Alexza Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
_____________________,
2006
PIPER JAFFRAY
& CO.
PACIFIC GROWTH EQUITIES, LLC
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS CORPORATION
JMP SECURITIES LLC
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
c/o Piper Jaffray & Co.
800 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Alexza
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company" ) proposes to sell to the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto (the
“Underwriters” ) an aggregate of ______ shares
(the “Firm Shares” ) of Common Stock, $0.0001
par value per share (the “Common Stock” ), of
the Company. The Firm Shares consist of ______ authorized but
unissued shares of Common Stock to be issued and sold by the
Company. The Company has also granted to the several Underwriters
an option to purchase up to ______ additional shares of Common
Stock on the terms and for the purposes set forth in Section 3
hereof (the “Option Shares” ). The Firm Shares
and any Option Shares purchased pursuant to this Purchase Agreement
are herein collectively called the
“Securities.”
The Company hereby
confirms its agreement with respect to the sale of the Securities
to the several Underwriters, for whom you are acting as
representatives (the “Representatives”
).
1.
Registration Statement and Prospectus . A
registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-___) with respect
to the Securities, including a preliminary form of prospectus, has
been prepared by the Company in conformity with the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Act” ), and the rules and regulations (
“Rules and
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Regulations” ) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission” ) thereunder and has been filed
with the Commission; one or more amendments to such registration
statement have also been so prepared and have been, or will be, so
filed; and, if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b) of
the Rules and Regulations ( “Rule 462(b)” )
to increase the size of the offering registered under the Act, the
Company will prepare and file with the Commission a registration
statement with respect to such increase pursuant to
Rule 462(b). Copies of such registration statement(s) and
amendments and each related preliminary prospectus have been
delivered to you.
If the Company has
elected not to rely upon Rule 430A of the Rules and
Regulations, ( “Rule 430A” ) the Company has
prepared and will promptly file an amendment to the registration
statement and an amended prospectus. If the Company has elected to
rely upon Rule 430A, it will prepare and file a prospectus
pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations (
“Rule 424(b)” ) that discloses the
information previously omitted from the prospectus in reliance upon
Rule 430A. Each part of such registration statement as amended
at the time it is or was declared effective by the Commission, and,
in the event of any amendment thereto after the effective date,
each part of such registration statement as so amended (but only
from and after the effectiveness of such amendment, or the date it
is first used after effectiveness of the registration statement, in
the case of information contained in a form of prospectus filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and deemed to be part
of the registration statement pursuant to Rule 430C of the
Rules and Regulations ( “Rule 430C” )),
including a registration statement (if any) filed pursuant to Rule
462(b) increasing the size of the offering registered under the
Act, information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration
statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to
Rule 430A(b) and information (if any) contained in a form of
prospectus required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) and deemed to be part of and included in the
registration statement on the date it is first used after
effectiveness in accordance with Rule 430C, is hereinafter
called the “Registration Statement.” The prospectus
included in the Registration Statement at the time it is or was
declared effective by the Commission is hereinafter called the
“Prospectus,” except that if any prospectus filed by
the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or any
other such prospectus provided to the Underwriters by the Company
for use in connection with the offering of the Securities (whether
or not required to be filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b)) but not including a “free
writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules
and Regulations ( “Rule 405” ) differs from
the prospectus on file at the time the Registration Statement is or
was declared effective by the Commission, the term
“Prospectus” shall refer to such differing prospectus
from and after the time such prospectus is filed with the
Commission or transmitted to the Commission for filing pursuant to
such Rule 424(b) or from and after the time of its first use within
the meaning of the Rules and Regulations. The term
“Preliminary Prospectus” as used herein means the
preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement prior
to the time it becomes or became effective under the Act and
subject to completion as described in Rule 430A in the form
first used to make offers and included in the Registration
Statement filed on __________________, 2006. All references in this
Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to include the filing
of any prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424(b).
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2.
Representations and Warranties of the Company
.
(a) The
Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several
Underwriters as follows:
(i)
No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary
Prospectus has been issued by the Commission and the Preliminary
Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof or the time of first use
within the meaning of the Rules and Regulations, complied in all
material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; except that the foregoing shall not
apply to statements in or omissions from any Preliminary Prospectus
in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information
furnished to the Company by you, or by any Underwriter through you,
specifically for use in the preparation thereof.
(ii)
As of the time any part of the Registration Statement (or any
post-effective amendment thereto, including a registration
statement (if any) filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) increasing the
size of the offering registered under the Act) became effective,
upon the filing or first use within the meaning of the Rules and
Regulations of the Prospectus (or any supplement to the Prospectus)
and at the First Closing Date and Second Closing Date (as
hereinafter defined), (A) the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus (in each case, as so amended and/or supplemented)
conformed or will conform in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, (B) the
Registration Statement (as so amended) did not or will not include
an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and (C) the Prospectus (as
so supplemented) did not or will not include an untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances in which they are or were made, not
misleading; except that each of the foregoing shall not apply to
statements in or omissions from any such document in reliance upon,
and in conformity with, written information furnished to the
Company by you, or by any Underwriter through you, specifically for
use in the preparation thereof. If the Registration Statement has
been declared effective by the Commission, no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued,
and, to the Company’s knowledge, no proceeding for that
purpose has been initiated or threatened by the
Commission.
(iii)
The Issuer-Represented General Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued
on or after the date of the Preliminary Prospectus and at or prior
to the Time of Sale and the Statutory Prospectus, all considered
together (collectively, the “Time of Sale Disclosure
Package” ), does not include and did not include as of
the Time of
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Sale any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit or omitted as of the Time of
Sale to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not
apply to statements in or omissions from any Statutory Prospectus
included in the Registration Statement or any Issuer-Represented
Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by you or by any Underwriter
through you specifically for use therein. As used in this paragraph
and elsewhere in this Agreement:
(1)
“Time of Sale” means ___:00 ** [a/p] m
(Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement
(2)
“Statutory Prospectus” as of any time means the
prospectus that is included in the Registration Statement
immediately prior to the Time of Sale. For purposes of this
definition, information contained in a form of prospectus that is
deemed retroactively to be a part of the Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 430A shall be considered to be included in
the Statutory Prospectus as of the actual time that form of
prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b).
(3)
“Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus”
means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined
in Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations (
“Rule 433” ), relating to the Securities
that (A) is required to be filed with the Commission by the
Company, or (B) is exempt from filing pursuant to
Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the
Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms
or pursuant to Rule 433(d)(8)(ii) because it is a “bona
fide electronic road show,” as defined in Rule 433 which
is made available by the Company without restriction, in each case
in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or,
if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the
Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
(4)
“Issuer-Represented General Free Writing
Prospectus” means any Issuer-Represented Free Writing
Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective
investors, as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule II
to this Agreement, and does not include a “bona fide
electronic road show,” as defined in
Rule 433.
(5)
“Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing
Prospectus” means any Issuer-Represented Free Writing
Prospectus that is not an Issuer-Represented General Free Writing
Prospectus. The term Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing
Prospectus also includes any “bona fide electronic road
show,” as defined in Rule 433, that is made available without
restriction pursuant to Rule 433(d)(8)(ii), even though not
required to be filed with the Commission.
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(iv)
(A) Each Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, as of its
issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of
the public offer and sale of the Securities or until any earlier
date that the issuer notified or notifies the Representatives as
described in Section 4(a)(iii)(B), did not, does not and will
not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will
conflict with the information contained in the Registration
Statement. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in
or omissions from any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus
based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company by you or by any Underwriter through you specifically
for use therein.
(B)
(1) At the time of filing the Registration Statement and
(2) at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an
“ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405,
including the Company in the preceding three years not having been
convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or having been made the
subject of a judicial or administrative decree or order as
described in Rule 405, nor an “excluded issuer” as
defined in Rule 164 of the Rules and Regulations
(“Rule 164”) .
(C)
Each Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus satisfied, as of
its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion
of the public offer and sale of the Securities, all other
conditions to use thereof as set forth in Rules 164 and
433.
(v)
The financial statements of the Company, together with the related
notes, set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and Prospectus comply in all material respects
with the requirements of the Act and fairly present the financial
condition of the Company as of the dates indicated and the results
of operations and changes in cash flows for the periods therein
specified in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States consistently applied throughout the
periods involved; and the other financial information included in
the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and
Prospectus present fairly the information shown thereby. No other
financial statements or financial information is required to be
included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package or the Prospectus. Ernst & Young LLP, which has
expressed its opinion with respect to the financial statements
filed as a part of the Registration Statement and included in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, is (x) an independent public accounting firm
within the meaning of the Act and the Rules and Regulations,
(y) a registered public accounting firm (as defined in
Section 2(a)(12) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the
“Sarbanes-Oxley Act” )) and (z) not in
violation of the auditor independence requirements of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
there are no material off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements,
obligations (including contingent obligations), or any other
relationships with unconsolidated entities or other persons, that
may have a material current or, to the Company’s knowledge,
future effect on the Company’s financial condition, results
of operations, liquidity,
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capital
expenditures, capital resources or significant components of
revenue or expenses.
(vi)
The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation. The Company has full corporate power and authority
to own its properties and conduct its business as currently being
conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, the Time
of Sale Disclosure Package and Prospectus, and is duly qualified to
do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which it owns or leases real property or in which
the conduct of its business makes such qualification necessary and
in which the failure to so qualify would reasonably be expected to
have a material adverse effect upon, or change in, the general
affairs, business, prospects, properties, operations, condition
(financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company (
“Material Adverse Effect” or “Material
Adverse Change” ).
(vii)
Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in
the Prospectus, subsequent to the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the
Company has not incurred any material liabilities or obligations,
direct or contingent, or entered into any material transactions, or
declared or paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind
with respect to its capital stock; and there has not been any
change in the capital stock (other than a change in the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock due to the issuance of shares
upon the exercise of outstanding options or warrants), or any
material change in the short-term or long-term debt, or any
issuance of options, warrants, convertible securities or other
rights to purchase the capital stock (other than grants of stock
options under the Company’s stock option plans existing on
the date hereof) of the Company, or any Material Adverse
Change.
(viii)
Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, there is not pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened or contemplated, any action, suit or proceeding
to which the Company is a party or of which any property or assets
of the Company is the subject before or by any court or
Governmental Authority (as defined below), or any arbitrator,
which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be
expected to result in any Material Adverse Change. There are no
actions, suits or proceedings to which the Company is a party or of
which any property or assets of the Company is the subject that are
required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, Time of
Sale Disclosure Package and Prospectus by the Act or by the Rules
and Regulations that have not been so disclosed.
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(ix)
There are no statutes or regulations applicable to the Company, or
contracts or documents of the Company that are required to be
described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or be filed as exhibits to
the Registration Statement by the Act or by the Rules and
Regulations that have not been so described or filed.
(x)
This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Company, and constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation
of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
rights to indemnity hereunder may be limited by federal or state
securities laws and except as such enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting
the rights of creditors generally and subject to general principles
of equity. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein
contemplated will not (i) result in a breach or violation of
any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under,
or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company pursuant to
any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or
assets of the Company is subject, (ii) result in any violation
of the provisions of the Company’s charter or by laws or
(iii) result in the violation of any law or statute, or any
order, rule, regulation, judgment or decree of any court or
arbitrator or federal, state, local or foreign governmental agency
or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any
of its properties or assets (each, a “Governmental
Authority” ). No consent, approval, authorization or
order of, or filing with, any court or Governmental Authority is
required for the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement or for the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, including the issuance or sale of the Securities by the
Company, except such as may be required under the Act, the rules of
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or state
securities or blue sky laws; and the Company has full power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and to authorize, issue and
sell the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement.
(xi)
All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company, including the outstanding shares of Common Stock, are duly
authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have
been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities
laws, were not issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive
rights or other rights to subscribe for or purchase securities that
have not been waived in writing (a copy of which has been delivered
to counsel to the Representatives), and the holders thereof are not
subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders; the
Securities which may be sold hereunder by the Company have been
duly authorized and, when issued, delivered and paid for in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will have been validly
issued and will be fully paid and nonassessable, and the holders
thereof will not be subject to personal liability by reason of
being such holders; and the capital stock of the Company, including
the Common Stock, conforms to the description thereof in the
Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and
in the Prospectus.
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Except as
otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no preemptive
rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any
restriction upon the voting or transfer of, any shares of Common
Stock pursuant to the Company’s charter, by-laws or any
agreement or other instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which the Company is bound. Neither the filing of the Registration
Statement nor the offering or sale of the Securities as
contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights for or
relating to the registration of any shares of Common Stock or other
securities of the Company that have not been waived in writing (a
copy of which has been delivered to counsel to the
Representatives). Except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement, in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the
Prospectus, there are no options, warrants, agreements, contracts
or other rights in existence to purchase or acquire from the
Company any shares of the capital stock of the Company (other than
options to purchase common stock granted pursuant to the
Company’s stock option plans existing on the date hereof
subsequent to the dates set forth therein). The Company has an
authorized and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus.
(xii)
The Company possesses all licenses, certificates, permits and other
authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and
filings with, the appropriate Governmental Authorities that are
necessary for the ownership or lease of its properties or the
conduct of its business; the Company has not received notice of any
revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit
or authorization and have no reason to believe that any such
license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed
in the ordinary course; and the Company is are in compliance in all
material respects with all applicable federal, state, local and
foreign laws, regulations, orders and decrees.
(xiii)
The Company has good and marketable title to all property (whether
real or personal) described in the Registration Statement, the Time
of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being owned by it,
in each case free and clear of all liens, claims, security
interests, other encumbrances or defects except such as are
disclosed in the Registration Statement the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus. The property held under lease by the
Company is held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable
leases with only such exceptions with respect to any particular
lease as do not interfere in any material respect with the conduct
of the business of the Company.
(xiv)
Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company owns, possesses
or can acquire on reasonable terms all Intellectual Property (as
defined below) necessary for the conduct of the business of the
Company as now conducted or as described in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
to be conducted, except to the extent such failure to own, possess
or acquire such Intellectual Property would not result in a
Material Adverse Change. Except as
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disclosed in
the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus under the caption “Business-Patents and
Proprietary Rights,” (i) to the knowledge of the
Company, there is no infringement, misappropriation or violation by
third parties of any such Intellectual Property; (ii) there is
no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action,
suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the rights of the
Company in or to any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is
unaware of any facts which would support any such claim;
(iii) the Intellectual Property owned by the Company and, to
the knowledge of the Company, the Intellectual Property licensed to
the Company have not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in
whole or in part, and there is no pending or, to the knowledge of
the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others
challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual
Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would
support any such claim; (iv) there is no pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or
claim by others that the Company infringes, misappropriates or
otherwise violates any Intellectual Property or other proprietary
rights of others, the Company has not received any written notice
of such claim and the Company has no reason to believe that the
conduct of its business conflicts with any such Intellectual
Property or proprietary rights of others; and (v) to the
Company’s knowledge, no employee of the Company is in or has
ever been in violation of any material term of any employment
contract, patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment
agreement, non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement,
nondisclosure agreement or any restrictive covenant to or with a
former employer where the basis of such violation relates to such
employee’s employment with the Company, or actions undertaken
by the employee while employed with the Company. The term
“Intellectual Property” as used herein means patents,
patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service
mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions,
trade secrets, technology, know-how and other intellectual
property.
(xv)
The Company is not (a) in violation of its charter or by-laws;
(b) in breach of or otherwise in default, and no event has
occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute such a default in the performance or observance of any
material term, covenant, obligation, agreement or condition
contained in any bond, debenture, note, indenture, loan agreement,
mortgage, deed of trust, or any other material contract, lease or
other instrument to which it is subject or by which it may be
bound, or to which any of the material property or assets of the
Company is subject or (c) in violation in any material respect
of any law or statute or any order, rule, regulation, judgment or
decree of any court or Governmental Authority.
(xvi)
The Company has timely filed all federal, state, local and foreign
income and franchise tax returns required to be filed and are not
in default in the payment of any material taxes which were payable
pursuant to said returns or any assessments with respect thereto,
other than any which the Company is contesting in good faith. There
is no pending dispute with any taxing authority relating to any of
such returns and the Company has no knowledge of any proposed
liability for any tax
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to be imposed
upon the properties or assets of the Company for which there is not
an adequate reserve reflected in the Company’s financial
statements included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
(xvii)
The Company has not distributed and will not distribute any
prospectus or other offering material in connection with the
offering and sale of the Securities other than any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Prospectus
or other materials permitted by the Act to be distributed by the
Company; provided, however, that, except as set forth on
Schedule II, the Company has not made and will not make any
offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a
“free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405
except in accordance with the provisions of Section 4(s) of this
Agreement.
(xviii)
The Securities have been approved for quotation on the Nasdaq
National Market upon official notice of issuance and, on the date
the Registration Statement became or becomes effective, the
Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A or other
applicable form under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act” ), became or will
become effective.
(xix)
The Company has no subsidiaries. The Company, directly or
indirectly, owns no capital stock or other equity or ownership or
proprietary interest in any corporation, partnership, association,
trust or other entity.
(xx)
The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization;
(ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States and to maintain
accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only
in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets
is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except
as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the date of the most
recent evaluation of such system of internal accounting controls,
there has been no material change in internal control over
financial reporting, including any corrective actions with regard
to significant deficiencies or material weaknesses.
(xxi)
The Company’s board of directors has validly appointed an
audit committee that satisfies the applicable requirements of
Rule 4350(d)(2) of the Rules of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. (the “NASD Rules” ) and
the Company’s board of directors and/or the audit committee
has adopted a charter that satisfies the requirements of
Rule 4350(d)(1) of the NASD Rules. Neither the Company’s
board of directors nor the audit committee has been informed, nor
is any director of the Company aware, of (1) any significant
deficiency in the design or operation of the Company’s
internal controls which could adversely affect the
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Company’s
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data or
any material weakness in the Company’s internal controls; or
(2) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees of the Company who have a significant
role in the Company’s internal controls.
(xxii)
No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the
Company on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders,
customers or suppliers of the Company on the other hand, which is
required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus which is not so
described. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, extended or
maintained credit, or arranged for the extension of credit, or
renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to
or for any of their directors or executive officers in violation of
applicable laws, including Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act.
(xxiii)
Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus: (i) the Company is and
at all times has been in compliance in all material respects with
all statutes, rules, regulations or guidances applicable to the
ownership, testing, development, manufacture, packaging,
processing, use, distribution, marketing, labeling, promotion,
sale, offer for sale, storage, import, export or disposal of any
product manufactured or distributed by the Company
(“Applicable Laws”) ; (ii) the Company has
not received any FDA Form 483, warning letter, untitled letter
or other correspondence or notice from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration ( “FDA” ) or any other
Governmental Authority alleging or asserting noncompliance with any
Applicable Laws or any licenses, certificates, approvals,
clearances, authorizations, permits and supplements or amendments
thereto required by any such Applicable Laws
(“Authorizations”) ; (iii) the Company
possesses all material Authorizations and such material
Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect and are not
in violation of any term of any such material Authorizations;
(iv) the Company has not received notice of any pending or
threatened claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement,
investigation, arbitration or other action from any Governmental
Authority or third party alleging that any product, operation or
activity is in violation of any Applicable Laws or Authorizations
and the Company does not have knowledge that any such Governmental
Authority or third party is considering any such claim, litigation,
arbitration, action, suit, investigation or proceeding;
(v) the Company has not received notice that any Governmental
Authority has taken, is taking or intends to take action to limit,
suspend, modify or revoke any Authorizations and the Company does
not have knowledge that any such Governmental Authority is
considering such action; (vi) the Company has filed, obtained,
maintained or submitted all material reports, documents, forms,
notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements
or amendments as required by any Applicable Laws or Authorizations
and that all such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications,
records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments were
complete and correct in all material respects on the date filed (or
were corrected or supplemented in all material
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respects by a
subsequent submission); and (vii) the Company has not, either
voluntarily or involuntarily, initiated, conducted or issued or
caused to be initiated, conducted or issued, any recall, market
withdrawal or replacement, safety alert, post sale warning,
“dear doctor” letter or other notice or action relating
to the alleged lack of safety or efficacy of any product or any
alleged product defect or violation and, to the knowledge of the
Company, no Governmental Authority has initiated, conducted or
intends to initiate any such notice or action.
(xxiv)
The studies, tests and preclinical and clinical trials conducted by
or, to the knowledge of the Company, on behalf of the Company were
and, if still pending, are being conducted in accordance with
experimental protocols, procedures and controls pursuant to
accepted professional scientific standards and all Applicable Laws
and Authorizations, including, without limitation, the Federal
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder at 21 C.F.R. Parts 50, 54, 56, 58 and 312
(collectively, “FFDCA” ). The descriptions of
the results of such studies, tests and trials contained in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus are accurate and complete in all material respects and
fairly present the data derived from such studies, tests and
trials. Except to the extent disclosed in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
the Company does not have any knowledge of any studies, tests or
trials the results of which reasonably call into question the
study, test or trial results described or referred to in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus when viewed in the context in which such results are
described and the clinical state of development. The Company has
not received any notices or correspondence from any Governmental
Authority requiring the termination, suspension or material
modification of any studies, tests or preclinical or clinical
trials conducted by or on behalf of the Company.
(xxv)
Without limiting the generality of clause (xxiv) above and
except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and its business
operations are and at all times have been in compliance in all
material respects with Health Care Laws. For purposes of this
Agreement, “Health Care Laws” means (A) the
federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, and the regulations
promulgated thereunder, (B) all federal and state fraud and
abuse laws, including, without limitation, the federal
Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. §1320a-7b(b)), the Stark Law
(42 U.S.C. §1395nn), the civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C.
§3729 et seq. ), Sections 1320a-7 and 1320a-7a of
Title 42 of the United States Code and the regulations promulgated
pursuant to such statutes, (C) the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (18 U.S.C.
§§669, 1035, 1347 and 1518; 42 U.S.C. §1320d et
seq. ) and the regulations promulgated thereunder, (D) the
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. §801 et seq. ),
(E) Titles XVIII (42 U.S.C. §1395 et seq. ) and
XIX (42 U.S.C. §1396 et seq. ) of the Social Security
Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder, (F) the
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of
2003 (42 U.S.C. §1395w-101 et seq. ) and the
regulations promulgated thereunder, (G) quality, safety
and
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standards and requirements of all applicable state laws or
regulatory bodies and (H) any and all other applicable health
care laws, regulations, manual provisions, policies and
administrative guidance, each of (A) through (H) as may
be amended from time to time.
(xxvi)
The Company (i) is in compliance with any and all applicable
federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations,
decisions and orders relating to the protection of human health and
safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes,
pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental
Laws” ); (ii) has received and is in compliance with
all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under
applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their business; and
(iii) has not received notice of any actual or potential
liability for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or
release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or
contaminants, except in any such case for any such failure to
comply, or failure to receive required permits, licenses or
approvals, or liability as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change.
(xxvii)
Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3)
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
( “ERISA” ), that is maintained, administered or
contributed to by the Company for employees or former employees of
the Company has been maintained in compliance with its terms and
the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and
regulations, including ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the “Code” ). No prohibited
transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any
such plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory
or administrative exemption; and for each such plan that is subject
to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302
of ERISA, no “accumulated funding deficiency” as
defined in Section 412 of the Code has been incurred, whether
or not waived, and the fair market value of the assets of each such
plan (excluding for these purposes accrued but unpaid
contributions) exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued
under such plan determined using reasonable actuarial
assumptions.
(xxviii)
Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has not granted
rights to develop, manufacture, produce, assemble, distribute,
license, market or sell its products to any other person and is not
bound by any agreement that affects the exclusive right of the
Company to develop, manufacture, produce, assemble, distribute,
license, market or sell its products.
(xxix)
Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused
the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data
included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus is
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not based on or
derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material
respects.
(xxx)
Other than as contemplated by this Agreement, the Company has not
incurred any liability for any finder’s or broker’s fee
or agent’s commission in connection with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(xxxi)
The Company is not presently doing business with the government of
Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba.
(xxxii)
The Company carries, or is covered by, insurance in such amounts
and covering such risks as is adequate for the conduct of its
business and the value of its properties and as is customary for
companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries; and
the Company has (i) not received notice from any insurer or
agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other
expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to
continue such insurance or (ii) no 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 at
reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to
continue its business.
(xxxiii)
Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any
director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with
or acting on behalf of the Company has (i) used any corporate
funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other
unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any
direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic
government official or employee from corporate funds;
(iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe,
rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful
payment.
(xxxiv)
Except with notice to the Representatives and compliance with
applicable laws, none of the Directed Stock (as defined below)
distributed in connection with the Directed Stock Program (as
defined below) will be offered or sold outside of the United
States.
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