CONFIDENTIAL GTC Biotherapeutics, Inc.
Exhibit 10.1
CONFIDENTIAL
February 7, 2008
CONFIDENTIAL
GTC Biotherapeutics, Inc.
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Framingham, MA 01702
Attn: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, Ph.D.
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, & President
Dear ▇▇. ▇▇▇:
This letter (the “Agreement”) constitutes the agreement between ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, LLC (“R&R” or the “Placement Agent”) and GTC Biotherapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”), that R&R shall serve as the exclusive placement agent for the Company, on a “best efforts” basis, in connection with the proposed placement (the “Placement”) of registered securities (the “Securities”) of the Company, consisting of shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) and warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock (the “Warrants”). The terms of such Placement and the Securities shall be mutually agreed upon by the Company and the purchasers (each, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”) and set forth in written purchase agreements (collectively, the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) and nothing herein constitutes that R&R would have the power or authority to bind the Company or any Purchaser or an obligation for the Company to issue any Securities or complete the Placement. R&R may utilize sub placement agents and/or selected dealers in its discretion, provided however, that the use of any sub placement agent and/or selected dealer by R&R shall (i) not increase any fees (including cash or warrants) or expenses payable by the Company under this Agreement or otherwise and (ii) be subject to the prior approval of the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. This Agreement, the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Warrants shall be collectively referred to herein as the “Transaction Documents.” The date of the closing of the Placement shall be referred to herein as the “Closing Date.” The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that R&R’s obligations hereunder are on a reasonable best efforts basis only and that the execution of this Agreement does not constitute a commitment by R&R to purchase the Securities and does not ensure the successful placement of the Securities or any portion thereof or the success of R&R with respect to securing any other financing on behalf of the Company.
SECTION 1. Compensation and other Fees.
As compensation for the services provided by R&R hereunder, the Company agrees to pay to R&R a cash fee payable immediately upon the closing of the Placement equal to 6.5% of the aggregate gross proceeds raised in the Placement.
The Company also agrees to reimburse R&R for its actual, out-of-pocket expenses incurred (with supporting invoices/receipts) up to a maximum of $25,000. Such reimbursement shall be payable immediately upon (but only in the event of) the closing of the Placement.
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SECTION 2. REGISTRATION STATEMENT.
The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Placement Agent and each sub placement agent and/or selected dealer that as of the date hereof:
(A) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration File No. 333-142564) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), which became effective on May 18, 2007, for the registration under the Securities Act of certain securities of the Company, including the Shares and the Warrants. Such registration statement, at any given time, including the exhibits thereto filed at such time, as amended at such time, is hereinafter called the “Registration Statement”. At the time the Registration Statement was initially filed, the Company met the requirements of Form S-3 under the Securities Act. The Registration Statement meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x) under the Securities Act and complies with said Rule. The Company will file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, and the rules and regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Commission promulgated thereunder, a supplement to the form of prospectus included in the Registration Statement relating to the placement of the Shares and the Warrants and the plan of distribution thereof and has advised the Placement Agent of all further information (financial and other) with respect to the Company required to be set forth therein. The prospectus in the form in which it appears in the Registration Statement is hereinafter called the “Base Prospectus”; and the supplemented form of prospectus, in the form in which it will be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (including the Base Prospectus as so supplemented) relating to the Placement is hereinafter called the “Prospectus Supplement.” Any reference in this Agreement to the Registration Statement or the Time of Sale Prospectus (as defined below) shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein (the “Incorporated Documents”) pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), at any given time, as the case may be; and any reference in this Agreement to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement or the Time of Sale Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the date of this Agreement, or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or any Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included,” “described,” “referenced,” “set forth” or “stated” in the Registration Statement or the Time of Sale Prospectus (and all other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Time of Sale Prospectus, as the case may be. To the Company’s knowledge (which for purposes of this Agreement shall mean the actual or constructive knowledge of any member of the Company’s management): (i) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the use of the Time of Sale Prospectus has been issued; and (ii) no proceeding for any such purpose is pending, has been initiated or is threatened by the Commission. For purposes of this Agreement: (i) “Time of Sale Prospectus” means the Base Prospectus, together with the Prospectus Supplement, if any, and the free writing prospectuses, if any, used in connection with the Placement, including any documents incorporated by reference therein; and (ii) “Free Writing Prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
(B) The Registration Statement (and any further documents to be filed with the Commission) contains all exhibits and schedules as required by the Securities Act. Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (in the case of reports thereunder incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement) and the applicable Rules and Regulations and did not and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not, contain any 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 under which they were made not misleading. Each component of the Time of Sale
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Prospectus, as of its respective date, complies in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (in the case of reports thereunder incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement) and the applicable Rules and Regulations. Each component of the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, did not and will not contain as of the date thereof any 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. The Incorporated Documents, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations, and none of such documents, when they were filed with the Commission, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, except to the extent corrected by subsequently filed documents with the Commission; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations, as applicable, and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. No post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement reflecting any facts or events arising after the date thereof which represent, individually or in the aggregate, a fundamental change in the information set forth therein is required to be filed with the Commission. As of the date hereof, there are no documents required to be filed with the Commission in connection with the transaction contemplated hereby that: (i) have not been filed as required pursuant to the Securities Act or (ii) will not be filed within the requisite time period. There are no contracts or other documents required to be described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, or to be filed as exhibits or schedules to the Registration Statement, which have not been described or filed as required.
(C) The Company is not an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. Any Free Writing Prospectus that the Company is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will be, filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each Free Writing Prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that was prepared by or behalf of or used by the Company complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The Company will not, without the prior consent of the Placement Agent, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus in connection with the Placement.
(D) The Company has delivered, or will as promptly as practicable deliver, to the Placement Agent complete conformed copies of the Registration Statement and of each consent and certificate of experts, as applicable, filed as a part thereof, and conformed copies of the Registration Statement (without exhibits), the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, in such quantities and at such places as the Placement Agent reasonably requests. Neither the Company nor any of its directors and officers has distributed and none of them will distribute, prior to the Closing Date, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares and the Warrants other than the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Registration Statement, copies of the documents incorporated by reference therein and any other materials permitted by the Securities Act.
(E) Without the prior written consent of the Company, the Placement Agent ▇▇▇▇▇▇ confirms that it has not given and will not give to any prospective purchaser of the Shares and Warrants any Free Writing Prospectuses other than as set forth on Schedule 2(E) hereto or as otherwise agreed in writing by the parties with respect to any such Free Writing Prospectus in advance of its distribution.
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SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Except as set forth under the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof, the Company hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth below to the Placement Agent.
(A) Organization and Qualification. GTC Holdings Ltd, a Cayman Island entity (the “Subsidiary”), is the Company’s only “significant subsidiary” as determined in accordance with Regulation S-X. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of the Subsidiary free and clear of any “Liens” (which for purposes of this Agreement shall mean a lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction), and all the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. Each of the Company and the Subsidiary 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 (as applicable), with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor the Subsidiary is in violation or default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiary is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, would 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 effect on the results of operations, assets, business or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiary, taken as a whole; or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”) and no “Proceeding” (which for purposes of this Agreement shall mean any action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened) has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.
(B) 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 thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, its board of directors (the “Board of Directors”) or its stockholders in connection therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals (as defined in subsection 3(D) below). Each Transaction Document to which the Company 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 the indemnification and contribution provisions thereunder may be limited by applicable law or public policy relating thereto.
(C) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or the Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents; or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of
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the Company or the 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 the Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or the Subsidiary is bound or affected; or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(D) 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” (defined as 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, including, without limitation, any Trading Market (as defined below), in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than such filings as are required to be made under applicable Federal and state securities laws or with the Trading Market for the listing of the Shares, including shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”), for trading thereon (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).
(E) Issuance of the Securities; Registration. The Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents. The issuance by the Company of the Securities has been registered under the Securities Act and all of the Securities, following issuance pursuant to the Transaction Documents, will be freely transferable and tradable by the Purchasers without restriction (other than any restrictions arising solely from an act or omission of a Purchaser). The Securities are being issued pursuant to the Registration Statement and the issuance of the Securities has been registered by the Company under the Securities Act. The Registration Statement is effective and available for the issuance of the Securities thereunder and the Company has not received any notice and has no knowledge that the Commission has issued or intends to issue a stop-order with respect to the Registration Statement or that the Commission otherwise has suspended or withdrawn the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, either temporarily or permanently, or intends or has threatened to do so. The “Plan of Distribution” section under the Registration Statement contemplates the circumstances under which the Securities will be issued and sold hereunder. Upon receipt of the Securities, the Purchasers will have good and marketable title to such Securities and, on the Closing Date the Shares and the Warrants Shares will have been approved for listing and the Shares will be freely tradable without restriction on the Trading Market. For purposes of this Agreement Trading Market shall mean the NASDAQ Global Market).
(F) Capitalization. The capitalization of the Company as of December 30, 2007 (the last day of its most recently completed fiscal year) is set forth Schedule 3(F) hereto. Except as described in Schedule 3(F) hereto, no Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the issuance and sale of the Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents. Except: (i) as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities; (ii) as described in Schedule 3(F) hereto;, or (iii) pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plan and pursuant to the conversion or exercise of securities exercisable, exchangeable or convertible into Common Stock under any equity incentive plan adopted by the Company (“Common Stock Equivalents”), there are no outstanding options, warrants, script rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or
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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 the Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. Except as described in Schedule 3(F) hereto, the issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. Except as described in, or incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement, 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.
(G) SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has complied in all material respects with requirements to file all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for one year preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, 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 filing dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act, 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, except to the extent corrected by subsequently filed documents with the Commission. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
(H) Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as disclosed in the SEC Reports or described in, or incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement: (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than: (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings made with the Commission; (iii) the Company has not 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” (defined as 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 144 under the Securities Act), except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans. The Company does not have pending
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before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement, no event, liability or development has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or the Subsidiary or their respective business, properties, operations or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made that has not been publicly disclosed prior to the date of this Agreement or in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(I) Litigation. Except as described in Schedule 3(I) hereto, there is no Proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, the Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”) which: (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities; or (ii) would, if there were an unfavorable decision, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor the 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 the Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act. None of the Company’s or the Subsidiary’s employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company, and neither the Company nor its Subsidiary is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiary believe that their relationships with their employees are good. To the Company’s knowledge: (i) no executive officer 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 as a result of such executive officer’s activities on behalf of the Company; and (ii) the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or the Subsidiary to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and the Subsidiary 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 would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(J) Labor Relations. No material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(K) Compliance. Neither the Company nor the 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 the Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or the 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 order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body; or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws applicable to its business and all such laws that affect the environment, except in each case as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(L) Regulatory Permits. The Company and the Subsidiary possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities required to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits
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would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and neither the Company nor the Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
(M) Title to Assets. Except as described in, or incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement, the Company and the Subsidiary have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiary and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiary, 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 Subsidiary 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 Subsidiary are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiary are in compliance.
(N) Patents and Trademarks. The Company and the Subsidiary have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other similar intellectual property rights necessary or material for use in connection with their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports except where the failure to so have would not have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”). Neither the Company nor the Subsidiary has received any written notice that the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or the Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person. To the knowledge of the Company: (i) all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable; and (ii) there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights of others. The Company and the Subsidiary have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(O) Insurance. The Company and the Subsidiary are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiary are engaged, including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage. To the knowledge of the Company, such insurance contracts and policies are accurate and complete. Neither the Company nor the 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.
(P) Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, to the Company’s knowledge, none of the officers, directors or employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or the 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 $60,000 other than for: (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered; (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company; and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.
(Q) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇. The Company is in material compliance with all material provisions of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 2002 which are applicable to it as of the date hereof and Closing Date.
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(R) Certain Fees. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Purchasers shall have no obligation under the Securities Purchase Agreement with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(S) Trading Market Rules. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.
(T) Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall use all reasonable efforts to conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment Company Act.
(U) Registration Rights. Except as disclosed in, or incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement, no Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company.
(V) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Company’s Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports with respect to the Company’s receipt of a notice that the Company is not in compliance with the minimum bid requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Global Market as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from the 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. Other than the minimum bid requirement for continued listing on the Trading Market, the Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not continue to be during the next twelve months, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements.
(W) Application of Takeover Protections. The Company and its Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s articles of organization (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers’ ownership of the Securities.
(X) Solvency. Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder: (i) the Company’s fair saleable value of its assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent liabilities) as they mature; (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business for the current fiscal year as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, and projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof; and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its debt when such
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amounts are required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date. The SEC Reports set forth as of the dates thereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or the Subsidiary, or for which the Company or the Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness” shall mean: (i) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business); (ii) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (iii) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor the Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.
(Y) Tax Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each Subsidiary has filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and has paid or accrued all taxes shown as due thereon, and the Company has no knowledge of a tax deficiency which has been asserted or threatened against the Company or the Subsidiary.
(Z) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company, has: (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity; (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds; (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law; or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
(AA) Accountants. To the knowledge of the Company, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the Company’s auditors and whom the Company expects will express their opinion with respect to the financial statements to be included in the Company’s next Annual Report on Form 10-K, are a registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act.
(BB) Regulation M Compliance. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has: (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities; (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities (other than for the placement agent’s placement of the Securities); or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company.
(CC) Approvals. Other than the filing of an additional listing application, the issuance and listing on the Trading Market of the Shares requires no further approvals, including but not limited to, the approval of shareholders.
(DD) FINRA Affiliations. To the Company’s knowledge, there are no affiliations with any FINRA member firm among the Company’s officers, directors or, to the knowledge of the Company, any five percent (5%) or greater stockholder of the Company, except as set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
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SECTION 4. INDEMNIFICATION. The Company agrees to the indemnification and other agreements set forth in the Indemnification Provisions (the “Indemnification”) attached hereto as Addendum A, the provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference and shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement. R&R agrees to indemnify the Company, its directors and officers and any controlling persons (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) against all losses, claims, damages, expenses and liabilities, as the same are incurred (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which the Company or any such party may incur under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, expense or liability arises: (i) out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in information furnished in writing by or on behalf of R&R to the Company expressly for use in the Registration Statement or the Time of Sale Prospectus or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (ii) from any act, omission or otherwise by any sub placement agent and/or selected dealer utilized by R&R in connection with the Placement.
SECTION 5. ENGAGEMENT TERM. R&R’s engagement hereunder will be for the period of 30 days. The engagement may be terminated by either the Company or R&R at any time upon 10 days’ written notice. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the provisions concerning confidentiality, indemnification, contribution limitation of liability, limitation of engagement and the Company’s obligation to reimburse R&R for its actual out-of-pocket expenses incurred (with supporting invoices/receipts) up to a maximum of $25,000, as set forth in Section 1 herein, and the Company’s obligations contained in the Indemnification Provisions will survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement for a period of twelve months, other than survival of the indemnification provisions, which shall survive for a period of two years. R&R, its affiliates, advisors and representatives agree not to use any confidential information concerning the Company provided to them by the Company for any purposes other than those contemplated under this Agreement. R&R will use all reasonable efforts to cause its affiliates, advisors and representatives to comply with the terms of this Agreement and agrees to be responsible for any breach of this Agreement by such affiliates, advisors or representatives.
SECTION 6. R&R INFORMATION. The Company agrees that any information or advice rendered by R&R in connection with this engagement is for the confidential use of the Company only in their evaluation of the Placement and, except as otherwise required by law or by rule or regulation of any self-regulatory organizations to which it is subject, the Company will not disclose or otherwise refer to the advice or information in any manner without R&R’s prior written consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may file this Agreement and any other Transaction Document with the Commission in any filing made by the Company pursuant to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder, and may refer to R&R’s engagement hereunder and the terms of this Agreement as well in any such filing.
SECTION 7. NO FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIP. This Agreement does not create, and shall not be construed as creating rights enforceable by any person or entity not a party hereto, except those entitled hereto by virtue of the Indemnification Provisions hereof. The Company acknowledges and agrees that R&R is not and shall not be construed as a fiduciary of the Company and shall have no duties or liabilities to the equity holders or the creditors of the Company or any other person by virtue of this Agreement or the retention of R&R hereunder, all of which are hereby expressly waived.
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SECTION 8. CLOSING. The obligations of the Placement Agent and the closing of the sale of the Securities hereunder are subject to the accuracy, when effective as set forth herein and on the Closing Date, of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Subsidiary contained herein, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Subsidiary made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Subsidiary of their obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional terms and conditions:
(A) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission, and any request for additional information on the part of the Commission (to be included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Placement Agent. Any filings required to be made by the Company in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities shall have been timely filed with the Commission.
(B) The Placement Agent shall not have discovered and disclosed to the Company on or prior to the Closing Date that the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a fact which, in the opinion of counsel for the Placement Agent, is material or omits to state any fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances under which they are made not misleading and the Company shall not have filed a further Prospectus Supplement or Free Writing Prospectus remedying such statement or omission.
(C) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization, form, execution, delivery and validity of each of this Agreement, the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to counsel for the Placement Agent, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(D) The Placement Agent shall have received from outside counsel to the Company such counsel’s written opinion, addressed to the Placement Agent dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent, and a negative assurance letter from such counsel for purposes of Rule 10b-5 under the Exchange Act.
(E) Except as described in, or incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement: (i) neither the Company nor the Subsidiary shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus, any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood, terrorist act or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth in or contemplated by the Time of Sale Prospectus; and (ii) since such date there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of the Subsidiary or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the business, financial condition, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiary, otherwise than as set forth in or contemplated by the Time of Sale Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is, in the commercially reasonable judgment of the Placement Agent, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Base Prospectus and the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(F) The Common Stock is registered under the Exchange Act and, as of the Closing Date, the Shares shall be authorized for trading on the Trading Market, and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the Placement Agent. The Company shall have taken no action designed to, or likely
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to have the effect of terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting or suspending from trading the Common Stock from the Trading Market, nor has the Company received any information suggesting that the Commission or the Trading Market is contemplating terminating such registration or listing; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the receipt by the Company of a notice from the Trading Market of the Company’s failure to meet the continued listing requirement for minimum bid price on the Trading Market shall not cause or result in the terms and conditions set forth in this paragraph not being met or satisfied for purposes of this Agreement.
(G) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Market or the American Stock Exchange or in the over-the-counter market, or trading in any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market, shall have been suspended or minimum or maximum prices or maximum ranges for prices shall have been established on any such exchange or such market by the Commission, by such exchange or by any other regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction; (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or state authorities or a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iii) the United States shall have become engaged in hostilities in which it is not currently engaged, the subject of an act of terrorism, there shall have been an escalation in hostilities involving the United States, or there shall have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States; or (iv) there shall have occurred any other calamity or crisis or any change in general economic, political or financial conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event in clause (iii) or (iv) makes it, in the sole commercially reasonable judgment of the Placement Agent, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement.
(H) No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency or body which would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities or materially and adversely affect or potentially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company; and no injunction, restraining order or order of any other nature by any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction shall have been issued as of the Closing Date which would prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities or materially and adversely affect or potentially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company.
(I) The Company shall have prepared and filed with the Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K with respect to the Placement.
(J) The Company shall have entered into subscription agreements with each of the Purchasers and such agreements shall be in full force and effect and shall contain representations and warranties of the Company as agreed between the Company and the Purchasers.
(K) FINRA shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the terms and arrangements of this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall, if requested by the Placement Agent, make or authorize Placement Agent’s counsel to make on the Company’s behalf, an Issuer Filing with FINRA’s Corporate Financing Department pursuant to NASD Rule 2710 with respect to the Registration Statement and pay all filing fees required in connection therewith.
(L) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Placement Agent such further information, certificates and documents as the Placement Agent may reasonably request.
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All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Placement Agent.
SECTION 9. Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely in such State. This Agreement may not be assigned by either party without the prior written consent of the other party. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Any right to trial by jury with respect to any dispute arising under this Agreement or any transaction or conduct in connection herewith is waived. Any dispute arising under this Agreement may be brought into the courts of the State of New York or into the Federal Court located in New York, New York and, by execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company hereby accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of aforesaid courts. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by delivering a copy thereof via overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of a Transaction Document, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorneys fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
SECTION 10. Entire Agreement/Misc. This Agreement (including the attached Indemnification Provisions) embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, such determination will not affect such provision in any other respect or any other provision of this Agreement, which will remain in full force and effect. This Agreement may not be amended or otherwise modified or waived except by an instrument in writing signed by both R&R and the Company. The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants contained herein shall survive the closing of the Placement and delivery and/or exercise of the Securities, as applicable as provided in Section 5 hereof. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or a .pdf format file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page were an original thereof.
SECTION 11. Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or email at the facsimile number or email address specified on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a business day; (ii) the next business day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or email at the facsimile number or email address on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a business day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any business day; (iii) the business day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service; or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages hereto.
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth our agreement by signing and returning to R&R the enclosed copy of this Agreement.
| Very truly yours,
▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Title: President | ||
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Address for notice:
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fax: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Email: ▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ Attn: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
With a copy to:
▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Rose & Lander, LLP ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Fax: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Email: ▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ Attn: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇, Esq. | ||
Accepted and Agreed to as of
the date first written above:
| GTC BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ Title: Senior Vice President | ||
Address for notice:
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Framingham, MA 01702
Fax: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Email: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇@▇▇▇-▇▇▇.▇▇▇
Attn: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, Ph.D.
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, & President
With a copy to:
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Dodge LLP
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Boston, MA 02199
Fax: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Email: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇
Attn: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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ADDENDUM A
INDEMNIFICATION PROVISIONS
In connection with the engagement of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, LLC (“R&R”) by GTC Biotherapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) pursuant to a letter agreement dated February 7, 2008, between the Company and R&R, as it may be amended from time to time in writing (the “Agreement”), the Company hereby agrees as follows:
| 1. | To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify R&R, each sub placement agent and/or selected dealer and their respective affiliates, stockholders, directors, officers, employees and controlling persons (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) (each such person, an “Indemnified Person”) against all losses, claims, damages, expenses and liabilities, as the same are incurred (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel), relating to or arising out of its activities hereunder or pursuant to the Agreement, except to the extent that any losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) (i) are based upon any untrue statement or omission of a material fact contained in or omitted from, as applicable, the Registration Statement, Prospectus Supplement, free writing prospectus or Time of Sale Information as furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person to the Company expressly for use therein, or (ii) are found in a final judgment (not subject to appeal) by a court of law to have resulted primarily and directly from such Indemnified Person’s bad faith, willful misconduct or gross negligence. |
| 2. | Promptly after receipt by R&R of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action or proceeding with respect to which an Indemnified Person may be entitled to indemnity hereunder, R&R will notify the Company in writing of such claim or of the commencement of such action or proceeding, and the Company will assume the defense of such action or proceeding and will employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person and will pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. If R&R fails to provide prompt notice of such claim or proceeding the Company shall be relieved of its obligations set forth in paragraphs 1 and 4 solely if and to the extent the Company is materially prejudiced by such failure to notify. Notwithstanding the preceding sentences, all Indemnified Persons will be entitled to employ counsel separate from counsel for the Company and from any other party in such action if counsel for such Indemnified Person reasonably determines in writing that it would be inappropriate under the applicable rules of professional responsibility for the same counsel to represent both the Company and such Indemnified Person(s). In such event, the reasonable fees and disbursements of no more than one such separate counsel will be paid by the Company. The Company will have the exclusive right to settle the claim or proceeding provided that the Company will not settle any such claim, action or proceeding without the prior written consent of each Indemnified Person, where the rights, remedies, claims, or counter- or cross-claims of such Indemnified Person will be dismissed or precluded in connection therewith, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld. |
| 3. | The Company agrees to notify R&R promptly of the assertion against it or any other person of any claim or the commencement of any action or proceeding relating to the Placement of the Securities. |
| 4. | If for any reason the foregoing indemnity is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient to hold such Indemnified Person harmless, then the Company shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and all Indemnified Persons on the other, but also the relative fault of the Company on the |
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one hand and all Indemnified Persons collectively on the other that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any relevant equitable considerations. The amounts paid or payable by a party in respect of losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees and expenses incurred in defending any litigation, proceeding or other action or claim. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation.
| 5. | These Indemnification Provisions shall remain in full force and effect whether or not the transaction contemplated by the Agreement is completed and shall survive the termination of the Agreement, and shall be in addition to any liability that the Company might otherwise have to any indemnified party under the Agreement or otherwise. |
| ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Title: President | ||
Accepted and Agreed to as of
the date first written above:
| GTC BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ Title: Senior Vice President | ||
SCHEDULE 2(E)
FREE WRITING PROSPECTUSES
SCHEDULE 3(F)
EXERCISE PRICE ADJUSTMENTS OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING WARRANTS
Anti-dilution adjustments to the warrants issued by the Company to certain institutional investors entering into the securities purchase agreement with the Company dated August 8, 2005, pursuant to section 3(b) of those warrants, the form of which is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2005.