SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Securities
Purchase Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is dated
as of June 8, 2009, between ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 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:
1.1
Definitions . In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in
this Agreement: (a) capitalized terms that are not otherwise
defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the
Certificate of Designation (as defined herein), and (b) 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 4.7.
“
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.
“
Certificate of Designation ” means the Certificate of
Designation to be filed prior to the Closing by the Company with
the Secretary of State of Delaware, in the form of
Exhibit A attached hereto.
“
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.
“ Common
Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, par value
$0.001 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 DLA Piper LLP (US), with offices located
at 4365 Executive Drive, Suite 1100, 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) a Common Stock
purchase warrant to Rodman & Renshaw LLC, as compensation for
its services as the Company’s placement agent, and shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise thereof, (b) shares of
Common Stock, options or other equity awards to employees,
officers, directors or consultants of the Company pursuant to any
equity incentive 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, (c) 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, 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).
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“
FDCA ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(gg).
“
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 other than restrictions imposed by securities
laws.
“
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).
“ Maximum
Rate ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 5.17.
“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).
“
Preferred Stock ” means the up to 1,993 shares of the
Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock issued
hereunder having the rights, preferences, privileges and
limitations set forth in the Certificate of Designation, in the
form of Exhibit A hereto.
“
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 before or at the Closing.
“
Purchaser Party ” shall have the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 4.10.
“
Registration Statement ” means the effective
registration statement with the Commission file No. 333-159376
which registers the sale of the Preferred Stock, Warrants and
Underlying Shares to the Purchasers.
“
Required Approvals ” shall have the meaning ascribed
to such term in Section 3.1(e).
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“
Required Minimum ” means, as of any date, the maximum
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issued or
potentially issuable in the future pursuant to the Transaction
Documents, including any Underlying Shares issuable upon exercise
in full of all Warrants or conversion in full of all shares of
Preferred Stock, ignoring any conversion or exercise limits set
forth therein.
“
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.
“
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 Preferred Stock, the Warrants,
the Warrant Shares and the Underlying Shares.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“ 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).
“ Stated
Value ” means $1,000 per share of Preferred
Stock.
“
Subscription Amount ” means, as to each Purchaser, the
aggregate amount to be paid for the units of Preferred Stock 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
for the Common Stock 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, the New York
Stock Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successors to any
of the foregoing).
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“
Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the
Certificate of Designation, the Warrants, all exhibits and
schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents or agreements
executed in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereunder.
“
Transfer Agent ” means American Stock Transfer &
Trust Company LLC, the current transfer agent of the Company, with
a mailing address of 6201 15th Avenue, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY
11219 and a facsimile number of (718) 921-8310, and any
successor transfer agent of the Company.
“
Underlying Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock
issued and issuable upon conversion or redemption of the Preferred
Stock and upon exercise of the Warrants and issued and issuable in
lieu of the cash payment of dividends on the Preferred Stock in
accordance with the terms of the Certificate of
Designation.
“
Variable Rate Transaction ” shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in Section 4.13(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 Warrants shall be
exercisable commencing on the day after the six-month anniversary
of their date of issuance and have a term of exercise equal to five
years from the date they first become exercisable, in the form of
Exhibit B attached hereto.
“ Warrant
Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants.
“ WS
” means Weinstein Smith LLP with offices located at 420
Lexington Avenue, Suite 2620, New York, New York
10170-0002.
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 $1,993,000 of shares of
Preferred Stock with an aggregate Stated Value for each Purchaser
equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount as set forth on
the signature page hereto executed by such Purchaser, and Warrants
as determined by pursuant to Section 2.2(a). The aggregate number
of shares of Preferred Stock sold hereunder shall be up to 1,993.
At the Closing, each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company via
wire transfer or a certified check of immediately available funds
equal to its Subscription Amount, and the Company shall deliver to
each Purchaser its respective shares of Preferred Stock and
Warrants, 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 WS or such other
location as the parties shall mutually agree.
(a) On
or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to
be
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delivered to each
Purchaser the following:
(i) this Agreement
duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a legal
opinion of Company Counsel, substantially in the form to be
mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto;
(iii) a
certificate evidencing a number of shares of Preferred Stock equal
to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Stated
Value, registered in the name of such Purchaser and evidence of the
filing and acceptance of the Certificate of Designation from the
Secretary of State of Delaware;
(iv) a Warrant
registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase up to a number
of shares of Common Stock equal to 45% of the number of Conversion
Shares initially issuable to such Purchaser upon conversion of all
of such Purchaser’s Preferred Stock, with an exercise price
equal to $0.1105, subject to adjustment as provided by the terms
thereof; and
(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;.
(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 when made and on the Closing Date of the
representations and warranties each Purchaser 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
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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 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 or incorporated by reference into the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the
Disclosure Schedules, which disclosures in such filings with the
Commission and in the 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 such filings
with the Commission or in the Disclosure Schedule corresponding to
this Section 3.1, 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
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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 nor 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 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 change in the results of operations, assets,
business, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth
or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and Prospectus
Supplement, 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 or, to the knowledge
of the Company, threatened in any such jurisdiction revoking,
limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such
power and authority or qualification.
(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, (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
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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
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 4.6 of this
Agreement, (ii) the filing with the Commission of the
Prospectus Supplement, (iii) the filing application(s) to and
approval by the NYSE Amex LLC for the issuance and sale of the
Securities and the listing of the Underlying Shares for trading
thereon in the time and manner required thereby ), (iv) the
filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of the
Certificate of Designation, (v) an approval or waiver under
that certain Rights Agreement, dated July 27, 2005, as amended
(the “ Rights Agreement”) , and (vi) such
filings as are required to be made under applicable state
securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) (collectively, the “
Required Approvals ”).
(f) Issuance of
the Securities; Registration . The Securities are duly
authorized and, the Preferred Stock and Warrants, 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 Underlying
Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the applicable
Transaction Documents, 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 a
number of shares of Common Stock for issuance of the Underlying
Shares at least equal to the Required Minimum on the date hereof.
The Company has prepared and filed the Registration Statement in
conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, which
became effective on June 4, 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, 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
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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 as set
forth in the Prospectus and 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 equity
incentive 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. Except as set forth
in the Rights Agreement, 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 (i) as a result of the purchase and sale of
the Securities, (ii) pursuant to the Company’s equity
incentive plans, (iii) pursuant to agreements or instruments,
including the Rights Agreement, filed as exhibits to SEC Reports
incorporated by reference into the Prospectus Supplement, and
(iv) pursuant to the warrant to be issued to Rodman &
Renshaw LLC as compensation for its services as placement agent to
the Company, 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 the Company’s placement agent)
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. Except for the Required
Approvals, no further approval or authorization of any stockholder,
the Board of Directors 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 filed all
reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required
to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof,
for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period
as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such
material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto
and documents incorporated by reference therein, together with the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Prospectus
Supplement,
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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 or as amended or corrected in a subsequent SEC
Report. 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.
(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 could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
(ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent
or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued
expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected
in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or
disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the
Company has not altered its method of accounting, (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 equity incentive 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, the issuance of a warrant to Rodman
& Renshaw, LLC as compensation for its services as placement
agent, and as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i) , no event,
liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has
occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with
respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective
business, properties, operations, assets 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
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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, 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. 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
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 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 could 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
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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.
For clarity, the Company has not received the approval of any
regulatory agency to market or sell any of its product
candidates.
(n) Title to
Assets . The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and
marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them
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,
except where such non-compliance would not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(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 intellectual property
rights and similar rights as described in the SEC Reports as
necessary or material for use in connection with their respective
businesses and which the failure to could 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. 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 could 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 at least
equal to the aggregate Subscription Amount. 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
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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 or other equity award agreements under any equity
incentive 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
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