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David C. Scileppi, Esq.
Robert B. Lamm, Esq. Gustav L. Schmidt, Esq. Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. 450 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1400 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 (954) 462-2000 |
Arthur Levine
Chief Financial Officer Sensus Healthcare, Inc. 851 Broken Sound Pkwy. NW #215 Boca Raton, Florida 33487 (561) 922-5808 |
Ivan Blumenthal, Esq.
Merav Gershtenman, Esq. Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 666 Third Avenue New York, New York 10017 (212) 935-3000 |
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
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Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | $ | 23,000,000 | $ | 2,316 | ||||
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Common Stock Underlying Underwriters Warrants (4) | 1,437,500 | 145 | ||||||
Total | $ | 24,437,500 | $ | 2,461 |
(1) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Includes offering price of shares that the underwriters have the option to purchase to cover over-allotments, if any. Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the shares of common stock registered hereby also include an indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock as may from time to time become issuable by reason of stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or other similar transactions. |
(2) | Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act based on an estimate of the proposed maximum aggregate offering price. Previously paid in connection with the prior filing of this registration statement on February 10, 2016. |
(3) | No registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act. |
(4) | Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act. The warrants are exercisable at a per share exercise price equal to 125% of the public offering price. |
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
On January 1, 2016, Sensus Healthcare, LLC converted into a Delaware corporation pursuant to a statutory conversion and changed its name to Sensus Healthcare, Inc. As a result of the corporate conversion, the holders of units of Sensus Healthcare, LLC became holders of common stock of Sensus Healthcare, Inc. Holders of warrants and options to purchase units of Sensus Healthcare, LLC became holders of warrants and options to purchase common stock of Sensus Healthcare, Inc., respectively. Except as disclosed in the prospectus, the financial statements and selected historical financial data and other financial information included in this prospectus give retroactive effect to the corporate conversion.
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state or jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
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PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS | SUBJECT TO COMPLETION | DATED MARCH 9, 2016 |
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This is a firm commitment initial public offering of shares of common stock of Sensus Healthcare, Inc. No public market currently exists for our shares. We anticipate that the initial public offering price of our shares of common stock will be between $10.00 and $12.00 per share.
We have applied to list our shares of common stock for trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol SRTS. No assurance can be given that our application will be approved. We are an emerging growth company as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 and, as such, we have elected to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements for this prospectus and future filings.
Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. See Risk Factors beginning on page 12 of this prospectus for a discussion of information that should be considered in connection with an investment in our common stock.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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(1) | Does not include a non-accountable expense allowance equal to 1% of the gross proceeds of this offering payable to the underwriters. See Underwriting on page 98 for a description of additional compensation payable to the underwriters. |
We have granted a 45-day option to the underwriters to purchase up to 272,727 additional shares of common stock solely to cover over-allotments, if any.
The underwriters expect to deliver our shares to purchasers in the offering on or about , 2016.
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Joseph Gunnar & Co. | Feltl and Company |
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Neidiger, Tucker, Bruner, Inc.
The date of this prospectus is , 2016
The SRT-100 TM and SRT-100 Vision TM products are photon x-ray low energy superficial radiotherapy systems that provide patients an alternative to surgery for treating non-melanoma skin cancers, including basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma.
We have received 510(k) marketing clearance from the FDA, European CE marking certification, CFDA (the Chinese FDA equivalent) and Health Canada approval, and recently received regulatory clearance for Russia. Our SRT-100 system is currently installed in over 200 locations across 11 different countries.
Neither we nor the underwriters have authorized anyone to provide you with any information other than that contained in this prospectus, any amendment or supplement to this prospectus or in any free writing prospectus we may authorize to be delivered or made available to you. The underwriters and we take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. We are offering to sell shares of our common stock and seeking offers to buy shares of our common stock only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information in this prospectus is complete and accurate only as of the date on the front cover of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of shares of our common stock.
For investors outside the United States: We have not, and the underwriters have not, done anything that would permit this offering or possession or distribution of this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required, other than in the U.S. Persons outside the U.S. who come into possession of this prospectus must inform themselves about, and observe any restrictions relating to, the offering of the shares of common stock and the distribution of this prospectus outside the U.S.
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Unless otherwise indicated, information in this prospectus concerning economic conditions, our industry, our markets and our competitive position is based on a variety of sources, including information from independent industry analysts and publications, as well as our own estimates and research. Our estimates are derived from industry and general publications, studies and surveys conducted by third-parties, as well as data from our own internal research. Industry publications, studies and surveys generally state that they have been obtained from sources believed to be reliable.
The financial statements as of December 31, 2014 and 2015, and for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015, are those of Sensus Healthcare, Inc. On January 1, 2016, we completed a corporate conversion pursuant to which Sensus Healthcare, Inc. succeeded to the business of Sensus Healthcare, LLC, and the unit holders of Sensus Healthcare, LLC became stockholders of Sensus Healthcare, Inc., as described under the heading Corporate Conversion. In this prospectus, we refer to this transaction as the corporate conversion. The corporate conversion has been reflected retroactively for all periods presented. Effective January 1, 2016, we will be subject to corporate income taxes.
This prospectus includes our trademarks such as SRT-100 TM , SRT-100 Vision TM , SRT-100 Lynx TM , SRT University TM , and Sentinel TM which are each protected under applicable intellectual property laws and are the property of Sensus Healthcare, Inc. Solely for convenience, trademarks, service marks and tradenames referred to in this prospectus may appear without the®, TM or SM symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights or the right of the applicable licensor to these trademarks, service marks and tradenames. This prospectus may also contain trademarks, service marks, tradenames and copyrights of other companies, which are the property of their respective owners.
Except where the context otherwise requires or where otherwise indicated, the terms Sensus, Sensus Healthcare, we, us, our, our company and our business refer to Sensus Healthcare, Inc.
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This summary highlights certain information about us and this offering contained elsewhere in this prospectus. Because it is only a summary, it does not contain all the information that you should consider before investing in shares of our common stock and it is qualified in its entirety by, and should be read in conjunction with, the more detailed information appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. Before you decide to invest in our common stock, you should read the entire prospectus carefully, including Risk Factors beginning on page 12 and our financial statements and the accompanying notes included in this prospectus.
We are a medical device company, headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, specializing in the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancers and other skin conditions, such as keloids, with superficial radiation therapy. Superficial radiation therapy is based on a technology with decades of successful clinical use treating various benign and malignant skin conditions. Prior to the introduction of Mohs surgery and linear accelerators in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the predecessor of superficial radiation therapy, orthovoltage, was the standard of care in treating several skin conditions, including skin cancer. When Mohs surgery was developed and linear accelerators, or LINACS, were introduced to treat cancer, the manufacturers of the orthovoltage devices abandoned manufacturing these products believing that Mohs surgery and linear accelerators would ultimately become the standard of care in treating skin cancer. We believe that orthovoltage device manufacturers may have perceived these newer procedures and technology as being superior to orthovoltage for a number of reasons, including (i) the fact that Mohs surgery did not require significant capital investment, other than specialized medical training, (ii) that higher-powered LINACS offered the ability to treat a wider variety of conditions because of its deeper x-ray penetration, and (iii) the perceived impracticalities of orthovoltage machines due to their large size. As a result, the orthovoltage technology became largely dormant.
Recently, healthcare providers have been recognizing the benefits of superficial radiation therapy and there has been a resurgence of this technology. Based on a retrospective analysis published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology in 2012, recurrence rates for all tumors at two and five years were 1.9% and 5.0%, respectively, for cases of cutaneous basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma treated with superficial radiation therapy, matching the non-recurrence rates for Mohs surgery. We believe this study illustrates the effectiveness of superficial radiation therapy in the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer. Superficial radiation therapy is also an effective treatment modality for keloids, which are firm, rubbery lesions or shiny, fibrous nodules, that can vary from pink to the color of the patients flesh or red to dark brown in color, in conjunction with surgical removal. One recent study has indicated that surgical excision combined with platelet rich plasma and post-operative in-office superficial radiation therapy can achieve a non-recurrence rate of 100% at the fourth to eleventh month follow-up. No other treatment modality known to us leads to a greater non-recurrence rate.
We believe that modern superficial radiation therapy technology has improved over its orthovoltage predecessor. With modern technology, such as that found in the SRT-100, an equipment system manufactured by us, there is very low radiation scatter, which is significantly below the threshold defined by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine and the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc. Our products preserve healthy tissue while attacking only the cancer cells because, unlike LINACS, the SRT-100 uses low energy photon x-rays, which are only capable of penetrating skin up to approximately five millimeters. Further, while orthovoltage devices were very large (requiring a dedicated room), the SRT-100 is a mobile unit with a 30" x 30" footprint. Additionally, with a shift in the demographics of skin cancer patients due to an aging population, we believe superficial radiation therapy offers certain benefits that may not have been relevant decades ago when skin cancer patients were generally younger. For example, patients with certain health conditions or who have been prescribed certain medications may not be good candidates for surgical procedures, such as Mohs surgery, due to the additional health risks these procedures present.
Although Mohs surgery, a procedure involving the progressive removal of microscopic layers of cancer-containing skin until all cancer cells are removed, is one of the leading methods to treat non-melanoma skin cancer, there are significant downsides to this procedure. For example, patients often experience some degree of pain following the procedure. In addition to the inconvenience and pain involved with undergoing Mohs surgery, there are several other potential unpleasant aspects that may affect the surgical area, such as
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temporary or permanent numbness, temporary or permanent weakness, itching, enlarged scarring, and other post-surgical complications. Although superficial radiation therapy treatments typically take less than one minute, this treatment frequently requires multiple visits. Often, patients undergoing superficial radiation therapy treatment will need three to four treatments per week for up to four consecutive weeks to achieve the desired results. Additionally, superficial radiation therapy is typically limited to the treatment of surface-based skin cancers. Due to the limited penetrating ability of the radiation used, superficial radiation therapy typically is ineffective in treating skin cancer in advanced stages.
We believe that our products provide patients with a safe and virtually pain-free alternative to surgery for treating non-melanoma skin cancers, including basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma, and other skin conditions, including keloids. Our products also allow dermatologists to retain non-melanoma skin cancer patients, rather than referring them to other specialists, while offering radiation oncologists an alternative to costly linear accelerator-based treatments with a process that is less invasive, more time-efficient, and which improves practice economics.
We offer the SRT-100 product family, which we anticipate will be complemented by additional models and options in the future. With over 200 installations in 11 countries, we believe our SRT-100 product family to be a global leader in the superficial radiation therapy space.
We own two patents in the U.S. (U.S. Patent Nos. 7372940 and 7263170) related to the SRT-100 system and a third patent application pending in the U.S., China and Russia. We have received 510(k) marketing clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, European CE marking certification, CFDA (the Chinese equivalent of the FDA), and Health Canada approval. We also received regulatory clearance for Russia in the fourth quarter of 2015. These governmental clearances and approvals are required to market and sell medical devices to customers located in the countries or areas covered by these agencies. We are currently marketing our SRT-100 in both the U.S. and abroad to private dermatology practices and private and hospital-based radiation oncology practices. We have been active in bringing this system to the global marketplace since the fourth quarter of 2010 and have a growing distribution network to sell the SRT-100 to healthcare providers in the U.S. and internationally.
According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, over the past three decades, more people have had skin cancer than all other forms of cancer combined. According to the U.S. Surgeon General, approximately five million new skin cancer cases are diagnosed annually in the U.S., with an estimated annual treatment cost of over $8 billion. Skin cancer categories include melanoma, basal or squamous cell carcinomas (i.e., non-melanoma skin cancer), mycosis fungoides, Kaposis sarcoma, Pagets disease and apocrine carcinoma. According to the U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group, the annual death rate from skin cancer in the U.S. exceeds 9,000. According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, one out of five Americans is at risk for developing some form of skin cancer during their lifetime. Increased exposure to the sun without skin protection, a decreasing natural ozone layer, and the increase in the aging population demographic are often cited as the chief causes of this increase. Furthermore, MD Anderson Cancer Institute estimates that approximately half of all Americans will have skin cancer at least once by the time they are 65. The over 65 age segment is expected to double by 2025. Over the last three decades, the number of people experiencing skin cancer has grown at a higher rate than that of all other cancers combined. The primary treatment options, each of which provides high non-recurrence rates and low recurrence, include surgery and less invasive superficial radiation therapy.
As a result of the anticipated growth in both skin cancer incidence and treatment costs, we believe that we are well positioned to provide treatment options that are mutually beneficial to healthcare providers and patients. Because the SRT-100 is uniquely capable of effectively treating skin cancers located in the sensitive head and neck regions, where over 80% of skin cancers occur, we anticipate a growing demand in the healthcare market for our product line.
In addition to the skin cancer market, we believe there is a significant market for our products in the treatment of other skin conditions, such as keloids. We estimate that the incidence rates of keloids to be three to four times greater than non-melanoma skin cancer, and expect this market will continue to grow as the population increases. In addition to keloids, we are exploring the use of superficial radiation therapy for other indications, including psoriasis, eczema, and systemic scleroderma.
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The SRT-100 is a mobile superficial radiation therapy system designed primarily for the non-invasive treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer. We believe the SRT-100 provides a cost-effective alternative to surgery and high dose radiation therapy. It is also an effective treatment modality for keloids, in conjunction with surgical removal. The SRT-100 provides photon x-ray low energy radiation therapy to treat patients through a safe, virtually painless, and substantially non-scarring treatment that is particularly useful for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer and keloids occurring on the head and neck regions, which are generally more delicate areas that can be difficult to otherwise treat. We believe that the SRT-100 enhances practice economics by allowing dermatologists to retain non-melanoma skin cancer patients, rather than refer them to other specialists for treatment. Moreover, the SRT-100 can provide radiation oncologists with an efficient, less costly and minimally invasive alternative to linear acceleratorbased treatments, thereby improving the patient experience and practice economics.
The innovative SRT-100 system is designed for effectiveness and ease of use. The current features include specific x-ray and automatic filtering technique factors for accurate skin cancer treatment, visual verification of the treated area, a compact design for device mobility, connectivity to digital systems, reduced space requirements, and integrated safety controls for both the patient and the clinician. In addition to the SRT-100, we also offer the SRT-100 Vision and SRT-100 Lynx models. The SRT-100 Vision provides users with a unique superficial radiation therapy-tailored treatment planning application that integrates an embedded high frequency ultrasound imaging module, volumetric tumor analysis, beam margins planning and comprehensive dosimetry parameters that allows for more accurate and precise treatment and which enhances patient outcomes and workflow efficiency. The SRT-100 Lynx incorporates hardware and software enhancements that allow for integration of the SRT-100 system with electronic medical records and similar systems.
We plan to continue conducting research and development for product line expansions to address a broader and more diversified market and provide additional solutions to the existing and future customer base. We anticipate that the next generation of the SRT-100 will be a more modular platform that will include some of the technologies developed for the SRT-100 Vision, and at the same time can be competitively configured to compete in other global value markets.
We anticipate that we will continue developing our technology with the goal of optimizing workflow for users and positively impacting patients quality of life and outcomes. We believe our focus will allow us to provide an advanced and seamless data portability in enterprise and cloud environments to make data readily available and interchangeable for practitioners, payors, and patients, while delivering products with very high levels of reliability and efficacy. As a result, we expect our products and services will achieve commercial and clinical success worldwide and bolster our financial viability. As new features and capabilities are added to our product portfolio, we believe our users will gain access to a broader patient population, expanded reimbursement potential, and directly address the requirements and needs of accountable care organizations and the trend toward bundling of payments. We believe that this will allow us to increase list prices as our product line is enhanced and improved, which should positively impact our future results of operations and margins.
In addition to our products, we offer the Sentinel service program, which provides our customers comprehensive protection for their SRT-100 and SRT-100 Vision systems.
Cost effective products for a global market. Our products offer a solution for todays cost conscious healthcare market. Our products rely on superficial radiation therapy, which we believe is an effective and less expensive procedure for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer and other skin conditions than existing treatment options. The productivity and reliability associated with our products, along with our related service offerings, allow our customers to quickly and easily install and deploy our products in their respective practices while reducing downtime. Our products offer reduced treatment times, yet provide similar, or better, outcomes when compared with other treatment modalities for non-melanoma skin cancer and keloids. We believe that we are ideally positioned to meet the demands of the reforming healthcare systems by providing higher quality care at a lower cost with a better patient experience.
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Exclusive focus on a large, growing market. The U.S. Surgeon General estimates that the skin cancer market represents an over $8 billion opportunity in the U.S. alone, which we expect will continue to grow. This growth is being driven by increased incidence of skin cancer and other skin conditions among the general population. We also estimate that the potential market for the treatment of keloids is even larger than the skin cancer market. Because our products offer an effective alternative treatment option, we believe that we are positioned as one of a limited number of companies exclusively focused on the use of superficial radiation therapy for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer and other skin conditions, such as keloids.
Highly experienced management and medical advisory team. We have assembled a senior management team and medical advisory board with significant experience in the healthcare industry. Our leadership team has a long track record in introducing numerous disruptive technologies and products to the healthcare market in the field of radiology, oncology and interventional medicine. Members of our management team also have experience in product development, launching new products into the healthcare market and selling medical devices and technology to hospitals and private healthcare practices through direct sales organizations, distributors and manufacturers. We also collaborate with a network of leading medical advisors in the design and use of our products.
Extensive product support network. In addition to the SRT-100 product line, we offer a unique and dedicated superficial radiation therapy support network for clinicians and therapists, which includes site planning and preparation, system deployment and installation, a national and global network of medical physicists for system commissioning and calibration, a dedicated service network, a dedicated clinical applications and education network and service, SRT University, and online and live customer support. We believe that by offering these dedicated and tailored services we have enhanced our brand and gained market presence.
Relationships with the medical community. We are actively involved in scientific, medical, and commercial organizations and communities. We are a member of the American Cutaneous Oncology Society (ACOS), which is a dedicated superficial radiation therapy scientific and medical society that promotes the betterment and further education on all superficial radiation therapy-related subject matter and topics, across multi-disciplinary fields, such as radiation oncology, dermatology, medical physics, plastic surgery, physician assistants, and radiation therapy technologists. We anticipate that we will be able to leverage our involvement in these organizations to increase awareness of the benefits of radiation therapy and increase sales of our products.
Our goal is to be a leading medical device company providing innovative, noninvasive solutions for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer and other skin conditions. The key elements of our strategy include:
Increase acceptance of superficial radiation therapy as the standard of care for non-melanoma skin cancer, keloids and other skin conditions. We believe a great opportunity exists in creating an awareness of our treatment options for consumers. We believe dermatologists are now recognizing that surgery is not the only solution, or necessarily the best solution, for treating skin cancer or other skin conditions, such as keloids, and superficial radiation therapy can now be recognized as a valuable modality in their toolbox. The 95% non-melanoma skin cancer non-recurrence rate at the five-year follow-up (according to one study with 95% confidence intervals) achieved with superficial radiation therapy, combined with the benefit of a better cosmetic outcome and what we believe to be a more certain reimbursement environment compared to the reimbursement environment when we began selling our products, creates a significant opportunity for us to expand our market share. Focused consumer and practitioner educational awareness of the benefits of superficial radiation therapy is a key for our success. We are seeking to leverage our relationships with medical and other organizations to increase public awareness of superficial radiation therapy treatment options.
Drive adoption and awareness of SRT-100 among specialists, physicians, administrators and patients . We intend to educate specialists, physicians, administrators and patients on the compelling case for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer with the SRT-100. We believe that increased awareness of the benefits of superficial radiation therapy will favorably impact sales of the SRT-100. Additionally, we believe that our products will allow dermatologists to treat patients without having to refer them to specialists for
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treatment and will free-up larger, higher power equipment, such as linear accelerators, for oncologists to treat other patients whose treatment requires the use of these other devices.
Develop new technology products and services. Since acquiring the SRT-100 technology, we have developed optional add-on technology products and service options which have enhanced the operational capabilities of our SRT-100, including the SRT-100 Vision and SRT-100 Lynx. We believe continued research and development of both new and existing technology will be critical to our success.
Pursue opportunities to enhance our product offerings. We intend to continue to expand applications of our superficial radiation therapy technology and vigorously protect those innovations through patent applications. We may also opportunistically pursue the licensing or acquisition of complementary products and technologies to strengthen our market position or improve product margins.
Expand our sales organization to support growth. We intend to expand our highly-trained direct sales organization and broaden our relationships with distributor partners to increase sales and drive revenues.
Lessen our dependency on third party manufacturers. We are exploring the possibility of reducing our reliance on third party manufacturers by bringing certain manufacturing, service and research and development functions in-house, which could include the acquisition of equipment and other fixed assets or the acquisition or lease of a manufacturing facility.
Investing in our common stock involves substantial risk, and our ability to successfully operate our business is subject to numerous risks, including those that are generally associated with our industry. Any of the risks set forth in this prospectus under the heading Risk Factors may limit our ability to successfully execute our business strategy. You should carefully consider all the information set forth in this prospectus and, in particular, should evaluate the specific risks set forth in this prospectus under the heading Risk Factors in deciding whether to invest in our common stock. The following is a summary of some of the principal risks we face:
| market acceptance of the SRT-100; |
| our ability to successfully commercialize our products, including SRT-100; |
| our ability to compete effectively in selling our products and services; |
| our ability to expand, manage and maintain our direct sales and marketing organizations; |
| the fact that we have a history of net losses and may not achieve the scale of operation we expect or consistently achieve profitability in the future; |
| our actual financial results may vary significantly from forecasts and from period to period; |
| our ability to successfully develop new products, improve or enhance our existing products or acquire complementary products, technologies, services or businesses; |
| our ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property of sufficient scope to adequately protect our products, including SRT-100, and our ability to avoid infringing or otherwise violating the intellectual property rights of third parties; |
| market risks regarding consolidation in the healthcare industry; |
| the willingness of healthcare providers to purchase our products generally, and in particular if coverage by, and reimbursement from, third party payors for procedures using our products significantly declines; |
| the level and availability of government and third party payor reimbursement for clinical procedures using our products; |
| our ability to effectively manage our anticipated growth; |
| changing regulatory requirements applicable to us and our competitors, and our ability to comply; |
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| our reliance on third party manufacturers and sole- or single-source suppliers; |
| our ability to reduce the per unit manufacturing cost of the SRT-100; |
| our ability to efficiently manage our manufacturing processes, including our ability to manufacture our products to meet demand; |
| regional and global economic recessions; |
| our need to obtain additional funds in the future, as well as our ability to comply with covenants resulting from financing transactions; |
| the regulatory and legal risks, and certain operating risks, that our international operations subject us to; |
| the fact that product quality issues or product defects may harm our business; and |
| our failure to effectively manage any of the foregoing. |
On January 1, 2016, Sensus Healthcare, LLC converted into a Delaware corporation pursuant to a statutory conversion and changed its name to Sensus Healthcare, Inc. As a result of the corporate conversion, the holders of the different classes of units of Sensus Healthcare, LLC became holders of common stock of Sensus Healthcare, Inc. Holders of warrants and options, respectively, to purchase units of Sensus Healthcare, LLC became holders of warrants and options to purchase common stock of Sensus Healthcare, Inc., respectively. Each unit converted to one share of common stock. Prior to the commencement of this offering, we expect to effect a forward stock split of 152.18-for-one. Following the forward stock split, we expect that our existing stockholders will hold approximately 7.1 million shares of our common stock, on a fully diluted basis.
The purpose of the corporate conversion was to reorganize our corporate structure so that the operating company is a corporation rather than a limited liability company and so that our existing investors own shares of our common stock rather than equity interests in a limited liability company. For further information regarding the corporate conversion, see Corporate Conversion. References in this prospectus to our capitalization and other matters pertaining to our equity and shares prior to the corporate conversion relate to the capitalization and equity and shares of Sensus Healthcare, LLC, and after the corporate conversion, to Sensus Healthcare, Inc.
Except as disclosed in this prospectus, the financial statements and selected historical financial data and other information included in this prospectus give retroactive effect to the corporate conversion. We expect that our conversion from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware corporation will not have a material effect on our financial statements, except for the effects of income taxes.
We are an emerging growth company as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act, which permits us to elect not to be subject to certain disclosure and other requirements that otherwise would have been applicable to us had we not been an emerging growth company. These provisions include:
| reduced disclosure about our executive compensation arrangements; |
| no non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation or golden parachute arrangements; and |
| exemption from the auditor attestation requirement in the assessment of our internal control over financial reporting. |
We may take advantage of these exemptions for up to five years or such earlier time as we are no longer an emerging growth company. We will qualify as an emerging growth company until the earliest of (1) the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of completion of this offering, (2) the last day of our fiscal year in which we have annual gross revenue of $1.0 billion or more, (3) the date on which we have, during the previous three-year period, issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt and (4) the last day of the fiscal year in which we become a large accelerated filer as defined in
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Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. Under this definition, we will be an emerging growth company upon completion of this offering and could remain an emerging growth company until as late as December 31, 2021.
In addition, the JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of an extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards. This allows an emerging growth company to delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have irrevocably elected not to avail ourselves of this exemption from new or revised accounting standards and, therefore, we will be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies.
Sensus Healthcare, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, was formed on May 7, 2010, to design, manufacture and market proprietary medical devices specializing in the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancers and other skin conditions, such as keloids, with superficial radiation therapy. In June 2010, Sensus Healthcare, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (Sensus (FL)), acquired all the assets associated with our primary product, the SRT-100, from Topex, Inc. for $1.3 million. Following this acquisition, we relaunched the SRT-100 under the Sensus Healthcare brand. In December 2011, we merged with Sensus (FL), with the Delaware limited liability company surviving the merger for the purpose of changing our domicile from Florida to Delaware. On January 1, 2016, we completed a corporate conversion pursuant to which Sensus Healthcare, Inc. succeeded to the business of Sensus Healthcare, LLC, and the equity holders of Sensus Healthcare, LLC became stockholders of Sensus Healthcare, Inc. See Corporate Conversion. Our principal executive offices are located at 851 Broken Sound Pkwy. NW #215, Boca Raton, Florida and our telephone number at that address is (561) 922-5808. Our website is located at www.sensushealthcare.com . Our website, and the information on our website, is neither part of this prospectus nor incorporated by reference herein.
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Common stock offered by us |
1,818,182 shares. |
Common stock to be outstanding after this offering |
8,339,399 shares (or 8,612,126 shares if the underwriters option to purchase additional shares is exercised in full). |
Underwriters option to purchase additional shares of common stock from us |
We have granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase 272,727 additional shares. |
Use of proceeds |
We estimate, based upon the assumed initial public offering price of $11.00 per share, which is the midpoint of the estimated price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, we will receive net proceeds from the offering of approximately $17.8 million (or $20.6 million if the underwriters option to purchase additional shares is exercised in full), after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We intend to use the proceeds from this offering for: |
the expansion of our sales and marketing activities, including hiring new sales representatives; |
research and development for new products and improvements to existing products; |
to pay a dividend owed to former holders of units with a preferred return prior to our corporate conversion, in each case who have not elected to convert such dividend into shares of our common stock at the initial public offering price within 30 days following the closing of this offering; and |
the remainder for working capital and other general corporate purposes. See Use of Proceeds. |
Dividend policy |
We currently expect to retain all future earnings, if any, for use in the operation and expansion of our business and repayment of debt; therefore, we do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. See Dividend Policy. |
Risk factors |
You should carefully read and consider the information set forth under the heading Risk Factors beginning on page 12 of this prospectus and all other information set forth in this prospectus before investing in our common stock. |
Proposed Nasdaq symbol |
SRTS |
The common stock to be outstanding after this offering is based on 6,521,217 shares outstanding as of January 1, 2016, after giving effect to our proposed 152.18-for-one forward stock split, and excludes the following as of such date:
| as of January 1, 2016, 9,131 shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options at a weighted-average exercise price of $6.57 per share; |
| as of January 1, 2016, 396,733 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants at a weighted-average exercise price of $3.84 per share; |
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| 250,000 shares reserved for future issuance under our 2016 Equity Incentive Plan including $1.8 million of restricted stock awards, or 163,636 shares (based on $11.00 per share the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus), expected to be granted to certain of our officers and employees following the pricing of this offering; |
| shares issuable upon the election of former holders of units with a preferred return, within 30 days of the closing of this offering to convert all or a portion of the cumulative preferred dividend into shares of common stock at the initial public offering price; and |
| 104,545 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants to be issued to certain of the underwriters in connection with this offering, at an exercise price per share equal to 125% of the public offering price, as described in the Underwriting Underwriters Warrants section of this prospectus. |
Unless otherwise indicated, this prospectus assumes:
| an initial public offering price of $11.00 per share, the midpoint of the estimated initial public offering price range, set forth on the cover page of this prospectus; |
| no exercise of the underwriters warrants to purchase 104,545 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of 125% of the initial offering price to the public to be issued to certain of the underwriters described above; |
| no exercise of the underwriters option to purchase up to an additional 272,727 shares of our common stock; and |
| none of the former holders of units with a preferred return elect to convert any portion of their cumulative preferred dividend into shares of common stock at the initial public offering price. |
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The tables below summarize our financial information for the periods indicated. We derived the financial information for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015 from our audited financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. You should read the following information together with the more detailed information contained in Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and our financial statements and the accompanying notes. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected in any future period.
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Revenues | $ | 10,478,920 | $ | 5,810,205 | $ | 10,273,094 | ||||||
Cost of Sales | 3,600,348 | 2,054,798 | 3,698,687 | |||||||||
Gross Profit | 6,878,572 | 3,755,407 | 6,574,407 | |||||||||
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Selling and marketing | 3,965,276 | 4,208,241 | 3,742,535 | |||||||||
General and administrative | 1,453,344 | 1,650,651 | 1,586,401 | |||||||||
Research and development | 1,333,111 | 1,576,775 | 1,466,728 | |||||||||
Total Operating Expenses | 6,751,731 | 7,435,667 | 6,795,664 | |||||||||
Income (Loss) From Operations | 126,841 | (3,680,260 | ) | (221,257 | ) | |||||||
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Interest expense | (20,467 | ) | (20,030 | ) | (17,786 | ) | ||||||
Interest income | 1,253 | 820 | 1,776 | |||||||||
Total Other Income (Expense) | (19,214 | ) | (19,210 | ) | (16,010 | ) | ||||||
Net Income (Loss) | $ | 107,627 | $ | (3,699,470 | ) | $ | (237,267 | ) | ||||
Preferential distribution | (513,332 | ) | (537,693 | ) | (513,332 | ) | ||||||
Net Loss Attributable to Common Stockholders | $ | (405,705 | ) | $ | (4,237,163 | ) | $ | (750,599 | ) | |||
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Weighted average number of shares used in computing net loss per share basic and diluted | 40,482 | 40,835 | 40,857 | |||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP | $ | 442,502 | $ | (3,397,462 | ) | $ | 169,914 |
Adjusted EBITDA, is a non-GAAP financial measure which we use in our financial performance analyses. This measure should not be considered a substitute for GAAP-basis measures nor should it be viewed as a substitute for operating results determined in accordance with GAAP. We believe that the presentation of Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure that excludes the impact of net interest expense, certain taxes, depreciation, amortization, and stock compensation expense provides useful supplemental information that is essential to a proper understanding of our financial results. Non-GAAP measures are not formally defined by GAAP, and other entities may use calculation methods that differ from ours for the purposes of calculating Adjusted EBITDA. As a complement to GAAP financial measures, we believe that Adjusted EBITDA assists investors who follow the practice of some investment analysts who adjust GAAP financial measures to exclude items that may obscure underlying performance and distort comparability.
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The following is a reconciliation of net income to the non-GAAP financial measure referred to in this prospectus as Adjusted EBITDA for the three years ended December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
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Net Income (Loss), as reported | $ | 107,627 | $ | (3,699,470 | ) | $ | (237,267 | ) | ||||
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Depreciation and amortization | 265,557 | 272,649 | 315,599 | |||||||||
Taxes (1) | 49,024 | 3,672 | 69,095 | |||||||||
Interest, net | 19,214 | 19,210 | 16,010 | |||||||||
Stock compensation expense | 1,080 | 6,477 | 6,477 | |||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP | $ | 442,502 | $ | (3,397,462 | ) | $ | 169,914 |
(1) | Taxes include all taxes paid by the Company, other than payroll taxes, including on income, ad valorem, and excise taxes. |
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Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 5,065,068 | $ | 5,065,068 | $ | 23,465,068 | ||||||
Working capital (4) | 4,899,524 | 2,225,327 | 20,046,700 | |||||||||
Total assets | 9,636,154 | 9,636,154 | 27,457,727 | |||||||||
Total liabilities | 3,714,550 | 6,388,747 | 6,388,747 | |||||||||
Total stockholders equity | 5,921,604 | 3,247,407 | 21,068,780 | |||||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders equity | 9,636,154 | 9,636,154 | 27,457,527 |
(1) | Pro forma to reflect the accrual of the dividend payable to the former holders of units with a preferred return that was declared upon our conversion from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware corporation, effective January 1, 2016. |
(2) | Pro forma and pro forma as adjusted information discussed above are unaudited and illustrative only. |
(3) | Pro forma as adjusted gives effect to (1) the accrual of the dividend payable to the former holders of units with a preferred return that was declared upon our conversion from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware corporation and (2) the sale of shares of our common stock in this offering at an assumed initial public offering price of $11.00 per share (the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus), after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us and the application of the proceeds therefrom. |
(4) | Represents current assets less current liabilities. |
Each $1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed initial public offering price of $11.00 per share, which is the midpoint of the estimated price range set forth on the cover of this prospectus, would increase (decrease) each of cash and cash equivalents, working capital, total assets and total stockholders (deficit) equity by approximately $1.7 million, assuming that the number of shares offered by us, as set forth on the cover of this prospectus, remains the same, and after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We may also increase or decrease the number of shares we are offering. Each increase (decrease) of 1.0 million shares in the number of shares offered by us would increase (decrease) each of cash and cash equivalents, working capital, total assets and total stockholders (deficit) equity by approximately $10.1 million, assuming that the assumed initial public offering price remains the same, and after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. The pro forma as adjusted information discussed above is illustrative only and will adjust based on the actual initial public offering price and other terms of this offering determined at pricing.
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Investing in our common stock involves risks. In addition to the other information contained in this prospectus, you should carefully consider the following risks before deciding to purchase shares of our common stock in this offering. The occurrence of any of the following risks might cause you to lose all or a part of your investment. Some statements in this prospectus, including statements in the following risk factors, constitute forward-looking statements. Please refer to Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements for more information regarding forward-looking statements.
We have a history of net losses. Our historical losses from inception through December 31, 2015 totaled approximately $7.4 million. If our revenue grows more slowly than currently anticipated, or if operating expenses are higher than expected, we may be unable to consistently achieve profitability, our financial condition will suffer and the value of our common stock could decline. Even if we are successful increasing our sales, we may incur losses in the foreseeable future as we continue to research and develop and seek regulatory approvals for our products.
If sales revenue from any of our currently cleared products or any additional products that receive marketing clearance from the FDA or approval from other regulatory authorities in the future is insufficient, or if our product development is delayed, we may be unable to achieve profitability. Furthermore, even if we are able to achieve profitability, we may be unable to sustain or increase such profitability on a quarterly or annual basis, which would significantly reduce the value of our common stock.
In the U.S., the commercial success of our existing products and any future products will depend, in part, on the extent to which governmental payors at the federal and state levels, including Medicare and Medicaid, private health insurers and other third-party payors provide coverage for and establish adequate reimbursement levels for procedures using our products. The existence of coverage and adequate reimbursement for our products and related procedures by government and private payors is critical to market acceptance of our existing and future products. Neither hospitals nor physicians are likely to use our products if they do not receive adequate reimbursement payments for the procedures using our products.
Some private payors in the U.S. may base their reimbursement policies on the coverage decisions determined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which administers the Medicare program. Others may adopt different coverage or reimbursement policies for procedures performed using our products, while some governmental programs, such as Medicaid, have reimbursement policies that vary from state to state, some of which may not pay for our products in an amount that supports our selling price, if at all. A Medicare national or local coverage decision denying coverage for any of the procedures performed with our products could result in private and other third-party payors also denying coverage. Medicare (part B) and a number of private insurers in the U.S. currently cover and pay for both non-melanoma skin cancer and keloid treatments using the SRT-100. A withdrawal, or even contemplation of a withdrawal, by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, Medicaid or private payors of reimbursements, or any other unfavorable coverage or reimbursement decisions by government programs or private payors, could have a material adverse effect on our business.
Reimbursement systems in international markets vary significantly by country and by region within some countries, and reimbursement approvals must be obtained on a country-by-country basis. In many international markets, a product must be approved for reimbursement before it can be cleared for sale in that country. Further, many international markets have government-managed healthcare systems that control reimbursement for new devices and procedures. In most markets there are private insurance systems as well as government-managed systems. Our products may not be considered cost-effective by international third-party payors or governments managing healthcare systems. Furthermore, reimbursement may not be available or, if available, third-party payors reimbursement policies may adversely affect our ability to sell our products
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profitably. If sufficient coverage and reimbursement are not available for our current or future products, in either the U.S. or internationally, the demand for our products and, consequently, our revenues will be adversely affected.
We have focused heavily on the development and commercialization of a limited number of products for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer and other skin conditions with superficial radiotherapy. From our inception in 2010 through the date of this prospectus, substantially all of our revenue has been derived from sales of our SRT-100 product line and related services and ancillary products. We expect substantially all of our revenue to be derived from or related to sales of our SRT-100 product line for the foreseeable future. Besides differentiated or enhanced versions of the SRT-100 and ancillary products, we are not currently developing or otherwise investing in any other product. If we are unable to achieve and maintain significantly greater market acceptance of superficial radiotherapy for treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer and other skin conditions, or if we do not achieve sustained positive cash flow, then we will be severely constrained in our ability to fund our operations. In addition, if we are unable to market our SRT-100 product line and ancillary products as a result of a quality problem, shortage of components required to for assembly, failure to maintain or obtain regulatory approvals, unexpected or serious complications or other unforeseen negative effects related to the SRT-100 product line and ancillary products, we would lose our only source of revenue, and our business, financial condition and results of operations will be adversely affected.
The manufacture of medical devices requires significant expertise and capital investment, including the development of advanced manufacturing techniques and process controls, from us and our key suppliers, to scale up the production process to manufacture sufficient quantities at high volume and with satisfactory production yields. Manufacturers of medical devices often encounter difficulties in production, particularly when scaling up initial production. These problems include difficulties with production costs and yields, quality control and assurance, and shortages of qualified personnel, as well as compliance with strictly enforced federal, state and foreign regulations.
In July 2010, we entered into a manufacturing agreement with an unrelated third party for manufacturing and production of the SRT-100 in accordance with our specifications. We continue to do business with the manufacturer pursuant to this agreement, although we or the manufacturer may terminate the agreement with 90 days written notice or upon at least 60 days notice prior to the end of each additional one-year renewal period. As discussed elsewhere in this prospectus, we are exploring the possibility of using a portion of the proceeds of this offering to begin reducing our reliance on third party manufacturers by bringing certain manufacturing capabilities in-house. However, if eventually implemented, our plan to bring the manufacturing function in-house may not be successful and we may be unable to maintain a relationship with our current manufacturer or establish a relationship with another manufacturer on favorable terms, if at all.
Consequently, we may not, with our third party suppliers, be able to continue to efficiently manufacture our products in sufficient quantities to meet projected demand or to establish sufficient worldwide inventory to fully support our distribution network. Any of these results could cause us to be unable to effectively commercialize our products or increase revenue, adversely affecting our business, financial condition, results of operations and the value of our common stock.
We are dependent on various third-party suppliers for key raw materials used in our manufacturing processes. The loss of these third-party suppliers, or their inability to supply us or the third party manufacturer with adequate components would hinder our ability to effectively produce our products to meet existing demand levels, adversely affecting our ability to commercialize our products and increase our revenues.
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As we launch products, increase current sales efforts and expand into new geographies, we will need to retain, grow and develop our direct sales personnel, distributors and agents. There is significant competition for sales personnel experienced in relevant medical device sales. In addition, the training process is lengthy because it requires significant education for new sales representatives to achieve an acceptable level of clinical competency with our products. Upon completion of training, sales representatives typically require lead time in the field to develop or expand their network of accounts and achieve the productivity levels we expect them to reach in any individual territory. If we are unable to attract, motivate, develop, and retain a sufficient number of qualified sales personnel, or if the sales representatives do not achieve the productivity levels expected, our revenue will not grow as expected, and our financial performance will suffer.
In addition, we may not succeed in entering into and maintaining productive arrangements with an adequate number of distributors outside of the U.S. that are sufficiently committed to selling our products in international markets. The establishment and maintenance of a distribution network is expensive and time consuming. Even if we engage and maintain suitable relationships with an adequate number of distributors, they may not generate revenue as quickly as we expect them to, commit the necessary resources to effectively market and sell our products, or ultimately succeed in selling our products. Moreover, if our sales force and distributors are unable to attract and retain new customers, we may be unable to achieve our expected growth, and our business could suffer.
Furthermore, some of our distributors may market or sell the products of our competitors. In these cases, the competitors may have the ability to influence the products that our distributors choose to market and sell, for example, by offering higher commission payments, or by convincing the distributors to terminate their relationships with us, carry fewer of our products or reduce their sales and marketing efforts for our products. Any of the foregoing would hinder our ability to meet our revenue targets and other goals.
Physicians and hospitals may not perceive the benefits of our products and may be reluctant or unwilling to adopt our products as a treatment option, particularly in light of existing treatment options, such as Mohs surgery or high dose rate brachytherapy. Additionally, physicians and hospitals may not be aware of the significant advances in technology associated with superficial radiation therapy compared to older technology that was previously used with orthovoltage. While we believe that our products are an efficient and less invasive alternative to other treatments of non-melanoma skin cancer and other skin conditions, physicians who are accustomed to using other modalities to treat patients with either non-melanoma skin cancer, keloids or other skin conditions may be reluctant to adopt broad use of our superficial radiotherapy products.
We must grow markets for our products through physician education and awareness programs. Publication in peer-reviewed medical journals of results from studies using our products will be an important consideration in their adoption by physicians and in reimbursement decisions of third-party payors. The process of publication in leading medical journals is subject to a peer-review process. Peer reviewers may not consider the results of studies of our products and any future products sufficiently novel or worthy of publication. Failure to have studies of our products published in peer reviewed journals may adversely affect adoption of our products.
Educating physicians and hospitals on the benefits of our products and advancements in superficial radiation technology requires a significant commitment by our marketing team and sales organization. Our products may not become widely accepted by physicians and hospitals. If we are unable to educate physicians and hospitals about the advantages of our products, do not achieve significantly greater market acceptance of our products, do not gain momentum in our sales activities, or fail to significantly grow our market share, we will be unable to grow our revenue, and our business and financial condition will be adversely affected.
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The medical device industry is highly competitive and subject to technological change. In the arena for technology and products for use in the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer and other skin conditions, we have three primary competitors, one of which operates in the superficial radiotherapy space largely in the European market, and the other two of which operate in the brachytherapy space in both the U.S. and internationally. While we believe our SRT-100 and related products currently have certain competitive advantages over the products offered by these competitors, our success depends, in part, upon our ability to maintain this competitive position. If these competitors improve their existing products, develop new products, or expand their operations, we may be unable to maintain our competitive advantages over these competitors.
Furthermore, new competitors, including companies larger than us, may enter the market in the future and may offer products with similar or alternative functionalities. These companies may enjoy several advantages relative to us, including:
| greater financial and human resources for product development, sales and marketing; |
| greater name recognition; |
| long-established relationships with physicians and hospitals; |
| the ability to offer rebates or bundle multiple product offerings to offer greater discounts or incentives; |
| more established distribution channels and sales and marketing capabilities; and |
| greater experience in and resources for conducting research and development, clinical studies, manufacturing, preparing regulatory submissions, obtaining regulatory clearance or approval for products and marketing cleared products. |
Hospitals, physicians and investors may not view our products as competitive with other products that are marketed and sold by new competitors, including much larger and more established companies. Our competitors may develop and patent processes or products earlier than we do, obtain regulatory clearance or approvals for competing products more rapidly than us or develop more effective, more convenient or less expensive products or technologies that render our technology or products obsolete or less competitive. If our existing or new competitors are more successful than us in any of these matters, our business may be harmed.
Substantially all of our 2014 and 2015 sales were made to customers located in the U.S. and China. For the year ended December 31, 2015, approximately 14% of our product sales were to Chinese customers, with substantially the remainder of our sales to customers in the U.S. Because of our geographic concentrations, our revenue could fluctuate significantly due to changes in economic conditions, the use of competitive products, or the loss of, reduction of business with, or less favorable terms within, these countries. A reduction or delay in orders for our products from these countries could materially harm our business and results of operations.
It is important to our business that we continue to build a pipeline of product offerings for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer and other skin conditions to remain competitive. Consequently, our success will depend in part on our ability to develop and introduce new products. However, we may be unable to successfully maintain our regulatory clearance for existing products, or develop, obtain and maintain
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regulatory clearance or approval for product enhancements, or new products, or these products may not be accepted by physicians or the payors who financially support many of the procedures performed with our products.
The success of any new product offering or enhancement to an existing product will depend on several factors, including our ability to:
| identify and anticipate physician and patient needs properly; |
| develop and introduce new products or product enhancements in a timely manner; |
| avoid infringing the intellectual property rights of third parties; |
| demonstrate the safety and efficacy of new products with data; |
| obtain the necessary regulatory approvals for new products or product enhancements; |
| comply fully with U.S. Food and Drug Administration and applicable foreign government agencies regulations on marketing of new devices or modified products; |
| provide adequate training to potential users of our products; and |
| receive coverage and adequate reimbursement for procedures performed with our products. |
If we do not develop new products or product enhancements in time to meet market demand, if there is insufficient demand for these products or enhancements, or if competitors introduce new products with enhanced functionalities that are superior to those of ours, then our results of operations will suffer.
We focus on continual product innovation and product improvement. While we believe this provides a competitive edge, it also results in the risk that our products will become obsolete prior to the end of their anticipated useful lives. If we introduce new products or next-generation products prior to the end of the useful life of a prior generation, we may be required to dispose of existing inventory, or write off the value of the these assets, each which would materially and adversely impact our results of operations.
Our success is dependent in large part on our being an early re-entrant into the market for our proprietary superficial radiotherapy systems. If one or more competitors join us in the market, the increased competition would require us to devote substantial additional resources to our marketing efforts, and our ability to compete may be severely impaired.
The sale and shipment of our products across international borders, as well as the purchase of components from international sources, subjects us to U.S. and foreign governmental trade, import and export, and customs regulations and laws. Compliance with these regulations and laws is costly and exposes us to penalties for non-compliance. Other laws and regulations that can significantly impact us include various anti-bribery laws, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and anti-boycott laws, as well as export control laws. Any failure to comply with applicable legal and regulatory obligations could impact us in a variety of ways that include, but are not limited to, significant criminal, civil and administrative penalties, including imprisonment of individuals, fines and penalties, denial of export privileges, seizure of shipments, restrictions on certain business activities and exclusion or debarment from government contracting. Also, the failure to comply with applicable legal and regulatory obligations could result in the disruption of our shipping and sales activities. Any of the foregoing would adversely impact our results of operations and financial condition.
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Our international operations and our international distributors expose us to risks inherent in operating in foreign jurisdictions. These risks include, without limitation:
| difficulties in enforcing or defending intellectual property rights; |
| pricing pressure that we may experience internationally; |
| a shortage of high-quality sales people and distributors; |
| third-party reimbursement policies that may require some of the patients who are treated with our products to directly absorb medical costs or that may necessitate the reduction of the selling prices of our products; |
| disadvantage to competition with established business and customer relationships; |
| the imposition of additional U.S. and foreign governmental controls or regulations; |
| economic instability; |
| changes in duties and tariffs, license obligations and other non-tariff barriers to trade; |
| the imposition of restrictions on the activities of foreign agents, representatives and distributors; |
| potentially adverse tax consequences; |
| laws and business practices favoring local companies; |
| difficulties in maintaining consistency with our internal guidelines; |
| the imposition of costly and lengthy new export licensing requirements; |
| the imposition of U.S. or international sanctions against a country, company, person or entity with whom we do business that would restrict or prohibit continued business with the sanctioned country, company, person or entity; and |
| the imposition of new trade restrictions. |
If any of these events or circumstances were to occur, our sales in foreign countries would be harmed and our results of operations would suffer.
Our quarterly revenues and results of operations may fluctuate due to the following reasons, among others:
| physician and hospital acceptance of our products; |
| the timing, expense and results of research and development activities, and obtaining future regulatory approvals; |
| fluctuations in expenses associated with expanding operations; |
| the introduction of new products and technologies by competitors; |
| sales representatives productivity; |
| supplier, manufacturing or quality problems with products; |
| the timing of stocking orders from distributors; |
| changes in our pricing policies or in the pricing policies of competitors or suppliers; and |
| changes in third-party payors reimbursement policies. |
Because of these and other related or similar factors, it is likely that in some future period our operating results will not meet your expectations.
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Our future success depends on our ability to attract and retain our executive officers and other key employees. We may be unable to attract or retain qualified management and other key personnel in the future due to the intense competition for qualified personnel among companies in the medical device business and related industries, particularly in the South Florida area where we are headquartered. The medical device industry has experienced a high rate of turnover of management personnel in recent years. Consequently, we could have difficulty attracting or retaining experienced personnel and may be required to spend significant time and expend significant financial resources in our employee recruitment and retention efforts. Many of the other medical device companies with which we compete for qualified personnel have greater financial and other resources and risk profiles different from ours. They also may provide more diverse opportunities and better chances for career advancement. Some of these characteristics may be more appealing to high quality candidates than that which we may offer. If we are unable to attract and retain the necessary personnel to accomplish our business objectives, we may have difficulty implementing our business strategy and achieving our business objectives.
We may in the future acquire complementary businesses, products or technologies. Any acquisition may not produce the revenues, earnings or business synergies anticipated, and any acquired business, product or technology might not perform as expected. Our management could spend a significant amount of time, effort and money in identifying, pursuing and completing acquisitions. If we complete an acquisition, we may encounter significant difficulties and incur substantial expenses in integrating the operations and personnel of the acquired company into our operations. In particular, we may lose the services of key employees of the acquired company, and we may make changes in management that impair the acquired companys relationships with employees, vendors and customers. Additionally, we may acquire development-stage companies that are not yet profitable and require continued investment, which could decrease our future earnings or increase our futures losses. Any of these outcomes could prevent us from realizing the anticipated benefits of an acquisition.
To pay for an acquisition, we might use equity or cash. Alternatively, we might borrow money from a bank or other lender. If we use equity, our stockholders would experience dilution of their ownership interests. If we use cash or debt financing, our financial liquidity would be reduced.
Any acquisition could result in recording significant amounts of goodwill or other intangible assets, some of which could result in significant quarterly amortization expense. Moreover, if we determine during annual reviews or otherwise that an intangible asset has been impaired, we may need to write off some or all of its carrying value, resulting in large charges to expense. Amortization charges and write-downs or write-offs of intangibles would decrease our future earnings or increase our future losses.
The design, manufacture and marketing of medical devices each carry an inherent risk of product liability claims and other damage claims. In addition to the exposure we may have for defective products, physicians may misuse our products or use improper techniques, regardless of how well trained, potentially leading to injury and an increased risk of product liability. A product liability or other damages claim, product recall or product misuse could require us to spend significant time and money in litigation, regardless of the ultimate outcome, or to pay significant damages and could seriously harm our business.
We maintain liability insurance coverage that management believes to be reasonable based on our business and operations; however, our insurance may not be sufficient to cover all claims made against us. Our insurance policies generally must be renewed on an annual basis. We may be unable to maintain or increase insurance on acceptable terms or at reasonable costs. A successful claim brought against us in excess, or outside of, our insurance coverage could seriously harm our financial condition or results of operations.
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Our operations have consumed substantial amounts of cash since inception, and we anticipate that our expenses will increase as we continue to grow our business. We may need to seek additional capital in the future. Our growth will depend, in part, on our ability to develop variations of the SRT-100 and other products, and related technology complementary to our products. Our existing financial resources, including our existing revolving line of credit, may not allow us to conduct all of the activities that we believe would be beneficial for our future growth.
We may need to seek funds in the future. Our existing revolving line of credit restricts our ability to incur certain indebtedness or permit certain encumbrances on our assets without the prior written consent of the lender. If we are unable to raise funds on favorable terms, or at all, we may not be able to support our commercialization efforts or increase our research and development activities or meet our debt and other contractual obligations, and the growth of our business may be negatively impacted. As a result, we may be unable to compete effectively.
Our cash requirements in the future may be significantly different from our current estimates and depend on many factors, including:
| the results of commercialization efforts for products; |
| the need for additional capital to fund development programs; |
| the costs involved in obtaining and enforcing patents or any litigation by third parties regarding intellectual property; |
| the establishment of high-volume manufacturing and increased sales, marketing and distribution capabilities; and |
| success in entering into collaborative relationships with other parties. |
We may be unable to raise funds on favorable terms, or at all, and either case would materially and adversely affect our ability to implement our strategy and meet our goals.
To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, stockholders ownership interest will be diluted, and the terms may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect common stockholders rights. Debt financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring distributions or dividends. If we raise additional funds through collaboration and licensing arrangements with third parties, we may have to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies or products or grant licenses on terms that are not favorable to us. Any of these events could adversely affect our ability to declare dividends on our common stock and to achieve our product development and commercialization goals and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
In March 2013, we entered into a $3.0 million revolving credit facility, which was amended in March 2015 to extend the facility and to reduce the facility to $1.5 million. The maximum borrowing is limited by our Eligible Borrowing Base, equal to 80% of eligible accounts receivable as defined in the facility agreement. Under the facility agreement, we must pay monthly interest a rate of the Prime Rate plus 1.75%, and must pay any outstanding principal and interest on or before May 12, 2017, the maturity date. The facility is secured by all of our assets and requires the maintenance of an Adjusted Quick Ratio and Minimum Quarterly EBITDA, as those terms are defined in the facility agreement. We were not in compliance with certain of these financial covenants as of October 31, 2015 and November 30, 2015, but we received a formal waiver from the bank in February 2016 for our noncompliance. We were in compliance with all financial covenants as of December 31, 2015. See Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Indebtedness.
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Additionally, the facility agreement contains a number of negative covenants that require us to seek the lenders prior written consent in order to conduct certain activities. For example, we may not, without the prior written consent of the lender:
| Sell or otherwise transfer all or any part of our business or property, except for transfers in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise permitted by the facility agreement; |
| Change the nature of our business, liquidate or dissolve, undergo a change in management; |
| Add any new offices or business locations, including warehouses; |
| Change our jurisdiction of organization, our organizational structure or type, our legal name or any organizational number assigned to us; |
| Merge or consolidate with any other person or entity or acquire all or substantially all of the capital stock or property of another person or entity; |
| Create, incur or be liable for any indebtedness other than as permitted by the facility agreement; |
| Create, incur, or suffer any lien on any of our property (including receivables) other than as permitted by the facility agreement; |
| Maintain any operating or deposit or security accounts other than with the lender or any of its affiliates; |
| Pay any dividends or make any distribution or payment or redeem, retire or purchase any capital stock; except that we may pay dividends solely in common stock; or |
| Directly or indirectly make any investment, including, without limitation, by the formation of any subsidiary, other than as permitted by the facility agreement. |
In the event we wish to conduct any of the foregoing activities and the lender refuses to provide its prior written consent, our ability to conduct our operations effectively and in accordance with our business plan could be materially and adversely affected.
Approximately $423,000 was outstanding under the revolving credit facility as of December 31, 2015.
Our ability to make scheduled payments on our debt obligations (including the credit facility discussed above) depends on numerous factors, including the amount of cash balances and actual and projected financial and operating performance. These amounts and performance are subject to certain financial and business factors, as well as prevailing economic and competitive conditions, some of which may be beyond our control. We may be unable to maintain a level of cash balances or cash flows from operating activities sufficient to permit ourselves to pay the principal and interest on existing or future indebtedness. If cash flows and capital resources are insufficient to fund debt service obligations, we may be forced to reduce or delay capital expenditures, sell assets or operations, seek additional capital or restructure or refinance our indebtedness. We may be unable to take any of these actions, and even if able, these actions may be insufficient to permit us to meet scheduled debt service obligations. In addition, in the event of our breach of any credit agreements, we may be unable to draw additional amounts under the agreements, and we may be required to repay any outstanding amounts earlier than anticipated.
If an event of default occurs under any debt obligation, the lender may declare the outstanding principal balance and accrued but unpaid interest owed to it immediately due and payable, which would have a material adverse effect on our financial position. We may not have sufficient cash to satisfy this obligation. Also, if a default occurs under a secured loan (such as the credit facility described above), and we are unable to repay the lender, the lender could seek to enforce its rights under its security interests in our assets. In this event, we may lose or be forced to sell some or all of our assets to satisfy the debt, which could cause the business to fail.
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Our debt and other contractual obligations could have significant additional negative consequences, including, without limitation:
| increasing vulnerability to general adverse economic conditions; |
| limiting ability to obtain additional funds; and |
| Placing us or our business at a possible competitive disadvantage to less leveraged competitors and competitors that have better access to capital resources. |
Our strategy involves substantial growth. If we experience periods of rapid growth and expansion, our limited personnel, operational infrastructure and other resources could be significantly strained. In particular, the possible internalization of manufacturing, and anticipated expansion of our direct sales force in the U.S. will require significant management, financial and other supporting resources. In addition, in order to manage expanding operations, we will need to continue to improve our operational and management controls, reporting and information technology systems and financial internal control procedures. If we are unable to manage our growth effectively, it may be difficult for us to execute our business strategy and our operating results and business could suffer. Any failure by us to manage our growth effectively could have an adverse effect on our ability to achieve our goals.
To achieve our revenue goals, we must successfully increase production output to meet projected customer demand. We may be unable to increase output on the timeline anticipated, if at all. Also, we may in the future experience difficulties with production yields and quality control, component supply, and shortages of qualified personnel, among other problems. These problems could result in delays in product availability and increases in expenses. Any delay or increased expense could adversely affect our ability to increase revenues.
In an effort to reduce costs, many hospitals or physicians within the U.S. and abroad are members of group purchasing organizations and integrated delivery networks. Group purchasing organizations and integrated delivery networks negotiate pricing arrangements with medical device companies and distributors and offer the negotiated prices to affiliated hospitals, physicians and other members. Group purchasing organizations and integrated delivery networks typically award contracts on a category-by-category basis through a competitive bidding process. Bids are generally solicited from multiple providers with the intention of driving down pricing or reducing the number of vendors. Due to the highly competitive nature of the group purchasing organizations and integrated delivery networks contracting processes, we may be unable to obtain or maintain contract positions with major group purchasing organizations and integrated delivery networks. Furthermore, the increasing leverage of organized buying groups may reduce market prices for our products, thereby reducing our profitability.
While having a contract with a group purchasing organizations or integrated delivery networks for a given product category can facilitate sales to members of that group purchasing organizations or integrated delivery networks, expected sales levels may not be achieved, as sales are typically made pursuant to purchase orders. Even when a provider is the sole contracted supplier of a group purchasing organization or integrated delivery network for a certain product category, members of the group purchasing organization or integrated delivery network generally are free to purchase from other suppliers. Furthermore, group purchasing organizations and integrated delivery networks contracts typically are terminable without cause by the group purchasing organizations or integrated delivery networks upon 60 to 90 days notice. Accordingly, even if we obtain contracts with any group purchasing organizations or integrated delivery networks, the members of these groups may choose to purchase from our competitors due to the price or quality offered by competitors, which could result in a decline in our sales and profitability.
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We rely on information technology systems to process, transmit and store electronic information in our day-to-day operations. Our information technology systems could be vulnerable to a cyber-attack, malicious intrusion, breakdown, destruction, loss of data privacy or other significant disruption. Any successful attacks could result in the theft of intellectual property or other misappropriation of assets, or otherwise compromise our confidential or proprietary information or disrupt our operations. Cyber-attacks are becoming more sophisticated and frequent, and our systems could be the target of malware and other cyber-attacks. We have invested in our systems and the protection of our data to reduce the risk of an intrusion or interruption, and we monitor our systems on an ongoing basis for any current or potential threats.
However, these measures and efforts may not prevent interruptions or breakdowns, and we may otherwise fail to maintain or protect our information technology systems and data integrity effectively. Furthermore, we may fail to anticipate, plan for or manage significant disruptions to our systems. If any of the foregoing were to occur, our competitive position could be harmed, we could lose existing customers, have difficulty preventing, detecting and controlling fraud, have disputes with customers, specialist physicians and other healthcare professionals, have regulatory sanctions or penalties imposed, incur expenses or lose revenues as a result of a data breach or theft of intellectual property or suffer other adverse consequences, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.
Our operations are, and will continue to be, directly and indirectly affected by various federal, state and foreign healthcare laws, including, but not limited to, those described below.
| Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S. Code §1320a-7b), which prohibits any person or entity from knowingly and willfully offering, paying, soliciting or receiving any remuneration, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, in return for or to induce the referring, ordering, leasing, purchasing or arranging for or recommending the referring, ordering, purchasing or leasing of any good, facility, item or service, for which payment may be made, in whole or in part, under federal healthcare programs, such as the Medicare and Medicaid programs. |
| Federal Sunshine (42 U.S. Code §1320a-7h) law, which requires us to track and report annually to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services information related to certain payments and other transfers of value provided to physicians (defined to include doctors, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists and chiropractors) and teaching hospitals and to report annually to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ownership and investment interests held by physicians, and their immediate family members. We are also subject to similar foreign sunshine laws or codes of conduct, which vary country by country. |
| Federal civil and criminal false claims laws and civil monetary penalty laws, which prohibit, among other things, persons or entities from knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, a false or fraudulent claim to, or the knowing use of false records or statements to obtain payment from, or approval by, the federal government. Suits filed under the False Claims Act, known as qui tam actions, can be brought by any individual on behalf of the government and such individuals, commonly known as whistleblowers, may share in any amounts paid by the entity to the government in fines or settlement. When an entity is determined to have violated the False Claims Act (31 U.S. Code §3729-3733), it may be required to pay up to three times the actual damages sustained by the government, plus civil penalties for each separate false claim. |
| Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, statute, which, among other things, created federal criminal laws that prohibit knowingly and willfully executing, or attempting to execute, a scheme or artifice to defraud any healthcare benefit program and knowingly and willfully falsifying, concealing or covering up a material fact or making any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statements in connection with the delivery of or payment for healthcare |
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benefits, items or services. Additionally, HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009, and applicable implementing regulations, impose certain requirements relating to the privacy, security and transmission of individually identifiable health information without appropriate authorization on entities subject to the law, such as health plans, clearinghouses, and healthcare providers and their business associates. Internationally, substantially every jurisdiction in which we operate has established its own data security and privacy legal framework with which we must comply, including the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and national implementation of the Directive in the member states of the European Union. |
Many states have also adopted laws similar to each of the above federal laws, such as anti-kickback and false claims laws, which may be broader in scope and apply to items or services reimbursed by any third-party payor, including commercial insurers, as well as laws that restrict our marketing activities with healthcare professionals and entities, and require us to track and report payments and other transfers of value, including consulting fees, provided to healthcare professionals and entities. Some states mandate implementation of compliance programs to ensure compliance with these laws. Additionally, certain states require a certificate of need prior to the installation of a radiation device, such as the SRT-100. We are also subject to foreign fraud and abuse laws, which vary by country.
If our operations are found to be in violation of any of the laws described above or any other governmental regulations that apply to us now or in the future, we may be subject to penalties, including administrative, civil and criminal penalties, damages, fines, disgorgement, individual imprisonment, contractual damages, reputational harm, exclusion from governmental healthcare programs, and the curtailment or restructuring of our operations. Any of the foregoing could adversely affect our ability to operate our business and our financial results.
Our products must comply with regulatory requirements imposed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other governmental agencies in the U.S., and similar agencies in foreign jurisdictions. These requirements involve lengthy and detailed laboratory and clinical testing procedures, sampling activities, an extensive agency review process, and other costly and time-consuming procedures. It often takes several years to satisfy these requirements, depending on the complexity and novelty of the product. If we execute on our plans to move our manufacturing function in-house, we will also be subject to additional licensing and regulatory requirements relating to safe working conditions, manufacturing practices, environmental protection, fire hazard control, and disposal of hazardous or potential hazardous substances. Some of the most important requirements applicable or potentially applicable to us include:
| U.S. Food and Drug Administration Regulations (Title 21 CFR, Parts 801, 803, 806, 807 and 820); |
| EU CE marking of conformity requirements depicted within the MDD (Directive 90/425/EEC); |
| Health Canada requirements (SOR/98-282); |
| Medical Device Quality Management System requirements (ISO 13485:2003); |
| Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements; |
| China CFDA requirements; and |
| Other similar quality, regulatory and statutory requirements in foreign jurisdictions in which we currently market or plan to market our products in the future. |
Government regulation may impede our ability to the manufacture our existing and future products. Government regulation also could delay the marketing of new products for a considerable period of time and impose costly procedures on activities. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other regulatory agencies may not clear or approve any future products on a timely basis, if at all. Any delay in obtaining, or failure to obtain, these approvals could negatively impact the marketing of any future products and reduce our product revenues. Regulatory bodies may review products once they are on the market and determine that they do not
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satisfy applicable regulatory requirements. Failure to comply with requisite requirements may lead to European Economic Area regulatory bodies ordering the suspension or withdrawal of products from the European Economic Area market or, as discussed below, notified bodies withdrawing certificates of conformity for devices or the underlying quality systems.
Further, regulations may change, and any additional regulation could limit or restrict our ability to use any of our technologies, which could harm our business. We could also be subject to new international, federal, state or local regulations that could affect our research and development programs and harm our business in unforeseen ways.
Our products are subject to various regulatory guidelines and involve complex technologies. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and similar foreign governmental authorities have the authority to require the recall of commercialized products in the event of material deficiencies or defects in design or manufacture that could affect patient safety. Manufacturers may, under their own initiative, conduct a product notification or recall to inform physicians of changes to instructions for use or if a deficiency in a device is found or suspected.
Identified quality problems, such as failure of critical components, or the failure of third parties to supply us with sufficient conforming quantities of these products or components, could impact the availability of our products in the marketplace or lead to adverse clinical events. In addition, product improvements or product redundancies could result in scrapping or expensive rework of products, and our business, financial condition or results of operations could suffer as a result. Product complaints, quality issues and necessary corrective and preventative actions could result in communications to customers or patients, field actions, require the scrapping, rework, recall or replacement of products, result in substantial costs or write-offs, or harm our business reputation and financial results. Further, these events could adversely affect our relationships with our customers or affect our reputation, which could materially adversely affect our earnings, results and financial viability.
A future field action or recall announcement could harm our reputation with customers, negatively affect our sales, and subject us to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (or similar governmental authority) enforcement actions. Moreover, depending on the corrective action we take to redress a products deficiencies or defects, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (or similar governmental authority) may require, or we may decide, that we will need to obtain new approvals or clearances for the product before we market or distributes the corrected product. Seeking these approvals or clearances may delay our ability to replace the recalled products in a timely manner. If we do not adequately address problems associated with our products, we may face additional regulatory enforcement action, including U.S. Food and Drug Administration (or similar governmental authority) warning letters, product seizures, injunctions, administrative penalties, or civil or criminal fines.
Any identified quality issue can both harm our business reputation and result in substantial costs and write-offs, which in either case could materially harm our business and financial results.
The products we currently market in the U.S. have been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for specific indications. Our clinical support staff and marketing and sales force have been trained not to promote our products for uses outside of the cleared indications for use, known as off-label uses. However, if a physician uses our products outside the scope of the cleared indications, there may be increased risk of injury to patients. Furthermore, the use of our products for indications other than those cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration may not effectively treat the conditions associated with the off-label use, which could harm our reputation in the marketplace among physicians and patients, adversely affecting our operations.
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If the U.S. Food and Drug Administration determines that our promotional materials or training constitute promotion of an off-label or other improper use, it could request that we modify our training or promotional materials, or subject us to regulatory or enforcement actions, including the issuance of an untitled letter, a warning letter, injunction, seizure, civil fine or criminal penalties. It is also possible that other federal, state or foreign enforcement authorities might take action if they consider our business activities to constitute promotion of an off-label use, which could result in significant penalties, including, but not limited to, criminal, civil or administrative penalties, damages, fines, disgorgement, exclusion from participation in government healthcare programs, and the curtailment of our operations. Any of these events could significantly harm our business and results of operations.
The advertising and promotion of our products is subject to European Economic Area Member States governing the advertising and promotion of medical devices. In addition, voluntary European Union and national Codes of Conduct provide guidelines on the advertising and promotion of our products to the general public and may impose limitations on promotional activities with healthcare professionals. These regulations or codes may limit our ability to affectively market our products, or we could run afoul of the requirements imposed by these regulations, causing reputational harm, imposing potentially substantial costs, and adversely affecting our operations as a result.
Under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration medical device reporting regulations (21 CFR 803), medical device manufacturers are required to submit information to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration when they receive a report or become aware that a device has or may have caused or contributed to a death or serious injury or has or may have a malfunction that would likely cause or contribute to death or serious injury if the malfunction were to recur. All manufacturers placing medical devices on the market in the European Economic Area are legally bound to report any serious or potentially serious incidents involving devices they produce or sell (MEDDEV 2.12-1) to the Competent Authority in whose jurisdiction the incident occurred through the European Vigilance process.
If an event subject to medical device reporting requirements occurs, we will need to comply with the reporting requirements, which would adversely affect our reputation and subject us to actions by regulatory authorities, such as ordering recalls, imposing fines, or seizing the affected products. Furthermore, any corrective action, whether voluntary or involuntary, will require the dedication of time and capital and will distract management from operating our business. Any of the foregoing would further harm our reputation and financial results.
In March 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act. This Act includes, among other things, a deductible 2.3% excise tax on any entity that manufactures or imports medical devices offered for sale in the U.S., with limited exceptions, effective January 1, 2013. This excise tax imposed a significant increase in the tax burden on the medical device industry, and if our efforts to offset the excise tax are unsuccessful, the increased tax burden could have an adverse effect on our results of operations and cash flows. However, this excise tax has recently been suspended for 2016 and 2017. Other elements of this Act, including comparative effectiveness research, an independent payment advisory board, payment system reforms including shared savings pilots and other provisions, may significantly affect the payment for, and the availability of, healthcare services and may result in fundamental changes to federal healthcare reimbursement programs, any of which may materially affect numerous aspects of our business.
Other healthcare reform measures may result in more rigorous coverage criteria and in additional downward pressure on the reimbursement received for procedures utilizing our products. In addition, other legislative changes have been proposed and adopted since the Act discussed above was enacted that may adversely affect our revenues. These changes include aggregate reductions to Medicare payments to providers of up to 2% per fiscal year effective April 2013 which, due to subsequent legislative amendments to the
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statute, will stay in effect through 2024 unless additional Congressional action is taken. Additionally, in January 2013, President Obama signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, which, among other things, reduced Medicare payments to several providers, and increased the statute of limitations period for the government to recover overpayments to providers from three to five years. These new laws may result in additional reductions in Medicare and other healthcare funding, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial operations. Any reduction in reimbursement from Medicare or other government programs may result in a similar reduction in payments from private payors. The implementation of cost containment measures or other healthcare reforms may prevent us from being able to increase revenue, attain profitability, or commercialize our devices. In addition, other legislative changes may be enacted or existing regulations, guidance or interpretations may be changed, each of which may adversely affect our operations.
Our success depends significantly on our ability to protect our proprietary rights to the technologies used in our products. We rely on the patent protection of two U.S. patents which we have acquired, as well as a combination of copyright, trade secret and trademark laws, and nondisclosure, confidentiality and other contractual restrictions to protect our proprietary technology. We also have one patent application currently pending. However, these legal means afford only limited protection and may not adequately protect our rights or permit us to gain or keep any competitive advantage. For example, some or all of our pending patent applications or any future pending applications may be unsuccessful. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office may deny or require significant narrowing of claims in our pending patent applications or future patent applications, and patents issued as a result of these patent applications, if any, may not provide us with significant commercial protection or be issued in a form that is advantageous to us. We could also incur substantial costs in proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. These proceedings could result in adverse decisions as to the priority of our inventions and the narrowing or invalidation of claims in our issued patents. Third parties may successfully challenge our issued patents and those that may be issued in the future, which would render these patents invalidated or unenforceable, and which could limit our ability to stop competitors from marketing and selling related products. In addition, our pending patent applications include claims to aspects of products and procedures that are not currently protected by issued patents, and third parties may successfully patent those aspects before us or otherwise challenge our rights to these aspects.
Both the patent application process and the process of managing patent disputes can be time consuming and expensive. Competitors may be able to design around our patents or develop products that provide outcomes that are comparable to our products. Although we have entered into confidentiality agreements and intellectual property assignment agreements with certain of our employees, consultants and advisors in order to protect our intellectual property and other proprietary technology, these agreements may not be enforceable or may not provide meaningful protection for trade secrets or other proprietary information in the event of unauthorized use or disclosure or other breaches of the agreements. In addition, we have not sought patent protection in all countries where we sell our products. If we fail to timely file a patent application in any such country or major market, we may be precluded from doing so at a later date. Competitors may use our technologies in jurisdictions where we have not obtained patent protection to develop their own products and, further, may export otherwise infringing products to territories in which we have patent protection that may not be sufficient to terminate infringing activities. Furthermore, the laws of some foreign countries may not protect intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws of the U.S., if at all.
In the event a competitor infringes upon one of our patents or other intellectual property rights, enforcing those patents and rights may be difficult and time consuming. Even if successful, litigation to defend our patents against challenges or to enforce our intellectual property rights could be expensive and time consuming and could divert managements attention from managing our business. Moreover, we may not have sufficient resources to defend our patents against challenges or to enforce our intellectual property rights, any of which would adversely affect our ability to compete and our business operations as a result.
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Our registered or unregistered trademarks or trade names may be challenged, infringed, circumvented or declared generic or determined to infringe other marks. We may be unable to protect our rights to these trademarks and trade names, which we need to build name recognition by potential partners or customers in markets of interest. If our trademarks are challenged, infringed upon, circumvented, or declared generic or infringing, or if we are unable to establish name recognition based on our trademarks and trade names, then we may be unable to compete effectively and our business may be adversely affected.
The medical device industry is characterized by extensive litigation and administrative proceedings over patent and other intellectual property rights. Determining whether a product infringes a patent involves complex legal and factual issues, the determination of which is often uncertain. Our competitors may assert that their products, the components of those products, the methods of using those products, or the methods we employ in processing those products are covered by U.S. or foreign patents held by them. In addition, they may claim that their patents have priority over us because their patents were issued first. Because patent applications can take many years to issue, our products that currently do not infringe on existing issued patents may later infringe on patents that are pending now or in the future. Our products might also inadvertently infringe on currently issued patents. As the number of participants in the market for skin cancer and general oncology devices and treatments increases, the possibility of patent infringement claims against us increases. Any infringement claims, litigation or other proceedings would place a significant strain on our financial resources, divert the attention of management from the core business and harm our reputation.
A larger more established company could allege that we infringed its patent, and that we owe royalty payments on sales of certain products as a result. Any claim against us, even without merit, may cause us to incur substantial costs, and could place a significant strain on our financial resources, divert the attention of management from the core business and harm our reputation. If the appropriate authority upholds the companys patent as valid and enforceable and finds that we infringed on the patent, we could be required to pay substantial damages, including treble, or triple, damages and royalties if an infringement is found to be willful, and we could be prevented from selling our products unless we obtain a license or are able to redesign our products to avoid infringement. A license may not be available on reasonable terms, if at all, and we may be unable to redesign products in a way that would not infringe those patents. If we fail to obtain any required licenses or make any necessary changes to our products or technologies, we may have to withdraw existing products from the market or may be unable to commercialize one or more of our products, either of which could have a significant adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Any potential intellectual property litigation also could force us to do one or more of the following:
| stop selling, making, or using products that use the disputed intellectual property; |
| obtain a license from the intellectual property owner to continue selling, making, licensing, or using products, which license may require substantial royalty payments and may not be available on reasonable terms, or at all; |
| incur significant legal expenses; |
| pay substantial damages or royalties to the party whose intellectual property rights we may be found to be infringing; |
| pay the attorney fees and costs of litigation to the party whose intellectual property rights we may be found to be infringing; or |
| redesign those products that contain the allegedly infringing intellectual property, which could be costly, disruptive or infeasible. |
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Any of the foregoing could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
We may indemnify our customers and international distributors with respect to infringement by our products of the proprietary rights of third parties. Third parties may assert infringement claims against customers or distributors. These claims may require us to initiate or defend protracted and costly litigation on behalf of customers or distributors, regardless of the merits of these claims. If any of these claims succeed, we may be forced to pay damages on behalf of customers or distributors or may be required to obtain licenses for the products they use, each which would adversely affect our operations. If we cannot obtain all necessary licenses on commercially reasonable terms, customers may be forced to stop using our products, which would materially and adversely affect our business.
Many of our employees were previously employed at other medical device companies, including our competitors or potential competitors. Many of our independent distributors sell, or in the past have sold, products of competitors. We may be subject to claims that we, our employees or independent distributors have inadvertently or otherwise used or disclosed the trade secrets or other proprietary information of our competitors. In addition, we have been and may in the future be subject to claims that we caused an employee or independent distributor to break the terms of his or her non-competition agreement or non-solicitation agreement. Litigation may be necessary to defend against these claims. Even if we are successful in defending against these claims, litigation could result in substantial costs and be a distraction to management. If we fail in defending these claims, in addition to paying monetary damages, we may lose valuable intellectual property rights or personnel. A loss of key personnel or their work product could hamper or prevent our ability to commercialize products, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We currently are, and may in the future be, named as a party to litigation or other similar legal proceedings. Adverse outcomes in any or all of these proceedings could result in monetary damages or injunctive relief that could adversely affect our ability to continue conducting our business. While our management does not believe any of the proceedings currently pending against us are material to our business such matters are subject to inherent uncertainties and managements view of these matters may change in the future. If an unfavorable final outcome in any such matter becomes probable and reasonably estimable, our financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.
Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for our common stock, and an active trading market for our common stock may not develop or be sustained after this offering. Also, the initial public offering price for our common stock will be determined by negotiations between us and the underwriter and may bear no relationship to the market price for our common stock after the offering. Furthermore, the market price of our common stock may decline below the initial public offering price. As a result of any of the foregoing, you may be unable to resell your common stock at or above the price you paid under this offering, or at all, and you may lose part or all of your investment in our common stock.
Except for a required tax distribution to our members in 2014 in the aggregate amount of $45,421, we have never declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock. We currently expect to retain our funds and
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future earnings to support the operation, growth and development of our business. We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future, except for those related to the corporate conversion. As a result, a return on your investment in the near future will occur only if our share price appreciates. Our share price may not appreciate in value after this offering or maintain the price at which you purchased our common stock pursuant to this offering, and in either case, you would not realize a return on investment or could lose all or part of your investment in our common stock.
Furthermore, any future determination to declare cash dividends will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will be subject to compliance with applicable laws and covenants under any future credit facilities, which may restrict or limit our ability to pay dividends. For example, our current revolving line of credit restricts our ability to pay dividends or make any distributions or payments or redeem, retire or purchase any capital stock without the prior written consent of the lender, provided that we may pay dividends solely in common stock. Also, the form, frequency and amount of dividends will depend upon our future operations and earnings, capital requirements and surplus, general financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors that the board of directors may deem relevant. See Dividend policy for more information. We may not pay dividends as a result of any of the foregoing, and in these cases, you will need to rely on price appreciation of our common stock for a return on your investment.
The initial public offering price of our common stock will be substantially higher than the net tangible book value per share of our outstanding common stock immediately prior to this offering. Therefore, if you purchase our common stock in this offering, you will incur an immediate dilution of $8.61 in net tangible book value per share from the price you paid, based on an assumed initial public offering price of $11.00 per share (which is the midpoint of the estimated initial public offering price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus). In addition, purchasers who bought shares from us in this offering will have contributed 57.8% of the total consideration paid to us by our stockholders to purchase shares of our common stock, in exchange for acquiring approximately 21.4% of the outstanding shares of our capital stock as of December 31, 2015 after giving effect to this offering. The exercise of outstanding options and warrants and the issuance of additional securities by us will result in further dilution. For a further description of the dilution that you will experience immediately after this offering, see the section titled Dilution.
Stock markets have experienced extreme volatility that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the trading price of our common stock. In addition, limited trading volume of our stock may contribute to its future volatility. Price declines in our common stock could result from general market and economic conditions, some of which are beyond our control, and a variety of other factors, including any of the risk factors described in this prospectus. These broad market and industry factors may harm the market price of our common stock, regardless of our operating performance, and could cause you to lose all or part of your investment in our common stock since you might be unable to sell your shares at or above the price you paid in this offering. Factors that could cause fluctuations in the market price of our common stock include the following:
| price and volume fluctuations in the overall stock market from time to time; |
| volatility in the market prices and trading volumes of medical device company stocks; |
| changes in operating performance and stock market valuations of other medical device companies generally, or those in our industry in particular; |
| sales of shares of our common stock by us or our stockholders; |
| failure of securities analysts to initiate or maintain coverage of us, changes in financial estimates by securities analysts who follow our company, or our failure to meet these estimates or the expectations of investors; |
| the financial projections we may provide to the public, any changes in those projections or our failure to meet those projections; |
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| rumors and market speculation involving us or other companies in our industry; |
| actual or anticipated changes in our results of operations or fluctuations in our results of operations; |
| actual or anticipated developments in our business, our competitors businesses or the competitive landscape generally; |
| litigation involving us, our industry or both, or investigations by regulators into our operations or those of our competitors; |
| developments or disputes concerning our intellectual property or other proprietary rights; |
| announced or completed acquisitions of businesses or technologies by us or our competitors; |
| new laws or regulations or new interpretations of existing laws or regulations applicable to our business; |
| changes in accounting standards, policies, guidelines, interpretations or principles; |
| any significant change in our management; and |
| general economic conditions and slow or negative growth of our markets. |
In addition, in the past, following periods of volatility in the overall market and the market price of a particular companys securities, securities class action litigation has often been instituted against these companies. This litigation, if instituted against us, could result in substantial costs and a diversion of our managements attention and resources.
We are an emerging growth company, as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act. For as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies but not to emerging growth companies, including, but not limited to:
| being permitted to provide only two years of audited financial statements, in addition to any required unaudited interim financial statements, with correspondingly reduced Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations disclosure; |
| not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements in the assessment of our internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; |
| not being required to comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditors report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements; |
| reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements; and |
| exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. |
We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the completion of this offering, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1 billion, or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30 th , and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt during the prior three-year period. Investors may find our common stock less attractive if we choose to rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result of any choices to reduce future disclosure, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and the price of our common stock may be more volatile.
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Under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, emerging growth companies can also delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have irrevocably elected not to avail ourselves of this exemption from new or revised accounting standards and, therefore, will be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies.
Sales of our common stock in the public market after this offering, or the perception that these sales may occur, could cause the market price of our common stock to decline, even if our business is doing well. All common stock sold in this offering, other than shares acquired by our affiliates, will be freely transferable without restriction or additional registration under the Securities Act of 1933. All of the remaining common stock outstanding after this offering will be available for sale upon the expiration of the 180-day lock-up period pursuant to Rule 144 and Rule 701 under the Securities Act. See Shares eligible for future sale and Underwriting for a detailed description of the lock-up and Securities Act of 1933 restrictions. Any or all of our common stock may be released prior to expiration of the lock-up period at the discretion of the underwriter. To the extent this common stock is released before the expiration of the lock-up period and sold into the market, the market price of our common stock could decline.
Our executive officers and directors, together with their respective affiliates, beneficially owned approximately 49.8% of our outstanding common stock as of March 1, 2016, and upon consummation of this offering, that same group will beneficially own approximately 38.3% of our outstanding common stock. Accordingly, these stockholders, if they act together, may exercise substantial influence over matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors and approval of corporate transactions, such as a merger. This concentration of ownership could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control or otherwise discourage a potential acquirer from attempting to obtain control over us, which in turn could have a material adverse effect on the market value of our common stock. For information regarding the ownership of our common stock by our executive officers and directors and their affiliates, please see the section entitled Security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management.
Our management will have broad discretion over the use and investment of the net proceeds received from this offering, and you will be relying on, and may not agree with, the judgment of management regarding the application of these net proceeds. Management intends to use the net proceeds received from this offering as described in the section entitled Use of Proceeds. The failure by management to apply these funds effectively may result in financial losses that could have a material adverse effect on our business and cause the price of our common stock to decline. Management may invest the net proceeds received from this offering in a manner that does not produce income or increase value, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and cause the price of our common stock to decline.
The trading market for our common stock will depend, in part, on the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us or our business. We may be unable to attract or sustain coverage by well-regarded securities and industry analysts. If either none or only a limited number of securities or industry analysts cover us or our business, or if these securities or industry analysts are not widely respected within the general investment community, the trading price for our common stock would be materially and negatively impacted. In the event we obtain securities or industry analyst coverage, if one or more of the analysts who cover us or our business downgrade our common stock or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about us or our business, the price of our common stock would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts cease
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coverage of us or our business, or fail to publish reports on us or our business regularly, demand for our common stock could decrease, which might cause the price of our common stock and trading volume to decline.
As a public company, we will be subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Act, the listing requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market and other applicable securities rules and regulations. Despite recent reforms made possible by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, compliance with these rules and regulations will nonetheless increase our legal and financial compliance costs, make some activities more difficult, time-consuming or costly and increase demand on our systems and resources, particularly after we are no longer an emerging growth company. The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires, among other things, that we file annual, quarterly, and current reports with respect to our business and operating results.
While the members of our board of directors and our executive officers have substantial experience relevant to our business, they have limited experience with operations as a public company upon which you can base your prediction of our future success or failure in complying with public company requirements. Our management may fail to comply with public company requirements, or may fail to do so effectively and efficiently, each would materially and adversely harm our ability to execute our strategy, and consequently, our operating results.
Furthermore, as a result of disclosure of information in this prospectus and in filings required of a public company, our business and financial condition will become more visible, which may result in threatened or actual litigation, including by competitors and other third parties. If these claims are successful, our business and operating results could be harmed, and even if the claims do not result in litigation or are resolved in our favor, these claims, and the time and resources necessary to resolve them, could divert the resources of management and adversely affect our business, brand and reputation and results of operations.
Our new public company status and these new rules and regulations will make it more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and we may be required to accept reduced coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain coverage. These factors could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified members of the board of directors, particularly to serve on the audit committee and compensation committee, and qualified executive officers.
Provisions of Delaware law (where we are incorporated), our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may discourage, delay or prevent a merger or acquisition that stockholders may consider favorable, including transactions in which you might otherwise receive a premium for your stock. In addition, these provisions may frustrate or prevent any attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management by making it more difficult for stockholders to replace or remove our board of directors. These provisions include:
| authorizing the issuance of blank check preferred stock without any need for action by stockholders; |
| requiring supermajority stockholder voting to effect any merger or sale of all or substantially all of our stock our assets; |
| eliminating the ability of stockholders to call and bring business before special meetings of stockholders; |
| prohibiting stockholder action by written consent; |
| establishing advance notice requirements for nominations for election to the board of directors or for proposing matters that can be acted on by stockholders at stockholder meetings; |
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| dividing our board of directors into three classes so that only one third of our directors will be up for election in any given year; and |
| providing that our directors may be removed only by the affirmative vote of at least 75% of our then-outstanding common stock and only for cause. |
In addition, we are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which may have an anti-takeover effect with respect to transactions not approved in advance by our board of directors, including discouraging takeover attempts that could have resulted in a premium over the market price for shares of our common stock.
These provisions will apply even if a takeover offer may be considered beneficial by some stockholders and could delay or prevent an acquisition that our board of directors determines is not in our and our stockholders best interests and could also affect the price that some investors are willing to pay for our common stock. See the section titled Description of Capital Stock.
Our certificate of incorporation provides that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware is the exclusive forum for any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf; any action asserting a breach of fiduciary duty; any action asserting a claim against us arising pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law, our certificate of incorporation or our bylaws; or any action asserting a claim against us that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine. This choice of forum provision may limit a stockholders ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees, which may discourage these lawsuits against us and our directors, officers and other employees. If a court were to find the choice of forum provision contained in our certificate of incorporation to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving the action in other jurisdictions, which could harm our business and financial condition.
As a public company, we will be required to maintain internal control over financial reporting and to report any material weaknesses in our internal controls. In addition, beginning with our annual report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 to be filed in 2018, we will be required to furnish a report by management on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We are in the process of designing, implementing and testing the internal control over financial reporting required to comply with this obligation, which process is time-consuming, costly and complicated. In addition, our independent registered public accounting firm will be required to attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting beginning with our annual report on Form 10-K following the date on which we are no longer an emerging growth company, which may be up to five full years following the date of this offering. Our compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act will require us to incur substantial accounting expense and expend significant management efforts. If we are unable to comply with the requirements of Section 404 in a timely manner, or we or our independent registered public accounting firm identify deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses, the market price of our common stock could decline and we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by Nasdaq, the SEC or other regulatory authorities, which would require additional financial and management resources.
Our ability to implement our business plan successfully and comply with Section 404 requires us to be able to prepare timely and accurate financial statements. We expect that we will need to continue to improve existing, and implement new, operational and financial systems, procedures and controls to manage our business effectively. Any delay in the implementation of, or disruption in the transition to, new or enhanced
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systems, procedures or controls, may cause our operations to suffer and we may be unable to conclude that our internal control over financial reporting is effective and to obtain an unqualified report on internal controls from our auditors when required under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Moreover, we may not implement and maintain adequate controls over our financial processes and reporting in the future. Even if we were to conclude, and, when required, our auditors were to concur, that our internal control over financial reporting provided reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, because of our inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect fraud or misstatements or omissions.
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This prospectus contains statements that express our opinions, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or projections regarding future events or future results, in contrast with statements that reflect historical facts. Many of these statements are contained under the headings Prospectus Summary, Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Business. In some cases, we have identified such forward-looking statements with typical conditional words such as anticipate, intend, believe, estimate, plan, seek, project or expect, may, will, would, could or should, the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.
Important factors related to forward-looking statements may include, among others, assumptions regarding:
| our ability to achieve and sustain profitability; |
| market acceptance of the SRT-100 product line; |
| our ability to successfully commercialize our products, including the SRT-100; |
| our ability to compete effectively in selling our products and services; |
| our ability to expand, manage and maintain our direct sales and marketing organizations; |
| our actual financial results may vary significantly from forecasts and from period to period; |
| our ability to successfully develop new products, improve or enhance existing products or acquire complementary products, technologies, services or businesses; |
| our ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property of sufficient scope to adequately protect our products, including the SRT-100, and our ability to avoid infringing or otherwise violating the intellectual property rights of third parties; |
| market risks regarding consolidation in the healthcare industry; |
| the willingness of healthcare providers to purchase our products if coverage, reimbursement and pricing from third party payors for procedures using our products significantly declines; |
| the level and availability of government and third party payor reimbursement for clinical procedures using our products; |
| our ability to effectively manage our anticipated growth; |
| the regulatory requirements applicable to us and our competitors; |
| our ability to manufacture our products to meet demand; |
| our reliance on third party manufacturers and sole- or single-source suppliers; |
| our ability to reduce the per unit manufacturing cost of the SRT-100; |
| our ability to efficiently manage our manufacturing processes; |
| the regulatory and legal risks, and certain operating risks, that our international operations subject us to; |
| the fact that product quality issues or product defects may harm our business; and |
| any product liability claims. |
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Forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of performance, and you should not place undue reliance on such statements. We have based forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events. Forward-looking statements are subject to many uncertainties and other variable circumstances, including those discussed elsewhere in this prospectus under the headings Risk Factors and Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, many of which are outside of our control, that could cause our actual results and experience to differ materially from any forward-looking statement. Given these risks and uncertainties, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included in this prospectus are made only as of the date hereof. We do not undertake, and specifically decline, any obligation to update any such statements or to publicly announce the results of any revisions to any of such statements to reflect future events or developments, except as required by law.
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We estimate, based upon an assumed initial public offering price of $11.00 per share, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, we will receive net proceeds from this offering of approximately $17.8 million (or $20.6 million if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full), after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.
The principal purposes of this offering are to obtain additional capital to support our operations, create a public market for our common stock and to facilitate future access to the public equity markets. We currently expect to use the net proceeds of this offering primarily to fund the commercialization and continued development of the SRT-100 product line and other products as follows:
| approximately $3.0 million for the expansion of our sales and marketing activities, including hiring new sales representatives and a director of marketing; |
| approximately $3.0 million for research and development for new products and improvements to existing products; |
| up to $2.7 million to pay a dividend owed to former holders of units with a preferred return prior to our corporate conversion, in each case who have not elected to convert such dividend into shares of our common stock at the initial public offering price within 30 days following the closing of this offering; and |
| the remainder for working capital and other general corporate purposes. |
In addition, we may also use a portion of our net proceeds to acquire and invest in complementary products, technologies, services or businesses. The Company is exploring the possibility of reducing its reliance on third party manufacturers by bringing certain manufacturing, service and research and development functions in-house, which could include the acquisition of equipment and other fixed assets or the acquisition or lease of a manufacturing facility. However, we currently have no agreements or commitments to complete any such transactions nor are we involved in negotiations to do so.
Our expected use of net proceeds from this offering represents our current intentions based upon our plans and business condition. As of the date of this prospectus, we cannot predict with certainty all of the particular uses for the net proceeds to be received upon the completion of this offering or the amounts that we will actually spend on the uses set forth above. The amounts and timing of our actual use of the net proceeds will vary depending on numerous factors, including the factors described under the heading Risk Factors in this prospectus. As a result, management will have broad discretion in its application of the net proceeds, and investors will be relying on our judgment in such application.
Pending use of the net proceeds from this offering, we may invest in short- and intermediate-term interest-bearing obligations, investment-grade instruments, certificates of deposit or direct or guaranteed obligations of the U.S. government.
Each $1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed initial public offering price of $11.00 per share, which is the midpoint of the estimated price range set forth on the cover of this prospectus, would increase (decrease) each of cash and cash equivalents, working capital, total assets and total stockholders (deficit) equity by approximately $1.7 million, assuming that the number of shares offered by us, as set forth on the cover of this prospectus, remains the same, and after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We may also increase or decrease the number of shares we are offering. Each increase (decrease) of 1.0 million shares in the number of shares offered by us would increase (decrease) each of cash and cash equivalents, working capital, total assets and total stockholders (deficit) equity by approximately $10.1 million, assuming that the assumed initial public offering price remains the same, and after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. The pro forma as adjusted information discussed above is illustrative only and will adjust based on the actual initial public offering price and other terms of this offering determined at pricing.
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We currently expect to retain all future earnings, if any, for use in the operation and expansion of our business and repayment of debt. Except for a required tax distribution to our members in 2014 in the amount of $45,421, we have never declared nor paid any dividends or distributions to our securityholders and do not anticipate paying cash dividends to holders of our common stock in the foreseeable future. In addition, our secured credit facility restricts our ability to pay dividends. See Risk Factors We do not expect to pay any dividends on our common stock for the foreseeable future. Any determination to pay dividends in the future will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend upon, among other factors, our results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements and covenants in our existing financing arrangements and any future financing arrangements.
We expect to pay up to approximately $2.7 million to our former holders of units with a preferred return within 60 days following the closing of this offering. See Corporate Conversion for additional information.
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On January 1, 2016, Sensus Healthcare, LLC converted into a Delaware corporation pursuant to a statutory conversion and changed its name to Sensus Healthcare, Inc. In order to consummate the corporate conversion, a certificate of conversion was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. As part of the corporate conversion, all limited liability company interests of Sensus Healthcare, LLC, which are in the form of units, were converted, on a one-for-one basis, into an aggregate of 42,852 shares of our common stock as follows:
| holders of our units without a preferred return received an aggregate of 30,101.99 shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share; and |
| holders of our units with a preferred return received an aggregate of 12,750.01 shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share and the right to receive payment of a dividend in cash or common stock, at the election of the holder thereof, upon a change in control in the amount of $209.74 per unit (see Conversion of Cumulative Preferred Dividends into Common Stock below); and |
| holders of options and warrants to purchase units of Sensus Healthcare, LLC received options and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 60 and 2,607 shares of our common stock with a weighted-average exercise price per share of $1,000 and $585, respectively, which we expect will remain outstanding following this offering except to the extent any such options or warrants are exercised prior to this offering. |
Following our corporate conversion, Sensus Healthcare, Inc. continued to hold all property and assets of Sensus Healthcare, LLC and retained all of the debts and obligations of Sensus Healthcare, LLC. Sensus Healthcare, Inc. is governed by a certificate of incorporation, which was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and bylaws, the material provisions of which are described under the heading Description of Capital Stock. On the effective date of the corporate conversion, the members of the board of managers of Sensus Healthcare, LLC became the members of Sensus Healthcare, Inc.s board of directors and the officers of Sensus Healthcare, LLC became the officers of Sensus Healthcare, Inc.
Prior to the commencement of this offering, we expect to effect a forward stock split of 152.18-for-one. The number of shares of common stock that warrants or options will be exercisable to purchase, as well as the exercise prices, will be subject to further adjustment in connection with the foregoing stock split. Following the forward stock split, we expect that our existing stockholders will hold approximately 7.1 million shares of our common stock, on a fully diluted basis.
Except as otherwise noted herein, the financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus give retroactive effect to our corporate conversion. We expect that our conversion from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware corporation will not have a material effect on our financial statements, except for the effects of income taxes.
Pursuant to the Limited Liability Company Agreement of Sensus Healthcare, LLC, as amended (the LLC Agreement), holders of units with preferred returns were entitled to receive an 8% non-compounded preferred return. Following our corporate conversion, effective as of January 1, 2016 this preferred return ceased accumulating. Pursuant to the plan of conversion, in exchange for the termination of the preferred return, holders of units with a preferred return are entitled to a one-time payment of $209.74 per unit (Dividend Payment), or a total of $2,674,197 upon the closing of this initial public offering or if a Change in Control occurs prior to the closing of this offering. Change in Control means (i) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the company or of more than 51% of the capital stock of the company; or (ii) a merger, consolidation, recapitalization or reorganization of the company that results in the inability of the then-existing stockholders to designate or elect a majority of the members of the companys board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the resulting entity or its parent company. Each holder of units with a preferred return has been given a one-time right, which must be exercised within 30 days after the closing of this offering, to elect to convert all or a portion of their Dividend Payment into shares of our common stock at the same price of our common stock in this offering. We will mail an election form to each
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holder of units with a preferred return to allow them to elect whether to receive all or a portion of their Dividend Payment in shares of our common stock. If a holder does not make an election before the expiration of the 30-day period following the closing of this offering, then the holder will receive his or her Dividend Payment solely in cash. We plan to pay each Dividend Payment, whether in cash, common stock or a combination of cash and common stock, within 60 days following the closing of this offering.
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The following table sets forth our cash and cash equivalents and our capitalization as of December 31, 2015:
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| on a pro forma basis to give effect to the accrual of the dividend payable to the former holders of units with a preferred return that was declared upon our conversion from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware corporation, effective January 1, 2016; and |
| on a pro forma as adjusted basis to additionally give effect to the 152.18-for-one forward stock split and issuance of shares of our common stock in this offering at an assumed initial public offering price of $11.00 per share (the midpoint of our expected offering price range set forth on the cover of this prospectus), after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. |
You should read the following information together with the information contained under the Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and our financial statements and the accompanying notes appearing elsewhere in this prospectus.
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Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 5,065,068 | $ | 5,065,068 | $ | 23,465,068 | ||||||
Total debt | 422,702 | 422,702 | 422,702 | |||||||||
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Common stock, $0.01 par value per share (1,000,000 shares authorized, 42,852 shares issued and outstanding, actual; 1,000,000 shares authorized, 42,852 shares issued and outstanding, pro forma; 50,000,000 shares authorized, 8,503,031 shares issued and outstanding, pro forma as adjusted) | 428 | 428 | 85,030 | |||||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 13,366,985 | 13,366,985 | 31,103,756 | |||||||||
Accumulated deficit | (7,445,809 | ) | (10,120,006 | ) | (10,120,006 | ) | ||||||
Total stockholders equity | 5,921,604 | 3,247,407 | 21,068,780 | |||||||||
Total capitalization | $ | 6,344,306 | $ | 3,670,109 | $ | 21,491,482 |
The table set forth above is based on 8,503,031 shares of our common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2015. Pro forma common stock outstanding incudes (i) 1,818,182 shares of common stock to be issued in this offering; (ii) 163,632 shares of restricted common stock estimated to be issued to certain employees assuming our offering price is $11.00 per share (the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover of this prospectus).
The table does not reflect as of such date:
| as of December 31, 2015, 9,131 shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options at a weighted-average exercise price of $6.57 per share; or |
| as of December 31, 2015, 396,733 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants at a weighted-average exercise price of $3.84 per share following the corporate conversion. |
Each $1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed initial public offering price of $11.00 per share, which is the midpoint of the estimated price range set forth on the cover of this prospectus, would increase (decrease) each of cash and cash equivalents, working capital, total assets and total stockholders (deficit) equity by approximately $1.7 million, assuming that the number of shares offered by us, as set forth on the cover of this
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prospectus, remains the same, and after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We may also increase or decrease the number of shares we are offering. Each increase (decrease) of 1.0 million shares in the number of shares offered by us would increase (decrease) each of cash and cash equivalents, working capital, total assets and total stockholders (deficit) equity by approximately $10.1 million, assuming that the assumed initial public offering price remains the same, and after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. The pro forma as adjusted information discussed above is illustrative only and will adjust based on the actual initial public offering price and other terms of this offering determined at pricing.
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If you invest in our common stock, your ownership interest will be diluted to the extent of the difference between the initial public offering price in this offering per share of our common stock and the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share of our common stock after the consummation of this offering. Net tangible book value per share represents the book value of our total tangible assets less the book value of our total liabilities divided by the number of shares of common stock then issued and outstanding. As of December 31, 2015, our net tangible book value was $5,198,709, or $121.32 per share of common stock, which represents the amount of our total tangible assets less total liabilities, divided by 42,852, the number of shares outstanding at December 31, 2015.
After giving effect to the corporate conversion, pro forma net tangible book value as of December 31, 2015 would have been $5,198,709, or $0.80 per share based on the shares of common stock issued and outstanding after the corporate conversion. After giving effect to our sale of common stock in this offering at the initial public offering price of $11.00 per share (the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus), and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value as of December 31, 2015 would have been $20,345,885, or $2.39 per share (assuming no exercise of the underwriters option to purchase additional shares of our common stock). This represents an immediate and substantial dilution of $8.61 per share to new investors purchasing common stock in this offering. The following table illustrates this dilution per share:
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Pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share after giving effect to this offering | $ | 2.39 | ||||||
Dilution per share to new investors in this offering | $ | 8.61 |
Each $1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed initial public offering price of $11.00 per share, which is the midpoint of the estimated price range set forth on the cover of this prospectus, would increase (decrease) each of cash and cash equivalents, working capital, total assets and total stockholders (deficit) equity by approximately $1.7 million, assuming that the number of shares offered by us, as set forth on the cover of this prospectus, remains the same, and after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We may also increase or decrease the number of shares we are offering. Each increase (decrease) of 1.0 million shares in the number of shares offered by us would increase (decrease) each of cash and cash equivalents, working capital, total assets and total stockholders (deficit) equity by approximately $10.1 million, assuming that the assumed initial public offering price remains the same, and after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. The pro forma as adjusted information discussed above is illustrative only and will adjust based on the actual initial public offering price and other terms of this offering determined at pricing.
If the underwriters option to purchase additional shares in this offering is exercised in full, the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value would be $23,105,885, or $2.63 per share, and the dilution to new investors participating in this offering would be $8.37 per share.
The pro forma information discussed above is illustrative only and will change based on the actual initial public offering price, number of shares and other terms of this offering determined at pricing.
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The following table summarizes, on a pro forma as adjusted basis as of December 31, 2015, the differences between the number of shares of common stock purchased from us, the total price and the average price per share paid by existing stockholders and by the new investors in this offering, before deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, at an assumed initial public offering price of $11.00 per share (the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus).
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New investors in this offering | 1,818,182 | 21.4 | % | $ | 20,000,000 | 57.8 | % | $ | 11.00 | |||||||||||
Total | 8,503,031 | 100 | % | $ | 34,601,500 | 100 | % | $ | 4.07 |
In addition, if the underwriters option to purchase additional shares is exercised in full, the number of shares held by existing stockholders will be reduced to 76.1% of the total number of shares of common stock to be outstanding upon completion of this offering, and the number of shares of common stock held by new investors participating in this offering will be further increased to 23.9% of the total number of shares of common stock to be outstanding upon completion of the offering.
The discussion and tables above are based on 8,503,031 shares of our common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2015 and assume no exercise of stock options outstanding and the expected issuance of 163,632 shares of restricted stock under our equity incentive plans. The tables do not reflect as of such date:
| as of December 31, 2015, 9,131 shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options at a weighted-average exercise price of $6.57 per share; |
| as of December 31, 2015, 396,733 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants at a weighted-average exercise price of $3.84 per share following the corporate conversion; |
| 86,368 additional shares reserved for future issuance under our 2016 Equity Incentive Plan; and |
| shares issuable upon the election of former holders of units with a preferred return, within 30 days of the closing of this offering to convert all or a portion of the cumulative preferred dividend into shares of common stock at the initial public offering price. |
If, after giving effect to the corporate conversion, all of our outstanding options and warrants were exercised, our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value as of December 31, 2015 would have been $0.98 per share and our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value after giving effect to this offering would have been $2.46 per share, causing dilution to new investors purchasing shares in this offering of $8.54 per share. Shares purchased by new investors would then represent 55.3% of the shares purchased from us for 20.4% of the total consideration.
To the extent that options are exercised or we issue additional shares of common stock in the future, there will be further dilution to investors participating in this offering. In addition, we may choose to raise additional capital because of market conditions or strategic considerations, even if we believe that we have sufficient funds for our current or future operating plans. If we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the issuance of these securities could result in further dilution to our stockholders.
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The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the accompanying notes and other financial information appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. In addition to historical information, this discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from managements expectations. Factors that could cause such differences include, but are not limited to, those identified below and those described under the heading Risk Factors appearing elsewhere in this prospectus.
Sensus Healthcare, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, was formed on May 7, 2010, to design, manufacture and market proprietary medical devices specializing in the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancers and other skin conditions, such as keloids, with superficial radiation therapy. In June 2010, Sensus Healthcare, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (Sensus (FL)) acquired all the assets associated with our primary product, the SRT-100, from Topex, Inc. for $1.3 million. Following this acquisition, we relaunched the SRT-100 under the Sensus Healthcare brand. In December 2011, we merged with Sensus (FL), with the Delaware limited liability company surviving the merger for the purpose of changing our domicile from Florida to Delaware.
On January 1, 2016, Sensus Healthcare, LLC converted into a Delaware corporation pursuant to a statutory conversion and we changed our name to Sensus Healthcare, Inc. As a result of the corporate conversion, all holders of units of Sensus Healthcare, LLC became holders of common stock of Sensus Healthcare, Inc. Holders of warrants and options to purchase units of Sensus Healthcare, LLC became holders of warrants and options to purchase common stock of Sensus Healthcare, Inc., respectively.
The SRT-100 is a photon x-ray low energy superficial radiotherapy system that provides patients an alternative to surgery for treating non-melanoma skin cancers, including basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers and other skin conditions such as keloids. The SRT-100 is especially effective in treating primary lesions that would otherwise be difficult or require extensive surgery involving sensitive areas of the head and neck regions, such as the fold in the nose, eyelids, lips, corner of the mouth, and the lining of the ear, that would otherwise lead to a less than desirable cosmetic outcome. Superficial radiation therapy treatment procedures do not require the use of anesthetics and eliminates the need for skin grafting. The SRT-100 provides healthcare providers and patients with a safe, virtually painless, and substantially non-scarring treatment option for non-melanoma skin cancer and other skin conditions, such as keloids. It allows dermatologists to retain non-melanoma skin cancer patients, rather than referring them to specialists, while offering radiation oncologists an alternative to costly linear acceleratorbased treatments with a process that is less invasive, more time-efficient, and improves practice economics. Our revenue is primarily derived from sales of our SRT-100 product line.
The purpose of the corporate conversion was to reorganize our corporate structure so that we are a corporation rather than a limited liability company and so that our existing investors own our common stock rather than equity interests in a limited liability company. For further information regarding the corporate conversion, see Corporate Conversion. References elsewhere in this prospectus to our capitalization and other matters pertaining to our equity and shares prior to the corporate conversion relate to the capitalization and equity and shares of Sensus Healthcare, LLC, and after the corporate conversion, to Sensus Healthcare, Inc.
The financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus give retroactive effect to the corporate conversion. Effective January 1, 2016, we will be subject to corporate income taxes.
We manage our business globally within one reportable segment, which is consistent with how our management reviews our business, prioritizes investment and resource allocation decisions and assesses operating performance.
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Our sales primarily relate to sales of our devices. We recognize product revenue upon shipment provided that there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement, there are no uncertainties regarding customer acceptance, the sales price is fixed and determinable, and collection of the resulting receivable is reasonably assured. We do not provide a right of return related to product sales. Revenues for service contracts are recognized over the service contract period on a straight-line basis. Revenue for rentals of equipment is recognized over the lease term on a straight-line basis.
We sell products and services under multiple-element arrangements with separate units of accounting; in these situations, total consideration is allocated to the identified units of accounting based on their relative selling prices and revenue is then recognized for each unit based on its specific characteristics. A deliverable in an arrangement qualifies as a separate unit of accounting if the delivered item has value to the customer on a stand-alone basis. The principal deliverables in our multiple deliverable arrangements that qualify as separate units of accounting consist of (i) sales of medical devices and accessories and (ii) service contracts. Performance obligations, including installation and customer training, are considered inconsequential and are combined with the product as one unit of accounting. We operate in a highly regulatory environment and are continually entering into new markets in which state or foreign approval is sometimes required prior to the customer being able to use the product. In these cases, where regulatory approval is pending, revenue is deferred until such time regulatory approval is obtained and customer acceptance becomes certain.
Deferred revenue consists of payments from customers for separately priced service contracts, deposits on products and sales pending regulatory approval.
We provide warranties, generally one year, in conjunction with the sale of our product. These warranties are short term in nature and entitle the customer to repair, replacement, or modification of a defective product subject to the terms of the respective warranty. We record an estimate of future warranty claims at the time we recognize revenue from the sale of the product based upon managements estimate of the future claims rate.
We expect revenue to increase in the future as we expand our sales, marketing and distribution capabilities to support growth in the U.S. and internationally as the SRT-100 becomes more widely adopted and new products are introduced. Revenue for the fiscal year 2015 significantly increased from 2014 levels due to the resolution of the CMS reimbursement uncertainty discussed below in Significant trends and uncertainties impacting our business.
Since July 2010, we have used a third party manufacturer for the production and manufacture of our main products, the SRT-100 product line, in accordance with our product specifications. Cost of sales consist primarily of manufacturing, procurement and shipping, overhead costs, direct material costs, direct labor, depreciation and amortization. A significant portion of our cost of sales consists of costs paid to our third party manufacturer.
We calculate gross profit as net revenue less cost of sales. Our gross profit has been and will continue to be affected by a variety of factors, including production volumes, manufacturing costs, product reliability and the implementation over time of cost-reduction strategies. Our gross profit will likely continue to fluctuate from quarter to quarter.
We focus on two primary markets, private dermatology practices and radiation oncologists in both private and hospital settings. We currently employ a multi-tier sales strategy in an attempt to optimize geographic coverage and focus on what we perceive to be our key markets. This multi-tier sales model uses a direct sales force (currently nine people), international dealers and distributors, and, to a lesser degree, regional independent sales representatives compensated on a commission-only basis.
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General and administrative expense, or G&A, consists primarily of salaries, employee benefits, bonuses, and related costs for personnel who support our general operations such as executive management, information technology, finance, accounting and human resource functions, as well as legal and other professional fees. We expect the amount of G&A expenses to continue to increase for the foreseeable future as we employ additional personnel and incur additional legal, accounting, insurance and other professional service fees associated with being a public company. We expect G&A expenses to continue to decrease as a percentage of net revenue if we are successful in growing the sales of our products.
We expect the amount of our research and development, or R&D, expense to increase as we continue to innovate and introduce new products and technologies. However, we anticipate that our R&D costs will decrease as a percentage of net revenues over time if we are successful growing the sales of our products.
Other income (expense) primarily consists of interest payments made pursuant to our secured credit facility entered into on in March 2013 with Silicon Valley Bank, as amended in March 2015. Our interest expense will fluctuate in future periods to the extent we incur additional, or pay down, indebtedness.
Until December 31, 2015, the Company was a limited liability corporation (LLC) that had elected to be taxed as a pass-through entity and accordingly, we did not recognize a federal or state income tax provision for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Beginning in 2016, as a result of the conversion from an LLC to a Delaware corporation, income tax (benefit) expense will consist of income taxes in jurisdictions in which we conduct business. We will be taxed at the rates applicable within each jurisdiction in which we operate or generate revenue. The composite income tax rate, tax provisions, deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities will vary according to the jurisdiction in which profits arise. Tax laws are complex and subject to different interpretations by management and the respective governmental taxing authorities, and require us to exercise judgment in determining our income tax provision, our deferred tax assets and liabilities and the valuation allowance recorded against our net deferred tax assets. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined using the enacted tax rates in effect for the years in which those tax assets are expected to be realized. A valuation allowance is established when it is more likely than not that the future realization of all or some of the deferred tax assets will not be achieved.
Many third-party payors follow coverage decisions and payment amounts determined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, which administers the U.S. Medicare program, in setting their coverage and reimbursement policies. Beginning in 2013, the AMA CPT® Editorial Panel, or the AMA, commenced a review of the reportable codes during an episode of superficial radiation therapy, including a recommendation to eliminate several reportable codes used for superficial radiation therapy. During this review, future reimbursement levels became uncertain. This uncertainty significantly impacted sales of our products in 2014 as many of our customers delayed purchasing decisions until the reimbursement review was completed. At the conclusion of the review at the end of 2014, and effective January 1, 2015, the total reimbursement for an episode of care remained similar to the reimbursement prior to the review; however, we believe that the uncertainty during 2014 regarding the final rates for 2015 had a significant negative impact on our 2014 sales. While a number of codes used for superficial radiation therapy were no longer reportable in 2015, the AMA indicated alternative codes could be reported for a common episode of care, therefore compensating for the impact of the eliminated codes. As the uncertainty of the reimbursement has subsided, our sales in 2015 returned to 2013 levels. In 2015, CMS reviewed the value of the superficial radiation therapy treatment delivery code value for 2016 and made a slight increase.
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Cost of Sales | 3,600,348 | 2,054,798 | 3,698,687 | |||||||||
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Research and development | 1,333,111 | 1,576,775 | 1,466,728 | |||||||||
Total Operating Expenses | 6,751,731 | 7,435,667 | 6,795,664 | |||||||||
Income (Loss) From Operations | 126,841 | (3,680,260 | ) | (221,257 | ) | |||||||
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Interest income | 1,253 | 820 | 1,776 | |||||||||
Total Other Income (Expense) | (19,214 | ) | (19,210 | ) | (16,010 | ) | ||||||
Net Income (Loss) | $ | 107,627 | $ | (3,699,470 | ) | $ | (237,267 | ) | ||||
Preferential distribution | (513,332 | ) | (537,693 | ) | (513,332 | ) | ||||||
Net Loss Attributable to Common Stockholders | $ | (405,705 | ) | $ | (4,237,163 | ) | $ | (750,599 | ) | |||
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Weighted average number of shares used in computing net loss per share basic and diluted | 40,482 | 40,835 | 40,857 |
Total revenue. Total revenue was $10,273,094 for the year ended December 31, 2015 compared to $5,810,205 for the year ended December 31, 2014, an increase of $4,462,889 or 76.8%. The growth in revenue was primarily attributable to significantly more systems sold during 2015 as we have substantially overcome the uncertainty regarding customer reimbursement for use of our products that had negatively impacted sales in 2014. Average selling price did not change significantly compared to 2014.
Total cost of sales. Cost of sales was $3,698,687 for the year ended December 31, 2015 compared to $2,054,798 for the year ended December 31, 2014, an increase of $1,643,889 or 80.0% due to the higher sales in 2015 compared to 2014.
Gross profit. Gross profit was $6,574,407 for the year ended December 31, 2015 compared to $3,755,407 for the year ended December 31, 2014, an increase of $2,819,000, or 75.1%, for the reasons discussed above. Our gross profit percentage was 64.0% in 2015 compared to 64.6% in 2014.
Selling and marketing. Selling and marketing expense was $3,742,535 for the year ended December 31, 2015 compared to $4,208,241 for the year ended December 31, 2014, a decrease of $465,706 or 11.1%. The net decrease was mainly due to lower spending on trade shows ($180,000), marketing consultants ($150,000) and reduction in sales payroll ($130,000). We expect that selling and marketing expense will increase in the future as we hire more sales personnel and increase marketing activities.
General and administrative. General and administrative expense was $1,586,401 for the year ended December 31, 2015 compared to $1,650,651 for the year ended December 31, 2014, a decrease of $64,250 or 3.9%. The net decrease was due primarily to lower legal expenses ($141,000) and bad debt expense ($182,000), offset by an increase in payroll of ($114,000), travel expense ($59,000), training and education expense ($24,000), information technology expenses ($25,000) and other professional fees of ($49,000).
Research and development. Research and development expense was $1,466,728 for the year ended December 31, 2015 compared to $1,576,775 for the year ended December 31, 2014, a decrease of $110,047, or 7.0%. The net decrease in research and development spending was attributable to lower expenses in 2015 related to the enhanced SRT-100 Vision product as well as foreign registrations of the SRT-100 ($195,000),
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offset by an increase in payroll expense of $97,000. We expect that research and development costs will increase in the future as we invest in improvements to existing products as well as development of new products.
Other income (expense). We incur interest expense in connection with our secured credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank.
Total revenue. Total revenue was $5,810,205 for the year ended December 31, 2014 compared to $10,478,920 for the year ended December 31, 2013, a decrease of $4,668,715 or 44.6%. The decrease in revenue was primarily due to significantly fewer systems sold in 2014 due to uncertainty regarding reimbursement to our customers for the use of our products. Average selling price in 2014 did not change significantly compared to 2013.
Total cost of sales. Cost of sales was $2,054,798 for the year ended December 31, 2014 compared to $3,600,348 for the year ended December 31, 2013, a decrease of $1,545,550 or 42.9% due to the lower sales in 2014 compared to 2013.
Gross profit. Gross profit was $3,755,407 for the year ended December 31, 2014 compared to $6,878,572 for the year ended December 31, 2013, a decrease of $3,123,165, or 45.4%, for the reasons discussed above. Our gross profit percentage was 64.6% in 2014 compared to 65.6% in 2013.
Selling and marketing. Selling and marketing expense was $4,208,241 for the year ended December 31, 2014 compared to $3,965,276 for the year ended December 31, 2013, an increase of $242,965 or 6.1%. The net increase was mainly due to higher spending on trade shows ($448,000) and marketing consultants ($256,000), offset by lower payroll ($416,000) due to headcount reductions during 2014 and lower travel ($51,000).
General and administrative. General and administrative expense was $1,650,651 for the year ended December 31, 2014 compared to $1,453,344 for the year ended December 31, 2013, an increase of $197,307 or 13.6%. The net increase was due primarily to higher legal expenses ($251,000) and bad debt expense ($128,000), offset by lower payroll ($146,000).
Research and development. Research and development expense was $1,576,775 for the year ended December 31, 2014 compared to $1,333,111 for the year ended December 31, 2013, an increase of $243,664, or 18.3%. The increase was mostly research and development ($116,000) attributable to the enhanced SRT-100 Vision product and foreign registrations ($126,000).
Other income (expense). We incur interest expense in connection with our secured credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank.
We do not believe our business to be seasonal in nature.
As of December 31, 2015, we had cash and cash equivalents of $5,065,068 and an accumulated deficit of $(7,445,809) compared to cash and cash equivalents of $4,538,713 and an accumulated deficit of $(7,208,542) as of December 31, 2014.
Our liquidity position and capital requirements may be impacted by a number of factors, including the following:
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| fluctuations in gross margins, operating expenses and net loss; and |
| fluctuations in working capital. |
Our primary short-term capital needs, which are subject to change, include expenditures related to:
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| expansion of our research and development activities; |
| investment in a manufacturing facility; and |
| payment of accumulated dividends to stockholders. |
We regularly evaluate our cash requirements for current operations, commitments, capital requirements and business development transactions, and we may elect to raise additional funds for these purposes in the future.
We may need to raise additional funds to finance future cash needs through public or private equity offerings, debt financings, receivables or royalty financings or corporate collaboration and licensing arrangements. The covenants under our credit facilities limit our ability to obtain additional debt financing. We cannot be certain that additional funding will be available on acceptable terms, or at all. Any failure to raise capital in the future could have a negative impact on our financial condition and our ability to pursue our business strategies.
If we raise additional funds by issuing equity securities or convertible debt, our stockholders will experience dilution. Debt financing, if available, would result in increased fixed payment obligations and may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends. Any debt financing or additional equity that we raise may contain terms, such as liquidation and other preferences, which are not favorable to us or our stockholders. If we raise additional funds through collaboration and licensing arrangements with third parties, it may be necessary to relinquish valuable rights to our products, future revenue streams or product candidates or to grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us.
The following table provides a summary of our cash flows for the periods indicated:
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Total | $ | 2,866,157 | $ | (2,037,062 | ) | $ | 526,355 |
Net cash used in operating activities for 2015 was $1,339,343, consisting of a net loss of $237,267 and an increase in net operating assets of $1,432,418, offset by non-cash charges of $330,342. The increase in net operating assets was primarily due to the increase in sales resulting in an increase in accounts receivable as well as increase in inventory, prepaid expense and deposits and a decrease in deferred revenue, offset by an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses. Non-cash charges consisted primarily of depreciation and amortization.
Net cash used in operating activities for 2014 was $1,867,682, consisting of a net loss of $3,699,470, offset by a decrease in net operating assets of $1,335,992 and non-cash charges of $475,796. The decrease in net operating assets was primarily due to cash collections and lower sales in 2014 resulting in a decrease in accounts receivable as well as an increase in deferred revenue, offset by an increase in inventories and decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses. Non-cash charges consisted primarily of depreciation and amortization and provision for bad debts.
Net cash used in operating activities for 2013 was $128,693, consisting primarily of net income of $107,627 and non-cash charges of $444,429 offset by an increase in net operating assets of $680,749. The increase in net operating assets was primarily due to the increase in sales resulting in increases in accounts
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receivable as well as increase in inventory, offset by increases in accounts payable and accrued expenses and deferred revenue. Non-cash charges consisted primarily of depreciation and amortization, product warranties and provision for bad debts.
Net cash used in investing activities was $196,190, $123,959 and $251,004 during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively, with the expenditures in all years for acquisition of property and equipment.
Net cash provided by financing activities was $2,061,888 during the year ended December 31, 2015, primarily attributable to an increase of $2,014,186 from common stock issuance, net of offering costs.
Net cash used in financing activities was $45,421 during the year ended December 31, 2014 from distributions to shareholders.
Net cash used in financing activities was $3,245,854 during the year ended 2013, from common stock issuance, net of offering costs.
On March 12, 2013, we entered into a 2-year $3 million revolving credit facility. The credit facility was amended and extended effective March 12, 2015. The maximum borrowing was reduced to $1,500,000 and is limited by our borrowing base of 80% of eligible accounts receivable. Interest, at Prime plus 1.75% (5.25% at December 31, 2015) is payable monthly with outstanding principal and interest due on May 12, 2017, the maturity date. The facility is secured by all of our assets and limits the amount of additional indebtedness, restricts the sale, disposition or transfer of our assets and requires the maintenance of a certain monthly adjusted quick ratio restrictive covenant and minimum quarterly EBITDA restrictive covenant, as defined in the agreement. Pursuant to the terms of this credit facility, we may not incur additional indebtedness except for certain permitted indebtedness, which includes, among other things, debt that is subordinate to our revolving credit facility debt, corporate credit card debt (up to $50,000), unsecured trade debt incurred in the ordinary course of business, and debt incurred due to endorsement of negotiable instruments incurred in the ordinary course of business. At December 31, 2014, October 31, 2015 and November 30, 2015, we were not in compliance with the financial covenants and received waivers from our lender. We were in compliance with all covenants as of December 31, 2015. Approximately $375,000 and $423,000 was outstanding under the revolving credit facility at December 31, 2014 and 2015. We pay commitment fees of 0.25% per annum on the average unused portion of the facility.
We do not have during the period presented, and do not currently have, any off-balance sheet arrangements.
Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S., or GAAP. We have identified the accounting policies below as critical to understanding our financial condition and results of our operations. For a detailed discussion on the application of these and other accounting policies, see the notes to our financial statements.
Our revenue is primarily derived from sales of our devices, including the SRT-100. We recognize product revenue upon shipment provided that there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement, there are no uncertainties regarding customer acceptance, the sales price is fixed and determinable, and collection of the resulting receivable is reasonably assured. We generally do not provide a right of return related to product
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sales. We consider the service contracts as a separate deliverable and as a separate unit of accounting in our product offering. Revenue for service contracts is recognized over the service contract period on a straight-line basis. Revenue for rentals of equipment is recognized over the lease term on a straight-line basis.
We do business and extend credit based on an evaluation of our customers financial condition, generally without requiring collateral. Exposure to losses on receivables is expected to vary by customer due to the financial condition of each customer. We monitor exposure to credit losses and maintain allowances for anticipated losses considered necessary under the circumstances. To date, we have not experienced significant credit-related losses.
Inventories consist of finished product and components and are stated at the lower of cost, determined using the first-in first-out method, or market. Cost includes labor and overhead incurred to prepare the product for sale.
Intangible assets are comprised of our patent rights and are amortized over the patents estimated useful life of 13 years.
We evaluate our long-lived assets for possible impairment whenever circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset, or related group of assets, may not be recoverable from estimated future cash flows in accordance with accounting guidance. If circumstances suggest the recorded amounts cannot be recovered, based upon estimated future undiscounted cash flows, we reduce the carrying values of such assets to fair value.
We qualify as an emerging growth company pursuant to the provisions of the JOBS Act. For as long as we are an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, reduced disclosure obligations relating to the presentation of financial statements in Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, exemptions from the requirements of holding advisory say-on-pay votes on executive compensation and shareholder advisory votes on golden parachute compensation. We have availed ourselves of the reduced reporting obligations and executive compensation disclosure in this prospectus, and expect to continue to avail ourselves of the reduced reporting obligations available to emerging growth companies in future filings.
In addition, an emerging growth company can delay its adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. However, we are choosing to opt out of such extended transition period, and as a result, we plan to comply with any new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which non-emerging growth companies must adopt such standards. Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that our decision to opt out of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards is irrevocable.
See Note 1 to our audited financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus for a description of recently issued accounting pronouncements.
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We are a medical device company, headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, specializing in the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancers and other skin conditions, such as keloids, with superficial radiation therapy. Superficial radiation therapy is based on a technology with decades of successful clinical use treating various benign and malignant skin conditions. Prior to the introduction of Mohs surgery and linear accelerators in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the predecessor of superficial radiation therapy, orthovoltage, was the standard of care in treating several skin conditions, including skin cancer. When Mohs surgery was developed and linear accelerators, or LINACS, were introduced to treat cancer, the manufacturers of the orthovoltage devices abandoned manufacturing these products believing that Mohs surgery and linear accelerators would ultimately become the standard of care in treating skin cancer. We believe that orthovoltage device manufacturers may have perceived these newer procedures and technology as being superior to orthovoltage for a number of reasons, including (i) the fact that Mohs surgery did not require significant capital investment, other than specialized medical training, (ii) that higher-powered LINACS offered the ability to treat a wider variety of conditions because of its deeper x-ray penetration, and (iii) the perceived impracticalities of orthovoltage machines due to their large size. As a result, the orthovoltage technology became largely dormant.
Recently, healthcare providers have recently been recognizing the benefits of superficial radiation therapy and there has been a resurgence of this technology. Based on an independent retrospective analysis (with 95% confidence intervals) published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology in 2012, recurrence rates for all tumors at two and five years were 1.9% and 5.0%, respectively, for cases of cutaneous basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma treated using our superficial radiation therapy products, matching the non-recurrence rates for Mohs surgery. We believe this peer-reviewed study illustrates the effectiveness of superficial radiation therapy in the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer. Superficial radiation therapy is also an effective treatment modality for keloids, which are firm, rubbery lesions or shiny, fibrous nodules, that can vary from pink to the color of the patients flesh or red to dark brown in color, in conjunction with surgical removal. One recent study has indicated that surgical excision combined with platelet rich plasma and post-operative in-office superficial radiation therapy can achieve a non-recurrence rate of 100% at the fourth and eleventh month follow-up. No other treatment modality known to us leads to a greater non-recurrence rate.
We believe that modern superficial radiation therapy technology has improved over its orthovoltage predecessor. With modern technology, such as that found in the SRT-100, an equipment system manufactured by us, there is very low radiation scatter, which is significantly below the threshold defined by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine and the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc. Our products preserve healthy tissue while attacking only the cancer cells because the SRT-100, unlike LINACS, uses low energy photon x-rays, which are only capable of penetrating skin up to approximately five millimeters. Moreover, our superficial radiation therapy products incorporate new digital and diagnostic systems that represent significant technological advancements over the orthovoltage predecessors. Further, while orthovoltage devices were very large (requiring a dedicated room), the SRT-100 is a mobile unit with a 30" x 30" footprint. Additionally, with a shift in the demographics of skin cancer patients due to an aging population, we believe superficial radiation therapy offers certain benefits that may not have been relevant decades ago when skin cancer patients were generally younger. For example, patients with certain health conditions or who have been proscribed certain medications may not be good candidates for surgical procedures, such as Mohs surgery, due to the additional health risks these procedures present.
Although Mohs surgery, a procedure involving the progressive removal of microscopic layers of cancer-containing skin until all cancer cells are removed, is one of the leading methods to treat non-melanoma skin cancer, there are significant downsides to this procedure. For example, patients often experience some degree of pain following the procedure. In addition to the inconvenience and pain involved with undergoing Mohs surgery, there are several other potential unpleasant aspects that may affect the surgical area, such as temporary or permanent numbness, temporary or permanent weakness, itching, enlarged scarring, and other post-surgical complications.
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We believe that our products provide patients with a safe and virtually pain-free alternative to surgery for treating non-melanoma skin cancers, including basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma, and other skin conditions, including keloids. Our products also allow dermatologists to retain non-melanoma skin cancer patients, rather than referring them to other specialists, while offering radiation oncologists an alternative to costly linear accelerator-based treatments with a process that is less invasive, more time-efficient, and which improves practice economics. Although superficial radiation therapy treatments typically take less than one minute, this treatment frequently requires multiple visits. Often, patients undergoing superficial radiation therapy treatment will need three to four treatments per week for up to four consecutive weeks to achieve the desired results. Additionally, superficial radiation therapy is typically limited to the treatment of surface-based skin cancers. Due to the limited penetrating ability of the radiation used, superficial radiation therapy typically is ineffective in treated skin cancer in advanced stages.
The SRT-100 system is designed for effectiveness and ease of use. The current features include specific x-ray and automatic filtering technique factors for accurate skin cancer treatment, visual verification of the treated area, a compact design for device mobility, connectivity to digital systems, reduced space requirements, and integrated safety controls for both the patient and the clinician.
We own two patents in the U.S. (U.S. Patent Nos. 7,372,940 and 7,263,170) related to the SRT-100 system and a third patent application pending in the U.S., China and Russia. We have received 510(k) marketing clearance from the FDA, European CE marking certification, CFDA (the Chinese equivalent of the FDA), and Health Canada approval. We also received regulatory clearance for Russia in the fourth quarter of 2015. These governmental clearances and approvals are required to market and sell medical devices to customers located in the countries or areas covered by these agencies. We are currently marketing our SRT-100 in both the U.S. and abroad to private dermatology practices and private and hospital-based radiation oncology practices. We have been active in bringing this system to the global marketplace since the fourth quarter of 2010 and have begun establishing a distribution network to sell the SRT-100 to healthcare providers in the U.S. and internationally.
Sensus Healthcare, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, was formed on May 7, 2010, to design, manufacture and market proprietary medical devices specializing in the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancers and other skin conditions, such as keloids, with superficial radiation therapy. In June 2010, Sensus Healthcare, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (Sensus (FL)) acquired all the assets associated with our primary product, the SRT-100, from Topex, Inc. for $1.3 million. Following this acquisition, we relaunched the SRT-100 under the Sensus Healthcare brand. In December 2011, to change our domicile from Florida to Delaware, we merged with Sensus (FL), with the Delaware limited liability company surviving the merger. Effective as of January 1, 2016, we converted to a Delaware corporation.
Our products have received FDA-clearance to treat:
| Basal Cell Carcinoma; |
| Squamous Cell Carcinoma; |
| Kaposis Sarcoma; |
| Metatyptic Carcinoma; |
| Cutaneous Appendage Carcinoma; and |
| Other primary malignant epithelial neoplasms of the skin. |
Based on estimates by the U.S. Surgeon General and analysis by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, of the approximately five million U.S. adults treated for skin cancer on average each year, approximately 4.3 million (or 86%) are treated for non-melanoma skin cancer (basal and squamous cell carcinoma and other rare skin cancers).
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Skin cancer is a growing epidemic. We believe that increased exposure to the sun without skin protection, a decreasing natural ozone layer, and the increase in the aging population demographic are chief causes of this increase. Over the last three decades, the number of people experiencing skin cancer has grown at a higher rate than that of all other cancers combined. According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, one in five Americans is at risk for developing some form of skin cancer during their lifetime. MD Anderson has said that half of all Americans will have skin cancer at least once by the time they are 65. The U.S. Surgeon General has reported that approximately five million new skin cancer cases are diagnosed annually in the U.S., with an estimated annual treatment cost of over $8 billion, and that these numbers are projected to dramatically increase in the future.
Our products have received FDA-clearance to treat keloids. Keloids are disfiguring, often benign, tumors, which are more common in people with skin of color. For such affected groups, typical prevalence rates can be as high as 6% to 16%. Keloids commonly form on skin areas where previous trauma has been experienced. Most frequently, keloids form after knee and hip replacement, cesarean-section procedures, bypass surgery and piercings. A large keloid formed near a joint may interfere with joint function. We estimate that the incidence rates of keloids to be three to four times greater than non-melanoma skin cancer, and expect this market will continue to grow as the population increases.
In addition to keloids, we are exploring the use of superficial radiation therapy for other indications, including psoriasis, eczema, and systemic scleroderma.
Mohs surgery, which began replacing orthovoltage technology in the 1970s, is currently the standard of care for the most difficult to treat types of skin cancer. This procedure involves the progressive removal of microscopic layers of cancer-containing skin until all cancer cells are removed. The goal is to remove the skin cancer while minimizing the damage to surrounding healthy tissue. Mohs surgery is usually done on an outpatient basis using a local anesthetic.
While Mohs surgery is generally recognized as an improvement to traditional surgery, which involves removing the visible cancer and a small margin of surrounding healthy tissue all at once, patients often experience some degree of pain following the procedure. In addition to the inconvenience and pain involved with undergoing Mohs surgery, there are several other potential unpleasant aspects, such as disfigurement, co-morbid complications, lifestyle disruption, and post-surgical complications. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, 87% of facial plastic surgeons surveyed see patients for reconstructive work related to skin cancer. In 2014, the nose (68%) was the most common site on the face for skin cancer facial reconstruction followed by cheeks (16%), ears (6%) and forehead (4%).
It can take several weeks or even several months for patients to recover from Mohs surgery. The extent of any residual scarring varies with each patient, but there is often a facial disfiguring scar and permanent nerve-numbness in and around the site of the surgery, which can have long-term impact on the patients quality of life. As many patients discover, usually only after electing to have Mohs surgery, the extent and size of the remaining scar is often much larger than what they were led to believe.
In addition to Mohs surgery, other treatment options for non-melanoma skin cancer include surgical excision, high dose rate brachytherapy, linear accelerators, topical creams and photodynamic therapy. These alternatives have non-recurrence rates that range from approximately 65% to 95%, below the non-recurrence rates for Mohs surgery and superficial radiation therapy, which range from approximately 95% to 98%. In addition to the generally lower non-recurrence rates among all of these alternatives, we believe there are other considerations that may make them less appealing. For example, surgical excision is an expensive, invasive and painful procedure that often yields poor cosmetic results and has a non-recurrence rate of only approximately 80%. Linear accelerator treatments use more powerful radiation that can potentially cause collateral damage to healthy tissue. Only high dose rate brachytherapy has a comparable cure rate to Mohs
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surgery and superficial radiation therapy, at approximately 95% to 98%, but, based on our experience, this procedure is limited to treating small lesions. Brachytherapy generally involves the permanent or temporary placement of a radioactive source in close proximity to a cancerous tumor, which is intended to treat the condition with radiation. The effective dose received by a patient treated with bracytherapy is generally higher than a patient treated with superficial radiation therapy. In addition, due to the use of radioactive sources in brachytherapy equipment, only radiation oncologists may provide this type of treatment, limiting the potential market for these devices.
The current treatment options for keloids include antihistamines, corticosteroid injections, surgical excision, pressure therapy and silicone occlusive dressings. Many of these options will only reduce the size of the keloid or treat the symptoms (itching, pain, and general discomfort), but will not permanently cure the condition. Recurrence is common following these procedures.
We believe our products provide a compelling alternative to existing treatment methods for non-melanoma skin cancer. Aware of the complexities, costs (direct and indirect), inferior cosmetic outcomes and post-procedural complications associated with Mohs surgery, more dermatology and radiation oncology clinical centers around the world are recognizing the benefits and advantages of superficial radiation therapy for patients, physicians, and healthcare systems. Specifically, the precise and targeted treatment that can be accomplished through superficial radiation therapy offers a compelling alternative treatment option for treating lesions, particularly those located in these sensitive regions of the body. Given that over 80% of skin cancers occur on the head and neck regions of the body, we believe our products compare favorably against traditional invasive surgical procedures, such as Mohs surgery.
Superficial radiation treatments usually take less than a minute, as opposed to up to three hours for Mohs surgery. The number of treatments received by patients electing to receive treatment will depend on the particular patient, the physician, the clinical evaluation and the location of the skin condition.
Based on a retrospective analysis published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology in 2012, recurrence rates for all tumors at two and five years were 1.9% and 5.0%, respectively, for cases of cutaneous basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma treated with superficial radiation therapy, matching non-recurrence rates for Mohs surgery. We believe this study illustrates the effectiveness of superficial radiation therapy in the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer.
As the world grows older and lives longer, other health conditions have become a factor in determining a course of treatment. For example, diabetes and heart conditions can add to the risk of complications with surgical procedures. Moreover, skin cancers that are located on certain areas of the body, such as the shin and head regions, can make surgical procedures less desirable because skin areas that are located in close proximity to bone may not heal as quickly or effectively. Consequently, superficial radiation therapy may offer a better alternative. Finally, we believe there is a growing population that would prefer to avoid surgery, especially when it is to be performed on the head or neck areas, for cosmetic and other reasons. Studies have indicated that the SRT-100 is effective in treating primary lesions that would otherwise be difficult to treat or require extensive surgery involving sensitive areas of the head and neck regions, such as the fold in the nose, eyelids, lips, corner of the mouth, and the lining of the ear, and would lead to a less than desirable cosmetic outcome. Because superficial radiation therapy penetrates the skin only a few millimeters, our treatment procedures do not require the use of anesthetics and eliminates the need for skin grafting.
We believe superficial radiation therapy is one of the most viable and effective treatment modalities for non-melanoma skin cancer. The superior cosmetic outcomes and high non-recurrence rates of superficial radiation therapy (in excess of 95% based on certain studies) are significant factors which make superficial radiation therapy a preferable treatment modality. In addition, temporary side effects of superficial radiation therapy are generally minor, which may include skin redness and blistering similar to mild sunburn. However, the affected areas are usually small due to the typically small treatment area and side effects typically clear up
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when treatment stops. Superficial radiation therapy has a decades-long successful track record treating skin cancer, and delivers high quality clinical outcomes, reduced cost of treatment and excellent patient satisfaction.
Superficial radiation therapy is an effective treatment modality for keloids, in conjunction with surgical removal. One recent study indicated that surgical excision combined with platelet rich plasma and post-operative in-office superficial radiation therapy can achieve a non-recurrence rate of 100% at the fourth to eleventh month follow-up. No other treatment modality known to us leads to a greater non-recurrence rate. In fact, some studies have shown that existing treatment options commonly see recurrence at rates between 50% and 90%, depending on the treatment.
In addition to the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer and keloids, we believe superficial radiation therapy can be beneficial in the treatment of other skin conditions and we plan to continue our research and development efforts with the goal of expanding our indications into new areas of treatment.
Cost effective products for a global market. Our products offer a solution for todays cost conscious healthcare market. Our products rely on superficial radiation therapy, which we believe is an effective, yet less expensive procedure for payors for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer and other skin conditions than existing treatment options. The productivity and reliability associated with our products, along with our related service offerings, allow our customers to quickly and easily install and deploy our products in their respective practices while reducing downtime. Our products offer reduced treatment times, yet provide similar, or better, outcomes when compared with other treatment modalities for non-melanoma skin cancer and keloids. We believe that we are ideally positioned to meet the demands of the reforming healthcare systems by providing higher quality care at a lower cost with a better patient experience.
Exclusive focus on a large, growing market. The U.S. Surgeon General estimates that the skin cancer market represents an over $8 billion opportunity in the U.S. alone, which we expect will continue to grow. This growth is being driven by increased incidence of skin cancer and other skin conditions among the general population. We also estimate that the potential market for the treatment of keloids is even larger than the skin cancer market. Because our products offer an effective alternative treatment option, we believe that we are positioned as one of a limited number of companies exclusively focused on the use of superficial radiation therapy for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer and other skin conditions, such as keloids.
Highly experienced management and medical advisory team. We have assembled a senior management team and medical advisory board with significant experience in the healthcare industry. Our leadership team has a long track record in introducing numerous disruptive technologies and products to the healthcare market in the field of radiology, oncology and interventional medicine. Members of our management team also have experience in product development, launching new products into the healthcare market and selling medical devices and technology to hospitals and private healthcare practices through direct sales organizations, distributors and manufacturers. We also collaborate with a network of leading medical advisors in the design and use of our products.
Extensive product support network. In addition to the SRT-100 product line, we offer a unique and dedicated superficial radiation therapy support network for clinicians and therapists, which includes site planning and preparation, system deployment and installation, a national and global network of medical physicists for system commissioning and calibration, a dedicated service network, a dedicated clinical applications and education network and service, SRT University, and online and live customer support. We believe that by offering these dedicated and tailored services we have enhanced our brand and gained market presence.
Relationships with the medical community. We are actively involved in scientific, medical, and commercial organizations and communities. We are a member of the American Cutaneous Oncology Society (ACOS), which is a dedicated superficial radiation therapy scientific and medical society that promotes the
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betterment and further education on all superficial radiation therapy-related subject matter and topics, across multi-disciplinary fields, such as radiation oncology, dermatology, medical physics, plastic surgery, physician assistants, and radiation therapy technologists. We anticipate that we will be able to leverage our involvement in these organizations to increase awareness of the benefits of radiation therapy and increase sales of our products.
Our goal is to be a leading medical device company providing innovative, noninvasive solutions for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer and other skin conditions. The key elements of our strategy include:
Increase acceptance of superficial radiation therapy as the standard of care for non-melanoma skin cancer, keloids and other skin conditions. We believe a great opportunity exists in creating an awareness of our treatment options for consumers. We believe dermatologists are now recognizing that surgery is not the only solution, or necessarily the best solution, for treating skin cancer or other skin conditions, such as keloids, and superficial radiation therapy can now be recognized as a valuable modality in their toolbox. The 95% non-melanoma skin cancer non-recurrence rate at the five-year follow-up (according to one study with 95% confidence intervals) achieved with superficial radiation therapy, combined with the benefit of a better cosmetic outcome and what we believe to be a more certain reimbursement environment, creates a significant opportunity for us to expand our market share. Focused consumer and practitioner educational awareness of the benefits of superficial radiation therapy is a key for our success. We are seeking to leverage our relationships with medical and other organizations to increase public awareness of superficial radiation therapy treatment options.
Drive adoption and awareness of SRT-100 among specialists, physicians, administrators and patients . We intend to educate specialists, physicians, administrators and patients on the compelling case for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer with the SRT-100. We believe that increased awareness of the benefits of superficial radiation therapy will favorably impact sales of the SRT-100. Additionally, we believe that our products will allow dermatologists to treat patients without having to refer them to specialists for treatment and will free-up larger, higher power equipment, such as linear accelerators, for oncologists to treat other patients whose treatment requires the use of these other devices.
Develop new technology products and services. Since acquiring the SRT-100, we have developed optional add-on technology products and service options which have enhanced the operational capabilities of our SRT-100, including the SRT-100 Vision and SRT-100 Lynx. We believe continued research and development of both new and existing technology will be critical to our success.
Pursue opportunities to enhance our product offerings. We intend to continue to expand applications of our superficial radiation therapy technology and vigorously protect those innovations through patent applications. We may also opportunistically pursue the licensing or acquisition of complementary products and technologies to strengthen our market position or improve product margins.
Expand our sales organization to support growth. We intend to expand our highly-trained direct sales organization and broaden our relationships with distributor partners to increase sales and drive revenues.
Lessen our dependency on third party manufacturers. We are exploring the possibility of reducing our reliance on third party manufacturers by bringing certain manufacturing, service and research and development functions in-house, which could include the acquisition of equipment and other fixed assets or the acquisition or lease of a manufacturing facility.
We offer the SRT-100 product family, which we anticipate will be complemented by additional models and options in the future. With over 200 installations in 11 countries, we believe our SRT-100 product family to be a global leader in the superficial radiation therapy space.
Our technology is based on several key needs and requirements, including the need for a dedicated and cost-effective device for the treatment of skin cancer, keloids, and other skin conditions. The SRT-100 provides the following clinical and functional advantages:
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| Easy touch automatic set-up procedure with specific kV and mA time technique factors and filter designed for effective skin cancer treatment, including automatic x-ray tube warm-up procedures; |
| Specially designed control console for medical physicists and service technicians providing integrated safety and back-up timer controls, automatic system conditioning procedures, calibration, x-ray output verification and system parameters including last treatment status information; |
| Advanced patient record management with integrated enterprise workflow management; |
| Compact mobile design with a small 30 x 30 footprint and unique scissor x-ray tube arm movements providing a large range of motion for patient access and treatment; and |
| High reliability and MTBF (mean time between maintenance) performance that assure availability for the patients and practitioners and lower the total cost of ownership. |
The SRT-100 Vision provides customers with additional options compared to the SRT-100 base model. These additional options allow for dedicated treatment planning and full treatment progression documentation in a patients record. The SRT-100 Vision provides the user with a unique superficial radiation therapy-tailored treatment planning application that integrates the embedded high frequency ultrasound imaging module, volumetric tumor analysis, beam margins planning, and comprehensive dosimetry parameters. This allows the user to precisely and more accurately plan and prescribe the patient-specific treatment course to maximize patient outcomes and workflow efficiency. The SRT-100 Vision also offers a comprehensive control console and workflow management control console that provides full record and verify treatment tracing, operator-level access and functional control, audio-visual patient and treated lesion monitoring, and advanced dosimetry setting and tracing.
The SRT-100 Lynx is an added hardware and software option for the SRT-100 system that adds full patient record creation, maintenance, and exporting capabilities. This option provides the SRT-100 the capability to be fully integrated in an enterprise environment and communicate via Health Level Seven (HL7) with other clinical data repositories, such as electronic medical records (EMR) and Hospital Information System/Radiology Information System (HIS/RIS), and other planning systems. We accomplish this integration through the use of HL7 interfaces, which are standard in healthcare information technology systems. The HL7 interface allows systems written in different languages and running on different platforms to be able to talk to each other through the use of an abstracted data layer. This allows our customers to easily integrate the SRT-100 with electronic health records systems or other healthcare software systems.
We engineered and deployed this solution as a quick response to recent market dynamics and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, a federal law enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology. The SRT-100 Vision offers embedded, and even more advanced, electronic patient record connectivity and functions.
We offer the Sentinel service program, which provides our customers comprehensive protection for their SRT-100 and SRT-100 Vision systems at an annual price of approximately 10% of the systems list price. The Sentinel program covers all parts and labor for the period of the contract and one annual preventive maintenance session that includes cooling system maintenance, high voltage loop maintenance, filters and system cleaning, and system touch-ups, should they be required during the preventative maintenance session.
Through our Sentinel service program, we also provide turn-key pre- and post-sale services that include the following:
| Providing a pre-install kit for the contractors to prepare the treatment room; |
| Room retrofit and shielding; |
| System shipping coordination and installation; |
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| System commissioning by a medical physicist (through a national physics network); |
| System registration with the state and daily workflow documentation preparation; |
| Clinical applications training with the customers superficial radiation therapy staff; and |
| Treating the first scheduled patients with our customers (onsite applications training). |
We also believe that there is an opportunity for additional revenue through the sale of consumables. We sell disposable lead shielding replacements, disposable radiation safety items, such as aprons, and eye shields, and disposable applicator tips, which are used to treat various sized lesions and different areas of the body.
Based on our experience to date, third party payors generally reimburse for superficial radiation therapy procedures in which our products are used, as long as the patient meets the established medical necessity criteria. Reimbursement decisions by particular third party payors may depend upon a number of factors, including each payors determination that use of a product is:
| a covered benefit under its health plan; |
| appropriate and medically necessary for the specific indication; |
| cost effective; and |
| neither experimental nor investigational. |
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, the agency responsible for administering the Medicare program, sets coverage and reimbursement policies for the Medicare program in the U.S. CMS policies may alter coverage and payment related to our product portfolio in the future. These changes may occur as the result of national coverage determinations issued by CMS or as the result of local coverage determinations by contractors under contract with CMS to review and make coverage and payment decisions. Medicaid programs are funded by both federal and state governments, may vary from state to state and from year to year and will likely play an even larger role in healthcare funding pursuant to the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Healthcare and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act, collectively, the Affordable Care Act.
A key component in ensuring whether the appropriate payment amount is received for physician and other services, including those procedures using our products, is the existence of a Current Procedural Terminology, or CPT®, code. To receive payment, healthcare practitioners must submit claims to insurers using these codes for payment for medical services. CPT® codes are assigned, maintained and annually updated by the American Medical Association and its CPT® Editorial Panel. The AMA Relative Value Scale Update Committee also establishes relative code values, which is often a basis for payment. If the CPT® codes or the codes values that apply to the procedures performed using our products are changed, reimbursement for performances of these procedures may be adversely affected.
In the U.S., some insured individuals enroll in managed care programs, which monitor and often require pre-approval of the services that an insured individual will receive. Some managed care programs pay their providers on a per capita (patient) basis, which puts the providers at financial risk for the services provided to their patients by paying these providers a predetermined payment per member per month and, consequently, may limit the willingness of these providers to use our products.
We believe that the overall escalating cost of medical products and services being paid for by the government and private health insurance has led to, and will continue to lead to, increased pressures on the healthcare and medical device industry to reduce the costs of products and services. All third party reimbursement programs are developing increasingly sophisticated methods of controlling healthcare costs through, for example, prospective reimbursement and capitation programs, group purchasing, redesign of benefits, second opinions and prior authorizations, benefit management, utilization review, careful review of bills, encouragement of healthier lifestyles and other preventative services and exploration of more cost-effective methods of delivering healthcare.
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In international markets, reimbursement and healthcare payment systems vary significantly by country, and many countries have instituted price ceilings on specific product lines and procedures. There can be no assurance that procedures using our products will be considered medically reasonable and necessary for a specific indication, that our products will be considered cost-effective by third party payors, that an adequate level of reimbursement will be available or that the third-party payors reimbursement policies will not adversely affect our ability to sell our products profitably. More and more, local, product specific reimbursement law is applied as an overlay to medical device regulation, which has provided an additional layer of clearance requirement.
While the Medicare reimbursement rates for a number of treatment delivery codes for other radiation oncology modalities are expected to decrease in 2016, the Medicare rates for the radiation therapy treatment delivery code is expected to increase in 2016.
We focus on two primary markets, private dermatology practices and radiation oncologists in both private and hospital settings. We currently employ a multi-tier sales strategy in an attempt to optimize geographic coverage and focus on what we perceive to be our key markets. This multi-tier sales model uses a direct sales force (currently nine people), as well as international dealers and distributors.
Our dermatology market sales are directed by Stephen Cohen, our Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Dermatology, capitalizing on his prior experience in executive capacities at Technicare (now Johnson & Johnson), Diasonics, and Xoft. Our direct sales force for radiation oncology is led by Richard Golin, our Executive Vice President of Sales, Oncology and Dermatology, who has prior experience in sales at Toshiba Medical Systems, Siemens, and Hologic. We plan to continue selling and marketing our products to both the dermatology and radiation oncology markets concurrently.
The estimated 7,000 private dermatology practices in the U.S. represent the point of entry for most non-melanoma skin cancer patients. We believe the SRT-100 offers dermatologists a competitive advantage by allowing them to retain patients for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer, rather than referring them out to specialists for Mohs surgery or other radiation procedures. In addition to non-melanoma skin cancers, our FDA-approved indications include, among others, keloids, Kaposis Sarcoma, Actinic Keratosis, Metatypic Carcinoma, Cutaneous Appendage Carcinoma and other malignant skin tumors. We are continuing to drive our research and development to expand our indications into new areas of treatment.
For the estimated 4,400 licensed radiation oncologists in the U.S., we believe the SRT-100 offers a simpler, faster method of treatment with a better overall patient experience. Our SRT-100 system offers the ability to free up more expensive radiation equipment, such as linear accelerators, for more complex procedures while providing patients with effective, non-invasive treatment options for non-melanoma skin cancer.
We also believe that both plastic and general surgery markets present growth opportunities for our product offerings. With FDA clearance to treat keloids through superficial radiation therapy, many plastic surgeons are recognizing the opportunity to be able to provide an effective treatment solution for this benign tumor. Additionally, we believe that plastic surgeons view the non-melanoma skin cancer market as a growth opportunity that can supplement their existing services. We believe there is an opportunity to also provide superficial radiation therapy in a prophylactic manner for various surgical procedures to reduce the formation of keloids. Within the new healthcare reform environment, superficial radiation therapy can provide hospitals and surgery centers with a direct measurable impact on clinical outcomes for certain procedures, including joint replacement procedures, bypass surgery, and OBGYN/C-section procedures, among others.
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We currently have an installed base of over 200 units in 11 countries. Our customer list includes leading cancer centers, dermatology practices, hospitals and plastic surgery clinics, which we believe further validates our targeted marketing approach led by our direct sales teams and our global distribution partners.
We offer the SRT-100 as our base product. The SRT-100 has successfully treated over 200,000 patients around the world in approximately 200 locations. The SRT-100 serves as a conduit to the dermatology and radiation oncology market segments and with approximately 200 units installed worldwide; we believe the SRT-100 has proven itself as a reliable, safe, and effective superficial radiation therapy solution.
We developed the second generation SRT-100 (Gen 2) product through the implementation of a number of engineering and design changes to the original SRT-100. Following the development of the Gen 2 SRT-100, we introduced the SRT-100 Lynx, which combined our clinical indications in treating keloids with a technology solution that allows customers to create and export patient records in an integrated EMR/enterprise environment.
Building on the clinical and commercial success of the SRT-100, we embarked on the development and launch of the SRT-100 Vision. This evolution of the SRT-100 combines the existing computing platform with imaging modalities that create a search and destroy therapy platform. The SRT-100 Vision platform provides many advancements and benefits for our customers, including a flexible platform that is capable of treating several different indications, new and advanced workflow management methodologies, and addresses many of the new healthcare environment requirements, such as system integration capabilities with electronic medical record systems. We plan to continue the development of the SRT-100 Vision by integrating additional imaging modalities to make it a single cohesive hybrid system. We believe the SRT-100 Vision will also allow us to increase our footprint in the enterprise and teaching hospital radiation oncology market segment. By adding image-guidance with high frequency ultrasound and advanced treatment therapy planning, together with advanced record and verify and workflow management tools, the SRT-100 Vision should be ideally positioned to open new opportunities for us in the domestic and international academic and large-scale hospital environments.
We plan to conduct additional research and development for product line expansions with the SRT-100 (Gen 3) and SRT-100 Vision to address a broader and more diversified market and provide additional solutions to the existing and future customer base. The SRT-100 (Gen 3) will be a more modular platform that will include some of the technologies developed for the SRT-100 Vision, and at the same time can be competitively configured to compete in other global value markets.
We anticipate that we will continue developing our technology with the goal of optimizing workflow for users and positively impacting patients quality of life and outcomes. We believe our focus will allow us to provide the most advanced and seamless data portability in enterprise and cloud environments to make data readily available and interchangeable for practitioners, payors, and patients, while delivering products with very high levels of reliability and efficacy. As a result, we expect our products and services will achieve commercial and clinical success worldwide and bolster our global market leadership and financial viability. As new features and capabilities are added to our product portfolio, our users will gain access to a broader patient population, expanded reimbursement potential, and directly address the requirements and needs of accountable care organizations and the trend toward bundling of payments. We believe that this will allow us to increase list prices as our product line is enhanced and improved, which should positively impact our future margins.
We anticipate launching subsequent generations for the SRT-100 (Gen 3) and SRT-100 Vision (Gen 2), which will provide our customers with additional indications for use. These subsequent generations may expand the types of oncological conditions that can be treated with our product family, enhancing scalability and cost effectiveness (enhancing margins), and expanding our market segments. Since our expanded product family may treat various other oncological and dermatologic conditions, we believe many hospital departments will recognize the benefits of our product line. We believe that our new product generations will transform the field of superficial radiation therapy with ground-breaking technology that will open brand new business opportunities for us and create new disruptive functionalities and clinical services.
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During 2014 and 2015, we spent approximately $1,256,000 and $1,129,000, respectively, on research and development of our products and services.
The medical device industry is highly competitive, subject to rapid technological change and significantly affected by new product introductions and market activities of other participants. Our currently marketed products, and any future products we commercialize, will compete against healthcare providers who use traditional surgical treatment options, such as Mohs surgery, as well as medical device companies that offer other treatment options for the conditions our products are designed to treat. We currently have three primary medical device company competitors:
| Xstrahl Medical (formerly Gulmay, headquartered in the United Kingdom) |
| Xoft (a subsidiary of iCad, headquartered in New Hampshire) |
| Elekta (headquartered in Georgia) |
Xstrahl Medical is an engineering company focused on industrial and research x-ray therapy devices. We believe most of Xstrahl Medicals installed base is comprised of legacy orthovoltage machines made up of higher energy devices located in Europe.
Both Xoft and Elekta offer products that are considered Electronic Brachytherapy (eBx) devices. Due to this classification, both companies may face challenges in the U.S. and certain other international markets where laws and regulations require that a radiation oncologist, medical physicist, or radiation therapist be involved with every treatment. Additionally, the CPT® Editorial Panel has established two new treatment delivery codes for eBx for 2016, including a specific skin code. In addition, in early 2015, a large Medicare contractor issued guidance precluding the reporting of the existing eBx treatment delivery code for skin. The 2016 payments rates for the eBx treatment delivery skin code is currently being established by the various Medicare contractors. The new skin only code and payment rates may make this technology a challenge for dermatology in-office applications. Based on typical treatment practices, it appears that both eBx products also have limited capabilities as to size of lesions that can be treated and require expensive consumables. Furthermore, eBx products have very limited clinical studies.
Many of our current and potential competitors have significantly greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources than we do and may be able to devote greater resources to the development, promotion, sale and support of their products. Our competitors may also have more extensive customer bases and broader customer relationships than we do, including relationships with our potential customers. In addition, many of these companies and healthcare providers have longer operating histories and greater brand recognition than we do. Because of the size of the skin cancer treatment market and the high growth profile of the segments in which we compete, we anticipate that companies will dedicate significant resources to developing competing products. Additionally, we may also face competition from smaller companies that have developed or are developing similar technologies for our addressable markets. We believe that the principal competitive factors in our markets include:
| improved outcomes for medical conditions; |
| acceptance by doctors treating non-melanoma skin cancer and keloids; |
| potential greater acceptance by the patient community; |
| potential greater ease of use and reliability; |
| product price and qualification for reimbursement; |
| technical leadership and superiority; |
| effective marketing and distribution; and |
| speed to market. |
We may be unable to compete effectively against our competitors in regard to any one or all of these factors. Our ability to compete effectively will depend on the acceptance of our products by dermatologists,
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radiation oncologists, hospitals and patients, and our ability to achieve better clinical outcomes than products developed by our existing or future competitors. In addition, certain of our competitors could use their superior financial resources to develop products that have features or clinical outcomes similar or superior to our products, which would harm our ability to successfully compete.
We actively seek to protect the intellectual property we believe is important to our business, including seeking and maintaining patents that cover our products. We also rely on trademarks to build and maintain the integrity of our brand.
We own two issued patents, both of which are U.S. patents. We own one pending patent application. All of our issued U.S. patents expire in 2025. Our patents pertain to technology in the specialized field of superficial radiotherapy treatment. The following two U.S. patents were issued between August 2007 and September 2008 and were assigned to us when we acquired the technology from Topex.
| U.S. Patent No. 7,372,940: Radiation therapy system with risk mitigation |
| U.S. Patent No. 7,263,170: Radiation therapy system featuring rotatable filter assembly (also registered in the EU) |
The following patent application is pending in the U.S., China and Russia and was submitted in 2013:
| U.S. Patent Application No. 13/740,181: Hybrid Ultrasound-Guided Superficial Radiotherapy System and Method (published as U.S. Patent Application No. 2013/0217947 A1) |
As of December 31, 2015, we also owned three U.S. trademark registrations.
We also rely on trade secrets and other unpatented proprietary rights to develop and maintain our competitive position. We seek to protect our unpatented proprietary rights through a variety of methods, including confidentiality agreements with employees, consultants and others who may have access to our proprietary information. We also require our employees to execute invention assignment agreements with respect to inventions arising from their employment.
We acquired the photon x-ray low energy or superficial x-ray therapy system, dubbed the SRT-100 and developed a next generation system the SRT-100 Vision, which are each designed specifically to treat skin cancer and keloids as an alternative to surgery. Since first introduced in May 2007 by Topex, over 200,000 patients have been successfully treated with the SRT-100 system. The treatment of keloids has now begun at several sites throughout the world, including the U.S. and China. We are in the process of authoring and preparing additional forward-looking patents.
No patents or trademarks may ever be issued or be registered from our pending or future applications for such intellectual property. Even if such patents or trademarks are respectively issued or registered, they, or any of our other intellectual property, may not provide us with any meaningful protection or competitive advantage. Our intellectual property could be challenged, invalidated, circumvented, infringed or misappropriated. In addition, third parties have claimed, and in the future may claim, that we, our customers, licensees or other parties indemnified by us are infringing upon their intellectual property rights. For a discussion of these risks, please see Risk factors Risks related to our intellectual property.
We currently use a third party located in the U.S. to manufacture our products. In July 2010, we entered into a manufacturing agreement with RbM Services, LLC (RbM) pursuant to which RbM agreed to manufacture our SRT-100 products based on an annual 12-month sales forecast and rolling six-month sales forecast. We pay a fixed price per unit under the terms of this agreement, subject to annual adjustments due to changes in the costs of materials. The initial term of this agreement was three years with successive one-year renewals thereafter. We continue to do business with RbM, although we or RbM may terminate the agreement with 90 days written notice or upon at least 60 days notice prior to the end of each additional one-year renewal period. We believe our third party manufacturer meets FDA, International Organization for Standardization, or ISO, and other quality standards. We maintain internal policies, procedures and supplier management processes to ensure that our third party manufacturer is meeting applicable quality standards. To
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date, we have not experienced any difficulty in locating and obtaining the materials necessary to meet demand for our products, and we believe manufacturing capacity is sufficient to meet global market demand for our products for the foreseeable future.
We believe this third party manufacturing relationship initially allowed us to work with a supplier that has well-developed specific competencies while minimizing our capital investment, controlling costs and shortening cycle times, all of which we believe allowed us to compete with our competitors. However, as discussed elsewhere in this prospectus, we are exploring the possibility of reducing our reliance on third party manufacturers by bringing certain manufacturing, service and research and development functions in-house, which could include the acquisition of equipment and other fixed assets or the acquisition or lease of a manufacturing facility.
Our business is subject to extensive federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations including those relating to the protection of the environment, health and safety. Some of the pertinent laws have not been definitively interpreted by the regulatory authorities or the courts, and their provisions are open to a variety of subjective interpretations. In addition, these laws and their interpretations are subject to change or new laws may be enacted.
Both federal and state governmental agencies continue to subject the healthcare industry to intense regulatory scrutiny, including heightened civil and criminal enforcement efforts. We believe that we have structured our business operations and relationships with our customers to comply with all applicable legal requirements. However, it is possible that governmental entities or other third parties could interpret these laws differently and assert otherwise. We discuss below the statutes and regulations that are most relevant to our business. For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2015, we incurred approximately $326,000 and $330,000, respectively, in expenses related to regulatory compliance and quality standards.
The Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, or FDCA, and FDA regulations establish a comprehensive system for the regulation of medical devices intended for human use. Our products include medical devices that are subject to these, as well as other federal, state, and local laws and regulations. FDA is responsible for the overall enforcement of quality, regulatory and statutory requirements governing medical devices. Our regulated medical devices include our SRT-100 product line.
FDA classifies medical devices into one of three classes Class I, Class II, or Class III depending on their level of risk and the types of controls that are necessary to assure device safety and effectiveness. The class assignment determines the type of premarketing submission or application, if any, that will be required before marketing in the U.S.
| Class I devices present a low risk and are not life-sustaining or life-supporting. The majority of Class I devices are subject only to general controls e.g., prohibition against adulteration and misbranding, registration and listing, good manufacturing practices, labeling, and adverse event reporting. General controls are baseline requirements that apply to all classes of medical devices. |
| Class II devices present a moderate risk and are devices for which general controls alone are not sufficient to provide a reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness. Devices in Class II are subject to both general controls and special controls e.g., special labeling, compliance with industry standards, and postmarket surveillance. Unless exempted, Class II devices typically require FDA clearance before marketing, through the premarket notification (510(k)) process, in accordance with 21 CFR, Part 807 requirements. |
| Class III devices present the highest risk. These devices generally are life-sustaining, life-supporting, or for a use that is of substantial importance in preventing impairment of human health, or present a potential unreasonable risk of illness or injury. Class III devices are devices for which general controls, by themselves, are insufficient and for which there is insufficient information to establish |
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special controls to provide a reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness. Class III devices are subject to general controls and typically require approval of a premarket approval application, or PMA in accordance with 21 CFR, Part 814, before marketing. |
Unless it is exempt from premarket review requirements, a medical device must receive marketing authorization from the FDA prior to being commercially distributed in the U.S. The most common pathways for obtaining marketing authorization are 510(k) clearance and PMA. With the enactment of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, or the FDASIA, the availability of a de novo pathway was facilitated for certain low- to moderate-risk devices that do not qualify for the 510(k) pathway due to the absence of a predicate device.
Currently, all of our products are subject to the 510(k) requirement or are exempt from the 510(k) requirement. The 510(k) review process compares a new device to a legally marketed device. Through the 510(k) process, FDA determines whether a new medical device is substantially equivalent to a legally marketed device (i.e., predicate device) that is not subject to PMA requirements. Substantial equivalence means that the proposed device: (a) has the same intended use as the predicate device; (b) the same or similar technological characteristics; (c) the information submitted in the 510(k) demonstrates that the proposed device is as safe and effective as the predicate device; and (d) the proposed device does not raise different questions of safety and effectiveness than the predicate device.
To obtain 510(k) clearance, we must submit a 510(k) application containing sufficient information and data to demonstrate that our proposed device is substantially equivalent to a legally marketed predicate device. These data generally include non-clinical performance testing (e.g., software validation, bench testing electrical safety testing), but may also include clinical data. Typically, it takes approximately four months for FDA to complete its review of a 510(k) submission; however, it can take significantly longer and clearance is never assured. During its review of a 510(k), FDA may request additional information, including clinical data, which may significantly prolong the review process. After completing its review of a 510(k), FDA may issue an order, in the form of a letter, that finds the device to be either (1) substantially equivalent and states that the device can be marketed in the U.S., or (2) not substantially equivalent and states that device cannot be marketed in the U.S. Depending upon the reasons for the not substantially equivalent finding, the device may need to be approved through the PMA pathway (discussed below) prior to commercialization. A new medical device for which there is no substantially equivalent device is automatically designated a Class III device. Depending on the nature of the new device, the manufacturer may ask the FDA to make a risk-based determination of the new device and reclassify it in Class I or Class II. This process is referred to as the de novo process. If the FDA agrees, the new device will be reassigned to the appropriate other class. If the FDA does not agree, the manufacturer will have to submit a PMA. We have received FDA clearances for our SRT-100 and SRT-100 Vision.
After a device receives 510(k) clearance, any modification that could significantly affect the safety or effectiveness of the device, or that would constitute a major change in its intended use, including significant modifications to any of our products, requires submission and clearance of a new 510(k). FDA relies on each manufacturer to make and document this determination initially, but FDA can review any such decision and can disagree with a manufacturers determination. We have made and plan to continue to make minor product enhancements that we believe do not require new 510(k) clearances. However, we expect to confer with FDA on planned changes that may require a special, abbreviated or traditional 510(k) submission. If FDA disagrees with our determination regarding whether a new 510(k) clearance was required for these modifications, we may need to cease marketing or recall the modified device. FDA may also subject us to other enforcement actions, including, but not limited to, issuing a warning letter or untitled letter to us, seizing our products, imposing civil penalties, or initiating criminal prosecution.
We currently do not market any devices that are subject to PMA requirements. Unlike the comparative standard of the 510(k) pathway, the PMA approval process requires an independent demonstration of the safety and effectiveness of a device. PMA is the most stringent type of device marketing application required by FDA. PMA approval is based on a determination by FDA that the PMA contains sufficient valid scientific
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evidence to assure that the device is safe and effective for its intended use(s). A PMA application generally includes extensive information about the device including the results of clinical testing conducted on the device and a detailed description of the manufacturing process.
After a PMA application is accepted for review, FDA begins an in-depth review of the submitted information. FDA regulations provide 180 days to review the PMA and make a determination; however, in reality, the review time is normally longer (e.g., 1 3 years). During this review period, FDA may request additional information or clarification of information already provided. Also during the review period, an advisory panel of experts from outside FDA may be convened to review and evaluate the data supporting the application and provide recommendations to FDA as to whether the data provide a reasonable assurance that the device is safe and effective for its intended use. In addition, FDA generally will conduct a preapproval inspection of the manufacturing facility to ensure compliance with the Quality System Regulation, or QSR, which imposes comprehensive development, testing, control, documentation and other quality assurance requirements for the design and manufacturing of a medical device.
Based on its review, FDA may (1) issue an order approving the PMA, (2) issue a letter stating the PMA is approvable (e.g., minor additional information is needed), (3) issue a letter stating the PMA is not approvable, or (4) issue an order denying PMA. A company may not market a device subject to PMA review until FDA issues an order approving the PMA. As part of a PMA approval, FDA may impose post-approval conditions intended to ensure the continued safety and effectiveness of the device including, among other things, restrictions on labeling, promotion, sale and distribution, and requiring the collection of additional clinical data. Failure to comply with the conditions of approval can result in materially adverse enforcement action, including withdrawal of the approval.
Most modifications to a PMA approved device, including changes to the design, labeling, or manufacturing process, require prior approval before being implemented. Prior approval is obtained through submission of a PMA supplement. The type of information required to support a PMA supplement and FDAs time for review of a PMA supplement vary depending on the nature of the modification.
Clinical trials of medical devices in the U.S. are governed by FDAs Investigational Device Exemption regulation, in accordance with 21 CFR, Part 812. This regulation places significant responsibility on the sponsor of the clinical study including, but not limited to, choosing qualified investigators, monitoring the trial, submitting required reports, maintaining required records, and assuring investigators obtain informed consent, comply with the study protocol, control the disposition of the investigational device, submit required reports, etc.
Clinical trials of significant risk devices (e.g., implants, devices used in supporting or sustaining human life, devices of substantial importance in diagnosing, curing, mitigating or treating disease or otherwise preventing impairment of human health) require FDA and Institutional Review Board approval prior to starting the trial. FDA approval is obtained through submission of an Investigational Device Exemption application. Clinical trials of non-significant risk devices (i.e. devices that do not meet the regulatory definition of a significant risk device) only require Institutional Review Board approval before starting. The clinical trial sponsor is responsible for making the initial determination of whether a clinical study is significant risk or non-significant risk; however, a reviewing Institutional Review Board or the FDA may review this decision and disagree with the determination.
An Investigational Device Exemption application must be supported by appropriate data, such as performance data, animal and laboratory testing results, showing that it is safe to evaluate the device in humans and that the clinical study protocol is scientifically sound. There is no assurance that submission of an Investigational Device Exemption will result in the ability to commence clinical trials. Additionally, after a trial begins, FDA may place it on hold or terminate it if, among other reasons, it concludes that the clinical subjects are exposed to an unacceptable health risk.
As noted above, FDA may require a company to collect clinical data on a device in the postmarket setting. The collection of such data may be required as a condition of PMA approval. FDA also has the authority to order, via a letter, a postmarket surveillance study, in accordance with 21 CFR, Part 822, for
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certain devices at any time after they have been cleared or approved. We do not expect to launch clinical trials subject to the Investigational Device Exemption regulations for future products. Also, our products are not currently subject to any required postmarket surveillance studies.
After a device is entered into commerce in the U.S., regardless of its classification or premarket pathway, numerous additional FDA requirements generally apply. These include:
| Establishment registration and device listing requirements, in accordance with 21 CFR, Part 807; |
| Quality System Regulation requirements, which govern the methods used in, and the facilities and controls used for, the design, manufacture, packaging, labeling, storage, installation, and servicing of finished devices, in accordance with 21 CFR, Part 820; |
| Labeling requirements, which mandate the inclusion of certain content in device labels and labeling, and which also prohibit the promotion of products for uncleared or unapproved, i.e., off-label, uses; |
| Medical Device Reporting regulation, which requires that manufacturers and importers report to FDA if their device may have caused or contributed to a death or serious injury or malfunctioned in a way that would likely cause or contribute to a death or serious injury if it were to recur, in accordance with 21 CFR, Part 803; and |
| Reports of Corrections and Removals regulation, which requires that manufacturers and importers report to FDA recalls (i.e., corrections or removals) if undertaken to reduce a risk to health posed by the device or to remedy a violation of the FDCA that may present a risk to health; manufacturers and importers must keep records of recalls that they determine to be not reportable, in accordance with 21 CFR, Part 806. |
FDA enforces these requirements by inspection and market surveillance. Failure to comply with applicable regulatory requirements can result in enforcement action by FDA, which may include, but is not limited to, the following sanctions:
| Issuance of Form 483 observations during a facilities inspection; |
| Untitled letters or warning letters; |
| Fines, injunctions and civil penalties; |
| Consent Decree, which forces improvements in the quality management system through the use of the federal courts; |
| Recall or seizure of our products; |
| Operating restrictions, partial suspension or total shutdown of production; |
| Refusing our request for 510(k) clearance or premarket approval of new products; |
| Withdrawing 510(k) clearance or premarket approvals that are already granted; and |
| Criminal prosecution. |
We are subject to unannounced establishment inspections by FDA, as well as other regulatory agencies overseeing the implementation of and compliance with applicable state public health regulations. These inspections may include our suppliers facilities.
International sales of medical devices are subject to foreign government regulations, which vary substantially from country to country. In order to market our products in other countries, we must obtain regulatory approvals and comply with extensive safety and quality regulations in other countries. The time required to obtain approval by a foreign country may be longer or shorter than that required for FDA clearance or approval, and the requirements may differ. The European Union/European Economic Area, or EU/EEA, requires a CE conformity mark in order to market medical devices. Many other countries, such as
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Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, accept CE or FDA clearance or approval, although others, such as China, Brazil, Canada and Japan require separate regulatory filings.
In the EEA, our devices are required to comply with the essential requirements of the EU Medical Devices Directive (93/42/EEC). Compliance with these requirements entitles us to affix the CE marking of conformity to our medical devices, without which they cannot be commercialized in the EEA. To demonstrate compliance with the essential requirements and obtain the right to affix the CE marking of conformity we must undergo a conformity assessment procedure, which varies according to the type of medical device and its classification. Except for low risk medical devices (Class I), where the manufacturer can issue an EC Declaration of Conformity based on a self-assessment of the conformity of its products with the essential requirements of the Medical Devices Directive, a conformity assessment procedure requires the intervention of a Notified Body, which is an organization accredited by a Member State of the EEA to conduct conformity assessments. The Notified Body would typically audit and examine the quality system for the manufacture, design and final inspection of our devices before issuing a certification demonstrating compliance with the essential requirements. Based on this certification we can draw up an EC Declaration of Conformity which allows us to affix the CE mark to our products.
Further, the advertising and promotion of our products in the EEA is subject to the laws of individual EEA Member States implementing the EU Medical Devices Directive, Directive 2006/114/EC concerning misleading and comparative advertising, and Directive 2005/29/EC on unfair commercial practices, as well as other EEA Member State laws governing the advertising and promotion of medical devices. These laws may limit or restrict the advertising and promotion of our products to the general public and may impose limitations on our promotional activities with healthcare professionals.
Federal anti-kickback laws and regulations prohibit, among other things, persons from knowingly and willfully soliciting, receiving, offering or paying remuneration, directly or indirectly, in exchange for, or to induce either the referral of an individual, or the purchase, order or recommendation of, any good or service paid for under federal healthcare programs such as the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Possible sanctions for violation of these anti-kickback laws include monetary fines, civil and criminal penalties, exclusion from Medicare and Medicaid programs and forfeiture of amounts collected in violation of such prohibitions.
In addition, federal false claims laws prohibit any person from knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, a false claim for payment to the federal government, or knowingly making, or causing to be made, a false statement to get a false claim paid. Off-label promotion has been pursued as a violation of the federal false claims laws. Pursuant to FDA regulations, we can only market our products for cleared or approved uses. Although surgeons are permitted to use medical devices for indications other than those cleared or approved by FDA based on their medical judgment, we are prohibited from promoting products for such off-label uses. Additionally, the majority of states in which we market our products have similar anti-kickback, false claims, anti-fee splitting and self-referral laws, which may apply to items or services reimbursed by any third party payor, including commercial insurers, and violations may result in substantial civil and criminal penalties.
To enforce compliance with the federal laws, the U.S. Department of Justice, or DOJ, has increased its scrutiny of interactions between healthcare companies and healthcare providers which has led to an unprecedented level of investigations, prosecutions, convictions and settlements in the healthcare industry. Dealing with investigations can be time- and resource-consuming. Additionally, if a healthcare company settles an investigation with the DOJ or other law enforcement agencies, the company may be required to agree to additional compliance and reporting requirements as part of a consent decree or corporate integrity agreement.
The U.S. and foreign government regulators have increased regulation, enforcement, inspections and governmental investigations of the medical device industry, including increased U.S. government oversight and enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Whenever a governmental authority concludes that we are not in compliance with applicable laws or regulations, that authority can impose fines, delay or suspend regulatory clearances, institute proceedings to detain or seize our products, issue a recall, impose operating restrictions, enjoin future violations and assess civil penalties against us or our officers or employees and can
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recommend criminal prosecution. Moreover, governmental authorities can ban or request the recall, repair, replacement or refund of the cost of devices we distribute.
Additionally, the commercial compliance environment is continually evolving in the healthcare industry as some states, including California, Massachusetts and Vermont, mandate implementation of corporate compliance programs, along with the tracking and reporting of gifts, compensation and other remuneration to physicians. The Affordable Care Act also imposes reporting and disclosure requirements on device manufacturers for any transfer of value made or distributed to prescribers and other healthcare providers. Device manufacturers are also required to report and disclose any investment interests held by physicians and their family members during the preceding calendar year. Failure to submit required information may result in civil monetary penalties of up to an aggregate of $150,000 per year (and up to an aggregate of $1 million per year for knowing failures), for all payments, transfers of value or ownership or investment interests not reported in an annual submission. The shifting compliance environment and the need to build and maintain robust and expandable systems to comply in multiple jurisdictions with different compliance or reporting requirements increases the possibility that a healthcare company may run afoul of one or more of the requirements.
Healthcare fraud and abuse laws apply to our business when a customer submits a claim for an item or service that is reimbursed under Medicare, Medicaid or most other federally-funded healthcare programs. The federal Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits unlawful inducements for the referral of business reimbursable under federally-funded healthcare programs, such as remuneration provided to physicians to induce them to use certain tissue products or medical devices reimbursable by Medicare or Medicaid. The Anti-Kickback Statute is subject to evolving interpretations. For example, the government has enforced the Anti-Kickback Statute to reach large settlements with healthcare companies based on sham consultant arrangements with physicians. The majority of states also have anti-kickback laws which establish similar prohibitions that may apply to items or services reimbursed by any third party payor, including commercial insurers. Further, recently enacted amendments to the Affordable Care Act, among other things, amend the intent requirement of the federal anti-kickback and criminal healthcare fraud statutes. A person or entity no longer needs to have actual knowledge of this statute or specific intent to violate it. In addition, the Affordable Care Act provides that the government may assert that a claim including items or services resulting from a violation of the federal anti-kickback statute constitutes a false or fraudulent claim for purposes of the false claims statutes. If a governmental authority were to conclude that we are not in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, we and our officers and employees could be subject to severe criminal and civil penalties including, for example, exclusion from participation as a supplier of product to beneficiaries covered by Medicare or Medicaid.
In addition to the Anti-Kickback Statute, the federal physician self-referral statute, commonly known as the Stark Law, prohibits physicians who have a financial relationship with an entity, including an investment, ownership or compensation relationship, from referring Medicare patients for designated health services, which include clinical pathology services, unless an exception applies. Similarly, entities may not bill Medicare or any other party for services furnished pursuant to a prohibited referral. Many states have their own self-referral laws as well, which in some cases apply to all third party payors, not just Medicare and Medicaid. If a governmental authority were to conclude that we are not in compliance with the Stark Law or state self-referral laws and regulations, our pathology laboratory business could be subject to severe financial consequences, including the obligation to refund amounts billed to third party payors in violation of such laws, civil penalties and potentially also exclusion from participation in government healthcare programs like Medicare and Medicaid. The Stark Law often is enforced through lawsuits brought under the Federal False Claims Act, violations of which trigger significant monetary penalties and treble damages.
Additionally, the civil False Claims Act prohibits knowingly presenting or causing the presentation of a false, fictitious or fraudulent claim for payment to the U.S. government. Actions under the False Claims Act may be brought by the Attorney General or as a qui tam action by a private individual in the name of the government. Violations of the False Claims Act can result in very significant monetary penalties and treble damages. The federal government is using the False Claims Act, and the accompanying threat of significant liability, in its investigations of healthcare providers and suppliers throughout the country for a wide variety of
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Medicare billing practices, and has obtained multi-million and multi-billion dollar settlements in addition to individual criminal convictions. Given the significant size of actual and potential settlements, it is expected that the government will continue to devote substantial resources to investigating healthcare providers and suppliers compliance with the healthcare reimbursement rules and fraud and abuse laws.
The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009, or HITECH, and their respective implementing regulations, impose requirements on certain covered healthcare providers, health plans and healthcare clearinghouses, known as covered entities, as well as their business associates that perform services for them that involve individually identifiable health information. The HIPAA privacy and security regulations, including the expanded requirements under HITECH, establish comprehensive federal standards with respect to the use and disclosure of protected health information by covered entities and their business associates, in addition to setting standards to protect the confidentiality, integrity and security of protected health information.
We have implemented policies and procedures related to compliance with the HIPAA privacy and security regulations, as required by law. The privacy and security regulations establish a floor and do not supersede state laws that are more stringent. Therefore, we are required to comply with both federal privacy and security regulations and varying state privacy and security laws. In addition, for healthcare data transfers from other countries relating to citizens of those countries, we must comply with the laws of those other countries. The federal privacy regulations restrict our ability to use or disclose patient identifiable laboratory data, without patient authorization, for purposes other than payment, treatment or healthcare operations (as defined by HIPAA), except for disclosures for various public policy purposes and other permitted purposes outlined in the privacy regulations. HIPAA, as amended by HITECH, provides for significant fines and other penalties for wrongful use or disclosure of protected health information in violation of the privacy and security regulations, including potential civil and criminal fines and penalties. If we do not comply with existing or new laws and regulations related to protecting the privacy and security of health information, we could be subject to monetary fines, civil penalties or criminal sanctions. In addition, other federal and state laws that protect the privacy and security of patient information may be subject to enforcement and interpretations by various governmental authorities and courts resulting in complex compliance issues. For example, we could incur damages under state laws pursuant to an action brought by a private party for the wrongful use or disclosure of confidential health information or other private personal information. If we were to experience a breach of protected health information, we could be subject to significant adverse publicity in addition to possible enforcement sanctions and civil damages lawsuits. Finally, we may be required to incur additional costs related to ongoing HIPAA compliance as may be necessary to address evolving interpretations and enforcement of HIPAA and other health information privacy and security laws, the enactment of new laws or regulations, emerging cybersecurity threats and other factors.
As of December 31, 2015, we had 23 employees, all in the U.S. None of our employees is represented by a labor union or covered by a collective bargaining agreement. We consider our relationship with our employees to be good.
Our corporate headquarters and principal office is located in Boca Raton, Florida. Our corporate headquarters and principal office occupies approximately 4,500 square feet of leased space. The lease term expires in 2017. Our lease contains escalating rent clauses. Our rental expense in 2015 was approximately $98,000 and our estimated minimum rent in 2016 is approximately $101,000. We believe that our current facilities are suitable and adequate to meet our current needs and that suitable additional space will be available as and when needed on acceptable terms. Our manufacturing and service functions are physically located at our third party manufacturers facility. We are planning to review the feasibility of bringing certain manufacturing, service and research and development functions in-house, which may require the purchase or lease of a manufacturing facility. See Use of Proceeds.
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We are party to certain legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business. We assess, in conjunction with our legal counsel, the need to record a liability for litigation and related contingencies. We do not believe that any current legal proceedings are likely to have a material effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. Please see Note 6 to the Financial Statements.
We do not believe our business to be seasonal in nature.
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The following table sets forth the name, age, and position of the individuals who currently serve as executive officers and directors of Sensus Healthcare, Inc. as of March 1, 2016. The following also includes certain information regarding our directors and officers individual experience, qualifications, attributes and skills and brief statements of those aspects of our directors backgrounds that led us to conclude that they are qualified to serve as directors.
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Joseph C. Sardano | 63 | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman | ||
Kalman Fishman | 45 | Chief Technology Officer and Chief Operating Officer | ||
Arthur Levine | 58 | Chief Financial Officer | ||
Richard Golin | 62 | Executive Vice President of Sales, Oncology and International | ||
Stephen Cohen | 56 | Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Dermatology | ||
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John Heinrich | 68 | Director | ||
William McCall | 69 | Director | ||
Samuel ORear | 67 | Director |
Joseph C. Sardano . Mr. Sardano is a co-founder and has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since our inception in June 2010. From July 2008 to February 2009, Mr. Sardano served as Chief Commercial Officer of Xoft, Inc., an electronic brachytherapy medical device company. From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Sardano served as managing partner and healthcare consultant for Molecular Imaging Ventures. From May 2005 to November 2005, Mr. Sardano served as Vice President of Siemens Medical Systems. Mr. Sardano served from September 2002 to May 2005 as Sr. Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing of CTI Molecular Imaging and Pet Net Pharmaceuticals, a developer of imaging and isotope solutions for the healthcare industry which was acquired by and now operates as a subsidiary of Siemens Medical Solutions. From August 1998 to September 2002 Mr. Sardano served as Americas Sales Manager for Functional Imaging at GE Medical Systems. From July 1997 to August 1998, Mr. Sardano served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Elscint Inc., a developer and manufacturer of medical imaging solutions, including nuclear medicine, computed tomography magnetic resonance imaging and x-ray scanners, the imaging activities of which were sold to GE Medical Systems in 1999. From June 1991 to December 1995, Mr. Sardano served as Region Sales Manager of Toshiba America Medical Systems. Mr. Sardano has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, as well as several Business Certificates from McGill University, School of Management. Our board of directors believes that Mr. Sardanos breadth of experience with and leadership of the introduction and commercialization of new technologies and services within the healthcare industry qualifies him to serve as our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board.
Kalman Fishman . Mr. Fishman is a co-founder and has served as our Chief Technology Officer and Chief Operating Officer since our inception in June 2010. Prior to our inception, Mr. Fishman served as Vice President of Sales & Business Development for Rcadia Medical Imaging from August 2008 to September 2009, Vice President of Sales & Marketing of Positron Medical Systems from August 2007 to July 2008, Director of Strategic Outsourcing & Business Development from December 2006 to July 2007, and Director, Sales and Marketing at Siemens Medical Systems from September 2004 to December 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Fishman served as Global Product Manager and Six Sigma Black Belt from January 2000 to February 2004 at GE Medical Systems. Mr. Kalman holds an associates degree in computer science from the Ort Singalowski Technological Institute in Tel Aviv, Israel and also attended the Milwaukee School of Engineering.
Arthur Levine . Mr. Levine has served as our Chief Financial Officer since August 2014. Prior to joining us, Mr. Levine served as Chief Accounting Officer of Trade Street Residential, a publicly traded real estate investment trust, from June 2012 to June 2014. From April 2010 to May 2012, Mr. Levine served as
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Chief Financial Officer of IVAX Diagnostics, a publicly traded in vitro diagnostics company. Mr. Levine previously served in various finance roles at several technology companies and worked at Ernst & Young in the U.S. and abroad. He is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Richard Golin . Mr. Golin is a co-founder and has served as our Executive Vice President of Sales, Oncology and International, since our inception in June 2010. Prior to our inception, Mr. Golin served as Vice President of Sales, East, for Xoft, Inc. from August 2008 to August 2009, Regional Sales Manager for Biospace Med USA from August 2007 to August 2008, Director of Sales Skeletal Health for Hologlc, a developer, manufacturer and supplier of diagnostic and medical imaging systems related to womens health, from 2006 to 2007 and as Region Sales Manager at Siemens Medical Systems from 2005 to 2006. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Golin served as Region Vice President of Sales for CTI Molecular Imaging, a developer of imaging solutions for the healthcare industry which was acquired by and now operates as a subsidiary of Siemens Medical Solutions under the name Siemens Molecular Imaging. Mr. Golins other previous experience related to medical device sales and marketing includes having served as Region Sales Manager for Toshiba Medical Systems from 1992 to 2003 and as the Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Ausonics, a developer of ultrasonic technology from 1986 to 1989.
Stephen Cohen . Mr. Cohen is a co-founder and has served as our Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Dermatology, since our inception in June 2010. Prior to our inception, Mr. Cohen served as Regional Sales Manager for Xoft Inc., a medical device company that develops and commercializes miniaturized electronic brachytherapy (eBx) technology for radiation oncology applications, from October 2008 to June 2009. Prior to that, Mr. Cohens medical device sales and marketing experience includes having served as Regional Sales Manager for Diasonics, a developer and manufacturer of ultrasound and other medical imaging equipment, from 1985 to 1988, and from 1983 to 1985, as Regional Sales Manager for Technicare, a developer of CT, DR and MRI scanners and other medical imaging equipment that was acquired by Johnson and Johnson in 1986. Mr. Cohen has a bachelors degree from the University of Texas at Austin.
John Heinrich . Dr. Heinrich has served as director since February 2012. His experience over the past 25 years includes having served as Chief Executive Officer of PhoenixNMR, a provider of probes for solid state NMR, from November 2014 to present, Managing Partner of Kansas Analytical Services, a provider of analytical services, from April 2007 to present, Chief Executive Officer of Acuitas Medical Ltd., a developer of MRI software, from May 2006 to December 2010 and April 2013 to present, a partner in Revolution NMR LLC, a provider of components and accessories for solid state NMR from May 2004 to present, President and Chief Operating Officer of Meretek Diagnostics Inc., a developer and marketer of medical diagnostics, from July 2001 to July 2004; President and Chief Executive Officer of Otsuka Electronics USA Inc., a developer and marketer of medical and scientific equipment, from February 1994 to December 1999; President and Chief Operating Officer of Summit World Trade, a diversified group of healthcare and technology companies, from January 1991 to January 1994; and President and Chief Operating Officer of Technomed International USA Inc., a developer and marketer of therapeutic technology, from January 1988 to December 1990. Mr. Heinrich has a Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. Given Dr. Heinrichs substantial involvement in the development and management of a wide range of diagnostic imaging, therapeutic, medical diagnostic, and scientific instrument companies for more than 25 years, our board of directors believes that he is qualified to serve as a director.
William McCall . Mr. McCall has served as director since October 2015. Mr. McCall is currently Managing Director of Heritage Advisory Group, a financial advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. and has worked in such capacity since January 2014. Mr. McCall's also currently serves as Managing Partner of Investors Capital Alliance LLC (since June 2009), a consulting company; Chief Executive Officer of WMW Partners LLC (since March 2009), an SEC-registered investment adviser; member of Pandora Mineral Resources LLC (since June 2015), and Board member of Cherokee Farm Partners Inc. (since January 2015), an entity of the University of Tennessee Research Foundation. Mr. McCall has a B.S. in business administration and received a Chartered Wealth Advisor® designation from the Michigan State University Estate and Wealth Management Institute. Mr. McCall has a B.S. in business administration from the University of Tennessee and also earned his Chartered Wealth Advisor® designation through the Michigan
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State University Estate and Wealth Management Institute. In light of Mr. McCall's substantial experience as a financial advisor and portfolio manager for over 43 years, our board of directors believes that he is qualified to serve as a director.
Samuel ORear . Mr. ORear has served as director since February 2012. Mr. ORear is the founder of The Innovation Group, Inc., which provides commercialization services to healthcare companies. Since June 1990, Mr. ORear has been the CEO and Senior Partner of Total Innovation Group, Inc. and is currently an Investor/Principal/Board Member in several start-ups in the healthcare industry (Data Advantage Investor & Advisor to CEO, Remcare Investor, UP Labs Investor Advisor to BOD). From June 1, 1990 to June 1, 1991, Mr. ORear served as the Chief Operating Officer of Medical Imaging Centers of America. Before then, Mr. ORear worked for GE Healthcare, from October 1976 to June 1990 where he was promoted from sales management, financing/asset management, and marketing positions to Vice President, General Manager of X-Ray Business, and for Siemens Medical Systems Jan 1974 to October 1976, as sales representative. Mr. ORear also served as the clinician in the ancillary services of three hospitals, primarily in the UAB Health System during the years March 1970 to January 1974. Mr. ORear has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Alabama and attended the Marketing Development Program at Northwestern University. In light of Mr. ORears 40 years of experience in the healthcare industry as a clinician, a sales and marketing director, general manager, and as the owner or principal in several healthcare services businesses, our board of directors believes that he is qualified to serve as a director.
Our board of directors currently consists of four directors. Our board of directors has determined that each of our directors, other than Mr. Sardano, is an independent director as defined under the Nasdaq listing standards. Under our bylaws, the number of directors will be determined from time to time by our board of directors.
We have a classified board of directors, which consists of three classes of directors. At each annual meeting of stockholders, directors of one class are elected for a three-year term. The terms of the directors identified above will expire upon the election and qualification of successor directors at the annual meeting of stockholders in the calendar year in which their terms expire.
The director class assignments are as follows:
| Class I director (with a term expiring at the 2016 annual meeting) Mr. Heinrich; |
| Class II director (with a term expiring at the 2017 annual meeting) Mr. McCall; |
| Class III directors (with terms expiring at the 2018 annual meeting) Messrs. ORear and Sardano. |
Our audit committee currently consists of Messrs. ORear, Heinrich and McCall, with Mr. ORear serving as chairman. Our board of directors has affirmatively determined that each member of the audit committee meets the definition of independent director for purposes of the Nasdaq rules and the independence requirements of Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act. Mr. ORear qualifies as an audit committee financial expert under SEC rules.
Our audit committee is responsible for, among other matters:
| appointing, compensating, retaining, evaluating, terminating and overseeing our independent registered public accounting firm; |
| discussing with our independent registered public accounting firm their independence from management; |
| reviewing with our independent registered public accounting firm the scope and results of their audit; |
| approving all audit and permissible non-audit services to be performed by our independent registered public accounting firm; |
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| overseeing the financial reporting process and discussing with management and our independent registered public accounting firm the interim and annual financial statements that we file with the SEC; |
| reviewing and monitoring our accounting principles, accounting policies, financial and accounting controls and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; |
| establishing procedures for the confidential anonymous submission of concerns regarding questionable accounting, internal control or auditing matters; and |
| reviewing and approving related person transactions. |
Our board of directors adopted a new written charter for the audit committee, which will be available on our website.
Our compensation committee currently consists of Messrs. Heinrich and McCall, with Mr. Heinrich serving as chairman. Our board of directors has affirmatively determined that each member of the compensation committee meets the heightened definition of independent director for purposes of the rules applicable to members of the compensation committee, and the definition of non-employee director for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
The compensation committee is responsible for, among other matters:
| annually reviewing and approving our goals and objectives for executive compensation; |
| annually reviewing and approving for the chief executive officer and other executive officers (1) the annual base salary level, (2) the annual cash incentive opportunity level, (3) the long-term incentive opportunity level, and (4) any special or supplemental benefits or perquisites; |
| reviewing and approving employment agreements, severance arrangements and change of control agreements for the chief executive officer and other executive officers, as appropriate; |
| making recommendations and reports to the board of directors concerning matters of executive compensation; |
| reviewing compensation plans, programs and policies; |
| handling such other matters that are specifically delegated to the compensation committee by the board of directors from time to time. |
Our board of directors adopted a new written charter for the compensation committee, which will be available on our website.
None of our executive officers currently serve on the compensation committee or board of directors of any other company of which any member or proposed member of our compensation committee is an executive officer.
Our nominating and corporate governance committee consists of Messrs. Heinrich, McCall and ORear, with Mr. McCall serving as chairman. Our board of directors has affirmatively determined that each member of the nominating and corporate governance committee meets the definition of independent director for purposes of the Nasdaq rules.
The nominating and corporate governance committee will be responsible for, among other matters:
| identifying the requisite skills and characteristics to be found in individuals qualified to serve as members of the board of directors; |
| conducting inquiries into the background and qualifications of possible candidates; |
| recruiting of qualified candidates for membership on the board of directors; |
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| recommending for selection by the board of directors, (1) nominees to the board of directors and (2) committee members for each committee of the board of directors; |
| overseeing the corporate governance of the company; |
| evaluating the performance of the committee and its charter on an annual basis; |
| handling such other matters that are specifically delegated to the nominating and corporate governance committee by the board of directors from time to time. |
Our board of directors adopted a new written charter for the nominating and corporate governance committee, which will be available on our website.
One of the key functions of our board of directors is informed oversight of our risk management process. The board of directors does not have a standing risk management committee, but rather administers this oversight function directly through the board of directors as a whole, as well as through various standing committees of our board of directors that address risks inherent in their respective areas of oversight. In particular, our board of directors is responsible for monitoring and assessing strategic risk exposure and our audit committee has the responsibility to consider and discuss our major financial risk exposures and the steps our management has taken to monitor and control these exposures, including guidelines and policies to govern the process by which risk assessment and management is undertaken. The nominating and corporate governance committee monitors compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and the effectiveness of our corporate governance practices, including whether they are successful in preventing illegal or improper liability-creating conduct. Our nominating and corporate governance committee is also responsible for overseeing our risk management efforts generally, including the allocation of risk management functions among our board of directors and its committees. Our compensation committee assesses and monitors whether any of our compensation policies and programs has the potential to encourage excessive risk-taking. Our audit committee periodically reviews the general process for the oversight of risk management by our board of directors.
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This section provides an overview of our executive compensation program, including a narrative description of the material factors necessary to understand the information disclosed in the summary compensation table below. For 2015, our named executive officers, or NEOs, were:
| Joseph C. Sardano, who was our founder and has served as our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors, since our inception in 2010; |
| Kalman Fishman, who has served as our Chief Technology Officer since our inception in 2010; and |
| Arthur Levine, who has served as our Chief Financial Officer since 2014. |
The objective of our compensation program is to provide a total compensation package to each named executive officer that will enable us to attract, motivate and retain outstanding individuals, reward named executive officers for performance and align the financial interests of each named executive officer with the interests of our stockholders to encourage each named executive officer to contribute to our long-term performance and success.
The compensation program for our named executive officers consists of the following elements: base salary; performance-based discretionary cash bonus; equity-based incentive compensation; and severance and change-in-control benefits.
Our compensation committee, with input from the board, determines the compensation for our named executive officers. Upon completion of this offering, we will have an independent compensation committee that meets the enhanced independence standards applicable to compensation committees and that will be responsible for determining the compensation for our named executive officers and administering our equity compensation plans and awards.
We have entered into written employment agreements with each of our named executive officers. These agreements were negotiated on an arms-length basis and establish the key elements of compensation, as set forth below. The terms of the agreements with our named executive officers are described in further detail below.
We entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Sardano with an effective date of February 8, 2016. The initial base salary set forth in the agreement is $300,000, which may be increased from time to time (but never decreased) pursuant to the determination of our Compensation Committee. Under his employment agreement, Mr. Sardano will serve as our President and Chief Executive Officer. His agreement is for an initial term that ends December 31, 2020; however, the agreement provides for continuously renewing one-year periods thereafter unless either he or we provide written notice of the intent not to renew the agreement for a new term at least six months in advance of the end of the initial term or any one-year renewal term.
In addition to his salary, Mr. Sardano is entitled to participate in our incentive compensation programs. Mr. Sardano is entitled to an annual cash incentive bonus based on a plan established by our Compensation Committee. Mr. Sardanos target annual bonus must be at least $100,000, which may be increased from time to time (but never decreased) pursuant to the determination of our Compensation Committee. Mr. Sardano is also eligible to participate in and receive equity compensation or other long-term incentive compensation as may be granted by our Compensation Committee pursuant to a plan that the Compensation Committee may adopt from time to time. For Mr. Sardano, any annual cycle equity awards will be determined in discretion of our Compensation Committee; however, his agreement requires that the Compensation Committee base their decision on a basis at least as favorable as the basis for making grants to other senior executive officers of the company.
Mr. Sardano is entitled to certain severance benefits if his employment is terminated upon his death or Disability, change-in-control, without cause (as defined in the agreement) or if he resigns within 120 days
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after the occurrence of any of the following (Good Reason): (a) reduction by us of his base salary or target bonus; (b) material reduction, other than during any period of illness or incapacity, of his authority, responsibilities, or duties such that he no longer has the title of, or serves or functions as Chief Executive Officer, (c) failure of our Board of Directors to nominate him for election as a member of the board of directors or failure to be re-elected to our Board (other than due to legal or exchange requirements that would prohibit him from serving on our Board of Directors); (d) relocation of principal place of employment more than 50 miles from our current principal executive offices; (e) our failure to obtain the written assumption of our obligations under the employment agreement by a successor; (f) our failure to renew the employment agreement (not as a result of death, Disability, or for cause); or (g) any other material breach of his employment agreement by us, including termination of Mr. Sardano for any other reason that is not a for cause termination. For the severance benefits to which he may be entitled, please see the section entitled Severance benefits under employment agreements.
Mr. Sardano is entitled to participate in all of the employee benefit programs and perquisites generally available to our senior executive officers. The agreement contains customary business expense reimbursement, indemnification, confidentiality, non-compete and non-solicitation provisions.
Prior to entering into this employment agreement, we did not have a written agreement with Mr. Sardano. In 2015, we paid Mr. Sardano a base salary of $272,475 per year. Mr. Sardano was also eligible to receive discretionary cash bonuses in addition to his base salary and received a non-accountable car allowance of approximately $1,100 per month. Mr. Sardano was also eligible to participate in the employment benefit plans, programs and policies maintained by us from time to time.
We entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Fishman with an effective date of February 8, 2016. The initial base salary set forth in the agreement is $200,000, which may be increased from time to time (but never decreased) pursuant to the determination of our Compensation Committee. Under his employment agreement, Mr. Fishman will serve as our Chief Technology Officer and Chief Operating Officer. His agreement is for an initial term that ends December 31, 2020; however, the agreement provides for continuously renewing one-year periods thereafter unless either he or we provide written notice of the intent not to renew the agreement for a new term at least six months in advance of the end of the initial term or any one-year renewal term.
In addition to his salary, Mr. Fishman is entitled to participate in our incentive compensation programs. Mr. Fishman is entitled to an annual cash incentive bonus based on a plan established by our Compensation Committee. Mr. Fishmans target annual bonus must be at least $50,000, which may be increased from time to time (but never decreased) pursuant to the determination of our Compensation Committee. Mr. Fishman is also eligible to participate in and receive equity compensation or other long-term incentive compensation as may be granted by our Compensation Committee pursuant to a plan that the Compensation Committee may adopt from time to time.
Mr. Fishman is entitled to certain severance benefits if his employment is terminated upon his death or Disability, change-in-control, without cause (as defined in the agreement) or if he resigns within 120 days after the occurrence of any of the following (Good Reason): (a) reduction by us of his base salary or target bonus; (b) material reduction, other than during any period of illness or incapacity, of his authority, responsibilities, or duties such that he no longer has the title of, or serves or functions as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Operating Officer, (c) relocation of principal place of employment more than 50 miles from our current principal executive offices; (d) our failure to obtain the written assumption of our obligations under the employment agreement by a successor; (e) our failure to renew the employment agreement (not as a result of death, Disability, or for cause); or (f) any other material breach of his employment agreement by us, including termination of Mr. Fishman for any other reason that is not a for cause termination. For the severance benefits to which he may be entitled, please see the section entitled Severance benefits under employment agreements.
Mr. Fishman is entitled to participate in all of the employee benefit programs and perquisites generally available to our senior executive officers. The agreement contains customary business expense reimbursement, indemnification, confidentiality, non-compete and non-solicitation provisions.
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Prior to entering into this employment agreement, we did not have a written agreement with Mr. Fishman. In 2015, we paid Mr. Fishman a base salary of $189,000 per year. Mr. Fishman was also eligible to receive discretionary cash bonuses in addition to his base salary and received a non-accountable car allowance of approximately $1,100 per month. Mr. Fishman was also eligible to participate in the employment benefit plans, programs and policies maintained by us from time to time.
We entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Levine with an effective date of February 8, 2016. This agreement supersedes our original employment agreement with Mr. Levine, which was dated August 12, 2014. Under Mr. Levines new agreement, his initial base salary is $200,000, which may be increased from time to time (but never decreased) pursuant to the determination of our Compensation Committee. Under his employment agreement, Mr. Levine will serve as our Chief Financial Officer. His agreement is for an initial term that ends December 31, 2020; however, the agreement provides for continuously renewing one-year periods thereafter unless either he or we provide written notice of the intent not to renew the agreement for a new term at least six months in advance of the end of the initial term or any one-year renewal term.
In addition to his salary, Mr. Levine is entitled to participate in our incentive compensation programs. Mr. Levine is entitled to an annual cash incentive bonus based on a plan established by our Compensation Committee. Mr. Levines target annual bonus must be at least $50,000, which may be increased from time to time (but never decreased) pursuant to the determination of our Compensation Committee. Mr. Levine is also eligible to participate in and receive equity compensation or other long-term incentive compensation as may be granted by our Compensation Committee pursuant to a plan that the Compensation Committee may adopt from time to time.
Mr. Levine is entitled to certain severance benefits if his employment is terminated upon his death or Disability, change-in-control, without cause (as defined in the agreement) or if he resigns within 120 days after the occurrence of any of the following (Good Reason): (a) reduction by us of his base salary or target bonus; (b) material reduction, other than during any period of illness or incapacity, of his authority, responsibilities, or duties such that he no longer has the title of, or serves or functions as Chief Financial Officer, (c) relocation of principal place of employment more than 50 miles from our current principal executive offices; (d) our failure to obtain the written assumption of our obligations under the employment agreement by a successor; (e) our failure to renew the employment agreement (not as a result of death, Disability, or for cause); or (f) any other material breach of his employment agreement by us, including termination of Mr. Levine for any other reason that is not a for cause termination. For the severance benefits to which he may be entitled, please see the section entitled Severance benefits under employment agreements.
Mr. Levine is entitled to participate in all of the employee benefit programs and perquisites generally available to our senior executive officers. The agreement contains customary business expense reimbursement, indemnification, confidentiality, non-compete and non-solicitation provisions.
In 2015, we paid Mr. Levine a base salary of $160,000 per year pursuant to his now-superseded employment agreement, dated as of August 12, 2014. Under his prior employment agreement, Mr. Levine was also eligible to receive discretionary cash bonuses with a targeted payout of 20% of his base salary pursuant to the annual bonus plan determined and adopted by the board from time to time. Mr. Levine also received a non-accountable car allowance of approximately $1,100 per month and was eligible to participate in the employment benefit plans, programs and policies maintained by us from time to time.
We pay base salaries to attract, recruit and retain qualified employees. The base salaries of each of the named executive officers, pursuant to their respective employment agreements, is as follows: Mr. Sardano $300,000 Mr. Fishman $200,000; and Mr. Levine $200,000. Following the consummation of this offering, our compensation committee will review and set base salaries of our named executive officers annually consistent with their employment agreements.
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Our executive compensation program includes an annual performance-based discretionary cash bonus. Our board of directors approves the terms and conditions of these awards on an annual basis. We intend to continue an annual performance-based cash bonus program for the named executive officers.
Since 2013, we have granted options under our 2013 Option Plan. The option award agreements for all participants in the 2013 Option Plan are substantially similar. The awards provide for a five-year vesting period, with 100% of the options vesting on the fifth anniversary of the grant date. The plan also provides for accelerated vesting in the event of a change in control or termination of employment by us other than for cause and such termination occurs within 90 days prior to a change in control. Historically, we have not provided option awards to any of our named executive officers. For information about the equity awards held by the named executive officers at December 31, 2015, see Outstanding equity awards at Fiscal Year-End below.
In connection with the corporate conversion, outstanding options were converted into options to purchase our common stock at a one for one basis. Upon a change in control, which includes the closing of an initial public offering, all outstanding options will become immediately vested and will be automatically exercised pursuant to a cashless exercise feature, as set forth in our 2013 Option Plan.
In July 2015, we granted Mr. Levine 66,198 shares, equal to approximately one percent of the issued and outstanding units of the company, which shares will vest upon the expiration of contractual lock-ups following the occurrence of a Liquidity Event (as defined in his equity grant agreement), which will include the successful completion of this offering.
Immediately following the pricing of this offering, our Compensation Committee expects to grant an aggregate of $1.8 million in restricted stock awards, or 163,636 shares (based on $11.00 per share the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus), to certain of our officers and employees.
We offer health and welfare benefits and life insurance to our named executive officers on the same basis that these benefits are offered to our other eligible employees, except that we pay the employee contribution toward the cost of health insurance for our named executive officers and we provide our named executive officers the opportunity for an executive physical. We offer a 401(k) plan to all eligible employees. In addition, Messrs. Sardano, Fishman and Levine each receive a non-accountable monthly car allowance.
The following table sets forth information concerning the total compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to the named executive officers for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, calculated in accordance with SEC rules and regulations.
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Joseph C. Sardano
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2015 | 272,475 | 55,000 | 31,372 | 358,847 | |||||||||||||||
Kalman Fishman
Chief Technology Officer |
2015 | 189,000 | 57,800 | 32,560 | 279,360 | |||||||||||||||
Arthur Levine
Chief Financial Officer |
2015 | 160,000 | 48,000 | 36,672 | 244,672 |
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Mr. Fishman | 1,350 | 18,216 | 12,994 | |||||||||
Mr. Levine | 3,612 | 20,066 | 12,994 |
The following table sets forth information with respect to outstanding option awards and incentive stock awards for each of the named executive officers as of December 31, 2015.
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Arthur Levine | 7/30/15 | 66,198 | |
(1) | Represents a grant of 66,198 shares which shares will vest upon the expiration of contractual lock-ups in connection with this initial public offering in accordance with the terms of the award agreement. |
(2) | In accordance with U.S. GAAP, compensation costs for awards with performance conditions should be recorded in the Companys financial statements at the time that it is probable the performance condition is achieved, which is the closing of an initial public offering. As of December 31, 2015, the performance condition had not been probable and accordingly no compensation cost was recorded. |
Mr. Levines employment agreement provides that stock issued to Mr. Levine in connection with his employment shall vest upon his involuntary termination or upon the occurrence of a Liquidity Event (as defined in his equity grant agreement), which includes the closing of this initial public offering.
We have agreed to pay severance benefits to our named executive officers in the event of their termination by us under certain circumstances as follows:
In connection with a change in control. In the event of that the employment of Mr. Sardano, Mr. Fishman, or Mr. Levine terminates without cause or due to a resignation for good reason in connection with a change in control, the executive is entitled to receive any salary earned but unpaid prior to termination, any business expenses that were incurred but not reimbursed as of the date of termination, a separation allowance, payable in equal installments over a 12-month period, equal to two times the sum of (x) the executives then base salary and (y) the executives then target bonus, if termination occurs prior to the end of any fiscal year, a pro rata annual incentive bonus, the ability to participate (through COBRA or otherwise), on the same terms and conditions as in effect for the executive immediately prior to termination, in the medical, dental, disability, and life insurance programs until the earlier of (i) expiration of a 24-month period or (ii) such time the executive is covered by the benefits of a subsequent employer. In addition, all of the executives then-outstanding equity awards, if any, shall vest in full immediately upon termination.
Termination without cause or resignation for good reason, In the event of that the employment of Mr. Sardano, Mr. Fishman, or Mr. Levine terminates without cause or due to a resignation for good reason (other than in connection with a change in control), the executive is entitled to receive any salary earned but unpaid prior to termination, any business expenses that were incurred but not reimbursed as of the date of termination, a separation allowance, payable in equal installments over a 12-month period, equal to one times the sum of (x) the executives then base salary and (y) the executives then target bonus, if termination occurs prior to the end of any fiscal year, a pro rata annual incentive bonus, the ability to participate (through
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COBRA or otherwise), on the same terms and conditions as in effect for the executive immediately prior to termination, in the medical, dental, disability, and life insurance programs until the earlier of (i) expiration of a 12-month period or (ii) such time the executive is covered by the benefits of a subsequent employer. In addition, all of the executives then-outstanding equity awards, if any, shall vest in full immediately upon termination.
Termination due to death or disability. In the event of that the employment of Mr. Sardano, Mr. Fishman, or Mr. Levine terminates due to death or Disability, the executive is entitled to receive any salary earned but unpaid prior to termination, any business expenses that were incurred but not reimbursed as of the date of termination, any earned benefits to which executive was entitled as of the date of termination pursuant to the terms of any compensation or benefit plans to the extent permitted by such plans, any annual incentive bonuses earned but not yet paid for any completed full fiscal year immediately preceding the date of termination, and, if termination occurs prior to the end of any fiscal year, a pro rata annual incentive bonus.
For voluntary resignation without good reason. In the event that any of Mr. Sardano, Mr. Fishman, or Mr. Levine voluntarily terminates his employment for any reason other than good reason, no further payments are due, except that the executive will be entitled to any salary earned but unpaid prior to termination, any benefits accrued prior to termination and any business expenses that were incurred but not reimbursed as of the date of termination.
Termination for Cause . In the event that we terminate Mr. Sardano, Mr. Fishman, or Mr. Levine for cause, no further payments are due, except that the executive will be entitled to any salary earned but unpaid prior to termination and any business expenses that were incurred but not reimbursed as of the date of termination.
Pursuant to our 2013 Option Plan, (i) options shall fully vest as of the time of a Change in Control (as such term is defined in our 2013 Option Plan) if the participant is, and has been, continuously employed by or providing services to the company as of such time; (ii) options shall fully vest and be deemed outstanding as of the time of a Change in Control if the participant is, and has been, continuously employed by or providing services to the company as of the date that is within 90 days prior to a Change in Control and the participants employment and any other service with the company was terminated by the company without cause.
In October 2013, we adopted the Sensus Healthcare, LLC 2013 Option Plan to provide a means to attract, retain and motivate our directors, employees and consultants upon whose judgment, initiative and efforts our continued success, growth and development are dependent.
The plan provides for the grant of options to employees, directors and consultants. The plan is administered by the compensation committee of our board of directors. The maximum number of shares that may be granted under the plan is equal to 1% of our outstanding shares from time to time. The compensation committee has the discretion to grant option awards and set the vesting terms for awards, provided that the exercise price for such option awards may not be less than fair market value.
Except as otherwise provided in the applicable award agreement, in the event of termination of a participants employment and other services, the participants unvested options will expire, unless the termination occurs within 90 days prior to a change in control and other conditions are met, in which case the options will vest as of the date of the Change in Control. In the event of any termination (including termination due to death or disability) other than termination by us without cause: (i) all of the participants options (vested or unvested) will expire; and (ii) any option interests acquired by the participant through option exercise that took place within thirty (30) days immediately preceding the date of such termination of employment and services, will be forfeited to us and the exercise price paid by the participant (other than the exercise price paid by virtue of our withholding option interests) will be returned to the participant. Our board of directors expects to terminate the 2013 Option Plan prior to the closing of this offering.
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In February 2016, we adopted the Sensus Healthcare, Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the 2016 Plan). A summary of the material terms of the 2016 Plan is set forth below.
Pursuant to the 2016 Plan, our directors, officers and other key employees who have been selected as participants are eligible to receive awards of various forms of equity-based incentive compensation, including incentive and nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, performance shares and phantom stock, and awards consisting of combinations of such incentives. The 2016 Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. Under the 2016 Plan, the Compensation Committee has the authority to establish, adopt, revise or rescind such rules and regulations and to make all such determinations relating to the 2016 Plan as it may deem necessary or advisable for the administration of the 2016 Plan.
Subject to the provisions of the 2016 Plan, the Compensation Committee has sole discretionary authority to interpret the 2016 Plan and to determine the type of awards to grant, when, if, and to whom awards are granted, the number of shares covered by each award and the terms and conditions of the award. The term of the 2016 Plan is 10 years from the effective date, after which no further securities may be granted thereunder.
Options granted under the 2016 Plan may be incentive stock options, within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or nonqualified stock options. The exercise price of the incentive options is the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant. The exercise price of the nonqualified options is determined by the Compensation Committee when the options are granted, subject to a minimum price of the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant. In the discretion of the Compensation Committee, the option exercise price may be paid in cash or in shares of stock or other property having a fair market value on the date of exercise equal to the option exercise price, or by delivering to us a copy of irrevocable instructions to a stockbroker to deliver promptly to us an amount of sale or loan proceeds sufficient to pay the exercise price.
A stock appreciation right granted under the 2016 Plan option, will entitle its holder to be paid an amount equal to the fair market value of our common stock subject to the stock appreciation right as of an appreciation date selected by the holder of the stock appreciation right, less the exercise price of the related stock option, if any, or such other price as the Compensation Committee may determine at the time of the grant of the stock appreciation right (which may not be less than the fair market value of one share of our common stock on the date of grant).
Restricted stock will be issued to the recipient at the time the award is granted, but will be subject to forfeiture to the extent set forth in the applicable restricted stock award agreement.
A performance share or phantom stock award will provide for the future payment of cash or the issuance of shares of common stock to the participant if continued employment or other performance objectives established by the Compensation Committee at the time of grant are attained. Performance share awards will be payable in common stock based on the fair market value of such shares on the valuation date, provided, however, that the Compensation Committee may, at its discretion, vary such form of payment in whole or partial consideration of the performance share upon the specific request of a participant, which form may include cash.
We have limited the aggregate number of shares of common stock to be awarded under the 2016 Plan to 250,000 shares and no more than 250,000 shares of common stock in the aggregate may be granted in connection with incentive stock options. In addition, unless the Compensation Committee specifically determines otherwise, the maximum number of shares available under the 2016 Plan and the awards granted under the 2016 Plan will be subject to appropriate adjustment in the case of any stock dividends, stock splits, recapitalizations, reorganizations, mergers, consolidations, exchanges or other changes in capitalization affecting our common stock. Any shares granted in connection with options and stock appreciation rights shall be counted against this limit as one share for every one share allotted in connection with the awarded option or stock appreciation right. Any shares granted
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in connection with awards other than options and stock appreciation rights shall be counted against this limit as two shares for every one share granted in connection with such award or by which the award is valued by reference.
All options, restricted stock, or stock appreciation rights granted to executive officers that are subject to vesting solely based on such executive officers continuing as employees may not vest in full or be issued earlier than the three-year anniversary of the grant date (except if accelerated pursuant to (i) a change in control, (ii) the death of the holder, (iii) the disability of the holder, or (iv) the holders termination of employment without cause). All restricted stock grants to executive officers that are subject to vesting or issuance based in whole or in part on performance conditions or the level of achievement versus performance goals will be evaluated over an award period of not less than one year.
The 2016 Plan permits the Compensation Committee to amend, terminate, or modify the 2016 Plan from time to time, provided that, without shareholder approval, the Compensation Committee may not, among other things, materially increase the number of shares available for issuance under the 2016 Plan, reprice outstanding options or stock appreciation rights, expand the types of awards available under the 2016 Plan, materially expand the class of participants eligible to participate under the 2016 Plan or otherwise materially increase benefits to any participants.
To the extent that shares of common stock subject to an award are not issued or delivered by reason of (i) the expiration, termination, cancellation, or forfeiture of such award or (ii) the settlement of such award in cash rather than the issuance of shares of common stock, then such shares of common stock shall again be available under the 2016 Plan, provided, however, that such shares will not again be available if such shares are (x) shares that were subject to a stock-settled stock appreciation right and were not issued or delivered upon the net settlement of such stock appreciation right, (y) shares delivered to, or withheld by, us to pay the exercise price or the withholding taxes related to an outstanding award, or (z) shares repurchased by us on the open market with the proceeds of an option exercise.
To comply with applicable law (including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) and any risk management requirements or policies adopted by us, the Compensation Committee retains the right to decrease or terminate any awards or payments under the 2016 Plan. Furthermore, any and all amounts paid or payable under the 2016 Plan will be subject to clawback, forfeiture, and reductions to the extent necessary to comply with applicable law, as determined by the Compensation Committee.
In the event of a Change in Control, all awards of options, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock and restricted stock will become fully exercisable or vested, as applicable, subject to certain limitations. The exercise of incentive stock options following a change in control will be subject to a $100,000 limitation under the 2016 Plan or any other similar plan of the Company. Change in Control means, unless the Committee otherwise directs by resolution adopted prior thereto, the occurrence of any of the following after the effective date of the 2016 Plan: (a) the date any person is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the combined voting power of our then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors; (b) the date when individuals who, at the beginning of any two-year period during the duration of the 2016 Plan, constitute the Board of Directors, plus new directors whose election or nomination for election by our shareholders is approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors still in office who were directors at the beginning of such two-year period, cease for any reason during such two-year period to constitute at least a majority of the members of our Board of Directors; (c) the date a reorganization, merger or consolidation of us with any other corporation or entity is consummated regardless of which entity is the survivor, other than a merger, share exchange or consolidation which would result in our voting securities outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or being converted into voting securities of the surviving or acquiring entity) at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of us or such surviving or acquiring entity
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outstanding immediately after such merger, share exchange or consolidation; (d) the date our stockholders approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of us; or (e) the date a sale or disposition by us of all or substantially all of our assets is consummated.
In 2015, we did not pay any cash fees or grant any equity or equity-based awards to our directors in connection with their service on our board of directors. We anticipate adopting a compensation program for non-employee directors following the closing of our initial public offering.
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The following table sets forth information as of March 1, 2016 regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock, giving effect to our conversion from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware corporation, by:
| each person or group known by us to beneficially owns more than 5% of our outstanding shares of common stock; |
| each of our named executive officers; |
| each of our directors; and |
| all of our current executive officers and directors as a group. |
Beneficial ownership for the purposes of the following table is determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. These rules generally provide that a person is the beneficial owner of securities if such person has or shares the power to vote or direct the voting of securities, or to dispose or direct the disposition of securities or has the right to acquire such powers within 60 days. For purposes of calculating each persons percentage ownership, common stock issuable pursuant to options exercisable within 60 days are included as outstanding and beneficially owned for that person or group, but are not deemed outstanding for the purposes of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. Except as disclosed in the footnotes to this table and subject to applicable community property laws, we believe that each beneficial owner identified in the table possesses sole voting and investment power over all common stock shown as beneficially owned by the beneficial owner.
The percentage of beneficial ownership is based on 42,852 shares of common stock outstanding prior to this offering after giving effect to our conversion from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware corporation, shares of common stock to be outstanding after the completion of this offering, assuming no exercise of the underwriters option to purchase additional shares of our common stock and shares of common stock to be outstanding after the completion of this offering, assuming exercise of the underwriters option to purchase additional shares of our common stock in full.
The address for each beneficial owner is c/o Sensus Healthcare, Inc., 851 Broken Sound Pkwy. NW #215, Boca Raton, Florida 33487.
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Richard Golin | 4,109.65 | 9.6 | % | 625,407 | 7.3 | % | 625,407 | 7.1 | % | |||||||||||||||
Stephen Cohen | 4,109.65 | 9.6 | % | 625,407 | 7.3 | % | 625,407 | 7.1 | % | |||||||||||||||
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Joseph C. Sardano | 6,789.29 | 15.8 | % | 1,033,194 | 12.0 | % | 1,033,194 | 11.7 | % | |||||||||||||||
Kalman Fishman | 4,109.65 | 9.6 | % | 625,407 | 7.3 | % | 625,407 | 7.1 | % | |||||||||||||||
Arthur Levine | 435.00 | 1.0 | % | 66,198 | 1.0 | % | 66,198 | * | ||||||||||||||||
John Heinrich | 123.75 | * | 18,832 | * | 18,832 | * | ||||||||||||||||||
William McCall (2) | 2,250.00 | 5.0 | % | 342,405 | 3.8 | % | 342,405 | 3.7 | % | |||||||||||||||
Samuel ORear | 551.08 | 1.3 | % | 83,863 | 1.0 | % | 83,863 | * | ||||||||||||||||
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22,478.07 | 49.8 | % | 3,420,713 | 38.3 | % | 3,420,713 | 37.2 | % |
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(1) | Assumes that each stockholder entitled to receive a Dividend Payment in connection with our corporate conversion elects to receive such Dividend Payment in the form of our common stock. See Corporate Conversion. |
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Includes 2,250 shares issuable upon exercise of warrants held by Investors Capital Alliance, LLC, for which Mr. McCall serves as managing partner and over which Mr. McCall has voting and dispositive authority.
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Prior to the completion of this offering, we expect to adopt a written policy on transactions with related persons. Under SEC rules, a related person is an officer, director, nominee for director or beneficial owner of more than 5% of any class of our voting securities (our 5% Security Holders) or an immediate family member of any of the foregoing. Pursuant to our related party transaction written policy and our code of ethics and business conduct, directors (including director nominees), executive officers and employees will be required to report any transactions or circumstances that may create or appear to create a conflict between the personal interests of the individual and our interests, regardless of the amount involved.
The audit committee of the board of directors is responsible for evaluating each related party transaction and making a determination as to whether the transaction at issue is fair, reasonable and within our policy and whether it should be ratified and approved. In the course of its review and approval of related party transactions, our audit committee will consider the relevant facts and circumstances to decide whether to approve such transactions. Our audit committee will approve only those transactions that it determines are in our best interest. In particular, our policy on related party transactions will require our audit committee to consider, among other factors it deems appropriate:
| whether the related party transaction is on terms no less favorable than terms generally available to an unaffiliated third party under the same or similar circumstances; and |
| the extent of the related partys interest in the transaction. |
Pursuant to our policy on related party transactions, our audit committee will identify the following categories of transactions as deemed to be preapproved by the audit committee, even if the aggregate amount involved exceeds the lesser of (i) $120,000 or (ii) one percent of the Companys average assets as of the last day of the Companys two most recent fiscal years:
| our employment of any executive officer or compensation paid by us to any executive officer if, among other conditions, our compensation committee approved (or recommended that our board of directors approve) such compensation; |
| any compensation paid to a director if the compensation is required to be reported in our proxy statement under Item 402 of the SECs compensation disclosure requirements; |
| any transaction with another company at which a related persons only relationship is as an employee (other than an executive officer), director or beneficial owner of less than 10% of that companys shares, if the aggregate amount involved does not exceed the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of the Companys total assets at year-end for the last two completed fiscal years; |
| any charitable contribution, grant or endowment made by us to a charitable organization, foundation or university at which a related persons only relationship is as an employee (other than an executive officer) or a director, if the aggregate amount involved does not exceed the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of the Companys total assets at year-end for the last two completed fiscal years; |
| any transaction where the related persons interest arises solely from the ownership of our common stock and all holders of our common stock received the same benefit on a pro rata basis; and |
| any transaction involving a related person where the rates or charges involved are determined by competitive bids. |
In addition, our code of business conduct and ethics requires that each of our employees and directors inform our corporate counsel or the audit committee of any material transaction or relationship that comes to their attention that could reasonably be expected to create a conflict of interest. Further, at least annually, each director and executive officer will complete a detailed questionnaire that asks questions about any business relationship that may give rise to a conflict of interest and all transactions in which we are involved and in which the executive officer, a director or a related person has a direct or indirect material interest.
Other than compensation agreements and other arrangements which are described under Executive and Director Compensation and the transactions described below, since January 1, 2013, there has not been, and there is not currently proposed, any transaction or series of similar transactions to which we were or will be a
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party in which the amount involved exceeded or will exceed $82,894 (our current threshold for reporting related party transactions) and in which any related person had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.
James Sardano, the brother of our President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph C. Sardano, is currently employed as a member of our sales team and received compensation in the amount of $120,080 and $180,577 during 2014 and 2013, respectively.
On January 1, 2016, we converted from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware corporation under the name Sensus Healthcare, Inc. Existing holders, including our 5% Security Holders, executive officers and directors, of (1) units and (2) options and warrants to purchase units, received the number of shares of common stock or the number of options described in this prospectus as a result of the corporate conversion. The existing securities held by our officers, directors, nominees for director and 5% Security Holders, executive officers and directors will be converted on the same basis as all other holders of such securities. See Corporate Conversion and Principal Stockholders for additional information.
As permitted by Delaware law, we adopted provisions in our certificate of incorporation, which will be effective as of the closing date of this offering, that limit or eliminate the personal liability of our directors. Our certificate of incorporation limits the liability of directors to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law. Delaware law provides that directors of a corporation will not be personally liable for monetary damages for breaches of their fiduciary duties as directors, except liability for:
| any breach of the directors duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders; |
| any act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; |
| any unlawful payments related to dividends or unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions; or |
| any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. |
These limitations do not apply to liabilities arising under federal securities laws and do not affect the availability of equitable remedies, including injunctive relief or rescission. If Delaware law is amended to authorize the further elimination or limiting of a director, then the liability of our directors will be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law as so amended.
As permitted by Delaware law, our certificate of incorporation or bylaws, as applicable, that will be effective as of the closing date of this offering also provide that:
| we will indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law; and |
| we will advance expenses to our directors and officers in connection with legal proceedings in connection with a legal proceeding for which indemnification is required. |
Pursuant to Delaware law, we may, by action of our board of directors, also indemnify our other employees and other agents to the same extent that we may indemnify our officers and directors.
We anticipate entering into indemnification agreements with our directors and officers to provide such officers and directors with additional contractual assurances regarding the scope of their indemnification. We expect that each of these indemnification agreements will provide that we will indemnify the director or officer to the fullest extent permitted by law for claims arising in his capacity as a director or officer, provided that he acted in good faith and in a manner that he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. We expect that each of these indemnification agreements will provide that in the event that we do not assume the defense of a claim against a director or officer, we will be required to advance his expenses in
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connection with his defense, provided that he undertakes to repay all amounts advanced if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by us.
We also intend to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer against any loss arising from any claim asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, subject to certain exclusions.
We believe that these provisions and agreements are necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as directors and officers. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling our company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we understand that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
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The following description summarizes important terms of our capital stock. For a complete description, you should refer to our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, copies of which have been filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, as well as the relevant portions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or the DGCL.
General . Our certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of up to 50,000,000 shares of our common stock, and there were 42,852 shares of our common stock outstanding following our corporate conversion on January 1, 2016. Prior to the commencement of this offering, we expect to effect a 152.18-for-one forward stock split after which 6,521,217 shares of our common stock will be outstanding. Following this offering, 8,612,126 shares of common stock will be outstanding, assuming the underwriters fully exercise their over-allotment option.
Voting rights . The holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders, including the election of directors, and will not have cumulative voting rights. Unless otherwise required by law, matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders require the approval of a majority of votes cast by stockholders represented in person or by proxy and entitled to vote on such matter, except that (1) the affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the total voting power of the shares of the then-outstanding common stock is required to remove directors for cause, approve a change of control transaction, amend any provision of the bylaws, or amend certain provisions of the certificate of incorporation; and (2) if the number of nominees for director exceeds the number of directors to be elected, directors will be elected by a plurality of the votes cast. Accordingly, the holders of a majority of the shares of common stock entitled to vote in any election of directors will be able to elect all of the directors standing for election, if they so choose.
Dividend rights . Holders of common stock will be entitled to receive ratably dividends if, as and when dividends are declared from time to time by our board of directors out of funds legally available for that purpose, subject to any preferential dividend rights of any then outstanding preferred stock.
Other matters . Upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in the net assets legally available for distribution to stockholders after the payment of all of our debts and other liabilities, subject to any liquidation preference granted to holders of any outstanding preferred stock. Holders of common stock will have no preemptive or conversion rights or other subscription rights, and no redemption or sinking fund provisions will be applicable to our common stock. All outstanding shares of common stock are, and the shares of common stock to be outstanding upon completion of this offering will be, fully paid and nonassessable.
As of January 1, 2016, no shares of preferred stock were outstanding. Our certificate of incorporation permits our board of directors to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock from time to time in one or more classes or series. The board also may fix the relative rights and preferences of those shares, including dividend rights, conversion rights, voting rights, redemption rights, terms of sinking funds, liquidation preferences, the number of shares constituting any class or series and the designation of the class or series. Terms selected by our board of directors in the future could decrease the amount of earnings and assets available for distribution to holders of common stock or adversely affect the rights and powers, including voting rights, of the holders of common stock without any further vote or action by the stockholders. As a result, the rights of holders of our common stock will be subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of any preferred stock that may be issued by us in the future, which could have the effect of decreasing the market price of our common stock.
The provisions of the DGCL and our certificate of incorporation and bylaws could have the effect of discouraging others from attempting an unsolicited offer to acquire our company. Such provisions may also have the effect of preventing changes in our management. It is possible that these provisions could make it more difficult to accomplish transactions that stockholders may otherwise deem to be in their best interests.
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Election and removal of directors . Our board of directors is divided into three classes with initial terms ending at our annual meetings of stockholders in 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively. Following their initial terms, each class of directors will be elected for a three-year term. Our directors may be removed only by the affirmative vote of at least 75% of our then outstanding common stock and only for cause. For more information on the terms of our directors, see the section entitled Management Board of directors and committees. This system of electing and removing directors generally makes it more difficult for stockholders to replace a majority of our directors.
Authorized but unissued shares. The authorized but unissued shares of our common stock and our preferred stock will be available for future issuance without any further vote or action by our stockholders. These additional shares may be utilized for a variety of corporate purposes, including future public offerings to raise additional capital, corporate acquisitions and employee benefit plans. The existence of authorized but unissued shares of our common stock and our preferred stock could render more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control over us by means of a proxy contest, changes in our management, tender offer, merger or otherwise.
Stockholder action; advance notification of stockholder nominations and proposals. Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws require that any action required or permitted to be taken by our stockholders must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders and may not be effected by written consent. Our certificate of incorporation also requires that special meetings of stockholders be called only by a majority of our board of directors. In addition, our bylaws provide that candidates for director may be nominated and other business brought before an annual meeting only by the board of directors or by a stockholder who gives written notice to us no later than 90 days prior to nor earlier than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the last annual meeting of stockholders. These provisions may have the effect of deterring unsolicited offers to acquire our company or delaying changes in our management, which could depress the market price of our common stock.
Amendment of certain provisions in our organizational documents . The amendment of any of the above provisions would require approval by holders of at least 75% of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of the capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.
No cumulative voting . The DGCL provides that stockholders are not entitled to the right to cumulate votes in the election of directors unless our certificate of incorporation provides otherwise.
Delaware anti-takeover law. Section 203 of the DGCL, an anti-takeover law, applies to us. In general, Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a business combination with an interested stockholder for a period of three years following the date the person became an interested stockholder, unless the business combination or the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder is approved in a prescribed manner. Generally, a business combination includes a merger, asset or stock sale, or other transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder. Generally, an interested stockholder is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, owns or, within three years prior to the determination of interested stockholder status, did own, 15% or more of a corporations voting stock.
Our certificate of incorporation provides that no director will be personally liable for monetary damages for breach of any fiduciary duty as a director, except with respect to liability:
| for any breach of the directors duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders; |
| for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; |
| under Section 174 of the DGCL (governing distributions to stockholders); or |
| for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. |
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If the DGCL is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of our directors will be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended. The modification or repeal of this provision of our certificate of incorporation will not adversely affect any right or protection of a director existing at the time of such modification or repeal.
Our certificate of incorporation will provide that we will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify our directors and officers against all liabilities and expenses in any suit or proceeding or arising out of their status as an officer or director or their activities in these capacities. We will also indemnify any director or officer who, at our request, is or was serving as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of another corporation or of a partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. We may, by action of our board of directors, provide indemnification to our employees and agents within the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers.
We have applied to list our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol SRTS.
The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock will be American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC.
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Based upon the number of shares outstanding as of January 1, 2016, and after giving effect to the proposed 152.18-for-one forward stock split, we will have 8,612,126 shares of common stock outstanding upon the closing of this offering, assuming the underwriters fully exercise their over-allotment option. All the shares of our common stock sold in this offering are freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act, except for any such shares which may be held or acquired by our affiliates, as that term is defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, which shares will be subject to the volume limitations and other restrictions of Rule 144 described below. The remaining shares of common stock will be restricted securities, as that term is defined in Rule 144. These restricted securities will be eligible for public sale only if they are registered under the Securities Act, or if they qualify for an exemption from registration, for example, under Rule 144.
In general, under Rule 144 as in effect on the date of this prospectus, a person who is not one of our affiliates at any time during the three months preceding a sale, and who has beneficially owned shares of our common stock for at least six months, would be entitled to sell an unlimited number of shares of our common stock provided current public information about us is available and, after owning such shares for at least one year, would be entitled to sell an unlimited number of shares of our common stock without restriction. Our affiliates who have beneficially owned restricted securities within the meaning of Rule 144 for at least six months would be entitled to sell within any three-month period a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of:
| 1% of the number of shares of our common stock then outstanding; or |
| the average weekly trading volume of our common stock on the during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of a notice on Form 144 with respect to the sale. |
Sales under Rule 144 by our affiliates are also subject to manner of sale provisions and notice requirements and to the availability of current public information about us.
Rule 701 generally allows a member who acquired shares of our common stock pursuant to a written compensatory plan or contract and who is not deemed to have been an affiliate of our company during the immediately preceding 90 days to sell these shares in reliance upon Rule 144, but without being required to comply with the public information, holding period, volume limitation or notice provisions of Rule 144. Rule 701 also permits affiliates of our company to sell their Rule 701 shares under Rule 144 without complying with the holding period requirements of Rule 144. All holders of Rule 701 shares, however, are required by that rule to wait until 90 days after the date of this prospectus before selling those shares pursuant to Rule 701.
Following the date of this prospectus, we may file one or more registration statements on Form S-8 under the Securities Act to register the issuance of up to shares of common stock under our stock plans. These registration statements will become effective upon filing. All of the shares issued or to be issued upon the exercise of stock options or settlement of other awards under our stock plans are or will be eligible for resale in the public market without restrictions, subject to Rule 144 limitations applicable to affiliates and the lock-up agreements described below.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, we and substantially all of the holders of our equity prior to this offering have agreed with the underwriters, subject to limited exceptions, not to dispose of or hedge any of their common stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of common stock during the 180-day lock-up period after the date of this prospectus without the prior written consent of the underwriters. For an additional description of the lock-up agreements, please refer to the section entitled Underwriting Lock-Up Agreements.
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The following is a summary of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of our common stock to a non-U.S. holder that purchases shares of our common stock in this offering. For purposes of this summary, a non-U.S. holder means a beneficial owner of our common stock that is not a U.S. person or a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. A U.S. person is any of the following:
| an individual citizen or resident of the U.S.; |
| a corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized under the laws of the U.S., any state thereof or the District of Columbia; |
| an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income tax regardless of its source; or |
| a trust (1) whose administration is subject to the primary supervision of a U.S. court and which has one or more U.S. persons who have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or (2) that has a valid election in effect under applicable Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person for U.S. federal income tax purposes. |
In the case of a holder that is classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the tax treatment of a partner in such partnership generally will depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. If you are a partner in a partnership holding our common stock, then you should consult your own tax advisor.
This summary is based upon the provisions of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, which we refer to as the Code, the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder and administrative and judicial interpretations thereof, all as of the date hereof. Those authorities may be changed, perhaps retroactively, so as to result in U.S. federal income tax consequences different from those summarized below. We cannot assure you that a change in law, possibly with retroactive application, will not alter significantly the tax consequences described in this summary. We have not sought and do not plan to seek any ruling from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, which we refer to as the IRS, with respect to the statements and conclusions set forth in the following summary, and there can be no assurance that the IRS or a court will agree with such statements and conclusions.
This summary does not address all aspects of U.S. federal income taxes that may be relevant to non-U.S. holders in light of their personal circumstances, and does not deal with federal taxes other than the U.S. federal income tax, or with state, local or non-U.S. tax considerations. Special rules, not discussed here, may apply to certain non-U.S. holders, including (without limitation):
| U.S. expatriates; |
| controlled foreign corporations; |
| passive foreign investment companies; and |
| pass-through entities (or investors in such entities) that are subject to special treatment under the Code. |
Such non-U.S. holders should consult their own tax advisors to determine the U.S. federal, state, local and other tax consequences that may be relevant to them.
This summary applies only to a non-U.S. holder that holds our common stock as a capital asset (within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code).
If you are considering the purchase of our common stock, you should consult your own tax advisor concerning the particular U.S. federal income tax consequences to you of the purchase, ownership and disposition of our common stock, as well as the consequences to you arising under U.S. tax laws other than the federal income tax laws or under the laws of any other taxing jurisdiction.
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As discussed under the section entitled Dividend policy above, we do not currently anticipate paying any dividends in the foreseeable future. If we make a distribution of cash or property (other than certain distributions of our common stock) with respect to our common stock, such distribution will be treated as a dividend for U.S. federal income tax purposes to the extent paid from our current or accumulated earnings and profits (as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles). Dividends paid to you generally will be subject to withholding of U.S. federal income tax at a 30% rate or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty. However, dividends that are effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business by you within the U.S. and, in cases in which certain tax treaties apply, are attributable to a U.S. permanent establishment maintained by you, are not subject to the withholding tax, but instead are subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis at applicable graduated individual or corporate rates. Certain certification and disclosure requirements including delivery of a properly executed IRS Form W-8ECI must be satisfied for effectively connected income to be exempt from U.S. federal withholding tax. Any such effectively connected dividends received by a foreign corporation may be subject to an additional branch profits tax at a 30% rate or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty.
If the amount of a distribution paid on our common stock exceeds our current and accumulated earnings and profits, such excess will be allocated ratably among each share of common stock with respect to which the distribution is paid and treated first as a tax-free return of capital to the extent of your adjusted tax basis in each such share, and thereafter as capital gain from a sale or other disposition of such share of common stock that is taxed to you as described below under the heading Gain on disposition of common stock. Your adjusted tax basis in a share of our common stock is generally the purchase price of such share, reduced by the amount of any such tax-free returns of capital.
If you wish to claim the benefit of an applicable income tax treaty to avoid or reduce withholding of U.S. federal income tax on dividends, then you must (i) provide the withholding agent with a properly completed IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or other applicable form) and certify under penalties of perjury that you are not a U.S. person and are eligible for treaty benefits, or (ii) if our common stock is held through certain foreign intermediaries, satisfy the relevant certification requirements of applicable U.S. Treasury regulations. Special certification and other requirements apply to certain non-U.S. holders that act as intermediaries (including partnerships).
If you are eligible for a reduced rate of U.S. federal income tax pursuant to an income tax treaty, then you may obtain a refund or credit of any excess amounts withheld by timely filing an appropriate claim with the IRS.
Subject to the discussion below under Information reporting and backup withholding tax and Additional withholding tax, you generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax with respect to gain realized on the sale or other taxable disposition of our common stock (other than a redemption that is treated as a distribution for U.S. federal income tax purposes and taxed as described above), unless:
| the gain is effectively connected with a trade or business you conduct in the U.S., and, in cases in which certain tax treaties apply, is attributable to a U.S. permanent establishment maintained by you; |
| if you are an individual, you are present in the U.S. for 183 days or more in the taxable year of the sale or other taxable disposition, and you have a tax home (as defined in the Code) in the U.S.; or |
| we are or have been a U.S. real property holding corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes at any time within the shorter of (i) the five-year period ending on the date of the sale or other taxable disposition of our common stock and (ii) your holding period for our common stock. |
If you are a non-U.S. holder described in the first bullet point above, you generally will be subject to tax on the net gain derived from the disposition under regular graduated U.S. federal income tax rates. If you are a foreign corporation described in the first bullet point above, you may also be subject to a branch profits tax equal to 30% of your effectively connected earnings and profits or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty. If you are an individual described in the second bullet point above, you will
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generally be subject to a flat 30% tax on the gain derived from the disposition, which may be offset by certain U.S. source capital losses (even though you are not considered a resident of the U.S.) but may not be offset by any capital loss carryovers.
With respect to the third bullet point above, we believe that we are not currently, and we do not anticipate becoming, a U.S. real property holding corporation. However, because the determination of whether we are a U.S. real property holding corporation depends on the fair market value of our U.S. real property interests relative to the fair market value of our global real property interests and other business assets, there can be no assurance that we will not become a U.S. real property holding corporation in the future. In the event we do become a U.S. real property holding corporation, as long as our common stock is regularly traded on an established securities market, gain on a sale or disposition of our common stock will generally be subject to taxation pursuant to the third bullet point above only with respect to a non-U.S. holder that actually or constructively held more than 5% of our common stock at any time during the shorter of (i) the five-year period ending on the date of the sale or disposition of our common stock or (ii) the non-U.S. holders holding period for our common stock. If gain on the sale or other taxable disposition of our common stock were subject to taxation under the third bullet point above, the non-U.S. holder would be subject to regular U.S. federal income tax with respect to such gain in generally the same manner as a U.S. person and may be subject to withholding tax.
We must report annually to the IRS and to you the amount of dividends paid to you and the amount of tax, if any, withheld with respect to such dividends. The IRS may make this information available to the tax authorities in the country in which you are resident.
Additional information returns may be filed and you may be subject to backup withholding (currently at a rate of 28%) with respect to dividends paid on, and the proceeds from the disposition of, shares of our common stock, unless, generally, you certify under penalties of perjury (usually on IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E) that you are not a U.S. person or you otherwise establish an exemption.
Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be allowed as a refund or a credit against your U.S. federal income tax liability, provided the required information is timely furnished by you to the IRS.
Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (commonly referred to as FATCA) generally will impose a 30% withholding tax on (i) dividends paid on our common stock and (ii) gross proceeds from the sale or other disposition of our common stock that occurs after December 31, 2018, in each case if the common stock is held by or through:
| certain foreign financial institutions (including investment funds), unless the institution otherwise qualifies for an exemption or enters into an agreement with the U.S. Treasury (i) to collect and report, on an annual basis, information with respect to accounts in the institution held by certain U.S. persons and by certain non-U.S. entities that are wholly or partially owned by U.S. persons, and (ii) to withhold on certain payments; or |
| a non-financial non-U.S. entity, unless the entity (i) either certifies to the applicable withholding agent or the IRS that the entity does not have any substantial United States owners or provides certain information regarding the entitys substantial United States owners or (ii) otherwise establishes an exemption from such withholding tax. |
The rules described above may be modified by an intergovernmental agreement entered into between the United States and an applicable foreign country, or by future Treasury regulations or other guidance. Non-U.S. holders are encouraged to consult their tax advisors regarding the possible implications of these rules on their investment in our common stock.
POTENTIAL PURCHASERS OF OUR COMMON STOCK ARE URGED TO CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS TO DETERMINE THE U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND NON-U.S. TAX CONSIDERATIONS OF PURCHASING, OWNING AND DISPOSING OF OUR COMMON STOCK.
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Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC and Feltl and Company, Inc. are acting as the joint book-running managers and Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC is acting as the representative of the underwriters of the offering. We have entered into an underwriting agreement dated , 2016 with the representative. Subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement, we have agreed to sell to each underwriter named below and each underwriter named below has severally agreed to purchase, at the public offering price set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, less the underwriting discounts and commissions, the number of shares of common stock listed next to its name in the following table:
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The underwriters are committed to purchase all the shares of common stock offered by us other than those covered by the option to purchase additional shares described below, if they purchase any shares. The obligations of the underwriters may be terminated upon the occurrence of certain events specified in the underwriting agreement. Furthermore, pursuant to the underwriting agreement, the underwriters obligations are subject to customary conditions, representations and warranties contained in the underwriting agreement, such as receipt by the underwriters of officers certificates and legal opinions.
We have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against specified liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and to contribute to payments the underwriters may be required to make in respect thereof.
The underwriters are offering the shares, subject to prior sale, when, as and if issued to and accepted by them, subject to approval of legal matters by their counsel and other conditions specified in the underwriting agreement. The underwriters reserve the right to withdraw, cancel or modify offers to the public and to reject orders in whole or in part.
We have granted to the underwriters an option to purchase up to 272,727 additional shares of common stock at a purchase price of $ per share, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The underwriters may exercise this option for 45 days from the date of this prospectus solely to cover sales of shares of common stock by underwriters in excess of the total number of shares of common stock set forth in the table above. If any of these additional shares are purchased, the underwriters will offer the additional shares on the same terms as those on which the shares are being offered. We will pay the expenses associated with the exercise of the over-allotment option. If this option is exercised in full, the total price to the public will be $ and the total net proceeds, before expenses, to us will be $ .
The following table shows the public offering price, underwriting discounts and commissions and proceeds, before expenses, to us. The information assumes either no exercise or full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option.
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(1) | The expense allowance of 1% is not payable with respect to the shares sold upon exercise of the underwriters over-allotment option. |
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The underwriters propose to offer the shares offered by us to the public at the public offering price set forth on the cover of this prospectus. In addition, the underwriters may offer some of the shares to other securities dealers at such price less a concession of $ per share. If all of the shares offered by us are not sold at the public offering price, the underwriters may change the offering price and other selling terms by means of a further supplement to this prospectus supplement.
We have paid an expense deposit of $50,000 to the representative and Neidiger, Tucker, Bruner, Inc., which will be applied against the out-of-pocket accountable expenses that will be paid by us to the underwriters in connection with this offering. The underwriting agreement, however, provides that in the event the offering is terminated, the $50,000 out-of-pocket expense deposit paid to the representative and Neidiger, Tucker, Bruner, Inc. will be returned to the extent such expenses are not actually incurred in accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(C).
We have also agreed to pay the underwriters expenses relating to the offering, including (a) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to background checks of our officers and directors in an amount not to exceed $3,000 per individual and $10,000 in the aggregate; (b) all fees incurred in clearing this offering with FINRA; (c) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to registration, qualification or exemption of securities offered under the securities laws of foreign jurisdictions designated by the representative; (d) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to registration, qualification or exemption of securities offered under the blue sky securities laws of such states and jurisdictions designated by the representative (including, without limitation, all filing and registration fees, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of blue sky counsel, it being agreed that such fees and expenses will be limited to a payment of $15,000 to such counsel upon the commencement of blue sky work by such counsel and an additional $5,000 at closing, if the offering is commenced on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, or an aggregate of $5,000 at closing if the offering is consummated on a national exchange; (e) the $29,500 cost associated with the use of Ipreos book building, prospectus tracking and compliance software for the offering, (f) the fees and expenses of the underwriters legal counsel not to exceed $50,000; (g) up to $20,000 of the representatives actual accountable road show expenses for the offering, (h) the costs associated with bound volumes of the public offering materials as well as commemorative mementos and Lucite tombstones, not to exceed $2,500, and (i) up to $10,000 in costs associated with post-closing advertisement of the offering in the Wall Street Journal and New York Times.
We estimate that the total expenses of the offering payable by us, excluding the total underwriting discounts and commissions and expense reimbursement, will be approximately $578,627.
The underwriters do not intend to confirm sales of the securities offered hereby to any accounts over which they have discretionary authority.
Pursuant to certain lock-up agreements, we, our officers and directors, and substantially all of our stockholders have agreed, subject to certain exceptions, not to offer, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, contract to sell, or otherwise dispose of or announce the intention to otherwise dispose of, or enter into any swap, hedge or similar agreement or arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic risk of ownership of, directly or indirectly, engage in any short selling of any common stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any common stock, whether currently owned or subsequently acquired, without the prior written consent of the representatives, for a period of 180 days from the date of this prospectus.
The lock-up period described in the preceding paragraphs will be automatically extended if: (1) during the last 17 days of the restricted period, we issue an earnings release or announce material news or a material event; or (2) prior to the expiration of the lock-up period, we announce that we will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the lock-up period, in which case the restrictions described in the preceding paragraph will continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of the earnings release, unless the representatives waive this extension in writing.
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We have agreed to issue to certain underwriters warrants, or the Underwriters Warrants, to purchase up to a total of shares of common stock (5% of the shares of common stock sold in this offering). The warrants are exercisable at a per share price equal to 125% of the public offering price per share in the offering, at any time, and from time to time, in whole or in part, during the four-year period commencing one year from the effective date of the offering, which period shall not extend further than five years from the effective date of the offering in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(G)(i). The warrants have been deemed compensation by FINRA and are therefore subject to a 180-day lock-up pursuant to Rule 5110(g)(1) of FINRA. These underwriters (or permitted assignees under Rule 5110(g)(1)) will not sell, transfer, assign, pledge, or hypothecate these warrants or the securities underlying these warrants, nor will they engage in any hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of the warrants or the underlying securities for a period of 180 days from the effective date of the offering. In addition, the warrants provide for registration rights upon request, in certain cases. The demand registration right provided will not be greater than five years from the effective date of the offering in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(G)(iv). The piggyback registration right provided will not be greater than seven years from the effective date of the offering in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(G)(v). We will bear all fees and expenses attendant to registering the securities issuable on exercise of the warrants other than underwriting commissions incurred and payable by the holders. The exercise price and number of shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, extraordinary cash dividend or our recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, the warrant exercise price or underlying shares will not be adjusted for issuances of shares of common stock at a price below the warrant exercise price.
Until 24 months from the closing of the offering, Joseph Gunnar & Co., Inc. and Neidiger, Tucker, Bruner, Inc. have a right of first refusal to act as exclusive co-investment bankers, exclusive co-book-runners or exclusive co-placement agents, at their sole discretion, for each and every future public and private equity and debt offering, which we or any subsidiary or successor may seek to sell in public or private equity and public debt offerings during such 24-month period. These underwriters will not have more than one opportunity to waive or terminate the right of first refusal in consideration of any payment or fee.
A prospectus in electronic format may be made available on the websites maintained by one or more of the underwriters participating in this offering and one or more of the underwriters participating in this offering may distribute prospectuses electronically. The representatives may agree to allocate a number of shares to underwriters for sale to their online brokerage account holders. Internet distributions will be allocated by the underwriters and selling group members that will make internet distributions on the same basis as other allocations. Other than the prospectus in electronic format, the information on these websites is not part of, nor incorporated by reference into, this prospectus or the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, has not been approved or endorsed by us or any underwriter in its capacity as underwriter, and should not be relied upon by investors.
In connection with this offering, the underwriters may engage in stabilizing transactions, over-allotment transactions, syndicate-covering transactions, penalty bids and purchases to cover positions created by short sales.
| Stabilizing transactions permit underwriters to purchase shares so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum, and are engaged in for the purpose of preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the shares while the offering is in progress. |
| Over-allotment transactions involve sales by the underwriters of shares in excess of the number of shares the underwriters are obligated to purchase. This creates a syndicate short position which may be either a covered short position or a naked short position. In a covered short position, the number of shares over-allotted by the underwriters is not greater than the number of shares that they may |
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purchase in the over-allotment option. In a naked short position, the number of shares involved is greater than the number of shares in the over-allotment option. The underwriters may close out any short position by exercising their over-allotment option or purchasing shares in the open market. |
| Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of shares in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions. In determining the source of shares to close out the short position, the underwriters will consider, among other things, the price of shares available for purchase in the open market as compared with the price at which they may purchase shares through exercise of the over-allotment option. If the underwriters sell more shares than could be covered by exercise of the over-allotment option and, therefore, have a naked short position, the position can be closed out only by buying shares in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriters are concerned that after pricing there could be downward pressure on the price of the shares in the open market that could adversely affect investors who purchase in the offering. |
| Penalty bids permit the representatives to reclaim a selling concession from a syndicate member when the shares originally sold by that syndicate member are purchased in stabilizing or syndicate covering transactions to cover syndicate short positions. |
These stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of our shares of common stock or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of our shares of common stock. As a result, the price of our common stock in the open market may be higher than it would otherwise be in the absence of these transactions. Neither we nor the underwriters make any representation or prediction as to the effect that the transactions described above may have on the price of our common stock. These transactions may be effected on the Nasdaq Capital Market, in the over-the-counter market or otherwise and, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time.
In connection with this offering, underwriters and selling group members may engage in passive market making transactions in our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market in accordance with Rule 103 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act, during a period before the commencement of offers or sales of the shares and extending through the completion of the distribution. A passive market maker must display its bid at a price not in excess of the highest independent bid of that security. However, if all independent bids are lowered below the passive market makers bid, then that bid must then be lowered when specified purchase limits are exceeded.
Certain of the underwriters and their affiliates have engaged, and may in the future engage, in investment banking transactions with us in the ordinary course of their business. They have received, and expect to receive, customary compensation and expense reimbursement for these commercial and investment banking transactions. Neidiger, Tucker, Bruner, Inc. served as the placement agent of our offering of units we consummated on December 28, 2015, for which it received a transaction fee of approximately $154,000 in cash. Neidiger, Tucker, Bruner, Inc. also served as placement agent of our offering of units that closed on January 3, 2013, for which it received a transaction fee of approximately $400,000. In addition, warrants to acquire 54,328 shares with an exercise price of $7.23 per share were issued to certain associated persons and employees of Neidiger, Tucker, Bruner, Inc. in connection with the private placement we closed on January 3, 2013. Certain associated persons of Neidiger, Tucker, Bruner, Inc. hold an aggregate of 26,447 shares of our common stock that were purchased in the 2013 offering. Except as disclosed in this prospectus, we have no present arrangements with any of the underwriters for any further services.
Other than in the U.S., no action has been taken by us or the underwriters that would permit a public offering of the securities offered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. The securities offered by this prospectus may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, nor may this prospectus or any other offering material or advertisements in connection with the offer and sale of any such securities be distributed or published in any jurisdiction, except under circumstances that will result in
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compliance with the applicable rules and regulations of that jurisdiction. Persons into whose possession this prospectus comes are advised to inform themselves about and to observe any restrictions relating to the offering and the distribution of this prospectus. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities offered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or a solicitation is unlawful.
The securities may be sold in Canada only to purchasers purchasing, or deemed to be purchasing, as principal that are accredited investors, as defined in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions or subsection 73.3(1) of the Securities Act (Ontario), and are permitted clients, as defined in National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations. Any resale of the securities must be made in accordance with an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the prospectus requirements of applicable securities laws.
Securities legislation in certain provinces or territories of Canada may provide a purchaser with remedies for rescission or damages if this prospectus (including any amendment thereto) contains a misrepresentation, provided that the remedies for rescission or damages are exercised by the purchaser within the time limit prescribed by the securities legislation of the purchasers province or territory. The purchaser should refer to any applicable provisions of the securities legislation of the purchasers province or territory for particulars of these rights or consult with a legal advisor.
Pursuant to section 3A.3 of National Instrument 33-105 Underwriting Conflicts (NI 33-105), the underwriters are not required to comply with the disclosure requirements of NI 33-105 regarding underwriter conflicts of interest in connection with this offering.
This prospectus is not a disclosure document under Chapter 6D of the Australian Corporations Act, has not been lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and does not purport to include the information required of a disclosure document under Chapter 6D of the Australian Corporations Act. Accordingly, (i) the offer of the common stock under this prospectus is only made to persons to whom it is lawful to offer the common stock without disclosure under Chapter 6D of the Australian Corporations Act under one or more exemptions set out in section 708 of the Australian Corporations Act, (ii) this prospectus is made available in Australia only to those persons as set forth in clause (i) above, and (iii) the offeree must be sent a notice stating in substance that by accepting this offer, the offeree represents that the offeree is such a person as set forth in clause (i) above, and, unless permitted under the Australian Corporations Act, agrees not to sell or offer for sale within Australia any of the common stock sold to the offeree within 12 months after its transfer to the offeree under this prospectus.
The information in this document does not constitute a public offer of the common stock, whether by way of sale or subscription, in the Peoples Republic of China (excluding, for purposes of this paragraph, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macau Special Administrative Region and Taiwan). The common stock may not be offered or sold directly or indirectly in the PRC to legal or natural persons other than directly to qualified domestic institutional investors.
The information in this document has been prepared on the basis that all offers of common stock will be made pursuant to an exemption under the Directive 2003/71/EC (Prospectus Directive), as implemented in Member States of the European Economic Area (each, a Relevant Member State), from the requirement to produce a prospectus for offers of securities.
An offer to the public of common stock has not been made, and may not be made, in a Relevant Member State except pursuant to one of the following exemptions under the Prospectus Directive as implemented in that Relevant Member State:
| to legal entities that are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities; |
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| to any legal entity that has two or more of (i) an average of at least 250 employees during its last fiscal year; (ii) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 (as shown on its last annual unconsolidated or consolidated financial statements) and (iii) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000 (as shown on its last annual unconsolidated or consolidated financial statements); |
| to fewer than 100 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors within the meaning of Article 2(1)(e) of the Prospectus Directive) subject to obtaining the prior consent of Sensus Healthcare, Inc. or any underwriter for any such offer; or |
| in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive, provided that no such offer of common stock shall result in a requirement for the publication by Sensus Healthcare, Inc. of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive. |
This document is not being distributed in the context of a public offering of financial securities (offre au public de titres financiers) in France within the meaning of Article L.411-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code (Code monétaire et financier) and Articles 211-1 et seq. of the General Regulation of the French Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF). The common stock have not been offered or sold and will not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, to the public in France.
This document and any other offering material relating to the common stock have not been, and will not be, submitted to the AMF for approval in France and, accordingly, may not be distributed or caused to distributed, directly or indirectly, to the public in France.
Such offers, sales and distributions have been and shall only be made in France to (i) qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés) acting for their own account, as defined in and in accordance with Articles L.411-2-II-2° and D.411-1 to D.411-3, D. 744-1, D.754-1 and D.764-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code and any implementing regulation or (ii) a restricted number of non-qualified investors (cercle restreint dinvestisseurs) acting for their own account, as defined in and in accordance with Articles L.411-2-II-2° and D.411-4, D.744-1, D.754-1 and D.764-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code and any implementing regulation.
Pursuant to Article 211-3 of the General Regulation of the AMF, investors in France are informed that the common stock cannot be distributed (directly or indirectly) to the public by the investors otherwise than in accordance with Articles L.411-1, L.411-2, L.412-1 and L.621-8 to L.621-8-3 of the French Monetary and Financial Code.
The information in this document does not constitute a prospectus under any Irish laws or regulations and this document has not been filed with or approved by any Irish regulatory authority as the information has not been prepared in the context of a public offering of securities in Ireland within the meaning of the Irish Prospectus (Directive 2003/71/EC) Regulations 2005 (the Prospectus Regulations). The common stock have not been offered or sold, and will not be offered, sold or delivered directly or indirectly in Ireland by way of a public offering, except to (i) qualified investors as defined in Regulation 2(l) of the Prospectus Regulations and (ii) fewer than 100 natural or legal persons who are not qualified investors.
The common stock offered by this prospectus have not been approved or disapproved by the Israeli Securities Authority, or ISA, nor have such common stock been registered for sale in Israel. The shares may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, to the public in Israel, absent the publication of a prospectus. The ISA has not issued permits, approvals or licenses in connection with the offering or publishing the prospectus; nor has it authenticated the details included herein, confirmed their reliability or completeness, or rendered an opinion as to the quality of the common stock being offered. Any resale in Israel, directly or indirectly, to the public of the common stock offered by this prospectus is subject to restrictions on transferability and must be effected only in compliance with the Israeli securities laws and regulations.
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The offering of the common stock in the Republic of Italy has not been authorized by the Italian Securities and Exchange Commission (Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa, CONSOB) pursuant to the Italian securities legislation and, accordingly, no offering material relating to the common stock may be distributed in Italy and such securities may not be offered or sold in Italy in a public offer within the meaning of Article 1.1(t) of Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998 (Decree No. 58), other than:
| to Italian qualified investors, as defined in Article 100 of Decree no. 58 by reference to Article 34-ter of CONSOB Regulation no. 11971 of 14 May 1999 (Regulation no. 1197l) as amended (Qualified Investors); and |
| in other circumstances that are exempt from the rules on public offer pursuant to Article 100 of Decree No. 58 and Article 34-ter of Regulation No. 11971 as amended. |
Any offer, sale or delivery of the common stock or distribution of any offer document relating to the common stock in Italy (excluding placements where a Qualified Investor solicits an offer from the issuer) under the paragraphs above must be:
| made by investment firms, banks or financial intermediaries permitted to conduct such activities in Italy in accordance with Legislative Decree No. 385 of 1 September 1993 (as amended), Decree No. 58, CONSOB Regulation No. 16190 of 29 October 2007 and any other applicable laws; and |
| in compliance with all relevant Italian securities, tax and exchange controls and any other applicable laws. |
Any subsequent distribution of the common stock in Italy must be made in compliance with the public offer and prospectus requirement rules provided under Decree No. 58 and the Regulation No. 11971 as amended, unless an exception from those rules applies. Failure to comply with such rules may result in the sale of such common stock being declared null and void and in the liability of the entity transferring the common stock for any damages suffered by the investors.
The common stock have not been and will not be registered under Article 4, paragraph 1 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948), as amended (the FIEL) pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements applicable to a private placement of securities to Qualified Institutional Investors (as defined in and in accordance with Article 2, paragraph 3 of the FIEL and the regulations promulgated thereunder). Accordingly, the common stock may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of Japan other than Qualified Institutional Investors. Any Qualified Institutional Investor who acquires common stock may not resell them to any person in Japan that is not a Qualified Institutional Investor, and acquisition by any such person of common stock is conditional upon the execution of an agreement to that effect.
This document is not being distributed in the context of a public offer of financial securities (oferta pública de valores mobiliários) in Portugal, within the meaning of Article 109 of the Portuguese Securities Code (Código dos Valores Mobiliários). The common stock have not been offered or sold and will not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, to the public in Portugal. This document and any other offering material relating to the common stock have not been, and will not be, submitted to the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (Comissao do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários) for approval in Portugal and, accordingly, may not be distributed or caused to distributed, directly or indirectly, to the public in Portugal, other than under circumstances that are deemed not to qualify as a public offer under the Portuguese Securities Code. Such offers, sales and distributions of common stock in Portugal are limited to persons who are qualified investors (as defined in the Portuguese Securities Code). Only such investors may receive this document and they may not distribute it or the information contained in it to any other person.
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This document has not been, and will not be, registered with or approved by Finansinspektionen (the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority). Accordingly, this document may not be made available, nor may the common stock be offered for sale in Sweden, other than under circumstances that are deemed not to require a prospectus under the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act (1991:980) (Sw. lag (1991:980) om handel med finansiella instrument). Any offering of common stock in Sweden is limited to persons who are qualified investors (as defined in the Financial Instruments Trading Act). Only such investors may receive this document and they may not distribute it or the information contained in it to any other person.
The common stock may not be publicly offered in Switzerland and will not be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX) or on any other stock exchange or regulated trading facility in Switzerland. This document has been prepared without regard to the disclosure standards for issuance prospectuses under art. 652a or art. 1156 of the Swiss Code of Obligations or the disclosure standards for listing prospectuses under art. 27 ff. of the SIX Listing Rules or the listing rules of any other stock exchange or regulated trading facility in Switzerland. Neither this document nor any other offering material relating to the common stock may be publicly distributed or otherwise made publicly available in Switzerland.
Neither this document nor any other offering material relating to the common stock have been or will be filed with or approved by any Swiss regulatory authority. In particular, this document will not be filed with, and the offer of common stock will not be supervised by, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).
This document is personal to the recipient only and not for general circulation in Switzerland.
Neither this document nor the common stock have been approved, disapproved or passed on in any way by the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates or any other governmental authority in the United Arab Emirates, nor has Sensus Healthcare, Inc. received authorization or licensing from the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates or any other governmental authority in the United Arab Emirates to market or sell the common stock within the United Arab Emirates. This document does not constitute and may not be used for the purpose of an offer or invitation. No services relating to the common stock, including the receipt of applications or the allotment or redemption of such shares, may be rendered within the United Arab Emirates by Sensus Healthcare, Inc.
No offer or invitation to subscribe for common stock is valid or permitted in the Dubai International Financial Centre.
Neither the information in this document nor any other document relating to the offer has been delivered for approval to the Financial Services Authority in the United Kingdom and no prospectus (within the meaning of section 85 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended (FSMA)) has been published or is intended to be published in respect of the common stock. This document is issued on a confidential basis to qualified investors (within the meaning of section 86(7) of FSMA) in the United Kingdom, and the common stock may not be offered or sold in the United Kingdom by means of this document, any accompanying letter or any other document, except in circumstances which do not require the publication of a prospectus pursuant to section 86(1) FSMA. This document should not be distributed, published or reproduced, in whole or in part, nor may its contents be disclosed by recipients to any other person in the United Kingdom.
Any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of FSMA) received in connection with the issue or sale of the common stock has only been communicated or caused to be communicated and will only be communicated or caused to be communicated in the United Kingdom in circumstances in which section 21(1) of FSMA does not apply to Sensus Healthcare, Inc.
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In the United Kingdom, this document is being distributed only to, and is directed at, persons (i) who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) (investment professionals) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotions) Order 2005 (FPO), (ii) who fall within the categories of persons referred to in Article 49(2)(a) to (d) (high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.) of the FPO or (iii) to whom it may otherwise be lawfully communicated (together relevant persons). The investments to which this document relates are available only to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to purchase will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this document or any of its contents.
The validity of the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus will be passed upon for us by our counsel, Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL. Certain legal matters will be passed upon for the underwriters by Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., New York, NY.
The financial statements of Sensus Healthcare, Inc. as of December 31, 2014 and 2015, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2015, have been included herein and in the registration statement in reliance upon the report of Marcum LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, appearing elsewhere herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1, including exhibits and schedules, under the Securities Act with respect to the shares of our common stock to be sold in this offering. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement and exhibits and schedules to the registration statement. For further information with respect to our company and the shares of common stock to be sold in this offering, reference is made to the registration statement, including the exhibits and schedules to the registration statement. Statements contained in this prospectus as to the contents of any contract is an exhibit to the registration statement, each statement is qualified in all respects by the exhibit to which the reference relates. In addition, as a result of this offering, we will become subject to the information and periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, and will file annual, quarterly and current reports and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings, including the registration statement on Form S-1 and all filed exhibits and schedules thereto, are available to the public on the SECs website at http://www.sec.gov . To receive copies of public records not posted to the SECs website at prescribed rates, you may complete an online form at http://www.sec.gov , send a fax to (202) 772-9337 or submit a written request to the SEC, Office of FOIA/PA Operations, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information.
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F-1
To the Audit Committee of the
Board of Directors and Members
of Sensus Healthcare, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Sensus Healthcare, Inc. (the Company) as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the related statements of operations, stockholders equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2015. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Companys internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Sensus Healthcare, Inc., as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2015 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
/s/ Marcum LLP
West Palm Beach, FL
February 9, 2016
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Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 4,538,713 | $ | 5,065,068 | ||||
Accounts receivable, net | 407,592 | 2,071,572 | ||||||
Inventories | 844,074 | 998,861 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other | 48,312 | 432,787 | ||||||
Total Current Assets | 5,838,691 | 8,568,288 | ||||||
Property and Equipment, Net | 260,497 | 320,699 | ||||||
Patent Rights, Net | 819,281 | 722,895 | ||||||
Deposits | 24,272 | 24,272 | ||||||
Total Assets | $ | 6,942,741 | $ | 9,636,154 | ||||
Liabilities and Stockholders Equity
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Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 1,081,039 | $ | 2,307,465 | ||||
Product warranties | 47,614 | 48,363 | ||||||
Revolving credit facility | 375,000 | 422,702 | ||||||
Deferred revenue, current portion | 1,249,880 | 890,234 | ||||||
Total Current Liabilities | 2,753,533 | 3,668,764 | ||||||
Deferred Revenue, Net of Current Portion | 51,000 | 45,786 | ||||||
Total Liabilities | 2,804,533 | 3,714,550 | ||||||
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Common stock, $0.01 par value 1,000,000 shares authorized, 40,835 and 42,852 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2014 and 2015, respectively | 408 | 428 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 11,346,342 | 13,366,985 | ||||||
Accumulated deficit | (7,208,542 | ) | (7,445,809 | ) | ||||
Total Stockholders Equity | 4,138,208 | 5,921,604 | ||||||
Total Liabilities and Stockholders Equity | $ | 6,942,741 | $ | 9,636,154 |
The accompanying footnotes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Revenues | $ | 10,478,920 | $ | 5,810,205 | $ | 10,273,094 | ||||||
Cost of Sales | 3,600,348 | 2,054,798 | 3,698,687 | |||||||||
Gross Profit | 6,878,572 | 3,755,407 | 6,574,407 | |||||||||
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General and administrative | 1,453,344 | 1,650,651 | 1,586,401 | |||||||||
Research and development | 1,333,111 | 1,576,775 | 1,466,728 | |||||||||
Total Operating Expenses | 6,751,731 | 7,435,667 | 6,795,664 | |||||||||
Income (Loss) From Operations | 126,841 | (3,680,260 | ) | (221,257 | ) | |||||||
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Interest expense | (20,467 | ) | (20,030 | ) | (17,786 | ) | ||||||
Interest income | 1,253 | 820 | 1,776 | |||||||||
Total Other Income (Expense) | (19,214 | ) | (19,210 | ) | (16,010 | ) | ||||||
Net Income (Loss) | $ | 107,627 | $ | (3,699,470 | ) | $ | (237,267 | ) | ||||
Preferential distribution | (513,332 | ) | (537,693 | ) | (513,332 | ) | ||||||
Net Loss Attributable to Common Stockholders | $ | (405,705 | ) | $ | (4,237,163 | ) | $ | (750,599 | ) | |||
Net Loss Attributable to Common Stockholders
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$ | (10.02 | ) | $ | (103.76 | ) | $ | (18.37 | ) | |||
Weighted average number of shares used in computing net loss per share basic and diluted | 40,482 | 40,835 | 40,857 |
The accompanying footnotes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Balance December 31, 2012 | 37,260 | $ | 372 | $ | 8,138,388 | $ | (3,616,699 | ) | $ | 4,522,061 | ||||||||||
Issuance of common stock for cash, net of offering costs | 3,575 | 36 | 3,245,818 | | 3,245,854 | |||||||||||||||
Stock based compensation | | | 1,080 | | 1,080 | |||||||||||||||
Net income | | | | 107,627 | 107,627 | |||||||||||||||
Balance December 31, 2013 | 40,835 | $ | 408 | $ | 11,385,286 | $ | (3,509,072 | ) | $ | 7,876,622 | ||||||||||
Stock based compensation | | | 6,477 | | 6,477 | |||||||||||||||
Distributions paid | | | (45,421 | ) | | (45,421 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net loss | | | | (3,699,470 | ) | (3,699,470 | ) | |||||||||||||
Balance December 31, 2014 | 40,835 | $ | 408 | $ | 11,346,342 | $ | (7,208,542 | ) | $ | 4,138,208 | ||||||||||
Stock based compensation | | | 6,477 | | 6,477 | |||||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock for cash, net of offering costs | 2,017 | 20 | 2,014,166 | | 2,014,186 | |||||||||||||||
Net loss | | | | (237,267 | ) | (237,267 | ) | |||||||||||||
Balance December 31, 2015 | 42,852 | $ | 428 | $ | 13,366,985 | $ | (7,445,809 | ) | $ | 5,921,604 |
The accompanying footnotes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Net income (loss) | $ | 107,627 | $ | (3,699,470 | ) | $ | (237,267 | ) | ||||
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Depreciation and amortization | 265,557 | 272,649 | 315,599 | |||||||||
Provision for product warranties | 122,000 | 13,024 | 7,189 | |||||||||
Provision for bad debts | 55,792 | 183,646 | 1,077 | |||||||||
Stock based compensation | 1,080 | 6,477 | 6,477 | |||||||||
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Accounts receivable | (1,368,941 | ) | 2,118,715 | (1,665,057 | ) | |||||||
Inventories | (342,934 | ) | (327,350 | ) | (238,011 | ) | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and deposits | 13,963 | (28,707 | ) | (384,475 | ) | |||||||
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Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 807,482 | (607,958 | ) | 1,226,425 | ||||||||
Deferred revenue | 288,991 | 267,826 | (364,860 | ) | ||||||||
Product warranties | (79,310 | ) | (66,534 | ) | (6,440 | ) | ||||||
Total Adjustments | (236,320 | ) | 1,831,788 | (1,102,076 | ) | |||||||
Net Cash Used In Operating Activities | (128,693 | ) | (1,867,682 | ) | (1,339,343 | ) | ||||||
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Acquisition of property and equipment | $ | (251,004 | ) | $ | (123,959 | ) | $ | (196,190 | ) | |||
Net Cash Used In Investing Activities | (251,004 | ) | (123,959 | ) | (196,190 | ) | ||||||
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Issuance of common stock | $ | 3,575,000 | $ | | $ | 2,200,000 | ||||||
Proceeds from revolving credit facility, net | | | 47,702 | |||||||||
Distributions to members | | (45,421 | ) | | ||||||||
Offering costs related to issuance | (329,146 | ) | | (185,814 | ) | |||||||
Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Financing Activities | 3,245,854 | (45,421 | ) | 2,061,888 | ||||||||
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents | 2,866,157 | (2,037,062 | ) | 526,355 | ||||||||
Cash and Cash Equivalents Beginning | 3,709,618 | 6,575,775 | 4,538,713 | |||||||||
Cash and Cash Equivalents Ending | $ | 6,575,775 | $ | 4,538,713 | $ | 5,065,068 | ||||||
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Interest Paid | $ | 20,748 | $ | 20,031 | $ | 17,814 | ||||||
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Transfer of inventory unit to property and equipment | $ | 44,000 | $ | | $ | 83,224 |
The accompanying footnotes are an integral part of these financial statements.
F-6
Sensus Healthcare, Inc. (the Company) is a manufacturer of superficial radiation therapy devices and has established a distribution and marketing network to sell the devices to healthcare providers globally. The Company operates as a corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware and was organized on May 7, 2010. The Company operates as one segment from its corporate headquarters located in Boca Raton, Florida.
On January 1, 2016, Sensus Healthcare, LLC converted into a Delaware corporation pursuant to a statutory conversion and changed its name to Sensus Healthcare, Inc (corporate conversion). As a result of the corporate conversion, the holders of the different classes of units of Sensus Healthcare, LLC became holders of common stock of Sensus Healthcare, Inc. Holders of warrants and options, respectively, to purchase units of Sensus Healthcare, LLC became holders of warrants and options to purchase common stock of Sensus Healthcare, Inc., respectively. Each unit converted to one share of common stock. Preferential distributions will no longer accrue as of January 1, 2016. In the event of an initial public offering or change in control (as defined) the accumulated distribution of $2,674,000 as of December 31, 2015 will be paid. The corporate conversion has been reflected retroactively for all periods presented.
Effective January 1, 2016, the Company will be subject to corporate income taxes. (See note 8).
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant estimates to which it is reasonably possible that a change could occur in the near term include, revenue recognition, inventory reserves, receivable allowances, recoverability of long lived assets and estimation of the Companys product warranties. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The Companys sales primarily relate to sales of the Companys devices. The Company recognizes product revenue upon shipment provided that there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement, there are no uncertainties regarding customer acceptance, the sales price is fixed and determinable, and collection of the resulting receivable is reasonably assured. The Company does not provide a right of return related to product sales. Revenues for service contracts are recognized over the service contract period on a straight-line basis. Revenue for rentals of equipment is recognized over the lease term on a straight-line basis.
The Company sells products and services under multiple-element arrangements with separate units of accounting; in these situations, total consideration is allocated to the identified units of accounting based on their relative selling prices and revenue is then recognized for each unit based on its specific characteristics. A deliverable in an arrangement qualifies as a separate unit of accounting if the delivered item has value to the customer on a stand-alone basis. The principal deliverables in our multiple deliverable arrangements that qualify as separate units of accounting consist of (i) sales of medical devices and accessories and (ii) service contracts. Performance obligations, including installation and customer training, are considered inconsequential and are combined with the product as one unit of accounting. Selling prices are established using vendor-specific objective evidence (VSOE).
If VSOE does not exist, the Company uses its best estimate of the selling prices for the deliverables. The Company operates in a highly regulatory environment and is continually entering into new markets in which state or foreign approval is sometimes required prior to the customer being able to use the product. In these cases, where regulatory approval is pending, revenue is deferred until such time regulatory approval is obtained and customer acceptance becomes certain.
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Deferred revenue consists of payments from customers for separately priced service contracts, deposits on products and sales pending regulatory approval. Deferred revenue as of December 31, 2014 and 2015 was as follows:
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Service contracts | $ | 519,445 | $ | 669,717 | ||||
Sales pending regulatory approval | 465,915 | 155,517 | ||||||
Deposits on products | 264,520 | 65,000 | ||||||
Total deferred revenue, current portion | $ | 1,249,880 | $ | 890,234 | ||||
Service contracts, net of current portion | 51,000 | 45,786 | ||||||
Total deferred revenue | $ | 1,300,880 | $ | 936,020 |
The Company provides warranties, generally one year, in conjunction with the sale of its product. These warranties are short term in nature and entitle the customer to repair, replacement, or modification of the defective product subject to the terms of the respective warranty. The Company records an estimate of future warranty claims at the time the Company recognizes revenue from the sale of the product based upon managements estimate of the future claims rate.
Shipping and handling costs are expensed as incurred and are included in cost of sales.
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable.
The Company operates in one segment. All of the Companys assets are maintained in the United States. The Companys revenue is generated primarily from customers in the United States, which represented approximately 96%, 94% and 82% of its net revenues for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively. Customers in China accounted for approximately 2%, 5% and 14% of revenues for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively. Service revenue comprised approximately 4%, 14% and 12% of revenues for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively. Rental income was not significant for any of the years presented.
Carrying amounts of cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and revolving credit facility approximate fair value due to their relative short maturities.
The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalents with financial institutions which balances exceed the federally insured limits. Federally insured limits are $250,000 for deposits. As of December 31, 2014 and 2015 the Company had approximately $4,289,000 and $4,782,000, respectively in excess of federally insured limits.
For purposes of the statement of cash flows, the Company considers all highly liquid financial instruments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased to be a cash equivalent.
The Company does business and extends credit based on an evaluation of the customers financial condition, generally without requiring collateral. Exposure to losses on receivables is expected to vary by
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customer due to the financial condition of each customer. The Company monitors exposure to credit losses and maintains allowances for anticipated losses considered necessary under the circumstances. The allowance for doubtful accounts was approximately $42,000 and $27,000, respectively, as of December 31, 2014 and 2015. To date, the Company has not experienced significant credit-related losses.
Inventories consist of finished product and components and are stated at the lower of cost, determined using the first-in-first-out method, or net realizable value. Cost includes labor and overhead incurred to prepare the product for sale.
Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation on property and equipment is calculated on the straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred; expenditures that enhance the value of property or extend their useful lives are capitalized. When assets are sold or returned, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and the resulting gain or loss is included in income.
Inventory units designated for customer demonstrations, as part of the sales process, are reclassified to property and equipment and the depreciation is recorded to selling and marketing expense. The inventory used for demonstrations that was reclassified to property and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2015 was approximately $44,000 and $44,000, respectively. No inventory was reclassified for the year ended December 31, 2014.
Inventory units designated for customer rental agreements are reclassified to property and equipment and the depreciation is recorded to cost of sales. The inventory under rental agreements reclassified to property and equipment for the year ended December 31, 2015 was approximately $39,000. No inventory was reclassified for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2014.
Intangible assets are comprised of the Companys patent rights and the amortization over the patents estimated useful life of approximately 13 years is included in cost of sales. As of December 31, 2015 the remaining useful life was 90 months.
The Company evaluates its long-lived assets, including intangible assets, for possible impairment whenever circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset, or related group of assets, may not be recoverable from estimated future cash flows in accordance with accounting guidance. If circumstances suggest the recorded amounts cannot be recovered, based upon estimated future undiscounted cash flows, the carrying values of such assets are reduced to fair value. No impairment charges were recorded for long-lived assets for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
Research and development costs relate to products under development by the Company and quality and regulatory costs and are expensed as incurred.
Through December 31, 2015, the Company was not subject to income taxes in any jurisdiction. Each member was responsible for the tax liability, if any, related to their proportionate share of the Companys taxable income. The Company was a pass-through entity and there are no uncertain tax positions that would
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require recognition in the financial statements. If the Company incurs an income tax liability in the future, interest on any income tax liability would be reported as interest expense and penalties on any income tax liability would be reported as income taxes. The Companys conclusions regarding uncertain tax positions may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based upon ongoing analyses of tax laws, regulations and interpretations thereof as well as other factors. Effective January 1, 2016, the Company converted to a Delaware corporation that will be subject to corporate income taxes (see note 8).
Basic net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders is calculated by dividing the net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period using the treasury stock method for options and warrants. The diluted net income per share attributable to common stockholders is computed by giving effect to all potential dilutive common share equivalents outstanding for the period. In periods when the Company has incurred a net loss, options and warrants to purchase common share are considered common share equivalents but have been excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders as their effect is antidilutive. Shares excluded in 2013, 2014 and 2015 were computed under the treasury stock method as follows:
Pursuant to accounting guidance related to accounting for equity-based compensation, the Company is required to recognize all share-based payments to non-employees and employees in the financial statements based on fair values on the grant date. The Company has accounted for issuance of shares, options, and warrants in accordance with the guidance, which requires the recognition of expense, based on grant-date fair values, over the service period, generally periods over which the shares, options and warrants vest.
Advertising and promotion expenses are charged to expense as incurred. Advertising and promotion expense included in selling expense in the accompanying statements of operations amounted to approximately $463,000, $973,000 and $773,000 for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively.
Rent expense for operating leases which contain escalating rental clauses is recorded on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
Deferred offering costs, which consist of direct incremental legal, accounting and other fees relating to the IPO, are capitalized. The deferred offering costs will be offset against IPO proceeds upon the consummation of the offering. In the event the offering is terminated, deferred offering costs will be expensed. As of December 31, 2015, approximately $310,000 of deferred offering costs were capitalized in prepaid expenses and other on the balance sheets. No deferred offering costs were capitalized as of December 31, 2014.
On May 28, 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). ASU 2014-09 will eliminate transaction- and industry-specific revenue recognition guidance under
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current GAAP and replace it with a principle based approach for determining revenue recognition. ASU 2014-09 will require that companies recognize revenue based on the value of transferred goods or services as they occur in the contract. The ASU also will require additional disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments and changes in judgments and assets recognized from costs incurred to obtain or fulfill a contract. ASU 2014-09 is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Entities can transition to the standard either retrospectively or as a cumulative-effect adjustment as of the date of adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the future adoption of this standard.
The FASB has issued ASU No. 2014-12, Compensation- Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Accounting for Shared-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could Be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period. This ASU requires that a performance target that affects vesting, and that could be achieved after the requisite service period, be treated as a performance condition. As such, the performance target should not be reflected in estimating the grant date fair value of the award. This update further clarifies that compensation cost should be recognized in the period in which it becomes probable that the performance target will be achieved and should represent the compensation cost attributable to the period(s) for which the requisite service has already been rendered. The amendments in this ASU are effective for annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015. Earlier adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the future adoption of this standard but it does not expect the adoption to have a material effect on our financial statements.
In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, Inventory (Topic 330), Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory, which changes the measurement principle for inventory from the lower of cost or market to the lower of cost and net realizable value. ASU 2015-11 defines net realizable value as estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. The new guidance must be applied on a prospective basis and is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those years, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard but it does not expect the adoption to have a material effect on our financial statements.
In November 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-17, Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes (Topic 740). Under the new guidance, companies are required to classify all deferred tax assets and liabilities as noncurrent on the balance sheet instead of separating deferred taxes into current and noncurrent amounts. In addition, companies will no longer allocate valuation allowances between current and noncurrent deferred tax assets because those allowances will also be classified as noncurrent. This guidance is effective for financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard but it does not expect the adoption to have a material effect on our financial statements.
Depreciation and amortization for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2014, which had been previously presented in the Statement of Operations as a separate line item, have been reclassified to cost of sales, selling and marketing, and general and administrative expense. The Company believes this is a more meaningful presentation.
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The reclassification for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2014 was as follows:
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Property and Equipment, Net | $ | 260,497 | $ | 320,699 |
Depreciation expense was approximately $169,000, $176,000 and $219,000 for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively.
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Less accumulated depreciation | (433,737 | ) | (530,123 | ) | ||||
Net Carrying Amount | $ | 819,281 | 722,895 |
Amortization expense was approximately $96,000 for each of the years ended December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015 and is included in cost of sales in the statement of operations. Future amortization expense is as follows:
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2017 | 96,386 | |||
2018 | 96,386 | |||
2019 | 96,386 | |||
2020 | 96,386 | |||
Thereafter | 240,965 | |||
Total | $ | 722,895 |
On March 12, 2013, the Company entered into a 2-year $3 million revolving credit facility. The credit facility was amended and extended effective March 12, 2015. The maximum borrowing was reduced to $1,500,000 and is limited by the Companys eligible borrowing base of 80% of eligible accounts receivable.
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Interest, at Prime plus 1.75% (5.25% at December 31, 2015) is payable monthly with outstanding principal and interest due on May 12, 2017, the maturity date. The facility is secured by all of the Companys assets and limits the amount of additional indebtedness, restricts the sale, disposition or transfer of assets of the Company and requires the maintenance of a certain monthly adjusted quick ratio restrictive covenant and minimum quarterly EBITDA restrictive covenant, as defined in the agreement. At December 31, 2014, the Company was not in compliance with its minimum EBITDA requirement and received a waiver from its lender. The Company was not in compliance with its adjusted quick ratio requirement for October and November 2015 and received a waiver from its lender. The Company was in compliance with all covenants as of December 31, 2015. Approximately $375,000 and $423,000 was outstanding under the revolving credit facility at December 31, 2014 and 2015. The Company pays commitment fees of 0.25% per annum on the average unused portion of the line of credit.
Changes in product warranty liability was as follows for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2015:
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Warranties accrued during the period | 13,024 | 7,189 | ||||||
Payments on warranty claims | (66,534 | ) | (6,440 | ) | ||||
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The Company maintains a lease requiring monthly payments with an unrelated third party to lease approximately 4,500 square feet of office space, which lease is guaranteed by the founding members. The lease expires on July 31, 2017 and lease payments increase by 3% annually.
Future minimum payments as of December 31, 2015 are as follows:
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Rental expense for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015 was approximately $83,000, $89,000 and $98,000, respectively.
In July 2010, the Company entered into a three-year contract manufacturing agreement with an unrelated third party for the production and manufacture of the Companys main product in accordance with the Companys product specifications. The Company continues to do business with the contract manufacturer in accordance with the July 2010 agreement. The Company or the manufacturer has the option to terminate the agreement with 90 days written notice. Any change in the relationship with the manufacturer could have an adverse effect on the Companys business.
Purchases from this manufacturer totaled approximately $2,973,000, $1,459,000 and $2,871,000 for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively. As of December 31, 2014 and 2015, approximately $95,000 and $1,079,000 was due to this manufacturer, which is presented in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the accompanying balance sheets.
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The Company is party to certain legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business. The Company assesses, in conjunction with its legal counsel, the need to record a liability for litigation and related contingencies. The Company does not believe that any current legal proceedings are likely to have a material effect on the business, financial condition, or results of operations, with the possible exception of one lawsuit (involving a customer seeking, among other things, to return and obtain a refund for one of the Companys devices) in which the Company is unable to estimate the possible loss or range of loss.
See Note 8 Subsequent Event regarding the Companys statutory conversion to a Delaware corporation and conversion of preferred and common member interests to common stock.
The Company has authorized 1,000,000 shares of common stock, of which 40,835, 40,835 and 42,852 shares were issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively.
During the year ended December 31, 2014, distributions were paid of approximately $45,000. During the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2015 there were no distributions.
During 2011, the Company offered to a limited number of investors (the investor members) preferred membership interests (the interests) consisting of (i) cumulative, non-compounded, 8% per annum preferential return, payable annually, if and when such distributions are made by the Companys board of directors and (ii) participation in the Companys net profits, net losses and distributions of the Companys assets pursuant to the operating agreement. The offering raised approximately $6.4 million in gross proceeds ($6.0 million net of offering costs), utilizing a private placement memorandum. As of December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015, accumulated unpaid preferential distributions were approximately $1,648,000 ($129.22 per share), $2,161,000 ($169.49 per share) and $2,674,000 ($209.74 per share), respectively. Preferential distributions will no longer accrue after December 31, 2015 (see note 8).
In the event of liquidation of the Company, distributions to lenders and investors with the preferred return will take place first, until the preferred return has been satisfied. If sufficient assets remain after the satisfaction of the lenders and investors, distributions will be made to all stockholders, on a pro rata basis.
In March 2012, the Company offered non-preferred equity interests to qualified investors (the 1 st Common Offering). All interests were common membership interests in the Company and did not bear a preferred rate of return. The placement agent was entitled to transaction fees of 7.5% of the gross proceeds of the offering including reimbursement of certain costs not to exceed $50,000. The Company raised approximately $2.4 million in gross proceeds ($2.1 million net of offering costs) from the sale of these interests. No warrants were granted related to this offering.
In December 2012, the Company offered non-preferred equity interests to qualified investors (the 2 nd Common Offering). All interests were common membership interests in the Company and did not bear a preferred rate of return. The placement agent received transaction fees equal to 7.5% of the gross proceeds of the offering including reimbursement of certain costs not to exceed 1% of the gross proceeds of the offering. In addition, the placement agent received investor rights to 5 year warrants. The Company raised approximately $3.6 million in gross proceeds ($3.2 million net of offering costs) from the successful completion and of the private placement in 2013.
On December 28, 2015, the Company issued 2,017 common membership interests to qualified investors and raised approximately $2.2 million in gross proceeds (approximately $2.0 million net of offering costs).
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The placement agent in this offering received transaction fees equal to 7.0% of the gross proceeds of the offering. No warrants were granted related to this offering.
In March 2011, the closing date of the preferred offering, the Companys placement agent was granted investor rights to 5 year warrants (the placement agent warrants) to purchase 2,250 preferred shares of the Company at an exercise price of approximately $503 per share. Dividends on the preferred interest do not accumulate until the warrants are exercised.
In April, 2013, the closing date of the 2 nd Common Offering, the placement agent received investor rights to 5 year warrants to purchase 357 common shares of the Company at an exercise price of $1,100 per share which was equal to 110% of the offering price.
All warrants were fully vested as of December 31, 2014 and 2015. The following table summarizes the Companys warrant activity:
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Exercisable December 31, 2015 | 2,250 | $ | 503 | 0.17 | 357 | $ | 1,100 | 2.26 |
The Companys 2013 option plan (the Plan) permits the grant of 375 shares of common interests to its employees. Option awards are generally granted with an exercise price equal to the fair value of the Companys common shares at the date of grant and those option awards generally vest based on 5 years of continuous service. The awards provide for accelerated vesting if there is a change in control as defined in the Plan. Upon the closing of an initial public offering, all options issued under the Plan will automatically be exercised using a cashless exercise feature.
On November 1, 2013, the Company granted two employees, options to each purchase 30 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1,000 per share. In lieu of cash exercise, the options also contain certain cashless exercise provisions however the net settlement amount remains fixed. The options expire 10 years from the grant date and vest 5 years from the grant date. No options were granted during the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2015.
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The fair value of each option is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model (Black-Scholes Model) that uses the assumptions noted in the following table. Expected volatilities are based on historical volatilities of comparable companies, industry indexes and other factors. Because the Company has no historical exercise data and alternative information, such as exercise data relating to employees of other companies, is not easily obtainable, the Company concluded that its historical share option exercise experience does not provide a reasonable basis upon which to estimate expected term. Accordingly, the Company utilized the simplified method for plain vanilla options equal to the average of the term of the option and the vesting period. The risk-free rate represents the yield on U.S. Treasury bonds with a maturity equal to the expected term of the warrant. The weighted average grant date fair value of the options granted during the year ended December 31, 2013 was approximately $40,000 using the following assumptions:
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Expected term | 7.5 years | |||
Risk free interest rate | 2.01% | |||
Dividend rate | 0% |
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Total intrinsic value of stock options was $0 as of December 31, 2013 and 2014, and approximately $5,000 as of December 31, 2015. The Company recognized approximately $1,000, $6,000 and $6,000 of stock based compensation related to the grant of the options to its employees for the year ended December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively. Total stock based compensation related to nonvested awards not yet recognized as of December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015 is approximately $39,000, $32,000 and $26,000, respectively, which will be recognized over the remaining vesting period through November 30, 2019.
During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company granted a 1% ownership interest in the Company to an executive which vests upon a change in control of the Company. During 2015, the terms were
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amended such that the ownership interest will vest in the event of involuntary termination or a liquidity event, as defined. In accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, compensation cost for awards with performance conditions should be recorded in the Companys financial statements at which time that it is probable the performance condition is achieved. As of December 31, 2014 and 2015, the performance condition was not probable and accordingly no compensation cost was recorded.
On January 1, 2016, Sensus Healthcare, LLC converted into a Delaware corporation pursuant to a statutory conversion and changed its name to Sensus Healthcare, Inc. As a result of the corporate conversion, the holders of the different classes of units of Sensus Healthcare, LLC became holders of common stock of Sensus Healthcare, Inc. Holders of warrants and options, respectively, to purchase units of Sensus Healthcare, LLC became holders of warrants and options to purchase common stock of Sensus Healthcare, Inc., respectively. Each unit converted to one share of common stock. Preferential distributions will no longer accrue as of January 1, 2016. In the event of an initial public offering or change in control (as defined) the accumulated unpaid distribution as of December 31, 2015 will be paid in cash or shares, at the option of each stockholder with a preferential distribution.
Following is an unaudited pro forma balance sheet to reflect the accrual of the dividend payable to the former holders of units with a preferred return:
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Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 5,065,068 | $ | 5,065,068 | ||||
Working capital | 4,899,524 | 2,225,327 | ||||||
Total assets | 9,636,154 | 9,636,154 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 3,714,550 | 6,388,747 | ||||||
Total stockholders equity | 5,921,604 | 3,247,407 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders equity | 9,636,154 | 9,636,154 |
Effective January 1, 2016, the Company will be subject to corporate income taxes. The unaudited supplemental pro forma income tax expense (benefit) gives effect to the tax treatment of the Company as if it had been subject to federal and state income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
The Company has recognized an increase in valuation allowance equal to 100% of the pro forma deferred tax expense (benefit) attributable to the years ended December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
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The pro forma net income tax expense (benefit) is comprised of the following:
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Deferred income tax expense (benefit) before valuation allowance | 37,486 | (1,400,125 | ) | (90,281 | ) | |||||||
Net income tax expense (benefit) before valuation allowance | 37,486 | (1,400,125 | ) | (90,281 | ) | |||||||
Increase (decrease) in valuation allowance | (37,486 | ) | 1,400,125 | 90,281 | ||||||||
Net income tax expense | $ | | $ | | $ | |
The Companys pro forma income tax rates vary from statutory federal income tax rates due to the following:
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Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit) | $ | 107,627 | $ | (3,699,470 | ) | $ | (237,267 | ) | ||||
Income tax expense (benefit) at statutory federal rate of 34% | $ | 36,593 | $ | (1,257,820 | ) | $ | (80,671 | ) | ||||
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State income taxes | 6,376 | (132,154 | ) | (4,915 | ) | |||||||
Research and development credit | (28,608 | ) | (30,167 | ) | (22,016 | ) | ||||||
Pro forma income tax expense (benefit) before valuation allowance | 37,486 | (1,400,125 | ) | (90,281 | ) | |||||||
Increase (decrease) in valuation allowance | (37,486 | ) | 1,400,125 | 90,281 | ||||||||
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Neidiger, Tucker, Bruner, Inc.
Through and including , 2016 (the 25 th day after the date of this offering), all dealers effecting transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to a dealers obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as an underwriter and with respect to an unsold allotment or subscription.
The following table sets forth all fees and expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, payable solely by the registrant in connection with the offer and sale of the securities being registered. All amounts shown are estimated except for the registration fee of the SEC, the FINRA filing fee and the Nasdaq listing fee.
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SEC registration fee | $ | 2,461 | ||
FINRA filing fee | 4,166 | |||
Nasdaq listing fee | 55,000 | |||
Accounting fees and expenses | 100,000 | |||
Legal fees and expenses | 250,000 | |||
Printing fees and expenses | 35,000 | |||
Transfer agent and registrar fees and expenses | 5,000 | |||
Blue sky fees and expenses | 5,000 | |||
Miscellaneous | 122,000 | |||
Total | $ | 578,627 |
On January 1, 2016, Sensus Healthcare, LLC converted into a Delaware corporation pursuant to a statutory conversion and change its name to Sensus Healthcare, Inc. Section 145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the DGCL) provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the persons conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.
Further subsections of DGCL Section 145 provide that:
| to the extent a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145 or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses, including attorneys fees, actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith; |
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| the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided for pursuant to Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise; and |
| the corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance of behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such persons status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under Section 145. |
As used in this Item 14, the term proceeding means any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether or not by or in the right of Registrant, and whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or otherwise.
Section 145 of the DGCL makes provision for the indemnification of officers and directors in terms sufficiently broad to indemnify officers and directors of each of the registrants incorporated in Delaware under certain circumstances from liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act). Sensus Healthcare, Inc. may, in its discretion, similarly indemnify its employees and agents.
The certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Sensus Healthcare, Inc. provide that, to the fullest extent and under the circumstances permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL, Sensus Healthcare, Inc. will indemnify directors and officers from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or other maters referred to in Section 145 of the DGCL. In addition, the certificate of incorporation of Sensus Healthcare, Inc. relieves its directors from monetary damages to it or its stockholders for breach of such directors fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. Under Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, a corporation may relieve its directors from personal liability to such corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of their fiduciary duty as directors except (i) for a breach of the duty of loyalty, (ii) for failure to act in good faith, (iii) for intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law, (iv) for willful or negligent violations of certain provisions in the DGCL imposing certain requirements with respect to stock repurchases, redemptions and dividends, or (v) for any transactions from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Sensus Healthcare, Inc. also intends to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer against any loss arising from any claim asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, subject to certain exclusions.
The following list sets forth information as to all securities we have sold or exchanged since January 1, 2013, which were not registered under the Securities Act. Amounts below do not give effect to our corporate conversion from a limited liability company to a corporation and, in connection therewith, the conversion of all outstanding units (as of January 1, 2016) into an aggregate of 42,852 shares of our common stock.
(1) | Since January 1, 2013, we have issued units in the following transactions: |
| On January 3, 2013, we issued an aggregate of 3,575 units without preferred returns to certain investors in a private placement at a price per unit of $1,000 for aggregate gross consideration of approximately $3.6 million. In addition, we issued warrants to acquire an aggregate of 357 units, with an exercise price of $1,100 per unit and which were exercisable for a five-year term. In connection with this private placement we paid placement agent commissions and fees in the aggregate amount of approximately $0.4 million. |
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| On December 28, 2015, we issued an aggregate of 2,017 units without preferred returns to certain investors in a private placement at a price per unit of $1,090.73 for aggregate gross consideration of $2.2 million. In connection with this private placement we paid placement agent commissions and fees in the aggregate amount of approximately $0.2 million. |
(2) | Since January 1, 2013, we have issued units in the following transactions to certain of our employees: |
| On July 30, 2015, we issued 435 units without preferred returns to Arthur Levine, our Chief Financial Officer, as equity compensation. These units will vest upon the expiration of the contractual lock-up agreements in connection with a Liquidity Event (as defined in his equity grant agreement), which includes this initial public offering. |
| We have granted options to employees under our 2013 Option Plan to acquire 60 units with a weighted-average exercise price of $1,000 per unit. |
We claimed exemption from registration under the Securities Act for the sale and issuance of securities in the transactions described in paragraph (1) by virtue of Section 4(a)(2) and Regulation D promulgated thereunder as transactions not involving any public offering. All of the purchasers of unregistered securities for which we relied on Section 4(a)(2) and Regulation D represented that they were accredited investors as defined under the Securities Act. We claimed such exemption on the basis that (a) the purchasers in each case represented that they intended to acquire the securities for investment only and not with a view to the distribution thereof and that they either received adequate information about the registrant or had access, through employment or other relationships, to such information and (b) appropriate legends were affixed to the unit certificates issued in such transactions.
We claimed exemption from registration under the Securities Act for the sales and issuances of securities in the transactions described in paragraph (2) above under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act in that such sales and issuances did not involve a public offering or under Rule 701 promulgated under the Securities Act, in that they were offered and sold either pursuant to written compensatory plans or pursuant to a written contract relating to compensation, as provided by Rule 701.
(a) The exhibits listed below in the Index to exhibits are part of this Registration Statement on Form S-1 and are numbered in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
(b) Financial statement schedules. Schedules have been omitted because the information required to be set forth therein is not applicable or is shown in the financial statements or notes thereto.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:
(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this Registration Statement as of the time it was declared effective.
(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) The undersigned will provide to the underwriters, at the closing specified in the underwriting agreement, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.
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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boca Raton, State of Florida, on March 9, 2016.
Sensus Healthcare, Inc.
By: |
/s/ Joseph C. Sardano
Joseph C. Sardano Chief Executive Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities set forth opposite their names and on the date indicated above.
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/s/ Joseph C. Sardano
Joseph C. Sardano |
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer) |
March 9, 2016 | ||
/s/ Arthur Levine
Arthur Levine |
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |
March 9, 2016 | ||
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John Heinrich |
Director | March 9, 2016 | ||
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William McCall |
Director | March 9, 2016 | ||
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Samuel ORear |
Director | March 9, 2016 |
*By: |
/s/ Joseph C. Sardano
Attorney-in-Fact |
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Exhibit No. | Description | |
1.1 | Form of Underwriting Agreement. | |
2.1* | Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 12, 2011, by and between Sensus Healthcare, LLC and Sensus Healthcare, LLC. | |
2.2* | Plan of Conversion of Sensus Healthcare, LLC. | |
3.1* | Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Sensus Healthcare, Inc. | |
3.2 | Bylaws of Sensus Healthcare, Inc., effective as of January 1, 2016. | |
3.3* | Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2010, by and among Sensus Healthcare, LLC and the members party thereto. | |
3.4* | Amendment to Operating Agreement of Sensus Healthcare, LLC, dated as of February 28, 2012. | |
3.5* | Second Amendment to Operating Agreement of Sensus Healthcare, LLC, dated as of April 5, 2013. | |
4.1* | Warrant Agreement of Sensus Healthcare, LLC, dated as of March 31, 2011, by and between Sensus Healthcare, LLC and Anderson Strudwick, Inc. | |
4.2* | Assignment of Warrant Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2012, by and among Anderson Strudwick, Inc., Investors Capital Alliance, LLC and Sensus Healthcare, LLC. | |
4.3* | Form of Warrant Agreement of Sensus Healthcare, LLC, dated as of February 1, 2013, by and between Sensus Healthcare, LLC and certain investors. | |
5.1 | Form of Opinion of Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. | |
10.1+* | Sensus Healthcare, LLC 2013 Option Plan. | |
10.2* | Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement by and between Sensus Healthcare, LLC and Silicon Valley Bank, dated as of March 12, 2013. | |
10.3* | Default Waiver and First Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement by and between Sensus Healthcare, LLC and Silicon Valley Bank, dated May 12, 2015. | |
10.4* | Asset Purchase Agreement by and between Sensus Healthcare, LLC and Topex, Inc., dated as of April 16, 2010. | |
10.5 | Form of Indemnification Agreement. | |
10.6* | Office Lease Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2010, by and between Rexall Sundown, Inc. and Sensus Healthcare, LLC. | |
10.7* | Amendment to Lease, dated as of January 27, 2014, by and between Rexall Sundown, Inc. and Sensus Healthcare, LLC. | |
10.8+* | Form of Non-Qualified Option Grant Agreement. | |
10.9+* | Equity Grant Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2015, by and among Arthur Levine, Sensus Healthcare, LLC and certain contributing members named therein. | |
10.10+* | Employment Agreement between Sensus Healthcare, Inc. and Joseph C. Sardano. | |
10.11+* | Employment Agreement between Sensus Healthcare, Inc. and Kalman Fishman. | |
10.12+* | Employment Agreement between Sensus Healthcare, Inc. and Arthur Levine. | |
10.13#* | Manufacturing Agreement, dated as of July 20, 2010, by and between RbM Services, LLC and Sensus Healthcare, LLC. | |
10.14+ | Sensus Heathcare, Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan. | |
10.15 | Waiver of Silicon Valley Bank, dated as of February 26, 2016. | |
14.1 | Sensus Healthcare, Inc. Code of Ethics. |
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Exhibit No. | Description | |
21.1* | Subsidiaries. | |
23.1 | Consent of Marcum LLP. | |
23.2 | Consent of Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. included in Exhibit 5.1. | |
24.1* | Power of Attorney. |
* | Previously filed. |
+ | Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan |
# | The Registrant has sought confidential treatment with respect to certain portions of this exhibit which has been submitted separately to the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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Exhibit 1.1
FORM OF
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
between
SENSUS HEALTHCARE, INC.
and
JOSEPH GUNNAR & CO., LLC
as Representative of the Several Underwriters
SENSUS HEALTHCARE, INC.
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
New York, New York
[•], 2016
Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC
30 Broad Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10004
As Representative of the several Underwriters named on Schedule 1 attached hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, Sensus Healthcare, Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (collectively with its predecessor, Sensus Healthcare, LLC, the “ Company ”), hereby confirms its agreement (this “ Agreement ”) with Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC (hereinafter referred to as “you” (including its correlatives) or the “ Representative ”) and with the other underwriters named on Schedule 1 hereto for which the Representative is acting as representative (the Representative and such other underwriters being collectively called the “ Underwriters ” or, individually, an “ Underwriter ”) as follows:
1. Purchase and Sale of Shares .
1.1 Firm Shares .
1.1.1. Nature and Purchase of Firm Shares .
(i) On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to the several Underwriters, an aggregate of [•] shares (“Firm Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”).
(ii) The Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase from the Company the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule 1 attached hereto and made a part hereof at a purchase price of $[•] per share (93% of the per Firm Share public offering price). The Firm Shares are to be offered initially to the public at the offering price set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus (as defined in Section 2.1.1 hereof).
1.1.2. Shares Payment and Delivery .
(i) Delivery and payment for the Firm Shares shall be made at 10:00 a.m., Eastern time, on the third (3 rd ) Business Day following the effective date (the “Effective Date”) of the Registration Statement (as defined in Section 2.1.1 below) (or the fourth (4 th ) Business Day following the Effective Date if the Registration Statement is declared effective after 4:01 p.m., Eastern time) or at such earlier time as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company, at the offices of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., Chrysler Center, 666 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 (“Representative’s Counsel”), or at such other place (or remotely by facsimile or other electronic transmission) as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company. The hour and date of delivery and payment for the Firm Shares is called the “Closing Date.”
(ii) Payment for the Firm Shares shall be made on the Closing Date by wire transfer in federal (same day) funds, payable to the order of the Company upon delivery of the certificates (in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters) representing the Firm Shares (or through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”)) for the account of the Underwriters. The Firm Shares shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denominations as the Representative may request in writing at least two (2) full Business Days prior to the Closing Date. The Company shall not be obligated to sell or deliver the Firm Shares except upon tender of payment by the Representative for all of the Firm Shares. The term “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York, New York.
1.2 Over-allotment Option .
1.2.1. Option Shares . For the purposes of covering any over-allotments in connection with the distribution and sale of the Firm Shares, the Company hereby grants to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to [•] additional shares of Common Stock, representing fifteen percent (15%) of the Firm Shares sold in the offering, from the Company (the “Over-allotment Option”). Such [•] additional shares of Common Stock, the net proceeds of which will be deposited with the Company’s account, are hereinafter referred to as “Option Shares.” The purchase price to be paid per Option Share shall be equal to the price per Firm Share set forth in Section 1.1.1 hereof. The Firm Shares and the Option Shares are hereinafter referred to together as the “Public Securities.” The offering and sale of the Public Securities is hereinafter referred to as the “Offering.”
1.2.2. Exercise of Option . The Over-allotment Option granted pursuant to Section 1.2.1 hereof may be exercised by the Representative as to all (at any time) or any part (from time to time) of the Option Shares within 45 days after the Effective Date. The Underwriters shall not be under any obligation to purchase any Option Shares prior to the exercise of the Over-allotment Option. The Over-allotment Option granted hereby may be exercised by the giving of oral notice to the Company from the Representative, which must be confirmed in writing by overnight mail or facsimile or other electronic transmission setting forth the number of Option Shares to be purchased and the date and time for delivery of and payment for the Option Shares (the “Option Closing Date”), which shall not be later than five (5) full Business Days after the date of the notice or such other time as shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Representative, at the offices of Representative’s Counsel or at such other place (including remotely by facsimile or other electronic transmission) as shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Representative. If such delivery and payment for the Option Shares does not occur on the Closing Date, the Option Closing Date will be as set forth in the notice. Upon exercise of the Over-allotment Option with respect to all or any portion of the Option Shares, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (i) the Company shall become obligated to sell to the Underwriters the number of Option Shares specified in such notice and (ii) each of the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, shall purchase that portion of the total number of Option Shares then being purchased as set forth in Schedule 1 opposite the name of such Underwriter.
1.2.3. Payment and Delivery . Payment for the Option Shares shall be made on the Option Closing Date by wire transfer in federal (same day) funds, payable to the order of the Company upon delivery to you of certificates (in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters) representing the Option Shares (or through the facilities of DTC) for the account of the Underwriters. The Option Shares shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denominations as the Representative may request in writing at least one (1) full Business Day prior to the Option Closing Date. The Company shall not be obligated to sell or deliver the Option Shares except upon tender of payment by the Representative for applicable Option Shares.
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1.3 Underwriters’ Warrants .
1.3.1. Purchase Warrants . The Company hereby agrees to issue and sell to the Underwriters (and/or their designees) on the Closing Date a warrant (“Underwriters’ Warrant”) for the purchase of an aggregate of [•] shares of Common Stock, representing 5% of the Public Securities. The Underwriters’ Warrant, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Underwriters’ Warrant Agreement”), shall be exercisable, in whole or in part, commencing on a date which is one (1) year after the Effective Date and expiring on the five-year anniversary of the Effective Date at an initial exercise price per share of Common Stock of $[•], which is equal to 125% of the initial public offering price of the Firm Shares. The Underwriters’ Warrant and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise thereof are hereinafter referred to together as the “Underwriters’ Securities.” The Underwriters understand and agree that there are significant restrictions pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 against transferring the Underwriters’ Warrant Agreement and the underlying shares of Common Stock during the one hundred eighty (180) days after the Effective Date and by their acceptance thereof shall agree that they will not sell, transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate the Underwriters’ Warrant Agreement, or any portion thereof, or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of such securities for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days following the Effective Date to anyone other than (i) an Underwriter or a selected dealer in connection with the Offering, or (ii) a bona fide officer or partner of the Underwriters or of any such Underwriter or selected dealer; and only if any such transferee agrees to the foregoing lock-up restrictions.
1.3.2. Delivery . Delivery of the Underwriters’ Warrant Agreement shall be made on the Closing Date and shall be issued in the name or names and in such authorized denominations as the Representative may request.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company represents and warrants to the Underwriters as of the Applicable Time (as defined below), as of the Closing Date and as of the Option Closing Date, if any, as follows:
2.1 Filing of Registration Statement .
2.1.1. Pursuant to the Securities Act . The Company has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement, and an amendment or amendments thereto, on Form S-1 (File No. 333-209451), including any related prospectus or prospectuses, for the registration of the Public Securities and the Underwriters’ Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), which registration statement and amendment or amendments have been prepared by the Company in all material respects in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act (the “Securities Act Regulations”) and will contain all material statements that are required to be stated therein in accordance with the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations. Except as the context may otherwise require, such registration statement, as amended, on file with the Commission at the time the registration statement became effective (including the Preliminary Prospectus included in the registration statement, financial statements, schedules, exhibits and all other documents filed as a part thereof or incorporated therein and all information deemed to be a part thereof as of the Effective Date pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 430A of the Securities Act Regulations (the “Rule 430A Information”)), is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement.” If the Company files any registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act Regulations, then after such filing, the term “Registration Statement” shall include such registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b). The Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission on the date hereof.
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Each prospectus used prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and each prospectus that omitted the Rule 430A Information that was used after such effectiveness and prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, is herein called a “Preliminary Prospectus.” The Preliminary Prospectus, subject to completion, dated [•], 2016, that was included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the Applicable Time is hereinafter called the “Pricing Prospectus.” The final prospectus in the form first furnished to the Underwriters for use in the Offering is hereinafter called the “Prospectus.” Any reference to the “most recent Preliminary Prospectus” shall be deemed to refer to the latest Preliminary Prospectus included in the Registration Statement.
“Applicable Time” means [TIME] [a.m./p.m.], Eastern time, on the date of this Agreement.
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act Regulations (“Rule 433”), including without limitation any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act Regulations) relating to the Public Securities that is (i) required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) a “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii) exempt from filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Public Securities or of the Offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
“Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors (other than a “ bona fide electronic road show,” as defined in Rule 433 (the “Bona Fide Electronic Road Show”)), as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule 2-B hereto.
“Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus.
“Pricing Disclosure Package” means any Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the Pricing Prospectus and the information included on Schedule 2-A hereto, all considered together.
2.1.2. Pursuant to the Exchange Act . The Company has filed with the Commission a Form 8-A (File Number 000-[•]) providing for the registration pursuant to Section 12(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), of the shares of Common Stock. The registration of the shares of Common Stock under the Exchange Act has been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date hereof. The Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the shares of Common Stock under the Exchange Act, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration.
2.2 Stock Exchange Listing . The shares of Common Stock have been approved for listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market (the “Exchange”), and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, delisting the shares of Common Stock from the Exchange, nor has the Company received any notification that the Exchange is contemplating terminating such listing except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
2.3 No Stop Orders, etc . Neither the Commission nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any state regulatory authority has issued any order preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or has instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened to institute, any proceedings with respect to such an order. The Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information.
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2.4 Disclosures in Registration Statement .
2.4.1. Compliance with Securities Act and 10b-5 Representation .
(i) Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations. Each Preliminary Prospectus, including the prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment or supplement thereto, and the Prospectus, at the time each was filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations. Each Preliminary Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this Offering and the Prospectus was or will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(ii) Neither the Registration Statement nor any amendment thereto, at its effective time, as of the Applicable Time, at the Closing Date or at any Option Closing Date (if any), contained, contains or will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(iii) The Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, at the Closing Date or at any Option Closing Date (if any), did not, does not and will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus hereto does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, and each such Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing Prospectus as of the Applicable Time, did not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements made or statements omitted in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company with respect to the Underwriters by the Representative expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto. The parties acknowledge and agree that such information provided by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists solely of the following disclosure contained in the “Underwriting” section of the Prospectus: [______________] (the “Underwriters’ Information”); and
(iv) Neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto (including any prospectus wrapper), as of its issue date, at the time of any filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), at the Closing Date or at any Option Closing Date, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to the Underwriters’ Information.
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2.4.2. Disclosure of Agreements . The agreements and documents described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained therein and there are no agreements or other documents required by the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or to be filed with the Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement, that have not been so described or filed. Each agreement or other instrument (however characterized or described) to which the Company is a party or by which it is or may be bound or affected and (i) that is referred to in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or (ii) is material to the Company’s business, has been duly authorized and validly executed by the Company, to the extent the agreement ot other instrument is purported to be in effect, is in full force and effect in all material respects and is enforceable against the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, the other parties thereto, in accordance with its terms, except (x) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (y) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the federal and state securities laws, and (z) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. None of such agreements or instruments has been assigned by the Company, and neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any other party is in default thereunder and, to the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default thereunder. To the best of the Company’s knowledge, performance by the Company of the material provisions of such agreements or instruments will not result in a violation of any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any governmental agency or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its assets or businesses (each, a “Governmental Entity”), including, without limitation, those relating to environmental laws and regulations.
2.4.3. Prior Securities Transactions . No securities of the Company have been sold by the Company or by or on behalf of, or for the benefit of, any person or persons controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Preliminary Prospectus.
2.4.4. Regulations . The disclosures in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus concerning the effects of federal, state, local and all foreign regulation on the Offering and the Company’s business as currently contemplated are correct in all material respects and no other such regulations are required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus which are not so disclosed.
2.5 Changes After Dates in Registration Statement .
2.5.1. No Material Adverse Change . Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as otherwise specifically stated therein: (i) there has been no material adverse change in the financial position or results of operations of the Company, nor any change or development that, singularly or in the aggregate, would involve a material adverse change or reasonably be expected to have a material adverse change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, assets or prospects of the Company (a “Material Adverse Change”); (ii) there have been no material transactions entered into by the Company, other than as contemplated pursuant to this Agreement; and (iii) no officer or director of the Company has resigned from any position with the Company.
2.5.2. Recent Securities Transactions, etc . Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and except as may otherwise be indicated or contemplated herein or disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has not: (i) issued any securities or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, for borrowed money; or (ii) declared or paid any dividend or made any other distribution on or in respect to its capital stock.
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2.6 Independent Accountants . To the knowledge of the Company, Marcum LLP (the “Auditor”), whose report is filed with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The Auditor has not, during the periods covered by the financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, provided to the Company any non-audit services, as such term is used in Section 10A(g) of the Exchange Act.
2.7 Financial Statements, etc . The financial statements, including the notes thereto and supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, fairly present the financial position and the results of operations of the Company at the dates and for the periods to which they apply; and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), consistently applied throughout the periods involved (provided that unaudited interim financial statements are subject to year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material in the aggregate and do not contain all footnotes required by GAAP); and the supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement present fairly the information required to be stated therein. Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus under the Securities Act or the Securities Act Regulations. The pro forma and pro forma as adjusted financial information and the related notes, if any, included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus have been properly compiled and prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations and present fairly the information shown therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission), if any, comply with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the Securities Act, to the extent applicable. Each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus discloses all material off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations (including contingent obligations), and other relationships of the Company with unconsolidated entities or other persons that may have a material current or future effect on the Company’s financial condition, changes in financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, capital resources, or significant components of revenues or expenses. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (a) the Company has not incurred any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any material transactions other than in the ordinary course of business, (b) the Company has not declared or paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind with respect to its capital stock, (c) there has not been any change in the capital stock of the Company, or, other than in the ordinary course of business, any grants under any stock compensation plan, and (d) there has not been any Material Adverse Change in the Company’s long-term or short-term debt.
2.8 Authorized Capital; Options, etc . The Company had, at the date or dates indicated in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the duly authorized, issued and outstanding capitalization as set forth therein. Based on the assumptions stated in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company will have on the Closing Date the adjusted stock capitalization set forth therein. Except as set forth in, or contemplated by, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, on the Effective Date, as of the Applicable Time and on the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, there will be no stock options, warrants, or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire any authorized, but unissued shares of Common Stock of the Company or any security convertible or exercisable into shares of Common Stock of the Company, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell shares of Common Stock or any such options, warrants, rights or convertible securities.
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2.9 Valid Issuance of Securities, etc.
2.9.1. Outstanding Securities . All issued and outstanding securities of the Company issued prior to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof have no rights of rescission with respect thereto, and are not subject to personal liability solely by reason of being such holders; and none of such securities were issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company or similar contractual rights granted by the Company. The authorized shares of Common Stock conform in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The offers and sales of the outstanding shares of Common Stock were at all relevant times either registered under the Securities Act and the applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws or, based in part on the representations and warranties of the purchasers of such shares, exempt from such registration requirements.
2.9.2. Securities Sold Pursuant to this Agreement . The Public Securities and Underwriters’ Securities have been duly authorized for issuance and sale and, when issued and paid for, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not and will not be subject to personal liability solely by reason of being such holders; the Public Securities and Underwriters’ Securities are not and will not be subject to the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company or similar contractual rights granted by the Company; and all corporate action required to be taken for the authorization, issuance and sale of the Public Securities and Underwriters’ Securities has been duly and validly taken. The Public Securities and Underwriters’ Securities conform in all material respects to all statements with respect thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. All corporate action required to be taken for the authorization, issuance and sale of the Underwriters’ Warrant Agreement has been duly and validly taken; the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Underwriters’ Warrant have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and when paid for and issued in accordance with the Underwriters’ Warrant and the Underwriters’ Warrant Agreement, such shares of Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not and will not be subject to personal liability solely by reason of being such holders; and such shares of Common Stock are not and will not be subject to the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company or similar contractual rights granted by the Company.
2.10 Registration Rights of Third Parties . Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no holders of any securities of the Company or any rights exercisable for or convertible or exchangeable into securities of the Company have the right to require the Company to register any such securities of the Company under the Securities Act or to include any such securities in a registration statement to be filed by the Company.
2.11 Validity and Binding Effect of Agreements . This Agreement and the Underwriters’ Warrant Agreement have been duly and validly authorized by the Company, and, when executed and delivered, will constitute, the valid and binding agreements of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except: (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally; (ii) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the federal and state securities laws; and (iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
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2.12 No Conflicts, etc . The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the Underwriters’ Warrant Agreement and all ancillary documents, the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein and therein contemplated and the compliance by the Company with the terms hereof and thereof do not and will not, with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both: (i) result in a material breach of, or conflict with any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a material default under, or result in the creation, modification, termination or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party; (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as the same may be amended or restated from time to time, the “Charter”) or the by-laws of the Company; or (iii) violate any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any Governmental Entity as of the date hereof.
2.13 No Defaults; Violations . No material default exists in the due performance and observance of any term, covenant or condition of any material license, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, note, loan or credit agreement, or any other agreement or instrument evidencing an obligation for borrowed money, or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company may be bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company is subject. The Company is not in violation of any term or provision of its Charter or by-laws, or in violation of any material franchise, license, permit, applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment or decree of any Governmental Entity.
2.14 Corporate Power; Licenses; Consents .
2.14.1. Conduct of Business . Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has all requisite corporate power and authority, and has all necessary authorizations, approvals, orders, licenses, certificates and permits of and from all governmental regulatory officials and bodies that it needs as of the date hereof to conduct its business purpose as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
2.14.2. Transactions Contemplated Herein . The Company has all corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out the provisions and conditions hereof, and all consents, authorizations, approvals and orders required in connection therewith have been obtained. No consent, authorization or order of, and no filing with, any court, government agency or other body is required for the valid issuance, sale and delivery of the Public Securities and the consummation of the transactions and agreements contemplated by this Agreement and the Underwriters’ Warrant Agreement and as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except with respect to applicable federal and state securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”).
2.15 D&O Questionnaires . To the Company’s knowledge, all information contained in the questionnaires (the “Questionnaires”) completed by each of the Company’s directors and officers immediately prior to the Offering (the “Insiders”) as supplemented by all information concerning the Company’s directors, officers and principal stockholders as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as well as in the Lock-Up Agreement (as defined in Section 2.24 below), provided to the Underwriters, is true and correct in all material respects and the Company has not become aware of any information which would cause the information disclosed in the Questionnaires to become materially inaccurate and incorrect.
2.16 Litigation; Governmental Proceedings . There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry, arbitration, investigation, litigation or governmental proceeding pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against, or involving the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any executive officer or director that, if determined adversely to the Company, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, which has not been disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or in connection with the Company’s listing application for the listing of the Public Securities on the Exchange.
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2.17 Good Standing . The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation and is in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware as of the date hereof, and is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of business requires such qualification, except where the failure to qualify, singularly or in the aggregate, would not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
2.18 Insurance . The Company carries or is entitled to the benefits of insurance, with reputable insurers, in such amounts and covering such risks which the Company believes are adequate, including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage at least equal to $5,000,000 and all such insurance is in full force and effect. The Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able (i) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not result in a Material Adverse Change.
2.19 Transactions Affecting Disclosure to FINRA .
2.19.1. Finder’s Fees . Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no claims, payments, arrangements, agreements or understandings relating to the payment of a finder’s, consulting or origination fee by the Company or any Insider with respect to the sale of the Public Securities hereunder or any other arrangements, agreements or understandings of the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its stockholders that may affect the Underwriters’ compensation, as determined by FINRA.
2.19.2. Payments Within Twelve (12) Months . Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has not made any direct or indirect payments (in cash, securities or otherwise) to: (i) any person, as a finder’s fee, consulting fee or otherwise, in consideration of such person raising capital for the Company or introducing to the Company persons who raised or provided capital to the Company; (ii) any FINRA member; or (iii) any person or entity that has any direct or indirect affiliation or association with any FINRA member, within the twelve (12) months prior to the Effective Date, other than the payment to the Underwriters as provided hereunder in connection with the Offering.
2.19.3. Use of Proceeds . None of the net proceeds of the Offering will be paid by the Company to any participating FINRA member or its affiliates, except as specifically authorized herein.
2.19.4. FINRA Affiliation . There is no (i) officer or director of the Company, (ii) beneficial owner of 5% or more of any class of the Company's securities or (iii) beneficial owner of the Company's unregistered equity securities which were acquired during the 180-day period immediately preceding the filing of the Registration Statement that is an affiliate or associated person of a FINRA member participating in the Offering (as determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of FINRA).
2.19.5. Information . All information provided by the Company in its FINRA questionnaire to Representative’s Counsel specifically for use by Representative’s Counsel in connection with its Public Offering System filings (and related disclosure) with FINRA is true, correct and complete in all material respects.
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2.20 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act . The Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any other person acting on behalf of the Company, has not, directly or indirectly, given or agreed to give any money, gift or similar benefit (other than legal price concessions to customers in the ordinary course of business) to any customer, supplier, employee or agent of a customer or supplier, or official or employee of any governmental agency or instrumentality of any government (domestic or foreign) or any political party or candidate for office (domestic or foreign) or other person who was, is, or may be in a position to help or hinder the business of the Company (or assist it in connection with any actual or proposed transaction) that (i) would subject the Company to any damage or penalty in any civil, criminal or governmental litigation or proceeding, (ii) if not given in the past, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change or (iii) if not continued in the future, would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the assets, business, operations or prospects of the Company. The Company has taken reasonable steps to ensure that its accounting controls and procedures are sufficient to cause the Company to comply in all material respects with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
2.21 Compliance with OFAC . The Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any other person acting on behalf of the Company, is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”), and the Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Offering hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
2.22 Money Laundering Laws . The operations of the Company are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Entity (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity involving the Company with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
2.23 Officers’ Certificate . Any certificate signed by any duly authorized officer of the Company and delivered to you or to Representative’s Counsel shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriters as to the matters covered thereby.
2.24 Lock-Up Agreements. Schedule 3 hereto contains a complete and accurate list of the Company’s officers, directors and each owner of the Company’s outstanding shares of Common Stock (or securities convertible or exercisable into shares of Common Stock) who has executed a Lock-Up Agreement (collectively, the “Lock-Up Parties”). The Company has caused each of the Lock-Up Parties to deliver to the Representative and Neidiger, Tucker, Bruner, Inc. (“ NTB ”) an executed Lock-Up Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Lock-Up Agreement”), prior to the execution of this Agreement.
2.25 Subsidiaries . The Company does not control directly or indirectly, or have any direct or indirect equity or similar interest in, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other business association or entity.
2.26 Related Party Transactions . There are no business relationships or related party transactions involving the Company or any other person required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus that have not been described as required.
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2.27 Board of Directors . The Board of Directors of the Company is comprised of the persons set forth under the heading of the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus captioned “Management.” The qualifications of the persons serving as board members and the overall composition of the board comply with the Exchange Act, the Exchange Act Regulations, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules promulgated thereunder (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) applicable to the Company and the listing rules of the Exchange. At least one member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as such term is defined under Regulation S-K and the listing rules of the Exchange. In addition, at least a majority of the persons serving on the Board of Directors qualify as “independent,” as defined under the listing rules of the Exchange.
2.28 Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance .
2.28.1. Disclosure Controls . The Company has developed and currently maintains disclosure controls and procedures that will comply with Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15 under the Exchange Act Regulations, and such controls and procedures are effective to ensure that all material information concerning the Company will be made known on a timely basis to the individuals responsible for the preparation of the Company’s Exchange Act filings and other public disclosure documents.
2.28.2. Compliance . The Company is, or at the Applicable Time and on the Closing Date will be, in material compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act applicable to it, and has implemented or will implement such programs and taken reasonable steps to ensure the Company’s future compliance (not later than the relevant statutory and regulatory deadlines therefor) with all of the material provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
2.29 Accounting Controls . The Company maintains systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined under Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act Regulations) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, including, but not limited to, internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (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 the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal controls. The Company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are known to the Company’s management and that have adversely affected or are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’ ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (ii) any fraud known to the Company’s management, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.
2.30 No Investment Company Status . The Company is not and, after giving effect to the Offering and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be, required to register as an “investment company,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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2.31 No Labor Disputes . No labor dispute with the employees of the Company exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent.
2.32 Intellectual Property Rights . The Company owns or possesses or has valid rights to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets and similar rights (“Intellectual Property Rights”) necessary for the conduct of the business of the Company as currently carried on and as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. To the knowledge of the Company, no action or use by the Company necessary for the conduct of its business as currently carried on and as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will involve or give rise to any infringement of, or license or similar fees for, any Intellectual Property Rights of others. The Company has not received any notice alleging any such infringement, fee or conflict with asserted Intellectual Property Rights of others. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change (A) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no infringement, misappropriation or violation by third parties of any of the Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company; (B) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the rights of the Company in or to any such Intellectual Property Rights, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim, that would, individually or in the aggregate, together with any other claims in this Section 2.34, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; (C) the Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Intellectual Property Rights licensed to the Company have not been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property Rights, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim that would, individually or in the aggregate, together with any other claims in this Section 2.34, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; (D) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property Rights or other proprietary rights of others, the Company has not received any written notice of such claim and the Company is unaware of any other facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim that would, individually or in the aggregate, together with any other claims in this Section 2.34, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; and (E) to the Company’s knowledge, no employee of the Company is in or has ever been in violation in any material respect 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 and could reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change. To the Company’s knowledge, all technical information developed by and belonging to the Company which is material to the Company’s business and has not been patented has been kept confidential. The Company is not a party to or bound by any options, licenses or agreements with respect to the Intellectual Property Rights of any other person or entity that are required to be set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and are not described therein. The Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus contain in all material respects the same description of the matters set forth in the preceding sentence. None of the technology employed by the Company that is material to the Company’s business has been obtained or is being used by the Company in violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its officers, directors or employees, or otherwise in violation of the rights of any persons.
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2.33 Taxes . The Company has filed all returns (as hereinafter defined) required to be filed with taxing authorities prior to the date hereof or has duly obtained extensions of time for the filing thereof unless the failure to file such returns will not cause a Material Adverse Change. The Company has paid all taxes (as hereinafter defined) shown as due on such returns that were filed and has paid all taxes imposed on or assessed against the Company. The provisions for taxes payable, if any, shown on the financial statements filed with or as part of the Registration Statement are sufficient for all accrued and unpaid taxes, whether or not disputed, and for all periods to and including the dates of such consolidated financial statements. Except as disclosed in writing to the Underwriters, (i) no issues have been raised (and are currently pending) by any taxing authority in connection with any of the returns or taxes asserted as due from the Company, and (ii) no waivers of statutes of limitation with respect to the returns or collection of taxes have been given by or requested from the Company. The term “taxes” means all federal, state, local, foreign and other net income, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, profits, license, lease, service, service use, withholding, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property, windfall profits, customs, duties or other taxes, fees, assessments or charges of any kind whatever, together with any interest and any penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts with respect thereto. The term “returns” means all returns, declarations, reports, statements and other documents required to be filed in respect to taxes.
2.34 ERISA Compliance . The Company and any “employee benefit plan” (as defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (collectively, “ERISA”)) established or maintained by the Company or its “ERISA Affiliates” (as defined below) are in compliance in all material respects with ERISA. “ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to the Company, any member of any group of organizations described in Sections 414(b),(c),(m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the “Code”) of which the Company is a member. No “reportable event” (as defined under ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates. No “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates, if such “employee benefit plan” were terminated, would have any “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (as defined under ERISA). Neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any material liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “employee benefit plan” or (ii) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the Code. Each “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and, to the knowledge of the Company, nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.
2.35 Compliance with Laws . The Company: (A) is and at all times has been in compliance with all statutes, rules, or regulations, including but not limited to those of the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), 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 manufactured or distributed by the Company (“Applicable Laws”), except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change; (B) has not received any warning letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or notice from the FDA or any other governmental authority alleging or asserting 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”); (C) possesses all material Authorizations and such Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect and are not in material violation of any term of any such Authorizations; (D) has not received notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from any governmental authority or third party alleging that any product operation or activity is in violation of any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and has no knowledge that any such governmental authority or third party is considering any such claim, litigation, arbitration, action, suit, investigation or proceeding; (E) has not received notice that any governmental authority has taken, is taking or intends to take action to limit, suspend, modify or revoke any Authorizations and has no knowledge that any such governmental authority is considering such action; (F) 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 complete and correct on the date submitted (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent submission); and (G) 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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2.36 Ineligible Issuer . At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the Securities Act Regulations) of the Public Securities and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405, without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer.
2.37 Real Property . Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has good and marketable title in fee simple to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real or personal property which are material to the business of the Company taken as a whole, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, claims and defects that do not, singly or in the aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company; and all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company holds properties described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are in full force and effect, and the Company has not received any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease.
2.38 Environmental Laws . The Company is in compliance with all foreign, federal, state and local rules, laws and regulations relating to the use, treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous or toxic substances or waste and protection of health and safety or the environment which are applicable to their businesses (“Environmental Laws”), except where the failure to comply would not, singularly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change. There has been no storage, generation, transportation, handling, treatment, disposal, discharge, emission, or other release of any kind of toxic or other wastes or other hazardous substances by, due to, or caused by the Company (or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other entity for whose acts or omissions the Company is or may otherwise be liable) upon any of the property now or previously owned or leased by the Company, or upon any other property, in violation of any law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit or which would, under any law, statute, ordinance, rule (including rule of common law), regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit, give rise to any liability, except for any violation or liability which would not have, singularly or in the aggregate with all such violations and liabilities, a Material Adverse Change; and there has been no disposal, discharge, emission or other release of any kind onto such property or into the environment surrounding such property of any toxic or other wastes or other hazardous substances with respect to which the Company has knowledge, except for any such disposal, discharge, emission, or other release of any kind which would not have, singularly or in the aggregate with all such discharges and other releases, a Material Adverse Change.
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2.39 Contracts Affecting Capital . There are no transactions, arrangements or other relationships between and/or among the Company, any of its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act Regulations) and any unconsolidated entity, including, but not limited to, any structured finance, special purpose or limited purpose entity that could reasonably be expected to materially affect the Company’s liquidity or the availability of or requirements for their capital resources required to be described or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus which have not been described or incorporated by reference as required.
2.40 Loans to Directors or Officers . There are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees or indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the Company or any of their respective family members, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
2.41 Smaller Reporting Company . As of the time of filing of the Registration Statement, the Company was a “smaller reporting company,” as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act Regulations.
2.42 Industry Data . The statistical and market-related data included in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company reasonably and in good faith believes are reliable and accurate or represent the Company’s good faith estimates that are made on the basis of data derived from such sources.
2.43 Forward Stock Split . The Company has taken all necessary corporate action to effectuate a forward stock split of its shares of Common Stock on the basis of [•] share for each [•] ([•]) issued and outstanding shares thereof (the “Forward Stock Split”), such Forward Stock Split to be effective no later than the first trading day of the Firm Shares following the date hereof.
2.44 Emerging Growth Company . From the time of the initial confidential submission of the Registration Statement to the Commission (or, if earlier, the first date on which the Company engaged directly in or through any person authorized to act on its behalf in any Testing-the Waters Communication) through the date hereof, the Company has been and is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act (an “Emerging Growth Company”). “Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any oral or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act.
2.45 Testing-the-Waters Communications . The Company has not (i) alone engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communications, other than Testing-the-Waters Communications with the written consent of the Representative and with entities that are qualified institutional buyers within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act or institutions that are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act and (ii) authorized anyone other than the Representative to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company confirms that the Representative has been authorized to act on its behalf in undertaking Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company has not distributed any Written Testing-the-Waters Communications other than those listed on Schedule 2-C hereto. “Written Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
2.46 Electronic Road Show . The Company has made available a Bona Fide Electronic Road Show in compliance with Rule 433(d)(8)(ii) of the Securities Act Regulations such that no filing of any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433(h) of the Securities Act Regulations) is required in connection with the Offering.
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2.47 Margin Securities . The Company owns no “margin securities” as that term is defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve Board”), and none of the proceeds of Offering will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin security, for the purpose of reducing or retiring any indebtedness which was originally incurred to purchase or carry any margin security or for any other purpose which might cause any of the shares of Common Stock to be considered a “purpose credit” within the meanings of Regulation T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.
2.48 Minute Books . The minute books of the Company have been made available to the Representative and Representative’s Counsel, and such books (i) contain a complete summary of all meetings and actions of the board of directors (including each board committee) and stockholders of the Company (or analogous governing bodies and interest holders, as applicable), since the time of its respective incorporation or organization through the date of the latest meeting and action, and (ii) accurately in all material respects reflect all transactions referred to in such minutes. There are no material transactions, agreements, dispositions or other actions of the Company that are not properly approved and/or accurately and fairly recorded in the minute books of the Company, as applicable.
3. Covenants of the Company . The Company covenants and agrees as follows:
3.1 Amendments to Registration Statement . The Company shall deliver to the Representative, prior to filing, any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus proposed to be filed after the Effective Date and not file any such amendment or supplement to which the Representative shall reasonably object in writing.
3.2 Federal Securities Laws .
3.2.1. Compliance . The Company, subject to Section 3.2.2, shall comply with the requirements of Rule 430A of the Securities Act Regulations, and will notify the Representative promptly, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall become effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus shall have been filed; (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission; (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information; (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Public Securities and Underwriters’ Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Securities Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act in connection with the Offering of the Public Securities and Underwriters’ Securities. The Company shall effect all filings required under Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act Regulations, in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and shall take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Company shall use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order, prevention or suspension and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.
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3.2.2. Continued Compliance . The Company shall comply with the Securities Act, the Securities Act Regulations, the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Public Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Public Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172 of the Securities Act Regulations (“Rule 172”), would be) required by the Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Public Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to (i) amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order that the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser or (iii) amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, in order to comply with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Securities Act Regulations, the Company will promptly (A) give the Representative notice of such event; (B) prepare any amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus comply with such requirements and, a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed filing or use, furnish the Representative with copies of any such amendment or supplement and (C) file with the Commission any such amendment or supplement; provided that the Company shall not file or use any such amendment or supplement to which the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object. The Company will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The Company has given the Representative notice of any filings made pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time. The Company shall give the Representative notice of its intention to make any such filing from the Applicable Time until the later of the Closing Date and the exercise in full or expiration of the Over-allotment Option specified in Section 1.2 hereof and will furnish the Representative with copies of the related document(s) a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.
3.2.3. Exchange Act Registration . For a period of three (3) years after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall use its best efforts to maintain the registration of the shares of Common Stock under the Exchange Act. The Company shall not deregister the shares of Common Stock under the Exchange Act without the prior written consent of the Representative other than in connection with a merger or sale of the Company or similar business combination.
3.2.4. Free Writing Prospectuses . The Company agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representative, it shall not make any offer relating to the Public Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” or a portion thereof, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the Representative shall be deemed to have consented to each Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus hereto and any “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) that has been reviewed by the Representative. The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each such free writing prospectus consented to, or deemed consented to, by the Underwriters as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and that it has complied and will comply with the applicable requirements of Rule 433 with respect thereto, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
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3.2.5. Testing-the-Waters Communications . If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company shall promptly notify the Representative and shall promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to eliminate or correct such untrue statement or omission.
3.3 Delivery to the Underwriters of Registration Statements . The Company has delivered or made available or shall deliver or make available to the Representative and counsel for the Representative without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Underwriters, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
3.4 Delivery to the Underwriters of Prospectuses . The Company has delivered or made available or will deliver or make available to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the Securities Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Public Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the Securities Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
3.5 Effectiveness and Events Requiring Notice to the Representative . The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain effective with a current prospectus for at least nine (9) months after the Applicable Time, and shall notify the Representative immediately and confirm the notice in writing: (i) of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto; (ii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of the initiation, or the threatening, of any proceeding for that purpose; (iii) of the issuance by any state securities commission of any proceedings for the suspension of the qualification of the Public Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or of the initiation, or the threatening, of any proceeding for that purpose; (iv) of the mailing and delivery to the Commission for filing of any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus; (v) of the receipt of any comments or request for any additional information from the Commission; and (vi) of the happening of any event during the period described in this Section 3.5 that, in the judgment of the Company, makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in (a) the Registration Statement in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or (b) in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If the Commission or any state securities commission shall enter a stop order or suspend such qualification at any time, the Company shall make every reasonable effort to obtain promptly the lifting of such order.
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3.6 Review of Financial Statements. For a period of five (5) years after the date of this Agreement, the Company, at its expense, shall cause its regularly engaged independent registered public accounting firm to review (but not audit) the Company’s financial statements for each of the three fiscal quarters immediately preceding the announcement of any quarterly financial information.
3.7 Listing . The Company shall use its best efforts to maintain the listing of the shares of Common Stock (including the Public Securities) on the Exchange for at least three years from the date of this Agreement.
3.8 Financial Public Relations Firm . As of the Effective Date, the Company shall have retained a financial public relations firm reasonably acceptable to the Representative and the Company, which shall initially be KCSA Strategic Communications, which firm shall be experienced in assisting issuers in initial public offerings of securities and in their relations with their security holders, and shall retain such firm or another firm reasonably acceptable to the Representative for a period of not less than two (2) years after the Effective Date.
3.9 Reports to the Representative .
3.9.1. Periodic Reports, etc . For a period of three (3) years after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall furnish or make available to the Representative copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company from time to time furnishes generally to holders of any class of its securities and also promptly furnish to the Representative: (i) a copy of each periodic report the Company shall be required to file with the Commission under the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Regulations; (ii) a copy of every press release and every news item and article with respect to the Company or its affairs that is material and which was released by the Company; (iii) a copy of each Form 8-K prepared and filed by the Company; (iv) five copies of each registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act; and (v) such additional documents and information with respect to the Company and the affairs of any future subsidiaries of the Company as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request; provided the Representative shall sign, if requested by the Company, a Regulation FD compliant confidentiality agreement which is reasonably acceptable to the Representative and Representative’s Counsel in connection with the Representative’s receipt of such information. Documents filed with the Commission pursuant to its EDGAR system shall be deemed to have been delivered to the Representative pursuant to this Section 3.9.1.
3.9.2. Transfer Agent; Transfer Sheets . For a period of three (3) years after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall retain a transfer agent and registrar acceptable to the Representative (the “Transfer Agent”) and shall furnish to the Representative at the Company’s sole cost and expense such transfer sheets of the Company’s securities as the Representative may reasonably request, including the daily and monthly consolidated transfer sheets of the Transfer Agent and DTC. American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC is acceptable to the Representative to act as Transfer Agent for the shares of Common Stock.
3.9.3. Trading Reports . During such time as the Public Securities are listed on the Exchange, the Company shall provide to the Representative, at the Company’s expense, such reports published by Exchange relating to price trading of the Public Securities, as the Representative shall reasonably request.
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3.10 Payment of Expenses
3.10.1. General Expenses Related to the Offering . The Company hereby agrees to pay on each of the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, to the extent not paid at the Closing Date, all reasonable and necessary expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement, including, but not limited to: (a) all filing fees and communication expenses relating to the registration of the shares of Common Stock to be sold in the Offering (including the Option Shares) with the Commission; (b) all Public Filing System filing fees associated with the review of the Offering by FINRA; (c) all fees and expenses relating to the listing of such Public Securities on the Exchange and such other stock exchanges as the Company and the Representative and NTB together determine; (d) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to background checks of the Company’s officers and directors in an amount not to exceed $3,000 per individual and $10,000 in the aggregate; (e) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to the registration or qualification of the Public Securities under the “blue sky” securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions as the Representative and NTB may reasonably designate (including, without limitation, all filing and registration fees, it being agreed that if the Offering is commenced on the Exchange, the Company shall make a payment of $5,000 to such counsel at Closing, or if the Offering is commenced on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, the Company shall make a payment of $15,000 to such counsel upon the commencement of “blue sky” work by such counsel and an additional $5,000 at Closing); (f) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to the registration, qualification or exemption of the Public Securities under the securities laws of such foreign jurisdictions as the Representative and NTB may reasonably designate; (g) the costs of all mailing and printing of the underwriting documents (including, without limitation, the Underwriting Agreement, any Blue Sky Surveys and, if appropriate, any Agreement Among Underwriters, Selected Dealers’ Agreement, Underwriters’ Questionnaire and Power of Attorney), Registration Statements, Prospectuses and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto and as many preliminary and final Prospectuses as the Representative and NTB may reasonably deem necessary; (h) the costs and expenses of a public relations firm; (i) the costs of preparing, printing and delivering certificates representing the Public Securities; (j) fees and expenses of the transfer agent for the shares of Common Stock; (k) stock transfer and/or stamp taxes, if any, payable upon the transfer of securities from the Company to the Underwriters; (l) the costs associated with post-Closing advertising the Offering in the national editions of the Wall Street Journal and New York Times up to $10,000; (m) up to $2,500 of the costs associated with one set of bound volumes of the public offering materials as well as commemorative mementos and lucite tombstones, each of which the Company or its designee shall provide within a reasonable time after the Closing Date in such quantities as the Representative and NTB may reasonably request; (n) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants; (o) the fees and expenses of the Company’s legal counsel and other agents and representatives; (p) fees and expenses of the Representative’s and NTB’s legal counsel not to exceed $50,000; (q) the $29,500 cost associated with the Underwriter’s use of Ipreo’s book-building, prospectus tracking and compliance software for the Offering; and (r) up to $20,000 of the Underwriters’ actual accountable “road show” expenses for the Offering, less the Advance (as such term is defined in Section 8.3 hereof). The Representative may deduct from the net proceeds of the Offering payable to the Company on the Closing Date, or the Option Closing Date, if any, the expenses set forth herein to be paid by the Company to the Underwriters.
3.10.2. Non-accountable Expenses . The Company further agrees that, in addition to the expenses payable pursuant to Section 3.10.1, on the Closing Date it shall pay to the Representative and NTB, by deduction from the net proceeds of the Offering contemplated herein, a non-accountable expense allowance equal to one percent (1%) of the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Firm Shares (excluding the Option Shares), provided, however, that in the event that the Offering is terminated, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8.3 hereof.
3.11 Application of Net Proceeds . The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the Offering received by it in a manner consistent with the application thereof described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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3.12 Delivery of Earnings Statements to Security Holders . The Company shall make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but not later than the first day of the fifteenth (15 th ) full calendar month following the date of this Agreement, an earnings statement (which need not be certified by independent registered public accounting firm unless required by the Securities Act or the Securities Act Regulations, but which shall satisfy the provisions of Rule 158(a) under Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) covering a period of at least twelve (12) consecutive months beginning after the date of this Agreement.
3.13 Stabilization . Neither the Company nor, to its knowledge, any of its employees, directors or stockholders (without the consent of the Representative) has taken or shall take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that has constituted or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under Regulation M of the Exchange Act, or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Public Securities.
3.14 Internal Controls . The Company shall maintain 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 in order to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP 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.
3.15 Accountants . As of the date of this Agreement, the Company shall retain an independent registered public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Representative, and the Company shall continue to retain a nationally recognized independent registered public accounting firm for a period of at least three (3) years after the date of this Agreement. The Representative acknowledges that the Auditor is acceptable to the Representative.
3.16 FINRA . The Company shall advise the Representative (who shall make an appropriate filing with FINRA) if it is or becomes aware that (i) any officer or director of the Company, (ii) any beneficial owner of 5% or more of any class of the Company's securities or (iii) any beneficial owner of the Company's unregistered equity securities which were acquired during the 180 days immediately preceding the filing of the Registration Statement is or becomes an affiliate or associated person of a FINRA member participating in the Offering (as determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of FINRA).
3.17 No Fiduciary Duties . The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters’ responsibility to the Company is solely contractual in nature and that none of the Underwriters or their affiliates or any selling agent shall be deemed to be acting in a fiduciary capacity, or otherwise owes any fiduciary duty to the Company or any of its affiliates in connection with the Offering and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
3.18 Company Lock-Up Agreements .
3.18.1. Restriction on Sales of Capital Stock . The Company, on behalf of itself and any successor entity, agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representative, it will not, for a period of 180 days after the date of this Agreement (the “Lock-Up Period”), (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company; (ii) file or cause to be filed any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company (excluding filing a Form S-4 in connection with an acquisition or Form S-8 to register securities to be issued under existing employee benefit plans); (iii) complete any offering of debt securities of the Company, other than entering into a line of credit with a traditional bank or (iv) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of capital stock of the Company, whether any such transaction described in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above is to be settled by delivery of shares of capital stock of the Company or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.
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The restrictions contained in this Section 3.18.1 shall not apply to (i) the shares of Common Stock to be sold hereunder, (ii) the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of a stock option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof, of which the Representative has been advised in writing or (iii) the issuance by the Company of stock options or shares of capital stock of the Company under any equity compensation plan of the Company, provided that in each of (ii) and (iii) above, the underlying shares shall be restricted from sale during the entire Lock-Up Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (ii) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results or becomes aware that material news or a material event will occur during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the restrictions imposed by this Section 3.18.1 shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of such material news or material event, as applicable, unless the Representative waives, in writing, such extension; provided, however, that this extension of the Lock-Up Period shall not apply to the extent that FINRA has amended or repealed NASD Rule 2711(f)(4), or has otherwise provided written interpretive guidance regarding such rule, in each case, so as to eliminate the prohibition of any broker, dealer, or member of a national securities association from publishing or distributing any research report, with respect to the securities of an Emerging Growth Company prior to or after the expiration of any agreement between the broker, dealer, or member of a national securities association and the Emerging Growth Company or its stockholders that restricts or prohibits the sale of securities held by the Emerging Growth Company or its stockholders after the initial public offering date.
3.18.2. Restriction on Continuous Offerings . Notwithstanding the restrictions contained in Section 3.18.1, the Company, on behalf of itself and any successor entity, agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representative, it will not, for a period of 12 months after the date of this Agreement, directly or indirectly in any “at-the-market” or continuous equity transaction, offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to sell or otherwise dispose of shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company.
3.19 Release of D&O Lock-up Period . If the Representative and NTB, in their sole discretion, agree to release or waive the restrictions set forth in the Lock-Up Agreements described in Section 2.24 hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three (3) Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto through a major news service at least two (2) Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
3.20 Blue Sky Qualifications . The Company shall use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, if necessary, to qualify the Public Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Representative may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required to complete the distribution of the Public Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.
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3.21 Reporting Requirements . The Company, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Public Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the Securities Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act within the time periods required by the Exchange Act and Exchange Act Regulations. Additionally, the Company shall report the use of proceeds from the issuance of the Public Securities as may be required under Rule 463 under the Securities Act Regulations.
3.22 Emerging Growth Company Status . The Company shall promptly notify the Representative if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (i) completion of the distribution of the Public Securities within the meaning of the Securities Act and (ii) fifteen (15) days following the completion of the Lock-Up Period.
4. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations . The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Public Securities, as provided herein, shall be subject to (i) the continuing accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company as of the date hereof and as of each of the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any; (ii) the accuracy of the statements of officers of the Company made pursuant to the provisions hereof; (iii) the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder; and (iv) the following conditions:
4.1 Regulatory Matters .
4.1.1. Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Rule 430A Information . The Registration Statement has become effective not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the date of this Agreement or such later date and time as shall be consented to in writing by you, and, at each of the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the Securities Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, contemplated by the Commission. The Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information. The Prospectus containing the Rule 430A Information shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time frame required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)) or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed with, and declared effective by, the Commission in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430A.
4.1.2. FINRA Clearance . On or before the date of this Agreement, the Representative shall have received clearance from FINRA as to the amount of compensation allowable or payable to the Underwriters as described in the Registration Statement.
4.1.3. Exchange Stock Market Clearance . On the Closing Date, the Company’s shares of Common Stock, including the Firm Shares, shall have been approved for listing on the Exchange, subject only to official notice of issuance. On the first Option Closing Date (if any), the Company’s shares of Common Stock, including the Option Shares, shall have been approved for listing on the Exchange, subject only to official notice of issuance.
4.2 Company Counsel Matters .
4.2.1. Closing Date Opinion of Counsel . On the Closing Date, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion of Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A., counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative, in the form satisfactory to the Representative and Representative’s Counsel.
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4.2.2. Opinion of Special Intellectual Property Counsel for the Company . On the Closing Date, the Representative shall have received the opinion of Fox Rothchild, LLP, special intellectual property counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Representative in the form satisfactory to the Representative and Representative’s Counsel.
4.2.3. Option Closing Date Opinions of Counsel . On the Option Closing Date, if any, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinions of each counsel listed in Sections 4.2.1 and 4.2.2, dated the Option Closing Date, addressed to the Representative and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, confirming as of the Option Closing Date, the statements made by such counsels in their respective opinions delivered on the Closing Date.
4.2.4. Reliance . In rendering such opinions, such counsel may rely: (i) as to matters involving the application of laws other than the laws of the United States and jurisdictions in which they are admitted, to the extent such counsel deems proper and to the extent specified in such opinion, if at all, upon an opinion or opinions (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative) of other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Representative, familiar with the applicable laws; and (ii) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates or other written statements of officers of the Company and officers of departments of various jurisdictions having custody of documents respecting the corporate existence or good standing of the Company, provided that copies of any such statements or certificates shall be delivered to Representative’s Counsel if requested. The opinion of Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. and any opinion relied upon by Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. shall include a statement to the effect that it may be relied upon by Representative’s Counsel in its opinion delivered to the Underwriters.
4.3 Comfort Letters .
4.3.1. Cold Comfort Letter . At the time this Agreement is executed you shall have received a cold comfort letter containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ comfort letters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, addressed to the Representative and in form and substance satisfactory in all respects to you and to the Auditor, dated as of the date of this Agreement.
4.3.2. Bring-down Comfort Letter . At each of the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, the Representative shall have received from the Auditor a letter, dated as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as applicable, to the effect that the Auditor reaffirms the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to Section 4.3.1, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three (3) business days prior to the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as applicable.
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4.4 Officers’ Certificates .
4.4.1. Officers’ Certificate . The Company shall have furnished to the Representative a certificate, dated the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date (if such date is other than the Closing Date), of its Chief Executive Officer, its President and its Chief Financial Officer stating that (i) such officers have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and, in their opinion, the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date (or any Option Closing Date if such date is other than the Closing Date) did not include any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date (or any Option Closing Date if such date is other than the Closing Date), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as of its date and as of the Closing Date (or any Option Closing Date if such date is other than the Closing Date), the Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto, as of the respective date thereof and as of the Closing Date, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, (ii) since the effective date of the Registration Statement, no event has occurred which should have been set forth in a supplement or amendment to the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, as of the Closing Date (or any Option Closing Date if such date is other than the Closing Date), the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date (or any Option Closing Date if such date is other than the Closing Date), and (iv) there has not been, subsequent to the date of the most recent audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package, any Material Adverse Change in the financial position or results of operations of the Company, or any change or development that, singularly or in the aggregate, would involve a Material Adverse Change or a prospective Material Adverse Change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, assets or prospects of the Company, except as set forth in the Prospectus.
4.4.2. Secretary’s Certificate . At each of the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, the Representative shall have received a certificate of the Company signed by the Secretary of the Company, dated the Closing Date or the Option Date, as the case may be, respectively, certifying: (i) that each of the Charter and Bylaws is true and complete, has not been modified and is in full force and effect; (ii) that the resolutions of the Company’s Board of Directors relating to the Offering are in full force and effect and have not been modified; (iii) as to the accuracy and completeness of all correspondence between the Company or its counsel and the Commission; and (iv) as to the incumbency of the officers of the Company. The documents referred to in such certificate shall be attached to such certificate.
4.5 No Material Changes . Prior to and on each of the Closing Date and each Option Closing Date, if any: (i) there shall have been no Material Adverse Change or development involving a prospective Material Adverse Change in the condition or prospects or the business activities, financial or otherwise, of the Company from the latest dates as of which such condition is set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; (ii) no action, suit or proceeding, at law or in equity, shall have been pending or threatened against the Company or any Insider before or by any court or federal or state commission, board or other administrative agency wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding may materially adversely affect the business, operations, prospects or financial condition or income of the Company, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; (iii) no stop order shall have been issued under the Securities Act and no proceedings therefor shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and (iv) the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto shall contain all material statements which are required to be stated therein in accordance with the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations and shall conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations, and neither the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package nor the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto shall 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 light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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4.6 Delivery of Agreements .
4.6.1. Lock-Up Agreements . On or before the date of this Agreement, the Company shall have delivered to the Representative and NTB executed copies of the Lock-Up Agreements from each of the persons listed in Schedule 3 hereto.
4.6.2. Underwriters’ Warrant Agreement . On the Closing Date, the Company shall have delivered to the Representative and NTB executed copies of the Underwriters’ Warrant Agreement.
4.7 Additional Documents . At the Closing Date and at each Option Closing Date (if any) Representative’s Counsel shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may require for the purpose of enabling Representative’s Counsel to deliver an opinion to the Underwriters, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Public Securities and the Underwriters’ Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and Representative’s Counsel.
4.8 Reverse Stock Split . Not later than the first trading day of the Firm Shares following the date hereof, the Reverse Stock Split shall be effective.
5. Indemnification .
5.1 Indemnification of the Underwriters .
5.1.1. General . Subject to the conditions set forth below, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates and each of its and their respective directors, officers, members, employees, representatives, partners, shareholders, affiliates, counsel, and agents and each person, if any, who controls any such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (collectively the “Underwriter Indemnified Parties,” and each an “Underwriter Indemnified Party”), against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever (including but not limited to any and all legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, whether arising out of any action between any of the Underwriter Indemnified Parties and the Company or between any of the Underwriter Indemnified Parties and any third party, or otherwise) to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any other statute or at common law or otherwise or under the laws of foreign countries (a “Claim”), arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in (A) the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, or in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication (as from time to time each may be amended and supplemented); (B) any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the Offering, including any “road show” or investor presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically); or (C) any application or other document or written communication (in this Section 5, collectively called “application”) executed by the Company or based upon written information furnished by the Company in any jurisdiction in order to qualify the Public Securities and Underwriters’ Securities under the securities laws thereof or filed with the Commission, any state securities commission or agency, the Exchange or any other national securities exchange; or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, unless such statement or omission was made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, the Underwriters’ Information. With respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in the Registration Statement, Pricing Disclosure Package, or Prospectus, the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 5.1.1 shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter Indemnified Party to the extent that any loss, liability, claim, damage, or expenses of such Underwriter Indemnified Party results from the fact that a copy of the Prospectus was not given or sent to the person asserting any such loss, liability, claim, or damage at or prior to the written confirmation of sale of the Shares to such person as required by the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations, and if the untrue statement or omission has been corrected in the Prospectus, unless such failure to deliver the Prospectus was a result of noncompliance by the Company with its obligations under Section 3.3 hereof. The Company also agrees that it will reimburse each Underwriter Indemnified Party for all fees and expenses (including but not limited to any and all legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, whether arising out of any action between any of the Underwriter Indemnified Parties and the Company or between any of the Underwriter Indemnified Parties and any third party, or otherwise).
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5.1.2. Procedure . If any action is brought against an Underwriter Indemnified Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought against the Company pursuant to Section 5.1.1, such Underwriter Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the institution of such action and the Company shall assume the defense of such action, including the employment and fees of counsel (subject to the approval of such Underwriter Indemnified Party) and payment of actual expenses. Such Underwriter Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Company, and shall be advanced by the Company. The Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any action effected without its consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld). In addition, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in or otherwise seek to terminate any pending or threatened action in respect of which advancement, reimbursement, indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not such Underwriter Indemnified Party is a party thereto) unless such settlement, compromise, consent or termination (i) includes an unconditional release of each Underwriter Indemnified Party, acceptable to such Underwriter Indemnified Party, from all liabilities, expenses and claims arising out of such action for which indemnification or contribution may be sought and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any Underwriter Indemnified Party.
5.2 Indemnification of the Company . Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and persons who control the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the foregoing indemnity from the Company to the several Underwriters, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or in any application, in reliance upon, and in strict conformity with, the Underwriters’ Information. In case any action shall be brought against the Company or any other person so indemnified based on any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or any application, and in respect of which indemnity may be sought against any Underwriter, such Underwriter shall have the rights and duties given to the Company, and the Company and each other person so indemnified shall have the rights and duties given to the several Underwriters by the provisions of Section 5.1.2. The Company agrees promptly to notify the Representative of the commencement of any litigation or proceedings against the Company or any of its officers, directors or any person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Public Securities or in connection with the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication.
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5.3 Contribution .
5.3.1. Contribution Rights . If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 shall for any reason be unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 5.1 or 5.2 in respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof, referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, from the Offering of the Public Securities, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, with respect to the statements or omissions that resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, with respect to such Offering shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the Offering of the Public Securities purchased under this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus, on the one hand, and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters with respect to the shares of the Common Stock purchased under this Agreement, as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus, on the other hand. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 5.3.1 were to be determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 5.3.1 shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this Section 5.3.1, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5.3.1 in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the Offering of the Public Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
5.3.2. Contribution Procedure . Within fifteen (15) days after receipt by any party to this Agreement (or its representative) of notice of the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding, such party will, if a claim for contribution in respect thereof is to be made against another party (“contributing party”), notify the contributing party of the commencement thereof, but the failure to so notify the contributing party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any other party other than for contribution hereunder. In case any such action, suit or proceeding is brought against any party, and such party notifies a contributing party or its representative of the commencement thereof within the aforesaid 15 days, the contributing party will be entitled to participate therein with the notifying party and any other contributing party similarly notified. Any such contributing party shall not be liable to any party seeking contribution on account of any settlement of any claim, action or proceeding affected by such party seeking contribution on account of any settlement of any claim, action or proceeding affected by such party seeking contribution without the written consent of such contributing party. The contribution provisions contained in this Section 5.3.2 are intended to supersede, to the extent permitted by law, any right to contribution under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise available. Each Underwriter’s obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 5.3 are several and not joint.
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6. Default by an Underwriter .
6.1 Default Not Exceeding 10% of Firm Shares or Option Shares . If any Underwriter or Underwriters shall default in its or their obligations to purchase the Firm Shares or the Option Shares, if the Over-allotment Option is exercised hereunder, and if the number of the Firm Shares or Option Shares with respect to which such default relates does not exceed in the aggregate 10% of the number of Firm Shares or Option Shares that all Underwriters have agreed to purchase hereunder, then such Firm Shares or Option Shares to which the default relates shall be purchased by the non-defaulting Underwriters in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder.
6.2 Default Exceeding 10% of Firm Shares or Option Shares . In the event that the default addressed in Section 6.1 relates to more than 10% of the Firm Shares or Option Shares, you may in your discretion arrange for yourself or for another party or parties to purchase such Firm Shares or Option Shares to which such default relates on the terms contained herein. If, within one (1) Business Day after such default relating to more than 10% of the Firm Shares or Option Shares, you do not arrange for the purchase of such Firm Shares or Option Shares, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of one (1) Business Day within which to procure another party or parties satisfactory to you to purchase said Firm Shares or Option Shares on such terms. In the event that neither you nor the Company arrange for the purchase of the Firm Shares or Option Shares to which a default relates as provided in this Section 6, this Agreement will automatically be terminated by you or the Company without liability on the part of the Company (except as provided in Sections 3.9 and 5 hereof) or the several Underwriters (except as provided in Section 5 hereof); provided, however, that if such default occurs with respect to the Option Shares, this Agreement will not terminate as to the Firm Shares; and provided, further, that nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the other Underwriters and to the Company for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.
6.3 Postponement of Closing Date . In the event that the Firm Shares or Option Shares to which the default relates are to be purchased by the non-defaulting Underwriters, or are to be purchased by another party or parties as aforesaid, you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date or Option Closing Date for a reasonable period, but not in any event exceeding five (5) Business Days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or in any other documents and arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendment to the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter may thereby be made necessary. The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include any party substituted under this Section 6 with like effect as if it had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such shares of Common Stock.
7. Additional Covenants .
7.1 Board Composition and Board Designations . The Company shall ensure that: (i) the qualifications of the persons serving as members of the Board of Directors and the overall composition of the Board comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, with the Exchange Act and with the listing rules of the Exchange or any other national securities exchange, as the case may be, in the event the Company seeks to have its Public Securities listed on another exchange or quoted on an automated quotation system, and (ii) if applicable, at least one member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as such term is defined under Regulation S-K and the listing rules of the Exchange.
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7.2 Prohibition on Press Releases and Public Announcements . The Company shall not issue press releases or engage in any other publicity, without the Representative’s prior written consent, for a period ending at 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the first (1 st ) Business Day following the forty-fifth (45 th ) day after the Closing Date, other than normal and customary releases issued in the ordinary course of the Company’s business.
7.3 Right of First Refusal . Provided that the Firm Shares are sold in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Representative and NTB shall have an irrevocable right of first refusal (the “Right of First Refusal”), for a period of twenty-four (24) months after the date the Offering is completed, to act as sole and exclusive co-investment bankers, sole and exclusive co-book-runners, sole and exclusive co-financial advisors, sole and exclusive co-underwriters and/or sole and exclusive co-placement agents, at the Representative’s and NTB’s sole and exclusive discretion, for each and every future public and private equity and debt offering, including all equity linked financings (each, a “Subject Transaction”), during such twenty-four (24) month period, of the Company, or any successor to or subsidiary of the Company, on terms and conditions customary to the Representative and NTB for such Subject Transactions. For the avoidance of any doubt, the Company shall not retain, engage or solicit any additional investment banker, book-runner, financial advisor, underwriter and/or placement agent in a Subject Transaction without the express written consent of the Representative and NTB.
The Company shall notify the Representative and NTB of its intention to pursue a Subject Transaction, including the material terms thereof, by providing written notice thereof by registered mail or overnight courier service addressed to the Representative and NTB. If either the Representative or NTB fail to exercise its Right of First Refusal with respect to any Subject Transaction within ten (10) Business Days after the mailing of such written notice, then the Representative and or NTB, as applicable, shall have no further claim or right with respect to the Subject Transaction. The Representative and NTB may elect, in their sole and absolute discretion, not to exercise their Right of First Refusal with respect to any Subject Transaction; provided that any such election by the Representative or NTB shall not adversely affect the Representative’s or NTB’s Right of First Refusal with respect to any other Subject Transaction during the twenty-four (24) month period agreed to above.
8. Effective Date of this Agreement and Termination Thereof .
8.1 Effective Date . This Agreement shall become effective when both the Company and the Representative has executed the same and delivered counterparts of such signatures to the other party.
8.2 Termination . The Representative shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time prior to any Closing Date, (i) if any domestic or international event or act or occurrence has materially disrupted, or in your opinion will in the immediate future materially disrupt, general securities markets in the United States; or (ii) if trading on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC shall have been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required by FINRA or by order of the Commission or any other government authority having jurisdiction; or (iii) if the United States shall have become involved in a new war or an increase in major hostilities; or (iv) if a banking moratorium has been declared by a New York State or federal authority; or (v) if a moratorium on foreign exchange trading has been declared which materially adversely impacts the United States securities markets; or (vi) if the Company shall have sustained a material loss by fire, flood, accident, hurricane, earthquake, theft, sabotage or other calamity or malicious act which, whether or not such loss shall have been insured, will, in your opinion, make it inadvisable to proceed with the delivery of the Firm Shares or Option Shares; or (vii) if the Company is in material breach of any of its representations, warranties or covenants hereunder; or (viii) if the Representative shall have become aware after the date hereof of such a Material Adverse Change in the conditions or prospects of the Company, or such adverse material change in general market conditions as in the Representative’s judgment would make it impracticable to proceed with the offering, sale and/or delivery of the Public Securities or to enforce contracts made by the Underwriters for the sale of the Public Securities.
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8.3 Expenses . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, except in the case of a default by the Underwriters, pursuant to Section 6.2 above, in the event that this Agreement shall not be carried out for any reason whatsoever, within the time specified herein or any extensions thereof pursuant to the terms herein, the Company shall be obligated to pay to the Underwriters their actual and accountable out-of-pocket expenses related to the transactions contemplated herein then due and payable (including the fees and disbursements of Representative’s Counsel) up to $200,000, inclusive of the $50,000 advance for actual out-of-pocket accountable expenses previously paid by the Company to the Representative and NTB (the “Advance”) and upon demand the Company shall pay the full amount thereof to the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters; provided, however, that such expense cap in no way limits or impairs the indemnification and contribution provisions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any advance received by the Representative will be reimbursed to the Company to the extent not actually incurred in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(C).
8.4 Indemnification . Notwithstanding any contrary provision contained in this Agreement, any election hereunder or any termination of this Agreement, and whether or not this Agreement is otherwise carried out, the provisions of Section 5 shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be in any way affected by, such election or termination or failure to carry out the terms of this Agreement or any part hereof.
8.5 Representations, Warranties, Agreements to Survive . All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or its Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling any Underwriter, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company or (ii) delivery of and payment for the Public Securities.
9. Miscellaneous .
9.1 Notices . All communications hereunder, except as herein otherwise specifically provided, shall be in writing and shall be mailed (registered or certified mail, return receipt requested), personally delivered or sent by facsimile transmission and confirmed and shall be deemed given when so delivered or faxed and confirmed or if mailed, two (2) days after such mailing.
If to the Representative:
Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC
30 Broad Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Attn: Mr. Eric Lord, Head of Investment Banking/Underwritings
Fax No.: (646) 461-2729
If to NTB:
Neidiger, Tucker, Bruner, Inc.
9540 South Maroon Circle, Suite 250
Englewood, CO 80112
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with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Attn: Ivan K. Blumenthal, Esq.
Fax No.: (212) 983-3115
If to the Company:
Sensus Healthcare, LLC
851 Broken Sound Pkwy. NW #215
Boca Raton, Florida 33487
Attention: Joseph C. Sardano, Chief Executive Officer
Fax No.: (561) 948-2739
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.
450 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1400
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Attention: David C. Scileppi, Esq.
Fax No.: 954-888-2033
9.2 Headings . The headings contained herein are for the sole purpose of convenience of reference, and shall not in any way limit or affect the meaning or interpretation of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement.
9.3 Amendment . This Agreement may only be amended by a written instrument executed by each of the parties hereto.
9.4 Entire Agreement . This Agreement (together with the other agreements and documents being delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement) constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings of the parties, oral and written, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
9.5 Binding Effect . This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Representative, the Underwriters, the Company and the controlling persons, directors and officers referred to in Section 5 hereof, and their respective successors, legal representatives, heirs and assigns, and no other person shall have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of or by virtue of this Agreement or any provisions herein contained. The term “successors and assigns” shall not include a purchaser, in its capacity as such, of securities from any of the Underwriters.
9.6 Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Trial by Jury . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflict of laws principles thereof. Each of the Company and the Underwriters hereby agree that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of, or relating in any way to this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the New York Supreme Court, County of New York, or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. Each of the Company and the Underwriters hereby waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. Any such process or summons to be served upon the Company may be served by transmitting a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to it at the address set forth in Section 9.1 hereof. Such mailing shall be deemed personal service and shall be legal and binding upon the Company in any action, proceeding or claim. The parties agree that the prevailing party(ies) in any such action shall be entitled to recover from the other party(ies) all of its reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses relating to such action or proceeding and/or incurred in connection with the preparation therefor. The Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
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9.7 Execution in Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts has been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of a signed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile or email/pdf transmission shall constitute valid and sufficient delivery thereof.
9.8 Waiver, etc . The failure of any of the parties hereto to at any time enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall not be deemed or construed to be a waiver of any such provision, nor to in any way effect the validity of this Agreement or any provision hereof or the right of any of the parties hereto to thereafter enforce each and every provision of this Agreement. No waiver of any breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument executed by the party or parties against whom or which enforcement of such waiver is sought; and no waiver of any such breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment shall be construed or deemed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between the Underwriters and the Company, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement between us.
Very truly yours, | ||
SENSUS HEALTHCARE, INC. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Confirmed as of the date first written above mentioned, on behalf of itself and as Representative of the several Underwriters named on Schedule 1 hereto:
JOSEPH GUNNAR & CO., LLC.
By: | ||
Name: Eric Lord | ||
Title: Head of Investment Banking/Underwritings |
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Sensus Healthcare, Inc. – Underwriting Agreement
SCHEDULE 1
Underwriter |
Total Number of
Firm Shares to be Purchased |
Number of Additional
Shares to be Purchased if the Over-Allotment Option is Fully Exercised |
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Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC. | ||||||||
Feltl and Company, Inc. | ||||||||
Neidiger, Tucker, Bruner, Inc. | ||||||||
TOTAL |
Sch. 1-1
SCHEDULE 2-A
Pricing Information
Number of Firm Shares: [•]
Number of Option Shares: [•]
Public Offering Price per Share: $[•]
Underwriting Discount per Share: $[•]
Underwriting Non-accountable Expense Allowance per Share: $[•]
Proceeds to Company per Share (before expenses): $[•]
SCHEDULE 2-B
Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectuses
[ADD]
SCHEDULE 2-C
Written Testing-the-Waters Communications
[None.]
Sch. 2-1
SCHEDULE 3
List of Lock-Up Parties
Sch. 3-1
EXHIBIT A
Form of Underwriters’ Warrant Agreement
THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF THIS PURCHASE WARRANT BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT SELL, TRANSFER OR ASSIGN THIS PURCHASE WARRANT EXCEPT AS HEREIN PROVIDED AND THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF THIS PURCHASE WARRANT AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT SELL, TRANSFER, ASSIGN, PLEDGE OR HYPOTHECATE THIS PURCHASE WARRANT FOR A PERIOD OF ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE (DEFINED BELOW) TO ANYONE OTHER THAN (I) JOSEPH GUNNAR & CO., LLC, FELTL AND COMPANY, INC., Neidiger, Tucker, Bruner, Inc. OR AN UNDERWRITER OR A SELECTED DEALER IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING, OR (II) A BONA FIDE OFFICER OR PARTNER OF JOSEPH GUNNAR & CO., LLC, FELTL AND COMPANY, INC., NEIDIGER, TUCKER, BRUNER, INC. OR OF ANY SUCH UNDERWRITER OR SELECTED DEALER.
THIS PURCHASE WARRANT IS NOT EXERCISABLE PRIOR TO [________________] [ DATE THAT IS ONE YEAR FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE OFFERING ]. VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M., EASTERN TIME, [___________________] [ DATE THAT IS FIVE YEARS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE OFFERING ].
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
For the Purchase of [_____] Shares of Common Stock
of
SENSUS HELTHCARE, INC.
1. Purchase Warrant . THIS CERTIFIES THAT, in consideration of funds duly paid by or on behalf of [Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC/ Feltl and Company, Inc./Neidiger, Tucker, Bruner, Inc.] (“ Holder ”), as registered owner of this Purchase Warrant, to Sensus Healthcare, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), Holder is entitled, at any time or from time to time from [________________] [ DATE THAT IS ONE YEAR FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE OFFERING ] (the “ Commencement Date ”), and UNTIL at or before 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, [____________] [ DATE THAT IS FIVE YEARS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE OFFERING ] (the ” Expiration Date ”), but not thereafter, to subscribe for, purchase and receive, in whole or in part, up to [____] shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Shares ”), subject to adjustment as provided in Section 6 hereof. If the Expiration Date is a day on which banking institutions are authorized by law to close, then this Purchase Warrant may be exercised on the next succeeding day which is not such a day in accordance with the terms herein. During the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the Expiration Date, the Company agrees not to take any action that would terminate this Purchase Warrant. This Purchase Warrant is initially exercisable at $[___] per Share [ 125% of the price of the Shares sold in the Offering ]; provided , however , that upon the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 6 hereof, the rights granted by this Purchase Warrant, including the exercise price per Share and the number of Shares to be received upon such exercise, shall be adjusted as therein specified. The term “ Exercise Price ” shall mean the initial exercise price or the adjusted exercise price, depending on the context. The term “ Effective Date ” shall mean [ ], the date of that certain Underwriting Agreement, by and between the Company and Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC, as representative of the underwriters named therein (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”).
Ex. A- 1
2. Exercise .
2.1 Exercise Form . In order to exercise this Purchase Warrant, the exercise form attached hereto must be duly executed and completed and delivered to the Company, together with this Purchase Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price for the Shares being purchased payable in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company or by certified check or official bank check. If the subscription rights represented hereby shall not be exercised at or before 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the Expiration Date, this Purchase Warrant shall become and be void without further force or effect, and all rights represented hereby shall cease and expire.
2.2 Cashless Exercise . If at any time after the Commencement Date there is no effective registration statement registering, or no current prospectus available for, the resale of the Shares by the Holder, then in lieu of exercising this Purchase Warrant by payment of cash or check payable to the order of the Company pursuant to Section 2.1 above, Holder may elect to receive the number of Shares equal to the value of this Purchase Warrant (or the portion thereof being exercised), by surrender of this Purchase Warrant to the Company, together with the exercise form attached hereto, in which event the Company shall issue to Holder, Shares in accordance with the following formula:
X | = |
Y(A-B) A |
Where, | |||
X | = | The number of Shares to be issued to Holder; | |
Y | = | The number of Shares for which the Purchase Warrant is being exercised; | |
A | = | The fair market value of one Share; and | |
B | = | The Exercise Price. |
For purposes of this Section 2.2, the fair market value of a Share is defined as follows:
(i) | if the Company’s common stock is traded on a securities exchange, the value shall be deemed to be the closing price on such exchange prior to the exercise form being submitted in connection with the exercise of the Purchase Warrant; or |
(ii) | if the Company’s common stock is actively traded over-the-counter, the value shall be deemed to be the closing bid price prior to the exercise form being submitted in connection with the exercise of the Purchase Warrant; if there is no active public market, the value shall be the fair market value thereof, as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors. |
2.3 Delivery of Shares . Upon exercise, the applicable number of Shares shall be deliver to the Holder within three (3) business days of the Company’s receipt of the exercise form completed and payment of the applicable Exercise Price, if paid in cash.
2.4 Legend . Each certificate representing the Shares shall bear a legend as follows unless such securities have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Act ”):
Ex. A- 2
“The securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), or applicable state law. Neither the securities nor any interest therein may be offered for sale, sold or otherwise transferred except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state law which, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, is available.”
3. Transfer .
3.1 General Restrictions . The registered Holder of this Purchase Warrant agrees by his, her or its acceptance hereof, that such Holder will not: (a) sell, transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate this Purchase Warrant for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days following the Effective Date to anyone other than: (i) Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC (“ Joseph Gunnar ”), Feltl and Company, Inc. (“ Feltl ”), Neidiger, Tucker, Bruner, Inc. (“ Neidiger ”) or an underwriter or a selected dealer participating in the offering contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement (the “ Offering ”), or (ii) a bona fide officer or partner of Joseph Gunnar, Feltl, Neidiger or of any such underwriter or selected dealer, in each case in accordance with FINRA Rules 5110(g)(1) and 5110(g)(2)(A)(ii), or (b) cause this Purchase Warrant or the securities issuable hereunder to be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of this Purchase Warrant or the securities hereunder, except as provided for in FINRA Rule 5110(g)(2). On and after 180 days after the Effective Date, transfers to others may be made subject to compliance with or exemptions from applicable securities laws. In order to make any permitted assignment, the Holder must deliver to the Company the assignment form attached hereto duly executed and completed, together with the Purchase Warrant and payment of all transfer taxes, if any, payable in connection therewith. The Company shall within three (3) business days transfer this Purchase Warrant on the books of the Company and shall execute and deliver a new Purchase Warrant or Purchase Warrants of like tenor to the appropriate assignee(s) expressly evidencing the right to purchase the aggregate number of Shares purchasable hereunder or such portion of such number as shall be contemplated by any such assignment.
3.2 Restrictions Imposed by the Securities Act . The securities evidenced by this Purchase Warrant shall not be transferred unless and until: (i) the Company has received the opinion of counsel for the Holder that the securities may be transferred pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, the availability of which is established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company (the Company hereby agreeing that the opinion of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. shall be deemed satisfactory evidence of the availability of an exemption), or (ii) a registration statement or a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of such securities has been filed by the Company and declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) and compliance with applicable state securities law has been established.
Ex. A- 3
4. Registration Rights .
4.1 Demand Registration .
4.1.1 Grant of Right . The Company, upon written demand (a “ Demand Notice ”) of the Holder(s) of at least 51% of the Purchase Warrants and/or the underlying Shares (“Majority Holders”), agrees to register, on one occasion, all or any portion of the Shares underlying the Purchase Warrants (collectively, the “ Registrable Securities ”). On such occasion, the Company will file a registration statement with the Commission covering the Registrable Securities within sixty (60) days after receipt of a Demand Notice and use its reasonable best efforts to have the registration statement declared effective promptly thereafter, subject to compliance with review by the Commission; provided , however , that the Company shall not be required to comply with a Demand Notice if the Company has filed a registration statement with respect to which the Holder is entitled to piggyback registration rights pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof and either: (i) the Holder has elected to participate in the offering covered by such registration statement or (ii) if such registration statement relates to an underwritten primary offering of securities of the Company, until the offering covered by such registration statement has been withdrawn or until thirty (30) days after such offering is consummated. The demand for registration may be made at any time during a period of four (4) years beginning on the Commencement Date. The Company covenants and agrees to give written notice of its receipt of any Demand Notice by any Holder(s) to all other registered Holders of the Purchase Warrants and/or the Registrable Securities within ten (10) days after the date of the receipt of any such Demand Notice.
4.1.2 Terms . The Company shall bear all fees and expenses attendant to the registration of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 4.1.1, but the Holders shall pay any and all underwriting commissions and the expenses of any legal counsel selected by the Holders to represent them in connection with the sale of the Registrable Securities. The Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to cause the filing required herein to become effective promptly and to qualify or register the Registrable Securities in such states as are reasonably requested by the Holder(s); provided , however , that in no event shall the Company be required to register the Registrable Securities in a state in which such registration would cause: (i) the Company to be obligated to register or license to do business in such state or submit to general service of process in such State, or (ii) the principal shareholders of the Company to be obligated to escrow their shares of capital stock of the Company. The Company shall cause any registration statement filed pursuant to the demand right granted under Section 4.1.1 to remain effective for a period of at least twelve (12) consecutive months after the date that the Holders of the Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement are first given the opportunity to sell all of such securities. The Holders shall only use the prospectuses provided by the Company to sell the shares covered by such registration statement, and will immediately cease to use any prospectus furnished by the Company if the Company advises the Holder that such prospectus may no longer be used due to a material misstatement or omission. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4.1.2, the Holder shall be entitled to a demand registration under this Section 4.1.2 on only one (1) occasion and such demand registration right shall terminate on the fifth anniversary of the effectiveness of the registration statement in accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(G)(iv).
4.2 “Piggy-Back” Registration .
4.2.1 Grant of Right . In addition to the demand right of registration described in Section 4.1 hereof, the Holder shall have the right, for a period of no more than seven (7) years from the date of effectiveness of the registration statement in accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(G)(v), to include the Registrable Securities as part of any other registration of securities filed by the Company (other than in connection with a transaction contemplated by Rule 145(a) promulgated under the Securities Act or pursuant to Form S-8 or any equivalent form); provided , however , that if, solely in connection with any primary underwritten public offering for the account of the Company, the managing underwriter(s) thereof shall, in its reasonable discretion, impose a limitation on the number of shares of common stock which may be included in the Registration Statement because, in such underwriter(s)’ judgment, marketing or other factors dictate such limitation is necessary to facilitate public distribution, then the Company shall be obligated to include in such Registration Statement only such limited portion of the Registrable Securities with respect to which the Holder requested inclusion hereunder as the underwriter shall reasonably permit. Any exclusion of Registrable Securities shall be made pro rata among the Holders seeking to include Registrable Securities in proportion to the number of Registrable Securities sought to be included by such Holders; provided , however , that the Company shall not exclude any Registrable Securities unless the Company has first excluded all outstanding securities, the holders of which are not entitled to inclusion of such securities in such Registration Statement or are not entitled to pro rata inclusion with the Registrable Securities.
Ex. A- 4
4.2.2 Terms . The Company shall bear all fees and expenses attendant to registering the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 4.2.1 hereof, but the Holders shall pay any and all underwriting commissions and the expenses of any legal counsel selected by the Holders to represent them in connection with the sale of the Registrable Securities. In the event of such a proposed registration, the Company shall furnish the then Holders of outstanding Registrable Securities with not less than thirty (30) days written notice prior to the proposed date of filing of such registration statement. Such notice to the Holders shall continue to be given for each registration statement filed by the Company until such time as all of the Registrable Securities have been sold by the Holder. The holders of the Registrable Securities shall exercise the “piggy-back” rights provided for herein by giving written notice within ten (10) days of the receipt of the Company’s notice of its intention to file a registration statement. Except as otherwise provided in this Purchase Warrant, there shall be no limit on the number of times the Holder may request registration under this Section 4.2.2; provided , however , that such registration rights shall terminate on the sixth anniversary of the Commencement Date.
4.3 General Terms .
4.3.1 Indemnification . The Company shall indemnify the Holder(s) of the Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to any registration statement hereunder and each person, if any, who controls such Holders within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“ Exchange Act ”), against all loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (including all reasonable attorneys’ fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any claim whatsoever) to which any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, arising from such registration statement but only to the same extent and with the same effect as the provisions pursuant to which the Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters contained in Section 5.1 of the Underwriting Agreement. The Holder(s) of the Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to such registration statement, and their successors and assigns, shall severally, and not jointly, indemnify the Company, against all loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (including all reasonable attorneys’ fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any claim whatsoever) to which they may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, arising from information furnished by or on behalf of such Holders, or their successors or assigns, in writing, for specific inclusion in such registration statement to the same extent and with the same effect as the provisions contained in Section 5.2 of the Underwriting Agreement pursuant to which the Underwriters have agreed to indemnify the Company.
4.3.2 Exercise of Purchase Warrants . Nothing contained in this Purchase Warrant shall be construed as requiring the Holder(s) to exercise their Purchase Warrants prior to or after the initial filing of any registration statement or the effectiveness thereof.
4.3.3 Documents Delivered to Holders . The Company shall furnish to each Holder participating in any of the foregoing offerings and to each underwriter of any such offering, if any, a signed counterpart, addressed to such Holder or underwriter, of: (i) an opinion of counsel to the Company, dated the effective date of such registration statement (and, if such registration statement includes an underwritten public offering, an opinion dated the date of the closing under any underwriting agreement related thereto), and (ii) a “cold comfort” letter dated the effective date of such registration statement (and, if such registration includes an underwritten public offering, a letter dated the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement) signed by the independent registered public accounting firm which has issued a report on the Company’s financial statements included in such registration statement, in each case covering substantially the same matters with respect to such registration statement (and the prospectus included therein) and, in the case of such accountants’ letter, with respect to events subsequent to the date of such financial statements, as are customarily covered in opinions of issuer’s counsel and in accountants’ letters delivered to underwriters in underwritten public offerings of securities. The Company shall also deliver promptly to each Holder participating in the offering requesting the correspondence and memoranda described below and to the managing underwriter, if any, copies of all correspondence between the Commission and the Company, its counsel or auditors and all memoranda relating to discussions with the Commission or its staff with respect to the registration statement and permit each Holder and underwriter to do such investigation, upon reasonable advance notice, with respect to information contained in or omitted from the registration statement as it deems reasonably necessary to comply with applicable securities laws or rules of FINRA. Such investigation shall include access to books, records and properties and opportunities to discuss the business of the Company with its officers and independent auditors, all to such reasonable extent and at such reasonable times as any such Holder shall reasonably request.
Ex. A- 5
4.3.4 Underwriting Agreement . The Company shall enter into an underwriting agreement with the managing underwriter(s), if any, selected by any Holders whose Registrable Securities are being registered pursuant to this Section 4, which managing underwriter shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company. Such agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Company, each Holder and such managing underwriters, and shall contain such representations, warranties and covenants by the Company and such other terms as are customarily contained in agreements of that type used by the managing underwriter. The Holders shall be parties to any underwriting agreement relating to an underwritten sale of their Registrable Securities and may, at their option, require that any or all the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company to or for the benefit of such underwriters shall also be made to and for the benefit of such Holders. Such Holders shall not be required to make any representations or warranties to or agreements with the Company or the underwriters except as they may relate to such Holders, their Shares and their intended methods of distribution.
4.3.5 Documents to be Delivered by Holder(s) . Each of the Holder(s) participating in any of the foregoing offerings shall furnish to the Company a completed and executed questionnaire provided by the Company requesting information customarily sought of selling security holders.
4.3.6 Damages . Should the registration statement or the effectiveness thereof required by Sections 4.1 and 4.2 hereof be delayed by the Company or the Company otherwise fails to comply with such provisions, the Holder(s) shall, in addition to any other legal or other relief available to the Holder(s), be entitled to obtain specific performance or other equitable (including injunctive) relief against the threatened breach of such provisions or the continuation of any such breach, without the necessity of proving actual damages and without the necessity of posting bond or other security.
5. New Purchase Warrants to be Issued .
5.1 Partial Exercise or Transfer . Subject to the restrictions in Section 3 hereof, this Purchase Warrant may be exercised or assigned in whole or in part. In the event of the exercise or assignment hereof in part only, upon surrender of this Purchase Warrant for cancellation, together with the duly executed exercise or assignment form and funds sufficient to pay any Exercise Price and/or transfer tax if exercised pursuant to Section 2.1 hereto, the Company shall cause to be delivered to the Holder without charge a new Purchase Warrant of like tenor to this Purchase Warrant in the name of the Holder evidencing the right of the Holder to purchase the number of Shares purchasable hereunder as to which this Purchase Warrant has not been exercised or assigned.
Ex. A- 6
5.2 Lost Certificate . Upon receipt by the Company of evidence satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Purchase Warrant and of reasonably satisfactory indemnification or the posting of a bond, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Purchase Warrant of like tenor and date. Any such new Purchase Warrant executed and delivered as a result of such loss, theft, mutilation or destruction shall constitute a substitute contractual obligation on the part of the Company.
6. Adjustments .
6.1 Adjustments to Exercise Price and Number of Securities . The Exercise Price and the number of Shares underlying the Purchase Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as hereinafter set forth:
6.1.1 Share Dividends; Split Ups. If, after the date hereof, and subject to the provisions of Section 6.3 below, the number of outstanding Shares is increased by a stock dividend payable in Shares or by a split up of Shares or other similar event, then, on the effective day thereof, the number of Shares purchasable hereunder shall be increased in proportion to such increase in outstanding Shares, and the Exercise Price shall be proportionately decreased.
6.1.2 Aggregation of Shares. If, after the date hereof, and subject to the provisions of Section 6.3 below, the number of outstanding Shares is decreased by a consolidation, combination or reclassification of Shares or other similar event, then, on the effective date thereof, the number of Shares purchasable hereunder shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding Shares, and the Exercise Price shall be proportionately increased.
6.1.3 Replacement of Securities upon Reorganization, etc. In case of any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding Shares other than a change covered by Section 6.1.1 or 6.1.2 hereof or that solely affects the par value of such Shares, or in the case of any share reconstruction or amalgamation or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation (other than a consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation in which the Company is the continuing corporation and that does not result in any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding Shares), or in the case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation or entity of the property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in connection with which the Company is dissolved, the Holder of this Purchase Warrant shall have the right thereafter (until the expiration of the right of exercise of this Purchase Warrant) to receive upon the exercise hereof, for the same aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder immediately prior to such event, the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, reorganization, share reconstruction or amalgamation, or consolidation, or upon a dissolution following any such sale or transfer, by a Holder of the number of Shares of the Company obtainable upon exercise of this Purchase Warrant immediately prior to such event; and if any reclassification also results in a change in Shares covered by Section 6.1.1 or 6.1.2, then such adjustment shall be made pursuant to Sections 6.1.1, 6.1.2 and this Section 6.1.3. The provisions of this Section 6.1.3 shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, reorganizations, share reconstructions or amalgamations, or consolidations, sales or other transfers.
Ex. A- 7
6.1.4 Changes in Form of Purchase Warrant. This form of Purchase Warrant need not be changed because of any change pursuant to this Section 6.1, and Purchase Warrants issued after such change may state the same Exercise Price and the same number of Shares as are stated in the Purchase Warrants initially issued pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement. The acceptance by any Holder of the issuance of new Purchase Warrants reflecting a required or permissive change shall not be deemed to waive any rights to an adjustment occurring after the Commencement Date or the computation thereof.
6.2 Substitute Purchase Warrant . In case of any consolidation of the Company with, or share reconstruction or amalgamation of the Company with or into, another corporation (other than a consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation which does not result in any reclassification or change of the outstanding Shares), the corporation formed by such consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation shall execute and deliver to the Holder a supplemental Purchase Warrant providing that the holder of each Purchase Warrant then outstanding or to be outstanding shall have the right thereafter (until the stated expiration of such Purchase Warrant) to receive, upon exercise of such Purchase Warrant, the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property receivable upon such consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation, by a holder of the number of Shares of the Company for which such Purchase Warrant might have been exercised immediately prior to such consolidation, share reconstruction or amalgamation, sale or transfer. Such supplemental Purchase Warrant shall provide for adjustments which shall be identical to the adjustments provided for in this Section 6. The above provision of this Section shall similarly apply to successive consolidations or share reconstructions or amalgamations.
6.3 Elimination of Fractional Interests . The Company shall not be required to issue certificates representing fractions of Shares upon the exercise of the Purchase Warrant, nor shall it be required to issue scrip or pay cash in lieu of any fractional interests, it being the intent of the parties that all fractional interests shall be eliminated by rounding any fraction up or down, as the case may be, to the nearest whole number of Shares or other securities, properties or rights.
7. Reservation and Listing . The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized Shares, solely for the purpose of issuance upon exercise of the Purchase Warrants, such number of Shares or other securities, properties or rights as shall be issuable upon the exercise thereof. The Company covenants and agrees that, upon exercise of the Purchase Warrants and payment of the Exercise Price therefor, in accordance with the terms hereby, all Shares and other securities issuable upon such exercise shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to preemptive rights of any shareholder. The Company further covenants and agrees that upon exercise of the Purchase Warrants and payment of the exercise price therefor, all Shares and other securities issuable upon such exercise shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to preemptive rights of any shareholder. As long as the Purchase Warrants shall be outstanding, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Shares issuable upon exercise of the Purchase Warrants to be listed (subject to official notice of issuance) on all national securities exchanges (or, if applicable, on the OTC Bulletin Board or any successor trading market) on which the Shares issued to the public in the Offering may then be listed and/or quoted.
Ex. A- 8
8. Certain Notice Requirements .
8.1 Holder’s Right to Receive Notice . Nothing herein shall be construed as conferring upon the Holders the right to vote or consent or to receive notice as a shareholder for the election of directors or any other matter, or as having any rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company. If, however, at any time prior to the expiration of the Purchase Warrants and their exercise, any of the events described in Section 8.2 shall occur, then, in one or more of said events, the Company shall give written notice of such event at least fifteen days prior to the date fixed as a record date or the date of closing the transfer books for the determination of the shareholders entitled to such dividend, distribution, conversion or exchange of securities or subscription rights, or entitled to vote on such proposed dissolution, liquidation, winding up or sale. Such notice shall specify such record date or the date of the closing of the transfer books, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall deliver to each Holder a copy of each notice given to the other shareholders of the Company at the same time and in the same manner that such notice is given to the shareholders.
8.2 Events Requiring Notice . The Company shall be required to give the notice described in this Section 8 upon one or more of the following events: (i) if the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Shares for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend or distribution payable otherwise than in cash, or a cash dividend or distribution payable otherwise than out of retained earnings, as indicated by the accounting treatment of such dividend or distribution on the books of the Company, (ii) the Company shall offer to all the holders of its Shares any additional shares of capital stock of the Company or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company, or any option, right or warrant to subscribe therefor, or (iii) a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company (other than in connection with a consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation) or a sale of all or substantially all of its property, assets and business shall be proposed.
8.3 Notice of Change in Exercise Price . The Company shall, promptly after an event requiring a change in the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 6 hereof, send notice to the Holders of such event and change (“ Price Notice ”). The Price Notice shall describe the event causing the change and the method of calculating same and shall be certified as being true and accurate by the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.
8.4 Transmittal of Notices . All notices, requests, consents and other communications under this Purchase Warrant shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly made when hand delivered, or mailed by express mail or private courier service: (i) if to the registered Holder of the Purchase Warrant, to the address of such Holder as shown on the books of the Company, or (ii) if to the Company, to the following address or to such other address as the Company may designate by notice to the Holders:
Ex. A- 9
If to the Holder:
Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC
30 Broad Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Attention: Mr. Eric Lord, Head of Investment Banking/Underwritings
Fax No.: (646) 461-2729
And
Feltl And Company, Inc.
2100 LaSalle Plaza
800 LaSalla Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Attention: Mr. Christopher R. Pravecek, Managing Director
Fax No.:(312) 994-8518
and
Neidiger, Tucker, Bruner, Inc.
9540 South Maroon Circle, Suite 250
Englewood, CO 80112
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Attention: Ivan K. Blumenthal, Esq.
Fax No.: (212) 983-3115
If to the Company:
Sensus Healthcare, Inc.
851 Broken Sound Pkwy. NW #215
Boca Raton, Florida 33487
Attention: Joseph C. Sardano, Chief Executive Officer
Fax No.: (561) 948-2739
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.
450 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1400
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Attention: David C. Scileppi, Esq.
Fax No.: 954-888-2033
9. Miscellaneous .
9.1 Amendments . The Company, Joseph Gunnar, Feltl and Neidiger may from time to time supplement or amend this Purchase Warrant without the approval of any of the Holders in order to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision contained herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein, or to make any other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising hereunder that the Company and Joseph Gunnar, Feltl and Neidiger may deem necessary or desirable and that the Company, Joseph Gunnar, Feltl and Neidiger deem shall not adversely affect the interest of the Holders. All other modifications or amendments shall require the written consent of and be signed by the party against whom enforcement of the modification or amendment is sought.
Ex. A- 10
9.2 Headings . The headings contained herein are for the sole purpose of convenience of reference, and shall not in any way limit or affect the meaning or interpretation of any of the terms or provisions of this Purchase Warrant.
9.3. Entire Agreement . This Purchase Warrant (together with the other agreements and documents being delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Purchase Warrant) constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings of the parties, oral and written, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
9.4 Binding Effect . This Purchase Warrant shall inure solely to the benefit of and shall be binding upon, the Holder and the Company and their permitted assignees, respective successors, legal representative and assigns, and no other person shall have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of or by virtue of this Purchase Warrant or any provisions herein contained.
9.5 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Trial by Jury . This Purchase Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflict of laws principles thereof. Each of the Company and the Holder hereby agree that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of, or relating in any way to this Purchase Warrant shall be brought and enforced in the New York Supreme Court, County of New York, or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. Each of the Company and the Holder hereby waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. Any process or summons to be served upon the Company or the Holder may be served by transmitting a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to it at the address set forth in Section 8 hereof. Such mailing shall be deemed personal service and shall be legal and binding in any action, proceeding or claim. The Company and the Holder agree that the prevailing party(ies) in any such action shall be entitled to recover from the other party(ies) all of its reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses relating to such action or proceeding and/or incurred in connection with the preparation therefor. The Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) and the Holder hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
9.6 Waiver, etc . The failure of the Company or the Holder to at any time enforce any of the provisions of this Purchase Warrant shall not be deemed or construed to be a waiver of any such provision, nor to in any way affect the validity of this Purchase Warrant or any provision hereof or the right of the Company or any Holder to thereafter enforce each and every provision of this Purchase Warrant. No waiver of any breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment of any of the provisions of this Purchase Warrant shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument executed by the party or parties against whom or which enforcement of such waiver is sought; and no waiver of any such breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment shall be construed or deemed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment.
9.7 Execution in Counterparts . This Purchase Warrant may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts has been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to each of the other parties hereto. Such counterparts may be delivered by facsimile transmission or other electronic transmission.
Ex. A- 11
9.8 Exchange Agreement . As a condition of the Holder’s receipt and acceptance of this Purchase Warrant, Holder agrees that, at any time prior to the complete exercise of this Purchase Warrant by Holder, if the Company, Joseph Gunnar, Feltl and Neidiger enter into an agreement (“ Exchange Agreement ”) pursuant to which they agree that all outstanding Purchase Warrants will be exchanged for securities or cash or a combination of both, then Holder shall agree to such exchange and become a party to the Exchange Agreement.
[ Signature Page Follows ]
Ex. A- 12
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Purchase Warrant to be signed by its duly authorized officer as of the ____ day of _______, 2016.
SENSUS HEALTHCARE, INC. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Ex. A- 13
[ Form to be used to exercise Purchase Warrant ]
Date: __________, 20___
The undersigned hereby elects irrevocably to exercise the Purchase Warrant for ______ shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Shares ”), of Sensus Healthcare, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and hereby makes payment of $____ (at the rate of $____ per Share) in payment of the Exercise Price pursuant thereto. Please issue the Shares as to which this Purchase Warrant is exercised in accordance with the instructions given below and, if applicable, a new Purchase Warrant representing the number of Shares for which this Purchase Warrant has not been exercised.
or
The undersigned hereby elects irrevocably to convert its right to purchase ___ Shares of the Company under the Purchase Warrant for ______ Shares, as determined in accordance with the following formula:
X | = |
Y(A-B) A |
Where, | ||||
X | = | The number of Shares to be issued to Holder; | ||
Y | = | The number of Shares for which the Purchase Warrant is being exercised; | ||
A | = | The fair market value of one Share which is equal to $_____; and | ||
B | = | The Exercise Price which is equal to $______ per share |
The undersigned agrees and acknowledges that the calculation set forth above is subject to confirmation by the Company and any disagreement with respect to the calculation shall be resolved by the Company in its sole discretion.
Please issue the Shares as to which this Purchase Warrant is exercised in accordance with the instructions given below and, if applicable, a new Purchase Warrant representing the number of Shares for which this Purchase Warrant has not been converted.
Signature |
Signature Guaranteed |
Ex. A- 14
INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
Name: | ||
(Print in Block Letters) | ||
Address: | ||
NOTICE: The signature to this form must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Purchase Warrant without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank, other than a savings bank, or by a trust company or by a firm having membership on a registered national securities exchange.
Ex. A- 15
[ Form to be used to assign Purchase Warrant ]
ASSIGNMENT
(To be executed by the registered Holder to effect a transfer of the within Purchase Warrant):
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, __________________ does hereby sell, assign and transfer unto the right to purchase shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Sensus Healthcare, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), evidenced by the Purchase Warrant and does hereby authorize the Company to transfer such right on the books of the Company.
Dated: __________, 20__
Signature |
Signature Guaranteed |
NOTICE: The signature to this form must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within Purchase Warrant without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank, other than a savings bank, or by a trust company or by a firm having membership on a registered national securities exchange.
Ex. A- 16
EXHIBIT B
Form of Lock-Up Agreement
Ex. B- 1
LOCK-UP LETTER AGREEMENT
Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC
30 Broad Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Neidiger, Tucker, Bruner, Inc.
9540 South Maroon Circle, Suite 250
Englewood, CO 80112
As Representatives of the several Underwriters named on Schedule 1 to the Underwriting Agreement referenced below
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that you and certain other firms (the “ Underwriters ”) propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) providing for the purchase by the Underwriters of shares (the “ Stock ”) of Common Stock, par value [$0.0001] per share (the “ Common Stock ”), of Sensus Healthcare, Inc. a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and that the Underwriters propose to reoffer the Stock to the public (the “ Offering ”).
In consideration of the execution of the Underwriting Agreement by the Underwriters, and for other good and valuable consideration, the undersigned hereby irrevocably agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, the undersigned will not, directly or indirectly, (1) offer for sale, sell, pledge, or otherwise transfer or dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device that is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the transfer or disposition by any person at any time in the future of) any shares of Common Stock (including, without limitation, shares of Common Stock that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon exercise of any options or warrants) or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, (2) enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise, (3) except as provided for below, make any demand for or exercise any right or cause to be filed a registration statement, including any amendments thereto, with respect to the registration of any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or any other securities of the Company, or (4) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing for a period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the 180th day after the date of the final prospectus relating to the Offering (such 180-day period, the “ Lock-Up Period ”).
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The foregoing paragraph shall not apply to (a) transactions relating to shares of Common Stock or other securities acquired in the open market after the completion of the Offering, provided that no filing under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act” ), shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfers; (b) bona fide gifts of shares of any class of the Company’s capital stock or any security convertible into Common Stock, in each case that are made exclusively between and among the undersigned or members of the undersigned’s family, or affiliates of the undersigned, including its partners (if a partnership) or members (if a limited liability company); (c) any transfer of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock by will or intestate succession upon the death of the undersigned; (d) transfer of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock to an immediate family member (for purposes of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin) or any trust, limited partnership, limited liability company or other entity for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or any immediate family member of the undersigned; provided that, in the case of clauses (b)-(d) above, it shall be a condition to any such transfer that (i) the transferee/donee agrees to be bound by the terms of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement (including, without limitation, the restrictions set forth in the preceding sentence) to the same extent as if the transferee/donee were a party hereto, (ii) each party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) shall not be required by law (including without limitation the disclosure requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “ Securities Act ”) and the Exchange Act) to make, and shall agree to not voluntarily make, any filing or public announcement of the transfer or disposition prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, and (iii) the undersigned notifies the Representatives at least two business days prior to the proposed transfer or disposition; (e) the transfer of shares to the Company to satisfy withholding obligations for any equity award granted pursuant to the terms of the Company’s stock option/incentive plans, such as upon exercise, vesting, lapse of substantial risk of forfeiture, or other similar taxable event, in each case on a “cashless” or “net exercise” basis (which, for the avoidance of doubt shall not include “cashless” exercise programs involving a broker or other third party), provided that as a condition of any transfer pursuant to this clause (e), that if the undersigned is required to file a report under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock during the Lock-Up Period, the undersigned shall include a statement in such report, and if applicable an appropriate disposition transaction code, to the effect that such transfer is being made as a share delivery or forfeiture in connection with a net value exercise, or as a forfeiture or sale of shares solely to cover required tax withholding, as the case may be; (f) transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock pursuant to a bona fide third party tender offer made to all holders of the Common Stock, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction involving a change of control (as defined below) of the Company, including voting in favor of any such transaction or taking any other action in connection with such transaction, provided that in the event that such merger, tender offer or other transaction is not completed, the Common Stock and any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock shall remain subject to the restrictions set forth herein; (g) the exercise of warrants or the exercise of stock options granted pursuant to the Company’s stock option/incentive plans or otherwise outstanding on the date hereof; provided , that the restrictions shall apply to shares of Common Stock issued upon such exercise or conversion; (h) the establishment of any contract, instruction or plan that satisfies all of the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 (a “ Rule 10b5-1 Plan ”) under the Exchange Act; provided , however , that no sales of Common Stock or securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, Common Stock, shall be made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Plan prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period; provided further , that the Company is not required to report the establishment of such Rule 10b5-1 Plan in any public report or filing with the Commission under the Exchange Act during the Lock-Up Period and does not otherwise voluntarily effect any such public filing or report regarding such Rule 10b5-1 Plan; and (i) any demands or requests for, exercise any right with respect to, or take any action in preparation of, the registration by the Company under the Act of the undersigned’s shares of Common Stock, provided that no transfer of the undersigned’s shares of Common Stock registered pursuant to the exercise of any such right and no registration statement shall be filed under the Securities Act with respect to any of the undersigned’s shares of Common Stock during the Lock-Up Period. For purposes of clause (f) above, “change of control” shall mean the consummation of any bona fide third party tender offer, merger, purchase, consolidation or other similar transaction the result of which is that any “person” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), or group of persons, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act) of a majority of total voting power of the voting stock of the Company.
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The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigned’s securities subject to this Lock-Up Letter Agreement except in compliance with this Lock-Up Letter Agreement.
The undersigned agrees that, prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the terms of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement during the period from the date hereof to and including the 34 th day following the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, the undersigned will give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate any such transaction or take any such action unless it has received written confirmation from the Company that the Lock-Up Period (as may have been extended pursuant to the previous paragraph) has expired.
If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, (i) the undersigned agrees that the foregoing restrictions shall be equally applicable to any shares of Common Stock that the undersigned may purchase in the Offering; (ii) the Representatives agree that, at least three (3) business days before the effective date of any release or waiver of the foregoing restrictions in connection with a transfer of securities subject to this Lock-Up Letter Agreement, the Representatives will notify the Company of the impending release or waiver; and (iii) the Company has agreed in the Underwriting Agreement to announce the impending release or waiver by press release through a major news service at least two (2) business days before the effective date of the release or waiver. Any release or waiver granted by the Representatives hereunder to any such officer or director shall only be effective two (2) business days after the publication date of such press release. The provisions of this paragraph will not apply if (a) the release or waiver is effected solely to permit a transfer of securities subject to this Lock-Up Letter Agreement not for consideration and (b) the transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the same terms described in this securities subject to this Lock-Up Letter Agreement to the extent and for the duration that such terms remain in effect at the time of such transfer.
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It is understood that, if the Company notifies the Underwriters that it does not intend to proceed with the Offering, if the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective, or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Stock, the undersigned will be released from its obligations under this Lock-Up Letter Agreement.
The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters will proceed with the Offering in reliance on this Lock-Up Letter Agreement.
Whether or not the Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including market conditions. Any Offering will only be made pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, the terms of which are subject to negotiation between the Company and the Underwriters.
This Lock-Up Letter Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the earliest to occur, if any, of (1) the termination of the Underwriting Agreement before the sale of any Stock to the Underwriters or (2) June 30, 2016, in the event that the Underwriting Agreement has not been executed by that date.
[Signature page follows]
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The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Lock-Up Letter Agreement and that, upon request, the undersigned will execute any additional documents necessary in connection with the enforcement hereof. Any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representative, successors and assigns of the undersigned.
Very truly yours, | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Dated: |
[Signature Page – Lock-Up Letter Agreement]
EXHIBIT C
Form of Press Release
Sensus Healthcare, Inc.
[Date]
Sensus Healthcare, Inc. (the “Company”) announced today that Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC and Neidiger, Tucker, Bruner, Inc. acting as underwriters in the Company’s recent public offering of _______ shares of the Company’s common stock, are [waiving] [releasing] a lock-up restriction with respect to _________ shares of the Company’s common stock held by [certain officers or directors] [an officer or director] of the Company. The [waiver] [release] will take effect on _________, 20___, and the shares may be sold on or after such date.
This press release is not an offer or sale of the securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction where such offer or sale is prohibited, and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Ex. C- 1
Exhibit 3.2
BYLAWS
OF
Sensus Healthcare, Inc.
Table of Contents
Page | ||
Article I | CORPORATE OFFICES | 1 |
Article II | MEETINGS OF THE STOCKHOLDERS | 1 |
2.1 | Place of Meetings | 1 |
2.2 | Annual Meeting | 1 |
2.3 | Special Meeting | 1 |
2.4 | Advance Notice of Stockholder Nominations and Proposals | 1 |
2.5 | Notice of Stockholders’ Meetings | 4 |
2.6 | Manner of Giving Notice; Affidavit of Notice | 4 |
2.7 | List of Stockholders | 5 |
2.8 | Quorum | 5 |
2.9 | Adjourned Meeting; Notice | 5 |
2.10 | Waiver of Notice | 5 |
2.11 | Conduct of Meetings | 6 |
2.12 | Voting | 6 |
2.13 | Inspectors at Meetings of Stockholders | 6 |
2.14 | Record Date for Stockholder Notice | 7 |
Article III | DIRECTORS | 7 |
3.1 | Powers | 7 |
3.2 | Place of Meetings; Meetings by Telephone | 8 |
3.3 | Regular Meetings | 8 |
3.4 | Special Meetings; Notice | 8 |
3.5 | Waiver of Notice | 8 |
3.6 | Organization | 9 |
3.7 | Adjourned Meetings | 9 |
3.8 | Quorum | 9 |
3.9 | Action by Majority Vote | 9 |
3.10 | Board Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting | 9 |
3.11 | Fees and Compensation of Directors | 9 |
3.12 | Chairman of the Board of Directors | 10 |
3.13 | Resignation; Vacancies | 10 |
Article IV | COMMITTEES | 11 |
4.1 | Committees of Directors | 11 |
4.2 | Committee Minutes | 11 |
4.3 | Meetings and Action of Committees | 11 |
Article V | OFFICERS | 11 |
5.1 | Officers | 11 |
5.2 | Subordinate Officers | 11 |
5.3 | Term | 12 |
5.4 | Vacancies in Offices | 12 |
5.5 | Chief Executive Officer | 12 |
5.6 | President | 12 |
5.7 | Vice Presidents | 12 |
5.8 | Secretary | 12 |
5.9 | Chief Financial Officer | 13 |
5.10 | Treasurer | 13 |
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5.11 | Authority and Duties of Officers | 13 |
Article VI | INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND OTHER AGENTS | 14 |
6.1 | Indemnification of Directors, Officers, Employees, and Agents | 14 |
6.2 | Payment of Expenses in Advance | 14 |
6.3 | Indemnity Not Exclusive | 14 |
6.4 | Other Indemnification | 14 |
6.5 | Insurance | 15 |
6.6 | Conflicts | 15 |
6.7 | Amendment or Repeal | 15 |
Article VII | Stock | 15 |
7.1 | Stock Certificates and Notices; Uncertificated Stock; Partly Paid Shares | 15 |
7.2 | Lost Certificates | 16 |
7.3 | Transfer of Stock | 16 |
7.4 | Transfer Agents and Registrars | 16 |
7.5 | Stockholders of Record | 16 |
Article VIII | GENERAL MATTERS | 16 |
8.1 | Checks | 16 |
8.2 | Execution of Corporate Contracts and Instruments | 17 |
8.3 | Dividends | 17 |
8.4 | Fiscal Year | 17 |
8.5 | Seal | 17 |
8.6 | Construction; Definitions | 17 |
8.7 | Amendments | 17 |
8.8 | Facsimile or Electronic Signature | 17 |
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BYLAWS
OF
Sensus Healthcare, Inc.
Article
I
CORPORATE OFFICES
The address of the registered office of Sensus Healthcare, Inc. (the “ Corporation ”) in the State of Delaware will be at 3411 Silverside Road, Rodney Building #104, Wilmington, Delaware 19810. The Corporation may have other offices, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”) from time to time may determine or the business of the Corporation may require.
Article
II
MEETINGS OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
2.1 Place of Meetings
Meetings of stockholders will be held at any place, within or outside the State of Delaware, as designated by resolution of the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of meeting.
2.2 Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting will be held on such date, time, and place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as will be designated by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of meeting.
2.3 Special Meeting
A special meeting of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by resolution of the Board of Directors, and may not be called by any other person or persons. The only business which may be conducted at a special meeting will be the matter or matters set forth in the Corporation’s notice of such meeting.
2.4 Advance Notice of Stockholder Nominations and Proposals
(a) Timely Notice .
The only nominations of persons for the election as directors and the only submissions of other business to be conducted at a meeting of the stockholders are those nominations and submissions that have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, nominations or other submissions must be: (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof; (ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof; or (iii) otherwise properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder who is a stockholder of record of the Corporation at the time such notice of meeting is delivered, who is entitled to vote at the meeting, and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.4 . In addition, any proposal of business (other than the nomination of persons for election to the Board of Directors) must be a proper matter for stockholder action.
For business (including, but not limited to, director nominations) to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder of record intending to propose the business (the “ Proposing Stockholder ”) must have given timely notice of the meeting pursuant to this Section 2.4 , in writing to the secretary of the Corporation even if such matter is already the subject of any notice to the stockholders or a disclosure (“ Public Disclosure ”) by the Board of Directors made in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Services, The Associated Press or a comparable national news service or in a document filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, and including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the “ Exchange Act ”). To be timely, a Proposing Stockholder’s notice must be received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 90 th day, nor earlier than the close of business on the 120 th day in advance of the anniversary of the previous year’s annual meeting; provided , however , that if the annual meeting is to be held on a day which is not within 30 days before or after the anniversary of the previous year’s annual meeting, notice by the Proposing Stockholder must be received by the close of business on the 10 th day following the date of Public Disclosure of the date of such meeting in order to be considered timely. In no event will the Public Disclosure of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new notice time period (or extend any notice time period).
(b) Stockholder Nominations . For the nomination of any person(s) for election to the Board of Directors, a Proposing Stockholder’s notice to the secretary of the Corporation must set forth:
(i) the name, age, business address, and residence address of each nominee proposed in such notice;
(ii) the principal occupation or employment of each such nominee;
(iii) the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned of record and beneficially by each such nominee (if any);
(iv) such other information concerning each such nominee as would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement soliciting proxies for the election of such nominee as a director in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved) or that is otherwise required to be disclosed under Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act;
(v) the consent of the nominee to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected; and
(vi) as to the Proposing Stockholder:
(A) the name and address of the Proposing Stockholder as they appear on the Corporation’s books and of the beneficial owner or owners (if different from the Proposing Stockholder) on whose behalf the nomination is being made;
(B) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are owned by the Proposing Stockholder (beneficially and of record) and owned by the beneficial owner or owners (if different from the Proposing Stockholder) on whose behalf the nomination is being made, as of the date of the Proposing Stockholder’s notice;
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(C) a description of any agreement, arrangement, or understanding with respect to such nomination between or among the Proposing Stockholder, the beneficial owner or owners (if different from the Proposing Stockholder), any of their respective affiliates or associates, and any others (including their names) acting in concert with any of the foregoing;
(D) a description of any agreement, arrangement, or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into as of the date of the Proposing Stockholder’s notice by, or on behalf of, the Proposing Stockholder, the beneficial owner or owners (if different from the Proposing Stockholder), or any of their respective affiliates or associates, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of the Proposing Stockholder, the beneficial owner or owners (if different from the Proposing Stockholder), or any of their respective affiliates or associates with respect to shares of stock of the Corporation;
(E) a representation that the Proposing Stockholder is a holder of record of shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person(s) specified in the notice; and
(F) a representation whether the Proposing Stockholder or the beneficial owner or owners (if different from the Proposing Stockholder) intends to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve the nomination and/or otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of the nomination.
The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Corporation or that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee.
(c) Other Stockholder Proposals . For all business other than director nominations, a Proposing Stockholder’s notice to the secretary of the Corporation must set forth as to each matter the Proposing Stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting: (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting; (ii) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner (if any) on whose behalf the proposal is being made, as required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for the proposal and pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act or other applicable laws and regulations; and (iii) the information required by Section 2.4(b)(vi) above.
(d) Proxy Rules . The foregoing notice requirements will be deemed satisfied by a stockholder with respect to business other than a nomination if the stockholder has notified the Corporation of his, her, or its intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and such stockholder’s proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting.
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(e) Special Meetings of Stockholders . Only such business that has been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting will be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof; or (ii) provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors will be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time the notice provided for in this Section 2.4 is delivered to the secretary of the Corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and upon such election, and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.4 . In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder entitled to vote in such election of directors may nominate a person(s) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, provided that the stockholder’s notice required by this Section 2.4 must be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 90 th day prior to such special meeting and not earlier than the close of business on the later of the 120 th day prior to such special meeting, or the 10 th day following the date of Public Disclosure of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event will the Public Disclosure of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any notice time period).
(f) Effect of Noncompliance . Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary: (i) no nominations will be made or business will be conducted at any annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.4 ; and (ii) unless otherwise required by applicable law, if a Proposing Stockholder intending to propose business or make nominations at an annual meeting pursuant to this Section 2.4 does not provide the information required under this Section 2.4 to the Corporation in accordance herewith, or the Proposing Stockholder (or a qualified representative of the Proposing Stockholder) does not appear at the meeting to present the proposed business or nominations, such business or nominations will not be considered, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such business or nominations may have been received by the Corporation. Except for proposals properly made in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, and included in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, the requirements of this Section 2.4 will be the exclusive means for a stockholder to propose any business or make any nominations before an annual meeting or for a party other than the Corporation to present any business or nominations to stockholders by means of a proxy solicitation. The requirements of the Section 2.4 are included to provide the Corporation notice of a stockholder’s intention to bring business or nominations before an annual meeting and will in no event be construed as imposing upon any stockholder the requirement to seek approval from the Corporation as a condition precedent to bringing any such business or make such nominations before an annual meeting.
2.5 Notice of Stockholders’ Meetings
All notices of meetings with stockholders will be in writing and will be sent or otherwise given in accordance with Section 2.6 of these Bylaws not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. The notice will specify the place (if any), date and hour of the meeting, and in the case of a special meeting, the purpose(s) for which the meeting is called.
2.6 Manner of Giving Notice; Affidavit of Notice
Written notice of any meeting of stockholders, if mailed, is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his, her, or its address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders may be given by electronic mail or other electronic transmission, in accordance with and subject to applicable law. An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary or of the transfer agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given will, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
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2.7 List of Stockholders
The officer of the Corporation who has charge of the stock ledger will prepare a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares of each class of capital stock of the Corporation registered in the name of each stockholder at least 10 days before any meeting of the stockholders. Such list will be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation for a period of at least 10 days before the meeting. If the meeting is to be held at a place, the list will also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting the whole time thereof and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is held solely by means of remote communication, the list will also be open for inspection by any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting as provided by applicable law. Except as provided by applicable law, the stock ledger of the Corporation will be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger and the list of stockholders entitled to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
2.8 Quorum
Unless otherwise required by applicable law, the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”), or these Bylaws, at each meeting of the stockholders, a majority in voting power of the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, will constitute a quorum. If, however, such quorum is not present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting will have power, by the affirmative vote of a majority in voting power present in person or represented by proxy at such meeting, to adjourn the meeting from time to time, in the manner provided in Section 2.9 , until a quorum will be present or represented. A quorum, once established, will not be broken by the subsequent withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum. At any such adjourned meeting at which there is a quorum, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting originally called.
2.9 Adjourned Meeting; Notice
Unless these Bylaws require otherwise, when a meeting is adjourned to another place (if any), date, or time, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place (if any), and the means of remote communications (if any) by which stockholders may be deemed to be present and vote at such adjourned meeting, are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the place (if any), date, and time of the adjourned meeting and the means of remote communications (if any) by which stockholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting will be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
2.10 Waiver of Notice
Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, a written waiver of notice, signed by the person entitled to notice, or waiver by electronic mail or other electronic transmission by such person, whether before or after the time stated therein, will be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting will constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in any waiver of notice, unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
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2.11 Conduct of Meetings
The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of any meeting of the stockholders as it deems appropriate. At every meeting of the stockholders, the Chairman of the Board, or in his or her absence or inability to act, the chief executive officer, or, in his or her absence or inability to act, the person whom the Chairman of the Board appoints, will act as chairman of, and preside at, the meeting. The secretary or, in his or her absence or inability to act, the person whom the chairman of the meeting appoints as secretary of the meeting, will act as secretary of the meeting and keep the minutes of the meeting. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of any meeting of the stockholders will have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations, and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations, or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (a) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (b) the determination of when the polls will open and close for any given matter to be voted on at the meeting; (c) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (d) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies, or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting will determine; (e) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (f) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants.
2.12 Voting
A nominee for director will be elected to the Board of Directors if a majority of the votes cast are in favor of such nominee’s election; provided , however , that, if the number of nominees for director exceeds the number of directors to be elected, as determined by the secretary of the Corporation, directors will be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares represented in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders held to elect directors and entitled to vote on such election of directors. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any matter, other than the election of directors, brought before any meeting of stockholders will be decided by the majority of votes cast at the meeting and entitled to vote on the matter. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person(s) to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy will be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy will be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering to the secretary of the Corporation a revocation of the proxy or a new proxy bearing a later date. Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot. Abstentions will not be considered as votes cast.
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2.13 Inspectors at Meetings of Stockholders
The Board of Directors, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, may, and will if required by applicable law, appoint one or more inspectors, who may be employees of the Corporation, to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof and make a written report of the meeting. The Board of Directors may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting, the person presiding at the meeting will appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, will take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspectors will (a) ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each; (b) determine the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the validity of proxies and ballots; (c) count all votes and ballots; (d) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors; and (e) certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting and their count of all votes and ballots. The inspectors may appoint or retain other persons or entities to assist the inspectors in the performance of their duties. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting will be announced at the meeting. No ballot, proxies, votes, or any revocation thereof or change thereto, will be accepted by the inspectors after the closing of the polls unless the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware upon application by a stockholder determines otherwise. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of stockholders, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted by applicable law. No person who is a candidate for office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election.
2.14 Record Date for Stockholder Notice
In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion, or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which will not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other action.
If the Board of Directors does not so fix a record date:
(a) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders will be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held.
(b) The record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose will be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders will apply to any adjournment of the meeting, if such adjournment is for 30 days or less; provided , however , that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
Article
III
DIRECTORS
3.1 Powers; Number of Directors
The business and affairs of the Corporation will be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may adopt such rules and procedures as it may deem proper for the conduct of its meetings and the management of the Corporation; provided that such rules and procedures are not inconsistent with the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or applicable law.
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Subject to the rights of the holders of one or more series of preferred stock then outstanding, the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors of the Corporation will not be less than three (3) nor more than thirty (30), the exact number within said limits to be fixed from time to time solely by resolution of the Board of Directors, acting by not less than a majority of the directors then in office.
3.2 Place of Meetings; Meetings by Telephone
The Board of Directors of the Corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or outside of the State of Delaware.
Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors by conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other and be heard, and such participation in a meeting will constitute presence in person at the meeting.
3.3 Regular Meetings
Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as the Board of Directors may determine from time to time.
3.4 Special Meetings; Notice
Special meetings of the Board of Directors for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, the chief executive officer, or any two directors.
Notice of the time and place of special meetings will be delivered personally or by telephone to each director or sent by first-class mail, electronic transmission, or facsimile, charges prepaid, addressed to each director at that director’s address as it is shown on the records of the Corporation. If the notice is mailed, it must be deposited in the United States mail at least four (4) days before the time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice is delivered personally or by electronic transmission, telephone, or facsimile, it must be delivered at least 24 hours before the time of the holding of the meeting. The notice need not specify the purpose of the meeting. The notice need not specify the place of the meeting if the meeting is to be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation. Unless otherwise indicated in the notice of the special meeting, any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting.
3.5 Waiver of Notice
Whenever notice to directors is required by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, a waiver of notice, in writing signed by, or by electronic transmission by, the director entitled to the notice, whether before or after such notice is required, will be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance by a director at a meeting will constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting was not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special Board of Directors or committee meeting need be specified in any waiver of notice.
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3.6 Organization
At each meeting of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or, in his or her absence, another director selected by the Board of Directors will preside. The secretary will act as secretary at each meeting of the Board of Directors. If the secretary is absent from any meeting of the Board of Directors, an assistant secretary will perform the duties of secretary at such meeting; and in the absence from any such meeting of the secretary and all assistant secretaries, the person presiding at the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
3.7 Adjourned Meetings
A majority of the directors present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, including an adjourned meeting, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn and reconvene such meeting to another time and place. If the notice of any adjourned meeting is mailed, it will be deposited in the United States mail at least four (4) days before the time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice of any adjourned meeting is delivered personally or by electronic transmission, telephone, or facsimile, it will be delivered at least 24 hours before the time of the holding of the meeting. Any business may be transacted at an adjourned meeting that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.
3.8 Quorum
The presence of a majority of the Board of Directors will be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors. A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business if, notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that meeting.
3.9 Action by Majority Vote
Except as otherwise expressly required by these Bylaws, the Certificate of Incorporation, or by applicable law, the vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present will be the act of the Board of Directors.
3.10 Board Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting
Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all directors or members of such committee, as the case may be, consent to such action in writing or by electronic transmission. Such writing(s) or electronic transmission(s) must be filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee in accordance with applicable law.
Any copy, facsimile, or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile, or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing.
3.11 Fees and Compensation of Directors
Directors will receive such fees and expenses as the Board of Directors from time to time prescribes. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors will have the authority to fix the compensation of directors. No such compensation will preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
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3.12 Chairman of the Board of Directors
The Board of Directors, at its first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders, will elect a Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, may also elect one or more vice chairmen (who must be directors). Except as provided otherwise in these Bylaws, the Chairman of the Board will preside at all meetings of the stockholders and Board of Directors. He or she will perform such other duties, and exercise such powers, as from time to time will be prescribed by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors.
If the offices of Chairman of the Board and chief executive officer are held by the same person, the Board of Directors may annually elect by majority vote an independent director to serve in a lead capacity (the “ Lead Independent Director ”). The Lead Independent Director may be removed or replaced at any time with cause by a majority vote of the Board of Directors. The Lead Independent Director, if any, will coordinate the activities of the other independent directors and perform such other duties and responsibilities as prescribed by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors. For purposes of this Section 3.12 , “independent” means meeting the requirements for independent directors set forth in the listing standards of the principal exchange upon which the Corporation’s equity securities may be listed from time to time.
3.13 Resignation; Vacancies
Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the attention of the secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation will take effect at the date of receipt of such notice by the Corporation or at such later time as is therein specified. Unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation will not be necessary to make it effective.
Subject to the rights of the holders of one or more series of preferred stock then outstanding, vacancies on the Board of Directors by reason of death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office, or otherwise, and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors, will be solely filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and need not be filled by the stockholders. A director elected to fill a vacancy or a newly created directorship will hold office until the next election of the class for which such director will have been chosen, subject to the election and qualification of a successor and to such director’s earlier death, resignation, or removal.
If at any time, by reason of death, resignation, or other cause, the Corporation should have no directors in office, then any officer or any stockholder or an executor, administrator, trustee, or guardian of a stockholder, or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate of a stockholder, may call a special meeting of stockholders in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, or may apply to the Court of Chancery for a decree summarily ordering an election as provided in Section 211 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
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Article
IV
COMMITTEES
4.1 Committees of Directors
The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. Any such committee, to the extent permitted by applicable law, will have and may exercise all of the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it to the extent so authorized by the Board of Directors; provided , however , that no such committee will have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by applicable law to be submitted to stockholders for approval; or (ii) adopting, amending, or repealing any Bylaw of the Corporation.
4.2 Committee Minutes
Each committee will keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.
4.3 Meetings and Action of Committees
Meetings and actions of committees will be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of Section 3.2 (place of meetings and meetings by telephone), Section 3.3 (regular meetings), Section 3.4 (special meetings and notice), Section 3.5 (waiver of notice), Section 3.8 (quorum), and Section 3.10 (action without a meeting) of these Bylaws, with such changes in the context of such provisions as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the Board of Directors and its members; provided , however , that the time of regular meetings of committees may be determined either by resolution of the Board of Directors or by resolution of the committee, that special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the Board of Directors or by resolution of the committee. Unless the Board of Directors provides otherwise, each committee designated by the Board of Directors may make, alter, and repeal rules and procedures for the conduct of its business that are not inconsistent with the provisions of these Bylaws.
Article
V
OFFICERS
5.1 Officers
The officers of the Corporation will be appointed by the Board of Directors and will include a chief executive officer, a treasurer, and a secretary. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, may also elect a president, a chief financial officer, one or more vice presidents, assistant treasurers, assistant secretaries, and other officers. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.
5.2 Subordinate Officers
The Board of Directors may appoint, or empower the chief executive officer to appoint, such other officers and agents as the business of the Corporation may require, each of whom will hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these Bylaws or as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
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5.3 Term
Each officer of the Corporation will hold office until such officer’s successor is elected and qualified or until such officer’s earlier death, resignation, or removal. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors at any time with or without cause by the majority vote of the members of the Board of Directors then in office. The removal of an officer will be without prejudice to his or her contract rights, if any. The election or appointment of an officer will not of itself create contract rights. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice of his or her resignation to the chief executive officer or the secretary. Such resignation will take effect at the date of receipt of such notice by the Corporation or at such later time as is therein specified. Unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation will not be necessary to make it effective.
5.4 Vacancies in Offices
Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation may be filled by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.
5.5 Chief Executive Officer
Subject to such supervisory powers (if any) as may be given by the Board of Directors to the Chairman of the Board, the chief executive officer of the Corporation will, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction, and control of the business and affairs of the Corporation. He or she will have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of chief executive officer of a corporation and such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws.
5.6 President
Subject to such supervisory powers (if any) as may be given by the Board of Directors to the Chairman of the Board or the chief executive officer, the president (if such an officer is appointed) will have general supervision, direction, and control of the business and affairs of the Corporation. He or she will have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of president of a corporation and such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws.
The person serving as president will also be the acting chief executive officer whenever no other person is then-serving in such capacity.
5.7 Vice Presidents
Each vice president will have such powers and perform such duties as from time to time may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, these Bylaws, the president, or the Chairman of the Board.
5.8 Secretary
The secretary will keep or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the Corporation, or such other place as the Board of Directors may direct, a book of minutes of all meetings and actions of directors, committees of directors, and stockholders. The minutes will show the time and place of each meeting, the names of those present at directors’ meetings or committee meetings, the number of shares present or represented at stockholders’ meetings, and the proceedings thereof.
The secretary will keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the Corporation or at the office of the Corporation’s transfer agent or registrar, as determined by resolution of the Board of Directors, a share register, or a duplicate share register, showing the names of all stockholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each, the number and date of certificates (if any) evidencing such shares, and the number and date of cancellation of every certificate (if any) surrendered for cancellation.
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The secretary will give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors required to be given by applicable law or by these Bylaws. He or she will have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws.
5.9 Chief Financial Officer
The chief financial officer (if such an officer is appointed) will keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and records of accounts of the properties and business transactions of the Corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital, retained earnings, and shares. The books of account will, at all reasonable times, be open to inspection by any member of the Board of Directors.
The chief financial officer will render to the chief executive officer, the president, or the Board of Directors, upon request, an account of all his or her transactions as chief financial officer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. He or she will have the general powers and duties usually vested in the office of chief financial officer of a corporation and will have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws.
Subject to such supervisory powers (if any) as may be given by the Board of Directors to another officer of the Corporation, the chief financial officer will supervise and direct the responsibilities of the treasurer whenever someone other than the chief financial officer is serving as treasurer of the Corporation.
5.10 Treasurer
The treasurer will keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and records with respect to all bank accounts, deposit accounts, cash management accounts, and other investment accounts of the Corporation. The books of account will, at all reasonable times, be open to inspection by any member of the Board of Directors.
The treasurer will deposit, or cause to be deposited, all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation with such depositories as may be designated by or pursuant to authority granted by the Board of Directors. He or she will disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors and will render to the chief financial officer, the chief executive officer, the president, or the Board of Directors, upon request, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer. He or she will have the general powers and duties usually vested in the office of treasurer of a corporation and will have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws.
5.11 Authority and Duties of Officers
In addition to the foregoing authority and duties, all officers of the Corporation will have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the business of the Corporation as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors.
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Article VI
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND OTHER AGENTS
6.1 Indemnification of Directors, Officers, Employees, and Agents
The Corporation will indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation or, while a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise, or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (each such person, an “ Indemnified Party ”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party. The Corporation will be required to indemnify an Indemnified Party in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Indemnified Party only if the proceeding (or part thereof) was explicitly authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
6.2 Payment of Expenses in Advance
The Corporation will pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred in defending any action, suit, or proceeding for which indemnification is required pursuant to this Article VI in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit, or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnified Party to repay all amounts advanced if it will ultimately be determined that the Indemnified Party is not entitled to be indemnified. A plea of guilty to a felony charge arising out of misconduct committed by such person in his or her capacity as a (a) director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation; (b) director, officer, employee, or agent of, or in a similar capacity with respect to, any subsidiary or joint venture of the Corporation or other entity or enterprise referred to in the preceding paragraph of this Article; or (c) fiduciary, trustee, or administrator or in a similar capacity with respect to any employee benefit plan or other plan or program sponsored by the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation will, for purposes of the mandatory advancement of expenses provided in the preceding sentence, constitute a final disposition of such action or proceeding. The financial ability of an Indemnified Party to make a repayment contemplated by this provision will not be a prerequisite to the making of an advance.
6.3 Indemnity Not Exclusive
The right conferred on any person by this Article VI will not be exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any applicable law, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.
6.4 Other Indemnification
The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise, or nonprofit entity will be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, nonprofit entity, or other enterprise.
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6.5 Insurance
The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of applicable law.
6.6 Conflicts
No indemnification or advance will be made under this Article VI , except where such indemnification or advance is mandated by applicable law or the order, judgment, or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, in any circumstance where it appears:
(a) That it would be inconsistent with a provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, a resolution of the stockholders or an agreement in effect at the time of the accrual of the alleged cause of the action asserted in the proceeding in which the expenses were incurred or other amounts were paid, which prohibits or otherwise limits indemnification; or
(b) That it would be inconsistent with any condition expressly imposed by a court in approving a settlement.
6.7 Amendment or Repeal.
Any repeal or modification of the provisions of this Article VI will not adversely affect any right or protection of any person provided in this Article VI with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.
Article VII
STOCK
7.1 Stock Certificates and Notices; Uncertificated Stock; Partly Paid Shares
The shares of the Corporation may be certificated or uncertificated, as the Board of Directors may provide by resolution(s), subject to applicable law; provided that all uncertificated shares must be evidenced by a book-entry system maintained by the registrar of such stock. The shares of the Corporation will be entered in the books of the Corporation and recorded as they are issued. If shares are represented by certificates, such certificates will be in the form, other than bearer form, approved by the Board of Directors. The certificates representing shares of stock of each class will be signed by, or in the name of, the Corporation by the Chairman, any vice chairman, the president, or any vice president, and by the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, or any assistant treasurer. Any or all of the signatures on any certificate may be a facsimile or electronic signature. Although any officer, transfer agent, or registrar whose manual, facsimile, or electronic signature is affixed to such a certificate ceases to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate has been issued, it may nevertheless be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such officer, transfer agent, or registrar were still such at the date of its issue
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7.2 Lost Certificates
The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or uncertificated shares to be delivered in place of any certificate issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the owner of the allegedly lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or uncertificated shares, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner, or the owner’s legal representative, of the lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.
7.3 Transfer of Stock
Stock of the Corporation will be transferable in the manner prescribed by applicable law and in these Bylaws. Transfers of stock will be made upon the books of the Corporation only: (a) upon presentation of the certificates by the registered holder in person or by duly authorized attorney, or upon presentation of proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to transfer the stock, and upon surrender of the appropriate certificate(s); or (b) in the case of uncertificated shares, upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered owner of such uncertificated shares, or from a duly authorized attorney or from an individual presenting proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to transfer the stock. No transfer of stock will be valid as against the Corporation for any purpose until it will have been entered in the stock records of the Corporation by an entry showing from and to whom transferred. To the extent designated by the president or any vice president or the treasurer of the Corporation, the Corporation may recognize the transfer of fractional uncertificated shares, but will not otherwise be required to recognize the transfer of fractional shares.
7.4 Transfer Agents and Registrars
The Board of Directors may appoint, or may authorize any officer or officers to appoint, one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars.
7.5 Stockholders of Record
The Corporation will be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, will not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share on the part of any other person whether or not it will have express or other notice thereof, except as expressly provided by applicable law.
Article VIII
GENERAL MATTERS
8.1 Checks
From time to time, the Board of Directors will determine by resolution which person(s) may sign or endorse all checks, drafts, other orders for payment of money, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness that are issued in the name of or payable to the Corporation, and only the persons so authorized will sign or endorse those instruments.
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8.2 Execution of Corporate Contracts and Instruments
The Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, may authorize any officer(s) or agent(s) to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Unless so authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent, or employee will have any power or authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.
8.3 Dividends
The directors of the Corporation, subject to any restrictions contained in (a) applicable law; or (b) the Certificate of Incorporation, may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of its capital stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Corporation’s capital stock.
8.4 Fiscal Year
The fiscal year of the Corporation will be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors and may be changed by the Board of Directors.
8.5 Seal
The corporate seal will be in the form adopted by the Board of Directors. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise. The seal may be affixed by any officer of the Corporation to any instrument executed by authority of the Corporation, and the seal when so affixed may be attested by the signature of any officer of the Corporation.
8.6 Construction; Definitions
Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in the Delaware General Corporation Law will govern the construction of these Bylaws. These Bylaws are adopted subject to any applicable law and the Certificate of Incorporation. Whenever these Bylaws may conflict with any applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, such conflict will be resolved in favor of such law or the Certificate of Incorporation. Without limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes the singular, and the term “person” includes an individual, partnership, corporation, trust or other entity.
8.7 Amendments
In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by applicable law, the Board of Directors is expressly empowered to adopt, amend, or repeal Bylaws of the Corporation. Any adoption, amendment, or repeal of the Bylaws of the Corporation by the Board of Directors will require the approval of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. The stockholders will also have power to adopt, amend, or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation; provided , however , that, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of stock of the Corporation required by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the total voting power of the shares of the then-outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, voting together as a single class, will be required to adopt, amend, or repeal any provision of the Bylaws of the Corporation.
8.8 Facsimile or Electronic Signature
In addition to the provisions for use of facsimile or electronic signatures elsewhere specifically authorized in these Bylaws, facsimile or electronic signatures of any stockholder, director, or officer of the Corporation may be used whenever and as authorized by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof.
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Exhibit 5.1
March , 2016
Sensus Healthcare, Inc.
851 Broken Sound Pkwy., NW #215
Boca Raton, Florida 33487
Re: Sensus Healthcare, Inc. – Registration Statement on Form S-1
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Sensus Healthcare, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Registrant ”), in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), of a registration statement on Form S-1 originally filed with the Commission on February 10, 2016, as thereafter amended by Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement on Form S-1 on March , 2016 (as so amended, the “ Registration Statement ”), registering the proposed issuance and sale by the Registrant of (i) up to [●] shares of the Registrant’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“ Common Stock ”), and (ii) up to [●] additional shares of Common Stock proposed to be issued and sold pursuant to an over-allotment option (collectively, the “ Public Securities ”) granted by the Registrant to the several underwriters (the “ Underwriters ”) named in Schedule I to the underwriting agreement to be entered into by and among the Registrant and the Underwriters (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”). Following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, it is our understanding that the Registrant intends to sell the Public Securities to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
We do not express any opinion herein as to the effect of any laws other than the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “ DGCL ”) that are applicable to our opinion set forth below. Except as described above, we have neither examined nor do we express any opinion with respect to Delaware law. Without limiting the foregoing, we express no opinion on Delaware contracts law or on general principals of equity, considerations of public policy, judicial discretion or other considerations which may affect the application of the DGCL to specific facts.
Documents Reviewed
In rendering the following opinion, as to various questions of fact material to our opinion, we have (except to the extent otherwise expressly stated herein) relied solely on the examination of originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of the following documents (collectively, the “ Documents ”) and upon the accuracy of the statements, representations and warranties made in the following documents, and we have made no independent investigation or inquiry with respect to such factual matters:
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March , 2016
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A. | The Registration Statement; |
B. | An Officer’s Certificate furnished to us by Joseph C. Sardano, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant, dated as of the date of this opinion letter; |
C. | A copy of the Registrant’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended to date, as filed with the Commission as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (filed 2/10/16) (No. 333-209451); |
D. | A copy of the Registrant’s Bylaws, as amended to date, as filed with the Commission as Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 (filed 3/[●]/16) (No. 333-209451); |
E. | The Underwriting Agreement; |
F. | A copy of the resolutions of the Registrant’s Board of Directors, dated as of [●], 2016, relating to the authorization and approval of the issuance of the Public Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement; and |
G. | A form of Common Stock certificate. |
We have made no investigation or review of any matters relating to the Registrant or any other person other than as expressly stated herein. Without limiting the foregoing and with your consent, (i) we have made no examination or investigation to verify the accuracy or completeness of any financial, accounting, statistical or other similar information set forth in the Registration Statement or in any of the other Documents, or with respect to any other accounting or financial matter and accounts, and express no opinion with respect thereto; (ii) we have not verified whether or not all of the steps in the organization, the chain of elections of officers or directors, the issuances and transfers of shares or share certificates, or the adoption of or amendments to the certificate of incorporation or the bylaws of the Registrant, or comparable matters applicable at the time of or since the formation of the Registrant, were performed in accordance with applicable law in effect when such actions were taken (and/or were taken in a regular and continuous manner), and we have relied on the presumption of regularity and continuity of such steps in rendering our opinion set forth in this opinion letter; and (iii) we have not conducted a search or investigation of the records, files or indices of any court or governmental authority for litigation, action, suits, proceedings, orders, judgments, decrees, filings, arbitrations, or otherwise.
Opinion
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and subject to the limitations, qualifications and assumptions set forth in this opinion letter, as of the date hereof, we are of the opinion that when (i) the Registration Statement, as finally amended, has become effective under the Securities Act; (ii) an appropriate prospectus, as finally amended, with respect to the applicable Public Securities has been prepared, delivered and filed in compliance with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (iii) the Public Securities have been issued, delivered and paid for in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Underwriting Agreement, as described in the Registration Statement, the Public Securities will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
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March , 2016
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Nothing contained in this opinion letter shall be deemed to be an opinion other than as set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph.
Limitations and Qualifications
Our opinion set forth in this opinion letter is based upon the facts in existence and the laws, statutes, rules, regulations and judicial decisions (collectively, “ Laws ”) in effect on the date hereof, and we expressly disclaim any obligation to update our opinion herein, regardless of whether changes in such facts or Laws come to our attention after the delivery hereof.
The opinion set forth in this opinion letter is limited to matters expressly set forth herein and no opinion is to be implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein. We have assumed no obligation to advise you beyond the opinion specifically expressed herein. Except as provided in the next paragraph, this opinion letter may not be disclosed, quoted, filed with a governmental agency or otherwise referred to without our written consent.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter with the Commission as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act and to the use of our name therein and in the Registration Statement under the caption “Legal Matters.” In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.
Respectfully submitted, | |
GUNSTER, YOAKLEY & STEWART, P.A. |
DCS/JTJ/GLS
Exhibit 10.5
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
This Indemnification Agreement (“ Agreement ”), dated as of [DATE] (the “ Effective Date ”), is by and between Sensus Healthcare, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Corporation ”), and [NAME OF INDEMNITEE] (“ Indemnitee ”). The Corporation and Indemnitee are sometimes referred to in this Agreement as each, individually, a “ Party ” and, collectively, the “ Parties .”
RECITALS:
A. Indemnitee is a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation.
B. Both the Corporation and Indemnitee recognize the increased risk of litigation and other claims being asserted against directors, officers, employees, and agents of public and other entities.
C. The board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board ”) has determined that enhancing the ability of the Corporation to retain and attract as directors, officers, employees, and agents the most capable persons is in the best interests of the Corporation and that the Corporation therefore should seek to assure such persons that indemnification is available.
D. In recognition of the need to provide Indemnitee with substantial protection against personal liability and enhance Indemnitee’s ability to serve the Corporation in an effective manner, and in order to provide such protection pursuant to express contract rights (intended to be enforceable irrespective of, among other things, any amendment to the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws (collectively, the “ Constituent Documents ”), any change in the composition of the Board, or any change in control or business combination transaction relating to the Corporation), the Corporation desires to provide in this Agreement for the indemnification of, and the advancement of Expenses (as defined below) to, Indemnitee as set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and Indemnitee’s agreement to provide services to the Corporation, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby conclusively acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:
1. Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms will have the following meanings:
(a) “ Beneficial Owner ” has the meaning given to the term “beneficial owner” in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”).
(b) “ Change in Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following events after the Effective Date:
(i) any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation representing 50% or more of the Corporation’s then-outstanding Voting Securities, unless the change in relative Beneficial Ownership of the Corporation’s securities by any Person results solely from a reduction in the aggregate number of outstanding shares of securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors;
(ii) the consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation, unless immediately following such reorganization, merger or consolidation, all of the Beneficial Owners of the Voting Securities of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the outstanding Voting Securities of the entity resulting from such transaction;
(iii) during any period of two (2) consecutive years, not including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board (including for this purpose any new directors whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Corporation’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board;
(iv) the stockholders of the Corporation approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation; or
(v) the consummation of a sale or disposition by the Corporation of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets.
(c) “ Claim ” means:
(i) any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, proceeding, or alternative dispute resolution mechanism, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative, investigative, or other, and whether made pursuant to federal, state, or other law; or
(ii) any inquiry, hearing, or investigation that Indemnitee determines might lead to the institution of any such action, suit, proceeding, or alternative dispute resolution mechanism.
(d) “ Corporate Member ” means a person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation or, while a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise, or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans.
(e) “ Disinterested Director ” means a director of the Corporation who is not and was not a party to the Claim in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.
(f) “ Expenses ” means any and all actually and reasonably incurred expenses, including attorneys’ and experts’ fees, court costs, transcript costs, travel expenses, duplicating, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, and all other costs and expenses incurred in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in or participating in (including on appeal), or preparing to defend, be a witness, or participate in, any Claim. Expenses also include (i) Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Claim, including the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent; and (ii) for purposes of Section 3(c) only, Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the interpretation, enforcement, or defense of Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement, by litigation or otherwise. Expenses, however, will not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.
(g) “ Expense Advance ” means any payment of Expenses advanced to Indemnitee by the Corporation pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement.
(h) “ Indemnifiable Event ” means any event or occurrence, whether occurring [before,] on or after the Effective Date, by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a Corporate Member or by reason of an action or inaction by Indemnitee in any such capacity (whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any Loss is incurred for which indemnification can be provided under this Agreement).
(i) “ Independent Counsel ” means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently performs, nor in the past three (3) years has performed, services for either: (i) the Corporation or Indemnitee (other than in connection with matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement or of other indemnitees under similar agreements); or (ii) any other party to the Claim giving rise to a claim for indemnification under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “ Independent Counsel ” will not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Corporation or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.
(j) “ Losses ” means any and all actually and reasonably incurred Expenses, damages, losses, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties (whether civil, criminal, or other), ERISA excise taxes, amounts paid, or payable in settlement, including any interest, assessments, and all other charges paid or payable in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in or participating in (including on appeal), or preparing to defend, be a witness, or participate in, any Claim.
(k) “ Person ” means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, business association, organization, governmental entity, or other entity and includes the meaning set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act.
(l) “ Standard of Conduct Determination ” will have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6(b) below.
(m) “ Voting Securities ” means any securities of the Corporation that vote generally in the election of directors.
2. Services to the Corporation . Indemnitee agrees to serve as a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation for so long as Indemnitee is duly elected or appointed or until Indemnitee tenders [his/her] resignation or is no longer serving in such capacity. Indemnitee may at any time and for any reason resign from such position (subject to any other contractual obligation or any obligation imposed by operation of law), in which event the Corporation will have no obligation whatsoever under this Agreement to continue Indemnitee in any such position. This Agreement will not be deemed an employment agreement between the Corporation (or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates) and Indemnitee. Indemnitee specifically acknowledges that, subject to the terms of any employment agreement with the Corporation, Indemnitee’s service to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates is at will and Indemnitee may be discharged at any time for any reason, with or without cause, subject to any other contractual obligation or any obligation imposed by operation of law.
3. Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses . Subject to Sections 4 through 8 of this Agreement:
(a) Indemnification . Provided that Indemnitee has not been terminated for “Cause,” as defined in Indemnitee’s employment agreement with the Corporation, if any, the Corporation will indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may be amended after the Effective Date, Indemnitee against any and all Losses to the extent Indemnitee was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any Claim related to an Indemnifiable Event, including Claims brought by or in the right of the Corporation, Claims brought by third parties, and Claims in which Indemnitee is solely a witness.
(b) Advancement of Expenses . The Corporation will pay Indemnitee the Expenses in connection with any Claim for which indemnification of Indemnitee is required pursuant to Section 3(a) in advance of the final disposition of such Claim. A plea of guilty to a felony charge arising out of misconduct committed by Indemnitee in Indemnitee’s capacity as a Corporate Member will, for purposes of the mandatory advancement of expenses provided in this Section 3(b) , constitute a final disposition of a Claim. Execution and delivery to the Corporation of this Agreement by Indemnitee constitutes an undertaking by Indemnitee to repay any and all amounts paid, advanced, or reimbursed by the Corporation pursuant to this Section 3(b) if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified with respect to the Expenses related to, arising out of, or resulting from any Claim. Indemnitee’s right to such advancement of Expenses is not subject to the satisfaction of any standard of conduct.
(c) Claims By Indemnitee Against the Corporation . The Corporation will also, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may be amended after the Effective Date, indemnify against, and, if requested by Indemnitee, will advance to Indemnitee subject to and in accordance with Section 3(b) , any Expenses in connection with any Claim by Indemnitee against the Corporation for indemnification or reimbursement or advance payment of Expenses under this Agreement or under any of the Constituent Documents; provided , however , that in the event that Indemnitee is ultimately determined not to be entitled to such indemnification, as the case may be, then all amounts advanced under this Section 3(c) must be repaid to the Corporation by Indemnitee.
(d) Partial Indemnification . If Indemnitee is entitled under this Agreement to indemnification by the Corporation for a portion of any Losses in respect of a Claim related to an Indemnifiable Event, but not for the total amount of such Losses, the Corporation will nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion of such Losses to which Indemnitee is entitled.
4. Procedure upon Application for Indemnification . In order to obtain indemnification or Expense Advances pursuant to this Agreement, Indemnitee must submit to the Corporation a written request for indemnification or Expense Advances, as applicable, in substantially the same form as attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A , including in such request (a) such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification following the final disposition of the Claim or Expense Advances prior to the final disposition of the Claim; and (b) a confirmation of the undertaking agreed to by Indemnitee in Section 3(b) , subject to any additional terms and conditions of repayment as the Parties may agree upon from time to time. The Secretary of the Corporation will, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification or Expense Advances, advise the Board in writing of such request.
5. Payment of Indemnification and Expense Advances .
(a) Payment of Indemnification . If, in regard to any Losses, Indemnitee has submitted a written request for indemnification in accordance with Section 4 and:
(i) Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 6(a) ;
(ii) no Standard Conduct Determination is legally required as a condition to indemnification of Indemnitee under this Agreement; or
(iii) Indemnitee has been determined or deemed pursuant to Section 6(b) or Section 6(c) to have satisfied the Standard of Conduct Determination,
then the Corporation will pay an amount equal to such Losses to Indemnitee within thirty (30) days of the earliest date on which the applicable criterion specified in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) is satisfied.
(b) Payment of Expense Advances . The Corporation will pay Indemnitee the Expenses in connection with any Claim for which indemnification of Indemnitee is required pursuant to Section 3(a) within thirty (30) days of receipt of the written request for advancement of Expenses in accordance with Section 4 .
6. Determination of Right to Indemnification .
(a) Mandatory Indemnification; Indemnification as a Witness.
(i) To the extent that Indemnitee is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Claim relating to an Indemnifiable Event or any portion of such Claim, including dismissal with or without prejudice, Indemnitee will be indemnified against all Losses relating to such Claim in accordance with Section 3 .
(ii) To the extent that Indemnitee’s involvement in a Claim relating to an Indemnifiable Event is to prepare to serve and serve as a witness, and not as a party, Indemnitee will be indemnified against all Losses incurred in connection with such Claim in accordance with Section 3 .
(b) Standard of Conduct . To the extent that the provisions of Section 6(a) are inapplicable to a Claim related to an Indemnifiable Event that will have been finally disposed of, any determination of whether Indemnitee has satisfied any applicable standard of conduct under Delaware law that is a legally required condition to indemnification of Indemnitee against Losses relating to such Claim and any determination that Expense Advances must be repaid to the Corporation (a “ Standard of Conduct Determination ”) will be made as follows:
(i) if no Change in Control has occurred, (A) by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even if less than a quorum of the Board; (B) by a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum; or (C) if there are no such Disinterested Directors, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion addressed to the Board, a copy of which will be delivered to Indemnitee; and
(ii) if a Change in Control has occurred, (A) if Indemnitee so requests in writing, by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even if less than a quorum of the Board; or (B) otherwise, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion addressed to the Board, a copy of which will be delivered to Indemnitee.
(c) Making the Standard of Conduct Determination .
(i) The Corporation will use its reasonable best efforts to cause any Standard of Conduct Determination required under Section 6(b) to be made as promptly as practicable. If the Person designated to make the Standard of Conduct Determination under Section 6(b) will not have made a determination within thirty (30) days after the later of (A) receipt by the Corporation of a written request from Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Section 4 (the date of such receipt being the “ Notification Date ”); and (B) the selection of an Independent Counsel, if such determination is to be made by Independent Counsel, then Indemnitee will be deemed to have satisfied the applicable standard of conduct; provided , however , that such thirty-day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, if the Person making such determination in good faith requires such additional time to obtain or evaluate information relating to such determination.
(ii) Indemnitee will cooperate with the Person making the Standard of Conduct Determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such Person upon reasonable request any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee. The Corporation will indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee against and, if requested by Indemnitee, will reimburse Indemnitee for, or advance to Indemnitee, within thirty (30) days of such request, any and all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in cooperating with the Person making the Standard of Conduct Determination.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement of Indemnitee to indemnification under this Agreement will be required to be made prior to the final disposition of any Claim.
(d) Selection of Independent Counsel for Standard of Conduct Determination . In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 6(b) , the Independent Counsel will be selected as provided in this Section 6(d) . If no Change of Control has occurred, the Independent Counsel will be selected by the Board, and the Corporation will give written notice to Indemnitee advising Indemnitee of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. If a Change of Control has occurred, the Independent Counsel will be selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee requests that such selection be made by the Board, in which event the preceding sentence will apply), and Indemnitee will give written notice to the Corporation advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. In either event, Indemnitee or the Corporation, as the case may be, may, within seven (7) days after receipt of such written notice of selection, deliver to the Corporation or to Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection. Such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of “ Independent Counsel ” as defined in Section 1 of this Agreement, and the objection must set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. If such written objection is made, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until a court has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within thirty (30) days after submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 4 , no Independent Counsel has been selected and not objected to, either the Corporation or Indemnitee may petition the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware for resolution of any objection which has been made by the Corporation or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel or for the appointment of a Person as Independent Counsel selected by such court or by such other Person as such court will designate, and the Person with respect to whom an objection is so resolved or the Person so appointed will act as Independent Counsel under Section 6(b ). The Corporation will pay any and all reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent Counsel incurred in connection with acting pursuant to this Agreement, and the Corporation will pay all reasonable fees and expenses incident to the procedures of this Section 6(d) , unless any objection by Indemnitee was frivolous and not in good faith. Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding pursuant to Section 6(e)(i) of this Agreement, Independent Counsel will be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).
(e) Presumptions and Defenses.
(i) Indemnitee’s Entitlement to Indemnification . In making any Standard of Conduct Determination, the Person making such determination will presume that Indemnitee has satisfied the applicable standard of conduct and is entitled to indemnification, and the Corporation will have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption and establish that Indemnitee is not so entitled. Any Standard of Conduct Determination that is adverse to Indemnitee may be challenged by Indemnitee in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware within one hundred and eighty (180) days following the date on which Indemnitee first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 6(e)(i) . No determination by the Corporation (including by its directors or any Independent Counsel) that Indemnitee has not satisfied any applicable standard of conduct may be used as a defense to any legal proceedings brought by Indemnitee to secure indemnification or Expenses Advances by the Corporation under this Agreement or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met any applicable standard of conduct.
(ii) Reliance as a Safe Harbor . For purposes of this Agreement, and without creating any presumption as to a lack of good faith if the following circumstances do not exist, Indemnitee will be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation if Indemnitee’s actions or omissions to act are taken in good faith reliance upon the records of the Corporation, including its financial statements, or upon information, opinions, reports, or statements furnished to Indemnitee by the officers or employees of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries in the course of their duties, or by committees of the Board or by any other Person (including legal counsel, accountants, and financial advisors) as to matters Indemnitee reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation. In addition, the knowledge or actions, or failures to act, of any director, officer, agent, or employee of the Corporation will not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnity under this Agreement.
(iii) No Other Presumptions . For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of any Claim by judgment, order, settlement (whether with or without court approval), or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, will not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) of itself create a presumption that Indemnitee did not meet any applicable standard of conduct or have any particular belief, or that indemnification under this Agreement is otherwise not permitted.
(iv) Defense to Indemnification and Burden of Proof . It will be a defense to any action brought by Indemnitee against the Corporation to enforce this Agreement (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for Losses incurred in defending against a Claim related to an Indemnifiable Event in advance of its final disposition) that it is not permissible under applicable law for the Corporation to indemnify Indemnitee for the amount claimed. In connection with any such action or any related Standard of Conduct Determination, the burden of proving such a defense or that Indemnitee did not satisfy the applicable standard of conduct will be on the Corporation.
7. Exclusions from Indemnification . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Corporation will not be obligated to:
(a) make any payment to Indemnitee in respect of any Losses to the extent Indemnitee has otherwise received payment under any insurance policy, the Constituent Documents, the Other Indemnity Provisions, or otherwise (including any payment from any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise, or nonprofit entity) of the amounts otherwise indemnifiable by the Corporation under this Agreement;
(b) indemnify or advance funds to Indemnitee for Expenses or Losses with respect to proceedings initiated by Indemnitee, including any proceedings against the Corporation or its directors, officers, employees, agents, or other indemnitees and not by way of defense, except (i) proceedings referenced in Section 3(c) ; or (ii) where the Corporation has joined in or the Board has consented to the initiation of such proceedings;
(c) indemnify or advance funds to Indemnitee for Expenses or Losses where such indemnification or advance would be inconsistent with (i) a provision of the Constituent Documents, a resolution of the stockholders, or an agreement in effect at the time of the accrual of the alleged cause of the action asserted in the proceeding in which the expenses were incurred or other amounts were paid, which prohibits or otherwise limits indemnification or advancement of expense; or (ii) any condition expressly imposed by a court in approving a settlement;
(d) indemnify Indemnitee if a final decision by a court of competent jurisdiction determines that such indemnification is prohibited by applicable law;
(e) indemnify Indemnitee for the disgorgement of profits arising from the purchase or sale by Indemnitee of securities of the Corporation in violation of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, or any similar successor statute; or
(f) indemnify or advance funds to Indemnitee for Indemnitee’s reimbursement to the Corporation of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation previously received by Indemnitee or payment of any profits realized by Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Corporation, as required in each case under the Exchange Act (including any such reimbursements under (i) Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in connection with an accounting restatement of the Corporation or the payment to the Corporation of profits arising from the purchase or sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; and (ii) any rules or listing standards adopted, promulgated, or to be adopted or promulgated after the Effective Date, as applicable, under or as a result of Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010).
8. Notification and Defense of Claims .
(a) Notification of Claims . Indemnitee will notify the Corporation in writing as soon as practicable of any Claim which could relate to an Indemnifiable Event or for which Indemnitee could seek Expense Advances, including a brief description (based upon information then available to Indemnitee) of the nature of, and the facts underlying, such Claim. The failure by Indemnitee to timely notify the Corporation under this Agreement will not relieve the Corporation from any liability under this Agreement, unless such failure materially prejudices the Corporation.
(b) Defense of Claims . The Corporation may, in its sole discretion, participate in the defense of any Claim relating to an Indemnifiable Event at its own expense and, except as otherwise provided below, to the extent the Corporation so wishes, it may assume the defense of such Claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to Indemnitee. After notice from the Corporation to Indemnitee of its election to assume the defense of any such Claim, the Corporation will not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise for any Expenses subsequently directly incurred by Indemnitee in connection with Indemnitee’s defense of such Claim other than reasonable costs of investigation or as otherwise provided below. Indemnitee will have the right to employ its own legal counsel in such Claim, but all Expenses related to such counsel incurred after notice from the Corporation of its assumption of the defense will be at Indemnitee’s own expense; provided , however , that if (i) Indemnitee’s employment of its own legal counsel has been authorized by the Corporation; (ii) Indemnitee has reasonably determined that there may be a conflict of interest between Indemnitee and the Corporation in the defense of such Claim; (iii) after a Change in Control, Indemnitee’s employment of its own counsel has been approved by the Independent Counsel; or (iv) the Corporation will not in fact have employed counsel to assume the defense of such Claim, then Indemnitee will be entitled to retain its own separate counsel (but not more than one law firm plus, if applicable, local counsel in respect of any such Claim) and all reasonable Expenses related to such separate counsel will be paid by the Corporation.
9. Settlement of Claims . The Corporation will not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any threatened or pending Claim related to an Indemnifiable Event effected without the Corporation’s prior written consent, which will not be unreasonably withheld; provided , however , that if a Change in Control has occurred, the Corporation will be liable for indemnification of Indemnitee for amounts paid in settlement if an Independent Counsel has approved the settlement. The Corporation will not settle any Claim related to an Indemnifiable Event in any manner that would impose any Losses on Indemnitee, without Indemnitee’s prior written consent, which will not be unreasonably withheld.
10. Duration . All agreements and obligations of the Corporation contained in this Agreement will terminate upon the later of (a) ten (10) years after the date that Indemnitee ceases to serve as a director, officer, employee, or agent, as applicable, of the Corporation; and (b) throughout the pendency of any proceeding (including any rights of appeal to such proceeding) commenced by Indemnitee to enforce or interpret Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement, even if, in either case, Indemnitee ceases to serve in such capacity at the time of any such Claim or proceeding.
11. Non-Exclusivity . The rights of Indemnitee under this Agreement will be in addition to any other rights Indemnitee may have under the Constituent Documents, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, any other contract, or otherwise (collectively, the “ Other Indemnity Provisions ”).
12. Insurance . Indemnitee acknowledges and agrees that the Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of Indemnitee against any Losses asserted against Indemnitee and incurred by Indemnitee as a Corporate Member, or arising out of Indemnitee’s status as a Corporate Member, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify Indemnitee against such Losses under this Agreement or the Other Indemnity Provisions.
13. Subrogation . In the event of payment to Indemnitee under this Agreement, the Corporation will be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee. Indemnitee will execute all papers required and will do everything that may be necessary or reasonable to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the Corporation effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.
14. Recitals; Interpretation . The recitals to this Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference into the Agreement for all purposes. For purposes of this Agreement: (a) the words “include,” “includes” and “including” will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (b) the word “or” is not exclusive; and (c) the words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereby,” “hereto” and “hereunder” refer to this Agreement as a whole. Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Agreement: (x) to Sections and Exhibits mean the Sections of, and Exhibits to, this Agreement; (y) to an agreement, instrument or other document means such agreement, instrument, or other document as amended, supplemented and modified from time to time to the extent permitted by the provisions thereof; and (z) to a statute means such statute as amended from time to time and includes any successor legislation thereto and any regulations promulgated thereunder. The Exhibits referred to in this Agreement will be construed with, and as an integral part of, this Agreement to the same extent as if they were set forth verbatim in this Agreement.
15. No Construction Against Draftsmen . The Parties acknowledge that this is a negotiated agreement, and that in no event will the terms of this Agreement be construed against any Party on the basis that such Party, or its counsel, drafted this Agreement.
16. Headings . The headings in this Agreement are for reference only and will not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
17. Amendments; Waiver . No supplement, modification, or amendment of this Agreement will be binding unless executed in writing by both of the Parties. Any repeal or modification of the provisions of this Agreement will not adversely affect any right or protection of Indemnitee provided in this Agreement with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement will be binding unless in the form of a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the waiver is sought, and no such waiver will operate as a waiver of any other provisions of this Agreement (whether or not similar), nor will such waiver constitute a continuing waiver. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, no failure to exercise or any delay in exercising any right or remedy under this Agreement will constitute a waiver of any such right or remedy.
18. Binding Effect . This Agreement is binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Parties and their respective successors (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Corporation), assigns, spouses, heirs, and personal and legal representatives. The Corporation will require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all, substantially all or a substantial part of the business or assets of the Corporation, by written agreement in form and substances satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.
19. Severability . If any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other term or provision of this Agreement or invalidate or render unenforceable such term or provision in any other jurisdiction. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the Parties will negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible.
20. Notices . All notices, requests, demands, or other communications that are required or may be given pursuant to the terms of this Agreement will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given: (a) on the date of delivery, if personally delivered by hand; (b) upon the third day after such notice is deposited in the United States mail, if mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested; or (c) upon the date scheduled for delivery after such notice is sent by a nationally recognized overnight express courier. Notice of change of address will be effective only when given in accordance with this Section. Subject to the provisions of this Section 20 , each such notice will be sent to the following addresses (as applicable):
if to Indemnitee, to:
_____________________
_____________________
if to the Corporation, to:
Sensus Healthcare, Inc.
Attn: [_________________], Secretary
851 Broken Sound Pkwy NW #215
Boca Raton, FL 33487
21. Governing Law and Forum . This Agreement will be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and to be performed in such state without giving effect to its principles of conflicts of laws. The Corporation and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement will be brought only in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware; provided , however , that, in the event that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware lacks subject matter jurisdiction over any such action or proceeding, the sole and exclusive forum for such action or proceeding will be another state or federal court located within the State of Delaware. Each Party consents to the jurisdiction of such court in any such civil action or legal proceeding and waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such civil action or legal proceeding in such court. Service of any court paper may be effected on such Party by mail, as provided in this Agreement, or in such other manner as may be provided under Laws.
22. JURY WAIVER . IN ANY CIVIL ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM, OR PROCEEDING, WHETHER AT LAW OR IN EQUITY, WHICH ARISES OUT OF, CONCERNS, OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE RELATIONSHIP CREATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, TRIAL WILL BE TO A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION AND NOT TO A JURY. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY. ANY PARTY MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT, AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT OF THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. NEITHER PARTY HAS MADE OR RELIED UPON ANY ORAL REPRESENTATIONS TO OR BY ANY OTHER PARTY REGARDING THE ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS SECTION 22 . EACH PARTY HAS READ AND UNDERSTANDS THE EFFECT OF THIS SECTION 22 . EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN ADVISED BY ITS OWN COUNSEL WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND SPECIFICALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE TERMS OF THIS SECTION 22 .
23. Counterparts; Effectiveness . This Agreement may be executed in one (1) or more counterparts, each of which will be an original. Any such counterpart, to the extent delivered by means of a facsimile machine or by .pdf, .tif, .gif, .jpeg or similar attachment to an electronic mail message (any such delivery, an “ Electronic Delivery ”), will be treated in all manner and respects as an original executed counterpart and will be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version of such counterpart delivered in person. No Party will raise the use of Electronic Delivery to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of Electronic Delivery as a defense to the formation of a contract, and each such Party forever waives any such defense, except to the extent such defense relates to lack of authenticity.
24. Entire Agreement . This Agreement, together, with any Exhibits to this Agreement, constitutes the sole and entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter contained in this Agreement and in such exhibits, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous representations, warranties, understandings and agreements, both written and oral, with respect to such subject matter.
[signature page follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.
THE CORPORATION: | |
Sensus Healthcare, Inc. | |
By: _____________________ | |
Name: ___________________ | |
Title: ____________________ |
INDEMNITEE: | |
__________________________ | |
[Name] |
Signature Page to Indemnification Agreement
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF REQUEST FOR INDEMNIFICATION OR ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES
[DATE]
Sensus Healthcare, Inc.
Attn: [_______________], Secretary
851 Broken Sound Pkwy NW #215
Boca Raton, FL 33487
RE: | Request for Indemnification or Advancement of Expenses |
Dear Mr./Ms. ______________:
This letter is being provided pursuant to that certain Indemnification Agreement, dated as of [DATE] , by and between Sensus Healthcare, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Corporation ”), and the undersigned as Indemnitee (the “ I ndemnification Agreement ”). Terms used in this letter and not otherwise defined will have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indemnification Agreement. Pursuant to the Indemnification Agreement, among other things, I am entitled to the advancement of Expenses paid or incurred in connection with Claims relating to Indemnifiable Events.
I have become subject to [DESCRIPTION OF PROCEEDING] (the “ Proceeding ”) based on my status as a Corporate Member or alleged actions or failures to act in my capacity as a Corporate Member. This letter also constitutes notice to the Corporation of the Proceeding pursuant to Section 8 of the Indemnification Agreement. The following is a brief description of the Proceeding:
[DESCRIPTION OF PROCEEDING]
Pursuant to Section 3 of the Indemnification Agreement, the Corporation can (a) pay such Expenses on my behalf; (b) advance funds in an amount sufficient to pay such Expenses; or (c) reimburse me for such Expenses. Pursuant to Section 3 of the Indemnification Agreement, I hereby request an Expense Advance in connection with the Proceeding. The Expenses for which advances are requested are as follows:
[DESCRIPTION OF EXPENSES]
In connection with the request for Expense Advances set out above, I hereby confirm my undertaking set forth in the Indemnification Agreement to repay any and all Expense Advances to the extent that it is ultimately determined that I am not entitled to indemnification under the Indemnification Agreement, the Constituent Documents, or applicable laws, regulations, or rules. [To secure my obligation to repay of any and all Expense Advances, I agree as follows:]
[INSERT ANY TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO EXPENSE ADVANCES]
This letter will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
Very truly yours, | |
________________ | |
[Name] | |
[Title] |
Exhibit 10.14
SENSUS HEALTHCARE, INC.
2016 INCENTIVE PLAN
ARTICLE
1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
1.1 Purpose .
The 2016 Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”) of Sensus Healthcare, Inc. (the “ Company ”) is adopted for the following purposes: (1) to closely associate the interests of certain Key Persons (as hereinafter defined) with the interests of the Company’s stockholders; (2) to encourage the Key Persons to focus on the growth and development of the Company, as reflected in increased stockholder value; (3) to maintain competitive compensation levels; and (4) to provide an incentive for the Key Persons to maintain association or employment with the Company so that the Company may retain the services of the most highly qualified individuals in high level managerial capacities.
1.2 Administration .
(a) The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Committee ”).
(b) The Committee shall have the authority, in its sole discretion and from time to time to:
(i) designate the individuals or classes of individuals eligible to participate in the Plan;
(ii) grant awards provided in the Plan in such form and amount and on such terms as the Committee shall determine, subject to the terms of the Plan;
(iii) impose such limitations, restrictions and conditions upon any such award as the Committee shall determine, subject to the terms of the Plan;
(iv) interpret the Plan, adopt, amend, and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan; and
(v) make all other determinations and take all other actions necessary or advisable for the implementation and administration of the Plan.
(c) The Committee’s interpretation of the Plan or any Awards granted pursuant thereto and all decisions and determinations by the Committee with respect to the Plan shall be final, binding, and conclusive on all parties unless otherwise determined by the Committee.
1.3 Eligibility for Participation .
Only Key Persons shall be eligible for participation in the Plan. For purposes of the Plan, “ Key Persons ” shall be individuals selected by the Committee for grants of Awards under this Plan.
1.4 Types of Awards Under Plan .
Awards that are available under the Plan shall be as follows:
(a) Nonqualified Stock Options (as described in Article 3);
(b) Incentive Stock Options (as described in Article 4);
(c) Restricted Stock Grants (as described in Article 5);
(d) Phantom Stock Unit Awards (as described in Article 6);
(e) Stock Appreciation Rights (as described in Article 7);
(f) Performance Share Units (as described in Article 8); and
(g) Any combination of the foregoing Awards.
1.5 Aggregate Limitation on Awards .
(a) Shares of stock which may be issued under the Plan shall be authorized and unissued or treasury shares of the Common Stock of the Company. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued under this Plan shall be Two-Hundred and Fifty-Thousand (250,000); provided, however, that no more than Two-Hundred and Fifty-Thousand (250,000) shares of Common Stock in the aggregate may be granted under the Plan in connection with Incentive Stock Options (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 9.12). Any shares granted in connection with Options and Stock Appreciation Rights shall be counted against this limit as one share for every one share allotted in connection with the awarded Option or Stock Appreciation Right. Any shares granted in connection with Awards other than Options and Stock Appreciation Rights shall be counted against this limit as two shares for every one share granted in connection with such Award or by which the Award is valued by reference.
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(b) To the extent the shares of Common Stock subject to an Award are not issued or delivered by reason of (i) the expiration, termination, cancellation, or forfeiture of such Award, or (ii) the settlement of such Award in cash rather than the issuance of shares of Common Stock, then such shares of Common Stock shall again be available under this Plan; provided, however, that shares of Common Stock subject to an Award shall not again be available under this Plan if such shares are (x) shares that were subject to a stock-settled SAR and were not issued or delivered upon the net settlement of such SAR, (y) shares delivered to, or withheld by, the Company to pay the exercise price or the withholding taxes related to an outstanding Award, or (z) shares repurchased by the Company on the open market with the proceeds of an Option exercise. The number of shares of Common Stock available for Awards under this Plan shall not be reduced by (i) dividends, including dividends paid in shares of Common Stock, or dividend equivalents paid in cash in connection with outstanding Awards, (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Awards, or (iii) available shares under a stockholder approved plan of a company or other entity which was a party to a corporate transaction with the Company (as appropriately adjusted to reflect such corporate transaction) which become subject to Awards granted under this Plan (subject to applicable securities exchange requirements).
1.6 Effective Date and Term of Plan .
(a) The Plan shall become effective on the date it is approved by the stockholders of the Company.
(b) Unless sooner terminated by the Board, the Plan shall terminate ten (10) years from the Effective Date. After the Plan is terminated, no Awards may be granted; provided, however, that the Plan and all Awards made under the Plan prior to such date shall remain in effect until such Awards have been satisfied or terminated in accordance with the Plan and the terms of such Awards.
1.7 Minimum Vesting Periods .
Except as may otherwise be approved by the Committee, all Options, Restricted Stock, or SARs granted to Executive Officers that are subject to vesting or issuance solely based on such Holder continuing as an Employee may not vest in full or be issued earlier (except if accelerated pursuant to (A) a Change in Control, (B) the death of the Holder, (C) the Disability of the Holder, or (D) the Holder’s retirement) than the three-year anniversary of the grant date, and all shares of Restricted Stock granted to Executive Officers that are subject to vesting or issuance based in whole or in part on performance conditions or the level of achievement versus such Performance Goals shall be subject to an Award Period of not less than one year.
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Definitions
The following definitions shall be applicable throughout the Plan.
2.1 “ Affiliate ” shall mean any employer with which the Company would be considered a single employer under Section 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code, applied using fifty percent (50%) as the percentage of ownership required under such Code sections, provided, however, that the term “Affiliate” shall be construed in a manner in accordance with the registration provisions of applicable Federal securities laws.
2.2 “ Appreciation Date ” shall mean the date designated by a Holder of Stock Appreciation Rights for measurement of the appreciation in the value of rights awarded to him or her, which date shall be the date notice of such designation is received by the Committee, or its designee.
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2.3 “ Award ” shall mean, individually or collectively, any Incentive Stock Option, Nonqualified Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Award, Phantom Stock Unit Award or Performance Share Unit Award granted to a Participant pursuant to the terms of the Plan.
2.4 “ Award Period ” shall mean a period of time within which performance is measured for the purpose of determining whether an award of Performance Share Units has been earned.
2.5 “ Board ” or “ Board of Directors ” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
2.6 “ Cause ” shall mean the Company having cause to terminate a Participant’s employment or service under any existing employment agreement, service contract or other agreement, between the Participant and the Company or, in the absence of such an agreement, upon (i) Participant’s conviction of, or entrance of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony under federal law or state law; (ii) fraudulent conduct by Participant in connection with the business affairs of the Company; (iii) theft, embezzlement, or other criminal misappropriation of funds by Participant (other than good faith expense account disputes or de minimis amounts); (iv) Participant’s willful refusal to materially perform his duties to the Company; (v) Participant’s willful misconduct, which has, or would have if generally known, a materially adverse effect on the business or reputation of the Company; (vi) Participant’s willful breach of any material employment policy of the Company, including, but not limited to, conduct relating to falsification of business records, violation of the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, harassment, creation of a hostile work environment, excessive absenteeism, insubordination, violation of the Company’s policy on drug and alcohol use, or violent acts or threats of violence; or (vii) Participant’s material breach of a covenant, representation, warranty or obligation of Participant under the relevant agreement with the Company granting the Award.
2.7 “ Change in Control ” shall, unless the Committee otherwise directs by resolution adopted prior thereto, means the occurrence of any of the following after the effective date of the Plan: (a) the date any “person” (as that term is used in Sections 13 and 14(d) of the Exchange Act (as defined herein) is or becomes the beneficial owner (as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (“ Voting Stock ”); (b) the date when individuals who, at the beginning of any two (2) year period during the duration of the Plan, constitute the Board (including for this purpose new Directors whose election or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders is approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Directors still in office who were Directors at the beginning of such two (2) year period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved), cease for any reason during such two (2) year period to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board; (c) the date a reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation or entity is consummated, unless immediately following such reorganization, merger or consolidation, all of the beneficial owners of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of the entity resulting from such transaction; (d) the date the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or (e) the date a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets is consummated.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to an Award (a) that is subject to Section 409A, and (b) under which a Change in Control would accelerate the timing of payment thereunder, the term “Change in Control” shall mean a change in the ownership or effective control of the Company, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company, as defined in Section 409A and the authoritative guidance issued thereunder, but only to the extent inconsistent with the above definition, and only to the minimum extent necessary to comply with Section 409A as determined by the Committee.
2.8 “ Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Code shall be deemed to include any amendments or successor provisions to such section and any regulations under such section.
2.9 “ Committee ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(a) of the Plan.
2.10 “ Common Stock ” shall mean the Common Stock of the Company, one cent ($0.01) par value per share.
2.11 “ Company ” shall mean Sensus Healthcare, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors.
2.12 “ Director ” shall mean a member of the Board of Directors.
2.13 “ Disability ” shall mean any of the following: (a) the Participant’s inability to perform each of the essential duties of such Participant’s position by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months; (b) the incurrence by the Participant of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months; or (c) the same meaning set forth in the principal disability insurance policy or similar program then maintained by the Company on behalf of its Employees, if any. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Incentive Stock Options, “Disability” shall be defined under Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
2.14 “ Dividend Equivalents ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.
2.15 “ Effective Date ” shall mean the date this Plan is approved by the stockholders of the Company.
2.16 “ Employee ” shall mean a statutory employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates, as defined in Code Section 1402(d).
2.17 “ Executive Officers ” shall mean the officers of the Company as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act.
2.18 “ Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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2.19 “ Fair Market Value ” as of any date and in respect of any share of Common Stock shall mean:
(a) the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded, or if no sales of Common Stock occur on the date in question, on the last preceding date on which there was a sale on such market, if the Common Stock is then traded on a national securities exchange; or
(b) the mean between the closing bid and ask prices last quoted by an established quotation service for over-the-counter securities, or if no sales of Common Stock occur on the date in question, on the last preceding date on which there was a sale on such market, if the Common Stock is not reported on a national securities exchange.
The above definition shall be interpreted consistent with Treas. Reg. §1.401A-1(b)(5)(iv)(A)
2.20 “ Holder ” shall mean a Participant who has been granted a Nonqualified Stock Option, an Incentive Stock Option, a Stock Appreciation Right, a Restricted Stock Award, a Phantom Stock Unit Award or a Performance Share Unit Award.
2.21 “ Incentive Stock Option ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
2.22 “ Incentive Stock Option Period ” shall mean the period described in Section 4.6(a).
2.23 “ Key Persons ” shall mean any Employee and shall also include any officers or Directors of the Company whether or not the latter shall be an Employee of the Company.
2.24 “ Nonqualified Stock Option ” shall mean an Option granted by the Committee to a Participant under the Plan which is not designated by the Committee as an Incentive Stock Option.
2.25 “ Nonqualified Stock Option Period ” shall mean the period described in Section 3.5(a).
2.26 “ Option ” shall mean a Nonqualified Stock Option or an Incentive Stock Option.
2.27 “ Option Period ” shall mean a Nonqualified Stock Option Period or an Incentive Stock Option Period.
2.28 “ Option Price ” shall mean the applicable Stock Option Price or Incentive Option Price.
2.29 “ Participant ” shall mean a Key Person who shall be granted an Award under the Plan.
2.30 “ Performance Goals ” shall mean the performance objectives of the Company during an Award Period established for the purpose of determining whether, and to what extent, Awards will be earned for an Award Period.
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2.31 “ Performance Share Unit ” shall mean a hypothetical investment equivalent equal to one share of Common Stock granted in connection with an Award made under Article 8 of the Plan.
2.32 “ Phantom Stock Unit ” shall mean a hypothetical investment equivalent equal to one Share of Stock granted in connection with an Award made under Article 6 of the Plan, or credited with respect to Awards of Performance Share Units which have been deferred under Article 8.
2.33 “ Plan ” shall mean the 2016 Incentive Plan of Sensus Healthcare, Inc.
2.34 “ Restricted Period ” shall mean, with respect to any share of Restricted Stock, the period of time determined by the Committee during which such share of Restricted Stock is subject to the restrictions set forth in Article 5, and with respect to any Phantom Stock Unit, the period of time determined by the Committee during which such Phantom Stock Unit is subject to the restrictions set forth in Article 6.
2.35 “ Restricted Stock ” shall mean shares of Common Stock issued or transferred to a Participant subject to the restrictions set forth in Article 5 and any new, additional or different securities a Participant may become entitled to receive as a result of adjustments made pursuant to Sections 9.13 or 9.14.
2.36 “ Restricted Stock Award ” shall mean an Award granted under Article 5 of the Plan.
2.37 “ Section 409A ” means Section 409A of the Code and the guidance issued thereunder by the United States Department of the Treasury and/or Internal Revenue Service.
2.38 “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
2.39 “ Stock ” shall mean the Common Stock or such other authorized shares of stock of the Company as the Board may from time to time authorize for use under the Plan.
2.40 “ Stock Appreciation Right ” or “ SAR ” shall mean an Award granted under Article 7 of the Plan.
2.41 “ Substitute Award ” shall mean an award granted under this Plan upon the assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding equity awards previously granted by a company or other entity in connection with a corporate transaction, including a merger, combination, consolidation, or acquisition of property or stock; provided, however, that in no event shall the term “Substitute Award” be construed to refer to an Award made in connection with the cancellation and repricing of an Option or SAR.
2.42 “ Valuation Date ” shall mean the last day of an Award Period or the date of death of a Participant, as applicable.
2.43 “ Vested Unit ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.6.
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ARTICLE
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NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTIONS
3.1 Award of Nonqualified Stock Options .
The Committee may from time to time, and subject to the provisions of the Plan and such other terms and conditions as the Committee may prescribe, grant to any Key Person one or more Options to purchase, for cash or shares, the number of shares of Common Stock (“ Nonqualified Stock Options ”) allotted by the Committee. The date a Nonqualified Stock Option is granted shall mean the date selected by the Committee as of which the Committee shall allot a specific number of shares to a Participant pursuant to the Plan and when the Participant has a legally binding right constituting the Nonqualified Stock Option; provided that the grant date may not be a date that occurs prior to the date the Committee takes action to approve the Nonqualified Stock Option.
3.2 Nonqualified Stock Option Agreements .
Each Nonqualified Stock Option granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a “ Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement ” between the Company and the Holder of the Nonqualified Stock Option containing such provisions as may be determined by the Committee, but shall be subject to the following terms and conditions.
(a) Each Nonqualified Stock Option or portion thereof that is exercisable shall be exercisable for the full amount or for any part thereof, except as otherwise determined by the Committee and set forth in the Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement.
(b) Each share of Common Stock purchased through the exercise of a Nonqualified Stock Option shall be paid for in full at the time of the exercise. Each Nonqualified Stock Option shall cease to be exercisable as to any share of Common Stock, at the earlier of the date on which: (i) the Holder purchases the share; (ii) the Holder exercises a related SAR; or (iii) when the Nonqualified Stock Option lapses.
(c) Unless the Committee determines otherwise in its discretion in accordance with applicable law, or as permitted by Section 9.3, Nonqualified Stock Options shall not be transferable (including by sale, assignment, pledge, or hypothecation) by the Holder except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, or beneficiary designation procedures approved by the Company, and shall be exercisable, prior to their expiration date, during the Participant’s lifetime solely by such Participant (or in the event of such Participant’s legal incapacity or incompetency, such Participant’s guardian or legal representative).
(d) Each Nonqualified Stock Option shall become exercisable by the Holder in accordance with the vesting schedule (if any) established by the Committee for the Award.
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3.3 Nonqualified Stock Option Price .
The exercise price per share of Common Stock (the “ Nonqualified Stock Option Price ”) shall be set by the Committee at the time of grant subject to the following: (i) the Nonqualified Stock Option Price shall never be less than the Fair Market Value of the underlying stock on the date the Nonqualified Stock Option is granted; (ii) the number of shares subject to the Nonqualified Stock Option Price must be fixed on the original date of grant; and (iii) the Nonqualified Stock Option Price may not include any additional feature for the deferral of compensation.
3.4 Manner of Exercise and Form of Payment .
(a) Nonqualified Stock Options which have become exercisable may be exercised by delivery of written notice of exercise (“Notice of Exercise”) to the Committee accompanied by payment of the Nonqualified Stock Option Price. The Nonqualified Stock Option Price shall be payable in cash or such other means as may be set forth in the Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement or as otherwise determined by the Committee, plus the amount (if any) of Federal and/or other taxes which the Company may, in its judgment, be required to withhold with respect to an Award. If a Participant shall fail to pay the Nonqualified Stock Option Price at the time of exercise, the Nonqualified Stock Option(s) which are being exercised shall become null and void.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 3.4(a), at the time the Notice of Exercise pertaining to the Nonqualified Stock Option is given to the Committee with respect to the exercise of any Nonqualified Stock Option, unless an agreement pertaining to an Award provides otherwise, and where permitted by the Committee and applicable laws, rules, and regulations, payment may also be made: (i) by delivery (by either actual delivery or attestation) of Common Stock owned by the Participant for a time period determined by the Committee and otherwise acceptable to the Committee; (ii) by Common Stock withheld upon exercise; (iii) by delivery of notice of exercise to the Committee or its designee and delivery to a broker of notice of exercise and irrevocable instructions to promptly deliver to the Company the amount of sale or loan proceeds to pay the Nonqualified Stock Option Price; (iv) by such other payment methods as may be approved by the Committee and which are acceptable under applicable law; or (v) by any combination of the foregoing methods. Stock tendered or withheld in payment on the exercise of an Option shall be valued at their Fair Market Value.
(c) Any state or Federal withholding taxes attributable to the portion of the Nonqualified Stock Option payable in cash shall be withheld from the cash that would otherwise be paid to the Participant hereunder.
3.5 Nonqualified Stock Option Period; Termination .
(a) Each Nonqualified Stock Option shall be exercisable by the Holder in accordance with such terms as shall be established by the Committee for the Nonqualified Stock Option, and unless a shorter period is provided by the Committee or by another Section of the Plan, may be exercised during a period of ten (10) years from the date of grant thereof (the “ Nonqualified Stock Option Period ”). No Nonqualified Stock Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of its Nonqualified Stock Option Period.
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(b) If the Holder dies within the Nonqualified Stock Option Period (or such other period as may have been established by the Committee), any rights to the extent exercisable on the date of death may be exercised by the Holder’s estate, or by a person who acquires the right to exercise such Nonqualified Stock Option by bequest or inheritance or by reason of the death of the Holder, provided that such exercise occurs within both the Nonqualified Stock Option Period and one (1) year after the Holder’s death (or within such other period as determined by the Committee).
(c) If the Holder’s relationship as an Employee, officer or Director of the Company terminates by reason of Disability within the Nonqualified Stock Option Period, the Holder may, within one (1) year from the date of termination (or within such other period as determined by the Committee), exercise any Nonqualified Stock Options to the extent exercisable on the date of termination (or within such other period as determined by the Committee).
(d) If the Holder’s relationship as an Employee, officer or Director of the Company terminates as a result of voluntary resignation by the Holder or as a result of termination by the Company without Cause, the Holder may, within thirty (30) days from the date of termination (or within such other period as determined by the Committee), exercise any Nonqualified Stock Options to the extent such options are exercisable on the date of termination (or within such other period as determined by the Committee).
(e) If the Holder’s relationship as an Employee, officer or Director of the Company terminates as a result of termination by the Company for Cause, all unexercised Nonqualified Stock Options shall, except as set forth in the Holder’s Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement or as otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of the grant, terminate at the time of the termination of such relationship or employment, as the case may be.
3.6 Effect of Exercise .
As soon as practicable after receipt of payment, the Company shall deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates for such of Common Stock. The Participant shall become a stockholder of the Company with respect to Common Stock represented by share certificates so issued and as such shall be fully entitled to receive dividends, to vote and to exercise all other rights of a stockholder.
3.7 Order of Exercise .
Options granted under the Plan may be exercised in any order, regardless of the date of the grant or the existence of any other outstanding Nonqualified Stock Option awarded to the Participant.
ARTICLE
4
INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS
4.1 Award of Incentive Stock Options .
The Committee may, from time to time and subject to the provisions of the Plan and such other terms and conditions as the Committee may prescribe, grant to any Key Person who is an Employee of the Company one or more “incentive stock options” (intended to qualify as such under the provisions of Section 422 of the Code) (“ Incentive Stock Options ”) to purchase, for cash or shares, the number of shares of Common Stock allotted by the Committee. The date an Incentive Stock Option is granted shall mean the date selected by the Committee as of which the Committee allots a specific number of shares to a Participant pursuant to the Plan; provided that the grant date may not be a date that occurs prior to the date the Committee takes action to approve the Incentive Stock Option.
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4.2 Incentive Stock Option Agreements .
Each Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an “ Incentive Stock Option Agreement ” between the Company and the Holder of the Incentive Stock Option, stating the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Incentive Stock Option evidenced thereby and containing such other provisions as may be determined by the Committee from time to time, but shall be subject to the following terms and conditions.
(a) Each Incentive Stock Option or portion thereof that is exercisable shall be exercisable for the full amount or for any part thereof, except as otherwise determined by the terms of the Incentive Stock Option Agreement.
(b) Each share of Common Stock purchased through the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option shall be paid for in full at the time of the exercise. Each Incentive Stock Option shall cease to be exercisable, as to any share of Common Stock, at the earlier of the date on which: (i) the Holder purchases the share; (ii) the Holder exercises a related SAR; or (iii) when the Incentive Stock Option lapses.
(c) Unless the Committee determines otherwise in its discretion in accordance with applicable law, Incentive Stock Options shall not be transferable (including by sale, assignment, pledge, or hypothecation) by the Holder except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, or beneficiary designation procedures approved by the Company. Except as otherwise permitted by Section 422 of the Code, Incentive Stock Options shall be exercisable, prior to their expiration date, during the Participant’s lifetime solely by such Participant (or in the event of such Participant’s legal incapacity or incompetency, such Participant’s guardian or legal representative).
(d) Each Incentive Stock Option shall become exercisable by the Holder in accordance with the vesting schedule (if any) established by the Committee for the Award.
4.3 Incentive Stock Option Price .
The option price per share of Common Stock deliverable upon the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option shall be the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date the Incentive Stock Option is granted.
4.4 Special Rule for Ten Percent Stockholder .
Notwithstanding Sections 4.2 and 4.3, if Incentive Stock Options are issued to an individual who owns stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, then (a) the option price per share of Common Stock deliverable upon the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option shall be at least one hundred and ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date the Incentive Stock Option is granted; and (b) such option, by its terms, shall not be exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from the date such option is granted.
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4.5 Maximum Amount of Incentive Stock Option Grant .
The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined on the date the option is granted) of Common Stock subject to an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Participant by the Committee in any calendar year shall not exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) (or such other amount set forth in Section 422 of the Code) (the “ ISO Limitation Amount ”). To the extent the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined on the date the option is granted) of Common Stock for which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company) exceeds the ISO Limitation Amount, such excess Incentive Stock Options shall be treated as Nonqualified Stock Options.
4.6 Incentive Stock Option Period; Termination .
(a) Each Incentive Stock Option shall be exercisable by the Holder in accordance with such terms as shall be established by the Committee for the Incentive Stock Option, and, unless a shorter period is provided by the Committee or by another Section of the Plan, may be exercised during a period of ten (10) years from the date of grant thereof (the “ Incentive Stock Option Period ”). No Incentive Stock Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of its Incentive Stock Option Period.
(b) If the Holder dies within the Incentive Stock Option Period (or such other period as may have been established by the Committee), any rights to the extent exercisable on the date of death may be exercised by the Holder’s estate, or by a person who acquires the right to exercise such Incentive Stock Option by bequest or inheritance or by reason of the death of the Holder, provided that such exercise occurs within both the Incentive Stock Option Period and one (1) year after the Holder’s death (or within such other period as determined by the Committee).
(c) If the Holder’s relationship as an Employee officer or Director of the Company terminates by reason of Disability within the Incentive Stock Option Period, the Holder may, within one (1) year from the date of termination (or within such other period as determined by the Committee), exercise any Incentive Stock Options to the extent such options are exercisable on the date of termination (or such other period as determined by the Committee).
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the tax treatment available pursuant to Section 422 of the Code upon the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option will not be available to a Holder who exercises any Incentive Stock Options more than (i) twelve (12) months after the date of termination of employment due to Disability or (ii) three (3) months after the date of termination of employment due to death.
(e) If the Holder’s relationship as an Employee, officer or Director of the Company terminates as a result of voluntary resignation by the Holder or as a result of termination by the Company without Cause, the Holder may, within thirty (30) days from the date of termination (or within such other period as determined by the Committee), exercise any Incentive Stock Options to the extent such options are exercisable on the date of termination (or such other period as determined by the Committee).
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(f) If the Holder’s relationship as an Employee, officer or Director of the Company terminates as a result of termination by the Company for Cause, all unexercised Incentive Stock Options shall, except as set forth in the Holder’s Incentive Stock Option Agreement or as otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of the grant, terminate at the time of the termination of such relationship.
4.7 Notice of Disposition .
Participants shall give prompt notice to the Committee of any disposition of Common Stock acquired upon exercise of an Incentive Stock Option if such disposition occurs within (a) two (2) years after the date of the grant of such Incentive Stock Option, or (b) one (1) year after the receipt of such Common Stock by the Holder.
4.8 Applicability of Nonqualified Stock Options Sections .
Sections 3.4 (Manner of Exercise and Form of Payment), 3.6 (Effect of Exercise) and 3.7 (Order of Exercise) applicable to Nonqualified Stock Options, shall apply equally to Incentive Stock Options. These Sections are incorporated by reference in this Article 4 as though fully set forth herein.
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5
RESTRICTED STOCK
5.1 Grant of Restricted Stock .
The Committee may, from time to time and subject to the provisions of the Plan and such other terms and conditions as the Committee may prescribe, grant Restricted Stock to any Key Person.
5.2 Restricted Stock Agreement .
(a) The grant or sale of Restricted Stock shall be evidenced by a “ Restricted Stock Agreement ” between the Company and Participant who is the recipient or purchaser of the Restricted Stock, including such terms as the time or times at which the Restricted Stock shall be granted or become vested, the number of shares of Common Stock subject to each Restricted Stock Award or sale, the period of time, if any, during which all of or a portion of such shares shall be subject to vesting, forfeiture and such other terms and conditions of such Restricted Stock Grant, if any, as the Committee may from time to time determine. In addition to the Restricted Stock Agreement, the Holder of a Restricted Stock Award shall, upon request on behalf of the Committee, execute and deliver to the Secretary of the Company an escrow agreement satisfactory to the Committee and blank stock powers with respect to the Restricted Stock covered by such agreements, and shall pay to the Company, as the purchase price of the shares of Common Stock subject to such Award, the aggregate par value of such shares of Common Stock within sixty (60) days following the making of such Award, which purchase price shall be deemed to have been paid by the Participant by services previously rendered or to be rendered to the Company. If a Participant shall fail to execute the Restricted Stock Agreement, escrow agreement and stock powers, the Award shall be null and void.
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(b) Subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 5.4, the Holder shall generally have the rights and privileges of a stockholder as to such Restricted Stock, including the right to vote such Restricted Stock.
5.3 Escrow Stock Certificates .
Upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Section 5.2, the Committee shall then cause stock certificates registered in the name of the Holder to be issued and deposited together with any stock powers with an escrow agent or other third party that provides equity compensation plan administration services to be designated by the Committee. The Committee shall cause such escrow agent or third party to issue to the Holder a receipt evidencing any stock certificate held by it registered in the name of the Holder.
5.4 Restrictions .
(a) Restricted Stock awarded to a Participant shall be subject to the following restrictions until the expiration of the Restricted Period: (i) the Holder shall not be entitled to delivery of the stock certificate; (ii) unless otherwise set forth in the Restricted Stock Agreement, the Holder shall not be entitled to receive dividends and other distributions of the Company with respect to such Restricted Stock until expiration of the Restricted Period; (iii) the shares shall be subject to the restrictions on transferability set forth in the grant; (iv) the shares shall be subject to forfeiture to the extent provided in the Restricted Stock Agreement and, to the extent such shares are forfeited, the stock certificates shall be returned to the Company, and all rights of the Holder to such shares and as a stockholder with respect to such shares shall terminate without further obligation on the part of the Company.
(b) The Committee shall have the authority to remove any or all of the restrictions on the Restricted Stock whenever it may determine that, by reason of changes in applicable laws or other changes in circumstances arising after the date of the Restricted Stock Award, such action is appropriate. In addition, to the extent a Holder’s Restricted Stock Agreement or a Holder’s employment agreement provides for the removal of restrictions on the Restricted Stock upon (A) a Change in Control, (B) the death of the Holder, (C) the Disability of the Holder, or (D) the Holder’s termination of employment not for “cause”, absent a written agreement between the Holder and the Company to the contrary, such restrictions shall be automatically removed without action by the Committee upon the occurrence of such event.
5.5 Restricted Period .
The “ Restricted Period ” of Restricted Stock shall commence on the date of the Award and shall expire from time to time as to that part of the Restricted Stock indicated in the Restricted Stock Agreement or otherwise set forth on a schedule established by the Committee with respect to the Award.
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5.6 Payment of Taxes: Delivery of Restricted Stock .
(a) Upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any shares of Common Stock covered by a Restricted Stock Award, and upon payment to the Committee of cash sufficient for the Company to pay all applicable payroll, employment, etc., taxes attributable to the Restricted Stock in the same manner as in Section 3.4 hereof, a stock certificate evidencing the shares of Restricted Stock which have not then been forfeited and with respect to which the Restricted Period has expired (to the nearest full share) shall be delivered without charge to the Holder, or his estate, free of all restrictions under the Plan.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon expiration of the Restricted Period, if a Participant shall not pay the taxes attributable to the exercise of the Restricted Period as set forth in Subsection (a), above, the Committee shall thereupon sell without further direction by the Participant a sufficient number of shares of the Restricted Stock in accordance with reasonably uniform procedures adopted by the Committee in order to pay such employment, payroll, etc., taxes attributable thereto in the same manner as a “cashless” exercise in Section 3.4(b). The balance of the Restricted Stock shares remaining subsequent to such sale together with any cash from a sale of a fractional sale shall thereupon be distributed to the Participant.
(c) Any state or Federal withholding taxes attributable to the portion of the Restricted Stock payable in cash shall be withheld from the cash that would otherwise be paid to the Participant hereunder.
5.7 Payment for Restricted Stock .
Except as provided in Sections 5.2 and 5.6, a Participant shall not be required to make any payment for Common Stock received pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award.
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PHANTOM STOCK UNITS
6.1 Grant of Phantom Stock Units .
Subject to the limitations of this Plan, the Committee shall have the authority to (a) grant Phantom Stock Unit Awards to Key Persons, and (b) to establish terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to such Phantom Stock Units, including the Restricted Period, and the time or times at which the Phantom Stock Units shall be granted or become vested and the number of Phantom Stock Units to be covered by each grant.
6.2 Phantom Stock Unit Agreement .
The grant of Phantom Stock Units shall be evidenced by a “ Phantom Stock Unit Agreement ” between the Company and the Participant who is a recipient of the Phantom Stock Units, including such terms as the Committee may from time to time determine.
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6.3 No Stock Issuance .
In the case of a Phantom Stock Units Award, no shares of Common Stock shall be issued at the time the Award is made, and the Company will not be required to set aside a fund for the payment of any such Award. The Committee shall, in its sole discretion, determine whether to credit to the account of, or to currently pay to, each recipient of an Award of Phantom Stock Units an amount equal to the cash dividends paid by the Company upon one share of Common Stock for each Phantom Stock Unit then credited to such Participant’s account (“ Dividend Equivalents ”), and such determination shall be reflected in the Phantom Stock Unit Agreement. Any such Divided Equivalents credited to a Holder’s account shall be subject to forfeiture and may bear interest at a rate and subject to such terms as determined by the Committee.
6.4 Restrictions .
(a) Phantom Stock Units awarded to any Participant shall be subject to the following restrictions until the expiration of the Restricted Period: (i) the Phantom Stock shall be subject to forfeiture to the extent provided in the Phantom Stock Unit Agreement and, to the extent such units are forfeited, all rights of the Participant to such units shall terminate without further obligation on the part of the Company, and (ii) any other restrictions which the Committee may determine at the time of grant or thereafter are necessary or appropriate, in its sole discretion.
(b) The Committee shall have the authority to remove any or all of the restrictions on the Phantom Stock Units whenever it may determine that, by reason of changes in applicable laws or other changes in circumstances arising after the date of the Phantom Stock Award, such action is appropriate.
6.5 Restricted Period .
The Restricted Period of Phantom Stock Units shall commence on the date of the grant and shall expire from time to time as to that part of the Phantom Stock Units indicated in the Phantom Stock Unit Agreement or otherwise set forth in a schedule established by the Committee with respect to the Award.
6.6 Settlement of Phantom Stock Units .
Upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any Phantom Stock Units covered by a Phantom Stock Unit Award, the Company shall deliver to the Holder or his or her estate without any charge one share of Common Stock for each Phantom Stock Unit which has not then been forfeited and with respect to which the Restricted Period has expired (“ Vested Unit ”) and cash equal to any Dividend Equivalents credited with respect to each such Vested Unit and the interest thereon, if any; provided, however, that the Committee may, in its sole discretion, elect to pay cash or part cash and part Common Stock in lieu of delivering only Common Stock for Vested Units. If cash payment is made in lieu of delivering Common Stock, the amount of such payment shall be equal to the Fair Market Value for the date on which the Restricted Period lapsed with respect to such Vested Unit.
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6.7 Payment of Taxes .
(a) Upon the distribution of any shares of Common Stock in kind to the Participant as set forth in Section 6.6, any and all taxes attributable to the Common Stock being distributed hereunder shall be paid by the Participant to the Committee determined and paid in the same manner as in Section 3.4 hereof prior to delivery of the Common Stock to the Participant or his or her estate.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon expiration of the Restricted Period, if a Participant shall not pay the taxes attributable to distribution of Common Stock as set forth in Subsection (a) above, the Committee shall thereupon sell without further direction by the Participant a sufficient number of shares of the Restricted Stock in accordance with reasonably uniform procedures adopted by the Committee in order to pay such employment, payroll, etc., taxes attributable thereto in the same manner as a “cashless” exercise in Section 3.4(b). The balance of the Common Stock shares remaining shall thereupon be distributed to the Participant.
(c) Any state or Federal withholding taxes attributable to the portion of the Phantom Stock Unit payable in cash shall be withheld from the cash that would otherwise be paid to the Participant hereunder.
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Stock Appreciation Rights
7.1 Stock Appreciation Rights .
Any Option granted under the Plan to Key Persons may include a Stock Appreciation Right or SAR, granted at either at the time of the Option Grant or by amendment except that in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, such SAR shall be granted only at the time of grant of the related Incentive Stock Option itself. The Committee may also award SARs to Key Persons independently of any Option other than an Incentive Stock Option. A SAR shall be subject to such terms and conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as the Committee shall impose, including, but not limited to, the terms set forth in this Article 7.
7.2 SAR Exercise Price . The exercise price per share of the SAR shall be set by the Committee at the time of grant subject to the following: (i) the SAR exercise price shall never be less than the Fair Market Value of the underlying stock on the date the SAR is granted; (ii) the number of shares subject to the SAR must be fixed on the original date of grant; and (iii) the SAR may not include any additional feature for the deferral of compensation.
7.3 Vesting .
A SAR granted in connection with an Option shall become exercisable, be transferable and shall lapse according to the same vesting schedule, transferability and lapse rules that are established by the Committee for the related Option, if any. A SAR granted independent of an Option shall become exercisable, be transferable and shall lapse in accordance with a vesting schedule, transferability and lapse rules established by the Committee.
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7.4 Payment .
The amount of additional compensation which may be received pursuant to the award of one (1) SAR is the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on the Appreciation Date over the Option Price, in the case of a SAR granted in connection with an Option, or the Fair Market Value of one (1) share of Common Stock on the date of the grant, in the case of a SAR granted independent of an Option. The Company shall pay such excess in cash, in shares of Common Stock valued at Fair Market Value, or any combination thereof, as determined by the Committee. Fractional shares shall be settled in cash.
7.5 Designation of Appreciation Date .
A Participant may designate an Appreciation Date at such time or times as may be determined by the Committee at the time of grant by filing an irrevocable written notice with the Committee or its designee, specifying the number of SARs to which the Appreciation Date relates, and the date on which such SARs were awarded. Such time or times determined by the Committee may take into account any applicable “window periods” required by Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act.
7.6 Expiration .
Except as otherwise provided in the case of SARs granted in connection with Options, the SARs shall expire on a date designated by the Committee which is not later than ten (10) years after the date on which the SAR was awarded (“ Expiration Date ”).
7.7 Payment of Taxes .
(a) Upon the distribution of any shares of Common Stock in kind to the Participant attributable to the exercise of a SAR, prior to delivery of the Common Stock to the Participant or his or her estate, any and all taxes attributable to the Common Stock being distributed hereunder shall be paid by the Participant to the Committee, as determined and paid in the same manner as in Section 3.4.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon an Expiration Date, if a Participant shall not pay the taxes attributable to the distribution of Common Stock as set forth in Subsection (a) above, the Committee shall thereupon sell without further direction by the Participant a sufficient number of shares of the Common Stock in accordance with reasonably uniform procedures adopted by the Committee in order to pay such employment, payroll, etc., taxes attributable thereto in the same manner as a “cashless” exercise in Section 3.4(b). The balance of the Common Stock shares remaining shall thereupon be distributed to the Participant.
(c) Any state or Federal withholding taxes attributable to the portion of the SAR payable in cash shall be withheld from the cash that would otherwise be paid to the Participant hereunder.
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PERFORMANCE SHARES
8.1 Grant of Performance Shares .
The Committee is authorized to establish Performance Share programs for Key Persons to be effective over designated Award Periods of not less than one (1) year and not more than five (5) years. At the beginning of each Award Period, the Committee will establish in writing Performance Goals based upon financial or other objectives for the Company for such Award Period and a schedule relating the accomplishment of the Performance Goals to the Awards to be earned by Participants. Performance Goals may include absolute or relative growth in earnings per share or rate of return on stockholders’ equity or other measurement of corporate performance and may be determined on an individual basis or by categories of Participants. The Committee may adjust Performance Goals or performance measurement standards as it deems equitable in recognition of extraordinary or non-recurring events experienced during an Award Period by the Company or by any other corporation whose performance is relevant to the determination of whether Performance Goals have been attained. The Committee shall determine the number of Performance Share Units to be awarded, if any, to each Participant who is selected to receive an Award. The Committee may add new Participants to a Performance Share program after its commencement by making pro rata grants. No Performance Share granted hereunder shall include any additional feature for the deferral of compensation.
8.2 Partial Awards .
A Participant for less than a full Award Period, whether by reason of commencement or termination of employment or otherwise, shall receive such portion of an Award, if any, for that Award Period as the Committee shall determine.
8.3 Adjustment of Performance Goals .
The Committee may, during the Award Period, make such adjustments to Performance Goals as it may deem appropriate, to compensate for, or reflect, any significant changes that may have occurred during such Award Period in (a) applicable accounting rules or principles or changes in the Company’s method of accounting or in that of any other corporation whose performance is relevant to the determination of whether an Award has been earned, or (b) tax laws or other laws or regulations that alter or affect the computation of the measures of Performance Goals used for the calculation of Awards.
8.4 Payment of Awards .
The amount earned with respect to an Award shall be fully payable in shares of Common Stock based on the Fair Market Value on the Valuation Date; provided, however, that, at its discretion, the Committee may vary such form of payment in whole or partial consideration of the Performance Share as to any Participant upon the specific request of such Participant which form may include cash. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, payments of Awards shall be made as soon as practicable after the completion of an Award Period.
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8.5 Payment of Taxes .
(a) Upon the distribution of any shares of Common Stock in kind to the Participant attributable to a Performance Share, any and all taxes attributable to the Common Stock being distributed hereunder shall be paid by the Participant to the Committee determined and paid in the same manner as in Section 3.4 hereof prior to delivery of the Common Stock to the Participant or his or her estate.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon an Expiration Date, if a Participant shall not pay the taxes attributable to the distribution of Common Stock as set forth in Subsection (a) above, the Committee shall thereupon sell without further direction by the Participant a sufficient number of shares of the Common Stock in accordance with reasonably uniform procedures adopted by the Committee in order to pay such employment, payroll, etc., taxes attributable thereto in the same manner as a “cashless” exercise in Section 3.4(b). The balance of the Common Stock shares remaining shall thereupon be distributed to the Participant.
(c) Any state or Federal withholding taxes attributable to the portion of the Performance Share payable in cash shall be withheld from the cash that would otherwise be paid to the Participant hereunder.
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MISCELLANEOUS
9.1 General Restriction .
Each Award under the Plan shall be subject to the requirement that, if at any time the Committee shall determine that (a) the listing, registration or qualification of the shares of Common Stock subject or related thereto upon any securities exchange or under any state or Federal law, or (b) the consent or approval of any government regulatory body, or (c) an agreement by the grantee of an Award with respect to the disposition of shares of Common Stock, is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the granting of such Award or the issue or purchase of shares of Common Stock thereunder, such Award may not be consummated in whole or in part unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent, approval or agreement shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Committee.
9.2 Additional Provisions of an Award .
The award of any benefit under the Plan may also be subject to such other provisions (whether or not applicable to the benefit awarded to any other Participant) as the Committee determines appropriate, including, without limitation, provisions to assist the Participant in financing the purchase of Common Stock through the exercise of Options, provisions for the forfeiture of or restrictions on resale or other disposition of shares acquired under any form of benefit, provisions giving the Company the right to repurchase shares acquired under any form of benefit in the event the Participant elects to dispose of such shares, and provisions to comply with Federal and state securities laws and Federal and state income tax withholding requirements.
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9.3 Restrictions on Transferability .
Unless the Committee determines otherwise in accordance with applicable law, no Award under the Plan shall be transferable (including by sale, assignment, pledge, or hypothecation) by the recipient thereof, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, or pursuant to beneficiary designation procedures approved by the Company, or, to the extent expressly permitted in the agreement relating to such Award, to the Holder’s family members, a trust or entity established by the Holder for estate planning purposes, or a charitable organization designated by the Holder, in each case without consideration; provided, however, that Incentive Stock Options shall not be transferable by the Holder except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, beneficiary designation procedures approved by the Company, or in the Committee's discretion (in accordance with Section 422 of the Code, and registration provisions of the Securities Act). Except to the extent permitted by the foregoing sentence or the agreement relating to an Award, each Award shall be exercisable only by such person or by such person’s guardian or legal representative; provided, however, that Incentive Stock Options shall be exercisable, prior to their expiration date, during the Participant's lifetime solely by such Participant (or in the event of such Participant's legal incapacity or incompetency, such Participant's guardian or legal representative). Except to the extent permitted by the foregoing sentences of this Section 9.3, no right or benefit under this Plan shall be subject to anticipation, alienation, sale, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge and any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, assign, pledge, encumber or charge the same shall be void. No right or benefit hereunder shall in any manner be liable for or subject to any debts, contracts, liabilities or torts of the person entitled to such benefits. If any Participant or beneficiary hereunder shall become bankrupt or attempt to anticipate, alienate, assign, pledge, sell, encumber or charge any right or benefit hereunder in violation of this Section 9.3, then such right or benefit shall in the discretion of the Committee cease. Such Units shall thereupon become null and void.
9.4 Withholding Taxes .
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Company shall have the right in general and in addition to any other specific procedure for the payment of taxes attributable to any Award to deduct from all Awards, to the extent paid in cash, all Federal, state or local taxes as required by law to be withheld with respect to such Awards and, in the case of Awards paid in Common Stock, the Holder or other person receiving such Common Stock may be required to pay to the Company prior to delivery of such stock, the amount of any such taxes which the Company is required to withhold, if any, with respect to such Common Stock. Subject in particular cases to the disapproval of the Committee, the Company may accept shares of Common Stock of equivalent Fair Market Value in payment of such withholding tax obligations if the Holder of the Award elects to make payment in such manner at least six (6) months prior to the date such tax obligation is determined.
9.5 Employment Not Affected .
Nothing in the Plan or in any agreement entered into pursuant to the Plan shall confer upon any Participant the right to continue to serve on the Board of the Company or in the employment of the Company or affect any right which the Company, or its stockholders, may have to terminate the relationship or employment of such Participant.
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9.6 Payments Upon Death of Participant .
Upon the death of a Participant in the Plan, the Company shall pay the amounts payable with respect to an Award of Performance Share Units, Phantom Share Units or Restricted Stock, if any, due under the Plan to the Participant’s estate.
9.7 Payments to Persons Other than Participants .
If the Committee shall find that any person to whom any amount is payable under the Plan is unable to care for his or her affairs because of illness or accident, or is a minor, or has died, then any payment due to such person or his or her estate (unless a prior claim therefor has been made by a duly appointed legal representative), may, if the Committee so directs the Company, be paid to his or her spouse, child, relative, an institution maintaining or having custody of such person, or any other person deemed by the Committee to be a proper recipient on behalf of such person otherwise entitled to payment. Any such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liability of the Committee and the Company therefor.
9.8 Non-Uniform Determinations .
The Committee’s determinations under the Plan (including, without limitation, determinations of the persons to receive Awards, the form, amount and timing of such Awards, the terms and provisions of such Awards and the agreements evidencing same) need not be uniform and may be made by it selectively among persons who receive, or are eligible to receive, Awards under the Plan, whether or not such persons are similarly situated.
9.9 Rights as a Stockholder .
Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, no person shall be entitled to the privileges of stock ownership in respect of shares of Common Stock which are subject to Options or Restricted Stock Awards, Performance Share Unit Awards or Phantom Stock Unit Awards hereunder until such shares have been issued to that person upon exercise of an Option according to its terms or upon sale or grant of those shares in accordance with a Restricted Stock Award, Performance Share Unit Award or Phantom Stock Unit Award.
9.10 Leaves of Absence .
The Committee shall be entitled to make such rules, regulations and determinations as it deems appropriate under the Plan in respect of any leave of absence taken by the recipient of any Award. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee shall be entitled to determine (a) whether or not any such leave of absence shall constitute a termination of employment within the meaning of the Plan and (b) the impact, if any, of any such leave of absence on Awards under the Plan previously made to any recipient who takes such leave of absence.
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9.11 Newly Eligible Employees .
The Committee shall be entitled to make such rules, regulations, determinations and Awards as it deems appropriate in respect of any person who becomes eligible to participate in the Plan or any portion thereof after the commencement of an Award or incentive period.
9.12 Adjustments .
Unless the Committee specifically determines otherwise, this Plan, Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Awards, Phantom Stock Unit Awards, Performance Share Unit Awards, and any agreements evidencing such Awards, and Performance Goals, shall be subject to adjustment or substitution as to the number, price or, if applicable, kind of shares of stock or other consideration subject to such Awards or as otherwise determined by the Committee to be equitable (a) in the event of changes in the outstanding Common Stock or in the capital structure of the Company, or of any other corporation whose performance is relevant to the attainment of Performance Goals hereunder, by reason of stock dividends, stock splits, recapitalizations, reorganizations, mergers, consolidations, combinations, exchanges or other relevant changes in capitalization occurring after the date of the grant of any such Award or (b) in the event of any change in applicable laws or any change in circumstances which results in or would result in any substantial dilution or enlargement of the rights granted to, or available for, Participants in the Plan, or which otherwise warrants equitable adjustment because it interferes with the intended operation of the Plan. In addition, [unless the Committee specifically determines otherwise,] in the event of any such adjustments or substitution, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock available under the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted by the Committee, whose determination shall be conclusive. Any adjustment in Incentive Stock Options under this Section shall be made only to the extent not constituting a “modification” within the meaning of Section 424(h)(3) of the Code, and any adjustments under this Section shall be made in a manner which does not adversely affect the exemption provided pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. The Company shall give each Participant notice of an adjustment hereunder and, upon notice, such adjustment shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes.
9.13 Effect of Change in Control .
(a) In the event of a Change in Control and notwithstanding any vesting schedule provided for hereunder or by the Committee with respect to an Award of Options, SARs, Phantom Stock Units or Restricted Stock, such Option or SAR shall become immediately exercisable with respect to one hundred percent (100%) of the shares subject to such Option or SAR, and the Restricted Period shall expire immediately with respect to one hundred percent (100%) of the Phantom Stock Units or shares of Restricted Stock subject to Restrictions; provided, however, that to the extent that so accelerating the time an Incentive Stock Option may first be exercised would cause the limitation provided in Section 4.5 to be exceeded, such Options shall instead first become exercisable in so many of the next following years as is necessary to comply with such limitation.
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(b) In the event of a Change in Control, all incomplete Award Periods in effect on the date the Change in Control occurs shall end on the date of such change, and the Committee shall (i) determine the extent to which Performance Goals with respect to each such Award Period have been met based upon such audited or unaudited financial information then available as it deems relevant, (ii) cause to be paid to each Participant partial or full Awards with respect to Performance Goals for each such Award Period based upon the Committee’s determination of the degree of attainment of Performance Goals, and (iii) cause all previously deferred Awards to be settled in full as soon as possible.
(c) The obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be binding upon any successor corporation or organization resulting from the merger, consolidation or other reorganization of the Company, or upon any successor corporation or organization succeeding to substantially all of the assets and business of the Company. The Company agrees that it will make appropriate provisions for the preservation of a Participant’s rights under the Plan in any agreement or plan which it may enter into or adopt to effect any such merger, consolidation, reorganization or transfer of assets.
9.14 Unfunded Plan .
The Plan shall be unfunded. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, no provision of the Plan shall require the Company, for the purpose of satisfying any obligations under the Plan, to purchase assets or place any assets in a trust or other entity to which contributions are made or otherwise to segregate any assets, nor shall the Company maintain separate bank accounts, books, records, or other evidence of the existence of a segregated or separately maintained or administered fund for such purposes. Holders shall have no rights under the Plan other than as unsecured general creditors of the Company, except that insofar as they may have become entitled to payment of additional compensation by performance of services, they shall have the same rights as other employees under general law.
9.15 Reliance on Reports .
Each member of the Committee shall be fully justified in relying, acting or failing to act, and shall not be liable for having so relied, acted or failed to act in good faith, upon any report made by the independent public accountant of the Company and upon any other information furnished in connection with the Plan by any person or persons other than himself or herself.
9.16 Relationship to Other Benefits .
No payment under the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, profit sharing, group insurance or other benefit plan of the Company except as otherwise specifically provided.
9.17 Expenses .
The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company.
9.18 Titles and Headings .
The titles and headings of the Sections in the Plan are for convenience of reference only, and in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than such titles or headings, shall control.
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9.19 No Presumption .
The fact that this Plan was prepared by counsel for the Company shall create no presumptions and specifically shall not cause any ambiguities to be construed against the Company.
9.20 Nonexclusivity of the Plan .
Neither the adoption of this Plan by the Board nor the submission of this Plan to the stockholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board or the Committee to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options otherwise than under this Plan, and such arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.
9.21 No Liability of Committee Members .
No member of the Committee shall be personally liable by reason of any contract or other instrument executed by such member or on his or her behalf in his or her capacity as a member of the Committee nor for any mistake of judgment made in good faith, and the Company shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Board and each other employee, officer or Director of the Company to whom any duty or power relating to the administration or interpretation of the Plan may be allocated or delegated, against any cost or expense (including counsel fees) or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim) arising out of any act or omission to act in connection with the Plan unless arising out of such person’s own fraud or bad faith; provided , however , that approval of the Board shall be required for the payment of any amount in settlement of a claim against any such person. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled under the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.
9.22 Governing Law; Construction .
The validity and construction of the Plan and the instruments evidencing Awards under the Plan shall be governed by the laws of the state of Florida without regard to principles of conflicts of law. In construing the Plan, the singular shall include the plural and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, unless the context otherwise requires.
9.23 Amendment of the Plan; Prohibitions Against Option/SAR repricing .
(a) The Committee may, without further action by the stockholders and without receiving further consideration from the Participants, amend this Plan or condition or modify awards under this Plan in response to changes in securities or other laws or rules, regulations or regulatory interpretations thereof applicable to this Plan or to comply with stock exchange rules or requirements.
(b) Subject to Section 409A, the Committee may at any time and from time to time terminate or modify or amend the Plan in any respect, except that, without stockholder approval, the Committee may not:
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(i) materially increase the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued under the Plan (other than pursuant to Sections 9.13 and 9.14);
(ii) materially increase benefits to Participants, including (A) reducing the exercise price or base price of outstanding Options or SARs, (B) cancelling any previously granted Option or SAR in exchange for another Option or SAR with a lower exercise price or base price, (C) cancelling any previously granted Option or SAR in exchange for cash or another Award if the exercise price of such Option or the base price of such SAR exceeds the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of such cancellation, (D) reducing the price at which Options may be offered, or (E) extending the duration of the Plan; provided, however, that in the case of clauses (A), (B) and/or (C), other than adjustments made pursuant to Section 9.12, and/or in connection with a corporate transaction including, without limitation, any stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, or exchange of shares;
(iii) materially expand the class of Participants eligible to participate in the Plan;
(iv) expand the types of Options or other awards provided under the Plan; and
(v) if stockholder approval is required by applicable law, rule or regulation, including Section 162(m) of the Code, and/or any rule of any stock exchange on which shares of Common Stock are traded.
(c) The termination or any modification or amendment of the Plan, except as provided in subsection (a), shall not without the consent of a Participant, affect his or her rights under an Award previously granted to him or her.
9.24 Binding Effect .
This Plan shall be legally binding upon and shall operate for the benefit of the Company and its officers and Directors, and the Participants, and their respective heirs, personal and legal representatives, transferees, successors and permitted assigns.
9.25 Notices .
Each Participant and each beneficiary shall be responsible for furnishing the Company with his or her current address (including email address) for the mailing of notices, reports, and benefit payments; provided, however, that the Company may use the last address on file with it as a valid address. Any notice required or permitted to be given to any such Participant or beneficiary shall be deemed given if directed to such address and mailed by regular United States mail, first class, postage prepaid, or by overnight courier, or facsimile, or email. If any check mailed to such address is returned as undeliverable to the addressee, mailing of checks will be suspended until the Participant or beneficiary furnishes the proper address (and the Participant or beneficiary may incur additional taxes and penalties under Section 409A). This provision shall not be construed as requiring the mailing of any notice or notification otherwise permitted to be given by posting or by other publication. All notices or other communications required or permitted to be given by any Participant or any beneficiary to the Company or the Committee shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given if mailed by regular United States mail, first class, postage prepaid, or by overnight courier, or facsimile, or email, addressed to any executive officer of the Company (other than the Participant) at the address of the principal office of the Company.
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9.26 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL .
THE COMPANY AND EACH PERSON WHO IS A PARTICIPANT EXPRESSLY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO ANY TRIAL BY JURY IN ALL LITIGATION RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PLAN.
9.27 Section 409A .
To the extent applicable, the Company intends that the Plan comply with Section 409A, and the Plan shall be construed in a manner to comply with Section 409A. Should any provision be found not in compliance with Section 409A, Participants shall be contractually obligated to execute any and all amendments to Awards deemed necessary and required by legal counsel for the Company to achieve compliance with Section 409A. By acceptance of an Award, Participants irrevocably waive any objections they may have to the amendments required by Section 409A. Participants also agree that in no event shall any payment required to be made pursuant to the Plan that is considered “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A be accelerated in violation of Section 409A. In the event a Participant is a Specified Employee (as defined under Section 409A), and payments that are nonqualified deferred compensation cannot commence until the lapse of six (6) months after a Separation from Service (as defined under Section 409A), then any such payments that would be paid during such six (6) month period in a single lump sum shall be made on the date that is within the thirty (30) day period commencing with the first day of the seventh month after the month of the Participant’s Separation from Service (provided that if such thirty (30) day period begins in one (1) calendar year and ends in another calendar year, such payment shall be made in the second of such two calendar years). Furthermore, the first six (6) months of any such payments of nonqualified deferred compensation that would be paid in installments shall be paid within the thirty (30) day period commencing with the first day of the seventh month following the month of the Participant’s Separation from Service (provided that if such thirty (30) day period begins in one (1) calendar year and ends in another calendar year, such payment shall be made in the second of such two calendar years). All remaining installment payments shall be made or provided as they would ordinarily have been under the provisions of the Award. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the tax treatment of Awards under the Plan shall not be, and is not, warranted or guaranteed. Neither the Company, any Affiliate, the Board, the Committee, nor any of their delegatees shall be held liable for any taxes, penalties, or other monetary amounts owed by a Participant, his or her beneficiary, or other person as a result of the grant, modification, or amendment of an Award or the adoption, modification, amendment, or administration of the Plan.
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9.28 Deferrals .
Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, the Committee may permit or require, at the time an Award is granted, a Participant to defer receipt of the delivery of shares of Common Stock, the payment of cash, or the provision of any other benefit that would otherwise be due pursuant to the exercise, vesting, or earning of an Award. If any such deferral is required or permitted, the Committee shall, in its discretion, establish rules and procedures in writing for such deferrals in accordance with Section 409A.
9.29 Severability .
If any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.
9.30 Clawback, etc.
By entering into agreements pertaining to Awards or otherwise participating in the Plan, each Participant acknowledges and agrees to the provisions of this Section 9.30, and acknowledges and agrees that the provisions of this Section 9.30 may be applied, without liability to any Participant (or any Participant’s beneficiary) by the Committee on a retroactive basis regardless of the Participant’s employment status with the Company or its Affiliates at the time of such clawback or other action by the Committee. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the contrary, the Committee, in order to comply with applicable law (including, without limitation, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) and any risk management requirements and/or policies adopted by the Company, retains the right at all times to decrease or terminate all Awards and payments under the Plan, and any and all amounts payable under the Plan or paid under the Plan shall be subject to clawback, forfeiture, and reduction to the extent determined by the Committee as necessary to comply with applicable law and/or policies adopted by the Company.
9.31 Legislative and/or Regulatory Restrictions .
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the contrary, in the event any legislation, regulation, or formal or informal guidance requires any compensation payable under the Plan (including, without limitation, any incentive-based compensation) to be deferred, reduced, eliminated, paid in a different form or subjected to vesting or other restrictions, such compensation shall be deferred, reduced, eliminated, paid in a different form or subjected to vesting or other restrictions as, and solely to the extent, required by such legislation, regulation, or formal or informal guidance.
9.32 Forfeiture Events .
The Committee may specify in an agreement pertaining to an Award that the Participant’s rights, payments and benefits with respect to an Award shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain events, in addition to applicable vesting conditions of an Award. Such events may include, without limitation, breach of non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality, or other restrictive covenants that are contained in the Award agreement or otherwise applicable to the Participant, a termination of the Participant’s service for cause, or other conduct by the Participant that is detrimental to the business or reputation of the Company and/or its Affiliates.
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9.33 Section 16 Compliance .
It is the intent of the Company that the Plan satisfy, and be interpreted in a manner that satisfies, the applicable requirements of Rule 16b-3 as promulgated under Section 16 of the Exchange Act so that Participants will be entitled to the benefit of Rule 16b-3, or any other rule promulgated under Section 16 of the Exchange Act, or any successor statutes and rules, and will not be subject to short-swing liability under Section 16 of the Exchange Act. Accordingly, if the operation of any provision of the Plan would conflict with the intent expressed in this Section 9.33, such provision to the extent possible shall be interpreted and/or deemed amended so as to avoid such conflict, and/or notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, may bifurcate the Plan so as to restrict, limit, or condition the use of any provision of the Plan to Participants who are officers or Directors subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act without so restricting, limiting, or conditioning the Plan with respect to other Participants.
9.34 Section 162(m) of the Code .
To the extent the Committee issues any Award that is intended to be exempt from the deduction limitation of Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee may, without stockholder or grantee approval, amend the Plan or the relevant Award agreement retroactively or prospectively to the extent it determines necessary in order to comply with any subsequent clarification of Section 162(m) of the Code required to preserve the Company’s Federal income tax deduction for compensation paid pursuant to any such Award.
9.35 Beneficiary Designation .
Except as otherwise impermissible under applicable law, a Participant shall have the right to designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries to whom any benefit, or settlement of Awards, under the Plan is to be paid in case of the Participant’s death before the Participant receives any or all of such benefit or settlement of Awards, and to amend or revoke such designation at any time in writing. Such designation, amendment or revocation shall be effective upon receipt by the Committee. The Committee shall have sole discretion to approve and interpret the form or forms of such beneficiary designation. If no beneficiary designation is made, or if the beneficiary designation is held invalid, or if no beneficiary survives the Participant and benefits are determined to be payable following the Participant’s death, the Committee shall direct that payment of benefits be made to the Participant’s estate.
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Exhibit 10.15
DEFAULT WAIVER
This Default Waiver (this “Waiver”) is entered into as of February 26, 2016, by and between Silicon Valley Bank (‘‘Bank”) and Sensus Healthcare, Inc. (f/k/a Sensus Healthcare, LLC), a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), whose address is 851 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 215, Boca Raton, FL 33487.
Recitals
A. Bank and Borrower have entered into that certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 12, 2013, as amended by that certain Default Waiver and First Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement by and between Bank and Borrower dated as of May 12, 2015 (as the same may from time to time be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated, the “Loan Agreement”). Bank has extended credit to Borrower for the purposes permitted in the Loan Agreement.
B. Borrower is currently in default of the Loan Agreement for failing to comply with the covenant set forth in Section 6.7(a) of the Loan Agreement for the periods ended October 31 and November 30, 2015 (collectively, the “Existing Defaults”).
C. Borrower has requested that Bank waive its rights and remedies against Borrower, limited specifically to the Existing Defaults. Although Bank is under no obligation to do so, Bank is willing to not exercise its rights and remedies against Borrower related to the specific Existing Defaults on the terms and conditions set forth in this Waiver, so long as Borrower complies with the terms, covenants and conditions set forth in this Waiver.
Agreement
Now, Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Waiver shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement.
2. Waiver of Covenant Defaults.
Bank hereby waives Borrower's Existing Defaults under the Loan Agreement Bank's waiver of Borrower's compliance of this covenant shall apply only to the foregoing periods. Accordingly, hereinafter, Borrower shall be in compliance with this covenant
Bank's agreement to waive the above-described defaults (1) in no way shall be deemed an agreement by Bank to waive Borrower's compliance with the above-described covenant as of all other dates and (2) shall not limit or impair Bank's right to demand strict performance of this covenant as of all other dates and (3) shall not limit or impair Bank's right to demand strict performance of all other covenants as of any date.
3. Limitation of Waiver.
3.1 The waiver set forth in Section 2, above, is effective for the purposes set forth herein and shall be limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed to (a) be a consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of any other term or condition of any Loan Document, or (b) otherwise prejudice any right or remedy which Bank may now have or may have in the fixture under or in connection with any Loan Document.
3.2 This Waiver shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Loan Documents and all terms, conditions, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in the Loan Documents, except as herein amended, are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect.
4. Representations and Warranties. To induce Bank to enter into this Waiver, Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Bank as follows:
4.1 Immediately after giving effect to this Waiver (a) the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such date), and (b) no Event of Default other than the Existing Defaults has occurred and is continuing;
4.2 Borrower has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Waiver and to perform its obligations under the Loan Agreement;
4.3 The organizational documents of Borrower most recently delivered to Bank remain true, accurate and complete and have not been amended, supplemented or restated and are and continue to be in full force and effect;
4.4 The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Waiver and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Borrower;
4.5 The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Waiver and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement do not and will not contravene (a) any law or regulation binding on or affecting Borrower, (b) any contractual restriction with a Person binding on Borrower, (c) any order, judgment or decree of any court or other governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower, or (d) the organizational documents of Borrower;
4.6 The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Waiver and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement do not require any order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by any governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower, except as already has been obtained or made; and
4.7 This Waiver has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and is the binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or other similar laws of general application and equitable principles relating to or affecting creditors’ rights.
5. Prior Agreement. Except as expressly provided for in this Waiver, the Loan Documents are hereby ratified and reaffirmed and shall remain in full force and effect. This Waiver is not a novation and the terms and conditions of this Waiver shall be in addition to and supplemental to all terms and conditions set forth in the Loan Documents. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between this Waiver and the terms of such documents, the terms of this Waiver shall be controlling, but such document shall not otherwise be affected or the rights therein impaired.
6. Release by Borrower.
6.1 For good and valuable consideration, Borrower hereby forever relieves, releases, and discharges Bank and its present or former employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives, attorneys, and each of them, from any and all claims, debts, liabilities, demands, obligations, promises, acts, agreements, costs and expenses, actions and causes of action, of every type, kind, nature, description or character whatsoever, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, absolute or contingent, arising out of or in any manner whatsoever connected with or related to facts, circumstances, issues, controversies or claims existing or arising from the beginning of time through and including the date of execution of this Waiver (collectively "Released Claims”). Without limiting the foregoing, the Released Claims shall include any and all liabilities or claims arising out of or in any manner whatsoever connected with or related to the Loan Documents, the Recitals hereto, any instruments, agreements or documents executed in connection with any of the foregoing or the origination, negotiation, administration, servicing and/or enforcement of any of the foregoing.
6.2 In furtherance of this release, Borrower expressly acknowledges and waives any and all rights under any and all ordinances and statutory or judicially created laws or rules of any jurisdiction which have a similar effect as California Civil Code Section 1542 which provides as follows:
“A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him or her must have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor.” (Emphasis added.)
6.3 By entering into this release, Borrower recognizes that no facts or representations are ever absolutely certain and it may hereafter discover facts in addition to or different from those which it presently knows or believes to be true, but that it is the intention of Borrower hereby to fully, finally and forever settle and release all matters, disputes and differences, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected; accordingly, if Borrower should subsequently discover that any fact that it relied upon in entering into this release was untrue, or that any understanding of the facts was incorrect, Borrower shall not be entitled to set aside this release by reason thereof, regardless of any claim of mistake of fact or law or any other circumstances whatsoever. Borrower acknowledges that it is not relying upon and has not relied upon any representation or statement made by Bank with respect to the facts underlying this release or with regard to any of such party’s rights or asserted rights.
6.4 This release may be pleaded as a full and complete defense and/or as a cross-complaint or counterclaim against any action, suit, or other proceeding that may be instituted, prosecuted or attempted in breach of this release. Borrower acknowledges that the release contained herein constitutes a material inducement to Bank to enter into this Waiver, and that Bank would not have done so but for Bank’s expectation that such release is valid and enforceable in all events.
6.5 Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Bank, and Bank is relying thereon, as follows:
(a) Except as expressly stated in this Waiver, neither Bank nor any agent, employee or representative of Bank has made any statement or representation to Borrower regarding any fact relied upon by Borrower in entering into this Waiver.
(b) Borrower has made such investigation of the facts pertaining to this Waiver and all of the matters appertaining thereto, as it deems necessary.
(c) The terms of this Waiver are contractual and not a mere recital.
(d) This Waiver has been carefully read by Borrower, the contents hereof are known and understood by Borrower, and this Waiver is signed freely, and without duress, by Borrower.
(e) Borrower represents and warrants that it is the sole and lawful owner of all right, title and interest in and to every claim and every other matter which it releases herein, and that it has not heretofore assigned or transferred, or purported to assign or transfer, to any person, firm or entity any claims or other matters herein released. Borrower shall indemnify Bank, defend and hold it harmless from and against all claims based upon or arising in connection with prior assignments or purported assignments or transfers of any claims or matters released herein.
7. Integration. This Waiver and the Loan Documents represent the entire agreement about this subject matter and supersede prior negotiations or agreements. All prior agreements, understandings, representations, warranties, and negotiations between the parties about the subject matter of this Waiver and the Loan Documents merge into this Waiver and the Loan Documents.
8. Counterparts. This Waiver may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument
9. Effectiveness. This Waiver shall be deemed effective upon the due execution and delivery to Bank of this Waiver by each party hereto.
10. Governing Law. This Waiver and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia.
[Signature page follows.]
In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Waiver to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first written above.
BANK | BORROWER | ||||
Silicon Valley Bank | Sensus Healthcare, Inc. (f/k/a Sensus Healthcare, LLC) | ||||
By: | /s/ Scott McCarty | By: | /s/ Arthur Levine | ||
Name: |
Scott McCarty |
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Arthur Levine |
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Title: | Director | Title: | CFO |
[Signature Page to Default Waiver]
Exhibit 14.1
Sensus Healthcare, Inc. Code of Ethics and Business Conduct
1. Introduction .
1.1 Sensus Healthcare, Inc.’s reputation for honesty, integrity, and adhering to the highest ethical standards and conduct is the sum of the personal reputations of its directors, officers and other employees. To protect this reputation and to promote compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, the Board of Directors of the Company has adopted this Code of Ethics and Business Conduct. As director, officer or other employee of the Company, you and the Company have a shared responsibility to make compliance and good business practice part of the fabric of the Company. Note, however, that this Code is only one aspect of the Company’s commitment. You must also be familiar with and comply with all other applicable policies, including, without limitation, those contained in the Company’s Employee Handbook.
1.2 This Code sets out the basic standards of ethics and conduct to which you are held, but will not cover all situations. If you have any doubts whatsoever as to the propriety of a particular situation, you should submit it in writing to the In-House Corporate Counsel of the Company (or to the Audit Committee of the Company if you are a director or executive officer).
1.3 This Code is intended to:
(a) promote honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest;
(b) promote full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that the Company files with, or submits to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) and in other public communications made by the Company;
(c) promote compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations;
(d) promote the protection of Company assets, including corporate opportunities and confidential information;
(e) promote fair dealing practices;
(f) promote prompt internal reporting of violations of the Code and deter wrongdoing; and
(g) promote accountability for adherence to the Code.
1.4 You are required to be familiar with the Code, comply with its provisions and report any suspected violations as described below in Section 9, Reporting and Enforcement. You are required to execute the acknowledgment at the end this Code acknowledging your receipt and understanding of this Code and its provisions. If authorized by the Company, you may affix your signature to the acknowledgement electronically using the methods deemed appropriate by the Company.
2. Honest and Ethical Conduct .
2.1 It is Company policy to promote high standards of integrity by conducting its affairs honestly and ethically.
2.2 You must act with integrity and observe the Company’s ethical standards of business conduct in your dealings with the Company’s customers, suppliers, partners, service providers, competitors, employees and anyone else with whom you have contact in the course of performing your responsibilities for or on behalf of the Company. In this regard, you must act in good faith, responsibly, with due care, competence and diligence, and without misrepresenting material facts or allowing your independent judgment to be subordinated.
3. Conflicts of Interest .
3.1 A conflict of interest occurs when an individual’s private interest (or the interest of a member of his or her family, friends or business partners or associates) interferes, or even appears to interfere, with the interests of the Company as a whole. For example, a conflict of interest will arise if you take actions or have interests that may make it difficult to perform your work for the Company objectively and effectively. A conflict of interest will also arise if you receive an improper personal benefit as a result of your position in the Company. Any actual or apparent conflict of interest between you and the Company must be handled in an ethical manner. Even the appearance of a conflict of interest can damage your reputation or that of the Company.
3.2 Conflicts of interest are prohibited as a matter of Company policy, except as permitted by the Audit Committee.
3.3 If you become aware of any transaction or relationship that reasonably could be expected to give rise to a conflict of interest or otherwise have questions about a potential conflict of interest, you must promptly report the issue or question to the Corporate Counsel (or the Audit Committee if you are a director or executive officer). The Corporate Counsel (or Audit Committee) must take appropriate action, including compliance with applicable rules of the exchange on which the Company’s stock is traded .
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3.4 The following standards apply to certain common situations where potential conflicts of interest may arise.
(a) Loans. Loans by the Company to, or guarantees by the Company of obligations of, employees or their family members are of special concern and could constitute improper personal benefits to the recipients of such loans or guarantees, depending on the facts and circumstances. As a result, any such loans or guarantees present a prohibited conflict of interest unless approved by the Audit Committee. Loans by the Company to, or guarantees by the Company of obligations of, any director or executive officer or their family members are expressly prohibited.
(b) Gifts and Entertainment. You may accept personal gifts and entertainment offered by persons doing business with the Company only when offered in the ordinary and normal course of the business relationship. However, the frequency and cost of any such gifts or entertainment should not compromise or appear to compromise your ability to exercise independent judgment on behalf of the Company. In any situation where a cash gift is offered or the value of a gift given exceeds $250, you must disclose such gift to the Corporate Counsel. The Corporate Counsel will report such gifts to the Audit Committee, which will determine how such gifts should be handled.
(c) Financial Interests in Other Organizations. The determination of whether any outside investment, financial arrangement or other interest in another organization presents an actual or apparent conflict of interest depends on the facts and circumstances of each case. Ownership of an interest in another organization by you, whether direct or indirect, may present a conflict of interest if the other organization has a material business relationship with, or is a direct competitor of, the Company and your ownership interest is of such a size that your ability to exercise independent judgment on behalf of the Company is or may appear to be compromised. As a general rule, a passive investment would not likely be considered a conflict of interest if it: (i) is in publicly traded shares; (ii) represents less than 1% of the outstanding equity of the organization in question; and (iii) represents less than 5% of your net worth. Other interests may also be allowable, depending on the circumstances.
(d) Outside Business Activities. Determination of whether any outside position held by you presents a conflict of interest will depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. Involvement in trade associations, professional societies, and charitable and similar organizations will not generally be viewed as improper. However, if those activities are likely to conflict or will appear to conflict with your responsibilities to the Company, you must obtain prior approval from the Corporate Counsel (or from the Audit Committee if you are a director or executive officer) to participate in such activities. Furthermore, the following circumstances will present a prohibited conflict of interest unless approved by the Audit Committee: (a) your involvement with or in an organization, association or activity that may interfere with your ability to devote proper time and attention to your responsibilities to the Company; and (b) your involvement with or in an organization, association or activity with which the Company does business or competes. If you are a director, employment or any other affiliation with an organization with which the Company does business or competes must be fully disclosed to the Audit Committee and must satisfy any other applicable standards established by the exchange on which the Company’s stock is traded, any requirements or prohibitions under applicable laws and regulations, and any Company corporate governance guidelines or policies.
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(e) Corporate Opportunities. You owe a duty to the Company to advance its interests when the opportunity arises. Accordingly, you are prohibited from taking for yourself personally (or for the benefit of your friends or family members) opportunities that you discover through the use of Company assets, property, or information, or as a result of your position with the Company. Additionally, you may not use Company assets, property, information or position for personal gain (including gain of your friends or family members). Also, you may not compete with the Company.
(f) Indirect Violations. You must not indirectly, through a family member, affiliate, friend, partner or associate, have any interest or engage in any activity that would otherwise violate this Code if you had a direct interest or engaged in the activity. Any such relationship should be fully disclosed to the Corporate Counsel (or the Audit Committee if you are a director or executive officer), who or which will make the determination of whether the relationship presents a conflict of interest based on the standards set forth in this Code.
4. Compliance with Laws, Rules and Regulations .
4.1 You must comply, both in letter and spirit, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in the cities, states and countries in which the Company operates.
4.2 Although not all directors, officers and other employees are expected to know the details of all applicable laws, rules and regulations, it is important to know enough to determine when to seek advice from appropriate personnel. You must seek advice from the Corporate Counsel if you have questions about compliance requirements, or their applicability to a particular situation.
4.3 Without limiting the generality of this Section 4, you must comply with the Company’s Insider Trading Policy.
5. Disclosure .
5.1 As a publicly traded company, the Company must comply with various securities laws, regulations, and reporting obligations. U.S. federal laws and this Company’s associated policies and procedures require that the Company disclose accurate and complete information regarding its business, financial condition, and results from operations. It is Company policy to provide full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in all reports and documents filed with, or submitted to, the SEC and in all other public communications made by the Company. Inaccurate, incomplete, or untimely reporting will not be tolerated and may result in legal liability on the Company, and in certain cases, on you.
5.2 You may be called upon to provide information to complete the Company’s public reporting, and to assure that such reports are complete, fair and understandable. You must take this responsibility very seriously and to provide prompt and accurate answers to inquiries related to the Company’s public disclosure requirements. Furthermore, if you contribute in any way to the preparation or verification of the Company's financial statements and other financial information, you must follow Company policies aimed to ensure that the Company's books, records and accounts are accurately maintained. In connection with any of the foregoing, you must cooperate fully with the Company's accounting department, as well as the Company's independent public accountants and the Corporate Counsel and outside counsel, if any.
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6. Protection and Proper Use of Company Assets .
6.1 You must protect the Company's assets and follow Company policies aimed to ensure their efficient use. Theft, carelessness and waste have a direct impact on the Company's profitability and are prohibited.
6.2 All Company assets should be used only for legitimate business purposes. Any suspected incident of fraud or theft should be reported for investigation immediately.
6.3 The obligation to protect Company assets includes the Company's proprietary information. Proprietary information includes intellectual property such as trade secrets, patents, trademarks, and copyrights, as well as business and marketing plans, engineering and manufacturing ideas, designs, databases, records and any non-public financial data or reports. Unauthorized use or distribution of this information is prohibited and could also be illegal and result in civil or criminal penalties.
7. Confidentiality . Confidential information includes all non-public information that might be of use to competitors of, or harmful to, the Company or persons with whom the Company does business, if disclosed. You have a duty to retain all confidential information entrusted to you. This includes information regarding the Company’s intellectual property, customer information, and confidential employee information, but this list is not exhaustive. The sharing of confidential information with unauthorized third-parties is prohibited. However, disclosure of such information may be required in some circumstances, including instances when disclosure is authorized or legally mandated by a state or government agency. In such instances, the Corporate Counsel will advise you as to what information you may disclose. If you violate you confidentiality obligations, you will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal, and civil or criminal penalties. If you have any questions regarding confidential information (including whether particular information constitutes confidential information), or are or become aware of a possible breach of confidentiality, you must promptly direct your question or the possible breach to the Corporate Counsel.
8. Fair Dealing . You must deal fairly with the Company’s customers, suppliers, partners, service providers, competitors, employees and anyone else with whom you have contact in the course of performing your responsibilities for or on behalf of the Company. In acting for or on behalf of the Company, you may not take unfair advantage of anyone through manipulation, concealment, abuse or privileged information, misrepresentation of facts or any other unfair dealing practice.
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9. Reporting and Enforcement .
9.1 General Policy. The Company desires to promote ethical behavior. If you encounter a compliance or ethical dilemma, you are encouraged to talk to your supervisor, the Corporate Counsel or other appropriate personnel. Please see the Company’s Whistleblower Policy for details on reporting illegal or unethical conduct and the protections the Company provides. The Company emphasizes confidentiality and will make efforts to protect your identity whenever you interact with any element of the compliance system. In some instances, however, it may be impossible to keep your identity confidential because of the demands of conducting a thorough investigation or because of certain legal requirements. If you are concerned about confidentiality, you may consider reporting on an anonymous basis.
9.2 Reporting and Investigation of Violations.
(a) You must report actions prohibited or that may likely be prohibited by this Code to the Corporate Counsel (or to the Audit Committee if you are a director or executive officer). If a report is made to the Corporate Counsel that relates to actions of a director or an executive officer, the Corporate Counsel must report the action to the Audit Committee.
(b) Any report or allegation of a violation of applicable laws, rules, regulations or this Code need not be signed and may be sent anonymously.
(c) After receiving a report of an alleged prohibited action, the Corporate Counsel or Audit Committee, as applicable, must promptly take all appropriate actions necessary to investigate. If any report relates to accounting or financial reporting matters, or relates to persons involved in the development or implementation of the Company’s system of internal controls, a copy of the report must be promptly provided to the Chairman of the Audit Committee, which may participate in the investigation and resolution of the matter.
(d) You must cooperate in any internal investigation of misconduct.
9.3 Enforcement.
(a) The Company must take prompt and consistent action against violations of this Code.
(b) If, after investigating a report of an alleged prohibited action, the Corporate Counsel or the Audit Committee, as applicable, determines that a violation of this Code has occurred:(i) if the Corporate Counsel has made the determination, he or she must report such determination to the Audit Committee, (ii) if the Audit Committee has made the determination, it must report such determination to the Board, and make a recommendation for necessary action as it deems appropriate.
(c) Upon receipt of a determination that there has been a violation of this Code, the Audit Committee or the Board (as applicable) will take such preventative, disciplinary or other action as it deems appropriate, which in the case of the Audit Committee may include referral of the matter to the Board, together with a recommendation for necessary action as it deems appropriate, and which in the case of the Board, shall take into account the recommendation of the Audit Committee. Actions by the Audit Committee or the Board may include the reassignment, demotion, or dismissal of involved parties and, in the event of criminal conduct or other serious violations of the law, notification of appropriate governmental authorities.
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9.4 Waivers of the Code. The Board or the Audit Committee may consider and grant waivers of this Code. However, any waiver of this Code for an executive officer or director may be made only by Board and will be promptly disclosed to the extent required under the rules of the exchange on which the Company’s stock is traded. If you are involved in any matter subject to this Code, you may be required to agree to conditions before a waiver or a continuing waiver is granted.
9.5 Prohibition on Retaliation.
The Company encourages directors, officers and other employees to bring issues and concerns forward to management without fear of retaliation. The Company does not tolerate acts of retaliation against any director, officer or other employee who makes a good faith report of known or suspected acts of misconduct or other violations of this Code.
10. Compliance Standards and Procedures .
10.1 This Code is intended as a statement of basic principles and standards and does not include specific rules that apply to every situation. This Code is in addition to other policies, practices or instructions of the Company and its contents must be viewed within the framework of these other policies, practices, instructions and the requirements of the law. Moreover, the absence of a specific corporate policy, practice or instruction covering a particular situation does not relieve you of the responsibility for exercising the highest ethical standards applicable to the circumstances.
10.2 In some situations, it may be difficult to know whether an action (or inaction) or activity is improper. Because this Code does not anticipate every situation that will arise, it is important to approach a new question or problem in a deliberate fashion. Specifically:
(a) Determine if you know all the facts.
(b) Identify exactly what it is that concerns you.
(c) Discuss the problem with the Corporate Counsel (or the Audit Committee if you are a director or executive officer).
(d) Seek guidance before taking any action that you believe may be unethical or dishonest.
10.3 You are subject to and governed by the following principles:
(a) Compliance with the law is mandatory;
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(b) You are personally responsible for your own conduct and for complying with all provisions of this Code and for properly reporting known or suspected violations;
(c) If you are a supervisor, director or officer, you must use your best efforts to educate others and require compliance with this Code;
(d) No one has the authority or right to order, request or even influence you to violate this Code or the law; a request or order from another person will not be an excuse for your violation of this Code;
(e) Any attempt by you to induce another person to violate this Code, whether successful or not, is itself a violation of this Code and may be a violation of law;
(f) Any retaliation or threat of retaliation against any person for refusing to violate this Code, or for reporting in good faith the violation or suspected violation of this Code, is itself a violation of this Code and the Whistleblower Policy and may be a violation of law;
(g) Except as otherwise determined by the Audit Committee, reported violations of this Code will be investigated.
10.4 This Code should not be construed as a contract of employment and does not change any person's status as an at-will employee. This Code is for the benefit of the Company, and no other person is entitled to enforce this Code.
10.5 This Code does not, and should not be construed to, create any private cause of action or remedy in any other person for a violation of the Code.
Adopted February 26, 2016
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Acknowledgment of Receipt and Review
I, _______________________, acknowledge that I have received and read a copy of the Sensus Healthcare, Inc. Code of Ethics and Business Conduct. I understand the contents of the Code and I agree to comply with the policies and procedures set out in the Code.
I understand that I should approach the Corporate Counsel (or the Audit Committee if I am a director or executive officer) if I have any questions about the Code generally or any questions about reporting a suspected conflict of interest or other violation of the Code.
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Exhibit 23.1
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s Consent
We consent to the inclusion in this Registration Statement of Sensus Healthcare, Inc. on Form S-1 (Amendment No. 1) [FILE NO. 333-209451] of our report dated February 9, 2016, with respect to our audits of the financial statements as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2015, which report appears in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to our Firm under the heading “Experts” in such Prospectus.
/s/ Marcum llp
West Palm Beach, FL
March 9, 2016