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): March 16, 2015

 

 

AMPLIPHI BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Washington   000-23930   91-1549568
         

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

4870 Sadler Road, Suite 300

Glen Allen, Virginia 23060

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

(804) 205-5069

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

(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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 
 

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities.

 

On March 16, 2015, AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation (the “ Company ”) completed a private placement, pursuant to the Subscription Agreement (the “ Subscription Agreement ”) with certain accredited investors (collectively, the “ Purchasers ”), of 78,787,880 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Common Stock ”) at a purchase price of $0.165 per share, for an aggregate of $13,000,000, and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 19,696,971 shares of Common Stock, which will be exercisable in accordance with the terms set forth therein at a price of $0.215 per share (the “ Warrants ”). The Warrants expire five years after the closing date. The securities were sold to accredited investors pursuant to the exemptions from registration under Rule 506 of Regulation D, promulgated under the United States Securities Act of 1933.

 

The Common Stock and Warrants sold pursuant to the Subscription Agreement are subject to registration rights, set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement entered between the Company and the Purchasers into in connection with the offering (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”). Under the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has agreed to file an initial registration statement on Form S-1 on or prior to April 16, 2015 that would register the Common Stock that has been issued to the Purchasers pursuant to the Subscription Agreement and the Common Stock underlying the Warrants.

 

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the agreements attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, Exhibit 10.2 and Exhibit 10.3, which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Document
     
10.1   Subscription Agreement dated March 10, 2015
     
10.2   Form of Common Stock Warrant
     
10.3   Registration Rights Agreement dated March 10, 2015

 

 
 

 

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

        AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation
       
Date: March 19, 2015       By:  

/s/ David E. Bosher

           

 David E. Bosher

 Chief Financial Officer

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
10.1   Subscription Agreement dated March 10, 2015
     
10.2   Form of Common Stock Warrant
     
10.3   Registration Rights Agreement dated March 10, 2015

 

 

 

   

EXHIBIT 10.1

 

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation

4870 Sadler Road, Suite 300

Glen Allen, Virginia 23060

Attn: Jeremy Curnock Cook

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

sECTION 1.         Issuance of Common Stock and Warrants .

 

1.1            Stock and Warrant Subscription . The undersigned (the “ Purchaser ”), intending to be legally bound, hereby irrevocably agrees to purchase from AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation, a Washington corporation (the “ Company ”), (a) such number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock (“ Common Stock ”) set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Exhibit A (all of the shares of Common being purchased in the Offering being referred to herein as the “ Shares ”) for a purchase price per share of $0.165 (the “ Purchase Price ”), and (b) a warrant representing the right to purchase that number of shares of Common Stock equal to twenty five percent (25%) of the number of shares of Common Stock being purchased by the Purchaser on the Closing Date (subject to adjustment to reflect forward or reverse stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations and the like) at a per share exercise price equal to $0.215 in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (each such warrant, a “ Warrant ” and collectively, the “ Warrants ”) for the aggregate consideration set forth on Exhibit A hereof (the “ Subscription Amount ”).

 

1.2            Offering . This subscription is submitted to you in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions described in this Subscription Agreement (this “ Agreement ” or this “ Subscription Agreement ”). The Company is offering (the “ Offering ”) an aggregate of 78,787,880 shares of Common Stock and Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 19,696,971 shares of Common Stock (together, the “ Offered Securities ”).

 

1.3            Payment . The Purchaser may purchase the Offered Securities with cash or other immediately available funds equal to the Subscription Amount. In order to complete the Purchaser’s subscription hereunder, the Purchaser shall deliver a completed and executed Signature Page to this Subscription Agreement together with a check for, or wire transfer of, the Subscription Amount.

 

sECTION 2.         Closing.

 

The closing of the purchase and sale of Offered Securities hereunder (the “ Closing ”) shall be held as soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement, and in any event within five business days of the date of this Agreement, at such place as is mutually agreeable to the Company and each Purchaser identified on Exhibit A hereto (the “ Closing Date ”). At the Closing:

 

(a)          Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, shall wire funds in the amount set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Exhibit A directly to the Company’s account in accordance with the wire instructions below; and

 

 
 

 

(b)          the Company shall deliver a certificate representing the applicable number of Shares and the Warrant to Purchaser.

 

sECTION 3.         Representations and Warranties of the Company.

 

Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation or otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the corresponding Section of the Disclosure Schedules, the Company hereby represents, warrants and covenants to each Purchaser that:

 

3.1            Organization, Good Standing and Power . The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Washington and has the requisite corporate power to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to conduct its business as it is now being conducted. The Company does not have any subsidiaries other than Special Phage Holdings Pty Ltd. and Biocontrol Ltd. The Company is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except for any jurisdiction(s) (alone or in the aggregate) in which the failure to be so qualified will not have a Material Adverse Effect. For the purposes of this Agreement, “ Material Adverse Effect ” means any effect on the business, operations, properties or financial condition of the Company that is material and adverse to the Company, taken as a whole, and any condition, circumstance or situation that would prohibit the Company from entering into and performing any of its obligations hereunder.

 

3.2            Authorization; Enforcement . The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement and to issue and sell the Shares in accordance with the terms hereof. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and no further consent or authorization of the Company, its board of directors or stockholders is required. When executed and delivered by the Company, this Agreement shall constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation, conservatorship, receivership or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditor’s rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application. The Company’s board of directors, at a meeting duly called and held, adopted resolutions approving the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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3.3            Capitalization .

 

(a)          The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 445,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock. As of March 4, 2015 (1) 199,159,093 shares of Common Stock were issued and outstanding, (2) 8,671,040 shares Series B Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding, which were convertible into 86,710,400 shares of Common Stock, (3) no shares of Common Stock are held by the Company in its treasury, (4) 38,890,452 shares of Common Stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to warrants (the “ Existing Warrants ”), and (5) 22,034,747 shares were reserved for issuance pursuant to stock options issued under the Company’s current stock option plans (the “ Stock Options ”), and (6) 39,250,000 shares remained available for issuance under the Company’s current stock option plans. Except for the foregoing Common Stock, Preferred Stock, the Existing Warrants, the Stock Options, and as disclosed in Schedule 3.3(a), as of the date hereof, no shares of capital stock or other equity or voting securities of Company are issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding and there exist no outstanding options to purchase shares of the Common Stock, rights (including conversion or preemptive rights and rights of first refusal or similar rights) or agreements, orally or in writing, to purchase or otherwise acquire from the Company any shares of capital stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Company capital stock. All outstanding shares of capital stock and other equity or voting securities of the Company (including the Existing Warrants and Stock Options) are, and all shares which may be issued pursuant thereto will be, when issued in accordance with the terms and conditions of their authorizing documents, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to or issued in violation of any preemptive right, purchase option, call option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right. Other than the shares of Series B Preferred Stock, Existing Warrants and Stock Options, there are no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness or securities of the Company having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which any Company stockholder may vote. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Company capital stock were offered, issued, sold and delivered by the Company in compliance with all applicable state and federal laws concerning the issuance of securities. Further, none of such shares were issued in violation of any preemptive rights. There are no securities or instruments issued by or to which the Company is a party containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Shares, the Warrants or the securities underlying the Warrants.

 

(b)          There are no outstanding rights, commitments or contracts of any kind obligating the Company to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock or other equity or voting securities of the Company. As of the date hereof, other than (i) the Subscription Agreement dated June 26, 2013, between the Company and the holder of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock and (ii) the Subscription Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement dated December 19, 2013 between the Company and the purchasers party thereto, there are no Contracts of any character (contingent or otherwise) pursuant to which any person is or may be entitled to cause the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act, or which otherwise relate to the registration of any securities of the Company. Other than as set forth on Schedule 3.3(b), there are no voting trusts, proxies, anti-takeover plans or other contracts of any character to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of the Company’s stockholders is a party or by which any of them is bound, in each case, with respect to the issuance, holding, acquisition, voting or disposition of any shares of capital stock of the Company. Other than as set forth on Schedule 3.3(b), the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock, security or other ownership or equity interest in any entity.

 

(c)          The shares to be issued and sold hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and, when paid for and issued in accordance with the terms hereof, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. In addition, such shares will be free and clear of all liens, claims, charges, security interests or agreements, pledges, assignments, covenants, restrictions or other encumbrances created by, or imposed by, the Company (collectively, “ Encumbrances ”) and rights of refusal of any kind imposed by the Company (other than restrictions on transfer under applicable securities laws) and the holder of such shares shall be entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock.

 

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3.4            No Conflicts; Governmental Approvals . The execution, delivery and performance of the Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (i) violate any provision of the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation or Amended and Restated Bylaws, each as amended to date, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, indenture, note, bond, license, lease agreement, instrument or obligation to which the Company is a party or by which the Company’s properties or assets are bound, or (iii) result in a violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws and regulations) applicable to the Company or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected, except for such conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, acceleration, cancellations and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not required under federal, state, foreign or local law, rule or regulation to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or issue and sell the shares in accordance with the terms hereof (other than any filings, consents and approvals which may be required to be made by the Company under applicable state and federal securities laws, rules or regulations prior to or subsequent to the Closing).

 

3.5            Financial Statements . For purposes of this Agreement, “ Financial Statements ” means the audited balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2013, the audited statement of income and retained earnings and unaudited statement of cash flows of the Company for the year ended on the Financial Statement Date, and the unaudited balance sheet, statement of income and retained earnings, and statement of cash flows of the Company for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 (the “ Financial Statement Date ”). An accurate copy of the Financial Statements has been provided to Purchaser. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.5 , such Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject to normal year-end adjustments). Except as set forth on Schedule 3.5 , such Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Since the Financial Statement Date, the Company has not incurred any liabilities or obligations (whether absolute, accrued, fixed, contingent, liquidated, unliquidated or otherwise and whether due or to become due) of any nature, except liabilities, obligations or contingencies (i) which were incurred after the Financial Statement Date in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices under any contract, commitment or agreement specifically disclosed in the Schedules or not required to be disclosed thereon because of the term or amount involved or otherwise, (ii) which were incurred as a result of the transactions described herein, or (iii) which would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.5 , the Company has timely filed all forms, reports and other documents material to the business of the Company required to be filed prior to the date hereof with any governmental authority.

 

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3.6            Internal Controls . The Company has established and maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

 

3.7            No Material Adverse Change . Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.7, since the Financial Statement Date, the Company has not (i) experienced or suffered any Material Adverse Effect, (ii) incurred any material liabilities, obligations, claims or losses (whether liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) other than those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s business or (iii) declared, made or paid any dividend or distribution of any kind on its capital stock.

 

3.8            Litigation . No action, suit, proceeding or investigation is currently pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, has been threatened in writing against the Company that: (i) concerns or questions the validity of this Agreement; (ii) concerns or questions the right of the Company to enter into this Agreement; or (iii) is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is neither a party to nor subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency or instrumentality. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation by the Company currently pending or that the Company intends to initiate that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.9            Compliance . Except for defaults or violations which are not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company (i) is not in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company under), nor has the Company received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is not in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii) is not or has not been in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws, applicable to its business.

 

3.10          Intellectual Property

 

(a)          The Company has entered into agreements with each of its current and former officers, employees and consultants involved in research and development work, including development of the Company’s products and technology providing the Company, to the extent permitted by law, with title and ownership to patents, patent applications, trade secrets and inventions conceived, developed, reduced to practice by such person, solely or jointly with other of such persons, during the period of employment by the Company, except where the failure to have entered into such an agreement would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not aware that any of its employees or consultants is in material violation thereof.

 

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(b)          To the Company’s knowledge, the Company owns or possesses adequate rights to use all, if any, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, patents, patent applications, inventions, know how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), and other intellectual property rights (“ Intellectual Property ”) as are necessary for the conduct of its business. In addition, (i) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no infringement, misappropriation or violation by third parties of any such Intellectual Property; (ii) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others against the Company challenging the Company’s rights in or to any such Intellectual Property; (iii) the Intellectual Property owned by the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Intellectual Property licensed to the Company has not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction or applicable government agency, in whole or in part, and there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property; (iv) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others against the Company that the Company infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property or other proprietary rights of others, and the Company has not received any written notice of such claim; and (v) to the Company’s knowledge, no employee of the Company is the subject of any claim or proceeding involving a violation of any term of any employment contract, patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment agreement, non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement, nondisclosure agreement or any restrictive covenant to or with a former employer where the basis of such violation relates to such employee’s employment with the Company or actions undertaken by the employee while employed with the Company.

 

3.11          FDA Compliance .

 

(a)          The Company: (i) is in material compliance with all statutes, rules or regulations applicable to the ownership, testing, development, manufacture, packaging, processing, use, distribution, marketing, labeling, promotion, sale, offer for sale, storage, import, export or disposal of any product that is under development, manufactured or distributed by the Company (“ Applicable Laws ”); (ii) has not received any FDA Form 483, notice of adverse finding, warning letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “ FDA ”) or any other federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authority alleging or asserting material noncompliance with any Applicable Laws or any licenses, certificates, approvals, clearances, authorizations, permits and supplements or amendments thereto required by any such Applicable Laws (“ Authorizations ”); (iii) possesses all material Authorizations necessary for the operation of its business and such Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect and the Company is not in material violation of any term of any such Authorizations; and (iv) since December 31, 2012: (A) has not received notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from the FDA or any other federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authority or third party alleging that any product operation or activity is in material violation of any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and the Company has no knowledge that the FDA or any other federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authority or third party is considering any such claim, litigation, arbitration, action, suit, investigation or proceeding; (B) has not received notice that the FDA or any other federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authority has taken, is taking or intends to take action to limit, suspend, modify or revoke any material Authorizations and has no knowledge that the FDA or any other federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authority is considering such action; (C) has filed, obtained, maintained or submitted all material reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments as required by any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and that all such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments were materially complete and correct on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent submission); and (D) has not, either voluntarily or involuntarily, initiated, conducted, or issued or caused to be initiated, conducted or issued, any recall, market withdrawal or replacement, safety alert, post-sale warning, “dear doctor” letter, or other notice or action relating to the alleged lack of safety or efficacy of any product or any alleged product defect or violation and, to the Company’s knowledge, no third party has initiated, conducted or intends to initiate any such notice or action.

 

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(b)          Since January 1, 2010, the Company has not received any notices or correspondence from the FDA or any other federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authority requiring the termination, suspension or material modification of any studies, tests or preclinical or clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of the Company.

 

3.12          General Healthcare Regulatory Compliance .

 

(a)          As used in this subsection:

 

(i)          “ Governmental Entity ” means any national, federal, state, county, municipal, local or foreign government, or any political subdivision, court, body, agency or regulatory authority thereof, and any person exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory, taxing or administrative functions of or pertaining to any of the foregoing.

 

(ii)         “ Law ” means any federal, state, local, national or foreign law, statute, code, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, writ, stipulation, award, injunction, decree or arbitration award or finding.

 

(b)          The Company has not committed any act, made any statement or failed to make any statement that would reasonably be expected to provide a basis for the FDA or any other Governmental Entity to invoke its policy with respect to “Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities”, or similar policies, set forth in any applicable Laws. Neither the Company, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any of its officers, key employees or agents has been convicted of any crime or engaged in any conduct that has resulted, or would reasonably be expected to result, in debarment under applicable Law, including, without limitation, 21 U.S.C. Section 335a. No claims, actions, proceedings or investigations that would reasonably be expected to result in such a material debarment or exclusion are pending, or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the Company or any of its respective officers, employees or agents.

 

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(c)          Each of the Company and, to its knowledge, its directors, officers, employees, and agents (while acting in such capacity) is, and at all times has been, in material compliance with all health care Laws applicable to the Company or by which any of its properties, businesses, products or other assets is bound or affected, including, without limitation, the federal Anti-kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)), the Anti-Inducement Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a(a)(5)), the civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq.), the administrative False Claims Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a)), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. § 1320d et seq.), the exclusion laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7), the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq.) (collectively, “ Health Care Laws ”). The Company has not received any notification, correspondence or any other written or oral communication from any Governmental Entity, including, without limitation, the FDA, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, of potential or actual material non-compliance by, or liability of, the Company under any Health Care Laws.

 

(d)          The Company is not a party to any corporate integrity agreements, monitoring agreements, consent decrees, settlement orders, or similar agreements with or imposed by any Governmental Entity.

 

3.13          Application of Takeover Protections . The issuance of the Offered Securities hereunder and Purchaser’s ownership thereof is not prohibited by the business combination statutes of the state of Washington. The Company has not adopted any stockholder rights plan, “poison pill” or similar arrangement that would trigger any right, obligation or event as a result of the issuance of the Offered Securities and Purchaser’s ownership of such securities and there are no similar anti-takeover provisions under the Company's charter documents.

 

3.14          Private Placement . Neither the Company nor its Affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf, (i) has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (together, the “ Securities Act ”)) in connection with the offer or sale of the Offered Securities or (ii) has issued any shares of Common Stock or shares of any series of Preferred Stock or other securities or instruments convertible into, exchangeable for or otherwise entitling the holder thereof to acquire shares of Common Stock which would be integrated with the sale of the Offered Securities to Purchaser for purposes of the Securities Act or of any applicable stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated, nor will the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates take any action or steps that would require registration of any of the Offered Securities under the Securities Act or cause the offering of the Offered Securities to be integrated with other offerings. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Purchaser, the offer and sale of the Offered Securities by the Company to Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

3.15          No Disqualification Events . With respect to Offered Securities to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506 under the Securities Act (“ Regulation D Securities ”), neither the Company, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, any person that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with such sale of Offered Securities, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an “ Company Covered Person ” and, together, “ Company Covered Persons ”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a “ Disqualification Event ”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Company Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the Purchasers a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.

 

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3.16          No Manipulation of Stock . The Company has not taken and will not, in violation of applicable law, take, any action outside the ordinary course of business designed to or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in unlawful manipulation of the price of the Common Stock.

 

sECTION 4.         Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser.

 

Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Company as follows:

 

4.1           None of the Offered Securities or securities underlying the Offered Securities are registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws. The Purchaser understands that the offering and sale of the Offered Securities is intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act, by virtue of Section 4(a)(2) thereof each as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) thereunder, based, in part, upon the representations, warranties and agreements of the Purchaser contained in this Subscription Agreement.

 

4.2           Prior to the execution of this Subscription Agreement, the Purchaser and the Purchaser's attorney, accountant, purchaser representative and/or tax adviser, if any (collectively, the “ Advisers ”), have received this Subscription Agreement, the terms of the Common Stock, the Warrant and all documents requested by the Purchaser, have carefully reviewed them and understand the information contained therein.

 

4.3           Neither the SEC nor any state securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved the Offered Securities or passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Offered Securities.

 

4.4           All documents, records, and books pertaining to the investment in the Offered Securities have been made available for inspection by such Purchaser and its Advisers, if any.

 

4.5           The Purchaser and its Advisers, if any, have had a reasonable opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from a person or persons acting on behalf of the Company concerning the offering of the Offered Securities and the business, financial condition and results of operations of the Company, and all such questions have been answered to the full satisfaction of the Purchaser and its Advisers, if any.

 

4.6           In evaluating the suitability of an investment in the Company, the Purchaser has not relied upon any representation or information (oral or written) other than as stated in this Subscription Agreement, the terms of the Common Stock or the Warrant.

 

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4.7           The Purchaser is unaware of, is in no way relying on, and did not become aware of the Offering of the Offered Securities through or as a result of, any form of general solicitation or general advertising including, without limitation, any article, notice, advertisement or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television, radio or the Internet (including, without limitation, internet “blogs,” bulletin boards, discussion groups and social networking sites) in connection with the Offering and sale of the Offered Securities and is not subscribing for the Offered Securities and did not become aware of the Offering of the Offered Securities through or as a result of any seminar or meeting to which the Purchaser was invited by, or any solicitation of a subscription by, a person not previously known to the Purchaser in connection with investments in securities generally.

 

4.8           The Purchaser has taken no action that would give rise to any claim by any person for brokerage commissions, finders' fees or the like relating to this Subscription Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

4.9           The Purchaser, together with its Advisers, if any, has such knowledge and experience in financial, tax, and business matters, and, in particular, investments in securities, so as to enable it to utilize the information made available to it in connection with the Offering to evaluate the merits and risks of an investment in the Offered Securities and the Company and to make an informed investment decision with respect thereto.

 

4.10         The Purchaser is not relying on the Company or any of its respective employees or agents with respect to the legal, tax, economic and related considerations of an investment in the Offered Securities, and the Purchaser has relied on the advice of, or has consulted with, only its own Advisers.

 

4.11         The Purchaser is acquiring the Offered Securities solely for such Purchaser's own account for investment purposes only and not with a view to or intent of resale or distribution thereof, in whole or in part. The Purchaser has no agreement or arrangement, formal or informal, with any person to sell or transfer all or any part of the Offered Securities and the Purchaser has no plans to enter into any such agreement or arrangement.

 

4.12         The Purchaser must bear the substantial economic risks of the investment in the Offered Securities indefinitely because none of the securities included in the Offered Securities may be sold, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available. Legends to the following effect shall be placed on the securities included in the Offered Securities to the effect that they have not been registered under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws:

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE CONVERSION HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “U.S. SECURITIES ACT”). THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING SUCH SECURITIES, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, OR UNDER AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, AND, IN EACH CASE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

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4.13         Appropriate notations will be made in the Company's books to the effect that the Offered Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws. Stop transfer instructions will be placed with the transfer agent of the securities. There can be no assurance that there will be any market for resale of the Offered Securities, nor can there be any assurance that such securities will be freely transferable at any time in the foreseeable future. The Purchaser has adequate means of providing for such Purchaser's current financial needs and foreseeable contingencies and has no need for liquidity of its investment in the Offered Securities for an indefinite period of time.

 

4.14         The Purchaser either:

 

(a)          meets the requirements of at least one of the suitability standards for an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Regulation D and as set forth on the Accredited Investor Certification attached hereto as Exhibit C ; or

 

(b)          is not a “U.S. Person” as defined in Regulation S; and specifically the Purchaser is not (all Purchasers who are not a U.S. Person must INITIAL this section as indicated to confirm their careful review and understanding of this Section) Initial _______ :

 

(i)          a natural person resident in the United States of America, including its territories and possessions (“ United States ”);

 

(ii)         a partnership or corporation organized or incorporated under the laws of the United States;

 

(iii)        an estate of which any executor or administrator is a U.S. Person;

 

(iv)        a trust of which any trustee is a U.S. Person;

 

(v)         an agency or branch of a foreign entity located in the United States;

 

(vi)        a non-discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or trust) held by a dealer or other fiduciary for the benefit or account of a U.S. Person;

 

(vii)       a discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or trust) held by a dealer or other fiduciary organized, incorporated, or (if an individual) resident in the United States; and

 

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(viii)      a partnership or corporation: (A) organized or incorporated under the laws of any foreign jurisdiction; and (B) formed by a U.S. Person principally for the purpose of investing in securities not registered under the Securities Act, unless it is organized or incorporated, and owned, by accredited investors (as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Act) who are not natural persons, estates or trusts.

 

(c)          And, in addition (to the extent (a) above is inapplicable):

 

(i)          the Purchaser was not offered the Offered Securities in the United States;

 

(ii)         at the time the buy-order for the Offered Securities was originated, the Purchaser was outside the United States;

 

(iii)        the Purchaser is purchasing the Offered Securities for its own account and not on behalf of any U.S. Person (as defined in Regulation S) and a sale of the Offered Securities has not been pre-arranged with a purchaser in the United States;

 

(iv)        the Purchaser agrees to resell the Offered Securities only in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the Act, or pursuant to an available exemption from registration and agrees not to engage in hedging transactions with regard to such Offered Securities unless in compliance with the Act;

 

(v)         the Purchaser agrees that any certificates for any Offered Securities issued to such Purchaser shall contain a legend to the effect that transfer is prohibited except in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the Act or pursuant to an available exemption from registration and that hedging transactions involving such Offered Securities may not be conducted unless in compliance with the Act; and

 

(vi)        the Purchaser agrees that the Company is hereby required to refuse to register any transfer of any Offered Securities issued to such Purchaser not made in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the Act, or pursuant to an available exemption from registration.

 

4.15         The Purchaser (i) if a natural person, represents that the Purchaser has reached the age of 21 and has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Subscription Agreement and all other related agreements or certificates and to carry out the provisions hereof and thereof; (ii) if a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company or partnership, or association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity, represents that such entity was not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Offered Securities, such entity is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its organization, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby is authorized by, and will not result in a violation of state law or its charter or other organizational documents, such entity has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Subscription Agreement and all other related agreements or certificates and to carry out the provisions hereof and thereof and to purchase and hold the securities constituting the Offered Securities, the execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action, this Subscription Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of such entity and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of such entity; or (iii) if executing this Subscription Agreement in a representative or fiduciary capacity, represents that it has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Subscription Agreement in such capacity and on behalf of the subscribing individual, ward, partnership, trust, estate, corporation, or limited liability company or partnership, or other entity for whom the Purchaser is executing this Subscription Agreement, and such individual, partnership, ward, trust, estate, corporation, or limited liability company or partnership, or other entity has full right and power to perform pursuant to this Subscription Agreement and make an investment in the Company, and represents that this Subscription Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such entity. The execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement will not violate or be in conflict with any order, judgment, injunction, agreement or controlling document to which the Purchaser is a party or by which it is bound.

 

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4.16         The Purchaser and the Advisers, if any, have had the opportunity to obtain any additional information, to the extent the Company has such information in its possession or could acquire it without unreasonable effort or expense, necessary to verify the accuracy of the information contained in all documents received or reviewed in connection with the purchase of the Offered Securities and have had the opportunity to have representatives of the Company provide them with such additional information regarding the terms and conditions of this particular investment and the financial condition, results of operations, business of the Company deemed relevant by the Purchaser or the Advisers, if any, and all such requested information, to the extent the Company had such information in its possession or could acquire it without unreasonable effort or expense, has been provided to the full satisfaction of the Purchaser and the Advisers, if any.

 

4.17         Any information which the Purchaser has heretofore furnished or is furnishing herewith to the Company is complete and accurate and may be relied upon by the Company in determining the availability of an exemption from registration under federal and state securities laws in connection with the offering of securities as described herein. The Purchaser further represents and warrants that it will notify and supply corrective information to the Company immediately upon the occurrence of any change therein occurring prior to the Company's issuance of the Offered Securities.

 

4.18         The Purchaser has significant prior investment experience, including investment in non-listed and non-registered securities. The Purchaser is knowledgeable about investment considerations in development-stage companies with limited operating histories. The Purchaser has a sufficient net worth to sustain a loss of its entire investment in the Company in the event such a loss should occur. The Purchaser's overall commitment to investments which are not readily marketable is not excessive in view of the Purchaser’s net worth and financial circumstances and the purchase of the Offered Securities will not cause such commitment to become excessive. The investment is a suitable one for the Purchaser.

 

4.19         The Purchaser is satisfied that the Purchaser has received adequate information with respect to all matters which it or the Advisers, if any, consider material to its decision to make this investment.

 

4.20         No oral or written representations have been made, or oral or written information furnished, to the Purchaser or the Advisers, if any, in connection with the Offering which are in any way inconsistent with the information contained in this Subscription Agreement or the Offered Securities.

 

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4.21         [Intentionally Omitted].

 

4.22         THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND ARE BEING OFFERED AND SOLD IN RELIANCE ON EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SAID ACT AND SUCH LAWS. THE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER SAID ACT AND SUCH LAWS PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM. THE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN RECOMMENDED, APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE COMMISSION, ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR ANY OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITY, NOR HAVE ANY OF THE FOREGOING AUTHORITIES PASSED UPON OR ENDORSED THE MERITS OF THIS OFFERING OR THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND THE TERMS OF THE WARRANT. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL.

 

4.23         In making an investment decision Purchasers must rely on their own examination of the Company and the terms of the Offering, including the merits and risks involved. The Purchaser should be aware that it will be required to bear the financial risks of this investment for an indefinite period of time

 

4.24          (For ERISA plans only) The fiduciary of the ERISA plan (the “Plan”) represents that such fiduciary has been informed of and understands the Company’s investment objectives, policies and strategies, and that the decision to invest “plan assets” (as such term is defined in ERISA) in the Company is consistent with the provisions of ERISA that require diversification of plan assets and impose other fiduciary responsibilities. The Purchaser fiduciary or Plan (a) is responsible for the decision to invest in the Company; (b) is independent of the Company or any of its affiliates; (c) is qualified to make such investment decision; and (d) in making such decision, the Purchaser fiduciary or Plan has not relied primarily on any advice or recommendation of the Company or any of its affiliates.

 

4.25          The Purchaser should check the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) website at http://www.treas.gov/ofac before making the following representations . The Purchaser represents that the amounts invested by it in the Company in the Offering were not and are not directly or indirectly derived from activities that contravene federal, state or international laws and regulations, including anti-money laundering laws and regulations. Federal regulations and Executive Orders administered by OFAC prohibit, among other things, the engagement in transactions with, and the provision of services to, certain foreign countries, territories, entities and individuals. The lists of OFAC prohibited countries, territories, persons and entities can be found on the OFAC website at http://www.treas.gov/ofac. In addition, the programs administered by OFAC (the “ OFAC Programs ”) prohibit dealing with individuals 1 or entities in certain countries regardless of whether such individuals or entities appear on the OFAC lists.

 

 

1 These individuals include specially designated nationals, specially designated narcotics traffickers and other parties subject to OFAC sanctions and embargo programs.

 

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4.26         To the best of the Purchaser’s knowledge, none of: (1) the Purchaser; (2) any person controlling or controlled by the Purchaser; (3) if the Purchaser is a privately-held entity, any person having a beneficial interest in the Purchaser; or (4) any person for whom the Purchaser is acting as agent or nominee in connection with this investment is a country, territory, individual or entity named on an OFAC list, or a person or entity prohibited under the OFAC Programs. Please be advised that the Company may not accept any amounts from a prospective investor if such prospective investor cannot make the representation set forth in the preceding paragraph. The Purchaser agrees to promptly notify the Company should the Purchaser become aware of any change in the information set forth in these representations. The Purchaser understands and acknowledges that, by law, the Company may be obligated to “freeze the account” of the Purchaser, either by prohibiting additional subscriptions from the Purchaser, declining any redemption requests and/or segregating the assets in the account in compliance with governmental regulations, and the Company may also be required to report such action and to disclose the Purchaser’s identity to OFAC. The Purchaser further acknowledges that the Company may, by written notice to the Purchaser, suspend the redemption rights, if any, of the Purchaser if the Company reasonably deems it necessary to do so to comply with anti-money laundering regulations applicable to the Company or any of the Company’s service providers. These individuals include specially designated nationals, specially designated narcotics traffickers and other parties subject to OFAC sanctions and embargo programs.

 

4.27         To the best of the Purchaser’s knowledge, none of: (1) the Purchaser; (2) any person controlling or controlled by the Purchaser; (3) if the Purchaser is a privately-held entity, any person having a beneficial interest in the Purchaser; or (4) any person for whom the Purchaser is acting as agent or nominee in connection with this investment is a senior foreign political figure, 2 or any immediate family 3 member or close associate 4 of a senior foreign political figure, as such terms are defined in the footnotes below.

 

4.28         If the Purchaser is affiliated with a non-U.S. banking institution (a “ Foreign Bank ”), or if the Purchaser receives deposits from, makes payments on behalf of, or handles other financial transactions related to a Foreign Bank, the Purchaser represents and warrants to the Company that: (1) the Foreign Bank has a fixed address, other than solely an electronic address, in a country in which the Foreign Bank is authorized to conduct banking activities; (2) the Foreign Bank maintains operating records related to its banking activities; (3) the Foreign Bank is subject to inspection by the banking authority that licensed the Foreign Bank to conduct banking activities; and (4) the Foreign Bank does not provide banking services to any other Foreign Bank that does not have a physical presence in any country and that is not a regulated affiliate.

 

 

 

2 A “senior foreign political figure” is defined as a senior official in the executive, legislative, administrative, military or judicial branches of a foreign government (whether elected or not), a senior official of a major foreign political party, or a senior executive of a foreign government-owned corporation. In addition, a “senior foreign political figure” includes any corporation, business or other entity that has been formed by, or for the benefit of, a senior foreign political figure.

 

3 “Immediate family” of a senior foreign political figure typically includes the figure’s parents, siblings, spouse, children and in-laws.

 

4 A “close associate” of a senior foreign political figure is a person who is widely and publicly known to maintain an unusually close relationship with the senior foreign political figure, and includes a person who is in a position to conduct substantial domestic and international financial transactions on behalf of the senior foreign political figure.

 

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sECTION 5.         Conditions to the Purchasers’ Obligations.

 

The obligations of each Purchaser under subsection 1.1 of this Agreement with respect to the Closing are subject to the fulfillment on or before each Closing (unless otherwise indicated) of each of the following conditions:

 

5.1            Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 3 shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of the Closing.

 

5.2            Performance . The Company shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

 

5.3            Compliance Certificate . The President of the Company shall deliver to the Purchasers at the Closing a certificate stating that the conditions specified in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 have been fulfilled.

 

5.4            Secretary’s Certificate . The Company shall deliver to the Purchasers at the Closing a certificate of the Secretary of the Company with respect to the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws and the resolutions of the Company’s board of directors relating to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

5.5            Permits, Qualifications and Consents . All permits, authorizations, approvals, consents or permits, if any, of any governmental authority or regulatory body of the United States or of any state that are required in connection with the lawful issuance and sale of the Offered Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

 

5.6            Opinion of Company Counsel . Each Investor shall have received from Morrison & Foerster LLP, counsel for the Company, an opinion, dated as of the Closing, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D .

 

5.7            Registration Rights Agreement . The Company shall have delivered to each Purchaser a copy of the Registration Rights Agreement signed by the Company.

 

sECTION 6.           Conditions to the Company’s Obligations .

 

The obligations of the Company to the Purchasers with respect to the Closing are subject to the fulfillment on or before the Closing of each of the following conditions by the Purchasers:

 

6.1            Representations and Warranties . The representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained in Section 4 shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Closing.

 

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6.2            Payment of Purchase Price . The Purchasers shall have delivered the purchase price specified in Section 1.1 for the Offered Securities set forth opposite each Purchaser’s name on Exhibit A hereto.

 

6.3            Permits, Qualifications and Consents . All permits, authorizations, approvals, consents or permits, if any, of any governmental authority or regulatory body of the United States or of any state that are required in connection with the lawful issuance and sale of the Offered Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

 

6.4            Registration Rights Agreement . Each Purchaser shall have delivered to the Company a copy of the Registration Rights Agreement signed by such Purchaser.

 

sECTION 7.         Indemnification.

 

7.1            Indemnification by the Company . The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser and its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys, control persons and affiliates from and against all losses, liabilities, claims, damages, costs, fees and expenses whatsoever (including, but not limited to, any and all legal and other expenses incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation commenced or threatened) based upon or arising out of any actual or alleged false acknowledgment, representation or warranty, or misrepresentation or omission to state a material fact, or breach by the Company of any covenant or agreement made by the Company herein or in any other document delivered in connection with this Subscription Agreement.

 

sECTION 8.         Survival of Representations and Warranties.

 

The representations and warranties of the Company made in this Subscription Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and delivery of the Shares and the underlying securities upon conversion of the Warrants for a period of one year after Closing.

 

sECTION 9.         Legend Removal.

 

9.1           Certificates evidencing the Shares and the securities underlying the Warrants shall not contain any legend (including the legends referenced in Section 4 above), (i) while a Registration Statement covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such Shares or securities underlying the Warrants pursuant to Rule 144, (iii) if such Shares or securities underlying the Warrants are eligible for sale under Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such Shares or securities underlying the Warrants and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions, or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the transfer agent promptly if required by the transfer agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder. The Company agrees that following such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 9.1, it will, no later than three Trading Days following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the transfer agent of a certificate representing Shares or the securities underlying the Warrants, as the case may be, issued with a restrictive legend (such third Trading Day, the “ Legend Removal Date ”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate representing such Shares or securities underlying the Warrants that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the transfer agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 4. Certificates for Shares or securities underlying the Warrants subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the transfer agent to the Purchaser by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such Purchaser.

 

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9.2           In addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $2,000 of Shares or securities underlying the Warrants (based on the volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock on the date such Shares or securities underlying the Warrants are submitted to the transfer agent) delivered for removal of the restrictive legend and subject to this Section 9, $10 per Trading Day for each Trading Day after the Legend Removal Date until such certificate is delivered without a legend. Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages for the Company’s failure to deliver certificates representing any Shares or securities underlying the Warrants as required by this Subscription Agreement, and such Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief.

 

9.3           As used in this section:

 

(a)          “ Trading Day ” means (i) a day on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and traded on its Principal Market (unless the Principal Market is the OTC Bulletin Board or the “pink sheets”), or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board or the OTC QB, OTC QX or “pink sheets” tier of the OTC Markets Group, Inc.), a day on which the Common Stock is traded in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or (iii) if the Common Stock is not quoted on any Trading Market (other than the OTC QB, OTC QX or “pink sheets” tier of the OTC Markets Group, Inc.), a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the OTC QB, OTC QX or “pink sheets” tier of the OTC Markets Group, Inc. (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices); provided , that in the event that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.

 

(b)          “ Principal Market ” means the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is primarily listed on and quoted for trading, which, as of the Closing Date, shall be the OTC Bulletin Board.

 

(c)          “ Trading Market ” means whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE-MKT, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market, the OTC Bulletin Board, the OTC QB, OTC QX or “pink sheets” tier of OTC Markets Group, Inc. (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its function of reporting prices) on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.

 

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sECTION 10.         Authorized Share Covenant.

 

10.1         The Company shall not issue any options to purchase Common Stock until the earlier of (i) the completion by the Company of a reverse stock split that results in the Company having additional authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock and (ii) an increase in the number authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, in either case, which results in the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock equaling or exceeding the number of shares available for issuance under the Company’s 2013 Stock Incentive Plan at the time of such increase. This covenant shall terminate and have no further force or effect on the earlier of such dates.

 

sECTION 11.         Notices.

 

11.1         Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, or delivered against receipt to the party to whom it is to be given (a) if to the Company, at the address set forth above, or (b) if to the Purchaser, at the address set forth on the signature page hereof (or, in either case, to such other address as the party shall have furnished in writing in accordance with the provisions of this Section 9). Any notice or other communication given by certified mail shall be deemed given at the time of certification thereof, except for a notice changing a party's address which shall be deemed given at the time of receipt thereof.

 

sECTION 12.         Miscellaneous.

 

12.1          Irrevocability; Binding Effect . The Purchaser hereby acknowledges and agrees that the subscription hereunder is irrevocable by the Purchaser, except as required by applicable law, and that this Subscription Agreement shall survive the death or disability of the Purchaser and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives, and permitted assigns. If the Purchaser is more than one person, the obligations of the Purchaser hereunder shall be joint and several and the agreements, representations, warranties, and acknowledgments herein shall be deemed to be made by and be binding upon each such person and such person's heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives, and permitted assigns.

 

12.2          Modification . This Subscription Agreement shall not be amended, modified or waived except by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and holders representing at least a majority of the shares of Common Stock purchased hereunder; provided that any amendment, modification or waiver (i) that increases the Purchase Price or (ii) that imposes any additional obligations on the Purchaser, shall require the consent of each Purchaser. Purchaser acknowledges that this Subscription Agreement may be amended without Purchaser’s consent in accordance with the foregoing sentence.

 

12.3          Assignability . This Subscription Agreement and the rights, interests and obligations hereunder are not transferable or assignable by the Purchaser and the transfer or assignment of the Offered Securities shall be made only in accordance with all applicable laws.

 

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12.4          Applicable Law . This Subscription Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts to be wholly-performed within said State, without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.

 

12.5          Venue . Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the federal or state courts located in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal or state courts located in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. The parties hereby waive all rights to a trial by jury.

 

12.6          Blue Sky Qualification . The purchase of Offered Securities under this Subscription Agreement is expressly conditioned upon the exemption from qualification of the offer and sale of the Offered Securities from applicable federal and state securities laws. The Company shall not be required to qualify this transaction under the securities laws of any jurisdiction and, should qualification be necessary, the Company shall be released from any and all obligations to maintain its offer, and may rescind any sale contracted, in the jurisdiction.

 

12.7          Use of Pronouns . All pronouns and any variations thereof used herein shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural as the identity of the person or persons referred to may require.

 

12.8          Confidentiality . If the Purchaser has entered into a separate agreement with the Company regarding confidentiality, such agreement shall survive and control with respect to the subject matter thereof. If the Purchaser has not entered into a separate agreement with the Company regarding confidentiality, such Purchaser acknowledges and agrees as follows: (i) that any information or data the Purchaser has acquired from or about the Company, not otherwise properly in the public domain, was received in confidence; and (ii) not to divulge, communicate or disclose, except as may be required by law or for the performance of this Agreement, or use to the detriment of the Company or for the benefit of any other person or persons, or misuse in any way, any confidential information of the Company, including any scientific, technical, trade or business secrets of the Company and any scientific, technical, trade or business materials that are treated by the Company as confidential or proprietary, including, but not limited to, ideas, discoveries, inventions, developments and improvements belonging to the Company and confidential information obtained by or given to the Company about or belonging to third parties.

 

12.9          Termination . If the Closing does not occur on or prior to March 31, 2015, this Subscription Agreement shall automatically terminate, provided that such termination shall be without prejudice to any breach of this Subscription Agreement by either party prior to such termination.

 

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12.10          Headings . Paragraph titles are for descriptive purposes only and shall not control or alter the meaning of this Subscription Agreement as set forth in the text.

 

12.11          Severability . Each provision of this Subscription Agreement shall be considered separable and, if for any reason any provision or provisions hereof are determined to be invalid or contrary to applicable law, such invalidity or illegality shall not impair the operation of or affect the remaining portions of this Subscription Agreement.

 

12.12          Counterparts . This Subscription Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

12.13          Expenses . Each of the parties hereto shall pay its own fees and expenses (including the fees of any attorneys, accountants, appraisers or others engaged by such party) in connection with this Subscription Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby whether or not the transactions are consummated.

 

12.14          Entire Agreement . Except as set forth in Section 12.8 above, this Subscription Agreement, together with the exhibits and attachments hereto and thereto constitute, the entire agreement between the Purchaser and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior oral or written agreements and understandings, if any, relating to the subject matter hereof. The terms and provisions of this Subscription Agreement may be waived, or consent for the departure therefrom granted, only by a written document executed by the party entitled to the benefits of such terms or provisions.

 

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To subscribe for Offered Securities in the private offering of the Company:

 

1. Date and Fill in the aggregate Subscription Amount of the Shares being purchased and Complete and Sign the Signature Page of the Subscription Agreement.

 

2. Initial the Accredited Investor Certification page attached as Exhibit C to this letter.

 

3. Return all forms to Carolyn Sarosi by fax at 804.205.5001 or email to ##@ampliphibio.com and then send all signed original documents, including a check for the Subscription Amount payable to the order of “AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation”, and mail to:

 

AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation

4870 Sadler Road, Suite 300

Glen Allen, Virginia 23060

Attn: Jeremy Curnock Cook

 

Please include your name and federal tax ID number (if applicable) on the check.

 

4. For wiring funds directly to the Company’s account, use the following instructions:

 

Account Name: AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation

 

Account Number: ###-####-#
ABA Number: #########
Swift Code: MRMDUS33
Bank Name & Address HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
  P.O. Box 9
  Buffalo, New York 14240
  Ref: Investor Name, Tax ID Number and Address

 

 
 

 

AMPLIPHI BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION

SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

 

 

Purchaser hereby elects to subscribe under the Subscription Agreement for shares of Common Stock and a Warrant to purchase shares of Common Stock in the aggregate Subscription Amount of $______________ (NOTE: to be completed by Purchaser) and executes the Subscription Agreement.

 

Date (NOTE: To be completed by Purchaser): ________________________________

  

 

 

If the Purchaser is an INDIVIDUAL, and if purchased as JOINT TENANTS, as TENANTS IN COMMON, or as COMMUNITY PROPERTY:

 

         
  Print Name(s)   Social Security Number(s)  
         
         
  Signature(s) of Purchaser(s)   Signature  
         
         
  Date   Address  

 

If the Purchaser is a PARTNERSHIP, CORPORATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY or TRUST:

 

         
  Name of Partnership,   Federal Taxpayer  
  Corporation, Limited   Identification Number (if applicable)
  Liability Company or Trust      
         
  By:        
    Name:   State of Organization  
    Title:      
         
         
  Date   Address  

  

 

 

  Accepted and agreed to:      
         
  AmplipHI BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION    
         
         
  By:     Date:    
  Name:      
  Title:      

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

SCHEDULE OF PURCHASERS

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT B

 FORM OF WARRANT

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

ACCREDITED INVESTOR CERTIFICATION

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT D

 

FORM OF LEGAL OPINION

 
 

 

DISCLOSURE SCHEDULES

 

 

   

EXHIBIT 10.2

 

NONE OF THIS WARRANT OR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK TO BE ISSUED UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS, AND THE HOLDER OF THIS WARRANT REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT THIS WARRANT HAS BEEN, AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK TO BE ISSUED UPON EXERCISE HEREOF WILL BE, ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR RELEASE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION THEREOF. NO SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER, GIFT, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS WARRANT OR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK TO BE ISSUED UPON EXERCISE HEREOF MAY BE MADE EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH IN THIS WARRANT.

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE SHARES

OF

COMMON STOCK

OF

AMPLIPHI BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION

 

Warrant No.: CW-
Issue Date: March 16, 2015

 

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT, FOR VALUE RECEIVED, [_________] (“Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation , a Washington corporation (the “Company”), [____] shares of the Company’s Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10 (the “Warrant Shares”), at the Purchase Price set forth in Section 3 .

 

1.             Issuance . This Warrant is issued to Holder by the Company pursuant to that certain Subscription Agreement, dated March 10, 2015 (the “Purchase Agreement”).

 

2.             Covenants as to Warrant Shares . The Company has reserved, and at all times during the period this Warrant is outstanding shall reserve, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for issuance upon the exercise of this Warrant. The Warrant Shares are duly authorized, and, when issued to the Holder pursuant to the terms of this Warrant and the Purchase Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and, assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Holder in the Purchase Agreement, will be issued in compliance with the registration and qualification requirements of all applicable securities laws.

 

 
 

 

3.             Purchase Price; Number of Shares . Subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Holder is entitled, at any time on or after the later of (i) March 16, 2016 (the “First Anniversary”) and (ii) the Capital Event Date (as defined in Section 18 ), but not after the Expiration Date (as defined in Section 9 ), upon surrender of this Warrant and the delivery of the Exercise Notice attached hereto as Attachment I (the “Exercise Notice”), fully completed and duly executed, each at the office of the Company, or such other address as the Company shall notify the Holder of in writing, to purchase from the Company the Warrant Shares (as adjusted pursuant to Section 10 ) at a fixed price per share of $0.215 (the “Purchase Price”); provided , however , that if the Capital Event Date precedes the First Anniversary, the Warrant shall be exercisable on or after such Capital Event Date. Until such time as this Warrant is exercised in full or expires pursuant to the terms hereof, the Purchase Price and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 10 .

 

4.             Payment of Purchase Price .

 

(a)          Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 3 , this Warrant may be exercised in full or in part by the Holder by payment in cash, by wire transfer or by certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company, for the purchase price of the Warrant Shares to be purchased hereunder or in a “cashless exercise” as set forth in clause (b) below.

 

(b)          The Holder may elect to exercise this Warrant, without the payment by the Holder of any additional consideration, by receiving from the Company Warrant Shares equal to the value of this Warrant or any portion hereof by the surrender of this Warrant or such portion to the Company, with the cashless exercise notice attached hereto as Attachment II (the “Cashless Exercise Notice”) duly executed, at the office of the Company. Thereupon, the Company shall issue to the Holder such number of fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares as is computed using the following formula:

 

  X = Y (A-B)
  A

 

where    X = the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder pursuant to this Section 4(b) .

 

Y = the number of shares covered by this Warrant in respect of which the cashless exercise election is made pursuant to this Section 4(b) .

 

A = the fair market value (“FMV”) of one share of Common Stock, as determined below, at the time the cashless exercise election is made pursuant to this Section 4(b) .

 

B = the Purchase Price in effect under this Warrant at the time the cashless exercise election is made pursuant to this Section 4(b) .

 

For the purposes of this Section 4(b) , FMV shall be determined at the time of exercise and shall mean the fair market value of the shares of Common Stock determined as follows:

 

(x)          if the Common Stock is traded on a securities exchange, the value shall be deemed to be the average of the closing prices of the Common Stock on such exchange over the ten (10) trading day period ending three (3) days prior to the date of determination;

 

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(y)          if the Common Stock is actively traded over-the-counter, the value shall be deemed to be the average of the closing bid over the ten (10) trading day period ending three (3) days prior to the date of determination; or

 

(z)          if there is no active public market for the Common Stock, the value shall be the fair market value thereof, as determined in good faith by the Board.

 

The Board shall promptly respond in writing to a reasonable inquiry by the Holder as to the FMV of the Common Stock for purposes of this Section 4(b) .

 

5.             Partial Exercise . For any partial exercise pursuant to Section 4(a) or 4(b) hereof, the Holder shall designate in the Exercise Notice or Cashless Exercise Notice (as the case may be) the number of underlying Warrant Shares with respect to which it wishes such exercise to apply. On any such partial exercise, the Company at its expense shall forthwith issue and deliver to the Holder a new warrant of like tenor, in the name of the Holder, which shall be exercisable for such number of Warrant Shares which have not been purchased upon such exercise.

 

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6.             Holder’s Exercise Limitation . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Warrant, at any time prior to exercise hereof, the Holder may provide written notice to the Company in the form attached hereto as Attachment IV electing to be subject to this Section 6 (a “Limitation Notice”). With respect to any such electing Holder, the Company shall not effect the exercise of any portion of this Warrant, and the Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, the Holder together with the other Attribution Parties collectively would beneficially own in excess of the Maximum Percentage (as defined below) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and the other Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock held by the Holder and all other Attribution Parties plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (A) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of the other Attribution Parties and (B) conversion or exercise of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred stock or warrants) beneficially owned by the Holder or any other Attribution Party subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this Section 6 . For purposes of this Section 6 , beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. For purposes of determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock the Holder may acquire upon the exercise of this Warrant without exceeding the Maximum Percentage, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the SEC, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (the “Reported Outstanding Share Number”). If the Company receives an Exercise Notice from a Holder at a time when the actual number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is less than the Reported Outstanding Share Number, the Company shall (i) notify such Holder in writing of the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding and, to the extent that such Exercise Notice would otherwise cause the Holder’s beneficial ownership, as determined pursuant to this Section 6 , to exceed the Maximum Percentage, the Holder must notify the Company of a reduced number of Warrant Shares to be purchased pursuant to such Exercise Notice (the number of shares by which such purchase is reduced, the “Reduction Shares”) and (ii) as soon as reasonably practicable, the Company shall return to the Holder any exercise price paid by the Holder for the Reduction Shares. If any delivery of shares of Common Stock owed to the Holder following exercise of this Warrant is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this limitation, the Company’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and the Company shall deliver such shares of Common Stock as promptly as practicable after the Holder gives notice to the Company that such delivery would not result in such limitation being triggered or upon termination of the restriction in accordance with the terms hereof. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) business day confirm orally and in writing or by electronic mail to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder and any other Attribution Party. In the event that the issuance of shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon exercise of this Warrant results in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties being deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than the Maximum Percentage of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (as determined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), the number of shares so issued by which the Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties’ aggregate beneficial ownership exceeds the Maximum Percentage (the “Excess Shares”) shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio , and the Holder shall not have the power to vote or to transfer the Excess Shares, and the portion of the Warrant associated with the Excess Shares shall be deemed not to have been exercised. For purposes of clarity, the shares of Common Stock underlying this Warrant in excess of the Maximum Percentage shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Holder for any purpose including for purposes of Section 13(d) or Rule 16a-1(a)(1) of the Exchange Act. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 6 to the extent necessary to correct this paragraph or any portion of this paragraph which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation contained in this Section 6 or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. Once a Holder has elected to become subject to this Section 6 , the limitation contained in this paragraph may not be waived and shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant, provided that the exercise limitation in this Section 6 shall terminate (a) upon 61 days’ written notice to the Company by the or (b) automatically on the date that is 10 days prior to the Expiration Date.

 

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For purposes of this Section 6 , (x) “Maximum Percentage” means the applicable percentage set forth in a Holder’s Limitation Notice ( provided that if a Holder elects to be subject to a Maximum Percentage of 4.99% and, at any time after the date of such election, the Attribution Parties beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, then the Maximum Percentage shall automatically increase to 9.99% so long as the Attribution Parties own in excess of 4.99% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock and shall, for the avoidance of doubt, automatically decrease to 4.99% upon the Attribution Parties ceasing to own in excess of 4.99% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock) and (y) “Attribution Parties” means, collectively, the following persons and entities: (i) any investment vehicle, including, any funds, feeder funds or managed accounts, currently, or from time to time after the date hereof, directly or indirectly managed or advised by the Holder’s investment manager or any of its affiliates or principals, (ii) any direct or indirect affiliates of the Holder or any of the foregoing, (iii) any person acting or who could be deemed to be acting as a “group” (as defined in Rule 13d-5 promulgated under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) together with the Holder or any of the foregoing and (iv) any other persons whose beneficial ownership of the Company’s Common Stock would or could be aggregated with the Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. For clarity, the purpose of the foregoing is to subject collectively the Holder and all other Attribution Parties to the Maximum Percentage.

 

7.             Issuance; Issuance Date . As soon as practicable after the exercise of this Warrant, and in any event within three (3) business days thereafter, the Company at its expense will cause to be issued in the name of and delivered to the Holder, a certificate or certificates for the number of Warrant Shares purchased or acquired by the Holder as a result of such exercise, rounded down to the nearest whole number. The person or entity or persons or entities in whose name or names any certificate representing shares of Common Stock is issued hereunder shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of the shares represented thereby at the close of business on the date this Warrant is exercised with respect to such shares, whether or not the transfer books of the Company shall be closed.

 

8.             Warrant Shares . The Holder understands and agrees that all certificates evidencing the shares to be issued to the Holder may bear the following legend:

 

THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THE SECURITIES UNDER THE ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

 

9.             Expiration Date; Automatic Exercise . This Warrant shall expire at the close of business on March 16, 2020 (the “Expiration Date”) and shall be void thereafter; provided , however , that in the event that, upon the Expiration Date, the FMV of one Warrant Share (or other security issuable upon the exchange hereof) as determined in accordance with Section 4(b) is greater than the Purchase Price in effect on such date, then this Warrant shall automatically be deemed on and as of such date to be exchanged pursuant to Section 4(b) as to all Warrant Shares (or such other securities) for which it shall not previously have been exchanged or converted into Common Stock (or if not then outstanding, into such other class and series of securities into which the Warrant Shares are then convertible), and the Company shall promptly deliver a certificate representing such Warrant Shares (or such other securities) issued upon such conversion to the Holder.

 

10.            Adjustment of Number of Warrant Shares Issuable Pursuant to this Warrant or the Purchase Price .

 

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(a)           Adjustment for Stock Splits and Combinations . If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the date of issuance of this Warrant (the “Original Issue Date”) effect a subdivision of the outstanding Common Stock, the number of Warrant Shares issuable hereunder shall be proportionately increased and the Purchase Price shall be proportionately decreased. Conversely, if the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the Original Issue Date combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the number of Warrant Shares issuable hereunder shall be proportionately decreased and the Purchase Price shall be proportionately increased. Any adjustment under this Section 10(a) shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.

 

(b)           Adjustment for Common Stock Dividends and Distributions . If the Company at any time or from time to time after the Original Issue Date makes, or fixes a record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive, a dividend or other distribution payable in additional shares of Common Stock, in each such event the number of Warrant Shares issuable hereunder shall be proportionately increased and the Purchase Price shall be proportionately decreased, as of the close of business on such record date; provided, however , that if such record date is fixed and such dividend is not fully paid or if such distribution is not fully made on the date fixed therefor, the number of Warrant Shares issuable hereunder and the Purchase Price shall be recomputed accordingly as of the close of business on such record date and thereafter shall be adjusted pursuant to this Section 10(b) to reflect the actual payment of such dividend or distribution.

 

(c)           Adjustment for Reclassification, Exchange and Substitution . If at any time or from time to time after the Original Issue Date, the Common Stock is changed into the same or a different number of shares of any class or classes of stock, whether by recapitalization, reclassification or otherwise (other than as a result of a subdivision or combination of shares or stock dividend or a reorganization, merger or consolidation in which the Company is the continuing entity and which does not result in any change in the Common Stock) in any such event this Warrant shall be exercisable for the kind and amount of stock and other securities and property receivable upon such recapitalization, reclassification or other change by holders of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant could have been exercised immediately prior to such recapitalization, reclassification or change, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein or with respect to such other securities or property by the terms thereof.

 

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(d)           Reorganizations, Mergers, Consolidations or Sales of Assets . If at any time or from time to time after the Original Issue Date, there is a Change in Control transaction or other capital reorganization of the Common Stock (other than a recapitalization, subdivision, combination, reclassification, exchange or substitution of shares), as a part of such Change in Control transaction or capital reorganization, this Warrant shall be deemed exercised and provision shall be made so that the Holder shall thereafter be entitled to receive the number of shares of stock or other securities or property to which a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant would have been entitled on such Change in Control transaction or capital reorganization, subject to adjustment in respect of such stock or securities by the terms thereof. In any such case, appropriate adjustment shall be made in the application of the provisions of this Section 10 with respect to the rights of the Holder after the Change in Control transaction or capital reorganization to the effect that the provisions of this Section 10 shall be applicable after that event and be as nearly equivalent as practicable.

 

(e)           Adjustment for Distributions . In case at any time or from time to time, the holders of Common Stock receive, or (on or after the record date fixed for the determination of shareholders eligible to receive) shall have become entitled to receive, any distribution of cash or other assets of the Company, then (i) the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such distribution (or the date of payment of such distribution, if earlier) shall be reduced, effective as of the close of business on such record date (or the date of payment of such distribution, if earlier), to a price determined by multiplying such Purchase Price by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the FMV of the Common Stock on the trading day immediately preceding such record date minus the amount of the cash distribution applicable to one share of Common Stock (or, if such distribution is of assets other than cash, the fair market value of such non-cash distribution applicable to one share of Common Stock as determined in good faith by the Board), and the denominator shall be the FMV of the Common Stock on the trading day immediately preceding such record date and (ii) the number of Warrant Shares obtainable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased to a number of shares equal to the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable immediately prior to the close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such distribution multiplied by the reciprocal of the fraction set forth in the immediately preceding clause (i) of this Section 10(e) .

 

11.            Conversion or Redemption of Common Stock . Should all of the Company’s Common Stock be, or if outstanding would be, at any time prior to the expiration of this Warrant or any portion thereof, redeemed or converted into another class of shares of the Company’s stock, or if there shall be any reclassification, capital reorganization or change of the Common Stock, or any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, another corporation or other business organization (other than a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and which does not result in any reclassification or change of the outstanding Common Stock), or any sale or conveyance to another corporation or other business organization of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, then the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed to the Holder a notice specifying the date on which any such record is to be taken for the purpose of such event and stating the material provisions of such event, including the date upon which such event shall be consummated. Such notice shall be mailed at least twenty (20) days prior to the earlier of the record date or the date specified in such notice on which any such action is to be taken.

 

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12.            Fractional Shares . No fractional shares shall be issuable upon exercise or conversion of this Warrant and the number of shares to be issued shall be rounded down to the nearest whole share. If a fractional share interest arises upon any exercise or conversion of this Warrant, the Company shall eliminate such fractional share interest by paying the Holder an amount computed by multiplying the fractional interest by the FMV of a full Warrant Share.

 

13.            Notices of Record Date, Etc . In the event of: (1) 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 a dividend or other distribution, or any right to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of stock of any class or any other securities or property; (2) any reclassification or recapitalization of capital stock; (3) the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) adopting a resolution approving a plan of merger or share exchange or a transaction involving the sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (each, an “Extraordinary Transaction”) and proposing to submit such Extraordinary Transaction to the Company’s shareholders for approval; (4) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another person or entity) commencing pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property; (5) any Change in Control (as defined in the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended); or (6) any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company, then and in each such event (x) the Company will mail or cause to be mailed to the Holder a notice specifying (A) the date on which any such record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or right, and stating the amount and character of such dividend, distribution or right, or (B) the date on which any such reclassification, reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is to take place, and the time, if any is to be fixed, as of which the holders of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, transfer, consolidation, merger, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, and (C) the amount and character of any stock or other securities, or rights or options with respect thereto, proposed to be issued or granted, the date of the proposed issue or grant and the person or class of persons to whom such proposed issue or grant is to be offered or made (which such notice shall be mailed at least twenty (20) days prior to the date specified in such notice on which any such action is to be taken) and (y) notwithstanding the time period for exercise set forth in Section 3 , Holder may elect to exercise this Warrant or any portion hereof pursuant to Sections 4(a) or 4(b) hereof at any time prior to the date on which such action is actually taken.

 

14.            No Shareholder Rights . This Warrant in and of itself shall not entitle the Holder to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the Company.

 

15.            Certificate as to Adjustments . In each case of any event that may require any adjustment in the Purchase Price and/or shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company at its expense will promptly prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment, or stating the reasons why no adjustment or readjustment is being made, and showing, in detail, the facts upon which any such adjustment is based and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment and as adjusted on account thereof. The Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder, and will, on the written request at any time of the Holder, furnish to such holder a like certificate setting forth the calculations used to determine such adjustment .

 

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16.            Amendment . The terms of this Warrant may be amended, modified or waived only with the written consent of the Company and the holders representing at least two-thirds of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of all outstanding warrants issued on the Original Issue Date having substantially similar terms to the terms hereof.

 

17.            Transfers, Substitute Warrant .

 

(a)          This Warrant may only be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of (each, a “Transfer”) by the Holder (a) pursuant to an effective registration statement, or applicable exemption, under the Securities Act or (b) to an Affiliate (as defined below) of the Holder, provided that the Holder delivers to the Company an opinion of qualified counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Company setting forth that such Transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and does not otherwise violate federal or state securities laws (the “Opinion”) and the purchaser delivers a representation letter (the “Representation Letter”) in form and substance satisfactory to the Company. In furtherance of the foregoing, in order to affect the Transfer, the Holder shall deliver to the Company this Warrant, the assignment form attached hereto as Attachment III properly endorsed, and the Opinion and the Representation Letter. Upon delivery of the foregoing, for Transfer of this Warrant in its entirety by the Holder, the Company shall issue a new warrant of the same denomination to the assignee. Upon delivery of the foregoing, for Transfer with respect to a portion of the Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder, the Company shall issue a new warrant to the assignee, in such denomination as shall be requested by the Holder hereof, and shall issue to the Holder a new warrant covering the number of shares in respect of which this Warrant shall not have been Transferred.

 

(b)          In case this Warrant shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue a new warrant of like tenor and denomination and deliver the same (i) in exchange and substitution for and upon surrender and cancellation of any mutilated Warrant, or (ii) in lieu of any Warrant lost, stolen or destroyed, upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft or destruction of such Warrant (including a reasonably detailed affidavit with respect to the circumstances of any loss, theft or destruction) and of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

 

18.            Capital Event .

 

(a)          Promptly following the Original Issue Date, the Company shall take all corporate action necessary to either (i) increase the number of shares of Common Stock the Company is authorized to issue or (ii) effect a reverse split of the Common Stock, in either event sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Warrants in accordance with their terms (a “Capital Event”). The first date on which a Capital Event becomes effective is referred to herein as the “Capital Event Date.”

 

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(b)          In the event that the Capital Event does not occur in accordance with applicable law and the requirements of the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws on or before the First Anniversary (the “Capital Event Deadline Date”), the Holders of the Warrants issued by the Company on the Issuance Date shall be entitled to receive an aggregate cash payment, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, in an aggregate amount of $2,500,000 (the “Liquidated Damages Amount”). Not later than the close of business on the Capital Event Deadline Date, the Company shall irrevocably deposit the Liquidated Damages Amount with an escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”) reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least two-thirds of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of all outstanding warrants issued on the Original Issue Date having substantially similar terms to the terms hereof, the Liquidated Damages Amount to be held in trust for the benefit of the Holders entitled to payment thereof as provided in this paragraph. The Escrow Agent shall fix or cause to be fixed a record date (the “Record Date”) for determining the Holders of the Warrants entitled to payment of the Liquidated Damages Amount and a payment date (the “Payment Date”) on which the Liquidated Damages Amount is to be paid to such Holders. No Payment Date may be less than fifteen (15) days or more than thirty (30) days after the Record Date. At least fifteen (15) days before the Record Date, the Escrow Agent shall mail or cause to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each record Holder of Warrants, with a copy to the Company, a notice at the Holder’s address as it appears in the Escrow Agent’s books and records, setting forth the Record Date, the Payment Date and an estimate of the Per Warrant Amount (as defined in the following sentence). On the Payment Date, the Escrow Agent shall pay to each record Holder of Warrants at the close of business on the Record Date (each, a “Record Holder”) an amount equal to (A) the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Liquidated Damages Amount by (ii) the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants outstanding on the Record Date (the “Per Warrant Amount”), times (B) the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants held by the Record Holder as of the close of business on the Record Date. Any such payment shall be by check payable to the order of the Record Holder unless otherwise requested by such Record Holder.

 

19.            Governing Law . The provisions and terms of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

20.            Successors and Assigns . This Warrant shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company’s successors and assigns and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Holder’s successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

 

21.            Business Days . If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action required or the expiration of any right granted herein shall be a Saturday or Sunday or a federal holiday, then such action may be taken or right may be exercised on the next succeeding day which is not a Saturday or Sunday or such a federal holiday.

 

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22.            Notices . All notices, requests, claims, demands, disclosures and other communications required or permitted by this Warrant shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given at the earlier of the date (a) when delivered personally or by messenger, or (b) upon confirmed delivery as evidenced by the delivery receipt of an nationally recognized overnight delivery service or registered or certified United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, in all cases addressed to the person or entity for whom it is intended at his address set forth below or to such other address as a party shall have designated by notice in writing to the other party in the manner provided by this Section 22 :

 

If to Holder:

 

If to Company:

 

AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation

4870 Sadler Road, Suite 300

Glen Allen, Virginia 23060

Attention: Jeremy Curnock Cook

Facsimile: 804.205.5001

 

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

23.             Counterparts .         This Warrant may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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Dated:

 

  AMPLIPHI BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION
   
  By:    
    Jeremy Curnock Cook
    Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Warrant]

 

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Attachment I

[FORM OF EXERCISE NOTICE]

 

(TO BE SIGNED ONLY ON EXERCISE OF WARRANT)

 

To:  AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation Date:___________________

 

The undersigned, the Holder of the within Warrant, hereby irrevocably elects to exercise this Warrant for, and to purchase and subscribe for, _________ shares of Common Stock of AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation (the “Company”) covered by this Warrant. The undersigned herewith makes payment of $_______ thereof. The certificate(s) for such shares (the “Shares”) shall be issued in the name of the undersigned as is specified below:

 

________________________

(Name)

________________________

________________________

(Address)

 

The undersigned represents that: (i) the aforesaid Shares are being acquired for the account of the undersigned for investment and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, the distribution thereof and that the undersigned has no present intention of distributing or reselling such shares; (ii) the undersigned is aware of the Company’s business affairs and financial condition and has acquired sufficient information about the Company to reach an informed and knowledgeable decision regarding its investment in the Company; (iii) the undersigned is experienced in making investments of this type and has such knowledge and background in financial and business matters that the undersigned is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of this investment and protecting the undersigned’s own interests; (iv) the undersigned understands that the Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), by reason of a specific exemption from the registration provisions of the Act, which exemption depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the investment intent as expressed herein, and, because such securities have not been registered under the Securities Act, they must be held indefinitely unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is available; (v) the undersigned is aware that the aforesaid Shares may not be sold pursuant to Rule 144 adopted under the Securities Act unless certain conditions are met and until the undersigned has held the shares for the number of years prescribed by Rule 144, that among the conditions for use of Rule 144 is the availability of current information to the public about the Company and the Company has not made such information available and has no present plans to do so; and (vi) the undersigned agrees not to make any disposition of all or any part of the aforesaid Shares unless and until there is then in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act covering such proposed disposition and such disposition is made in accordance with said registration statement, or the undersigned has provided the Company with an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company, stating that such registration is not required.

 

 
 

 

   
  Signature (must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)
   
  Fed Tax ID #  

 

[Signature Page to Exercise Notice]

 

 
 

 

Attachment II

[FORM OF CASHLESS EXERCISE NOTICE]

 

(TO BE SIGNED ONLY ON CASHLESS EXERCISE OF WARRANT)

 

TO: AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation

 

The undersigned, the Holder of the within Warrant, hereby irrevocably elects, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Section 4(b) of such Warrant, to exercise such Warrant on a cashless basis with respect to that portion of such Warrant representing __________ * underlying shares of Common Stock of AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation. The undersigned requests that the certificates for the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such cashless exercise be issued in the name of, and delivered to __________________________________,

whose address is ____________________________________________.

 

     
  (Signature must conform in all  
  respects to name of Holder as  
  specified on the face of the  
  Warrant)  

 

  ______________________________  
     
  ______________________________  
  (Address)  

 

Dated:

 

___________________________

 

*Insert here the number of underlying shares with respect to which the Warrant is being exercised on a cashless basis.

 

 
 

 

Attachment III

[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]

 

(TO BE SIGNED ONLY ON TRANSFER OF WARRANT)

 

For value received the undersigned hereby desires to sell, assign and transfer unto

 

     
     
     

 

Please print or typewrite name and address of Assignee and include Fed Tax ID # of Assignee

 

     

 

the within Warrant, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ______________________________ its attorney to transfer the within Warrant on the books of the within named Company with full power of substitution on the premises.

 

Dated:_________________________

 

 
  (Signature must conform to name of Holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)

 

Signed in the Presence of:  
   
 

 

 
 

 

Attachment IV

[FORM OF MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE LIMTATION ELECTION]

 

TO: AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation

 

The undersigned, the Holder of the within Warrant, hereby elects, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Section 6 of such Warrant, to subject the Warrant to the exercise limitations set forth in Section 6 of the Warrant, as follows:

 

Applicable Maximum Percentage:

 

¨ 4.99%

 

¨ 9.99%

 

  ______________________________  
  (Signature must conform in all  
  respects to name of Holder as  
  specified on the face of the  
  Warrant)  
     
  ______________________________  
     
  ______________________________  
  (Address)  

 

Dated:  
   
   

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 10.3

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of March 10, 2015, by and among AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation, a Washington corporation (the “ Company ”), and the several purchasers signatory hereto (each a “ Purchaser ” and collectively, the “ Purchasers ”).

 

This Agreement is made pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2015, between the Company and each Purchaser (the “ Purchase Agreement ”).

 

Now, Therefore, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each of the Purchasers agree as follows:

 

1.          Definitions . Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Advice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(f).

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any person, any other person which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such person.

 

Business Day ” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of business.

 

Closing ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

 

Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

 

Commission ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company and any securities into which such common stock may hereinafter be reclassified.

 

Effective Date ” means the date that the Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) is first declared effective by the Commission.

 

Effectiveness Deadline ” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement, the earlier of: (i) the date that is thirty (30) calendar days following the Filing Deadline; provided , that, if the Commission reviews the filed Initial Registration Statement, then the Effectiveness Deadline under this clause (i) shall be date that is ninety (90) calendar days following the Filing Deadline, and (ii) the fifth (5 th ) Trading Day following the date on which the Company is notified by the Commission that the Initial Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments and the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement may be accelerated; and, with respect to a New Registration Statement, the earlier of: (x) the date that is thirty (30) calendar days from the applicable Filing Deadline; provided, that, if the Commission reviews the filed New Registration Statement, then the Effectiveness Deadline under this clause (x) shall be the date that is one hundred ninety (90) calendar days following the applicable Filing Deadline, and (y) the fifth (5 th ) Trading Day following the date on which the Company is notified by the Commission that the New Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments and the effectiveness of the New Registration Statement may be accelerated; provided, however , in each case, that if the Effectiveness Deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the Commission is open for business.

 

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Effectiveness Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).

 

Event ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).

 

Event Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Filing Deadline ” means, (i) with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(a), the date that is thirty (30) calendar days following the Closing Date, (ii) with respect to any New Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(a), the date that is thirty (30) calendar days following the date of the Company’s receipt of written instruction from the Commission that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, and (iii) with respect to any Remainder Registration Statement, the earliest practicable date on which the Company is permitted by the SEC Guidance to file such Remainder Registration Statement; provided, however , in each case, that if the Filing Deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Filing Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the Commission is open for business.

 

FINRA ” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

 

Holder ” or “ Holders ” means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.

 

Indemnified Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

 

Indemnifying Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

 

Losses ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

 

Person ” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

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Principal Market ” means the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is primarily listed on and quoted for trading, which, as of the Closing Date, shall be the OTC Bulletin Board.

 

Proceeding ” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.

 

Prospectus ” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

 

Register ,” “ registered ” and “ registration ” means the registration of securities for offer, sale or resale made by preparing and filing with the Commission a Registration Statement or similar document in compliance with the Securities Act and pursuant to Rule 415, and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement or document by the Commission.

 

Registrable Securities ” means all of (i) the Shares and (ii) any securities issued or issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing, provided , that the Holder has completed and delivered to the Company a Selling Stockholder Questionnaire; and provided, further , that Shares shall cease to be Registrable Securities (and the Company shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of any, or file another, Registration Statement hereunder with respect thereto) upon the earliest to occur of the following: (A) sale pursuant to a Registration Statement or Rule 144 under the Securities Act (in which case, only such security sold shall cease to be a Registrable Security); or (B) becoming eligible for sale by the Holder, without restriction, pursuant to Rule 144.

 

Registration Statements ” means any one or more registration statements of the Company filed under the Securities Act that covers the resale of any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Initial Registration Statement, the New Registration Statement and any Remainder Registration Statements), including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statements or Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statements.

 

Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.

 

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Rule 415 ” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.

 

Rule 424 ” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.

 

SEC Guidance ” means (i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance, comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff and (ii) the Securities Act.

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Selling Stockholder Questionnaire ” means a questionnaire in the form attached as Annex B hereto, or such other form of questionnaire as may reasonably be adopted by the Company from time to time.

 

Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock purchased by and sold to the Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

 

Special Registration Statement ” shall mean a registration statement relating to any employee benefit plan filed on Form S-8 or similar form or, with respect to any corporate reorganization or other transaction under Rule 145 of the Securities Act, a registration statement on Form S-4 or similar form, or any registration statement relating to the registration of securities issued in the Future Financings.

 

Trading Day ” means (i) a day on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and traded on its Principal Trading Market (unless the Principal Trading Market is the OTC Bulletin Board or the “pink sheets”), or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board or the OTC QB, OTC QX or “pink sheets” tier of the OTC Markets Group, Inc.), a day on which the Common Stock is traded in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or (iii) if the Common Stock is not quoted on any Trading Market (other than the OTC QB, OTC QX or “pink sheets” tier of the OTC Markets Group, Inc.), a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the OTC QB, OTC QX or “pink sheets” tier of the OTC Markets Group, Inc. (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices); provided , that in the event that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.

 

Trading Market ” means whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE-MKT, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market, the OTC Bulletin Board, the OTC QB, OTC QX or “pink sheets” tier of OTC Markets Group, Inc. (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its function of reporting prices) on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.

 

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2.           Registration .

 

(a)           On or prior to a Filing Deadline, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities that are not then registered on an effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 or, if Rule 415 is not available for offers and sales of the Registrable Securities, by such other means of distribution of Registrable Securities as the Holders may reasonably specify (the “ Initial Registration Statement ”). The Initial Registration Statement shall be on Form S-1 and shall contain (except if otherwise required pursuant to written comments received from the Commission upon a review of such Registration Statement) the “Plan of Distribution” section attached hereto as Annex A. Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in this subsection (a) and subsections (b) and (c) of this Section 2, in the event the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees promptly (i) to inform each of the Holders thereof and use its commercially reasonable efforts to file amendments to the Initial Registration Statement as required by the Commission and/or (ii) to withdraw the Initial Registration Statement and file a new registration statement (a “ New Registration Statement ”), in either case covering the maximum number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered by the Commission, on Form S-1 or such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering; provided, however , that prior to filing such amendment or New Registration Statement, the Company shall be obligated to use its commercially reasonable efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement and subject to the payment of liquidated damages in Section 2(c), if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation of the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Company used commercially reasonable efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater number of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced by Registrable Securities represented by Shares (applied, in the case that some Shares may be registered, to the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Shares held by such Holders, subject to a determination by the Commission that certain Holders must be reduced first based on the number of Shares held by such Holders). In the event the Company amends the Initial Registration Statement or files a New Registration Statement, as the case may be, under clauses (i) or (ii) above, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by the Commission or the SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form S-1 or such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Initial Registration Statement, as amended, or the New Registration Statement (the “ Remainder Registration Statements ”). No Holder will be named as an underwriter in any Registration Statement without such Holder’s consent, provided that if the Commission requires such Holder to be so named and such Holder does not consent, such Holder shall not be entitled to be included on such Registration Statement and the provisions of Section 2(c) shall not apply with respect to such Holder.

 

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(b)           Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as soon as practicable following the filing thereof and, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or the New Registration Statement, as applicable, no later than the applicable Effectiveness Deadline (including filing with the Commission a request for acceleration of effectiveness in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act within five (5) Business Days after the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that such Registration Statement will not be “reviewed,” or not be subject to further review and the effectiveness of such Registration Statement may be accelerated) and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep each Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the later of (i) one year after the Closing Date or (ii) such time as all of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold thereunder or pursuant to Rule 144 or may be sold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 including, without limitation, volume limitations and other restrictions of Rule 144 (the “ Effectiveness Period ”). The Company shall ensure that each Registration Statement (including and as amended and modified by any amendments or supplements thereto and prospectuses contained therein) shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of prospectuses, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made) not misleading. Each Registration Statement shall also cover, to the extent allowable under the Securities Act and the rules promulgated thereunder (including Rule 416 under the Securities Act), such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions with respect to the Registrable Securities. The Company shall request effectiveness of a Registration Statement as of 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Effective Date. The Company shall promptly notify the Holders via facsimile or e-mail of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement within one (1) Business Day after the date on which the Company confirms effectiveness with the Commission, which confirmation shall initially be the date requested for effectiveness of a Registration Statement. The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time on the first Trading Day after the Effective Date, file a Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424. Failure to so notify the Holders on or before the second Trading Day after such notification or effectiveness or failure to file a final Prospectus as aforesaid shall be deemed an Event under Section 2(c) unless notice of effectiveness and/or the final Prospectus is available to the Purchasers on EDGAR on or before the second Trading Day after such notification or effectiveness, in which case the Purchasers shall be deemed to have received notice of effectiveness.

 

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(c)           If: (i) the Initial Registration Statement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the Filing Deadline, (ii) the Initial Registration Statement or the New Registration Statement, as applicable, is not declared effective by the Commission (or otherwise does not become effective) for any reason on or prior to the applicable Effectiveness Deadline or (iii) after its Effective Date, (A) such Registration Statement ceases for any reason (including without limitation by reason of a stop order, or the Company’s failure to update the Registration Statement, but excluding the inability of any Holder to sell the Registrable Securities covered thereby due to market conditions), to remain continuously effective during the Effectiveness Period as to all Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement or (B) the Holders are not permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell such Registrable Securities, in the case of (A) and (B), for an aggregate of more than 20 consecutive Trading Days or for more than an aggregate of 40 Trading Days in any 12-month period (which need not be consecutive), other than as a result of a breach of this Agreement by a Holder (any such failure or breach in clauses (i) through (iii) above being referred to as an “ Event ,” and, for purposes of clauses (i) or (ii), the date on which such Event occurs, or for purposes of clause (iii), the date on which such 20 consecutive Trading Day or 40 Trading Day period (as applicable) is exceeded, being referred to as “ Event Date ”), then in lieu of any other rights available to the Holders hereunder or under applicable law: on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by any such date) until the applicable Event is cured or all of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold or may be sold without restrictions pursuant to Rule 144, the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to 1.0% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for any Registrable Securities then held by such Holder that are not Excluded Securities (which remedy shall be exclusive of any other monetary remedies available under this Agreement or under applicable law). The parties agree that the Company will not be liable for liquidated damages under this Section 2(c) with respect to any Shares that are excluded from the Initial Registration Statement or the New Registration Statement, as applicable, by the Commission as a result of the application of Rule 415 (“ Excluded Securities ”). If the Company fails to pay any liquidated damages pursuant to this Section 2(c) in full within seven (7) Business Days after the date payable, the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate of 12% per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to the Holder, accruing daily from the date such liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full. The liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro-rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event, except in the case of the first Event Date. In the event that the Company registers some but not all of the Registrable Securities, the 1.0% of liquidated damages referred to above for any monthly period shall be reduced to equal the percentage determined by multiplying 1.0% by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of the applicable Holder’s Registrable Securities for which there is not an effective Registration Statement at such time and the denominator of which shall be the number of such Holder’s Registrable Securities at such time, which amount shall be paid only to the Holders of Registrable Securities for which there is not an effective Registration Statement. The Effectiveness Deadline for a Registration Statement shall be extended without default or liquidated damages hereunder in the event that the Company’s failure to obtain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on a timely basis results from (i) the failure of a Purchaser to timely provide the Company with information requested by the Company and necessary to complete the Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act (in which the Effectiveness Deadline would be extended with respect to Registrable Securities held by such Purchaser until the Company is able to include such Registrable Securities in a Registrations Statement as required by Section 2(e)) or (ii) events or circumstances that are not in any way attributable to the Company’s actions or inactions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the maximum amount of liquidated damages payable to any Holder shall not exceed 6.0% of the gross proceeds received from such Holder for the sales of Shares to such Holder hereunder.

 

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(d)           The Company shall not, from the date hereof until the date that is 60 days after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement, prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities other than a Special Registration Statement unless the closing bid price for the Common Stock on the Trading Day prior to the date of filing any such registration statement, as reported by the Principal Trading Market, was greater than the Purchase Price. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not be prohibited from preparing and filing with the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering of Common Stock by existing stockholders of the Company under the Securities Act pursuant to the terms of registration rights held by such stockholders.

 

(e)           Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed Selling Stockholder Questionnaire not more than ten (10) Trading Days following the date of this Agreement. Each Holder further agrees that it shall not be entitled to be named as a selling securityholder in a Registration Statement or use the Prospectus for offers and resales of Registrable Securities at any time, unless such Holder has returned to the Company a completed and signed Selling Stockholder Questionnaire. If a Holder of Registrable Securities returns a Selling Stockholder Questionnaire after the deadline specified in the first sentence of this Section 2(e), the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take such actions as are required to name such Holder as a selling security holder in the Registration Statement or any pre-effective or post-effective amendment thereto and to include (to the extent not theretofore included) in the Registration Statement the Registrable Securities identified in such late Selling Stockholder Questionnaire. Each Holder acknowledges and agrees that (i) the information in the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire will be used by the Company in the preparation of the Registration Statement and hereby consents to the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement, and (ii) if the Holder does not complete the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire, or does not complete the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire by the time specified in the first sentence of this Section 2(e) and the Company does not name such Holder as a selling security holder in the Registration Statement or any pre-effective or post-effective amendment thereto or include (to the extent not theretofore included) in the Registration Statement the Registrable Securities identified in such late Selling Stockholder Questionnaire after the use of its commercially reasonable efforts to do so, then the Holder shall not be entitled to be named in a Registration Statement or to receive liquidated damages to the extent resulting from the failure of the Company to name such Holder in a Registration Statement.

 

3.           Registration Procedures .

 

In connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:

 

(a)           Not less than five (5) Trading Days prior to the filing of a Registration Statement and not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to the filing of any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (except for Annual Reports on Form 10-K, and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K and any similar or successor reports), the Company shall furnish to each Holder whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration Statement or counsel designated by such Holders copies of such Registration Statement, Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto, as proposed to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of such Holder or such counsel (it being acknowledged and agreed that if a Holder does not object to or comment on the aforementioned documents within such five (5) Trading Days or one (1) Trading Day period, as the case may be, then the Holder shall be deemed to have consented to and approved the use of such documents). The Company shall not file any Registration Statement or amendment or supplement thereto in a form to which the Holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement reasonably object in good faith, provided that, the Company is notified of such objection in writing within the five (5) Trading Days or one (1) Trading Day period described above, as applicable.

 

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(b)           (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to each Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for its Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the Commission such additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities; (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and, as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to any comments received from the Commission with respect to each Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and, as promptly as reasonably practicable, provide the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to such Registration Statement that pertains to the Holders as “Selling Stockholders” but not any comments that would result in the disclosure to the Holders of material and non-public information concerning the Company; and (iv) comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement during the applicable Effectiveness Period (subject to the terms of this Agreement) with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof as set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented; provided, however, that if notified by the Company pursuant to Section 3(m), each Purchaser shall be responsible for the delivery of the Prospectus to the Persons to whom such Purchaser sells any of the Shares (including in accordance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act), and each Purchaser agrees to dispose of Registrable Securities in compliance with the plan of distribution described in the Registration Statement and otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws. In the case of amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 3(b)) by reason of the Company filing a report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K or any analogous report under the Exchange Act, the Company shall have incorporated such report by reference into such Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the Commission as soon as reasonably practicable after the Exchange Act report which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement such Registration Statement was filed or, if later, when required pursuant to applicable federal securities laws.

 

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(c)           Notify the Holders (which notice shall, pursuant to clauses (iii) through (vi) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made) as promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to such filing, in the case of (iii) and (iv) below, not more than one (1) Trading Day after such issuance or receipt, in the case of (v) below, not less than one (1) Trading Day after a determination by the Company that the financial statements in any Registration Statement have become ineligible for inclusion therein and, in the case of (vi) below, not more than three (3) Trading Days after the occurrence or existence of such development) and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one (1) Trading Day following the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement is proposed to be filed; (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of such Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on any Registration Statement; and (C) with respect to each Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective; (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information that pertains to the Holders as “Selling Stockholders” or the “Plan of Distribution”; (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose; (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included in a Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to such Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of such Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made), not misleading; and (vi) the occurrence or existence of any pending development with respect to the Company that the Company believes may be material and that, in the determination of the Company, makes it not in the best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of a Registration Statement or Prospectus, provided that any and all of such information shall remain confidential to each Holder until such information otherwise becomes public, unless disclosure by a Holder is required by law.

 

(d)           Use commercially reasonable efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, as soon as practicable.

 

(e)           If requested by a Holder, furnish to such Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement including such Holder’s Registrable Securities and each amendment thereto and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission; provided, that the Company shall have no obligation to provide any document pursuant to this clause that is available on the Commission’s EDGAR system.

 

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(f)           Prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify, unless an exemption from registration and qualification applies, the Registrable Securities for offer and sale or resale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statements; provided, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or to take any action that would subject the Company to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or subject the Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.

 

(g)           If requested by the Holders, cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to the Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Purchase Agreement and under law, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holders may reasonably request. In connection therewith, if required by the Company’s transfer agent, the Company shall promptly after the effectiveness of the Registration Statement cause an opinion of counsel as to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement to be delivered to and maintained with its transfer agent, together with any other authorizations, certificates and directions required by the transfer agent, which authorize and direct the transfer agent to issue such Registrable Securities without legend upon sale by the holder of such shares of Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement.

 

(h)           Following the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(c)(iii) through (vi), as promptly as reasonably practicable, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to the affected Registration Statements or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, no Registration Statement nor any Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made), not misleading.

 

(i)           (i) In the time and manner required by the Principal Trading Market, prepare and file with such Trading Market any additional shares listing application that may be required by such Trading Market covering all of the Registrable Securities, (ii) use reasonable best efforts to take all steps necessary to cause such Registrable Securities to be approved for listing on the Principal Market as soon as possible thereafter, (iii) if requested by any Holder, provide such Holder evidence of such listing, and (iv) so long as any other shares of Common Stock shall be so listed, during the Effectiveness Period, use reasonable best efforts to maintain the listing of such Registrable Securities on the Principal Market.

 

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(j)           In order to enable the Holders to sell Shares under Rule 144, for a period of one year from the Closing, the Company covenants to use commercially reasonable efforts to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. During such one year period, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Holders and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) promulgated under the Securities Act annual and quarterly financial statements, together with a discussion and analysis of such financial statements in form and substance substantially similar to those that would otherwise be required to be included in reports required by Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as well as any other information required thereby, in the time period that such filings would have been required to have been made under the Exchange Act. The Company further covenants that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, to the extent required to enable such Holder to sell its Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act if, and for such period of time during the Effectiveness Period when, a Registration Statement covering such Holder’s Registrable Securities is not effective, including compliance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement relating to the transfer of the Shares.

 

(k)           The Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified statement as to (i) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and any Affiliate thereof, (ii) any FINRA affiliations, (iii) any natural persons who have the power to vote or dispose of the Common Stock and (iv) any other information as may be requested by the Commission, FINRA or any state securities commission. During any periods that the Company is unable to meet its obligations hereunder with respect to the registration of Registrable Securities because any Holder fails to furnish such information within three (3) Trading Days of the Company’s request, any liquidated damages that are accruing at such time shall be tolled and any Event that may otherwise occur solely because of such delay shall be suspended until such information is delivered to the Company.

 

(l)           The Company shall promptly deliver to each Holder, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably request, provided that the Company shall have no such obligation to deliver the Prospectus or Prospectuses that are available on the Commission’s EDGAR system. The Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto to the extent permitted by federal and state securities laws and regulations.

 

(m)           The Company shall comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, Rule 172 under the Securities Act, file any final Prospectus, including any supplement or amendment thereof, with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, promptly inform the Holders in writing if, at any time during the Effectiveness Period, the Company does not satisfy the conditions specified in Rule 172 and, as a result thereof, the Holders are required to make available a Prospectus in connection with any disposition of Registrable Securities and take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to facilitate the registration of the Registrable Securities hereunder.

 

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4.           Registration Expenses . All fees and expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with its obligations under this Agreement (excluding any underwriting discounts and selling commissions and all legal fees and expenses of legal counsel for any Holder) shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading, (B) with respect to compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws reasonably agreed to by the Company in writing (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities) and (C) with respect to any filing that may be required to be made by any broker through which a Holder intends to make sales of Registrable Securities with FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 (or any successor rule), so long as the broker is receiving no more than a customary brokerage commission in connection with such sale, (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance and (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on the Principal Trading Market as required hereunder. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any underwriting, broker or similar fees or commissions of any Holder or, except to the extent provided for in the Transaction Documents, any legal fees or other costs of the Holders.

 

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5.           Indemnification .

 

(a)          Indemnification by the Company . The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, agents, partners, members, managers, stockholders and employees of each of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, partners, members, managers, stockholders, agents and employees of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable costs of preparation and investigation and reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “ Losses ”), as incurred, to the extent arising out of or based upon (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading or (ii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement or any violation of this Agreement; except in each of (i) and (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent, that (A) such untrue statements, alleged untrue statements, omissions or alleged omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and approved by such Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that each Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), (B) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(c)(iii)-(vi), related to the use by a Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice, but only if and to the extent that following the receipt of the Advice the misstatement or omission giving rise to such Loss would have been corrected or (C) any such Losses arise out of the Holder’s (or any other Indemnified Party’s (as defined in Section 5(c))) failure to send or give a copy of the Prospectus or supplement (as then amended or supplemented) to the Persons asserting an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of Registrable Securities to such Person if such statement or omission was corrected in such Prospectus or supplement. The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is aware. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of an Indemnified Party (as defined in Section 5(c)) and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Holders in accordance herewith.

 

(b)          Indemnification by Holders . Each Holder shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, severally and not jointly, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the extent arising out of or based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, or any form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading (i) to the extent, but only to the extent that, such untrue statements, alleged untrue statements, omissions or alleged omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, (ii) to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and approved by such Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (iii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(c)(iii)-(vi), to the extent related to the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice. In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder under this Section 5(b) be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 

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(c)          Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings . If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “ Indemnified Party ”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the “ Indemnifying Party ”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided , that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Section 5, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have proximately and materially adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.

 

An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and such Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest exists if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and such counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party); provided , that the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all Indemnified Parties. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.

 

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within twenty (20) Trading Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party; provided , that the Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is finally judicially determined to not be entitled to indemnification hereunder. The failure to deliver written notice to the Indemnifying Party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such Indemnifying Party of any liability to the Indemnified Party under this Section 5, except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.

 

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(d)          Contribution . If a claim for indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party (by reason of public policy or otherwise), then each Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other reasonable fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in accordance with its terms.

 

The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d), (A) no Holder shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission and (B) no contribution will be made under circumstances where the maker of such contribution would not have been required to indemnify the Indemnified Party under the fault standards set forth in this Section 5. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties and are not in diminution or limitation of the indemnification provisions under the Purchase Agreement.

 

6.           Miscellaneous .

 

(a)          Remedies . In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and each Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

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(b)          Entire Agreement . This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter, except for, and as provided in the Transaction Documents.

 

(c)          Compliance . Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it (unless an exemption therefrom is available) in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement and shall sell the Registrable Securities only in accordance with a method of distribution described in the Registration Statement.

 

(d)          Suspension of Trading . At any time after the Registrable Securities are covered by an effective Registration Statement, the Company may deliver to the Holders of such Registrable Securities a certificate (the “ Suspension Certificate ”) approved by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Company and signed by an officer of the Company stating that the effectiveness of and sales of Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement would:

 

(i)           materially interfere with any transaction that would require the Company to prepare financial statements under the Securities Act that the Company would otherwise not be required to prepare in order to comply with its obligations under the Exchange Act, or

 

(ii)          require public disclosure of a material transaction or event prior to the time such disclosure might otherwise be required.

 

Upon receipt of a Suspension Certificate by Holders of Registrable Securities, such Holders of Registrable Securities shall refrain from selling or otherwise transferring or disposing of any Registrable Securities then held by such Holders for a specified period of time (a “ Suspension Period ”) that is customary under the circumstances (not to exceed twenty (20) days). Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Company shall be permitted to cause Holders of Registrable Securities to so refrain from selling or otherwise transferring or disposing of any Registrable Securities for the reasons set forth in clause (i) and (ii) of this Section 6(e) on only two (2) occasions during each twelve (12) consecutive month period that the Registration Statement remains effective with no less than sixty (60) calendar days in between Suspension Periods; provided that nothing in this sentence shall be construed to limit the Company’s ability to suspend the effectiveness of a Registration Statement and/or cause the Holders to suspend dispositions of the Registrable Securities thereunder as provided in this Agreement for reasons other than those set forth in clause (i) and (ii) of this Section 6(d). The Company may impose stop transfer instructions to enforce any required agreement of the Holders under this Section 6(d). Immediately after the end of any Suspension Period, provided that the Effectiveness Period continues at such time, the Company shall take all necessary actions (including filing any required supplemental prospectus) to restore the effectiveness of the applicable Registration Statement and the ability of the Holders to publicly resell, pursuant to such effective Registration Statement, their Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement.

 

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(e)          Piggyback Registrations. If, at any time during the Effectiveness Period, there is not an effective Registration Statement covering Registrable Securities and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities, other than on a Special Registration Statement, then the Company shall deliver to each Holder a written notice of such determination and, if within seven days after the date of the delivery of such notice, any such Holder shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such registration statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities such Holder requests to be registered; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 6(e) that are (i) eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or (ii) the subject of a then-effective Registration Statement.

 

(f)          Discontinued Disposition . Each Holder hereby expressly makes the acknowledgements and agreements set forth in Section 4.11 and 4.12 of the Purchase Agreement with respect to any Registrable Securities. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Holder further agrees by its acquisition of Registrable Securities that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(c)(iii)-(vi), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the “ Advice ”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been supplemented or amended) may be resumed. The Company may provide appropriate stop orders to enforce the provisions of this Section 6(f). The Company agrees and acknowledges that any periods during which the Holder is required to discontinue the disposition of the Registrable Securities hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2(c) as qualified by Section 3(a).

 

(g)          Amendments and Waivers . The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified, supplemented or waived unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and Holders holding at least a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities; provided, however , that no amendment, modification, supplement or waiver that materially adversely impacts the liquidity of any Holder be effective without the written consent of such Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of a Holder or some Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided , however , that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence.

 

(h)          Term . The registration rights provided to the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, and the Company’s obligation to keep the Registration Statements effective, shall terminate at the end of the Effectiveness Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Section 2(c), Section 4, Section 5, Section 6(i), Section 6(l), Section 6(m), Section 6(n), Section 6(o), Section 6(p) and Section 6(q) shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

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(i)          Notices . Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

 

(j)          Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement. The Company may not assign its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all the Holders of the then outstanding Registrable Securities (other than by merger or consolidation or to an entity which acquires the Company including by way of acquiring all or substantially all of the Company’s assets). The rights of the Holders hereunder, including the right to have the Company register Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement, may be assigned by each Holder to transferees or assignees of all or any portion of the Registrable Securities (but only with all related obligations) that after such assignment holds at least 500,000 shares of Registrable Securities (subject to appropriate adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations and other recapitalizations), but only if (i) the Holder agrees in writing with the transferee or assignee to assign such rights and related obligations under this Agreement, and for the transferee or assignee to assume such obligations, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company within a reasonable time after such assignment, (ii) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, furnished with written notice of the name and address of such transferee or assignee and the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned, (iii) at or before the time the Company received the written notice contemplated by clause (ii) of this sentence, the transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein that apply to the “Holders” and (iv) the transferee is an “accredited investor,” as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D.

 

(k)          Execution and Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature were the original thereof.

 

(l)          Governing Law . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

 

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(m)          Cumulative Remedies . The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

 

(n)          Severability . If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

 

(o)          Headings . The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

(p)          Currency . Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement are in United States Dollars. All amounts owing under this Agreement are in United States Dollars. All amounts denominated in other currencies shall be converted in the United States Dollar equivalent amount in accordance with the applicable exchange rate in effect on the date of calculation.

 

(q)          Further Assurances . The parties shall execute and deliver all such further instruments and documents and take all such other actions as may reasonably be required to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and to evidence the fulfillment of the agreements herein contained.

 

(r)          Waiver of Conflicts. Each Purchaser acknowledges that: (i) it has read this Agreement; (ii) it has been represented in the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement by legal counsel of its own choice or has voluntarily declined to seek such counsel; and (iii) it understands the terms and consequences of this Agreement and is fully aware of the legal and binding effect of this Agreement. Each Purchaser understands that the Company has been represented in the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement by Morrison & Foerster LLP, Company Counsel, and that Morrison & Foerster LLP has not represented any Purchaser or any stockholder, director or employee of the Company in the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement. Each Purchaser acknowledges that Morrison & Foerster LLP may have in the past represented and may now or may in the future represent one or more Purchasers or their Affiliates in matters unrelated to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the representation of such Purchasers or their Affiliates in matters of a nature similar to those contemplated by this Agreement. The Company and each Purchaser hereby acknowledge that they have has had an opportunity to ask for and have obtained information relevant to such representation, including disclosure of the reasonably foreseeable adverse consequences of such representation, and hereby waives any conflict arising out of such representation with respect to the matters contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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In Witness Whereof , the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  AMPLIPHI BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION
     
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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In Witness Whereof , the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  HOLDER:
     
  By:  
     
  Name:  
     
  Title:  
     
  Date:  

 

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Annex A

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

We are registering the shares of common stock issued to the selling stockholders to permit the resale of these shares of common stock by the holders of the shares of common stock from time to time after the date of this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling stockholders of the shares of common stock. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our obligation to register the shares of common stock.

 

The selling stockholders may sell all or a portion of the shares of common stock beneficially owned by them and offered hereby from time to time directly or through one or more underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. If the shares of common stock are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the selling stockholders will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s commissions. The shares of common stock may be sold on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale, in the over-the-counter market or in transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the over-the-counter market and in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. These sales may be effected in transactions, which may involve crosses or block transactions. The selling stockholders may use any one or more of the following methods when selling shares:

 

· ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;

 

· block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;

 

· purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;

 

· an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;

 

· privately negotiated transactions;

 

· settlement of short sales entered into after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part;

 

· broker-dealers may agree with the selling stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;

 

· through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether such options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise;

 

· a combination of any such methods of sale; and

 

· any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

 

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The selling stockholders also may resell all or a portion of the shares in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as permitted by that rule, or Section 4(1) under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus, provided that they meet the criteria and conform to the requirements of those provisions.

 

Broker-dealers engaged by the selling stockholders may arrange for other broker-dealers to participate in sales. If the selling stockholders effect such transactions by selling shares of common stock to or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling stockholders or commissions from purchasers of the shares of common stock for whom they may act as agent or to whom they may sell as principal. Such commissions will be in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction will not be in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110.

 

In connection with sales of the shares of common stock or otherwise, the selling stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the shares of common stock in the course of hedging in positions they assume. The selling stockholders may also sell shares of common stock short and if such short sale shall take place after the date that this Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission, the selling stockholders may deliver shares of common stock covered by this prospectus to close out short positions and to return borrowed shares in connection with such short sales. The selling stockholders may also loan or pledge shares of common stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such shares, to the extent permitted by applicable law. The selling stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the selling stockholders have been advised that they may not use shares registered on this registration statement to cover short sales of our common stock made prior to the date the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, has been declared effective by the SEC.

 

The selling stockholders may, from time to time, pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the warrants or shares of common stock owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of common stock from time to time pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, amending, if necessary, the list of selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling stockholders under this prospectus. The selling stockholders also may transfer and donate the shares of common stock in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.

 

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The selling stockholders and any broker-dealer or agents participating in the distribution of the shares of common stock may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions paid, or any discounts or concessions allowed to, any such broker-dealer or agent and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Selling Stockholders who are “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and may be subject to certain statutory liabilities of, including but not limited to, Sections 11, 12 and 17 of the Securities Act and Rule 10b-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

 

Each selling stockholder has informed the Company that it is not a registered broker-dealer and does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the common stock. Upon the Company being notified in writing by a selling stockholder that any material arrangement has been entered into with a broker-dealer for the sale of common stock through a block trade, special offering, exchange distribution or secondary distribution or a purchase by a broker or dealer, a supplement to this prospectus will be filed, if required, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, disclosing (i) the name of each such selling stockholder and of the participating broker-dealer(s), (ii) the number of shares involved, (iii) the price at which such the shares of common stock were sold, (iv) the commissions paid or discounts or concessions allowed to such broker-dealer(s), where applicable, (v) that such broker-dealer(s) did not conduct any investigation to verify the information set out or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, and (vi) other facts material to the transaction. In no event shall any broker-dealer receive fees, commissions and markups, which, in the aggregate, would exceed eight percent (8%).

 

Under the securities laws of some states, the shares of common stock may be sold in such states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the shares of common stock may not be sold unless such shares have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied with.

 

There can be no assurance that any selling stockholder will sell any or all of the shares of common stock registered pursuant to the shelf registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part.

 

Each selling stockholder and any other person participating in such distribution will be subject to applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulation M of the Exchange Act, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the shares of common stock by the selling stockholder and any other participating person. Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the shares of common stock to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of common stock. All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the shares of common stock and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of common stock.

 

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We will pay all expenses of the registration of the shares of common stock pursuant to the registration rights agreement, including, without limitation, Securities and Exchange Commission filing fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or “blue sky” laws; provided , however , that each selling stockholder will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any, and any legal expenses incurred by it. We will indemnify the selling stockholders against certain liabilities, including some liabilities under the Securities Act, in accordance with a registration rights agreement, or the selling stockholders will be entitled to contribution. We may be indemnified by the selling stockholders against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, that may arise from any written information furnished to us by the selling stockholders specifically for use in this prospectus, in accordance with the related registration rights agreements, or we may be entitled to contribution.

 

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Annex B

 

AMPLIPHI BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE

 

The undersigned holder of shares of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation, a Washington corporation (the “ Company ”), issued pursuant to a certain Subscription Agreement by and among the Company and the Purchasers named therein, dated as of March 10, 2015 (the “ Agreement ” and such shares, the “ Registrable Securities ”), understands that the Company intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement on Form S-1 (the “ Registration Statement ”) for the registration and the resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and a related Registration Rights Agreement (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”). All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement.

 

In order to sell or otherwise dispose of any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement, a holder of Registrable Securities generally will be required to be named as a selling stockholder in the related prospectus or a supplement thereto (as so supplemented, the “ Prospectus ”), deliver the Prospectus to purchasers of Registrable Securities (including pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act) and be bound by the provisions of the Agreement (including certain indemnification provisions, as described below). Holders must also complete and deliver this Notice and Questionnaire in order to be named as selling stockholders in the Prospectus. Holders of Registrable Securities who do not complete, execute and return this Notice and Questionnaire within ten (10) Trading Days following the date of the Agreement (1) will not be named as selling stockholders in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and (2) may not use the Prospectus for resales of Registrable Securities.

 

Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Holders of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

NOTICE

 

The undersigned holder (the “ Selling Stockholder ”) of Registrable Securities hereby gives notice to the Company of its intention to sell or otherwise dispose of Registrable Securities owned by it and listed below in Item 3, unless otherwise specified in Item 3, pursuant to the Registration Statement. The undersigned, by signing and returning this Notice and Questionnaire, understands and agrees that it will be bound by the terms and conditions of this Notice and Questionnaire and the Agreement.

 

The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate and complete:

 

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QUESTIONNAIRE

 

1. Name.

 

(a) Full Legal Name of Selling Stockholder:
 
 
 
 

 

(b) Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities listed in Item 3 below are held:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

(c) Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by this Questionnaire):
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

2. Address for Notices to Selling Stockholder:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Telephone:  

 

Fax:  

 

Contact Person:  

 

E-mail address of Contact Person:  

 

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3. Beneficial Ownership of Registrable Securities Issued Pursuant to the Agreement:

 

(a) Type and Number of Registrable Securities beneficially owned and issued pursuant to the Agreement:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

(b) Number of shares of Registrable Securities listed in Item 3(a) that the Selling Stockholder requests be registered for resale pursuant to the Registration Statement:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

4. Broker-Dealer Status:

 

(a) Are you a broker-dealer?

 

Yes   No  

 

(b) If “yes” to Section 4(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as compensation for investment banking services to the Company?

 

Yes   No  

 

Note: If no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.

 

(c) Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer?

 

Yes   No  

 

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Note: If yes, provide a narrative explanation below:
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

(c) If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you bought the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities?

 

Yes   No  

 

Note: If no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.

 

5. Beneficial Ownership of Other Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Stockholder.

 

Except as set forth below in this Item 5, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the Registrable Securities listed above in Item 3.

 

(a) Type and amount of other securities of the Company beneficially owned (if none, so state):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

6. Relationships with the Company:

 

Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.

 

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State any exceptions here:

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

7. Plan of Distribution:

 

The undersigned has reviewed the form of Plan of Distribution attached as Annex A to the Registration Rights Agreement, and hereby confirms that, except as set forth below, the information contained therein regarding the undersigned and its plan of distribution is correct and complete.

 

State any exceptions here:

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the effective date of any applicable Registration Statement and at any time the Company reasonably requests while the Registration Statement remains effective. All notices hereunder and pursuant to the Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement shall be made in writing and delivered as set forth in the Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement. In the absence of any such notification, the Company shall be entitled to rely and continue to rely on the accuracy of the information in this Notice and Questionnaire.

 

By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items (1) through (7) above and the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of any such Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

By signing below, the undersigned acknowledges that it understands its obligation to comply, and agrees that it will comply, with the provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, particularly Regulation M in connection with any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. The undersigned also acknowledges that it understands that the answers to this Questionnaire are furnished for use in connection with the Registration Statement filed pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and any amendments or supplements thereto filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act.

 

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The undersigned hereby acknowledges and is advised of the following Division of Corporation Financing Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 239.10 regarding short selling:

 

“An issuer filed a Form S-1 registration statement for a secondary offering of common stock which is not yet effective. One of the selling shareholders wanted to do a short sale of common stock “against the box” and cover the short sale with registered shares after the effective date. The issuer was advised that the short sale could not be made before the registration statement becomes effective, because the shares underlying the short sale are deemed to be sold at the time such sale is made. There would, therefore, be a violation of Section 5 if the shares were effectively sold prior to the effective date.”

 

By returning this Questionnaire, the undersigned will be deemed to be aware of the foregoing interpretation. The acknowledgements by and agreements of the Selling Stockholder set forth in this Notice and Questionnaire shall be in addition to, and shall not limit the scope and applicability of, the representations, warranties and covenants made by such Selling Stockholder in the Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

I confirm that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the foregoing statements (including without limitation the answers to this Questionnaire) are correct and complete.

 

In Witness Whereof the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.

 

Dated:     Selling Stockholder:
         
      By:  
        Name:
        Title:

 

PLEASE FAX A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO:

 

Morrison & Foerster LLP Tel: (202) 887-1500
2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Fax: (202) 887-0763
Suite 6000 Email: SThau@mofo.com
Washington DC 20006  
Attention: Stephen B. Thau  

 

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