Exhibit 1.1
PLACEMENT AGENCY AGREEMENT
October 6, 2009
Roth Capital Partners, LLC
24 Corporate Plaza
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pluristem
Therapeutics Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company
”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions herein, to
issue and sell an aggregate of up to (i) 2,702,822 shares (the
“ Shares ”) of its common stock, $0.00001 par
value per share (the “ Common Stock ”), and (ii)
warrants to purchase 1,081,129 shares of Common Stock (the “
Warrants ”, and together with the Shares, the “
Securities ”), to certain investors (each an “
Investor ” and, collectively, the “
Investors ”), in an offering under its registration
statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-151761). The
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are
hereinafter referred to as the Warrant Shares. The Securities are
more fully described in the Prospectus (as defined below). The
Company desires to engage Roth Capital Partners, LLC (“
Roth Capital ”) in connection with such issuance and
sale of the Securities.
The
Company hereby confirms its agreement with Roth Capital as
follows:
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Section
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Agreement to
Act as Placement Agent.
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(a) On
the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements of the
Company herein contained, and subject to all the terms and
conditions of this Agreement between the Company and the Roth
Capital, Roth Capital shall be the Company’s exclusive
placement agent (in such capacity, the “ Placement
Agent ”), on a reasonable efforts basis, in connection
with the issuance and sale by the Company of the Securities to the
Investors in a proposed takedown under the Registration Statement
(as defined below), with the terms of each offering to be subject
to market conditions and negotiations between the Company, Roth
Capital and the prospective Investors (such takedown shall be
referred to herein as the “ Offering ”). As
compensation for services rendered, and provided that any of the
Securities are sold to Investors in the Offering, on the Closing
Date (as defined below) of the Offering, the Company shall pay to
the Placement Agent an amount (the “ Placement Fee
”) equal to (i) 7% of the gross proceeds received by the
Company from the sale of the Securities minus (ii) $25,000. The
sale of the Securities shall be made pursuant to securities
purchase agreements in the form included as Exhibit A hereto
(the “ Subscription Agreements ”) on the terms
described on Exhibit B hereto. The Company shall have the
sole right to accept offers to purchase the Securities and may
reject any such offer in whole or in part. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, it is understood and agreed that the Placement Agent or
any of its affiliates may, solely at its discretion and without any
obligation to do so, purchase Securities as principal; provided,
however , that any such purchases by the Placement Agent (or
its affiliates) shall be fully disclosed to the Company and
approved by the Company in accordance with the previous
sentence.
(b) This
Agreement shall not give rise to any commitment by the Placement
Agent to purchase any of the Securities, and the Placement Agent
shall have no authority to bind the Company. The Placement Agent
shall act on a reasonable efforts basis and does not guarantee that
it will be able to raise new capital in the Offering. The Placement
Agent may retain other brokers or dealers to act as sub-agents on
its behalf in connection with the Offering, the fees of which shall
be paid out of the Placement Fee. Prior to the earlier of (i) the
date on which this Agreement is terminated and (ii) the Closing
Date (as defined below), the Company shall not, without the prior
written consent of the Placement Agent, solicit or accept offers to
purchase Securities of the Company (other than pursuant to the
exercise of options or warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock
that are outstanding at the date hereof) otherwise than through the
Placement Agent in accordance herewith.
(c) The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the Placement Agent shall act
as an independent contractor, and not as a fiduciary, and any
duties of the Placement Agent with respect to investment banking
services to the Company, including the offering of the Securities
contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the
terms of the Offering), shall be contractual in nature, as
expressly set forth herein, and shall be owed solely to the
Company. Each party disclaims any intention to impose any fiduciary
or similar duty on the other. Additionally, the Placement Agent has
not advised, nor is advising, the Company or any other person as to
any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any
jurisdiction with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.
The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such
matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent
investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated
hereby, and the Placement Agent shall have no responsibility or
liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the
Placement Agent of the Company, the transactions contemplated
hereby or other matters relating to such transactions has been and
will be performed solely for the benefit of the Placement Agent and
has not been and shall not be on behalf of the Company or any other
person. It is understood that the Placement Agent has not and will
not be rendering an opinion to the Company as to the fairness of
the terms of the Offering. Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, the Company acknowledges that the
Placement Agent may have financial interests in the success of the
Offering contemplated hereby that are not limited to the Placement
Fee. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the
Placement Agent with respect to any breach or alleged breach of
fiduciary duty.
(d) Payment
of the purchase price for, and delivery of, the Securities shall be
made at a closing (the “ Closing ”) at the
offices of Lowenstein Sandler P.C., counsel for the Placement
Agent, located at 65 Livingston Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068 at 10:00
a.m., local time, as soon as practicable after the determination of
the public offering price of the Securities, but not later than on
October 12, 2009 (such date of payment and delivery being herein
called the “ Closing Date ”). All such actions
taken at the Closing shall be deemed to have occurred
simultaneously. No Securities which the Company has agreed to sell
pursuant to this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements shall be
deemed to have been purchased and paid for, or sold by the Company,
until such Securities shall have been delivered to the Investor
thereof against payment therefore by such Investor. If the Company
shall default in its obligations to deliver Securities to an
Investor whose offer it has accepted, the Company shall indemnify
and hold the Placement Agent harmless against any loss, claim or
damage incurred by the Placement Agent arising from or as a result
of such default by the Company.
(e) On
or before the Closing Date, each Investor shall pay by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to an account specified by
the Company an amount equal to the product of (x) the number of
Securities such Investor has agreed to purchase and (y) the
purchase price per unit as set forth on the cover page of the
Prospectus (as defined below) (the “ Purchase Amount
”). On the Closing Date, the Company shall (i) deliver or
cause to be delivered the Securities to the Investors, with the
delivery of the Shares to be made, if possible, through the
facilities of The Depository Trust Company’s DWAC system, and
the delivery of the Warrants to be made by mail to the Investors to
the addresses set forth on the applicable Subscription Agreement,
and (ii)_ pay to the Placement Agent (A) the Placement Fee as
directed by the Placement Agent and (B) the expense reimbursement
to which the Placement Agent is entitled pursuant to Section 4
hereof.
(f) The
Securities shall be registered in such names and in such
denominations as the Placement Agent shall request by written
notice to the Company.
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Section
2.
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Representations, Warranties and Agreements of
the Company.
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The
Company hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Placement
Agent as of the date hereof, and as of the Closing Date of the
Offering, as follows:
(a)
Registration Statement . (i) The Company has prepared and
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission” ) a registration statement on Form
S-3 (File No. 333-151761) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(collectively, the “ Securities Act ”), and such
amendments to such registration statement as may have been required
to the date of this Agreement. Such registration statement has been
declared effective by the Commission. Each part of such
registration statement, at any given time, including amendments
thereto at such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto at
such time, the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant
to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act at such time and
the documents and information otherwise deemed to be a part thereof
or included therein by Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities
Act or otherwise pursuant to the Securities Act at such time, is
herein called the “Registration Statement.” Any
registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b)
under the Securities Act is called the “ Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement ” and, from and after the date and
time of filing of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, the term
“ Registration Statement ” shall include the
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. The Company and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement meet the requirements
and comply with the conditions for the use of Form S-3 under the
Securities Act. The offering of the Securities by the Company
complies with the applicable requirements of Rule 415 under the
Securities Act. The Company has complied with all requests of the
Commission for additional or supplemental information.
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(ii)
No stop order preventing
or suspending use of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus or the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, has been issued by the Commission, and no
proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or, to the
Company’s knowledge, are contemplated or threatened by the
Commission.
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(iii)
The Company proposes to
file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities
Act a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities to a
form of prospectus included in the Registration Statement relating
to the Securities in the form heretofore delivered to the Placement
Agent. Such prospectus included in the Registration Statement at
the time it was declared effective by the Commission or in the form
in which it has been most recently filed with the Commission on or
prior to the date of this Agreement is hereinafter called the
“Base Prospectus.” Such prospectus supplement,
in the form in which it shall be filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) (including the Base Prospectus as so supplemented)
is hereinafter called the “Prospectus.” Any
preliminary form of Prospectus which is filed or used prior to
filing of the Prospectus is hereinafter called a
“Preliminary Prospectus.” Any reference herein
to the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus or to any amendment or supplement to any of the
foregoing shall be deemed to include any documents incorporated by
reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the
Securities Act as of the date of such prospectus, and, in the case
of any reference herein to the Prospectus, also shall be deemed to
include any documents incorporated by reference therein, and any
supplements or amendments thereto, filed with the Commission after
the date of filing of the Prospectus under Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act, and prior to the termination of the offering of the
Securities by the Placement Agent.
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(iv)
For purposes of this
Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Base
Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to
include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (
“EDGAR” ). All references in this Agreement to
amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Base
Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be
deemed to mean and include the subsequent filing of any document
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (collectively
with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the “
Exchange Act ”)) and which is deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference therein or otherwise deemed to be
a part thereof.
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(b)
Compliance with Registration Requirements . As of the time
of filing of the Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto, at the time it became effective (including each
deemed effective date with respect to the Placement Agent pursuant
to Rule 430B under the Securities Act) and as of the Closing Date,
the Registration Statement complied and will comply, in all
material respects, with the requirements of the Securities Act and
did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. Each
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, at the time of filing or
the time of first use and as of the Closing Date, complied and will
comply, in all material respects, with the requirements of the
Securities Act and did not and will not contain an untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided , that the Company makes no representations or
warranty in this paragraph with respect to any Placement Agent
Information (as defined in Section 7 ).
(c)
Disclosure Package . As of the Time of Sale (as defined
below) and as of the Closing Date, neither (A) the Issuer General
Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below) issued at or prior
to the Time of Sale, the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented as
of the Time of Sale) and the information included on Exhibit
B hereto, all considered together (collectively, the
“Disclosure Package” ), nor (B) any individual
Issuer Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below), when
considered together with the Disclosure Package, included or will
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will
omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; provided , that the Company
makes no representations or warranty in this paragraph with respect
to any Placement Agent Information. No statement of material fact
included in the Prospectus has been omitted from the Disclosure
Package and no statement of material fact included in the
Disclosure Package that is required to be included in the
Prospectus has been omitted therefrom. As used in this paragraph
and elsewhere in this Agreement:
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(1)
“Time of Sale” with respect to any Investor,
means the time of receipt and acceptance of an executed
Subscription Agreement from such Investor.
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(2)
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any
“issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule
433 under the Securities Act (“ Rule 433 ”),
relating to the Securities in the form filed or required to be
filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the
form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule
433(g) under the Securities Act.
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(3)
“Issuer General Free Writing Prospectus” means
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general
distribution to prospective investors as identified on Schedule
I hereto, and does not include a “bona fide electronic
road show” as defined in Rule 433.
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(4)
“Issuer Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus”
means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer
General Free Writing Prospectus, including any “bona fide
electronic road show” as defined in Rule 433, that is made
available without restriction pursuant to Rule 433(d)(8)(ii), even
though not required to be filed with the Commission.
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(d)
Conflict with Registration Statement . Each Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent
times through the completion of the offering and sale of the
Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or
notifies the Placement Agent, did not, does not and will not
include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict
with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus including any document incorporated by reference therein
and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has
not been superseded or modified; provided, that the Company makes
no representations or warranty in this paragraph with respect to
any Placement Agent Information.
(e)
Distributed Materials . The Company has not, directly or
indirectly, distributed and will not distribute any prospectus or
other offering material in connection with the offering and sale of
the Securities other than any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, and other materials, if any,
permitted under the Securities Act to be distributed and consistent
with Section 3(d) below. The Company will file with the
Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time
required under Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act. The Company
has satisfied or will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 under the
Securities Act to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission
any electronic road show. The parties hereto agree and understand
that the content of any and all “road shows” related to
the offering of the Securities contemplated hereby is solely the
property of the Company.
(f)
Not an Ineligible Issuer . (1) At the time of filing the
Registration Statement and (2) at the date hereof and at the
Closing Date, the Company was not, is not and will not be an
“ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act, without taking account of any determination by the
Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the
Company be considered an ineligible issuer including, without
limitation, for purposes of Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities
Act with respect to the offering of the Securities as contemplated
by the Registration Statement.
(g)
Incorporated Documents . The documents incorporated by
reference in the Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, when
they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the
case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements
of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and were
filed on a timely basis with the Commission and none of such
documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
(h)
Due Incorporation . The Company has been duly incorporated
and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of the State of Nevada, with the corporate power and authority
to own its properties and to conduct its business as currently
being carried on and as described in the Registration Statement,
the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Company is duly
qualified to transact business as a foreign corporation and is in
good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which
its ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of its business
requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so
qualified and in good standing would not, individually or in the
aggregate, result in any material adverse effect upon, or material
adverse change in, the general affairs, business, operations,
prospects, properties, financial condition, or results of
operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries (as defined below)
taken as a whole (a “ Material Adverse Effect
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(i)
Subsidiaries . Each subsidiary of the Company (individually
a “ Subsidiary ” and collectively, the “
Subsidiaries ”) has been duly incorporated or
organized, is validly existing as a corporation or other legal
entity in good standing (or the foreign equivalent thereof) under
the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization,
has the corporate power and authority to own its properties and to
conduct its business as currently being carried on and as described
in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its
business or its ownership, leasing or operation of property
requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure
to be so qualified or be in good standing would not result in a
Material Adverse Effect. All of the issued and outstanding shares
of capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary of
the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are
fully paid and non-assessable and, except as otherwise described in
the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and in the
Prospectus, are owned directly by the Company or through its
wholly-owned subsidiaries, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, equities or claims. There is no outstanding option,
right or agreement of any kind relating to the issuance, sale or
transfer of any capital stock or other equity securities of the
Subsidiaries to any person or entity except the Company, and none
of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity
interests of any Subsidiary was issued in violation of any
preemptive or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase or
acquire any securities of any of the Subsidiaries. Except for its
Subsidiaries, the Company owns no beneficial interest, directly or
indirectly, in any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other
business entity. The Company has no significant subsidiaries (as
such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X promulgated
by the Commission) other than the Subsidiaries listed on
Schedule II attached hereto.
(j)
Capitalization . The Company has duly and validly authorized
capital stock as set forth in each of the Registration Statement,
Disclosure Package and Prospectus; all outstanding shares of Common
Stock of the Company conform, or when issued will conform, to the
description thereof in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus and have been, or, when issued and paid
for in the manner described herein will be, duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; and except as
disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, the issuance of the Securities to be purchased from
the Company hereunder is not subject to preemptive or other similar
rights, or any restriction upon the voting or transfer thereof
pursuant to applicable law or the Company’s Articles of
Incorporation, Bylaws or governing documents or any agreement to
which the Company is a party or by which it may be
bound.
(k)
Authorization, Issuance . All corporate action required to
be taken by the Company for the authorization, issuance and sale of
the Securities has been duly and validly taken. The Shares and the
Warrant Shares have been duly and validly authorized. When the
Shares and the Warrant Shares have been issued and delivered
against payment therefor as provided herein and in the Warrant, as
the case may be, the Shares, when so issued and sold, and the
Warrant Shares, when issued upon exercise of the Warrants, will be
duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and the
Investors or other persons in whose names Shares or Warrant Shares
are registered will acquire good and valid title to such Shares or
Warrant Shares, in each case free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, equities, preemptive rights and other claims. The
Shares and the Warrant Shares will conform in all material respects
to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement,
the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. No further approval or
authority of the shareholders or the Board of Directors of the
Company will be required for the issuance and sale of the Shares,
the Warrants or the Warrant Shares as contemplated herein and in
the Subscription Agreements. The Warrants conform, or when issued
will conform, to the description thereof contained in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and have been duly and
validly authorized by the Company and upon delivery to the
Investors at the Closing Date will be valid and binding obligations
of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except
as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the rights and
remedies of creditors generally or subject to general principles of
equity. Except as disclosed in each of the Disclosure Package and
Prospectus, there are no outstanding subscriptions, rights,
warrants, options, calls, convertible securities, commitments of
sale or rights related to or entitling any person to purchase or
otherwise to acquire any shares of, or any security convertible
into or exchangeable or exercisable for, the capital stock of, or
other ownership interest in, the Company, except for such options
or rights as may have been granted by the Company to employees,
directors or consultants pursuant to its stock option or stock
purchase plans.
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(l)
No Registration Rights . Neither the filing of the
Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of the Securities
as contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights, other
than those which have been waived or satisfied, for or relating to
the registration of any shares of Common Stock or other securities
of the Company.
(m)
Due Authorization and Enforceability . This Agreement and
each Subscription Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company, and each constitutes a valid, legal and
binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company
in accordance with its terms, except as rights to indemnity
hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws and
except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting
the rights of creditors generally and subject to general principles
of equity.
(n)
No Violation . Neither the Company nor any of the
Subsidiaries is in breach or violation of or in default (nor has
any event occurred which with notice, lapse of time or both would
result in any breach or violation of, or constitute a default) (i)
under the provisions of its Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or
other governing documents or (ii) except as set forth in the
Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
in the performance or observance of any term, covenant, obligation,
agreement or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed
of trust, bank loan or credit agreement or other evidence of
indebtedness, or any license, lease, contract or other agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a
party or by which any of them or any of their properties may be
bound or affected, or (iii) in the performance or observance of any
statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, judgment, order or
decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency,
governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having
jurisdiction over the Company, the Subsidiaries or any of their
respective properties (including, without limitation, those
administered by the Food and Drug Administration of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (the “ FDA
”) or by any foreign, federal, state or local regulatory
authority performing functions similar to those preformed by the
FDA), except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) above, to the
extent any such contravention would not result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(o)
No Conflict . Except as set forth in the Registration
Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (and
specifically including the information set forth under the caption
“Risk Factors” in the prospectus supplement included in
the Prospectus), the execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of this Agreement and each Subscription Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated, including the
issuance and sale by the Company of the Securities, will not
conflict with or result in a breach or violation of, or constitute
a default under (nor constitute any event which with notice, lapse
of time or both would result in any breach or violation of or
constitute a default under) (i) the provisions of the Articles of
Incorporation, Bylaws or other governing documents of the Company
or any of the Subsidiaries, (ii) any material indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, bank loan or credit agreement or other evidence of
indebtedness, or any material license, lease, contract or other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their
respective properties may be bound or affected, or (iii) any
federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule or any
decree, judgment or order applicable to the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries.
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(p)
No Consents Required . No approval, authorization, consent
or order of or filing with any federal, state, local or foreign
governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority or
agency, or of or with any self-regulatory organization or other
non-governmental regulatory authority (including, without
limitation, the NASDAQ Capital Market, or approval of the
stockholders of the Company (including as may be required pursuant
to Rule 5635 of the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules), is required in
connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities or the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby
other than (i) as may be required under the Securities Act, and
(ii) under the rules and regulations of the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). The Company has full
power and authority to enter into this Agreement and each
Subscription Agreement and to authorize, issue and sell the
Securities as contemplated by this Agreement and each Subscription
Agreement.
(q)
Absence of Material Changes. Subsequent to the respective
dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package,
(a) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred
any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, or
entered into any material transaction not in the ordinary course of
business; (b) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
purchased any of the Company’s outstanding capital stock, or
declared, paid or otherwise made any dividend or distribution of
any kind on the Company’s capital stock; (c) there has not
been any change in the capital stock (other than a change in the
number of outstanding shares of Common Stock due to the issuance of
such share of Common Stock upon the exercise of outstanding options
or warrants), or material change in the short-term debt or
long-term debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries or any issue of
options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights to
purchase the capital stock (other than grants of stock options
under the Company’s stock option plans existing on the date
hereof) of the Company, or (d) there has not been any material
adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material
adverse change, in the business, properties, management, financial
condition or results of operations of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the
Disclosure Package (exclusive of any amendments or supplements
thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement).
(r)
Permits . The Company and each of the Subsidiaries possess
all necessary licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals and
have made all necessary filings required under any federal, state,
local or foreign law, regulation or rule (including, without
limitation, those from the FDA and any other foreign, federal,
state or local government or regulatory authorities performing
functions similar to those performed by the FDA) in order to
conduct its business. Neither the Company nor any of the
Subsidiaries is in violation of, or in default under, or has
received notice of any proceedings relating to revocation or
modification of, any such license, authorization, consent or
approval. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is in compliance
in all material respects with all applicable federal, state, local
and foreign laws, regulations, orders or decrees.
(s)
Legal Proceedings . There are no legal or governmental
proceedings pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened or contemplated to which the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries is or would be a party or of which any of their
respective properties is or would be subject at law or in equity,
before or by any federal, state, local or foreign governmental or
regulatory commission, board, body, authority or agency, or before
or by any self-regulatory organization or other non-governmental
regulatory authority (including, without limitation, Nasdaq),
except (i) as described in the Registration Statement, the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (ii) any such proceeding,
which if resolved adversely to the Company or any Subsidiary, would
not result in a judgment, decree or order having, individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or (iii) any such
proceeding that would not prevent or materially and adversely
affect the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby. The Disclosure Package contains in all
material respects the same description of the foregoing matters
contained in the Prospectus.
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(t)
Statutes; Contracts . There are no statutes or regulations
applicable to the Company or contracts or other documents of the
Company which are required to be described in the Registration
Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Securities Act which
have not been so described or filed.
(u)
Independent Accountants . Kost Forer Gabbay & Kaiserer,
a member firm of Ernst & Young Global, who has audited the
financial statements of the Company and the Subsidiaries, is an
independent registered public accounting firm (as defined in
Section 2(a)(12) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “
Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”)) with respect to the Company
within the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable rules
and regulations thereunder adopted by the Commission and the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).
(v)
Financial Statements . The financial statements of the
Company, together with the related schedules and notes thereto, set
forth or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement,
the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act, as applicable, and present fairly in all material
respects (i) the financial condition of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as of the dates indicated and (ii)
the consolidated results of operations, stockholders’ equity
and changes in cash flows of the Company and the Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, for the periods therein specified; and such
financial statements and related schedules and notes thereto have
been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles as in effect in the United States, consistently applied
throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise stated therein
and subject, in the case of unaudited financial statements, to the
absence of footnotes and normal year-end adjustments). There are no
other financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are
required to be included in the Registration Statement, the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the Company and the
Subsidiaries do not have any material liabilities or obligations,
direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations),
not disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus; and all disclosures contained in the
Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term
is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission), if any,
comply with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10(e) of
Regulation S-K of the Commission, to the extent applicable, and
present fairly the information shown therein and the
Company’s basis for using such measures.
(w) [reserved].
(x)
Not an Investment Company . Neither the Company nor any of
the Subsidiaries is or, after giving effect to the offering and
sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof
as described in the Prospectus, will be required to register as an
“investment company” as defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(y)
Good Title to Property . The Company and each of the
Subsidiaries has good and valid title to all property (whether real
or personal) described in the Registration Statement, the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being owned by each of
them, in each case free and clear of all liens, claims, security
interests, other encumbrances or defects except such as are
described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus and those that would not, individually or in the
aggregate materially and adversely affect the value of such
property and do not materially and adversely interfere with the use
made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and
the Subsidiaries. All of the property described in the Registration
Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being held
under lease by the Company or a Subsidiary is held thereby under
valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, without any liens,
restrictions, encumbrances or claims, except those that,
individually or in the aggregate, are not material and do not
materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of
such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries.
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(z)
Intellectual Property Rights . The Company and the
Subsidiaries own, or have obtained valid and enforceable licenses
for, or other rights to use, the inventions, patent applications,
patents, trademarks (both registered and unregistered), tradenames,
copyrights, trade secrets and other proprietary information
described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus as being owned or licensed by them or which are
necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses
(collectively, “Intellectual Property ”), except
where the failure to own, license or have such rights would not,
individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse
Effect. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (i) there are no third
parties who have or, to the Company’s knowledge, will be able
to establish rights to any Intellectual Property, except for the
ownership rights of the owners of the Intellectual Property which
is licensed to the Company; (ii) to the Company’s knowledge,
there is no infringement by third parties of any Intellectual
Property; (iii) there is no pending or, to the Company’s
knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others
challenging the Company’s rights in or to, or the validity,
enforceability, or scope of, any Intellectual Property owned by or
licensed to the Company, and the Company is unaware of any facts
which could form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (iv) there
is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened
action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company or any
of the Subsidiaries infringes or otherwise violates any patent,
trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of
others, and the Company is unaware of any facts which could form a
reasonable basis for any such claim; (v) to the Company’s
knowledge, there is no patent or patent application that contains
claims that interfere with the issued or pending claims of any of
the Intellectual Property; and (vi) to the Company’s
knowledge, there is no prior art that may render any patent owned
by the Company invalid, nor is there any prior art known to the
Company that may render any patent application owned by the Company
unpatentable.
(aa)
Taxes . The Company and each of the Subsidiaries has timely
filed all material federal, state, local and foreign income and
franchise tax returns (or timely filed applicable extensions
therefore) that have been required to be filed and are not in
default in the payment of any taxes which were payable pursuant to
said returns or any assessments with respect thereto, other than
any which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is contesting in
good faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided and
reflected in the Company’s financial statements included in
the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any
tax deficiency that has been or, to the knowledge of the Company,
might be asserted or threatened against it that would result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(bb)
Insurance . The Company and each of the Subsidiaries
maintains insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as is
adequate for the conduct of its business and the value of its
properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar
businesses in similar industries. All such insurance is fully in
force on the date hereof and will be fully in force as of the
Closing Date. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has
any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its
existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to
obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary
to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(cc)
Accounting Controls . The Company and each of the
Subsidiaries maintains a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions
are executed in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary
to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in the United
States and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to
assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect
to any differences.
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(dd)
Disclosure Controls . The Company has established, maintains
and evaluates “disclosure controls and procedures” (as
such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the
Exchange Act), which (i) are designed to ensure that material
information relating to the Company is made known to the
Company’s principal executive officer and its principal
financial officer by others within those entities, particularly
during the periods in which the periodic reports required under the
Exchange Act are being prepared, (ii) have been evaluated for
effectiveness as of the end of the last fiscal period covered by
the Registration Statement; and (iii) such disclosure controls and
procedures are effective to perform the functions for which they
were established. There are no significant deficiencies and
material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls
which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record,
process, summarize, and report financial data to management and the
Board of Directors. The Company is not aware of any fraud, whether
or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a role in the Company’s internal controls; and since the
date of the most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and
procedures, there have been no significant changes in internal
controls or in other factors that could significantly affect
internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
(ee)
Corrupt Practices . Neither the Company nor, to the
Company’s knowledge, any other person associated with or
acting on behalf of the Company, including without limitation any
director, officer, agent or employee of the Company or its
Subsidiaries has, directly or indirectly, while acting on behalf of
the Company or its Subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for
unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful
expenses relating to political activity, (ii) made any unlawful
payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or
to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from
corporate funds, (iii) violated any provision of the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended or (iv) made any other
unlawful payment.
(ff)
No Price Stabilization . Neither the Company nor any of the
Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of their
respective officers, directors, affiliates or controlling persons
has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed
to cause or result in, or which has constituted or which might
reasonabl