Exhibit 4.15
Subscription
Agreement
JMP Group Inc.
600 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100
San Francisco, California 94111
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned (the “
Investor ”) hereby confirms and agrees with JMP Group
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”),
as follows:
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As of the
Closing (as defined below) and subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, the Investor will purchase from the Company and the Company
will issue and sell to the Investor (i) such number of shares
(the “ Shares ”) of common stock of the Company,
par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock
”), and (ii) such number of warrants (the “
Warrants ”) to purchase shares of Common Stock, in
such number of units (the “ Units ”), with each
Unit consisting of (a) one share of Common Stock and
(b) one Warrant to purchase of a share of Common Stock, as is
set forth on the signature page hereto (the “ Signature
Page ”) for a purchase price of $ per Unit.
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The closing is
expected to occur on or about (the “ Closing ”),
subject to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions set forth
in the Placement Agency Agreement dated as of (the “
Placement Agency Agreement ”) entered into by and
between the Company and the placement agent for the Offering (as
defined below).
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The offering
and sale of the Units (the “ Offering ”) is
being made pursuant to (i) an effective registration statement
(the “ Registration Statement ”) on Form S-3
(File
No. 333- ),
including the prospectus contained therein (the “ Base
Prospectus ”), filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “ Commission ”) on ,
(ii) if applicable, a preliminary prospectus related to the
Offering (together with the Base Prospectus, the “
Statutory Prospectus ”), (iii) oral
communications by the placement agent of offering information of
the type reflected on Schedule I of the Placement Agency Agreement
and (iv) a final prospectus supplement (the “
Prospectus Supplement ”) containing certain
supplemental information regarding the Units and terms of the
Offering. The Statutory Prospectus has been delivered to the
Investor on or prior to the date hereof and will be filed with the
Commission in accordance with applicable securities laws. The
Statutory Prospectus, together with the documents incorporated by
reference therein and the pricing information contained in this
Subscription Agreement are collectively referred to herein as the
“ General Disclosure Package .”
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The
Company’s obligation to issue and sell the Units to the
Investor shall be subject to the receipt by the Company of the
purchase price for the Units being purchased hereunder as set forth
on the Signature Page and the accuracy of the representations and
warranties made by the Investor herein and the fulfillment of those
undertakings herein of the Investor to be fulfilled prior to the
Closing Date. The Investor’s obligation to purchase the Units
shall be subject to the condition that the placement agent shall
not have (i) terminated the Placement Agency Agreement
pursuant to the terms thereof or (ii) determined that the
conditions to closing in the Placement Agency Agreement have not
been satisfied.
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The Company
shall before the opening of trading on the New York Stock Exchange
on the next trading day after the date hereof, issue a press
release and file a Current Report on Form 8-K, together disclosing
all material aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby. The
Company shall not identify the Investor by name in any press
release or public filing, or otherwise publicly disclose the
Investor’s name, without the Investor’s prior written
consent, unless required by applicable laws, rules and
regulations.
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The Investor
represents that (i) it has had full access to the General
Disclosure Package prior to or in connection with its receipt of
this Subscription Agreement and is relying only on such information
and documents in making its decision to purchase the Units, and
(ii) it is acquiring the Units for its own account, or an
account over which it has investment discretion, and does not have
any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any
person or entity to distribute any of the Units.
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The Investor
has full right, power, authority and capacity to enter into this
Subscription Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and has taken all necessary action to authorize
the execution, delivery and performance of this Subscription
Agreement, and (b) this Subscription Agreement constitutes a
valid and binding obligation of the Investor enforceable against
the Investor in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
creditors’ and contracting parties’ rights generally
and except as enforceability may be subject to general principles
of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except as to the
enforceability of any rights to indemnification or contribution
that may be violative of the public policy underlying any law, rule
or regulation (including any federal or state securities law, rule
or regulation).
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The Investor
represents that neither the Investor nor any person acting on
behalf of, or pursuant to any understanding with or based upon any
information received from, the Investor has, directly or
indirectly, as of the date on which the Placement Agent first
contacted such Investor about the Offering, engaged in any
transactions in the securities of the Company (including, without
limitation, any Short Sales (as defined below) involving
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