Exhibit 99.1
SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement
(this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of May 21,
2009, between Vical Incorporated, a Delaware 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 of 1933, as amended
(the “ Securities Act ”), 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:
“ Acquiring Person
” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4.5.
“ 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.
“ Board of Directors
” means the board of directors of the Company.
“ Business Day ”
means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is 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.
“ Closing Date ”
means the Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents
have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto,
and all conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers’
obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the
Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities, in each
case, have been satisfied or waived.
“ Commission ”
means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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“ 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.
“ 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 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 Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, with offices located at
4401 Eastgate Mall, San Diego, CA 92121.
“ Disclosure Schedules
” means the Disclosure Schedules of the Company delivered
concurrently herewith.
“ Evaluation Date
” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(r).
“ Exchange Act ”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ Exempt Issuance
” means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or
options to employees, officers, directors or vendors of the Company
pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose,
by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors
or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee
directors established for such purpose, (b) securities upon
the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities issued
hereunder and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for
or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding
on the date of this Agreement, provided that such securities have
not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the
number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price,
exchange price or conversion price of such securities,
(c) securities issued to existing stockholders of the Company
in satisfaction of their existing contractual right and
(d) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic
transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors
of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a
Person (or to the equityholders of a Person) which is, itself or
through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an asset in a
business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall
provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the
investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which
the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of
raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing
in securities.
“ FDA ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(gg).
“ FDCA ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(gg).
“ FWS ” means
Feldman Weinstein & Smith LLP with offices located at 420
Lexington Avenue, Suite 2620, New York, New York
10170-0002.
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“ GAAP ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(h).
“ Indebtedness ”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(z).
“ 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(m).
“ Per Share Purchase
Price ” equals $2.3125 , subject to adjustment for
reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock
combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock
that occur after the date of this Agreement.
“ 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.
“ Pharmaceutical
Product ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(gg).
“ Proceeding ”
means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding
(including, without limitation, an informal investigation or
partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or
threatened.
“ Prospectus ”
means the final prospectus filed for the Registration
Statement.
“ 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 prior to or at the
Closing.
“ Purchaser Party
” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4.8.
“ Registration
Statement ” means the effective registration statement
with Commission file No. 333-159103 which registers the sale
of the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares by the
Purchasers.
“ 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.
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“ Rule 424 ”
means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted 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.
“ 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 or issuable to each Purchaser
pursuant to this Agreement.
“ Short Sales ”
means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of
Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to
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 Shares and Warrants 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) , and shall, where applicable, also include any direct
or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the
date hereof.
“ Trading Day ”
means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for
trading.
“ Trading Market
” means any of 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, or the New York
Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the
foregoing).
“ Transaction Documents
” means this Agreement, the Warrants and any other documents
or agreements executed in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereunder.
“ Transfer Agent
” means BNY Mellon Shareowner Services, LLC, the current
transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 201
Columbine Street, Suite 200, Denver, CO 80206, and any successor
transfer agent of the Company.
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“ Variable Rate
Transaction ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 4.12(b).
“ Warrants ”
means, collectively, the Common Stock purchase warrants delivered
to the Purchasers at the Closing in accordance with
Section 2.2(a) hereof, which shall be exercisable commencing
on November 27, 2009 (six months after the issue date) and
have a term of exercise equal to 90 days in the form of Exhibit
A attached hereto.
“ Warrant Shares
” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of
the Warrants.
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 the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase,
up to an aggregate of $15,416,667.44 of Shares and Warrants. Each
Purchaser shall deliver to the Company, via wire transfer or a
certified check of immediately available funds equal to such
Purchaser’s Subscription Amount as set forth on the signature
page hereto executed by such Purchaser and the Company shall
deliver to each Purchaser its respective Shares and a Warrant as
determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and the Company and
each Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in
Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of
the covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the
Closing shall occur at the offices of FWS or such other location as
the parties shall mutually agree.
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 the form to be mutually agreed upon by the parties
hereto;
(iii) a copy of the irrevocable
instructions to the Company’s transfer agent instructing the
transfer agent to deliver via the Depository Trust Company Deposit
Withdrawal Agent Commission System (“ DWAC ”)
Shares equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided
by the Per Share Purchase Price, registered in the name of such
Purchaser;
(iv) a Warrant registered in the
name of such Purchaser to purchase up to a number of shares of
Common Stock such that the aggregate exercise price of such Warrant
equals such Purchaser’s pro-rata share of 3,333,333 (based on
such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount), with an exercise price
equal to $2.25 , subject to adjustment therein (such Warrant
certificate may be delivered within three Trading Days of the
Closing Date); and
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(v) the Prospectus and Prospectus
Supplement (which may be delivered in accordance with Rule 172
under the Securities Act).
(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; and
(ii) such Purchaser’s
Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the account as specified in
writing by the Company.
2.3 Closing Conditions
.
(a) The obligations of the Company
hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the
following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in all material
respects on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties
of the Purchasers contained herein (unless as of a specific date
therein);
(ii) all obligations, covenants and
agreements of each Purchaser required to be performed at or prior
to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and
(iii) the delivery by each Purchaser
of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this
Agreement.
(b) The respective obligations of
the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject
to the following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in all material
respects when made and on the Closing Date of the representations
and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a
specific date therein);
(ii) all obligations, covenants and
agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to
the Closing Date shall have been performed;
(iii) the delivery by the Company of
the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this
Agreement;
(iv) there shall have been no
Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date
hereof; and
(v) from the date hereof to the
Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been
suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal
Trading Market (except for any suspension of trading of limited
duration agreed to by the Company, which suspension shall be
terminated prior to the Closing), and, at any time prior to the
Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by
Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum
prices
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shall not have been established on
securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on any
Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared
either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall
there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of
hostilities or other national or international calamity of such
magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any
financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of
each Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase
the Securities at the Closing.
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, all other references to the
Subsidiaries or any of them in the Transaction Documents shall be
disregarded.
(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, 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, would 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”)
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, the Board of Directors or the Company’s stockholders
in connection therewith other than in connection with the Required
Approvals. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party 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 by the Company of the
Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities and
the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby to which it is a party 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 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 in connection
with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the
Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the filings required
pursuant to Section 4.4 of this Agreement, (ii) the
filing with the Commission of the Prospectus Supplement,
(iii) application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the
listing of the Securities for trading thereon in the time and
manner required thereby and (iv) such filings as are required
to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively,
the “Required Approvals”).
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(f) Issuance of the Securities;
Registration . The Securities 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, 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 maximum number
of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement and
the Warrants. The Company has prepared and filed the Registration
Statement in conformity with the requirements of the Securities
Act, which became effective on May 20, 2009 (the “
Effective Date ”), including the Prospectus, and such
amendments and supplements thereto as may have been required to the
date of this Agreement. The Registration Statement is effective
under the Securities Act and no stop order preventing or suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or suspending or
preventing the use of the Prospectus has been issued by the
Commission and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted
or, to the knowledge of the Company, are threatened by the
Commission. The Company, if required by the rules and regulations
of the Commission, proposes to file the Prospectus Supplement, with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b). At the time the
Registration Statement and any amendments thereto became effective,
at the date of this Agreement and at the Closing Date, the
Registration Statement and any amendments thereto conformed and
will conform in all material respects to 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, conformed
and will conform in all material respects to 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.
(g) Capitalization . The
capitalization of the Company is substantially as set forth in the
Registration Statement, as updated by the SEC Reports, or as
otherwise disclosed to the Purchasers. 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 plans and pursuant
to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents
outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic
report under the Exchange Act. Other than the Purchasers, 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 or pursuant to
equity compensation plans or agreements filed as exhibits to the
SEC Reports, there are no outstanding options, warrants, script
rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character
whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations
convertible into or exercisable or
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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 bound to issue additional
shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, in each case
issued by the Company. 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 or others is required for the
issuance and sale of the Securities. Except as filed as an exhibit
to the SEC Reports, 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 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, 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 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 Company has never
been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. 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.
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(i) Material Changes; Undisclosed
Events, Liabilities or Developments . Since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included within the SEC
Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC
Report filed prior to the date hereof, (i) there has been no
event, occurrence or development that has had or that would
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
(ii) the Company has not incurred any material 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 materially 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 existing Company stock
option or compensation plans. Except for the issuance of the
Securities contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth in the
SEC Reports, 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
or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1
Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is
made.
(j) Litigation . There is no
action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or
investigation 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 of any of the
Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if
there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, 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, to the Company’s knowledge, 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 would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’
employees is a member of a union that relates to such
employee’s relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary,
and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a
collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its
Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their employees
are good. No executive officer, to the
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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 in favor of any
third party, and, to the Company’s knowledge, 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 judgment, decree or order of any
court, arbitrator or governmental body or (iii) is or has been
in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance 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 would
not reasonably be expected to result in 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 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.
(n) Title to Assets . The
Company does not own any real property. The Company and the
Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple 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, except where such non-compliance
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(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 as
described in the SEC Reports as necessary or material for use in
connection with their respective businesses and which the failure
to so have would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property
Rights”). In the last 12 months, neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) 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 which
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The
Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security
measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all
of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(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 for companies of similar size
as the Company in the businesses in which the Company and the
Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to, directors
and officers insurance coverage. 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 . Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, 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, in each case in excess of $120,000 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
stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the
Company.
(r) Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal
Accounting Controls . The Company is in material compliance
with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 which are
applicable to it as of the Closing Date. The Company and the
Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that:
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorizations,
(ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of
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financial statements in conformity
with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (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 the existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect
to any differences. The Company has established disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e))