UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 30, 2011
CYCLACEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   0-50626   91-1707622
         
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
200 Connell Drive, Suite 1500
Berkeley Heights, NJ
   
07922
     
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (908) 517-7330
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 

 


 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On June 30, 2011, Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “ Company ”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) with Leerink Swann LLC and Lazard Capital Markets LLC (the “ Underwriters ”), as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, relating to the issuance and sale of an aggregate of 7,617,646 units of the Company (a “ Unit ,” and collectively, the “ Units ”), with each Unit consisting of (i) one share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), of the Company and (ii) one warrant to purchase 0.5 of share of Common Stock (a “ Warrant , and collectively, the “ Warrant ”). Each Unit will be sold at an offering price of $1.36 per Unit (the “ Offering ”).
The Warrants to be issued in the Offering will be exercisable commencing 6 months following issuance and until five years from the date of issuance, at an exercise price of $1.36 per share. The Warrants will not be listed on NASDAQ Global Market or any other exchange and no trading market for the Warrants is expected to develop. The Warrants will be issued separately from the shares of Common Stock offered.
The Offering is expected to close on July 7, 2011, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The net proceeds to the Company are expected to be approximately $9.3 million, assuming no exercise of the Warrants and after deducting underwriting commissions and discounts and estimated expenses payable by the Company associated with the Offering.
The Offering is being made pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated June 30, 2011 and an accompanying base prospectus dated April 26, 2011 under the Company’s existing “shelf” registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-173291), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2011.
The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, and agreements by the Company, and customary conditions to closing, indemnification obligations of the Company and the Underwriters, including for liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, other obligations of the parties, and termination provisions.
The Underwriting Agreement is attached hereto as an exhibit to provide investors and security holders with information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Underwriting Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement, and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties, including being qualified by confidential disclosures exchanged between the parties in connection with the execution of the Underwriting Agreement.
A copy of the opinion of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of the securities in the Offering is attached as Exhibit 5.1 hereto. Copies of the Underwriting Agreement and the form of Warrant to be issued in connection with the Offering are filed herewith as Exhibits 1.1 and 4.1, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Offering by the Company and the documentation related thereto does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such Exhibits.

 

 


 

Item 8.01 Other Events.
On July 1, 2011, the Company issued a press release announcing the Offering described above under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Neither the filing of the press release as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K nor the inclusion in the press release of a reference to our internet address shall, under any circumstances, be deemed to incorporate the information available at our internet address into this Current Report on Form 8-K. The information available at our internet address is not part of this Current Report on Form 8-K or any other report filed by us with the SEC.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) The following exhibits are filed with this Report:
         
Exhibit No.   Description
  1.1    
Underwriting Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2011.
       
 
  4.1    
Form of Warrant.
       
 
  5.1    
Opinion of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. regarding the legality of the securities being issued.
       
 
  23.1    
Consent of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
       
 
  99.1    
Press release, dated July 1, 2011

 

 


 

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
         
  CYCLACEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Paul McBarron    
    Name:   Paul McBarron   
    Title:   Executive Vice President—Finance,
Chief Financial Officer and
Chief Operating Officer 
 
Date: July 1, 2011

 

 

Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION COPY
CYCLACEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
7,617,646 Units
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Dated: June 30, 2011

 

 


 

CYCLACEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
7,617,646 Units
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
June 30, 2011
Leerink Swann LLC
Lazard Capital Markets LLC
As Representatives of
the Several Underwriters
     
c/o
  Leerink Swann LLC
 
  One Federal Street, 37th Floor
 
  Boston, MA 02110
 
   
c/o
  Lazard Capital Markets
 
  30 Rockefeller Plaza
 
  New York, New York 10020
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), confirms its agreement with Leerink Swann LLC (“ Leerink Swann ”) and Lazard Capital Markets LLC (“ LCM ”) and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “ Underwriters ,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Leerink Swann and LCM are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “ Representatives ”), with respect to the issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective numbers of units of the Company (the “ Units ”) set forth in said Schedule A , with each Unit consisting of (i) one share (a “ Share ,” and collectively the “ Shares ”) of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”) of the Company and (ii) one warrant to purchase 0.5 of a share of Common Stock (a “ Warrant ,” and collectively the “ Warrants ”). Units will not be issued or certificated. The Shares and Warrants are immediately separable and will be issued separately. The terms and conditions of the Warrants are set forth in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. The 7,617,646 Units, which are comprised of and aggregate of 7,617,646 Shares and Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 3,808,821 shares of Common Stock (after rounding), are hereinafter called the “ Securities .”
The Company understands that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Securities as soon as the Representatives deem advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered.
The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-173291), including the related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses, covering the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ 1933 Act ”). Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file a prospectus in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430B (“ Rule 430B ”) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the “ 1933 Act Regulations ”) and paragraph (b) of Rule 424 (“ Rule 424(b) ”) of the 1933 Act Regulations. The information included in such prospectus that was omitted from such registration statement at the time it became effective but that is deemed to be part of and included in such registration statement at the time it became effective pursuant to Rule 430B (or Rule 430A of the 1933 Act Regulations, as applicable) is referred to as “ Rule 430B Information .” Each prospectus used in connection with the offering of the Securities that omitted the Rule 430B Information is herein called a “ preliminary prospectus .” Such registration statement, at any given time, including all exhibits, financial schedules and the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, as amended or supplemented from time to time, and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by 1933 Act Regulations (including by Rules 430A or 430B, as applicable),

 

 


 

is herein called the “ Registration Statement .” Any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations is herein referred to as the “ Rule 462(b) Registration Statement ,” and after such filing, if applicable, the term “ Registration Statement ” shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. The final prospectus in the form first furnished to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act at the time of the execution of this Agreement and any preliminary prospectuses that form a part thereof, is herein called the “ Prospectus .” For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“ EDGAR ”).
All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ 1934 Act ”), which is incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be.
Section 1. Representations and Warranties .
(a)  Representations and Warranties by the Company . The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time referred to in Section 1(a)(i) hereof, and as of the Closing Time referred to in Section 2(c) hereof, and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:
(i)  Compliance with Registration Requirements . The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, including the transaction requirements set forth in General Instruction I.B.1 of such form. Each of the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective under the 1933 Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information has been complied with. The date of this Agreement is not more than three years subsequent to the initial effective date of the Registration Statement.
At the respective times the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto became effective and at the Closing Time, the Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any amendments and supplements thereto complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and did not and, as amended, as applicable, will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendments or supplements thereto (including any prospectus wrapper), at the time the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement was issued and at the Closing Time, included or, as amended or supplemented, as applicable, will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or, as amended or supplemented, as applicable, will omit 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.
As of the Applicable Time (as defined below), neither (x) the Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the Statutory Prospectus (as defined below) and the information included on Schedule B hereto (collectively, the “ General Disclosure Package ”), nor (y) any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

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As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:
Applicable Time ” means 11:35 p.m. (Eastern time) on June 30, 2011 or such other time as agreed upon in writing by the Company and the Representatives.
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“ Rule 433 ”), relating to the Securities that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) is a “road show for an offering that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) whether or not required to be filed with the Commission or (iii) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form required to be retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus ” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors (other than a “ bona fide electronic road show,” as defined in Rule 433), as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule D hereto.
Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus ” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus.
Statutory Prospectus ” as of any time means the prospectus relating to the Securities that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof.
Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Securities or until any earlier date that the issuer notified or notifies the Representatives as described in Section 3(e), did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein, and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified.
The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement to the foregoing, made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.
Each preliminary prospectus (including the prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto) complied when so filed in all material respects with the 1933 Act Regulations and each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this offering was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
At the time of filing the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations.
(ii)  Incorporated Documents . The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, when they became effective or at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1934 Act (the “ 1934 Regulations ”).
(iii)  Independent Accountants . The accountants who certified the financial statements and supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement are independent public accountants as required by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and Rule 3600T of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

 

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(iv)  Financial Statements . The financial statements and schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the financial condition of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the respective periods covered thereby, all in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“ GAAP ”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The selected consolidated financial data included in or incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and have been derived on a basis consistent with the audited financial statements presented therein.
(v)  No Material Adverse Change in Business . Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, except as set forth in or contemplated thereby (exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement), (i) there has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a “ Material Adverse Effect ”), (ii) there has not been and will not have been any change in the capitalization of the Company (other than in connection with the grant or exercise of options or other awards to purchase the Common Stock granted pursuant to the Company’s stock incentive plans from the shares reserved therefor), (iii) the Company has not incurred and will not incur, except in the ordinary course of business as described in the General Disclosure Package, any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, (iv) the Company has not entered into and will not enter into, except in the ordinary course of business as described in the General Disclosure Package, any material transactions other than pursuant to this Agreement and the transactions referred to herein and (v) the Company has not and will not have paid or declared any dividends or other distributions of any kind on any class of its capital stock.
(vi)  Good Standing of the Company . The Company and each of its subsidiaries has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Company and each of its subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(vii)  Subsidiaries . The Company owns or controls, directly or indirectly, only the following corporations, partnerships, limited liability partnerships, limited liability companies, associations or other entities: Cyclacel Limited, a private limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales; and ALIGN Pharmaceuticals, LLC, a private limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware.
(viii)  Capitalization . The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to this Agreement, pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee, director and/or consultant benefit or equity incentive plans referred to in the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise or conversion of convertible securities or options referred to in the Prospectus). The shares of issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the stockholders of the Company have no statutory, contractual preemptive or similar rights with respect to its Common Stock; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are or will have been issued in violation of any statutory, contractual preemptive or similar rights of any security holder of the Company.
(ix)  Authorization of Agreement . This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(x)  Authorization and Description of Securities . The Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company have been duly authorized for issuance and sale to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth herein, will be validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable; the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (the “ Warrant Shares ”) have been duly authorized and, when the Warrant Shares have been delivered and paid for as provided in the Warrants, such Warrant Shares will have been validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; the Units, Common Stock and Warrants conform as to legal matters in all material respects to the respective descriptions thereof contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and such descriptions conform to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same; no holder of the Securities will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder; and the issuance of the Securities is not subject to any preemptive or other similar rights of any security holder of the Company that have not been validly waived.

 

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(xi)  Absence of Defaults and Conflicts . The Company is not (i) except as described with respect to the payment of dividends on the Company’s 6% Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock (“Preferred Stock”) in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, in violation of its charter or by-laws or (ii) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject (collectively, “ Agreements and Instruments ”), except for any default under such Agreements and Instruments that could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action by the Company and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective assets, properties or operations. As used herein, a “ Repayment Event ” means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(xii)  Absence of Labor Dispute . No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the Company’s knowledge, is threatened or imminent, except for any such threatened or imminent labor problem or dispute that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not aware that any key employee or significant group of employees of the Company plans to terminate employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(xiii)  Absence of Proceedings . There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject (i) other than proceedings accurately described in all material respects in the General Disclosure Package and proceedings that would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or, if determined adversely to the Company, would not materially and adversely affect the power or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated by the General Disclosure Package or (ii) that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the General Disclosure Package and are not so described; and there are no statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the General Disclosure Package or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required. The General Disclosure Package contains in all material respects the same description of the foregoing matters contained in the Prospectus.
(xiv)  Nasdaq and 1934 Act . The Company is subject to and in compliance in all material respects with the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the 1934 Act and is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or reasonably likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the 1934 Act or delisting the Common Stock from the Nasdaq Global Market, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) is contemplating terminating such registration or listing. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing, notification or registration with, the Nasdaq Global Market is required for the listing and trading of the Shares and Warrant Shares on the Nasdaq Global Market, except for (i) a Notification Form: Listing of Additional Shares and (ii) a Notification Form: Change in the Number of Shares Outstanding. The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable corporate governance requirements set forth in the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules.

 

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(xv)  Possession of Intellectual Property . The Company owns, possesses or has valid, binding and enforceable rights to use the Company Intellectual Property (as defined below). Except as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (A) the Company has not received any written notice, nor to the Company’s knowledge, any other notice, of any infringement by the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to any Intellectual Property (as defined below) of any third party, (B) the discoveries, inventions, products or processes of the Company described in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus do not, to the Company’s knowledge, infringe or interfere with any right or valid patent claim of any third party, (C) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is obligated to pay a royalty, grant a license or provide other consideration to any third party in connection with the Company Intellectual Property, (D) no third party has any ownership rights in or to any Company Intellectual Property that fall outside the scope of the in-licensed intellectual property rights of the Company. All Company Intellectual Property consisting of patents and patent applications (the “ Company Patents ”) has been duly and properly filed; the Company is not aware of any facts required to be disclosed to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the “ PTO ”) that were not disclosed to the PTO and which would preclude the grant of a patent for the Company Patents; and the Company is not aware of any facts which would preclude it from having clear title to the Company Patents that have been identified by the Company as being owned by the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, “ Intellectual Property ” means patents, patent rights, trademarks, servicemarks, trade dress rights, copyrights, trade names and domain names, and all registrations and applications for each of the foregoing, trade secrets, know-how (including other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), inventions and technology, and “ Company Intellectual Property ” means Intellectual Property that is reasonably necessary or used in any material respect to conduct the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(xvi)  No Shareholder Approval Required . No approval of the shareholders of the Company under the rules and regulations of Nasdaq is required for the Company to issue and deliver to the Underwriters the Securities.
(xvii)  Absence of Further Requirements . No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or any filing or declaration with, any court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Company of the transactions on its part contemplated herein, including the offering and sale of the Securities, except such as have been obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, state securities laws or the rules and regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“ FINRA ”) or The Nasdaq Stock Market.
(xviii)  Absence of Manipulation . The Company has not taken, nor will the Company take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which would be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(xix)  Possession of Licenses and Permits . The Company possesses all certificates, authorizations, registrations, permits, licenses, approvals and consents (collectively, “ Governmental Licenses ”) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including without limitation, all such certificates, authorizations, registrations, permits, licenses, approvals and consents required by the United States Food and Drug Administration (the “ FDA ”), the United States Drug Enforcement Administration or any other federal, state, local or foreign agencies or bodies engaged in the regulation of clinical trials, pharmaceuticals, biologics or biohazardous substances or materials, except where the failure so to possess such Governmental Licenses would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; the Company is in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect. To the extent required by applicable laws and regulations of the FDA, the Company has submitted to the FDA an Investigational New Drug Application or amendment or supplement thereto for each investigational cancer drug and corresponding clinical trial it has conducted or sponsored or is conducting or sponsoring, all such submissions were in material compliance with applicable laws and rules and regulations when submitted and no material deficiencies have been asserted by the FDA with respect to any such submissions.

 

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(xx)  Preclinical Studies and Tests and Clinical Trials . The Company and each of its subsidiaries has operated and currently is in compliance in all material respects with the United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, all applicable rules and regulations of the FDA and other applicable federal, state, local and foreign governmental bodies exercising comparable authority. The preclinical studies and tests and clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries that are described in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus were, and, if still pending, are being, conducted in all material respects in accordance with applicable law and regulations; the descriptions of such studies, tests and trials, and the results thereof, conducted by or on behalf of the Company contained in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus are accurate and complete in all material respects; the Company is not aware of any tests, studies or trials not described or referred to in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the results of which reasonably call into question the results of the tests, studies and trials described or referred to in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the Company has not received any notice or correspondence from the FDA or any foreign, state or local governmental body exercising comparable authority, or any Institutional Review Board or comparable authority requiring the termination, suspension, clinical hold or material modification of any tests, studies or trials, which termination, suspension or clinical hold or material modification would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxi)  Title to Property . The Company and its subsidiaries do not own any real property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good title to all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (a) are described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (b) do not singly or in the aggregate, 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 or any of its subsidiaries; and all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries and under which they hold properties described in the General Disclosure Package or the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are in full force and effect, and, except as described in the Prospectus, the Company has no notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease.
(xxii)  Investment Company Act . The Company is not required, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Prospectus will not be required, to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).
(xxiii)  Environmental Laws . The Company and each of its subsidiaries (a) are in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “ Environmental Laws ”); (b) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of it under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct its business; and (c) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants regulated under any Environmental Laws, except in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxiv)  Registration Rights . Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no persons with rights to have any securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement, which rights have not been waived or complied with, nor, except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are there any persons with rights to have any securities otherwise registered by the Company under the 1933 Act.

 

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(xxv) Accounting Controls and Disclosure Controls.
  (A)   The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (w) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (x) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (y) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (z) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as described in the Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (1) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (2) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
  (B)   The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries employ disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and the principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.
(xxvi)  Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. To the extent that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission and the Nasdaq Global Market thereunder (“ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”) has been applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries, there is no and there has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(xxvii)  FINRA Matters . Except as disclosed in writing to the Representatives, neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, the Company’s officers, directors or affiliates (within the meaning of FINRA Conduct Rule 2720(f)), directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, or is an associated person (within the meaning of Article I, paragraph (ff) of the By-laws of FINRA) of any member firm of FINRA.
(xxviii)  Payment of Taxes . The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all United States federal income tax returns that have been required to be filed and has paid all taxes shown thereon or otherwise assessed, which are due and payable, except assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken and as to which adequate reserves have been provided. The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all other tax returns that are required to have been filed by them pursuant to applicable state, local or foreign law, except insofar as the failure to file such returns would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and has paid all taxes shown thereon or otherwise assessed, which are due and payable, except assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken and as to which adequate reserves have been provided. The Company and its subsidiaries have no tax deficiency that has been or, to the best knowledge of the Company, might be asserted or threatened against it that could have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxix)  Insurance . The Company carries or is entitled to the benefits of insurance, with financially sound and reputable insurers, in such amounts and covering such risks as are appropriate in the judgment of management to protect the Company and its business, and all such insurance is in full force and effect. The Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able (a) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (b) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not been denied any insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied.

 

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(xxx)  Statistical and Market-Related Data . Any statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate, and, to the extent required by such sources, the Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources.
(xxxi)  Foreign Corrupt Practices Act . Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “ FCPA ”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA; and the Company has, and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have, conducted their businesses in material compliance with the FCPA, and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
(xxxii)  Money Laundering Laws . The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(xxxiii)  OFAC . Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Company is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“ OFAC ”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(xxxiv)  Regulatory Status . The Company has (i) orally, to the Underwriters or to counsel to the Underwriters, fairly summarized in all material respects the substance of all of its material communications with representatives of the FDA; and (ii) no knowledge of any pending communication from the FDA, that would cause the Company to revise its strategy for seeking marketing approval from the FDA for any of the Company’s other products under development as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(xxxv)  Forward-Looking Statements . No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the 1933 Act and Section 21E of the 1934 Act) contained in either the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(b)  Officer’s Certificates . Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.

 

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Section 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing .
(a)  Securities . On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company, at the price per unit set forth in Schedule B , the number of Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus any additional number of Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof.
(b) Reserved .
(c)  Payment . Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, the Securities shall be made at the offices of Goodwin Procter LLP, Exchange Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company, at 9:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on the fourth (third, if the pricing occurs before 4:30 P.M. (Eastern time) on any given day) business day after the date hereof (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10), or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called “ Closing Time ”).
Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the Company against delivery to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of certificates for the Securities to be purchased by them. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representatives, for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Securities which it has agreed to purchase. Subject to Section 10, Leerink Swann or LCM, individually and not as representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Securities to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time, but such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.
(d)  Denominations; Registration . Certificates for the Shares comprising the Securities shall be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives may request in writing at least one full business day before the Closing Time. The certificates for the Shares comprising the Securities will be made available for examination and packaging by the Representatives in The City of Boston not later than 10:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on the business day prior to the Closing Time.
Section 3. Covenants of the Company . The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a)  Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests . The Company, subject to Section 3(b), will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B, and will promptly notify the Representatives, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall become effective, or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any document incorporated by reference therein or otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or for additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(e) of the 1933 Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Company will effect the filings required under Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.

 

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(b)  Filing of Amendments and Exchange Act Documents . The Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement (including any filing under Rule 462(b)) or any amendment, supplement or revision to either any preliminary prospectus (including any prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time it became effective) or to the Prospectus, and will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall object. The Company has given the Representatives notice of any filings made pursuant to the 1934 Act or the 1934 Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time; the Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to make any such filing from the Applicable Time to the Closing Time and will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall object.
(c)  Delivery of Registration Statements . The Company has furnished or will deliver to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith ) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Representatives, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(d)  Delivery of Prospectuses . The Company has delivered to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(e)  Continued Compliance with Securities Laws . The Company will comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1934 Act and 1934 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus is required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of such counsel, at any such time to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Section 3(b), such amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply with such requirements, and the Company will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement relating to the Securities or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

 

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(f)  Blue Sky Qualifications . The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Representatives may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for a period of not less than one year from the later of the effective date of the Registration Statement and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement; provided , however , that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.
(g)  Rule 158 . The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the Underwriters the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.
(h)  Use of Proceeds . The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”
(i)  Listing . The Company will use its best efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Shares and Warrant Shares on the Nasdaq Global Market.
(j)  Restriction on Sale of Securities . For the period specified below (the “ Lock-Up Period ”), the Company will not, directly or indirectly, take any of the following actions with respect to its Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for its Common Stock (“ Lock-Up Securities ”): (i) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, Lock-Up Securities, (ii) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, contract to purchase or grant any option, right or warrant to purchase Lock-Up Securities, (iii) enter into any swap, hedge or any other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic consequences of ownership of Lock-Up Securities, (iv) establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position in Lock-Up Securities within the meaning of Section 16 of the 1934 Act or (v) file with the Commission a registration statement under the 1933 Act relating to Lock-Up Securities, or publicly disclose the intention to take any such action, without the prior written consent of Leerink Swann and LCM, except (a) the Securities to be sold hereunder, (b) the issuance by the Company of shares of Lock-Up Securities upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof which have been described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (c) the issuance by the Company of shares of Lock-Up Securities upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock outstanding on the date hereof, which have been described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (d) the issuance of stock options and other stock-based awards (or the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise thereof) to eligible participants pursuant to stock incentive plans of the Company described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date hereof and continue for ninety (90) days after the date of the commencement of the public offering of the Securities or such earlier date that Leerink Swann and LCM consent to in writing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (A) during the last 17 days of the initial 90-day Lock-Up Period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (B) prior to the expiration of the initial 90-day Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day period, the Lock-Up Period shall continue until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event. The Company shall promptly notify the Representatives of any earnings release, news or event that may give rise to an extension of the initial 90-day Lock-Up Period.
(k)  Reporting Requirements . The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(l)  Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses . The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or by the Company and the Representatives, as the case may be, is hereinafter referred to as a “ Permitted Free Writing Prospectus .” The Company represents that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping.

 

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Section 4. Payment of Expenses .
(a)  Expenses . The Company will pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of this Agreement and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates for the Shares to the Underwriters, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(f) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (vi) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each preliminary prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and any costs associated with electronic delivery of any of the foregoing by the Underwriters to investors, (vii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (viii) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Securities, (ix) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Securities, including without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and the cost of aircraft and other transportation chartered in connection with the road show, (x) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities, (xi) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Shares and Warrant Shares on the Nasdaq Global Market, (xii) the costs and expenses (including without limitation any damages or other amounts payable in connection with legal or contractual liability) associated with the reforming of any contracts for sale of the Securities made by the Underwriter caused by a breach of the representation contained in the third paragraph of Section 1(a)(i), and (xiii) the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the underwriters; provided , however , that the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters contemplated in clause (v) together with the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters contemplated in clause (x) shall not, in the aggregate, exceed $15,000 and provided further that the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters contemplated in clause (v) shall not exceed $10,000; and provided further , however , that the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters contemplated in clause (xiii) shall not exceed $75,000. It is understood that, subject to this Section and Section 4(b) hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel not payable by the Company pursuant to the preceding sentence.
(b)  Termination of Agreement . If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or Section 9(a)(i) hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their accountable out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.
Section 5. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations . The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1 hereof and in certificates of any officer of the Company delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder that are required to be performed or satisfied by it at or prior to the Closing Time, and to the following further conditions:
(a)  Effectiveness of Registration Statement . The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has become effective and at the Closing Time no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriters. A prospectus containing the Rule 430B Information shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time frame required by Rule 424(b) without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed and declared effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430B.

 

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(b)  Opinion of Counsel for the Company . At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion and negative assurance letter, dated as of the Closing Time, of (i) Mintz, Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, PC, counsel for the Company, and (ii) D Young & Co and Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, intellectual property counsel to the Company, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letters for each of the other Underwriters with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(c)  Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters . At Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion and negative assurance letter, dated as of the Closing Time, of Goodwin Procter LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(d)  Officers’ Certificate . At Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, any Material Adverse Effect, and the Representatives shall have received a certificate of the President or another executive officer of the Company and of the principal financial or principal accounting officer of the Company, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the representations and warranties in Section 1(a) hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of Closing Time, (iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to Closing Time, and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to their knowledge, contemplated by the Commission.
(e)  Accountant’s Comfort Letter . At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP letters dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letters for each of the other Underwriters containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(f)  Bring-down Comfort Letter . At Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP letters, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to Closing Time.
(g)  Approval of Listing . At Closing Time, the Shares and Warrant Shares shall have been approved for inclusion in the NASDAQ Global Market, subject only to official notice of issuance.
(h)  Lock-up Agreements . At the date of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received a lock-up agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives signed by the persons listed on Schedule C hereto.
(i)  No Objection . FINRA shall not have raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.
(j)  Additional Documents . At Closing Time counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters.

 

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(k)  Termination of Agreement . If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to Closing Time and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.
Section 6. Indemnification .
(a)  Indemnification of Underwriters . The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, each of its affiliates, as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act (each, an “ Affiliate ”), and each of its and their respective directors, officers, members, employees, representatives and agents (including, without limitation Lazard Frères & Co. LLC, (which will provide services to LCM) and its affiliates, and each of its and their respective directors, officers, members, employees, representatives and agents and each person, if any, who controls Lazard Frères & Co. LLC within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act) and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act of or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:
(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 6(d) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company; and
(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representatives), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above;
provided , however , that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information, or any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).
(b)  Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers . Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in Section 6(a) above, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information or any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein; provided , however , that the obligation of each Underwriter to indemnify the Company (including any controlling person, director or officer thereof) shall be limited to the net proceeds received by the Company from such Underwriter.

 

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(c)  Actions against Parties; Notification . Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Representatives and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action and, to the extent it shall elect, jointly with any other indemnifying party, assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified parties; provided , however , that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances; provided further , however , that after notice from the indemnifying party to an indemnified party that the indemnifying party has elected to assume the defense of any action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal fees or expenses of any other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. The indemnified party will have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action, but the fees, expenses and other charges of such counsel will be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the employment of counsel by the indemnified party has been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them (in which case the indemnifying party will not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party), or (iii) the indemnifying party has not in fact employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time after receiving notice of the commencement of the action, in each of which cases the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel will be at the expense of the indemnifying party or parties. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (x) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (y) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d)  Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse . If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel to which it is entitled hereunder, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement (other than with respect to fees and expenses that the indemnifying party is contesting in good faith).
Section 7. Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

 

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The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus.
The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and each Underwriter’s Affiliates and selling agents shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the number of Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule A hereto and not joint.
Section 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive . All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or its Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling any Underwriter, its officers or directors, or any person controlling the Company and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Securities.

 

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Section 9. Termination of Agreement .
(a)  Termination by the Representatives . The Representatives may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to Closing Time (i) if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus or General Disclosure Package, any Material Adverse Effect, which, in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to market the Securities, (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the Nasdaq Global Market, or if trading generally on the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange or in the Nasdaq Global Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental authority, or (iv) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, or (v) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities.
(b)  Liabilities . If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.
(c)  Termination of Lock-Up Agreements and Non-distribution Agreements. In the event this Agreement is terminated for any reason, the Representatives shall contemporaneously terminate or waive in their entirety the agreements referred to in Section 5(h).
Section 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters . If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at Closing Time to purchase the Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the “ Defaulted Securities ”), the Representatives shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:
(i) if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, each of the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or
(ii) if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.
No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.
In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement either the (i) Representatives or (ii) the Company shall have the right to postpone Closing for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. As used herein, the term “ Underwriter ” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 10.
Section 11. Tax Disclosure . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, immediately upon commencement of discussions with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, the Company (and each employee, representative or other agent of the Company) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to the Company relating to such tax treatment and tax structure. For purposes of the foregoing, the term “ tax treatment ” is the purported or claimed federal income tax treatment of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the term “ tax structure ” includes any fact that may be relevant to understanding the purported or claimed federal income tax treatment of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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Section 12. Notices . All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to the Representatives, c/o Leerink Swann LLC, One Federal Street, 37th Floor, Boston, MA 02110 and c/o Lazard Capital Markets LLC, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10020, with copies to (i) Timothy A.G. Gerhold, Leerink Swann LLC, One Federal Street, 37th Floor, Boston, MA 02110, (ii) Winston Kitchingham, Lazard Capital Markets LLC, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York, 10020, and (iii) Goodwin Procter LLP, Exchange Place, Boston, MA 02109, Attention: Edward A. King, Esq.; notices to the Company shall be directed to it at Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 200 Connell Drive, Suite 1500, Berkeley Heights, NJ, 07922, Attention: Spiro Rombotis, President and Chief Executive Officer, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., The Chrysler Center, 666 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, Attention: Joel I. Papernik, Esq..
Section 13. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship . The Company acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, (b) in connection with the offering contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company or its respective stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (c) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter or Lazard Fréres & Co. LLC has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d) the Underwriters and their respective affiliates and Lazard Fréres & Co. LLC may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company, and (e) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and the Company has consulted its own respective legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.
Section 14. Parties . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters, the Company and their respective successors. This Agreement shall also inure to the benefit of Lazard Fréres & Co. LLC, and each of its successors and assigns, which shall be third party beneficiaries hereof. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters, the Company and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriters, the Company and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
Section 15. GOVERNING LAW . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES.
Section 16. TIME . TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
Section 17. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.
Section 18. Effect of Headings . The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Underwriters and the Company in accordance with its terms.
         
  Very truly yours,

CYCLACEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Spiro Rombotis    
    Spiro Rombotis   
    President and Chief Executive Officer   
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
as of the date first above written:
LEERINK SWANN LLC
         
By:
  /s/ Donald D. Notman
 
Name: Donald D. Notman
   
 
  Title:   Managing Director    
 
       
LAZARD CAPITAL MARKETS LLC    
 
       
By:
  /s/ David G. McMillan, Jr.
 
Name: David G. McMillan, Jr.
   
 
  Title:   Managing Director    
For themselves and as Representatives of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto.

 

 


 

EXHIBIT A
FORM OF WARRANT

 

 


 

SCHEDULE A
         
Name of Underwriter   Number of Securities  
Leerink Swann LLC
    5,027,647  
Lazard Capital Markets LLC
    2,589,999  
 
       
Total:
    7,617,646  

 

 


 

SCHEDULE B
CYCLACEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
7,617,646 Units
1. The initial public offering price per unit for the Securities shall be $1.36.
2. The purchase price per unit for the Securities to be paid by the several Underwriters shall be $1.2716, being an amount equal to the initial public offering price set forth above less $0.0884 per share.

 

 


 

SCHEDULE C
LIST OF PERSONS AND ENTITIES SUBJECT TO LOCK-UP
Dr. Nicholas Bacopoulos
Sir John Banham
Dr. Judy Chiao
Dr. Christopher Henney
Gregory T. Hradsky
Paul McBarron
Spiro Rombotis
Lloyd Sems
Robert Sosnowski
Daniel K. Spiegelman
Dr. David U’Prichard

 

 


 

SCHEDULE D
ISSUER GENERAL USE FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus dated June 30, 2011

 

 

Exhibit 4.1
CYCLACEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
To Purchase _________ Shares of Common Stock
Date of Issuance: July [—], 2011
VOID AFTER July [—], 2016
THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “ Warrant ”) CERTIFIES THAT, for value received,  _____, or permitted registered assigns (the “ Holder ”), is entitled to subscribe for and purchase at the Exercise Price (defined below) from Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), up to  _____  shares of the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”).
1.  DEFINITIONS . As used herein, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:
(A) “ Black Scholes Value ” shall mean the value of this Warrant based on the Black and Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg using (i) a price per share of Common Stock equal to the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock for the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (ii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Dollar — LIBOR swap rate for a period equal to the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (iii) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% or the 30-day volatility on the HVT function on Bloomberg determined for the Trading Day immediately following the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, and (iv) a remaining option time equal to the number of calendar days between the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and the expiration of the Exercise Period.
(B) “ Bloomberg ” shall mean Bloomberg Financial Markets.
(C) “ Eligible Market ” shall mean any of the NYSE Amex, New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Capital Market.
(D) “ Exercise Period ” shall mean the period commencing on January [—] , 2012 and ending five years from the date hereof, unless sooner terminated as provided below.
(E) “ Exercise Price ” shall mean $1.36 per share, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 4 below.
(F) “ Exercise Shares ” shall mean the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant.
(G) “ Trading Day ” shall mean (a) any day on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and traded on its primary Trading Market, (b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted and traded on any Eligible Market, then a day on which trading occurs on the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successor thereto), or (c) if trading does not occur on the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successor thereto), any Business Day.

 

 


 

(H) “ Trading Market ” shall mean the OTC Bulletin Board or any other Eligible Market, or any national securities exchange, market or trading or quotation facility on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted.
(I) “ Weighted Average Price ” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York City time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York City time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “Volume at Price” function or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York City time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York City time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.). If the Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the Weighted Average Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. Any such determination shall be appropriately adjusted for any share dividend, share split or other similar transaction during such period.
2.  EXERCISE OF WARRANT . The rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised in whole or in part at any time during the Exercise Period, by delivery of the following to the Company at its address set forth on the signature page hereto (or at such other address as it may designate by notice in writing to the Holder):
(A) An executed Notice of Exercise in the form attached hereto;
(B) Payment of the Exercise Price either (i) in cash or by check or (ii) pursuant to Section 2.1 below; and
(C) This Warrant or a facsimile copy thereof.
Execution and delivery of the Notice of Exercise shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Exercise Shares, if any.
Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the transfer agent of the Company to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system if the Company is a participant in such system, and otherwise by physical delivery to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise within three business days from the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, surrender of this Warrant and payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above. This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised on the date the Notice of Exercise and the Exercise Price (whether paid in cash, check or pursuant to Section 2.1 below) are received by the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, in the case of a net exercise, the Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised upon receipt by the Company of the Notice of Exercise with the section indicating exercise by net exercise completed.
The person in whose name any certificate or certificates for Exercise Shares are to be issued upon exercise of this Warrant shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of such shares on the date on which the Notice of Exercise was received by the Company and payment of the Exercise Price was made (whether paid in cash, check or pursuant to Section 2.1 below), irrespective of the date of delivery of such certificate or certificates, except that, if the date of such surrender and payment is a date when the stock transfer books of the Company are closed, such person shall be deemed to have become the holder of such shares at the close of business on the next succeeding date on which the stock transfer books are open.

 

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Subject to the final sentence of this paragraph and to the extent permitted by law, the Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Exercise Shares in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any person or entity or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other person or entity of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other person or entity, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of Exercise Shares. The Holder shall, subject to the following proviso, have the right to pursue any remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver Exercise Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof; provided , however , that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Warrant, if the Company is for any reason unable to deliver Exercise Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company shall have no obligation to pay to the Holder any cash or other consideration or otherwise “net cash settle” this Warrant.
2.1. NET EXERCISE . If during the Exercise Period the fair market value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), and a registration statement covering the shares that are the subject of the Exercise Notice (the “ Unavailable Exercise Shares ”) or an exemption from registration is not available for the resale of the Unavailable Exercise Shares, in lieu of exercising this Warrant by payment of cash or by check, the Holder may effect a “net exercise” of this Warrant, in which event, if so effected, the Holder shall receive Exercise Shares equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the portion thereof being canceled) by surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company together with the properly endorsed Notice of Exercise in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the following formula:
X = Y (A-B)
     A
             
Where
  X   =   the number of Exercise Shares to be issued to the Holder
 
           
 
  Y   =   the number of Exercise Shares with respect to which this Warrant is being exercised
 
           
 
  A   =   the Fair Market Value (as defined below) of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at the date of such calculation)
 
           
 
  B   =   Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such calculation)
For purposes of this Warrant, the “ Fair Market Value ” of one share of Common Stock shall mean (i) the closing sales price for the shares of Common Stock on the Eligible Market where the Common Stock is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets (or a comparable reporting service of national reputation selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Holder if Bloomberg Financial Markets is not then reporting sales prices of such security) (collectively, “ Bloomberg ”) on the last trading day prior to the Exercise Date, or (ii) if an Eligible Market is not the principal Trading Market for the shares of Common Stock, the closing sales price reported by Bloomberg on the principal Trading Market for the Common Stock on the last trading day prior to the Exercise Date, or (iii) if neither of the foregoing applies, the last sales price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the pink

 

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sheets or bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or if no sales price is so reported for such security, the last bid price of such security as reported by Bloomberg or (iv) if fair market value cannot be calculated as of such date on any of the foregoing bases, the fair market value shall be as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in the exercise of its good faith judgment. For purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), as in effect on the date hereof, assuming the Holder is not an affiliate of the Company, it is intended that the Exercise Shares issued in a net exercise pursuant to this Section 2.1 shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Exercise Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date this Warrant was originally issued.
2.2. ISSUANCE OF NEW WARRANTS . The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “ Warrant Register ”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary. Upon thirty (30) days notice to the Holder, the Company may appoint a warrant agent to maintain the Warrant Register. Upon any partial exercise of this Warrant, the Company, at its expense, will forthwith and, in any event within five business days, issue and deliver to the Holder a new warrant or warrants of like tenor, registered in the name of the Holder, exercisable, in the aggregate, for the balance of the number of shares of Common Stock remaining available for purchase under this Warrant.
2.3. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND EXPENSES . The Company shall pay any recording, filing, stamp or similar tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance of, and the preparation and delivery of certificates (if applicable) representing, (i) any Exercise Shares purchased upon exercise of this Warrant and/or (ii) new or replacement warrants in the Holder’s name or the name of any transferee of all or any portion of this Warrant; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance, delivery or registration of any certificates for Exercise Shares or Warrants in a name other than that of the Holder. The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding or transferring this Warrant or receiving Exercise Shares upon exercise hereof.
3. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY .
3.1. COVENANTS AS TO EXERCISE SHARES . The Company covenants and agrees that all Exercise Shares that may be issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant will, upon issuance, be validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issuance thereof. The Company further covenants and agrees that the Company will at all times during the Exercise Period, have authorized and reserved, free from preemptive rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant. If at any time during the Exercise Period the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock shall not be sufficient to permit exercise of this Warrant, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to take such corporate action in compliance with applicable law as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purposes.
3.2. NOTICES OF RECORD DATE AND CERTAIN OTHER EVENTS . In the event of any taking by the Company of a record of the holders of any class of securities for the purpose of determining the holders thereof who are entitled to receive any dividend or other distribution, the Company shall mail to the Holder, at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date on which any such record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend or distribution, a notice specifying such date. In the event of any voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company, the Company shall mail to the Holder, at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the occurrence of any such event, a notice specifying such date. In the event the Company authorizes or approves, enters into any agreement contemplating, or solicits stockholder approval for any Fundamental Transaction, as defined in Section 6 herein, the Company shall mail to the Holder, at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the occurrence of such event, a notice specifying such date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be described in such notice.

 

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4.  ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND SHARES . The Exercise Price and number of Exercise Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 4 .
(A) If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) pays a stock dividend on its Common Stock or otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock that is payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, or (iii) combines outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case (x) the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and (y) the Exercise Shares shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination.
(B) Upon the occurrence of any adjustment pursuant to this Section 4, the Company at its expense will, at the written request of the Holder, promptly compute such adjustment in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and adjusted number or type of Exercise Shares or other securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (as applicable), describing the transactions giving rise to such adjustments and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based. Upon written request, the Company will promptly deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Holder and to the Company’s transfer agent.
5.  FRACTIONAL SHARES . No fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant as a consequence of any adjustment pursuant hereto. All Exercise Shares (including fractions) issuable upon exercise of this Warrant may be aggregated for purposes of determining whether the exercise would result in the issuance of any fractional share. If, after aggregation, the exercise would result in the issuance of a fractional share, the number of Exercise Shares to be issued will be rounded down to the nearest whole share.
6.  FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS . If the Company shall effectuate any capital reorganization, reclassification of its capital stock, or consummate a consolidation or merger with another entity in which the Company is not the survivor, or shall effect a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets to another entity (any such transaction being hereinafter referred to as a “ Fundamental Transaction ”), then the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that lawful and adequate provision shall be made whereby the Holder shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions herein specified and in lieu of the Exercise Shares immediately theretofore issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, such shares of stock, securities or assets as would have been issuable or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number

 

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of Exercise Shares equal to the number of Exercise Shares immediately theretofore issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, had such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other disposition not taken place, and in any such case appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provision for adjustment of the Exercise Price to effectuate the purposes of this Section 6 ) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly equivalent as may be practicable in relation to any share of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise thereof. The Company shall not effect any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other disposition unless prior to or simultaneously with the consummation thereof the successor entity (if other than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger, or the entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring such assets or other appropriate corporation or entity shall assume the obligation to deliver to the Holder, at the last address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company, such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the Holder may be entitled to purchase, and the other obligations under this Warrant. The provisions of this Section 6 shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations, reclassifications, consolidations, mergers, sales, transfers or other dispositions, each of which transactions shall also constitute a Fundamental Transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction, at the request of the Holder delivered within 30 days after consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, the Company (or the successor entity) shall purchase this Warrant from the Holder by paying to the Holder, within seven Business Days after such request (or, if later, on the effective date of the Fundamental Transaction), cash in an amount equal to the Black Scholes Value of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, Fundamental Transactions shall not include any transaction in which the Company is not a voluntary party thereto.
7.  NO STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS . Other than as provided in Section 3.2 or otherwise herein, this Warrant in and of itself shall not entitle the Holder to any voting rights or other rights as a stockholder of the Company.
8.  TRANSFER OF WARRANT . The Holder acknowledges that the Exercise Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, by the Holder in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon delivery of this Warrant and the form of assignment attached hereto to any transferee designated by Holder. The transferee shall sign an investment letter in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and its counsel. Any purported transfer of all or any portion of this Warrant in violation of the provisions of this Warrant shall be null and void.
9.  LOST, STOLEN, MUTILATED OR DESTROYED WARRANT . If this Warrant is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, the Company may, on such terms as to indemnity or otherwise as it may reasonably impose (which shall, in the case of a mutilated Warrant, include the surrender thereof), issue a new Warrant of like denomination and tenor as this Warrant so lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed. Any such new Warrant shall constitute an original contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the allegedly lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed Warrant shall be at any time enforceable by anyone.
10.  NOTICES, ETC . All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent by confirmed facsimile to the facsimile number specified in writing by the recipient if sent during normal business hours of the recipient on a Trading Day, if not, then on the next Trading Day or (c) the next Trading Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the Company at the address listed on the signature page hereto and to Holder the address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company or at such other address as the Company or Holder may designate by ten (10) days advance written notice to the other parties hereto.

 

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11.  ACCEPTANCE . Receipt of this Warrant by the Holder shall constitute acceptance of and agreement to all of the terms and conditions contained herein.
12.  GOVERNING LAW . This Warrant and all rights, obligations and liabilities hereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law that would require the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
13.  AMENDMENT OR WAIVER . Any term of this Warrant may be amended or waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) with the written consent of the Company and the Holders of this Warrant. No waivers of any term, condition or provision of this Warrant, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be, or construed as, a further or continuing waiver of any such term, condition or provision.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its duly authorized officer as of July [—], 2011.
                 
    CYCLACEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.    
 
               
 
  By:            
             
 
      Name:        
 
               
 
      Title:        
 
               

 

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NOTICE OF EXERCISE
TO: CYCLACEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
  (1) o   The undersigned hereby elects to purchase [       ] shares of the common stock, par value $0.001 (the “ Common Stock ”), of CYCLACEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (the “ Company ”) pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
 
    o   The undersigned hereby elects to purchase [       ] shares of Common Stock of the Company pursuant to the terms of the net exercise provisions set forth in Section 2.1 of the attached Warrant, and shall tender payment of all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
  (2)   Please issue the certificate for shares of Common Stock in the name of:
     
 
 
(Print or Type Name)
   
 
   
 
   
(Social Security or other Identifying Number)
   
 
   
 
   
(Street Address)
   
 
   
 
   
(City, State, Zip Code)
   
 
   
or deliver the shares of Common Stock to the following DWAC Account Number:
   
 
   
 
   
  (3)   If such number of shares shall not be all the shares purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant, a new warrant certificate for the balance of such Warrants remaining unexercised shall be registered in the name of and delivered to:
     
Please insert social security or other identifying number:                     
   
 
   
 
 
(Please Print Name and Address)
   
Dated:                                          
         
 
 
 
(Signature)
   
 
       
 
 
 
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to
         
 
  Name:    
 
       
 
       
 
  (Please print)    
 
       
 
  Address:    
 
       
 
       
 
  (Please print)    
Dated:                      , 20[__]
         
Holder’s Signature:
   
 
   
         
Holder’s Address:
   
 
   
NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever. Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Warrant

 

 

Exhibit 5.1
     
(MINTZ LEVIN LOGO)
  Chrysler Center
666 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017
212-935-3000
212-983-3115 fax
www.mintz.com
June 30, 2011
Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
200 Connell Drive, Suite 1500
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey 07922
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This opinion is furnished to you in connection with a Prospectus Supplement, dated June 30, 2011 (the “ Prospectus Supplement ”), to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-173291) (the “ Registration Statement ”) filed by Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “ Company ”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), relating to the sale of an aggregate of 7,617,646 units in an underwritten offering (the “ Offering ”) at a purchase price of $1.36 per unit (each, a “ Unit ”). Each Unit consists of (i) one share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), and (ii) one warrant to purchase 0.5 of one share of Common Stock (each, a “ Warrant, ” and collectively, the “ Warrants ”), and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (the “ Warrant Shares ” and, together with the Warrants and the Common Stock, the “ Securities ”), pursuant to an underwriting agreement (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) by and between the Company and Leerink Swann LLC and Lazard Capital Markets LLC, dated June 30, 2011. The Underwriting Agreement and the form of Warrant have been filed as exhibits 1.1 and 4.1, respectively, to a Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 30, 2011, as filed with the Commission on the date hereof.
In connection with this opinion, we have examined and relied upon the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, each as amended to the date hereof and as currently in effect; the minutes of all pertinent meetings of directors of the Company relating to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus Supplement and the transactions contemplated thereby; such other records of the corporate proceedings of the Company and certificates of the Company’s officers as we deemed relevant for the purposes of rendering the opinions set forth in this letter; the Registration Statement and the exhibits filed thereto with the Commission; the Prospectus Supplement; the Underwriting Agreement; and the Warrants.
In our examination, we have assumed: (i) the authenticity of original documents and the genuineness of all signatures; (ii) the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies; (iii) the truth, accuracy and completeness of the information, representations and warranties contained in the records, documents, instruments and certificates we have reviewed; (iv) the legal capacity of natural persons; and (v) the due execution and delivery of all documents, where due execution and delivery are a prerequisite to the effectiveness thereof.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the limitations set forth below, we are of the opinion that: (i) the Common Stock, when issued by the Company and delivered by the Company against payment therefor as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; (ii) provided that the Warrants have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and duly delivered to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, then the Warrants, when issued and sold as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, will be valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, ; and (iii) the Warrant Shares, when issued by the Company and delivered by the Company against payment therefor as contemplated by the Warrants, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo P.C.
New York | Washington | Boston | Stamford | Los Angeles | Palo Alto | San Diego | London

 

 


 

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo P.C.
Our opinion that any document is legal, valid and binding is qualified as to:
(a) limitations imposed by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally;
(b) rights to indemnification and contribution, which may be limited by applicable law or equitable principles; and
(c) general principles of equity, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief and limitation of rights of acceleration, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
Our opinions are limited to the General Corporation Laws of the State of Delaware (including the applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and the reported judicial decisions interpreting such laws) and the United States federal laws, and we express no opinion with respect to the laws of any other jurisdiction. No opinion is expressed herein with respect to the qualification of the Common Stock under the securities or blue sky laws of any state or any foreign jurisdiction. To the extent that any applicable document is stated to be governed by the laws of another jurisdiction, we have assumed, for purposes of this opinion letter, that the laws of such jurisdiction are identical to the state laws of the State of Delaware.
Please note that we are opining only as to the matters expressly set forth herein, and no opinion should be inferred as to any other matters. This opinion letter is based upon currently existing statutes, rules, regulations and judicial decisions, and we disclaim any obligation to advise you of any change in any of these sources of law or subsequent legal or factual developments which might affect any matters or opinions set forth herein.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act with the Commission as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed by the Company in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities and to the use of our name in the above-referenced Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Legal Matters.” In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.
         
 
  Very truly yours,    
 
       
 
  /s/ Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
 
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
   

 

 

Exhibit 99.1
     
(CYCLACEL LOGO)
CYCLACEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. ANNOUNCES PRICING OF
UNDERWRITTEN OFFERING OF COMMON STOCK AND WARRANTS
- Proceeds to advance “SEAMLESS” pivotal Phase 3 trial of oral sapacitabine -
Berkeley Heights, NJ, July 1, 2011 — Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYCC, NASDAQ: CYCCP; Cyclacel or the Company), today announced that it has priced an underwritten offering of an aggregate 7,617,646 units at an offering price of $1.36 per unit for gross proceeds of $10.36 million. Each unit consists of (i) one share of common stock and (ii) a five-year warrant to purchase 0.5 of a share of common stock at an exercise price of $1.36 per share, exercisable beginning six months after the date of issuance. The shares of common stock and warrants are immediately separable and will be issued separately such that no units will be issued. Net proceeds, after estimated underwriting discount and other estimated fees and expenses payable by the Company, and assuming the warrants are not exercised, will be approximately $9.3 million. The net proceeds from the offering will be used for funding the Company’s SEAMLESS pivotal Phase 3 trial of its leading drug, sapacitabine, and general corporate purposes.
The offering is expected to close on July 7, 2011, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Leerink Swann LLC and Lazard Capital Markets LLC served as Joint-Bookrunning Managers for the offering. Roth Capital Partners, LLC served as financial advisor.
The securities described above are being offered by Cyclacel pursuant to a shelf registration statement previously filed with and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 26, 2011. A prospectus supplement related to the offering will be filed with the SEC and, once filed, will be available on the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov . The prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus may be obtained by sending a request to Leerink Swann LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, One Federal Street, 37 th Floor, Boston, MA 02110, telephone number: 617-918-4814.
About Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Cyclacel is a biopharmaceutical company developing oral therapies that target the various phases of cell cycle control for the treatment of cancer and other serious diseases. Sapacitabine (CYC682), a cell cycle modulating nucleoside analog, is in Phase 3 development for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia in the elderly and Phase 2 studies for myelodysplastic syndromes and lung cancer. Seliciclib (CYC202 or R-roscovitine), a CDK (cyclin dependent kinase) inhibitor, is in Phase 2 studies for the treatment of lung cancer and nasopharyngeal cancer and in a Phase 1 trial in combination with sapacitabine. Cyclacel’s ALIGN Pharmaceuticals subsidiary markets directly in the U.S. Xclair ® Cream for radiation dermatitis, Numoisyn ® Liquid and Numoisyn ® Lozenges for xerostomia. Cyclacel’s strategy is to build a diversified biopharmaceutical business focused in hematology and oncology based on a portfolio of commercial products and a development pipeline of novel drug candidates. Please visit www.cyclacel.com for additional information.
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200 Connell Drive, Suite 1500, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 USA T: +1 (908) 517 7330 F: +1 (866) 271 3466
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Dundee Technopole, James Lindsay Place, Dundee, DD1 5JJ, UK Tel +44 1382 206 062 Fax +44 1382 206 067
www.cyclacel.com – info@cyclacel.com

 

 


 

Forward-looking Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to be materially different from historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include statements regarding, among other things, the efficacy, safety, and intended utilization of Cyclacel’s product candidates, the conduct and results of future clinical trials, plans regarding regulatory filings, future research and clinical trials and plans regarding partnering activities. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially include the risk that product candidates that appeared promising in early research and clinical trials do not demonstrate safety and/or efficacy in larger-scale or later clinical trials, trials may have difficulty enrolling, Cyclacel may not obtain approval to market its products, the risks associated with reliance on outside financing to meet capital requirements, and the risks associated with reliance on collaborative partners for further clinical trials, development and commercialization of product candidates. You are urged to consider statements that include the words “may,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “believes,” “estimates,” “projects,” “potential,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “continues,” “forecast,” “designed,” “goal,” or the negative of those words or other comparable words to be uncertain and forward-looking. For a further list and description of the risks and uncertainties the Company faces, please refer to our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other periodic and current filings that have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are available at www.sec.gov . Such forward-looking statements are current only as of the date they are made, and we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Contact for Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Investors/Media: Corey Sohmer, (908) 517-7330, csohmer@cyclacel.com
© Copyright 2011 Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Cyclacel logo and Cyclacel ® are trademarks of Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Numoisyn ® and Xclair ® are trademarks of Sinclair Pharma plc.

 

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