.
 
Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
 
Purchaser Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.5.
 
Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company and the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.
 
Registration Statement” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the Purchasers of all or part of the Shares.
 
Required Approvals” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(d).
 
Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such rule.
 
SEC Reports” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(g).
 
Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to each Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.
 
Subscription Amount” means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for Shares purchased hereunder as specified below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately available funds.
 
Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a).
 
Trading Day” means a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.
 
 
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Trading Market” means the Nasdaq Capital Market as such other markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.
 
Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
 
Transfer Agent” means Computershare Trust Company, with a mailing address of 350 Indiana street, Suite 800, Golden, CO 80401 and a telephone number of (303) 262-0600.
 
ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
 
2.1 Closing. On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase, at the Per Share Price, up to an aggregate of [$_________] of Shares. On the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company, via wire transfer, immediately available funds equal to its Subscription Amount and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its respective Shares (determined by dividing such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by the Per Share Price), and the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. 
 
2.2 Deliveries.
 
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following:
 
 
(i)
this Agreement duly executed by the Company;
 
 
(ii)
a legal opinion of Company Counsel in customary form regarding the issuance of the Shares;
 
 
(iii)
a copy of the irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent instructing the Transfer Agent to deliver, on an expedited basis, a certificate evidencing the number of Shares purchased by such Purchaser pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, registered in the name of such Purchaser; and
 
 
(iv)
the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company.
 
(b) On or prior to the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:
 
 
(i)
this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
 
 
(ii)
such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the account as specified in writing by the Company; and
 
 
(iii)
the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser.
 
 
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ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
 
3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation or otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules, the Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each Purchaser:
 
(a) Subsidiaries. All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on Schedule 3.1(a). The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. If the Company has no subsidiaries, then all other references to the Subsidiaries or any of them in the Transaction Documents shall be disregarded.
 
(b) Organization and Qualification. Each of the Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (as applicable), with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation or default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and each of the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”). 
 
(c) Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, its board of directors or its stockholders in connection therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals. Each Transaction Document has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
 
(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery, and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company, the issuance and sale of the Shares, and the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
 
 
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(e) Filings, Consents and Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization, or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery, and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than (i) filings required pursuant to Section 4.3 of this Agreement, (ii) the filing with, and the declaration of effectiveness by, the Commission of the Registration Statement, (iii) application(s) and notification(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the listing of the Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby, and (iv) the filing of Form D with the Commission and such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).
 
(f) Issuance of Shares. The Shares are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents.
 
(g) Capitalization. The number of shares and type of all authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company as of November 20, 2007, as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g). No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g), or as a result of the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights, or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. The issuance and sale of the Shares will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. 
 
(h) SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments and absence of footnotes thereto.
 
 
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(i) Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i), since the date of the latest Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company prior to the date hereof, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, and (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock. 
 
(j) Certain Fees. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(j), no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
 
(k) Disclosure. Except with regard to the identity of the Purchasers set forth on Schedule 3.1(k) and except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents which may constitutes material, non-public information until such time as the Company files a Current Report on Form 8-K or issues a press release disclosing the terms of the transaction contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, non-public information. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers regarding the Company, its business, and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 
 
3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser, for itself, himself or herself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants as follows:
 
(a) Organization; Authority. If a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other entity, (i) such Purchaser is an entity duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with full right, corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder; and (ii) the execution, delivery, and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or similar action on the part of such Purchaser. If an individual, such Purchaser has full legal capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which he or she is a party and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out his or her obligations hereunder and thereunder. Each Transaction Document to which such Purchaser is a party has been duly executed by the Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against such Purchsaer in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law. 
 
 
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(b) Own Account. Such Purchaser understands that the Shares are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state or other securities law and is acquiring the Shares as principal for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state or other securities law, has no present intention of distributing any of such Shares in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state or other securities law, and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Shares (this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws) in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state or other securities law. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Shares hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.
 
(c) Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Shares, such Purchaser was, and at the date hereof it is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(5), (a)(6), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act. No Purchaser is required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act.
 
(d) Experience of Such Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together with such Purchaser’s representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication, and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Shares, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Shares and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment. 
 
(e) General Solicitation. Such Purchaser is not purchasing the Shares as a result of any advertisement, article, notice, or other communication regarding the Shares published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general advertisement.
 
(f) Provision of Information. Such Purchaser has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the Shares and the finances, operations and business of the Company; and (ii) the opportunity to request such additional information which the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense. All of such Purchaser’s questions have been answered to its satisfaction and such Purchaser has received all of such requested additional information.
 
 
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(g) Certain Fees. No brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by such Purchaser to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank, or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
 
(h) Residency. The residence or principal place of business of such Purchaser is set forth below on such Purchaser’s signature page to this Agreement, and all communications between such Purchaser and the Company regarding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement took place within or from the state of such residence or principal place of business.
 
(i) Acknowledgement. Each Purchaser acknowledges that the Company has relied upon the representations and warranties of the Purchasers set forth in Section 3.2 in its determination that no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Shares by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated by this Agreement.
 
ARTICLE IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
 
4.1 Transfer Restrictions. 
 
(a) The Shares may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Shares other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or pursuant to Rule 144, the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Shares under the Securities Act.
 
(b) Certificates evidencing the Shares will contain the following legend or such other legend as may be reasonably appropriate under the Securities Act for so long as the Company determines that such legend is reasonably appropriate under the Securities Act:
 
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY.
 
(c) Certificates evidencing the Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b)), (i) following any sale of such Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (ii) if such Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144(k), or (iii) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Transfer Agent promptly after the Effective Date if required by the Transfer Agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder. Following the Effective Date or at such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section (c), the Company will, no later than three (3) Trading Days following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the Transfer Agent of a certificate representing Shares, issued with a restrictive legend (such third Trading Day, the “Legend Removal Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to remove any legends until all Shares represented by a single certificate are no longer subject to restrictions. If only a portion of the Shares represented by any single certificate are subject to restrictions, the holder of the certificate may request, or the Company may require, that such certificate be cancelled and two new certificates be issued. One certificate shall represent, and be in the amount of, Shares not subject to restrictions and shall bear no legend and the second certificate shall represent, and be in the amount of, Shares subject to restrictions and shall bear an appropriate legend. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 4.1. Certificates for Shares subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Purchasers by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System.
 
 
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(d) Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Shares as set forth in this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance that the Purchaser will sell any Shares pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if Shares are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein.
 
4.2 Furnishing of Information. As long as any Purchaser owns Shares and the Company remains subject to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Company covenants to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act. As long as any Purchaser owns Shares, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchasers and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is required for the Purchasers to sell the Shares under Rule 144. The Company further covenants that it will take such further action as any holder of Shares may reasonably request, to the extent required from time to time to enable such Person to sell such Shares without registration under the Securities Act within the requirements of the exemption provided by Rule 144.
 
4.3 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall, by 8:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, file a Current Report on Form 8-K, disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and filing the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto. The Company intends to and may issue press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby without the prior consent of each Purchaser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except (i) as required by federal securities law in connection with (A) any registration statement contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, (B) the Current Report on Form 8-K required by this Section 4.3, (C) any filing required by the Commission and (D) the filing of final Transaction Documents (including signature pages thereto) with the Commission and (ii) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (ii). No Purchaser shall issue any press release or otherwise make any public statement with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby without the prior consent of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the Purchaser shall promptly provide the Company with prior notice of such public statement or communication. 
 
 
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4.4 Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares hereunder for general corporate working capital purposes, including repayment of any portion of the Company’s debt, funding working capital, capital expenditures, sales and marketing expenditures, and investments in new product development.
 
4.5 Indemnification of Purchasers. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.5, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees, and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), (each, a “Purchaser Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation (collectively, “Damages”) that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against a Purchaser Party, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Purchaser Party, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is based upon a breach of a Purchaser’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser may have with any such stockholder or any violations by the Purchaser Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser Party which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance). If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Party. Any Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of such separate counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser Party, in which case, the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (i) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to (A) any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents, (B) any violations by the Purchaser of state or federal securities laws or (C) any conduct by such Purchaser which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall the Company be liable to or be obligated to indemnify, any Purchaser or its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees, and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) for Damages in an amount in excess of such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount.
 
 
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4.6 Form D; Blue Sky Filings. The Company shall timely file a Form D with respect to the Shares as required under Regulation D under the Securities Act and to provide a copy thereof, promptly upon request of any Purchaser. The Company shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the Shares for, sale to the Purchasers at the Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request of any Purchaser. Each Purchaser shall take all commercially reasonable actions that are reasonably requested by the Company related to, or to effectuate, the filing of a Form D or any filing required pursuant to the “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States which, for purposes of clarity, shall not include the payment of any fees by such Purchaser.
 
4.7 Registration of Shares. As promptly as possible following the Closing Date, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the resale of the Shares, and upon such filing, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, all in accordance with the terms and conditions of that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company and the Purchasers.
 
ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
 
5.1 Fees and Expenses. Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Shares to the Purchasers.
 
5.2 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents and all of the confidentiality agreements by and between the Company and the Purchasers listed on Schedule 3.1(k), together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
 
5.3 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by internationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.
 
5.4 Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and all of the Purchasers or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.
 
 
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5.5 Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
 
5.6 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Purchasers. Any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Shares, provided such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Shares, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the “Purchasers.”
 
5.7 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.
 
5.8 Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement, and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees, or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of Boston for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. The parties hereby waive all rights to a trial by jury. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
 
5.9 Survival. The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Shares until the 6 month anniversary of the Closing Date.
 
5.10 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
 
 
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5.11 Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
 
5.12 Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert in any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
 
5.13 Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in their review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents.
 
5.14 Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel has reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments hereto.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
 
PRESSURE BIOSCIENCES INC.
 
 
Address for Notice:
By:  /s/ Richard T. Schumacher

Name: Richard T. Schumacher
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
 
321 Manley Street
West Bridgewater, MA 02379
Facsimile: (508) 580-1110
Attention: Richard T. Schumacher
     
With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
 
Pepper Hamilton LLP
101 Federal Street
Suite 1010
Boston, MA 02110
Facsimile: 617-956-4351
Attention: Steven R London
   
 
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SIGNATURE PAGE FOR PURCHASER FOLLOWS]
 
 
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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO PRESSURE BIOSCIENCES, INC. SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
 
Name of Purchaser: ___________________________________________________________________________
 
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: ________________________________________________________
 
Name of Authorized Signatory: __________________________________________________________________________
 
Title of Authorized Signatory: ___________________________________________________________________________
 
Email Address of Purchaser: ______________________________________________________________________
 
Fax Number of Purchaser: ______________________________________________________________________
 
Address for Notice of Purchaser:


Address for Delivery of Shares for Purchaser (if not same as address for notice):
 

Subscription Amount: $__________________

Shares: _______________________

EIN Number: [PROVIDE THIS UNDER SEPARATE COVER]

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EX-4.10 3 v097685_ex4-10.htm

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
 
This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of October __, 2007, by and among Pressure BioSciences Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), and the several purchasers signatory hereto (each such purchaser, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).
 
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and each Purchaser (the “Purchase Agreement”).
 
The Company and each Purchaser hereby agrees as follows:
 
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 
Advice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
 
Effectiveness Date” means the date on which the Registration Statement required to be filed hereunder is declared effective by the Commission.
 
Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.
 
Filing Date” means the date on which the Company initially files the Registration Statement with the Commission.
 
Holder” or “Holders” means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.
 
Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
 
Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
 
Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.
 
Plan of Distribution” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.
 
Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
 
Registrable Securities” means all of (i) the Shares and (ii) any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing. Upon the sale, pursuant to a Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act (such that all transfer restrictions and restrictive legends with respect thereto are removed upon the consummation of such sale), of any of the securities described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the preceding sentence, such securities shall no longer be Registrable Securities.
 
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Registration Statement” means the registration statements required to be filed hereunder, including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
 
Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
 
Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
 
Selling Stockholder Questionnaire” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
 
SEC Guidance” means (i) any publicly-available written guidance, or rule of general applicability of the Commission staff, or (ii) written comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff to the Company in connection with the review of the Registration Statements.
 
2. Shelf Registration. As promptly as possible following the Closing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all, or such portion as permitted by SEC Guidance (provided that, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or the maximum number of the Registrable Securities as permitted by SEC Guidance), of the Registrable Securities on the Filing Date that are not then registered on an effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. The Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company fails to meet one or more of the Registrant Requirements specified in General Instruction I.A. on Form S-3, such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance herewith) and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by Holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities) substantially the “Plan of Distribution” attached hereto as Annex A. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event on or prior to the applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold, or may be sold without volume restrictions pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any successor Rule under the Securities Act), as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent and the affected Holders (the “Effectiveness Period”). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation of the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on a particular Registration Statement (and notwithstanding that the Company used commercially reasonable efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater number of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced by Registrable Securities represented by Shares (applied, in the case that some Shares may be registered, to the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Shares held by such Holders).
 
3. Registration Procedures. In connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:
 
(a) Not less than five (5) Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement and not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to the filing of any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, the Company shall, (i) furnish to each Holder copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of such Holders, and (ii) cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent certified public accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of respective counsel to each Holder, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company shall not file a Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities shall reasonably object in good faith, provided that the Company is notified of such objection in writing no later than five (5) Trading Days after the Holders have been so furnished copies of a Registration Statement or one (1) Trading Day after the Holders have been so furnished copies of any related Prospectus or amendments or supplements thereto. Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as Annex B (a “Selling Stockholder Questionnaire”) not less than two (2) Trading Days prior to the Filing Date or by the end of the fourth (4th) Trading Day following the date on which such Holder receives draft materials in accordance with this Section. If any Holder fails to furnish its Selling Stockholder Questionnaire related to a particular Registration Statement not less than two Trading Days prior to the Filing Date or by the end of the 4th Trading Day following the date on which such Holder receives draft materials in accordance with this Section any rights of such Holder under this Agreement with regard to such Registration Statement, including without limitation, the right to include such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Registration Statement, shall be tolled as to such Holder until such information is received by the Company.
 
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(b) (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, to a Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep a Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the Commission such additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities; (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received from the Commission with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and provide as promptly as reasonably possible to the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to a Registration Statement (provided that the Company may excise any information contained therein which would constitute material non-public information as to any Holder which has not executed a confidentiality agreement with the Company); and (iv) comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance (subject to the terms of this Agreement) with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.
 
(c) Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold as promptly as reasonably possible (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement is proposed to be filed; (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of such Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on such Registration Statement; and (C) with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective; (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other Federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose; and (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included in a Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of a Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
 
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(d) Use its best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.
 
(e) Furnish to each Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each such Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference to the extent requested by such Person, and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission.
 
(f) Prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the Registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement; provided, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.
 
(g) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by this Section 3, as promptly as reasonably possible under the circumstances taking into account the Company’s good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its stockholders of the premature disclosure of such event, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to a Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, neither a Registration Statement nor such Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the Holders in accordance with clauses (iii) through (v) of Section 3(c) above to suspend the use of any Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus have been made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus. The Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable. The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right under this Section 3(g) to suspend the availability of a Registration Statement and Prospectus for a period not to exceed 60 calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) in any twelve (12) month period.
 
(h) The Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified statement as to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and, if required by the Commission, the natural persons thereof that have voting and dispositive control over the Shares. During any periods that the Company is unable to meet its obligations hereunder with respect to the registration of the Registrable Securities solely because any Holder fails to furnish such information within three Trading Days of the Company’s request, any rights of such Holder under this Agreement, including without limitation, the right to include such Holder’s Registrable Securities in a Registration Statement shall be tolled and any Event that may otherwise occur solely because of such delay shall be suspended as to such Holder only, until such information is delivered to the Company.
 
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4. Registration Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses) (A) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading, and (B) in compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws reasonably agreed to by the Company in writing (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities) (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities, (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any broker or similar commissions of any Holder or, except to the extent provided for in the Transaction Documents, any legal fees or other costs of the Holders.
 
5. Indemnification.
 
(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, members, partners, agents, brokers (including brokers who offer and sell Registrable Securities as principal as a result of a pledge or any failure to perform under a margin call of Common Stock), investment advisors, and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, members, stockholders, partners, agents and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, arising out of or relating to (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, or (ii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (A) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that each Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (B) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(c)(iii)-(v), the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(d). The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is aware.
 
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(b) Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents, and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the extent arising out of or based solely upon: (i) such Holder’s failure to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act or (ii) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (A) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration Statement or such Prospectus or (B) to the extent that such information relates to such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement (it being understood that each Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (C) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(c)(iii)-(v), the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(d). In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
 
(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.
 
An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (i) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (ii) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (iii) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and counsel to the Indemnified Party shall reasonably believe that a material conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one separate counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party). The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.
 
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Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within ten Trading Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party, provided that the Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is judicially determined to be not entitled to indemnification hereunder.
 
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in accordance with its terms.
 
The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d), no Holder shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission, except in the case of fraud by such Holder.
 
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties.
 
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6. Miscellaneous.
 
(a) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, shall be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and each Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert or shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
 
(b) No Other Registrations. The Company shall not file any other registration statements (other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8) until the initial Registration Statement required hereunder is declared effective by the Commission, provided that this Section 6(b) shall not prohibit the Company from filing amendments to registration statements filed prior to the date of this Agreement. 
 
(c) Compliance. Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.
 
(d) Discontinued Disposition. By its acquisition of Registrable Securities, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(c), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been supplemented or amended) may be resumed. The Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as it practicable. The Company may provide appropriate stop orders to enforce the provisions of this Section 6(d).
 
(e) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and the Holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. If a Registration Statement does not register all of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a waiver or amendment done in compliance with the previous sentence, then the number of Registrable Securities to be registered for each Holder shall be reduced pro rata among all Holders and each Holder shall have the right to designate which of its Registrable Securities shall be omitted from such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided, however, that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence.
 
(f) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
 
(g) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. The Company may not assign its rights (except by merger) or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Holders holding at least a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. Each Holder may assign their respective rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted under the Purchase Agreement.
 
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(h) Execution and Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
 
(i) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
 
(j) Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.
 
(k) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
 
(l) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement, and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
 
(m) Independent Nature of Holders’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Holder hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Holder hereunder, and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Holder hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Holders are in any way acting in concert with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Holder shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Holder to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
     
 
PRESSURE BIOSCIENCES INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:  
 
Name: Richard T. Schumacher
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT]


Name of Holder: __________________________
 
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Holder: __________________________
 
Name of Authorized Signatory: _________________________
 
Title of Authorized Signatory: __________________________
 

[SIGNATURE PAGES CONTINUE]
 


ANNEX A
 
Plan of Distribution
 
Each selling stockholder (the “Selling Stockholders”) of the Common Stock and any of their pledgees, assignees, and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their shares of common stock on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. A Selling Stockholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling shares:
 
 
·
ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;
 
 
·
block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;
 
 
·
purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;
 
 
·
an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;
 
 
·
privately negotiated transactions;
 
 
·
settlement of short sales entered into after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part;
 
 
·
broker-dealers may agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;
 
 
·
through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;
 
 
·
a combination of any such methods of sale; or
 
 
·
any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.
 
The Selling Stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), if available, rather than under this prospectus.
 
Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with NASDR Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with NASDR IM-2440.
 
The Selling Stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the shares may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Each Selling Stockholder has informed the Company that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Common Stock. In no event shall any broker-dealer receive fees, commissions and markups which, in the aggregate, would exceed eight percent (8%).
 

 
The Company is required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by the Company incident to the registration of the shares. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
 
Because Selling Stockholders may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, they will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act including Rule 172 thereunder. In addition, any securities covered by this prospectus which qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act may be sold under Rule 144 rather than under this prospectus. There is no underwriter or coordinating broker acting in connection with the proposed sale of the resale shares by the Selling Stockholders.
 
The Company has agreed to keep Prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the shares may be resold by the Selling Stockholders without registration and without regard to any volume limitations by reason of Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the shares have been sold pursuant to this prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect. The resale shares will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale shares may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.
 
Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale shares may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the common stock for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the Selling Stockholders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of shares of the common stock by the Selling Stockholders or any other person. The Company will make copies of this Prospectus available to the Selling Stockholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of this Prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).
 


Annex B
 
PRESSURE BIOSCIENCES INC.
 
Selling Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire
 
The undersigned beneficial owner of common stock (the “Registrable Securities”) of Pressure BioSciences Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) to which this document is annexed. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.
 
Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling securityholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling securityholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
 
NOTICE
 
The undersigned beneficial owner (the “Selling Securityholder”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the Registrable Securities owned by it in the Registration Statement.
 


The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate:
 
QUESTIONNAIRE
 
1.
Name.
 
 
(a)
Full Legal Name of Selling Securityholder
 

 
 
(b)
Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities are held:
 

 
 
(c)
Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by the questionnaire):
 

 
2.
Address for Notices to Selling Securityholder:
 

 
 

 
Telephone: ______
Fax: ______
Contact Person:
 
3.
Broker-Dealer Status:
 
 
(a)
Are you a broker-dealer?
 
Yes o No o
 
 
(b)
If “yes” to Section 3(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as compensation for investment banking services to the Company.
 
Yes o No o
 
 
Note:
If no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
 

 
 
(c)
Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer?
 
Yes o No o
 
 
(d)
If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you bought the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities?
 
Yes o No o
 
 
Note:
If no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
 
4.
Beneficial Ownership of Other Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Securityholder.
 
Except as set forth below in this Item 4, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the securities issuable pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
 
 
(a)
Type and Amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling Securityholder:
 

 

 
 
(b)
Shared or sole ownership? If shared, please indicate the name and relationship of the party with whom ownership is shared:
 

 

 
5.
Relationships with the Company:
 
Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.
 
State any exceptions here:
 

 

 

 
The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Registration Statement remains effective.
 
By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 5 and the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.
       
Dated: _____________     Beneficial Owner:
   

      By:
   

Name:
Title: 
 
PLEASE FAX A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO:

[INSERT CONTACT DETAILS]
 

 
EX-5.01 4 v097685_ex5-01.htm
Exhibit 5.01

December 20, 2007

Pressure BioSciences, Inc.
321 Manley Street
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts 02379
 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Pressure BioSciences, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), pursuant to which the Company is registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), a total of 126,750 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”). The Company is also registering under the Securities Act, 126,750 Rights (as defined below). The Rights are issuable pursuant to that certain Rights Agreement dated February 27, 2003, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, as amended (the “Rights Agreement”), providing, in effect, for the delivery of a right (a “Right”), along with each share of Common Stock issued by the Company. The selling stockholders obtained their Shares in connection with the Company’s private placement of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement dated November 21, 2007 between the Company and the Purchasers as defined therein (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”).
 
For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed, without any investigation, (i) the legal capacity of each natural person, (ii) the full power and authority of each entity and person other than the Company to execute, deliver and perform each document heretofore executed and delivered or hereafter to be executed and delivered and to do each other act heretofore done or hereafter to be done by such entity or person, (iii) the due authorization by each entity or person other than the Company of each document heretofore executed and delivered or hereafter to be executed and delivered and to do each other act heretofore done or to be done by such entity or person, (iv) the due execution and delivery by each entity or person other than the Company of each document heretofore executed and delivered or hereafter to be executed and delivered by such entity or person, (v) the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of each document heretofore executed and delivered or hereafter to be executed and delivered by each entity or person other than the Company and of each other act heretofore done or hereafter to be done by such entity or person, (vi) the genuineness of each signature on, and the completeness of each document submitted to us as an original, (vii) the conformity to the original of each document submitted to us as a copy, (viii) the authenticity of the original of each document submitted to us as a copy, (ix) the completeness, accuracy and proper indexing of all governmental and judicial records searched and (x) no modification of any provision of any document, no waiver of any right or remedy and no exercise of any right or remedy other than in a commercially reasonable and conscionable manner and in good faith.
 

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December 20, 2007
 
In connection with this opinion, we have examined the following documents (collectively, the “Documents”):
 
1.    a copy of the Restated Articles of Organization of the Company, as amended, as in effect on the date hereof (the “Articles”);
 
2.    a copy of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company as in effect on the date hereof (the “Bylaws”);
 
3.    the corporate records and resolutions of the Company relating to the proceedings of directors of the Company;
 
4.    an officer’s certificate certifying as to the Articles, Bylaws, resolutions of the board of directors, and incumbency of officers;
 
5.    a copy of the executed Securities Purchase Agreement;
 
6.    a copy of the executed Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 21, 2007, among the Company and the Purchasers (as defined therein);
 
7.    the Rights Agreement; and
 
8.    the Registration Statement.
 
In connection with our opinion expressed below, we have assumed that, at or before the time of any resale of the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement that there will not have occurred any change in law affecting the validity of the issuance of such Shares or their status as fully paid and nonassessable.
 
We have, without independent investigation, relied upon the representations and warranties of the various parties as to matters of objective fact contained in the Documents.
 
We have not made any independent review or investigation of orders, judgments, rules or other regulations or decrees by which the Company or any of its property may be bound, nor have we made any independent investigation as to the existence of actions, suits, investigations or proceedings, if any, pending or threatened against the Company.
 

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The opinions expressed herein are based solely upon: (1) our review of the Documents; (2) discussions with those of our attorneys who have devoted substantive attention to the matters contained herein; and (3) such review of published sources of law as we have deemed necessary.
 
Our opinions contained herein are limited to the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, including the statutory provisions, and reported judicial decisions interpreting these laws, and the federal law of the United States of America.
 
We express no legal opinion upon any matter other than those explicitly addressed in numbered paragraphs 1 and 2 below, and our express opinions therein contained shall not be interpreted to be an implied opinion upon any other matter.
 
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
 
1.    The Shares have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
 
2.    The Rights have been duly authorized for issuance and are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
 
We understand that this opinion is to be used in connection with the Registration Statement. We consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.01 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm wherever it appears in the Registration Statement, including the prospectus a part thereof and any amendments and supplements thereto. This opinion may be used in connection with the offering of the Shares only while the Registration Statement, as it may be amended from time to time, remains effective under the Securities Act.
 
 
Very truly yours,
 
/s/ Pepper Hamilton LLP

 
EX-23.01 5 v097685_ex23-01.htm
EXHIBIT 23.01

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration statement on Form S-3 of our report dated March 24, 2007 with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Pressure BioSciences, Inc. included in its Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2006. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such registration statement.
 
 
/s/ UHY LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
December 20, 2007
 

EX-23.02 6 v097685_ex23-02.htm
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated March 23, 2006, except for Note 2 (xvi), as to which the date is May 22, 2006, relating to the consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Pressure BioSciences Inc. and Subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2005, included in the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2006, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2007. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts”.


/s/ WEINBERG & COMPANY, P.A.

Boca Raton, Florida
December 20, 2007
 
 
 

 
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