Exhibit 10.20
ROCKWELL MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of
November 28, 2007, and is by and among (i) Rockwell
Medical Technologies, Inc., a Michigan corporation, with its
principal office at 30142 Wixom Road, Wixom, Michigan 48393 (the
“ Company ”) and (ii) each person listed on
Schedule 1 hereto (each of the persons or entities
described in clause (ii), individually, a “ Purchaser
” and, collectively, the “ Purchasers
”).
WHEREAS, the Company desires to issue
and sell to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers desire to purchase
from the Company, (i) an aggregate of 2,158,337 shares (the
“ Shares ”) of the authorized but unissued
shares of common stock, no par value per share, of the Company (the
“ Common Stock ”), and (ii) warrants
to purchase an aggregate of 1,079,169 shares of Common Stock, for
an aggregate purchase price of $12,950,022, in each case all upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Company and the
Purchasers are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance
upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by
Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the
provisions of Regulation D (“ Regulation
D ”), as promulgated by the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission thereunder; and
WHEREAS, simultaneously with entering
in this Agreement, the Company and the Purchasers are entering into
that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date
hereof (as amended, the “ Registration Rights
Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Company shall
register for resale the Shares and the Warrant Shares (as defined
below) on the terms set forth therein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of
the mutual agreements, representations, warranties and covenants
herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Definitions . As used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
respective meanings:
(a)
“ Affiliate ” means any Person that, directly or
indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with, a Person, as such
terms are used and construed under Rule 144 (as defined
below). With respect to a Purchaser, any investment fund or managed
account that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same
investment manager as such Purchaser will be deemed to be an
Affiliate of such Purchaser.
(b)
“ Board ” means the board of directors of the
Company.
(c)
“ Effective Date ” means the date on which the
registration statement(s) covering the resale of all of the Shares
and the Warrant Shares is initially declared effective by the
SEC.
(d)
“ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, and all of the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
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(e)
“ FDA ” means the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration or other successor administration or agency.
(f)
“ knowledge ” when used in reference to a
business entity means the actual or constructive knowledge of the
directors and executive officers of such business entity, and when
used in reference to an individual means the actual or constructive
knowledge of such individual. For this purpose,
“constructive” knowledge means the knowledge that a
person should have had after reasonable inquiry or investigation,
whether or not such inquiry or investigation has actually
occurred.
(g)
“ Majority Purchasers ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 8.12.
(h)
“ Material Adverse Effect ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 3.1 of this Agreement.
(i)
“ Person ” (whether or not capitalized) means an
individual, entity, partnership, limited liability company,
corporation, association, trust, joint venture, unincorporated
organization or any other form of entity not specifically listed
herein, and any government, governmental department or agency or
political subdivision thereof.
(j)
“ Product ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.18 of this Agreement.
(k)
“ Regulatory Authority(ies) ” means any
governmental authority in a country or region that regulates the
manufacture or sale of Company’s products, including, but not
limited to, the United States Food and Drug Administration.
(l)
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated
under the Securities Act and any successor or substitute rule, law
or provision.
(m)
“ SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
(n)
“ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and all of the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
(o)
“ Transfer Agent Instructions ” means
irrevocable instructions given in writing by the Company to the
Company’s transfer agent to issue an original stock
certificate to each Purchaser for the number of Shares purchased by
such Purchaser as set forth on Schedule 1
hereto and registered in the name of such Purchaser.
(p)
“ Transaction Documents ” means, collectively,
this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Warrants and
any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(q)
“ Warrants ” means the warrants to purchase
shares of Common Stock, dated as of the Closing Date, issued by the
Company to the Purchasers, in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A .
(r)
“ Warrant Shares ” means the shares of
Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of the
Warrants.
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2. Purchase and
Sale; Closing .
2.1
Purchase and Sale . Subject to and upon the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company
agrees to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser
hereby agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the
Company, at the Closing, units consisting of one (1) Share and
a Warrant to purchase one-half (1/2) share of Common Stock, with
the aggregate number of Shares and Warrants being purchased under
this Agreement by each Purchaser as set forth opposite such
Purchaser’s name on Schedule 1 hereto.
The Shares and the corresponding Warrants shall be purchased as a
unit at a purchase price per unit equal to $6.00.
2.2
Closing . The closing of the transactions contemplated under
this Agreement (the “ Closing ”) shall take
place as soon as possible after the satisfaction or waiver of the
conditions set forth in Section 5 below, and in any event on
or prior to 11:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) on Wednesday,
November 28, 2007, remotely via exchange of documents and
signatures. At the Closing, (a) the Company shall deliver to
each Purchaser (i) an original stock certificate, registered
in the name of such Purchaser, representing the number of Shares
purchased by such Purchaser, and (ii) an original warrant,
registered in the name of such Purchaser, representing the number
of Warrants purchased by such Purchaser, and (b) each
Purchaser shall deliver to the Company payment of the purchase
price for such Shares and Warrants by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to such account as the Company shall designate in
writing. The date on which the Closing actually occurs is the
“Closing Date”.
3. Representations and Warranties
of the Company . Except as otherwise specifically described in
the Company’s SEC Documents (as defined herein) and the
exhibits thereto, which qualifies the following representations,
warranties and covenants in their entirety, or as set forth on the
specific schedule furnished by the Company to each Purchaser
(collectively, the “ Disclosure Schedule
”) attached hereto as Exhibit B , the
Company hereby represents and warrants to each Purchaser, as of the
date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date (if different)as
follows:
3.1
Incorporation . The Company and each of the Subsidiaries (as
defined in Section 3.17 below), if any, is a corporation or other
entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the State of Michigan (or such other applicable
jurisdiction of incorporation or formation), and is in good
standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each
jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or the
character of the 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 not result in a material
adverse effect on the assets, liabilities (contingent or
otherwise), business, operations, prospects or condition (financial
or otherwise) of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole
(“ Material Adverse Effect ”). The
Company and each of the Subsidiaries, if any, have all requisite
corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now
conducted and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and
in the Transaction Documents. Neither the Company nor any of the
Subsidiaries is in violation of any of the provisions of its
articles of incorporation (or other similar corporate formation or
organization document) or by-laws (or other similar corporate
governance document).
3.2
Capitalization . The authorized capital stock of the Company
consists of (i) 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which
11,656,849 shares are outstanding as of the date of this Agreement,
and (ii) 3,416,664 shares of preferred stock, of which there
are zero (0) shares outstanding as of the date of this
Agreement; and (iii) 4,237,135 shares of Common Stock are
issuable and reserved for issuance pursuant to option (or other
equity incentive) plans or securities exercisable for, or
convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of
the Company comprised of (a) outstanding stock options to
purchase 3,132,135 shares of the Company’s Common Stock under
existing approved stock
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option
or other equity incentive plans, (b) 925,000 shares of Common
Stock reserved for future issuance under existing approved stock
plans, and (c) 180,000 shares of the Company’s Common
Stock are reserved for issuance under outstanding warrant
agreements. All shares of the Company’s issued and
outstanding capital stock have been duly authorized, are validly
issued and outstanding, and are fully paid and non-assessable and
were issued in full compliance with applicable state and federal
securities laws and rights of third parties. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.2 to the Disclosure Schedule, there are no
existing options, warrants, calls, preemptive (or similar) rights,
subscriptions or other rights, agreements, arrangements or
commitments of any character obligating the Company to issue,
transfer or sell, or cause to be issued, transferred or sold, any
shares of the capital stock of the Company or other equity
interests in the Company or any securities convertible into or
exchangeable for such shares of capital stock or other equity
interests, excluding the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant
Shares to be issued to the Purchasers as contemplated by this
Agreement, and there are no outstanding contractual obligations of
the Company to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares
of its capital stock or other securities or equity interests. The
issue and sale of the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares
will not obligate the Company to issue or sell, pursuant to any
pre-emptive right or otherwise, 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 outstanding
shares of capital stock or other securities. The issuance and sale
of the Shares, the Warrants (and the Warrant Shares pursuant to the
Warrants) will not result in the adjustment of the exercise,
conversion, exchange or reset price of any outstanding
security.
3.3
Registration Rights . Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.3 to the Disclosure Schedule, the Company
has not granted or agreed to grant to any Person any right
(including “piggy-back” and demand registration rights)
to have any shares of capital stock or other securities of the
Company registered with the SEC or any other governmental
authority. The Company is eligible to utilize the registration
statement on Form S-3 in connection with fulfilling its obligations
to the Purchasers under the Registration Rights Agreement and, to
the Company’s knowledge, no facts or circumstances currently
exist or are pending or threatened which could reasonably be
expected to prevent the Company from remaining eligible to use Form
S-3 to register the Shares and Warrant Shares pursuant to said
Registration Rights Agreement.
3.4
Authorization . All corporate action on the part of the
Company, its officers, directors and shareholders, necessary for
the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein and therein has been taken. When
executed and delivered by the Company, each of this Agreement and
the Transaction Documents shall constitute a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company
in accordance with its terms, except as such may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable
principles. The Company has all requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and the Transaction
Documents and to carry out and perform its obligations under their
respective terms.
3.5
Valid Issuance of the Shares . The Shares, the Warrants and
the Warrant Shares have been duly authorized, and the Shares and
the Warrant Shares, upon issuance pursuant to the terms hereof and
the terms of the Warrants, respectively, will be validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to any encumbrances
and restrictions except for restrictions on transfer set forth in
the Transaction Documents or imposed by applicable securities laws,
preemptive rights or any other similar contractual rights of the
stockholders of the Company or any other Person. The Company has
reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the number of
shares of Common Stock issuable under the terms of this Agreement
and upon the exercise in full of all of the Warrants.
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3.6
Financial Statements . The Company has prepared and made
available to the Purchasers copies of (i) the audited
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Subsidiaries as
of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 and the related
audited consolidated income statement, audited consolidated
statement of cash flows and audited consolidated statement of
stockholders’ equity of the Company and the Subsidiaries for
the year then ended (the “ Audited Financial
Statements ”), and (ii) the unaudited
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Subsidiaries as
of September 30, 2007 (the “ Most Recent
Balance Sheet ”), and the related unaudited
consolidated income statement and unaudited consolidated statement
of cash flows of the Company and the Subsidiaries for the same
periods then ended (the financial statements in this clause
(ii) are hereinafter referred to, collectively, as the “
Unaudited Financial Statements ”). All
of the financial statements described in clauses (i)-(ii) above are
hereinafter referred to, collectively, as the “
Financial Statements ”. The Financial
Statements have been prepared in accordance with United States
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent
basis during the periods covered thereby, subject, in the case of
the Unaudited Financial Statements, to normal year-end adjustments
(which individually and in the aggregate are not material) and to
the absence of footnotes thereto, and present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of the Company and the
Subsidiaries and the results of operations as of the date and for
the periods indicated therein.
3.7
SEC Documents . The Company has prepared and made available
to the Purchasers copies of the following reports of the Company
(collectively, the “ SEC Documents ”):
(i) the annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2006 (the “ Annual Report
”) and (ii) quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the
periods ended September 30, 2007, June 30, 2007 and
March 31, 2007. As of their respective filing dates, the SEC
Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements
of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, and none of the SEC Documents contain 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 made therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the
Company included in the SEC Documents comply in all material
respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and
regulations of the SEC with respect thereto in effect at the time
of filing. All contracts, agreements, instruments and other
documents to which the Company is a party or to which the property
or assets of the Company are subject are included as part of, or
specifically identified in, the SEC Documents to the extent
required by the rules and regulations of the SEC as in effect at
the time of filing, and each such contract, agreement, instrument
and other document is legal, valid, binding and enforceable against
the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as
such may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by
general equitable principles. For the three (3) full fiscal
years prior to this year, the Company has prepared and filed with
the SEC all filings and reports required by the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act to make the Company’s filings and reports
current in all respects. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents,
and except for liabilities and obligations incurred since the date
of the Most Recent Balance Sheet in the ordinary course of
business, consistent with past practice: (i) the Company and
its Subsidiaries do not have any material liabilities or
obligations (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise)
and (ii) there has not been any aspect of the prior or current
conduct of the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries which
may form the basis for any material claim by any third party which
if asserted could result in a Material Adverse Effect.
3.8
Consents . Except for (a) the filing and effectiveness
of any registration statement required to be filed by the Company
under the Securities Act pursuant to the terms of the Registration
Rights Agreement; (b) any required state “blue
sky” law filings in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereunder or under the Transaction Documents; and
(c) the possible filing of Form D with
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the SEC;
the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the
Transaction Documents, the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein and therein, and the issuance of the Shares,
the Warrants and the Warrant Shares, do not require the consent or
approval of any third party or the stockholders of, or any lender
to, the Company or the Trading Market (as defined below). All
material consents, approvals, orders and authorizations required on
the part of the Company in connection with the execution or
delivery of, or the performance of the obligations under, this
Agreement and the Transaction Documents, and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated herein and therein, including the
issuance of the Shares the Warrants and the Warrant Shares, have
been obtained or will be obtained and will be effective as of the
Closing Date.
3.9
No Conflict; Compliance With Laws .
(a) The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement and the Transaction Documents, and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the
issuance of the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares, do not
and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the
articles of incorporation (or other charter documents) or by-laws
(or other similar documents) of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries, (ii) breach, conflict with or result in any violation
of or default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or
both would become a default) under, or give rise to a right of
termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or
without notice or lapse of time, or both) of any obligation,
contract, commitment, lease, agreement, mortgage, note, bond,
indenture or other instrument or obligation to which the Company or
any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which they or any of their
properties or assets are bound, except in each case to the extent
such breach, conflict, violation, default, termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation does not, and could not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect, or (iii) result in a violation of any statute,
law, rule, regulation, order, ordinance or restriction applicable
to the Company, the Subsidiaries or any of their properties or
assets, or any judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any court,
judicial or quasi-judicial tribunal applicable to the Company, the
Subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets.
(b) Neither
the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries, (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 of the Subsidiaries), nor
has the Company or any of the Subsidiaries received written 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 or assets is bound (whether or not such default or
violation has been waived), except in each case to the extent such
default or violation does not, and could not reasonably be expected
to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect (ii) is in violation of any statute, rule or regulation
of any governmental authority, including without limitation all
foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes,
environmental protection, occupational health and safety, food and
drugs, product quality and safety, employment and labor matters,
and securities regulation (including the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act and the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, and all
rules and regulations promulgated under each such Act).
3.10
Brokers or Finders . Except as set forth in
Schedule 3.10 , neither the Company nor any of the
Subsidiaries has dealt with any broker or finder in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction
Documents, and neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has
incurred, or shall incur, directly or indirectly, any liability for
any brokerage or finders’ fees or agents’ commissions
or any similar charges in connection with this Agreement or the
Transaction Documents, or any transaction contemplated hereby or
thereby.
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3.11
Trading Market Listing and Maintenance . The Company’s
Common Stock is currently traded, and thus quoted, on The Nasdaq
Global Market (“ Trading Market ”). Since
January 1, 2004, the Company has complied in all material
respects with all of the marketplace rules and regulations of the
Trading Market. The Company has not, in the twelve (12) months
preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market
on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the
effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or
maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is
currently in material compliance with all such listing and
maintenance requirements and, to the Company’s knowledge,
there is currently no basis for the delisting of the Common Stock
from the Trading Market. The Company and its directors, officers,
employees and agents has not at any time prior to the Closing Date
provided any Purchaser with any material, non-public information
regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries.
3.12
Absence of Litigation . There is no action, suit, inquiry,
notice of violation, proceeding or, to the knowledge of the
Company, investigation pending nor, to the knowledge of the
Company, is any of the above threatened against 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)
(each an “ Action ”) which (i) adversely affects
or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of this
Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents or any of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including the issuance
of the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares, or
(ii) could reasonably be expected to, if there were an
unfavorable decision, have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor, to the knowledge of
the Company, 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 associated with such director or
officer’s service to or association with the Company. To the
knowledge of the Company, there has not been and there is not
pending or threatened, any investigation by the SEC involving the
Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company
associated with such director or officer’s service to or
other association with the Company. The SEC 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.
3.13
No Undisclosed Liabilities; Indebtedness . Since the date of
the Most Recent Balance Sheet, the Company and the Subsidiaries
have incurred no liabilities or obligations, whether known or
unknown, asserted or unasserted, fixed or contingent, accrued or
unaccrued, mature or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, or
otherwise, except for liabilities or obligations, that,
individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not have a
Material Adverse Effect and other than liabilities and obligations
arising in the ordinary course of business. Except for indebtedness
reflected in the Most Recent Balance Sheet, the Company has no
indebtedness outstanding as of the date hereof. The Company is not
in default with respect to any outstanding indebtedness or any
instrument relating thereto.
3.14
Title to Assets . Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries
has good and marketable title to all real and personal property
owned by it that is material to the business of the Company or such
Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens and
encumbrances, except those, if any, reflected in the Financial
Statements or incurred in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice. Any real property and facilities
held under lease by the Company or the Subsidiaries are held by it
or them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases (subject to
laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, or other similar laws affecting creditors’
rights generally and other equitable remedies) with which the
Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material
respects.
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3.15
Labor Relations . No labor or employment dispute exists or,
to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent or threatened, with
respect to any of the employees of the Company or any of the
consultants who serve on any scientific advisory board or other
similar committee of the Company, that has, or could reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect.
3.16
Intellectual Property . The Company and the Subsidiaries own
or have the right to use all (i) valid and enforceable
patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark registrations,
service marks, service mark registrations, Internet domain name
registrations, copyrights, copyright registrations, licenses, trade
secret rights and (ii) inventions, software, works of
authorship, trade names, databases, formulae, know how, Internet
domain names and other intellectual property (including trade
secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary
confidential information, systems, or procedures) (collectively,
the “ Intellectual Property ”) used in,
or necessary to conduct, their respective businesses as currently
conducted and as proposed to be conducted, and as described in the
SEC Documents. To the knowledge of the Company, the Company and the
Subsidiaries’ ownership or use of the Intellectual Property
in their respective businesses as currently conducted and proposed
to be conducted do not give rise to any infringement,
misappropriation, or other violation of any valid and enforceable
intellectual property rights of any other person. Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.16 to the Disclosure
Schedule, there have been no written claims or notice made against
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries (a) asserting the
invalidity, abuse, misuse, or unenforceability of any of the
Intellectual Property, and, to the Company’s knowledge, there
are no reasonable grounds for any such claims, or (b) that
they are in conflict with or infringing upon the asserted rights of
others in connection with the Intellectual Property. Neither the
Company nor its Subsidiaries have made any claim of any violation
or infringement by others of the Company’s or the
Subsidiaries’ rights in or to the Intellectual Property, and
to the Company’s knowledge, no reasonable grounds for such
claims exist. Other than as set forth on Schedule
3.16 to the Disclosure Schedule, no material royalties or
fees (license or otherwise) are payable by the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries to any Person by reason of the ownership or use of
any of the Intellectual Property.
3.17
Subsidiaries; Joint Ventures . Except for the subsidiaries
listed on Schedule 3.17 to the Disclosure Schedule (the
“ Subsidiaries ”), the Company has no
subsidiaries and does not otherwise own or control, directly or
indirectly, any other Person. The Company is not a participant in
any joint venture, partnership, or similar arrangement material to
its business.
3.18
Compliance with FDA and Other Regulatory Requirements
.
(a) With
respect to any existing products and, to the extent applicable, any
other products currently under development by the Company
(collectively, the “ Products ”), (i)
(A) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has obtained all
necessary and applicable approvals, clearances, authorizations,
licenses and registrations required by United States or foreign
governments or government agencies, to permit the design,
development, pre-clinical and clinical testing, manufacture,
labeling, sale, distribution and promotion of its Products in
jurisdictions where it currently conducts such activities or
contemplates conducting such activities (the “ Activities
to Date ”) with respect to each Product as are required
for each Product at its current stage of development (collectively,
the “ Company Licenses ”); (B) the Company
and each of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, is in compliance
with all terms and conditions of each Company License and with all
applicable laws pertaining to the Activities to Date with respect
to each Product which is not required to be the subject of a
Company License; (C) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries,
as the case may be, is in compliance with all applicable laws
regarding registration, license, certification for each site at
which a Product is manufactured, labeled, sold, or distributed; and
(D) to the extent that any Product has been exported from the
United States, the Company
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or, as
applicable, a Subsidiary of the Company exporting such Product, has
exported such Product in compliance in all material respects with
applicable law; (ii) all manufacturing operations performed by
or on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries have been and are
being conducted in all respects in compliance with the Quality
Systems Regulations of the FDA and, to the extent applicable to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, counterpart regulations in the
European Union and all other countries where compliance is
required; (iii) all non-clinical laboratory studies of
Products under development, sponsored by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and intended to be used to support regulatory
clearance or approval, have been and are being conducted in
material compliance with the FDA’s Good Laboratory Practice
for Non-Clinical Studies regulations (21 CFR Part 58) in the
United States and, to the extent applicable to the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, counterpart regulations in the European Union
and all other countries; and (iv) the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable reporting
requirements for all Company Licenses or plant registrations
described in clause (i) above, including, but not limited to,
applicable adverse event reporting requirements in the United
States and outside of the United States under applicable law.
(b) The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in material compliance with
all FDA and non-United States equivalent agencies and similar state
and local laws applicable to the maintenance, compilation and
filing of reports, including medical device reports, with regard to
the Products. Schedule 3.18(b) sets forth a list of all
adverse event reports related to the Products, including any
Medical Device Reports (as defined in 21 CFR 803). The public
complaint review and analysis reports of the Company and each of
its Subsidiaries through the date hereof, including information
regarding complaints by product and root cause analysis of closed
complaints, are accurate in all material respects, and except as
set forth on Schedule 3.18(b) , to the best of the
Company’s knowledge, there are no material, undisclosed
complaints against the Company or the Products that relate to the
medical aspects of the Products or which require public disclosure
by the Company (and have not been disclosed).
(c) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written
notice or other written communication from the FDA or any other
Regulatory Authority (i) contesting the pre-market clearance
or approval of, the uses of or the labeling and promotion of any of
the Products, or (ii) otherwise alleging any violation of any laws
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. There have been no
recalls, field notifications or seizures ordered or adverse
regulatory actions taken (or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened) by the FDA or any other Regulatory Authority with
respect to any of the Products, including any facilities where any
such Products are produced, processed, packaged or stored and
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has within the last
three (3) years, either voluntarily or at the request of any
Regulatory Authority, initiated or participated in a recall of any
Product or provided post-sale warnings regarding any Product. The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries have conducted all of their
clinical trials with reasonable care and in compliance with all
applicable laws and the stated protocols for such clinical
trials.
(d) All
filings with and submissions to the FDA and any corollary entity in
any other jurisdiction made by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries with regard to the Products, whether oral, written or
electronically delivered, were true, accurate and complete in all
material respects as of the date made, and, to the extent required
to be updated, as so updated remain true, accurate and complete in
all material respects as of the date hereof, and do not materially
misstate any of the statements or information included therein, or
omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading.
3.19
Taxes . The Company and each of the Subsidiaries has filed
(or has had filed on its behalf), will timely file or will cause to
be timely filed, or has timely filed for an extension of the time
to file, all material Tax Returns (as defined below) required by
applicable law to be filed by it or them prior to or as of the date
hereof, and such Tax Returns are, or will be at the time of filing,
true, correct and complete in all material respects. Each of the
Company and the Subsidiaries has paid (or has had paid on its
behalf) or, where payment is not yet due, has established (or has
had established on its behalf and for
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its sole
benefit and recourse) or will establish or cause to be established
in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting
principles on or before the date of hereof an adequate accrual for
the payment of, all material Taxes (as defined below) due with
respect to any period ending prior to or as of the date hereof.
“ Taxes ” shall mean any and all taxes, charges,
fees, levies or other assessments, including income, gross
receipts, excise, real or personal property, sales, withholding,
social security, retirement, unemployment, occupation, use, goods
and services, license, value added, capital, net worth, payroll,
profits, franchise, transfer and recording taxes, fees and charges,
and any other taxes, assessment or similar charges imposed by the
Internal Revenue Service or any taxing authority (whether state,
county, local or foreign) (each, a “ Taxing Authority
”), including any interest, fines, penalties or additional
amounts attributable to or imposed upon any such taxes or other
assessments. “ Tax Return ” shall mean any
report, return, document, declaration or other information or
filing required to be supplied to any Taxing Authority, including
information returns, any documents with respect to accompanying
payments of estimated Taxes, or with respect to or accompanying
requests for extensions of time in which to file any such return,
report, document, declaration or other information. There are no
claims or assessments pending against the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries for any material alleged deficie
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