Exhibit 10.1
SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement
(this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of May 11,
2009, among Cell Therapeutics, Inc., a Washington 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 an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act (as defined below),
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, the following
terms have the meanings set forth in this
Section 1.1:
“ Action ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(j).
“ 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 405 under the Securities Act. With respect to a Purchaser, any
investment fund or managed account that is managed on a
discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such
Purchaser will be deemed to be an Affiliate of such
Purchaser.
“ 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 Securities pursuant to
Section 2.1 which shall occur simultaneously with the
execution and delivery hereof.
“ Closing Date ”
means the date hereof, provided that the Closing shall occur
simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement.
“ Commission ”
means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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“ Common Stock ”
means the common stock of the Company, no par value 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, pursuant to
the terms of such securities, to acquire at any time Common Stock,
including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights,
options, warrants 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 Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth.
“ Exchange Act ”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ GAAP ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(h).
“ Indebtedness ”
means (a) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed
in excess of $250,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred
in the ordinary course of business), (b) all guaranties,
endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of
Indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be
reflected in the Company’s balance sheet (or the notes
thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable
instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in
the ordinary course of business; and (c) the present value of
any lease payments in excess of $250,000 due under leases required
to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP.
“ Intellectual Property
Rights ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(o).
“ 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(b).
“ Material Permits
” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(l).
“ Per Share Purchase
Price ” equals $1.25.
“ 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 whether
commenced or threatened.
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“ Prospectus ”
means the final prospectus filed for the Registration Statement,
including the documents incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, including the documents incorporated by
reference in such final prospectus.
“ Prospectus Supplement
” means the supplement to the Prospectus complying with Rule
424(b) of the Securities Act that is filed with the Commission and
delivered by the Company to each Purchaser before the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, including the documents incorporated by
reference therein.
“ Purchaser Party
” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4.7.
“ Registration
Statement ” means the effective registration statement on
Form S-3 Commission File No. 333-158272 filed by the Company
with the Commission under the Securities Act for the registration
of the Securities, as such Registration Statement may be amended
and supplemented from time to time (including pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act), including all documents filed as
part thereof or incorporated by reference therein, and including
all information deemed to be a part thereof at the time of
effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities
Act.
“ Required Approvals
” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(e).
“ 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(h).
“ Securities ”
means the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.
“ 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 to the Purchasers pursuant to
this Agreement. (“Shares” does not include the Warrant
Shares.)
“ Short Sales ”
means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of
Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall be deemed to not
include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of
Common Stock).
“ Subscription Amount
” means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be
paid for the Securities 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.
“ Trading Day ”
means a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading
Market.
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“ Trading Market
” means the following markets or exchanges on which the
Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in
question: the NYSE Amex, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq
Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock
Exchange or the Borsa Italiana S.p.A. (MTA
International).
“ Transaction Documents
” means this Agreement, the Warrants and any other documents
or agreements executed in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereunder.
“ Warrants ”
means Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the Purchasers at
the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof, which
warrants shall be exercisable as set forth therein, and have a term
of exercise equal to five years from their Initial Exercise Date
(as defined in the Warrants), in the form of Exhibit B
attached hereto.
“ Warrant Shares
” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of
the Warrants.
ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1 Closing . Simultaneously
with the execution and delivery hereof, upon the terms set forth
herein, the Company shall sell, and the Purchasers shall purchase,
in the aggregate, severally and not jointly, for up to $20,000,000,
Shares and Warrants as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a)
at the Per Share Purchase Price. 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 and Warrants as determined pursuant
to Section 2.2(a) and the other items set forth in
Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. The Closing shall
occur at the offices of the Company or such other location as the
parties shall mutually agree.
2.2 Deliveries .
(a) Simultaneously with the
execution and delivery hereof, the Company shall deliver or cause
to be delivered to each Purchaser the following:
(i) a legal opinion of Company
Counsel, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached
hereto;
(ii) a certificate evidencing a
number of Shares equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription
Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price, registered in the
name of such Purchaser (such certificate will be issued
simultaneously with the execution and delivery hereof but may be
delivered within three Business Days of the Closing Date);
and
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(iii) a Warrant registered in the
name of such Purchaser to purchase up to the number of shares of
Common Stock equal to 30% of such Purchaser’s Subscription
Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price, with an exercise
price equal to $1.40 per share, subject to adjustment therein (such
Warrant will be issued simultaneously with the execution and
delivery hereof but may be delivered within three Business Days of
the Closing Date), in the form of Exhibit B attached
hereto.
(b) Simultaneously with the
execution and delivery hereof, each Purchaser shall deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Company such Purchaser’s
Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the account as specified in
writing by the Company.
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and
Warranties of the Company . Except for disclosures set forth in
the SEC Reports and other written disclosures given by the Company
to the respective Purchasers, which shall qualify any
representation or warranty otherwise made herein to the extent of
such disclosures, the Company hereby makes the following
representations and warranties set forth below to each
Purchaser:
(a) Subsidiaries . All of the
direct and indirect subsidiaries (each, a “ Subsidiary
”) of the Company are set forth on the Company’s most
recently filed Form 10-K. 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 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.
(b) Organization and
Qualification . 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 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, could not 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, prospects, business 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
”) and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such
jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke,
limit or curtail such power and authority or
qualification.
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(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 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
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and
other laws of general application affecting enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and (ii) as limited by laws
relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive
relief or other equitable remedies.
(d) No Conflicts . The
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by
the Company, the issuance and sale of the Securities 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 could not have or reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(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 or other
entity of any kind, including, without limitation, any Trading
Market or Commissione Nazionale per le Societa e la Borsa, in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of the Transaction Documents, other than any filings
required to be made under applicable federal and state securities
laws (collectively, the “ Required Approvals
”).
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(f) Issuance of the
Securities . The Shares and the Warrants 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. The Warrant Shares are duly authorized and, when issued in
accordance with the terms of the Warrants, will be validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed
by the Company. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized
capital stock the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of
the Warrants. The Securities are being issued pursuant to the
Registration Statement and the issuance of the Securities has been
registered by the Company under the Securities Act. The Company has
prepared and filed with the Commission in accordance with the
provisions of the Securities Act the Registration Statement. The
Registration Statement was declared effective by order of the
Commission on April 6, 2009. The Registration Statement is
effective under the Securities Act and available for the issuance
of the Securities thereunder and the Company has not received any
notice that the Commission has issued or intends to issue a
stop-order or other order with respect to the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or that the Commission otherwise has
(i) suspended or withdrawn the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or (ii) issued any order preventing or
suspending the use of the Prospectus, in either case, either
temporarily or permanently or intends or has threatened in writing
to do so. The “Plan of Distribution” section under the
Registration Statement permits the issuance of the Securities
hereunder. Upon receipt of the Shares and the Warrants and, upon
exercise of the Warrants, the Warrant Shares, the Purchasers will
have good and marketable title to such Securities and the Shares
and Warrant Shares will be immediately freely tradable on each
Trading Market. At the time the Registration Statement and any
amendments thereto became effective, at the date of this Agreement
and at each deemed effective date thereof pursuant to Rule
430B(f)(2) of the Securities Act, the Registration Statement and
any amendments thereto 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 any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and the
Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, at time the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto was issued and at
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 light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. The Company meets all of the requirements for the use
of Form S-3 under the Securities Act for the offering and sale of
the Securities contemplated by this Agreement, and the Commission
has not notified the Company of any objection to the use of the
form of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 401(g)(1) under
the Securities Act. The Registration Statement, as of the Effective
Date, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x) under
the Securities Act. At the earliest time after the filing of the
Registration Statement that the Company or another offering
participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule
164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) relating to any of the
Securities, the Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act). The Company
(i) has not distributed any offering material in connection
with the offering and sale of any of the Securities and
(ii) until no Purchaser holds any of the Securities, shall not
distribute any offering material in connection with the offering
and sale of any of the Securities to, or
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by, the Purchasers, in each case,
other than the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the
Prospectus Supplement. In accordance with Rule 5110(b)(7)(C)(i) of
the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Manual, the offering of
the Securities has been registered with the Commission on Form S-3
under the Securities Act pursuant to the standards for Form S-3 in
effect before October 21, 1992, and the Securities are being
offered pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities
Act.
(g) Capitalization . The
capital stock capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the
Prospectus Supplement. The Company has not issued any capital stock
since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange
Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options
under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of
shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s
employee stock purchase plan and pursuant to the conversion or
exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of
the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. 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 a
result of the purchase and sale of the Securities, 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 Securities 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. All of the outstanding shares
of capital stock of the Company are validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and
state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was
issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to
subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or
authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors of the
Company or others is required for the issuance and sale of the
Securities. There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements
or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s
capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge
of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s
stockholders.
(h) SEC Reports; Financial
Statements . The Company has complied in all material respects
with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements
and other documents required to be filed by it 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, together with the Prospectus and the Prospectus
Supplement, 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 before the expiration of any such extension. As of their
respective dates, the SEC
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Reports complied in all material
respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act, as applicable, the rules and regulations of the
Commission promulgated thereunder and other federal, state and
local laws, rules and regulations applicable to it, 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, together with the related notes and
schedules thereto, comply in all material respects with applicable
accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the
Commission and all other applicable rules and regulations with
respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial
statements, together with the related notes and schedules, have
been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted
accounting principles (“ GAAP ”) applied on a
consistent basis during the periods involved, 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.
(i) Material Changes; Undisclosed
Events, Liabilities or Developments . Since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included within the SEC
Reports, (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 required
to be disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the
Company has not altered its method of accounting, (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 and (v) the Company has not issued any equity
securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant
to Company restricted stock programs and stock option plans. The
Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for
confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of
the Securities contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth in
the Prospectus, no event, liability or development has occurred or
exists with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their
respective business, properties, operations or financial condition,
that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under
applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made
that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1 Business Day before
the date that this representation is made.
(j) Litigation . There is no
Proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their
respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator,
governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority
(federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an
“ Action ”) which (i) adversely affects or
challenges the legality, validity or enforceability
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of any of the Transaction Documents
or the Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable
decision, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or
officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving
a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state
securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has
not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending
or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the
Company or any current or former director or officer of the
Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other
order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement
filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or
the Securities Act.
(k) Labor Relations . No
material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company,
is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company
which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their
relationships with their employees are good. No executive officer,
to the knowledge of the Company, is, or is now expected to be, in
violation of any material term of any employment contract,
confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or
non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or
any restrictive covenant, and the continued employment of each such
executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing
matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with
all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations
relating to employment and employment practices, terms and
conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the
failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(l) Compliance . Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is in default under or in
violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived
that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a
default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the
Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in
default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or
credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it
is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound
(whether or not such default or violation has been waived),
(ii) is in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or
governmental body, or (iii) is or has been in violation of any
statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority,
including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local
laws applicable to its business and all such laws that affect the
environment, except in each case as could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Regulatory Permits . The
Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates,
authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal,
state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct
their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except
where the failure to possess such permits could not have or
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect
(“ Material Permits ”), and neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating
to the revocation or modification of any Material
Permit.
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(n) Title to Assets . The
Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee
simple to all real property owned by them that is material to the
business of the Company and the Subsidiaries and good and
marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is
material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in
each case free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens as do not
materially affect the value of such property and do not materially
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such
property by the Company and the Subsidiaries and Liens for the
payment of federal, state or other taxes, the payment of which is
neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property and
facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are
held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with
which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in
compliance.
(o) Patents and Trademarks .
The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all
patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications,
service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights,
licenses and other similar intellectual property rights currently
employed by them in connection with the business currently operated
by them that are necessary for use in the conduct of their
respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where
the failure to so have could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “ Intellectual
Property Rights ”). Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has received any written notice that any of the
Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or any Subsidiary
violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person. To the
knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are
enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person
of any of the Intellectual Property Rights of others.
(p) Insurance . The Company
and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized
financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such
amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the
Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not
limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage. To the best
knowledge of the Company, such insurance contracts are accurate and
complete. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary 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 without a significant increase in cost.
(q) Transactions With Affiliates
and Employees . None of the officers or directors of the
Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees
of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the
Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees,
officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other
arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by,
providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or
otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or
such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in
which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial
interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner, other than
for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services
rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf
of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including
restricted stock programs and stock option agreements under any
stock option plan of the Company.
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(r) Sarbanes-Oxley . The
Company is in material compliance with all provisions of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, which are applicable to it
as of the date hereof.
(s) Certain Fees . No
brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be
payable by the Company to any broker, financial advisor
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