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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

 

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For transition period from                      to                     

Commission file number 1-32302

ANTARES PHARMA, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   41-1350192
State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization   (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
707 Eagleview Boulevard, Suite 414, Exton, PA   19341
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (610) 458-6200

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 (b) OF THE ACT: Common Stock, $.01 Par Value

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 (g) OF THE ACT: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  YES ¨   NO x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.  YES ¨   NO x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  YES x   NO ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.   x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer   ¨                 Accelerated filer   ¨                 Non-accelerated filer   x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).  YES ¨   NO x

Aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common stock held by nonaffiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2005, was approximately $34,759,357 (based upon the last reported sale price of $1.08 per share on June 30, 2005, on The American Stock Exchange).

There were 52,707,640 shares of common stock outstanding as of March 3, 2006.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the definitive proxy statement for the registrant’s 2006 annual meeting of stockholders to be filed within 120 days after the end of the period covered by this annual report on Form 10-K are incorporated by reference into Part III of this annual report on Form 10-K.

 



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PART I

 

Item 1. BUSINESS

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are subject to risks and uncertainties. You should not place undue reliance on those statements because they are subject to numerous uncertainties and factors relating to our operations and business environment, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. These statements often include words such as “may,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate” or similar expressions. These statements are based on assumptions that we have made in light of our industry experience as well as our perceptions of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors we believe are appropriate under the circumstances. As you read and consider this report, you should understand that these statements are not guarantees of performance results. They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Although we believe that these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, you should be aware that many factors could affect our actual financial results or results of operations and could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. You should keep in mind that forward-looking statements made by us in this report speaks only as of the date of this report. Actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated as a result of a number of risk factors, including, but not limited to, the risks and uncertainties discussed under the caption “Risk Factors.” New risks and uncertainties come up from time to time, and it is impossible for us to predict these events or how they may affect us. We have no duty to, and do not intend to update or revise the forward-looking statements in this report after the date of this report. In light of these risks and uncertainties, you should keep in mind that any forward-looking statement in this report or elsewhere might not occur.

Overview

Antares Pharma, Inc. (“Antares” or the “Company”) is a specialized pharma product development and pipeline company with patented drug delivery platforms including Advanced Transdermal Delivery (ATD™) gels, fast-melt oral (Easy Tec™) tablets, disposable mini-needle injection systems (Vibex™), and reusable needle-free injection systems (VISION ® AND Valeo™). Antares’ lead ATD™ gel product is Anturol™ oxybutynin for the treatment of overactive bladder (OAB). These platforms and products are summarized and briefly described below:

Delivery Platforms

 

 

Transdermal Drug

Delivery Platforms

 

 

Advanced Transdermal

(ATD™) Gel

  

Systematic or

Topical

 

Fast-Melt Oral
Disintegrating Tablets
Platform

 

  Easy Tec™
Injection Device
Platforms
 

 

Needle-Free Reusable Injectors (MJ Platform)

Medi-Jector VISION ® and Valeo™

 

 

 

Mini-Needle Disposable Injectors

(AJ Platform) Vibex™

 

 

 

Vaccine Intradermal Injectors

 

 

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Product Candidates

Transdermal Delivery Gels

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Fast-Melt Oral Dissolve Disintegrating Tablets (EasyTec™)

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Injection Devices

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Transdermal Drug Delivery Platform

Antares’ transdermal drug delivery platform is dedicated to developing gels that offer a cosmetically superior option to patches, while delivering medication efficiently with less potential for skin irritation and minimizing the gastrointestinal impact, as well as, the initial liver metabolism effect of some orally ingested drugs. The Company’s gels are hydro-alcoholic and contain a combination of permeation enhancers to promote rapid drug absorption through the skin following application typically to the arms, shoulders, or abdomen. The Company’s transdermal gel systems provide the options for delivering both systemically (penetrating into and through the subcutaneous tissues and then into the circulatory system) as well as locally (e.g. topically for skin and soft tissue injury, infection and local inflammation). Typically, the gel is administered daily, and is effective on a sustained release basis over

 

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approximately a 24-hour period of time. The Company’s gel systems are known as our Advanced Transdermal Delivery (“ATD™”) gels.

Fast-Melt Oral Disintegrating Tablets

Our Easy Tec™ fast-melt oral disintegrating tablets are designed to help patients who experience difficulty swallowing pills, tablets or capsules, while providing the same effectiveness as conventional oral dosage forms. Our tablet features a “disintegrant addition” that facilitates the disintegration of the oral drug to promote quick and easy administration in saliva without water. This could play an important role in Antares’ ability to target the pediatric market segment as well as the rapidly expanding geriatric market. Easy Tec™ tablets can be manufactured without specialized equipment and because the tablets are not effervescent (highly moisture sensitive), we believe it represents several significant processing and packaging advantages over conventional competitors. Our Easy Tec™ tablets may also be of interest to pharmaceutical firms seeking line extensions in the marketplace and could represent a step in Antares’ evolution as a specialty pharmaceutical company with its own products.

Injection Device Platforms

Antares’ injection device platform features three distinct products: reusable needle-free injectors, disposable mini-needle injectors, and its vaccine intradermal injectors. Each product is briefly described below:

 

    Reusable needle-free injectors deliver precise medication doses through high-speed, pressurized liquid penetration of the skin without a needle. These reusable, variable-dose devices are engineered to last for a minimum of two years and are designed for easy use, facilitating self-injection with a disposable syringe to assure safety and efficacy. The associated disposable, plastic, needle-free syringe is designed to last for approximately one week.

The Company has sold the Medi-Jector VISION ® for use in more than 30 countries to deliver either insulin or human growth hormone (“hGH”). The Medi-Jector VISION ® employs a disposable plastic needle-free syringe, which offers high precision liquid medication delivery through an opening that is approximately half the diameter of a standard, 30-gauge needle. The product is available over-the-counter (“OTC”) or by prescription in the United States for use by patients with diabetes, and available through our partners in Europe, Japan and Asia for hGH. To date, we believe that more than 100 million such injections have been performed worldwide.

 

   

Disposable mini-needle injectors (“Vibex™”) employ the same basic technology developed for the Medi-Jector VISION ® , combining, spring-powered source with a tiny hidden needle in a disposable, single-use injection system compatible with conventional glass drug containers. The Vibex™ system is designed to economically provide highly reliable subcutaneous injections with reduced discomfort and improved convenience in

 

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conjunction with the enhanced safety of a shielded needle. After use, the device can be disposed of without the typical “sharps” disposal concerns. Antares and its potential partners have successfully tested the device in multiple patient preference and bioavailability tests, and the Company continues to explore product extensions within this category, including multiple dose, variable dose and user-fillable applications.

 

    Vaccine intradermal injectors are a variation of the Vibex™ disposable mini-needle injection technology and are being developed to deliver vaccines into the dermal and subdermal layers of the skin (a preferred site of administration in the vaccine industry). The Company believes that this proprietary device will offer easier and more rapid dosing compared with conventional needle-based devices.

History

On January 31, 2001, the Company (formerly known as Medi-Ject Corporation or “Medi-Ject”) completed a business combination to acquire the three operating subsidiaries of Permatec Holding AG (“Permatec”), headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. Medi-Ject was at that time, focused on delivering drugs across the skin using needle-free technology, and Permatec specialized in delivering drugs across the skin using transdermal patch and gel technologies as well as developing fast-melt tablet technology. With both companies focused on drug delivery but with a focus on different sectors, it was believed that a business combination would be attractive to both pharmaceutical partners and to the Company’s shareholders. Upon completion of the transaction the Company’s name was changed from Medi-Ject Corporation to Antares Pharma, Inc.

The U.S. device operation, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, develops, manufactures with partners and markets novel medical devices, called jet injectors or needle-free injectors, which allow people to self-inject drugs without using a needle. The Company makes a small reusable spring-action injector device and the attached disposable plastic needle-free syringes to hold the drug, known as the Medi-Jector VISION ® . Using an adapter, the liquid drug is drawn from a conventional vial into the needle-free syringe, through a small hole at the end of the syringe. When the syringe is held against an appropriate part of the body and the spring is released, a piston drives the fluid stream into the tissues beneath the skin, from where the drug is dispersed into systemic circulation. A person may re-arm the device and repeat the process or attach a new sterile syringe between injections.

The Company was a pioneer in the invention of home use needle-free injection systems in the late 1970s. Prior to that, needle-free injection systems were powered by large air compressors or were relatively complex and expensive, so their use was limited to mass vaccination programs by the military, school health programs or for patients classified as needle phobic. Early injectors were painful in comparison to today’s injectors, and their large size made home use difficult. The first home insulin injector was five times as heavy as the current injector, which weighs five ounces. Today’s insulin injector sells at a retail price of $335 compared to $799 eight years ago. The first growth hormone injector was introduced in Europe in 1994. This was the Company’s first success in achieving distribution of its device through a license to a pharmaceutical partner, and it has resulted in continuing market growth and, the Company believes, a high degree of customer satisfaction. Distribution of growth hormone injectors has expanded through the Company’s pharmaceutical company relationships to now include Japan and other Asian countries.

The Company has also developed variations of the jet injector by adding a very small hidden needle to a pre-filled, single-use disposable injector, called the Vibex™ mini-needle injection system. The mini-needle platform is an alternative to the Vision ® system for use with unit dose injectable drugs and is suitable for branded and branded generic injectables.

Antares is committed to other methods of drug delivery such as transdermal gel formulations. The Company believes that transdermal gels have advantages in cost, cosmetic elegance, ease of application and lack of irritancy as compared to better-known transdermal patches and have applications in such therapeutic markets as hormone replacement, over active bladder, osteoporosis, cardiovascular, pain management and central nervous system therapies.

The Company’s first transdermal and fast-melt tablet products were developed in Argentina under Permatec’s name in the mid-1990s. Subsequently, the Argentine operations were moved to Basel, Switzerland, in late 1999.

 

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The transdermal product effort initially resulted in the commercialization of a seven-day estradiol patch in certain countries of South America in 2000. Over time, Permatec’s research efforts moved away from the crowded transdermal patch field and focused on transdermal gel formulations, which allow the delivery of estrogens, progestins, testosterone and other drugs in a gel base without the need for occlusive or potentially irritating adhesive bandages. We believe the commercial potential for transdermal gels is attractive, and several licensing agreements with pharmaceutical companies of various sizes have led to successful clinical evaluation of Antares’ formulations. The Company is now also developing its own transdermal gel-based products for the market and has announced Phase II clinical results for Anturol™, its oxybutynin gel for overactive bladder.

The Company operates in the specialized drug delivery sector of the pharmaceutical industry. Companies in this sector generally leverage technology and know-how in the area of drug formulation and/or delivery devices to pharmaceutical manufacturers through licensing and development agreements while continuing to develop their own products for the marketplace. The Company also views many pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies as collaborators and primary customers. The Company has negotiated and executed licensing relationships in the growth hormone segment (needle-free devices in Europe and Asia) and the transdermal hormone gels segment (several development programs in place worldwide, including the United States and Europe). In addition, the Company continues to market needle-free devices for the home administration of insulin in the U.S. market through distributors and has licensed its technology in the diabetes and obesity fields to Eli Lilly and Company.

The Company is a Delaware corporation. Principal executive offices are located at 707 Eagleview Boulevard, Exton, Pennsylvania 19341; telephone (610) 458-6200. The Company has wholly-owned subsidiaries in Switzerland (Antares Pharma AG and Antares Pharma IPL AG) and the Netherlands Antilles (Permatec NV).

Industry Trends

Based upon experience in the industry, the Company believes the following significant trends in healthcare have important implications for the growth of its business.

When a drug loses patent protection, the branded version of the drug typically faces competition from generic alternatives. It may be possible to preserve market share by altering the delivery method, e.g., a single daily controlled release dosage form rather than two to four pills a day. The Company expects branded pharmaceutical companies will continue to seek differentiating drug delivery characteristics to defend against generic competition and to optimize convenience to patients. The altered delivery method may be an injection device or a novel oral or transdermal formulation that may offer therapeutic advantages, convenience or improved dosage schedules. Major pharmaceutical companies now focus on life cycle management of their products to maximize return on investment and often consider phased product improvement opportunities to maintain competitiveness.

The increasing trend of major pharmaceutical companies marketing directly to consumers, as well as the recent focus on patient rights may encourage the use of innovative, user-friendly drug delivery systems. Part of this trend involves offering patients a wider choice of dosage forms. The Company believes the patient-friendly attributes of its transdermal gels, fast-melt tablets and injection technologies meet these market needs.

The Company envisions its transdermal gel formulations as a next-generation technology, replacing many transdermal patch products with more patient-friendly products. Topical gels offer patients more choices and added convenience with no compromise of efficacy. Our gel technology is based upon so-called GRAS (“Generally Recognized as Safe”) substances, meaning the toxicology profiles of the ingredients are known and widely used. We believe this approach has a major regulatory benefit and may reduce the cost and time of product development and approval.

Many drugs, including selected hormones and protein biopharmaceuticals, are degraded in the gastrointestinal tract and may only be administered through the skin, the lung or by injection. Pulmonary delivery is complex and has recently been commercialized for limited therapeutic proteins intended for systemic delivery. Injection therefore remains the mainstay of protein delivery. The growing number of protein biopharmaceuticals requiring injection may have limited commercial potential if patient compliance with conventional injection treatment is not optimal. The failure to take all prescribed injections can lead to increased health complications for the patient, decreased drug

 

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sales for pharmaceutical companies and increased healthcare costs for society. In addition, it is becoming increasingly recognized that conventional needles and syringes require special and often costly disposal methods.

In addition to the increase in the number of drugs requiring self-injection, recommended changes in the frequency of insulin injections for the treatment of diabetes also may contribute to an increase in the number of self-injections. For many years, the standard treatment protocol was for insulin to be administered once or twice daily for the treatment of diabetes. However, according to major studies (the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial), tightly controlling the disease by, among other things, administration of insulin as many as four to six times a day, can decrease its debilitating effects. The Company believes that with the increasing incidence of diabetes coupled with an increasing awareness of this disease, the benefits of tightly controlling diabetes will become more widely known, and the number of insulin injections self-administered by people with diabetes will increase. The need to increase the number of insulin injections given per day may also motivate patients with diabetes to seek alternatives to traditional needles and syringes.

Due to the substantial costs involved, marketing efforts are not currently focused on drug applications administered by healthcare professionals. Jet injection systems, however, may be attractive to hospitals, doctors’ offices and clinics, and such applications may be explored in the future. The issues raised by accidental needle sticks and disposal of used syringes have led to the development of syringes with sheathed needles as well as the practice of administering injections through intravenous tubing to reduce the number of contaminated needles. In 1998, the State of California banned the use of exposed needles in hospitals and doctors’ offices, if alternatives exist, and several additional states have adopted similar legislation. In November 2000 the Federal Government issued guidelines encouraging institutions to replace needles wherever practical. The Company believes that needle-free injection systems or its shielded mini-needle products may be attractive to healthcare professionals as a further means to reduce accidental needle sticks and the burdens of disposing of contaminated needles.

The importance of vaccines in industrialized and emerging nations is expanding as the prevalence of infectious diseases increases. New vaccines and improved routes of administration are the subject of intense research in the pharmaceutical industry and the Company has been researching the feasibility of using its devices for vaccines and new vaccine ingredients including evaluating opportunities in recent bio-terrorism initiatives.

The Company’s fast-melt technology also addresses industry trends by focusing on the needs of specific market segments such as geriatric and pediatric patients who often have difficulty swallowing conventional oral medications. We believe that better health outcomes can be expected when patients are compliant with recommended medication regimens. The Company’s fast-melt technology offers consumers a potentially important alternative oral delivery system.

Market Opportunity

According to a March 2006 Cowen & Co. publication, the worldwide market for urinary incontinence is estimated to be $1.6 billion in 2005 and growing to $2.6 billion by 2010. Older incontinence drugs, such as immediate release oxybutynin, are plagued by anticholinergic effects including moderate to severe dry mouth (seen in 70% of the patients), constipation and confusion. It is also estimated that half of the 20 million U.S. adults suffering from overactive bladder either are too embarrassed to discuss the symptoms or are not aware that pharmacological treatment is available. It is further estimated that only 47% of U.S. incontinence patients sought treatment in 2005 and that 16% of incontinence patients were compliant with their treatment in 2005 estimated to increase to 18% by 2010.

According to a March 2006 Cowen & Co. publication, the worldwide hormone replacement market is expected to grow from $1.3 billion in 2005 to $1.9 billion by 2010. Further growth in this sector may be achieved by the use of testosterone products in both male and female applications. According to the same comprehensive study by Cowen & Co., the female sexual dysfunction market is estimated to be 78 million sufferers worldwide rising to 95 million by 2010. Additionally, the sexual dysfunction market is projected to be $3.9 billion in 2005 growing to $5.6 billion by 2010. The importance of gel products containing testosterone for men has been exemplified with the success of Androgel ® (Unimed-Solvay) for treatment of male hypogonadism, where sales in the U.S. were recently estimated at approximately $500 million per year. A new market opportunity also exists with the use of low dose

 

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testosterone for treatment of FSD, a disorder according to the Journal of American Medicine (JAMA) in February 1999 that affects an estimated 40-55% of all women and for which no drug is currently approved in the U.S. Antares Pharma, along with its U.S. partner BioSante, has a low dose testosterone product named Libi-Gel™, which has completed Phase II testing for FSD. We have the exclusive market rights in Europe and elsewhere outside the United States for Libi-Gel™. As evidenced in Europe and, more specifically, in France, the leading country in the use of transdermal hormone replacement therapy, the Company believes that patient demand for transdermal hormone therapy products will continue to increase. According to an industry report, 64.8% of treated menopausal women in France used either patch (44.7%) or gel (20.1%) therapy. Gel products are also being formulated to address equally large opportunities in other sectors of the pharmaceutical industry, including cardiovascular, pain, infectious diseases, addiction and central nervous system therapies.

According to industry sources, fast-dissolving oral dosage forms are estimated to be in excess of $1 billion with a growth rate of more than 20% per year. This field of melt-in-the-mouth, or fast-dissolve, tablets clearly has a significant role to play in effective product administration to the elderly and to those who have difficulty swallowing. While many products have been developed to meet this need, many have disadvantages, including lack of applicability to all drug candidates, dose limitations, high cost of manufacturing, and product robustness issues that can challenge packaging and distribution systems. Using its Easy Tec™ technology, Antares has undertaken to develop products that could be applicable over a wide dose range, could be manufactured under conventional conditions and would meet the standards of performance necessary to provide the desired patient benefits of rapid dissolution, good mouth feel and ease of handling.

According to industry sources, an estimated 9 to 12 billion needles and syringes are sold annually worldwide. The Company believes that a significant portion of these are used for the administration of drugs that could be delivered using its injectors but only a small percentage of people who self-administer drugs currently use jet injection systems. The Company believes that this lack of market penetration is due to older examples of needle-free technology not meeting customer needs owing to cost and performance limitations as well as the small size of the companies directly marketing the technology to consumers not being able to gain a significant “share of voice” in the marketplace. The Company believes that its technology overcomes limitations of the past and that its business model of working with pharmaceutical company partners has the potential for improved market penetration. However, to date neither the Company nor its competitors have achieved substantial market penetration. Greystone Associates in 2003 estimated that the needle-free injection market in the U.S. would grow from $10.2 million in 2002 to $425 million by 2007, of which self-administration of insulin is expected to account for 54% of the total market. In 2003, Antares licensed its needle-free injection technology to Eli Lilly and Company for development and potential use in the fields of diabetes and obesity.

Antares’ device focus is specifically on the market for delivery of self-administered injectable drugs. The largest and most mature segments of this market consist of insulin for patients with diabetes and human growth hormone for children with growth retardation. According to a March 2006 publication by Cowen & Co., the worldwide insulin market is estimated to grow from $7.7 billion in 2005 to $14.6 billion in 2010, of which $2 billion in 2010 is inhaled insulin. The Company believes that the number of insulin injections will increase with time as the result of new diabetes management techniques, which recommend more frequent injections as evidenced by the U.S. insulin market projected to grow from $2.7 billion in 2005 to $5.8 billion in 2010. A second attractive market has developed with growth hormone; children and young adults suffering from growth retardation take daily hormone injections for an average of five years. The number of children with growth retardation is small relative to diabetes, but most children are needle averse. The Company’s pharmaceutical partner in Europe, Ferring Pharmaceuticals BV (“Ferring”), has made significant inroads using its injectors in the hGH market, and the Company expects similar progress in other geographic regions where partnerships have already been established. Other injectable drugs that are presently self-administered and may be suitable for injection with the Company’s systems include therapies for the prevention of blood clots and the treatment of multiple sclerosis, migraine headaches, inflammatory diseases, impotence, infertility, AIDS and hepatitis. Antares also believes that many injectable drugs currently under development will be administered by self-injection once they reach the market. This is supported by the continuing development of important chronic care products that can only be given by injection, the ongoing effort to reduce hospital and institutional costs by early patient release, and the gathering momentum of new classes of drugs that require injection. A partial list of such drugs introduced in recent years that all require home injection include Enbrel ® (Amgen, Wyeth) for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, Aranesp ® (Amgen) for treatment of anemia,

 

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Kineret ® (Amgen) for rheumatoid arthritis, Forteo™ (Lilly) for treatment of osteoporosis, Intron ® A (Schering Plough) and Roferon ® (Roche) for hepatitis C, Lantus ® (Aventis Pharma) for diabetes, Rebif ® (Serono) for multiple sclerosis, Copaxone ® (Teva) for multiple sclerosis and Gonal-F ® for fertility treatment. The dramatic increase in numbers of products for self-administration by injection and the breadth of therapeutic areas covered by this partial listing represents an opportunity for Antares’ device portfolio.

Products and Technology

Antares is leveraging its experience in drug delivery systems to enhance the product performance of established drugs as well as new drugs in development. The Company’s current technology platforms include transdermal Advanced Transdermal Delivery (ATD™) gels; fast-melt oral disintegrating tablets (Easy Tec™); disposable mini-needle injection systems (Vibex™); and reusable needle-free injection systems (Medi-Jector VISION ® and Valeo™).

Transdermal Drug Delivery

Transdermal drug delivery has emerged as a safe and patient-friendly method of drug delivery. The commercialization of transdermal patches for controlled drug delivery began over two decades ago and has resulted in the appearance of diverse products on the market. Among them are nitroglycerin for angina, scopolamine for motion sickness, fentanyl for pain control, nicotine for smoking cessation, estrogen for HT, clonidine for hypertension, lidocaine for topical anesthesia, testosterone for hypogonadism, and a combination of ethinyl estradiol and norelgestromin for contraception. Skin penetration enhancers are often used to enhance drug permeation through the dermal layers.

The primary goal of transdermal drug delivery is to effectively penetrate the surface of the skin via topical administration, such as a patch or gel. When successful, transdermal drug delivery provides an easy and painless method of administration. The protective capabilities of the skin, however, often act as a barrier to effective delivery. Since the primary role of the skin is to provide protection against infection and physical damage, the organ often prevents many pharmaceuticals from entering the body as well. Large molecules may not be as effectively absorbed by the skin and enter the body in prohibitively small amounts, significantly reducing their therapeutic potential. As a result, a limited number of active substances are able to cross the skin’s surface.

Despite these limitations, transdermal drug delivery is still viewed as a highly attractive route of administration for certain therapeutics. As a high concentration of capillaries is located immediately below the skin, transdermal administration provides an easy means of access to systemic circulation. Transdermal systems can be designed to minimize absorption of the active drug in the blood circulation as is needed in topical applications. This allows a build-up of drug in the layers underlying the skin, leading to an increased residence time in the targeted tissue. Transdermal systems can also be designed to release an active ingredient over extended periods of time, providing benefits similar to depot injections and implants, without the need for an invasive procedure. If required, patients are also able to interrupt dosing by removing a patch or discontinuing the application of a gel. Finally, this delivery technology minimizes first-pass metabolism by the liver as well as many of the gastrointestinal concerns of many orally ingested drugs.

Transdermal Gels

While transdermal patches remain an important aspect of the transdermal drug delivery market, transdermal gels have emerged as a viable means of administering a wide array of active pharmaceutical treatments. The concept of transdermal gels parallels that of the transdermal patch, in the creation of a drug reservoir to provide sustained delivery of therapeutic quantities of a drug. While a patch provides this from an external reservoir, gel formulations create a subdermal reservoir of the medication.

To address the penetration capabilities of transdermal products, Antares has developed its ATD™ gel technology that utilizes a combination of permeation enhancers to further bolster a pharmaceutical agent’s ability to penetrate the skin. This new generation of products leads to a sustained plasma profile of the active agent, without the irritation and cosmetic concerns often associated with patches.

 

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Gels also provide drug developers with an opportunity to explore a wide variety of potential applications. Due to the physicochemical properties of the excipients employed in gels, combined with the enhanced solubilization properties, a broad range of active agents can be formulated. These solubilization properties allow for higher concentrations of the active ingredient to be incorporated for delivery. The enhanced viscosity in gels further enhances the patient’s ability to apply the product with little-to-no adverse cosmetic effect. There is also relatively little limitation in the surface area to which a gel can be applied, as opposed to patches, allowing greater quantities of drug to be transported if required.

Antares’ Advanced Transdermal Delivery (ATD™) System

Antares’ ATD™ system successfully penetrates the skin to deliver a variety of treatments. The gels consist of a hydro-alcoholic base including a combination of permeation enhancers. The gels are also designed to be absorbed quickly through the skin after application typically to the arms, shoulders, or abdomen. In comparison with commonly used patch delivery systems, the gels cause minimal skin irritation or occlusion following application and possess a distinct cosmetic advantage over other approaches. The following is a summary of the benefits of our ATD™ gel platform:

 

Benefits of ATD™ Gel Platform

 

Discrete

 

Easy application

 

Cosmetically appealing compared with patches

 

Reduced irritancy compared with patches

 

Application of once per day for most products

 

Potential for delivery of larger medication doses

 

Potential for delivery of multiple active drugs

 

Ability to be either systemic or topical

 

Antares’ ATD™ gels can deliver both a single active ingredient as well as a combination of active ingredients with different release profiles, and have demonstrated potential in a variety of therapeutic areas. Current ATD™ drug gels in development encompass an oxybutynin gel for treatment of over active bladder (Anturol™), an estrogen gel for women to treat vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause (Bio-E-Gel™), a low dose testosterone gel to treat low libido in women (Libi-Gel™), a testosterone gel for men to treat hypogonadism, a contraceptive gel, and an alprazolone gel for anti-anxiety. Antares has also licensed an ibuprofen gel in 11 countries for several years. ATD™ gels may be extended to a variety of fields, including the treatment of central nervous system (“CNS”) disorders, cardiovascular disease and chronic pain, in which potent compounds may require alternatives to oral and injectable delivery for the following reasons:

 

    poor oral uptake;

 

    high first-pass liver effect;

 

    requirement for less frequent administration;

 

    desire to provide an alternative dosage form;

 

    reducing peak plasma levels to avoid side effects; and

 

    reduction in gastrointestinal side effects.

The Company has also formulated several combination gels demonstrating the ability to deliver multiple actives with different release profiles.

 

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Oral Delivery

The majority of all drugs are administered orally. Despite this, there remain limitations for those patients who have difficulty swallowing conventional oral dosage forms or where an underlying disease state (for example, migraine, Parkinsonism or cancer) impacts a person’s ability to swallow. Additionally, where patients are resistant to oral drug delivery, the phenomenon of “cheeking” (hiding a pill between the cheek and gum) and subsequent drug disposal is quite well known. New generations of oral product forms are being developed to address these issues.

Fast-Dissolving Tablets

Fast-dissolving tablet technology is an oral delivery method that offers an alternative to patients who experience difficulty ingesting conventional oral dosage forms. As a result, formulators are focusing on the development of tablet dosage formulations for oral administration that dissolve rapidly in saliva without need for the patient to drink water. This formulation is easy to take and possesses similar therapeutic benefits to traditional oral technologies, thus appealing to a wide demographic population.

One of the primary realities influencing the development of fast-dissolving technologies is the increased life expectancy of a growing geriatric population. As many elderly individuals experience difficulty taking conventional oral dosage forms, such as solutions, suspensions, tablets and capsules, the need for more user-friendly formulations is expanding. While swallowing difficulties often affect the elderly population, many young individuals also experience difficulty as a result of underdeveloped muscular and nervous systems. Other groups, including the mentally ill, the developmentally disabled and uncooperative patients also require special attention. Other circumstances, such as motion sickness, allergic attacks and an unavailable source of water also necessitate fast-dissolving oral formulations.

The development of a fast-dissolving tablet also provides pharmaceutical companies with an opportunity for product line extensions. A wide range of drugs (e.g. neuroleptics, cardiovascular drugs, analgesics, antihistamines, and drugs for erectile dysfunction) may be considered candidates for this technology.

Antares’ Easy Tec™ Fast-Melt Oral Disintegrating Tablet

Antares’ patented Easy Tec™ technology is based on the simultaneous use of two disintegrants in an oral formulation. Two primary advantages of Easy Tec™ over competing technologies are that Easy Tec™ tablets can be manufactured with conventional tableting equipment and no unique packaging requirements are necessary. The Company also believes that Easy Tec™ possesses several other key advantages over competing fast-melt technologies;

 

Easy Tec™ Competitive Advantages

 

•     Higher drug dose loading is possible

 

•     Friability within pharmaceutical specifications

 

•     Moisture sensitivity lower compared with many competitor products

 

•     Blister packaging sufficient to prevent moisture uptake

 

•     Cost-effective, easy, time-saving process

 

•     Easily transferable to final product site

 

•     No specific facility required, compared to effervescent products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In addition to being easy to take, such products are perceived as being fast acting because of rapid dispersion in the mouth. Antares believes that there may be attractive opportunities to develop its own fast-melt products using generic active ingredients as part of its specialty pharmaceutical strategy and to achieve product approval based on an Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) or 505(b)(2) filing in the United States and equivalent regulatory submissions in other parts of the world. Antares has formulated its first Easy Tec™ based product, a non-steroidal anti inflammatory (NSAID) generic currently called AP-1022 for the treatment of pain.

 

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Injection Delivery

According to industry sources, an estimated 9-12 billion needles and syringes are sold each year. While the need for these components will always exist, burgeoning development efforts are focused on easing the dependence on needles in favor of more user-friendly injection systems. Currently available data suggest that injection with needle-free systems matches the performance of needle-based systems with regard to drug bioavailability, and offers benefits in the speed of injection and the lack of requirement for needle disposal.

Needle-Free Injection

The most significant challenge beyond discovery of new molecules is how to effectively deliver them by means other than conventional injection technology. The majority of these molecules have not, to date, been amenable to oral administration due to a combination of several factors, including breakdown in the gastrointestinal tract, fundamentally poor absorption, or high first pass liver metabolism. Pulmonary delivery of these molecules, as an alternative to injection, has also been pursued and only recently one such application has been approved by the FDA. It remains to be seen how clinical success will be accepted by patients, doctors and third party payers. Many companies have expended considerable effort in searching for less invasive ways to deliver such molecules that may allow them to achieve higher market acceptance, particularly for those requiring patient self-administration.

Needle-free injection is a form of parenteral drug delivery that continues to gain acceptance among the medical community. Encompassing a wide variety of sizes and designs, this technology operates by using pressure to force the drug, in solution or suspension, through a minute perforation, creating an ultra-thin stream of liquid that penetrates the skin and deposits the drug into the subcutaneous tissue. Needle-free injection systems are being developed as small, pre-filled single-use devices, refillable devices for repeat usage and specialized systems for high throughput applications in mass immunization campaigns.

Needle-free injection represents a combination of an accepted technology - injection, with the elimination of the part of the injection – the needle, that concerns patient’s that have to self administer and health care professionals concerned about risks to themselves. Improving patient comfort through needle-free injection may increase compliance and mitigate the problem of daily injections. Needle-free delivery eliminates the risk of needlestick injuries as well, which occurs frequently in institutions in the U.S., and can result in disease transmission to healthcare workers. In response to concerns about needlestick injuries, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a Bloodborne Pathogens Compliance Directive in November 1999 mandating the use of safer needles and requiring that healthcare facilities perform annual reviews of safety and compliance programs. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has also urged healthcare providers to avoid unnecessary use of needles where safe and effective alternatives are available.

One of the primary factors influencing development in the category of needle-free injection is the inherent problematic dependence on needles. It is also recognized that greater willingness to accept injection therapy could have a beneficial impact on disease outcomes. For example, patients with diabetes appear to be reluctant to engage in intensive disease management, at least in part because of concerns over increased frequency of injections. Similarly, patients with diabetes who are ineffectively managed with oral hypoglycemic agents are reluctant to transition to insulin injections in a timely manner because of injection concerns.

The advent of these technologies has, to date, had a minor influence within the injectable sector, and they have failed to produce the deep market penetration that many within the industry believe they are capable of gaining. Several factors are believed to contribute to this lack of market penetration, beginning with older needle-free injection systems. Many of the early needle-free injection systems had an assortment of drawbacks associated with both performance and cost efficiency. With potential consumers aware of these historical shortcomings, current technologies promising greater efficiency and lower prices have failed to gain wide acceptance in the industry. In spite of the relative minor market penetration within this sector to date, in June 2003, Greystone Associates predicted that the needle-free injection market would grow from $10.2 million in 2002 to $425 million by 2007 with 54% of these sales being insulin-based.

 

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Antares’ Medi-Jector Series of Needle-Free Injectors

The Medi-Jector VISION ® represents the seventh in a series of Medi-Jector devices, with each generation offering improvements over the previous versions. Antares pioneered the development of needle-free injection systems for individual use in 1979 and remains among the industry leaders as the technology continues to advance and is marketed worldwide. The Company’s current revenue stream is derived primarily from sales of needle-free injectors and related disposable syringes for human growth hormone delivery in Europe and elsewhere.

Medi-Jector VISION ® (MJ7)


The Medi-Jector VISION ® has been sold for use in more than 30 countries to deliver either insulin or human growth hormone. The product features a reusable, spring-based power source and disposable needle-free syringes, which eliminate the need for routine maintenance of the nozzle and allow for easy viewing of the medication dose prior to injection. The device’s primary advantage over earlier devices is its ease of use and cost efficiency. The product is also reusable, with each device designed to last for approximately 3,000 injections (or approximately two years) while the needle-free syringe is disposable after approximately one week of continuous use.

Antares believes this method of administration is a particularly attractive alternative to the needle and syringe for the groups of patients described below.

 

Patient Candidates for Needle-Free Injection

 

•     Young adults and children

 

•     Patients looking for an alternative to needles

 

•     Patients mixing insulins

 

•     Patients unable to comply with a prescribed needle program

 

•     Patients transitioning from oral medication to insulin

 

•     New patients beginning an injection treatment program

 

The Medi-Jector VISION ® is primarily used in the U.S. to provide a needle-free means of administering insulin to patients with diabetes. Patients with insulin-dependent diabetes are often required to make a life-long commitment to daily self-administration of insulin. In an effort to improve both the comfort and performance of this injected hormone, needle-free injection could become an important alternative method of choice for administration.

The Medi-Jector VISION ® administers insulin by using a spring to push insulin in solution or suspension through a micro-fine opening in the needle-free syringe. The opening is approximately half the diameter of a standard 30-gauge needle. A fine liquid stream of insulin then penetrates the skin, and the insulin dose is dispersed into the layer of fatty, subcutaneous tissue. The insulin is subsequently distributed throughout the body, successfully producing the desired effect.

The Medi-Jector VISION ® is primarily used in Europe and elsewhere to provide a needle-free means of administering human growth hormone to patients with growth retardation. The Company typically sells its injection devices to partners in these markets who manufacture and/or market human growth hormone directly. The partners then market the Company’s device with their growth hormone. The Company receives benefits from these agreements in the form of transfer pricing and royalties on sales of products.

Development Efforts: MJ8 (Valeo™) Needle-Free Injection Systems

In addition to the Medi-Jector VISION ® , Antares is also developing a reusable Medi-Jector device, the Medi-Jector MJ8 (Valeo™) with unique needle-free injection capabilities. The Medi-Jector Valeo™ accepts a conventional drug cartridge to create a completely self-contained, multi-dose, needle-free injection system. With these improvements, the Medi-Jector Valeo™ aspires to provide more user-friendly capabilities than its predecessors and, if marketed, the Company believes it would be the smallest reusable needle-free injector on the market.

 

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Vibex™ Pre-filled, Disposable Mini-Needle Injector

Beyond reusable needle-free injector technologies, the Company has designed disposable, mini-needle devices to address acute medical needs, such as allergic reactions, migraine headaches, acute pain and other daily therapies, as well as for the delivery of vaccines. The Company’s proprietary Vibex™ disposable, mini-needle product combines a low-energy, spring-based power source with a small, hidden needle, which delivers the needed drug solution subcutaneously or, in the case of vaccines, subdermally.

In order to minimize the anxiety and perceived pain associated with injection-based technologies, the Vibex™ disposable mini-needle injector features a triggering collar that shields the needle from view. The retracting collar springs back and locks in place as a protective needle guard after the injection, making the device safe for general disposal. In clinical studies, this device has outperformed other delivery methods in terms of completeness of injection, while limiting pain and bleeding. A summary of the unique benefits of the Vibex™ disposable mini-needle product is provided below.

 

Benefits of Vibex™ Disposable Mini-Needle Injectors

 

•     Rapid injection

 

•     Eliminates sharps disposal

 

•     Ease of use in emergencies

 

•     Reduces psychological barriers since the patient never sees the needle

 

•     Highly dependable subcutaneous injection

 

•     Designed around conventional cartridges or pre-filled syringes

 

The primary goal of the Vibex™ disposable mini-needle injector is to provide a fast, safe, and time-efficient method of self-injection that addresses the patient’s need for immediate relief. This device is designed around conventional cartridges or pre-filled syringes, which are primary drug containers, offering ease of transition for potential pharmaceutical partners.

Disposable Mini-Needle Vaccine Delivery Device

Antares’ disposable vaccine delivery device is at an earlier stage and is derived from its mini-needle injector technology (see above section). The disposable device is designed to deliver vaccines intradermally and to subdermal layers of the skin. Effective intradermal injection methods, using variants of conventional needles, depend extensively on the skill of the person administering the injection. Antares’ vaccine delivery technology simplifies the process for intradermal delivery, minimizing the dependence on skilled individuals administering the injection, and providing for a more comfortable means of vaccine delivery.

Research and Development

We currently have one pharmaceutical product candidate in our own clinical studies listed below. Additionally, pharmaceutical partners are developing compounds using our technology (see “Collaborative Arrangements and License Agreements”).

ANTUROL™. We are currently evaluating Anturol™ for the treatment of over active bladder (OAB). Anturol™ is the anticholinergic oxybutynin delivered by our proprietary ATD™ gel that is used to achieve therapeutic blood levels of the active compound that can be sustained over 24 hours after a single, daily application. It is believed that Anturol™ may offer equal or increased oxybutynin to the metabolite ratio, thus resulting in decreased reporting of

 

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adverse events when compared to patients taking comparable oral products. In addition, Anturol™ may also be more cosmetically appealing than patches and have less irritation and allergic reactions as well as comparable or decreased reporting of adverse events.

Background and Statistics

OAB affects more than 20 million adults and is one of the fastest growing segments in the urology market. It is characterized by involuntary muscle contractions resulting in urine leakage. Symptoms include urinary frequency, urgency and urge incontinence. While OAB may occur at any age, it is most common among the elderly, affecting up to 61% of those over 65, particularly post-menopausal women. A recent SCRIP Report showed the incontinence market growing at 40% per year.

Treatment currently consists of oral administration of compounds such as oxybutynin, tolteradine, darifenacin, solifenacin, and trospium each of which have significant side effects, including dry mouth (seen in 70% of patients), nausea, dry eyes, and constipation. It is estimated that half of the adults suffering from OAB either are too embarrassed to discuss their symptoms or are not aware that pharmacological treatment is available. It is estimated by Cowen & Co. in their March 2006 publication that just 16% of incontinence patients were compliant with their treatment in 2005 improving modestly to 18% in 2010.

Summary of Clinical Data

In February 2006, the Company announced the results of its Phase II dose ranging study for its ATD™ oxybutynin based gel product called Anturol™. The study was an open label, single period, randomized study using 48 healthy subjects and three different doses of Anturol™ over a 20 day period. Variables tested included accumulation of the dose, dose proportionality, decay of plasma levels, skin tolerability and other adverse events.

The overall conclusions of the study were positive. Dose proportionality occurred within the tested dosing range. A steady state was achieved after 3 applications (i.e., 3 days). Efficacy appeared comparable to oral products marketed. The incidences of dry mouth were minimal and similar to other transdermals while significantly improved over comparable oral medications. Additionally, skin tolerance (i.e. local skin irritation) was excellent.

A Phase III study has been preliminarily approved by the FDA and will include 400 patients (130-135 per treatment arm) with urge and mixed urinary incontinence. The study will be a multi-center study over a 12 week period with two dosage strengths applied once a day and compared to a placebo.

Proprietary Rights

When appropriate, the Company actively seeks protection for its products and proprietary information by means of U.S. and international patents and trademarks. With the injection device technology, the Company currently holds 28 patents and has an additional 82 applications pending in the U.S. and other countries. With the Company’s topical delivery technologies, it holds 2 patents, and an additional 17 applications in various countries are pending, with the Company’s oral technologies, it holds 2 patents and 12 applications in various countries. The patents have expiration dates ranging from 2015 to 2022. In addition to issued patents and patent applications, we are also protected by trade secrets in all of our technology platforms.

Some of the Company’s technology is developed on its behalf by independent outside contractors. To protect the rights of its proprietary know-how and technology, Company policy requires all employees and consultants with access to proprietary information to execute confidentiality agreements prohibiting the disclosure of confidential information to anyone outside the Company. These agreements also require disclosure and assignment to the Company of discoveries and inventions made by such individuals while devoted to Company-sponsored activities. Companies with which Antares has entered into development agreements have the right to certain technology developed in connection with such agreements. Ownership of intellectual property developed under the Lilly Development and License Agreement will be governed by U.S. laws of inventorship except that intellectual property relating to compounds, has been assigned to Lilly.

 

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Manufacturing

We do not have the resources, facilities or capabilities to manufacture any of our product candidates. We have no current plans to establish a manufacturing facility. We expect that we will be dependent to a significant extent on contract manufacturers for commercial scale manufacturing of our product candidates in accordance with regulatory standards.

Contract manufacturers may utilize their own technology, technology developed by us, or technology acquired or licensed from third parties. When contract manufacturers develop proprietary process technology and have ownership of the Drug Master File (DMF), our reliance on such contract manufacturers is increased, and we may have to obtain a license from such contract manufacturers to have our products manufactured by another party. Technology transfer from the original contract manufacturer may be required. Any such technology transfer may also require transfer of requisite data for regulatory purposes, including information contained in a proprietary DMF held by a contract manufacturer. FDA approval of the new manufacturer and manufacturing site would also be required.

We have not contracted with a commercial supplier of pharmaceutical chemicals, to supply us with active pharmaceutical ingredients of oxybutynin for Anturol™ in a manner that meets FDA requirements. We have contracted with Patheon, Inc. (Patheon), a manufacturing development company, to supply clinical quantities of Anturol™ gel in a manner that may meet FDA requirements. The FDA has not approved the manufacturing processes of Patheon.

The Company is responsible for U.S. device manufacturing in compliance with current Quality System Regulations (“QSR”) established by the Food and Drug Administration and by the centralized European regulatory authority (Medical Device Directive). Injector and disposable parts are manufactured by third-party suppliers and are assembled by a third-party supplier. Packaging is performed by a third-party supplier under the direction of the Company. Product release is performed by the Company.

The ATD™ Gel formulations for clinical studies have, in the past, been manufactured by contract under the Company’s supervision. Early in 2005, Antares Pharma AG, our wholly owned subsidiary in Switzerland, received a GMP approval for the production and wholesaling of medicaments.

Marketing

The Company expects to currently market most of its products through other more substantial pharmaceutical and medical device companies while continuing direct-to-consumer marketing of its insulin injection devices and related disposable components in the U.S. In the future as the Company develops more products in niche therapeutic areas, it may decide to incorporate limited sales and marketing capabilities.

During 2005, 2004 and 2003, international revenue accounted for 77%, 82% and 77% of total revenue, respectively. Europe (primarily Germany) accounted for 71%, 83% and 95% of international revenue in 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively, with the remainder coming primarily from Asia. Ferring accounted for 48%, 47% and 62% of the Company’s worldwide revenues in 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. accounted for 7%, 11% and 14% and JCR Pharmaceuticals, Co., Ltd. accounted for 12%, 6% and 1% of the Company’s worldwide revenues in 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Revenue from Ferring and JCR resulted from sales of injection devices and related disposable components for its hGH formulation. Revenue from BioSante resulted from license fees, development fees, milestone payments and clinical testing supplies for hormone replacement therapy transdermal gel formulations.

 

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Collaborative Arrangements and License Agreements

The following table describes significant existing pharmaceutical and device relationships, and license agreements.

 

Partner    Compound/Product    Market Segment    Technology

BioSante

   Estradiol (Bio-E-Gel)   

Hormone replacement therapy

(North America, other countries)

   ATD™ Gel
       

BioSante

   Testosterone (Libi-Gel™)   

Female sexual dysfunction

(North America, other countries)

   ATD™ Gel
     

Solvay

   Estradiol/NETA   

Hormone replacement therapy

(Worldwide)

   ATD™ Gel
       

Undisclosed

  

Undisclosed

Development Agreement

   Dermatology    ATD™ Gel
     

Undisclosed

  

Undisclosed

Development Agreement

   Central Nervous System    ATD™ Gel
       

Ferring

   MJ-7   

Growth Hormone

(U.S. and Europe)

   Needle Free Device
     
Teva Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., affiliate    Undisclosed   

Undisclosed

(United States)

   Undisclosed
       

Eli Lilly and Company

   MJ-7   

Diabetes and Obesity

(Worldwide)

   Needle Free Device
     

JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.

   MJ-7   

Growth Hormone

(Japan)

   Needle Free Device
       

SciGen Pte Ltd.

   MJ-7   

Growth Hormone

(Asia/Pacific)

  

Needle Free

Device

This table summarizes agreements under which the Company’s partners are selling products, conducting clinical evaluation, and performing development of the Company’s products. For competitive reasons, the Company’s partners may not divulge their name or the exact stage of clinical development.

In June 2000, the Company granted an exclusive license to BioSante to develop and commercialize three of the Company’s gel technology products and one patch technology product for use in hormone replacement therapy in North America and other countries. Subsequently, the license for the patch technology product was returned to the Company in exchange for a fourth gel based product. BioSante paid the Company $1 million upon execution of the agreement and is also required to pay the Company royalty payments once commercial sales of the products have begun. The royalty payments are based on a percentage of sales of the products and must be paid for a period of 10 years following the first commercial sale of the products, or when the last patent for the products expires, whichever is later. The agreement also provides for milestone payments to the Company upon the occurrence of certain events related to regulatory filings and approvals.

Under the Company’s June 1999 agreement with Solvay, the Company granted an exclusive license to Solvay for the Company’s transdermal gel technology for delivery of an estradiol/progestin combination for hormone replacement therapy. The exclusive license applies to all countries and territories in the world, except for North America, Japan and Korea. The agreement contains a development plan under which the Company and Solvay collaborate to bring the product to market. Solvay must pay the Company a license fee of $5 million in four separate payments, all of which are due upon completion of various phases of the development plan. To date, the Company has received $1.75 million of this fee. When commercial sale of the product begins, Solvay is required to, on a quarterly basis, pay the Company a royalty based on a percentage of sales. The royalty payments will be required for a period of 15 years or when the last patent for the product expires, whichever is later.

In August 2001, Solvay entered into an exclusive agreement with BioSante in which Solvay has sublicensed from BioSante the U.S. and Canadian rights to the Company’s estrogen/progestin combination transdermal hormone replacement gel product, one of the drug-delivery products the Company previously licensed to BioSante. Under the terms of this license agreement between the Company and BioSante, the Company received a portion of the up

 

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front payment made by Solvay to BioSante. The Company is also entitled to a portion of any milestone payments or royalties BioSante receives from Solvay under the sublicense agreement.

On January 22, 2003, the Company entered into a revised License Agreement with Ferring, under which the Company licensed certain of its intellectual property and extended the territories available to Ferring for use of certain of the Company’s reusable needle-free injection devices to include all countries and territories in the world except Asia/Pacific. Specifically, the Company granted to Ferring an exclusive, royalty-bearing license, within a prescribed manufacturing territory, to utilize certain of the Company’s reusable needle-free injector devices for the field of human growth hormone until the expiration of the last to expire of the patents in any country in the territory. The Company granted to Ferring similar non-exclusive rights outside of the prescribed manufacturing territory. In addition, the Company granted to Ferring a non-exclusive right to make and have made the equipment required to manufacture the licensed products, and an exclusive, royalty-free license in a prescribed territory to use and sell the licensed products under certain circumstances. The Company also granted to Ferring a right of first offer to obtain an exclusive worldwide license to manufacture and sell the Company’s early version of a disposable mini-needle device in a specified field.

In November 2005, the Company signed an agreement with an affiliate of Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. under which the affiliate is obligated to purchase all of its injection delivery device requirements from Antares for an undisclosed product to be marketed in the United States. The affiliate also received an option for rights in other territories. The license agreement included, among other things, an upfront cash payment, milestone fees and a negotiated percentage of the gross profit on units sold.

In September 2003, the Company entered into a Development and License Agreement (the “License Agreement”) with Eli Lilly and Company. Under the License Agreement, the Company granted Lilly an exclusive license to certain of the Company’s needle-free technology in the fields of diabetes and obesity.

In 2004, JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. initiated a campaign to broaden its marketing efforts for human growth hormone under a purchase agreement with our needle free injector, MJ-7. In 1999, SciGen pte Ltd. began distribution in Asia of our needle free injector MJ-7 for human growth hormone, and in 2004 Shreya Life Sciences initiated a test market evaluation that resulted in limited distribution in India with insulin.

Distribution/supply agreements are arrangements under which the Company’s products are supplied to end-users through the distributor or supplier. The Company provides the distributor/supplier with injection devices and related disposable components, and the distributor/supplier often receives a margin on sales. The Company currently has three distribution/supply agreements under which the distributors/suppliers sell the Company’s injection devices and related disposable components for use with insulin.

Competition

Competition in the pharmaceutical formulation sector is considerably large, mature and dominated by companies like ALZA Corporation, Elan Corporation plc, SkyePharma plc and Alkermes, Inc. Competition in the gel market includes companies like NexMed, Inc., Cellegy Pharmceuticals, Inc., Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Novavax, Inc. Competition in the fast-melt market includes Eurand, CIMA Labs, Inc., Cardinal Health and Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Competition in the disposable, single-use injector market includes, but is not limited to, OwenMumford Ltd., The Medical House and Pharma-Pen, Inc. (formerly Innoject, Inc.), while competition in the reusable needle-free injector market includes Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. and The Medical House.

Competition in the injectable drug delivery market is intensifying. The Company faces competition from traditional needles and syringes, newer pen-like and sheathed needle syringes and other needle-free injection systems as well as alternative drug delivery methods including oral, transdermal and pulmonary delivery systems. Nevertheless, the majority of injections are still currently administered using needles. Because injections are typically only used when other drug delivery methods are not feasible, the needle-free injection systems may be made obsolete by the development or introduction of drugs or drug delivery methods which do not require injection

 

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for the treatment of conditions the Company has currently targeted. In addition, because the Company intends to, at least in part, enter into collaborative arrangements with pharmaceutical companies, the Company’s competitive position will depend upon the competitive position of the pharmaceutical company with which it collaborates for each drug application.

Government Regulation

We and our collaborative partners are subject to, and any potential products discovered, developed and manufactured by us or our collaborative partners must comply with, comprehensive regulation by the FDA in the United States and by comparable authorities in other countries. These national agencies and other federal, state, and local entities regulate, among other things, the pre-clinical and clinical testing, safety, effectiveness, approval, manufacturing operations, quality, labeling, distribution, marketing, export, storage, record keeping, event reporting, advertising and promotion of pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Facilities and certain company records are also subject to inspections by the FDA and comparable authorities or their representatives. The FDA has broad discretion in enforcing the FD&C Act and the regulations thereunder, and noncompliance can result in a variety of regulatory steps ranging from warning letters, product detentions, device alerts or field corrections to mandatory recalls, seizures, injunctive actions and civil or criminal actions or penalties.

Transdermal and topical products indicated for the treatment of systemic or local treatments respectively are regulated by the FDA in the U.S. and other similar regulatory agencies in other countries as drug products. Transdermal and topical products are considered to be controlled release dosage forms and may not be marketed in the U.S. until they have been demonstrated to be safe and effective. The regulatory approval routes for transdermal and topical products include the filing of an NDA for new drugs, new indications of approved drugs or new dosage forms of approved drugs. Alternatively, these dosage forms can obtain marketing approval as a generic product by the filing of an ANDA, providing the new generic product is bioequivalent to and has the same labeling as a comparable approved product or as a filing under Section 505(b)(2) where there is an acceptable reference product. Many topical products for local treatment do not require the filing of either an NDA or ANDA, providing that these products comply with existing OTC monographs. The combination of the drug, its dosage form and label claims, and FDA requirement will ultimately determine which regulatory approval route will be required.

The process required by the FDA before a new drug (pharmaceutical product) or a new route of administration of a pharmaceutical product may be approved for marketing in the United States generally involves:

 

    pre-clinical laboratory and animal tests;

 

    submission to the FDA of an IND application, which must be in effect before clinical trials may begin;

 

    adequate and well controlled human clinical trials to establish the safety and efficacy of the drug for its intended indication(s);

 

    FDA compliance inspection and/or clearance of all manufacturers;

 

    submission to the FDA of an NDA; and

 

    FDA review of the NDA or product license application in order to determine, among other things, whether the drug is safe and effective for its intended uses.

Pre-clinical tests include laboratory evaluation of product chemistry and formulation, as well as animal studies, to assess the potential safety and efficacy of the product. Certain pre-clinical tests must comply with FDA regulations regarding current good laboratory practices. The results of the pre-clinical tests are submitted to the FDA as part of an IND, to support human clinical trials and are reviewed by the FDA, with patient safety as the primary objective, prior to the IND commencement of human clinical trials.

Clinical trials are conducted according to protocols that detail matters such as a description of the condition to be treated, the objectives of the study, a description of the patient population eligible for the study and the parameters to be used to monitor safety and efficacy. Each protocol must be submitted to the FDA as part of the IND. Protocols must be conducted in accordance with FDA regulations concerning good clinical practices to ensure the quality and integrity of clinical trial results and data. Failure to adhere to good clinical practices and the protocols may result in FDA rejection of clinical trial results and data, and may delay or prevent the FDA from approving the drug for commercial use.

 

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Clinical trials are typically conducted in three sequential Phases, which may overlap. During Phase I, when the drug is initially given to human subjects, the product is tested for safety, dosage tolerance, absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion. Phase I studies are often conducted with healthy volunteers depending on the drug being tested; however, in oncology, Phase I trials are more often conducted in cancer patients. Phase II involves studies in a limited patient population, typically patients with the conditions needing treatment, to:

 

    evaluate preliminarily the efficacy of the product for specific, targeted indications;

 

    determine dosage tolerance and optimal dosage; and

 

    identify possible adverse effects and safety risks.

Pivotal or Phase III adequate and well-controlled trials are undertaken in order to evaluate efficacy and safety in a comprehensive fashion within an expanded patient population for the purpose of registering the new drug. The FDA may suspend or terminate clinical trials at any point in this process if it concludes that patients are being exposed to an unacceptable health risk or if they decide it is unethical to continue the study. Results of pre-clinical and clinical trials must be summarized in comprehensive reports for the FDA. In addition, the results of Phase III studies are often subject to rigorous statistical analyses. This data may be presented in accordance with the guidelines for the International Committee of Harmonization that can facilitate registration in the United States, the EU and Japan.

FDA approval of our own and our collaborators’ products is required before the products may be commercialized in the United States. FDA approval of an NDA will be based, among other factors, on the comprehensive reporting of clinical data, risk/benefit analysis, animal studies and manufacturing processes and facilities. The process of obtaining NDA approvals from the FDA can be costly and time consuming and may be affected by unanticipated delays.

Among the conditions for NDA approval is the requirement that the prospective manufacturer’s procedures conform to current good manufacturing practices, which must be followed at all times. In complying with this requirement, manufacturers, including a drug sponsor’s third-party contract manufacturer, must continue to expend time, money and effort in the area of production, quality assurance and quality control to ensure compliance. Domestic manufacturing establishments are subject to periodic inspections by the FDA in order to assess, among other things, compliance with current good manufacturing practices. To supply products for use in the United States, foreign manufacturing establishments also must comply with current good manufacturing practices and are subject to periodic inspection by the FDA or by regulatory authorities in certain countries under reciprocal agreements with the FDA.

An sNDA is a submission to an existing NDA that provides for changes to the NDA and therefore requires FDA approval. Changes to the NDA that require FDA approval are the subject of either the active ingredients, the drug product and/or the labeling. A supplement is required to fully describe the change. There are two types of sNDAs depending on the content and extent of the change. These two types are (i) supplements requiring FDA approval before the change is made and (ii) supplements for changes that may be made before FDA approval. Supplements to the labeling that change the Indication Section require prior FDA approval before the change can be made to the labeling, e.g. a new indication.

Both before and after market approval is obtained, a product, its manufacturer and the holder of the NDA for the product are subject to comprehensive regulatory oversight. Violations of regulatory requirements at any stage, including after approval, may result in various adverse consequences, including the FDA’s delay in approving or refusal to approve a product, withdrawal of an approved product from the market and the imposition of criminal penalties against the manufacturer and NDA holder. In addition, later discovery of previously unknown problems may result in restrictions on the product, manufacturer or NDA holder, including withdrawal of the product from the market. Furthermore, new government requirements may be established that could delay or prevent regulatory approval of our products under development.

FDA approval is required before a generic equivalent can be marketed. We seek approval for such products by submitting an ANDA to the FDA. When processing an ANDA, the FDA waives the requirement of conducting

 

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complete clinical studies, although it normally requires bioavailability and/or bioequivalence studies. “Bioavailability” indicates the rate and extent of absorption and levels of concentration of a drug product in the blood stream needed to produce a therapeutic effect. “Bioequivalence” compares the bioavailability of one drug product with another, and when established, indicates that the rate of absorption and levels of concentration of the active drug substance in the body are equivalent for the generic drug and the previously approved drug. An ANDA may be submitted for a drug on the basis that it is the equivalent of a previously approved drug or, in the case of a new dosage form, is suitable for use for the indications specified.

Before approving a product, the FDA also requires that our procedures and operations or those of our contracted manufacturer conform to Current Good Manufacturing Practice (“cGMP”) regulations, relating to good manufacturing practices as defined in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations. We and our contracted manufacturer must follow the cGMP regulations at all times during the manufacture of our products. We will continue to spend significant time, money and effort in the areas of production and quality testing to help ensure full compliance with cGMP regulations and continued marketing of our products now or in the future.

If the FDA believes a company is not in compliance with cGMP, sanctions may be imposed upon that company including:

 

    withholding from the company new drug approvals as well as approvals for supplemental changes to existing applications;

 

    preventing the company from receiving the necessary export licenses to export its products; and

 

    classifying the company as an “unacceptable supplier” and thereby disqualifying the company from selling products to federal agencies.

The timing of final FDA approval of an ANDA depends on a variety of factors, including whether the applicant challenges any listed patents for the drug and whether the brand-name manufacturer is entitled to one or more statutory exclusivity periods, during which the FDA may be prohibited from accepting applications for, or approving, generic products. In certain circumstances, a regulatory exclusivity period can extend beyond the life of a patent, and thus block ANDAs from being approved on the patent expiration date. For example, in certain circumstances the FDA may extend the exclusivity of a product by six months past the date of patent expiry if the manufacturer undertakes studies on the effect of their product in children, a so-called pediatric extension. The pediatric extension results from a 1997 law designed to reward branded pharmaceutical companies for conducting research on the effects of pharmaceutical products in the pediatric population. As a result, under certain circumstances, a branded company can obtain an additional six months of market exclusivity by performing pediatric research.

In May 1992, Congress enacted the Generic Drug Enforcement Act of 1992, which allows the FDA to impose debarment and other penalties on individuals and companies that commit certain illegal acts relating to the generic drug approval process. In some situations, the Generic Drug Enforcement Act requires the FDA to not accept or review ANDAs for a period of time from a company or an individual that has committed certain violations. It also provides for temporary denial of approval of applications during the investigation of certain violations that could lead to debarment and also, in more limited circumstances, provides for the suspension of the marketing of approved drugs by the affected company. Lastly, the Generic Drug Enforcement Act allows for civil penalties and withdrawal of previously approved applications. Neither we nor any of our employees have ever been subject to debarment.

Drug delivery systems such as injectors may be legally marketed as a medical device or may be evaluated as part of the drug approval process in connection with an NDA or a Product License Application (“PLA”). Combination drug/device products raise unique scientific, technical and regulatory issues. The FDA has established an Office of Combination Products to address the challenges associated with the premarket review and regulation of combination products. New drug/delivery combinations may require designation from the Office of Combination Products to determine assignment to the appropriate regulatory center. To the extent permitted under the FD&C Act and current FDA policy, the Company intends to seek the required approvals and clearance for the use of its new injectors, as modified for use in specific drug applications under the medical device provisions, rather than under the new drug provisions, of the FD&C Act.

 

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Products regulated as medical devices may not be commercially distributed in the United States unless they have been found substantially equivalent to a marketed product or approved by the FDA, unless otherwise exempted from the FD&C Act and regulations thereunder. There are two methods for obtaining such clearance or approvals. Under Section 510(k) of the FD&C Act (“510(k) notification”), certain products qualify for a pre-market notification (“PMN”) of the manufacturer’s intention to commence marketing the product. The manufacturer must, among other things, establish in the PMN that the product to be marketed is substantially equivalent to another legally marketed product (that is, that it has the same intended use and that it is as safe and effective as a legally marketed device and does not raise questions of safety and effectiveness that are different from those associated with the legally marketed device). Marketing may commence when the FDA issues a letter finding substantial equivalence to such a legally marketed device. The FDA may require, in connection with a PMN, that it be provided with animal and/or human test results. If a medical device does not qualify for the 510(k) procedure, the manufacturer must file a pre-market approval (“PMA”) application under Section 515 of the FD&C Act. A PMA must show that the device is safe and effective and is generally a much more complex submission than a 510(k) notification, typically requiring more extensive pre-filing testing and a longer FDA review process. The Company believes that injection systems, when indicated for use with drugs or biologicals approved by the FDA, will be regulated as medical devices and are eligible for clearance through the 510(k) notification process. There can be no assurance, however, that the FDA will not require a PMA in the future.

In addition to submission when a device is being introduced into the market for the first time, a PMN is also required when the manufacturer makes a change or modification to a previously marketed device that could significantly affect safety or effectiveness, or where there is a major change or modification in the intended use or in the manufacture of the device. When any change or modification is made in a device or its intended use, the manufacturer is expected to make the initial determination as to whether the change or modification is of a kind that would necessitate the filing of a new 510(k) notification. The Medi-Jector VISION ® injection system is a legally marketed device under Section 510(k) of the FD&C Act. In the future the Company or its partners may submit 510(k) notifications with regard to further device design improvements and uses with additional drug therapies.

If the FDA concludes that any or all of the Company’s new injectors must be handled under the new drug provisions of the FD&C Act, substantially greater regulatory requirements and approval times will be imposed. Use of a modified new product with a previously unapproved new drug likely will be handled as part of the NDA for the new drug itself. Under these circumstances, the device component will be handled as a drug accessory and will be approved, if ever, only when the NDA itself is approved. The Company’s injectors may be required to be approved as a combination drug/device product under a supplemental NDA for use with previously approved drugs. Under these circumstances, the Company’s device could be used with the drug only if and when the supplemental NDA is approved for this purpose. It is possible that, for some or even all drugs, the FDA may take the position that a drug-specific approval must be obtained through a full NDA or supplemental NDA before the device may be packaged and sold in combination with a particular drug.

To the extent that the Company’s modified injectors are packaged with the drug, as part of a drug delivery system, the entire package is subject to the requirements for drug/device combination products. These include drug manufacturing requirements, drug adverse reaction reporting requirements, and all of the restrictions that apply to drug labeling and advertising. In general, the drug requirements under the FD&C Act are more onerous than medical device requirements. These requirements could have a substantial adverse impact on the Company’s ability to commercialize its products and its operations.

The FD&C Act also regulates quality control and manufacturing procedures by requiring the Company and its contract manufacturers to demonstrate compliance with the current Quality System Regulations (“QSR”). The FDA’s interpretation and enforcement of these requirements have been increasingly strict in recent years and seem likely to be even more stringent in the future. The FDA monitors compliance with these requirements by requiring manufacturers to register with the FDA and by conducting periodic FDA inspections of manufacturing facilities. If the inspector observes conditions that might violate the QSR, the manufacturer must correct those conditions or explain them satisfactorily. Failure to adhere to QSR requirements would cause the devices produced to be considered in violation of the FDA Act and subject to FDA enforcement action that might include physical removal of the devices from the marketplace.

 

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The FDA’s Medical Device Reporting Regulation requires companies to provide information to the FDA on the occurrence of any death or serious injuries alleged to have been associated with the use of their products, as well as any product malfunction that would likely cause or contribute to a death or serious injury if the malfunction were to recur. In addition, FDA regulations prohibit a device from being marketed for unapproved or uncleared indications. If the FDA believes that a company is not in compliance with these regulations, it could institute proceedings to detain or seize company products, issue a recall, seek injunctive relief or assess civil and criminal penalties against the company or its executive officers, directors or employees.

In addition to regulations enforced by the FDA, we must also comply with regulations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Environmental Protection Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and other federal, state and local regulations.

In addition to regulations in the United States, we are subject to various foreign regulations governing clinical trials and the commercial sales and distribution of our products. We must obtain approval of a product by the comparable regulatory authorities of foreign countries before we can commence clinical trials or marketing of the product in those countries. The requirements governing the conduct of clinical trials, product licensing, pricing and reimbursement and the regulatory approval process all vary greatly from country to country. Additionally, the time it takes to complete the approval process in foreign countries may be longer or shorter than that required for FDA approval. Foreign regulatory approvals of our products are necessary whether or not we obtain FDA approval for such products. Finally, before a new drug may be exported from the United States, it must either be approved for marketing in the United States or meet the requirements of exportation of an unapproved drug under Section 802 of the Export Reform and Enhancement Act or comply with FDA regulations pertaining to INDs.

Under European Union regulatory systems, we are permitted to submit marketing authorizations under either a centralized or decentralized procedure. The centralized procedure provides for the grant of a single marketing authorization that is valid for all member states of the European Union. The decentralized procedure provides for mutual recognition of national approval decisions by permitting the holder of a national marketing authorization to submit an application to the remaining member states. Within 90 days of receiving the applications and assessment report, each member state must decide whether to recognize approval.

Sales of medical devices outside of the U.S. are subject to foreign legal and regulatory requirements. Certain of the Company’s transdermal and injection systems have been approved for sale only in certain foreign jurisdictions. Legal restrictions on the sale of imported medical devices and products vary from country to country. The time required to obtain approval by a foreign country may be longer or shorter than that required for FDA approval, and the requirements may differ. Antares relies upon the companies marketing its injectors in foreign countries to obtain the necessary regulatory approvals for sales of the Company’s products in those countries. Generally, products having an effective 510(k) clearance or PMA may be exported without further FDA authorization.

The Company has obtained ISO 13485: 2003 certification, the newly released medical device industry standard for its quality systems. This certification shows that the Company’s development and manufacturing comply with standards for quality assurance, design capability and manufacturing process control. Such certification, along with European Medical Device Directive certification, evidences compliance with the requirements enabling the Company to affix the CE Mark to current products. The CE Mark denotes conformity with European standards for safety and allows certified devices to be placed on the market in all European Union countries. Semi-annual audits by the Company’s notified body, British Standards Institute, are required to demonstrate continued compliance.

The Company has also received GMP approval from the Swiss Medical Institute for the production and wholesaling of medicaments, specifically related to its Advanced Transdermal Delivery (ATD™) gels. This allows the Company to produce clinical trial materials and related packaging as well as production of intermediate products and end-user medicaments.

Employees

We believe that our success is largely dependent upon our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel in the research, development, manufacturing, business development and commercialization fields. As of March 1, 2006, we had 24 full-time and 3 part-time employees worldwide, of whom 14 are in the United States. Of the 27 employees, 14 are primarily involved in research, development and manufacturing activities, 2 are primarily involved in business development and commercialization, with the remainder engaged in executive and administrative capacities. Although we believe that we are appropriately sized to focus on our mission, we intend to add personnel with specialized expertise, as needed.

We believe that we have been successful to date in attracting skilled and experienced scientific and business professionals. We consider our employee relations to be good, and none of our employees are represented by any labor union or other collective bargaining unit. However, competition for personnel is intense and we cannot assure that we will continue to be able to attract and retain personnel of high caliber.

 

Item 1A. RISK FACTORS

The following “risk factors” contain important information about us and our business and should be read in their entirety. Additional risks and uncertainties not known to us or that we now believe to be not material could

 

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also impair our business. If any of the following risks actually occur, our business, results of operations and financial condition could suffer significantly. As a result, the market price of our common stock could decline and you could lose all of your investment. In this Section, the terms “we” and “our” refer to Antares Pharma, Inc.

Risks Related to Our Operations

We have incurred significant losses to date, and there is no guarantee that we will ever become profitable

We had working capital of $965,169 at December 31, 2005, and $8,489,253 at December 31, 2004. We incurred net losses of ($8,497,956) and ($8,348,532) in the fiscal years ended 2005 and 2004, respectively. In addition, we have accumulated aggregate net losses from the inception of business through December 31, 2005 of ($91,123,107). The costs for research and product development of our drug delivery technologies along with marketing and selling expenses and general and administrative expenses have been the principal causes of our losses.

We completed private placements in March 2006 and February and March 2004 in which we received aggregate gross proceeds of $10,962,500 and $15,120,000, respectively. We believe that the combination of these equity financings and projected product sales and product development and license revenues will provide us with sufficient funds to support operations beyond 2006. However, if we need additional financing and are unable to obtain such financing when needed, or obtain it on favorable terms, we may be required to curtail development of new drug technologies, limit expansion of operations, accept financing terms that are not as attractive as we may desire or be forced to liquidate and close operations.

Long-term capital requirements will depend on numerous factors, including, but not limited to, the status of collaborative arrangements, the progress of research and development programs and the receipt of revenues from sales of products. Our ability to achieve and/or sustain profitable operations depends on a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control. These factors include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

    the demand for our technologies from current and future biotechnology and pharmaceutical partners;

 

    our ability to manufacture products efficiently and with the required quality;

 

    our ability to increase and continue to outsource manufacturing capacity to allow for new product introductions;

 

    the level of product competition and of price competition;

 

    our ability to develop, maintain or acquire patent positions;

 

    our ability to develop additional commercial applications for our products;

 

    our limited regulatory and commercialization experience;

 

    our reliance on outside consultants;

 

    our ability to obtain regulatory approvals;

 

    our ability to attract the right personnel to execute our plans;

 

    our ability to control costs; and

 

    general economic conditions.

As we changed our business model to be more commercially oriented by further developing our own products, we may not have sufficient resources to fully execute our plan.

We must make choices as to the drugs that we will combine with our transdermal gel, fast-melt tablet and disposable mini-needle technologies to move into the marketplace. We may not make the correct choice of drug or technologies when combined with a drug, which may not be accepted by the marketplace as we expected or at all. FDA approval processes for the drugs and drugs with devices may be longer in time and/or more costly and/or require more extended clinical evaluation than anticipated. Funds required to bring our own products to market may be more than anticipated or may not be available at all. We have limited experience in development of compounds and in regulatory matters and bringing such products to market; therefore, we may experience difficulties in making this change or not be able to achieve the change at all.

 

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We currently depend on a limited number of customers for the majority of our revenue, and the loss of any one of these customers could substantially reduce our revenue and impact our liquidity

During 2005, we derived approximately 48% and 12% of our revenue, from Ferring and JCR Pharmaceuticals, Co., Ltd., respectively.

The loss of either of these customers would cause our revenues to decrease significantly, increase our continuing losses from operations and, ultimately, could require us to cease operating. If we cannot broaden our customer base, we will continue to depend on a few customers for the majority of our revenues. Additionally, if we are unable to negotiate favorable business terms with these customers in the future, our revenues and gross profits may be insufficient to allow us to achieve and/or sustain profitability or continue operations.

If we or our third-party manufacturer are unable to supply Ferring with our devices pursuant to our current license agreement with Ferring, Ferring would own a fully paid up license for certain of our intellectual property

Pursuant to our license agreement with Ferring, we licensed certain of our intellectual property related to our needle-free injection devices, including a license that allows Ferring to manufacture our devices on its own for use with its human growth hormone product. This license becomes effective if we are unable to continue to supply product to Ferring under our current supply agreement. In accordance with the license agreement, we entered into a manufacturing agreement with a third party to manufacture our devices for Ferring. If we or this third party are unable to meet our obligations to supply Ferring with our devices, Ferring would own a fully paid up license to manufacture our devices and to use and exploit our intellectual property in connection with Ferring’s human growth hormone product. In such event, we would no longer receive royalties or manufacturing margins from Ferring.

If we do not develop and maintain relationships with manufacturers of our drug candidates, then we may not successfully manufacture and sell our pharmaceutical products.

We do not possess the capabilities, resources or facilities to manufacture Anturol™, which is currently in clinical studies for over active bladder, or any other of our future drug candidates. We must contract with manufacturers to produce Anturol™ according to government regulations. Our future development and delivery of our product candidates depends on the timely, profitable and competitive performance of these manufacturers. A limited number of manufacturers exist which are capable of manufacturing our product candidates. We may fail to contract with the necessary manufacturers or we may contract with manufactures on terms that may not be entirely acceptable to us. Our manufacturers must obtain FDA approval for their manufacturing processes, and we have no control over this approval process.

We have not contracted with a commercial supplier of active pharmaceutical ingredients of oxybutynin for Anturol™. We are currently working towards selecting a manufacturer to provide us with oxybutynin in a manner which meets FDA requirements.

We have contracted with Patheon, a manufacturing development company, to supply clinical quantities of Anturol™ in a manner that meets FDA requirements. The FDA has not approved the manufacturing processes of Patheon. Any failure by Patheon to achieve compliance with FDA standards could significantly harm our business since we do not have an approved secondary manufacturer for Anturol™.

We have limited device manufacturing experience and may experience manufacturing difficulties related to the use of new device materials and procedures, which could increase our production costs and, ultimately, decrease our profits

Our past assembly, testing and device manufacturing experience for certain of our device technologies has involved the assembly of products from machined stainless steel and composite components in limited quantities. Our planned future drug delivery device technologies necessitate significant changes and additions to our manufacturing and assembly process to accommodate new components. These systems must be manufactured in compliance with regulatory requirements, in a timely manner and in sufficient quantities while maintaining quality and acceptable manufacturing costs. In the course of these changes and additions to our manufacturing and

 

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production methods, we may encounter difficulties, including problems involving yields, quality control and assurance, product reliability, manufacturing costs, existing and new equipment, component supplies and shortages of personnel, any of which could result in significant delays in production. Additionally, in February 2003, we entered into a manufacturing agreement under which a third party assembles our MJ7 devices and certain related disposable component parts. There can be no assurance that this third-party manufacturer will be able to meet these regulatory requirements or our own quality control standards. Therefore, there can be no assurance that we will be able to successfully produce and manufacture our products. Any failure to do so would negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations. We are now in the process of outsourcing manufacturing of our AJ mini-needle products to third parties. Such products will be price sensitive and may be required to be manufactured in large quantities, and we have no assurance that this can be done.

Our products have achieved only limited acceptance by patients and physicians, which continues to restrict marketing penetration and the resulting sales of more units

Our business ultimately depends on patient and physician acceptance of our needle-free injectors, gels, fast-melt tablets and our other drug delivery technologies as an alternative to more traditional forms of drug delivery, including injections using a needle, orally ingested drugs and more traditional transdermal patch products. To date, our device technologies have achieved only limited acceptance from such parties. The degree of acceptance of our drug delivery systems depends on a number of factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

  advantages over alternative drug delivery systems or similar products from other companies;

 

  demonstrated clinical efficacy, safety and enhanced patient compliance;

 

  cost-effectiveness;

 

  convenience and ease of use of injectors and transdermal gels; and

 

  marketing and distribution support.

Physicians may refuse to prescribe products incorporating our drug delivery technologies if they believe that the active ingredient is better administered to a patient using alternative drug delivery technologies, that the time required to explain use of the technologies to the patient would not be offset by advantages, or they believe that the delivery method will result in patient noncompliance. Factors such as patient perceptions that a gel is inconvenient to apply or that devices do not deliver the drug at the same rate as conventional drug delivery methods may cause patients to reject our drug delivery technologies. Because only a limited number of products incorporating our drug delivery technologies are commercially available, we cannot yet fully assess the level of market acceptance of our drug delivery technologies.

A 2002 National Institute of Health (“NIH”) study and the 2003 findings from the Million Women Study first launched in 1997 in the U.K. questioned the safety of hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women, and our female hormone replacement therapy business may suffer as a result

In July 2002, the NIH halted a long-term study, known as the Women’s Health Initiative, being conducted on oral female hormone replacement therapy (“HRT”) using a combination of estradiol and progestin because the study showed an increased risk of breast cancer, heart disease and blood clots in women taking the combination therapy. The arm of the study using estrogen alone was stopped in March 2004 after the NIH concluded that the benefits of estrogen did not outweigh the stroke risk for women in this trial. The halted study looked at only one brand of oral combined HRT and of estrogen, and there is no information on whether brands with different levels of hormones would carry the same risk. In January 2003, the FDA announced that it would require new warnings on the labels of HRT products, and it advised patients to consult with their physicians about whether to continue treatment with continuous combined HRT and to limit the period of use to that required to manage post-menopausal vasomotor symptoms only. Subsequently, additional analysis from the NIH study has suggested a slight increase in the risk of cognitive dysfunction developing in patients on long-term combined HRT. The Million Women Study, conducted in the U.K., confirmed that current and recent use of HRT increases a woman’s chance of developing breast cancer and that the risk increased with duration of use. Other HRT studies have found potential links between HRT and an increased risk of dementia and asthma. These results and recommendations impacted the use of HRT, and product sales have diminished significantly. We cannot yet assess the impact any of the studies’ results may have on our contracts or on our partners’ perspective of the market for transdermal gel products designed for HRT. We also

 

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cannot predict whether our alternative route of transdermal administration of HRT products will carry the same risk as the oral products used in the study.

If transdermal gels do not achieve greater market acceptance, we may be unable to achieve profitability

Because transdermal gels are a newer, less understood method of drug delivery, our potential consumers have little experience with manufacturing costs or pricing parameters. Our assumption of higher value may not be shared by the consumer. To date, transdermal gels have gained successful entry into only a limited number of markets. There can be no assurance that transdermal gels will ever gain market acceptance beyond these markets sufficient to allow us to achieve and/or sustain profitable operations in this product area.

We rely on third parties to supply components for our products, and any failure to retain relationships with these third parties could negatively impact our ability to manufacture our products

Certain of our technologies contain a number of customized components manufactured by various third parties. Regulatory requirements applicable to medical device manufacturing can make substitution of suppliers costly and time-consuming. In the event that we could not obtain adequate quantities of these customized components from our suppliers, there can be no assurance that we would be able to access alternative sources of such components within a reasonable period of time, on acceptable terms or at all. The unavailability of adequate quantities, the inability to develop alternative sources, a reduction or interruption in supply or a significant increase in the price of components could have a material adverse effect on our ability to manufacture and market our products.

We may be unable to successfully expand into new areas of drug delivery technology, which could negatively impact our business as a whole

We intend to continue to enhance our current technologies. Even if enhanced technologies appear promising during various stages of development, we may not be able to develop commercial applications for them because

 

    the potential technologies may fail clinical studies;

 

    we may not find a pharmaceutical company to adopt the technologies;

 

    it may be difficult to apply the technologies on a commercial scale;

 

    the technologies may not be economical to market; or

 

    we may not receive necessary regulatory approvals for the potential technologies.

We have not yet completed research and development work or obtained regulatory approval for any technologies for use with any drugs other than insulin, human growth hormone and estradiol. There can be no assurance that any newly developed technologies will ultimately be successful or that unforeseen difficulties will not occur in research and development, clinical testing, regulatory submissions and approval, product manufacturing and commercial scale-up, marketing, or product distribution related to any such improved technologies or new uses. Any such occurrence could materially delay the commercialization of such improved technologies or new uses or prevent their market introduction entirely.

As health insurance companies and other third-party payors increasingly challenge the products and services for which they will provide coverage, our individual consumers may not be able to receive adequate reimbursement or may be unable to afford to use our products, which could substantially reduce our revenues and negatively impact our business as a whole

Our injector device products are currently sold in the European Community (“EC”) and in the United States for use with human growth hormone or insulin. In the case of human growth hormone, our products are provided to users at no cost by the drug manufacturer. In the United States the injector products are legally marketed and available for use with insulin.

Although it is impossible for us to identify the amount of sales of our products that our customers will submit for payment to third-party insurers, at least some of these sales may be dependent in part on the availability of adequate reimbursement from these third-party healthcare payors. Currently, insurance companies and other third-party

 

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payors reimburse the cost of certain technologies on a case-by-case basis and may refuse reimbursement if they do not perceive benefits to a technology’s use in a particular case. Third-party payors are increasingly challenging the pricing of medical products and services, and there can be no assurance that such third-party payors will not in the future increasingly reject claims for coverage of the cost of certain of our technologies. Insurance and third-party payor practice vary from country to country, and changes in practices could negatively affect our business if the cost burden for our technologies were shifted more to the patient. Therefore, there can be no assurance that adequate levels of reimbursement will be available to enable us to achieve or maintain market acceptance of our technologies or maintain price levels sufficient to realize profitable operations. There is also a possibility of increased government control or influence over a broad range of healthcare expenditures in the future. Any such trend could negatively impact the market for our drug delivery products and technologies.

The loss of any existing licensing agreements or the failure to enter into new licensing agreements could substantially affect our revenue

One of our business pathways requires us to enter into license agreements with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies covering the development, manufacture, use and marketing of drug delivery technologies with specific drug therapies. Under these arrangements, the partner company typically assists us in the development of systems for such drug therapies and collect or sponsor the collection of the appropriate data for submission for regulatory approval of the use of the drug delivery technology with the licensed drug therapy. Our licensees may also be responsible for distribution and marketing of the technologies for these drug therapies either worldwide or in specific territories. We are currently a party to a number of such agreements, all of which are currently in varying stages of development. We may not be able to meet future milestones established in our agreements (such milestones generally being structured around satisfactory completion of certain phases of clinical development, regulatory approvals and commercialization of our product) and thus, would not receive the fees expected from such arrangements or related future royalties. Moreover, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in executing additional collaborative agreements or that existing or future agreements will result in increased sales of our drug delivery technologies. In such event, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected, and our revenues and gross profits may be insufficient to allow us to achieve and/or sustain profitability. As a result of our collaborative agreements, we are dependent upon the development, data collection and marketing efforts of our licensees. The amount and timing of resources such licensees devote to these efforts are not within our control, and such licensees could make material decisions regarding these efforts that could adversely affect our future financial condition and results of operations. In addition, factors that adversely impact the introduction and level of sales of any drug covered by such licensing arrangements, including competition within the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, the timing of regulatory or other approvals and intellectual property litigation, may also negatively affect sales of our drug delivery technology.

The failure of any of our third-party licensees to develop, obtain regulatory approvals for, market, distribute and sell our products as planned may result in us not meeting revenue and profit targets

Pharmaceutical company partners help us develop, obtain regulatory approvals for, manufacture and sell our products. If one or more of these pharmaceutical company partners fail to pursue the development or marketing of the products as planned, our revenues and profits may not reach expectations or may decline. We may not be able to control the timing and other aspects of the development of products because pharmaceutical company partners may have priorities that differ from ours. Therefore, commercialization of products under development may be delayed unexpectedly. Generally speaking, in the near term, we do not intend to have a direct marketing channel to consumers for our drug delivery products or technologies except through current distributor agreements in the United States for our insulin delivery device. Therefore, the success of the marketing organizations of our pharmaceutical company partners, as well as the level of priority assigned to the marketing of the products by these entities, which may differ from our priorities, will determine the success of the products incorporating our technologies. Competition in this market could also force us to reduce the prices of our technologies below currently planned levels, which could adversely affect our revenues and future profitability.

 

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If we cannot develop and market our products as rapidly or cost-effectively as our competitors, then we may never be able to achieve profitable operations.

Competitors in the over active bladder, transdermal gel drug delivery and needle-free injector market, some with greater resources and experience than us, may enter the market, as there is an increasing recognition of a need for less invasive methods of delivering drugs. Additionally, there is an ever increasing list of competitors in the oral disintegrating fast-melt tablet business. Our success depends, in part, upon maintaining a competitive position in the development of products and technologies in rapidly evolving fields. If we cannot maintain competitive products and technologies, our current and potential pharmaceutical company partners may choose to adopt the drug delivery technologies of our competitors. Drug delivery companies that compete with our technologies include Bioject Medical Technologies, Inc., Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Aradigm, Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Watson Pharmaceuticals, Cardinal Health, CIMA Laboratories, Laboratoires Besins-Iscovesco, MacroChem Corporation, NexMed, Inc. and Novavax, Inc., along with other companies. We also compete generally with other drug delivery, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies engaged in the development of alternative drug delivery technologies or new drug research and testing. Many of these competitors have substantially greater financial, technological, manufacturing, marketing, managerial and research and development resources and experience than we do, and, therefore, represent significant competition.

Additionally, new drug delivery technologies are mostly used only with drugs for which other drug delivery methods are not possible, in particular with biopharmaceutical proteins (drugs derived from living organisms, such as insulin and human growth hormone) that cannot currently be delivered orally or transdermally. Transdermal patches and gels are also used for drugs that cannot be delivered orally or where oral delivery has other limitations (such as high first pass drug metabolism, meaning that the drug dissipates quickly in the digestive system and, therefore, requires frequent administration). Many companies, both large and small, are engaged in research and development efforts on less invasive methods of delivering drugs that cannot be taken orally. The successful development and commercial introduction of such a non-injection technique could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and general prospects.

Competitors may succeed in developing competing technologies or obtaining governmental approval for products before we do. Competitors’ products may gain market acceptance more rapidly than our products, or may be priced more favorably than our products. Developments by competitors may render our products, or potential products, noncompetitive or obsolete.

Although we have applied for, and have received, several patents, we may be unable to protect our intellectual property, which would negatively affect our ability to compete

Our success depends, in part, on our ability to obtain and enforce patents for our products, processes and technologies and to preserve our trade secrets and other proprietary information. If we cannot do so, our competitors may exploit our innovations and deprive us of the ability to realize revenues and profits from our developments.

Currently, we have been granted 32 patents and an additional 111 applications pending in the U.S. and other countries. Any patent applications we may have made or may make relating to inventions for our actual or potential products, processes and technologies may not result in patents being issued or may result in patents that provide insufficient or incomplete coverage for our inventions. Our current patents may not be valid or enforceable and may not protect us against competitors that challenge our patents, obtain their own patents that may have an adverse effect on our ability to conduct business, or are able to otherwise circumvent our patents. Further, we may not have the necessary financial resources to enforce or defend our patents or patent applications.

To protect our trade secrets and proprietary technologies and processes, we rely, in part, on confidentiality agreements with employees, consultants and advisors. These agreements may not provide adequate protection for our trade secrets and other proprietary information in the event of any unauthorized use or disclosure, or if others lawfully and independently develop the same or similar information.

Others may bring infringement claims against us, which could be time-consuming and expensive to defend

Third parties may claim that the manufacture, use or sale of our drug delivery technologies infringe their patent rights. If such claims are asserted, we may have to seek licenses, defend infringement actions or challenge the validity of those patents in court. If we cannot obtain required licenses, are found liable for infringement or are not

 

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able to have these patents declared invalid, we may be liable for significant monetary damages, encounter significant delays in bringing products to market or be precluded from participating in the manufacture, use or sale of products or methods of drug delivery covered by the patents of others. We may not have identified, or be able to identify in the future, United States or foreign patents that pose a risk of potential infringement claims.

If the pharmaceutical companies to which we license our technologies lose their patent protection or face patent infringement claims for their drugs, we may not realize our revenue or profit plan

The drugs to which our drug delivery technologies are applied are generally the property of the pharmaceutical companies. Those drugs may be the subject of patents or patent applications and other forms of protection owned by the pharmaceutical companies or third parties. If those patents or other forms of protection expire, become ineffective or are subject to the control of third parties, sales of the drugs by the collaborating pharmaceutical company may be restricted or may cease. Our expected revenues, in that event, may not materialize or may decline.

Our business may suffer if we lose certain key officers or employees or if we are not able to add additional key officers or employees necessary to reach our goals

The success of our business is materially dependent upon the continued services of certain of our key officers and employees. The loss of such key personnel could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial condition. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in retaining key personnel. We consider our employee relations to be good; however, competition for personnel is intense and we cannot assume that we will continue to be able to attract and retain personnel of high caliber.

We are involved in international markets, and this subjects us to additional business risks

We have offices and a research facility in Basel, Switzerland, and we also license and distribute our products in the European Community and the United States. These geographic localities provide economically and politically stable environments in which to operate. However, in the future, we intend to introduce products through partnerships in other countries. As we expand our geographic market, we will face additional ongoing complexity to our business and may encounter the following additional risks:

 

    increased complexity and costs of managing international operations;

 

    protectionist laws and business practices that favor local companies;

 

    dependence on local vendors;

 

    multiple, conflicting and changing governmental laws and regulations;

 

    difficulties in enforcing our legal rights;

 

    reduced or limited protections of intellectual property rights; and

 

    political and economic instability.

A significant portion of our international revenues is denominated in foreign currencies. An increase in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to these currencies may make our products more expensive and, thus, less competitive in foreign markets.

If we make any acquisitions, we will incur a variety of costs and might never successfully integrate the acquired product or business into ours.

We might attempt to acquire products or businesses that we believe are a strategic complement to our business model. We might encounter operating difficulties and expenditures relating to integrating an acquired product or business. These acquisitions might require significant management attention that would otherwise be available for ongoing development of our business. In addition, we might never realize the anticipated benefits of any acquisition. We might also make dilutive issuances of equity securities, incur debt or experience a decrease in cash available for our operations, or incur contingent liabilities and/or amortization expenses relating to goodwill and other intangible assets, in connection with future acquisitions.

 

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If we do not have adequate insurance for product liability claims, then we may be subject to significant expenses relating to these claims.

The Company’s business entails the risk of product liability claims. Although the Company has not experienced any material product liability claims to date, any such claims could have a material adverse impact on its business. The Company maintains product liability insurance with coverage of $5 million per occurrence and an annual aggregate maximum of $5 million. The Company evaluates its insurance requirements on an ongoing basis.

Geopolitical, economic and military conditions, including terrorist attacks and other acts of war, may materially and adversely affect the markets on which our common stock trades, the markets in which we operate, our operations and our profitability

Terrorist attacks, such as those that occurred on September 11, 2001, and other acts of war, and any response to them, may lead to armed hostilities and such developments would likely cause instability in financial markets. Armed hostilities and terrorism may directly impact our facilities, personnel and operations, which are located in the United States and Switzerland, as well as those of our clients. Furthermore, severe terrorist attacks or acts of war may result in temporary halts of commercial activity in the affected regions, and may result in reduced demand for our products. These developments could have a material adverse effect on our business and the trading price of our common stock.

Risks Related to Regulatory Matters

We or our licensees may incur significant costs seeking approval for our products, which could delay the realization of revenue and, ultimately, decrease our revenues from such products

The design, development, testing, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical compounds, medical nutrition and diagnostic products and medical devices are subject to regulation by governmental authorities, including the FDA and comparable regulatory authorities in other countries. The approval process is generally lengthy, expensive and subject to unanticipated delays. Currently, we, along with our partners, are actively pursuing marketing approval for a number of products from regulatory authorities in other countries and anticipate seeking regulatory approval from the FDA for products developed pursuant to our agreement with BioSante. In the future we, or our partners, may need to seek approval for newly developed products. Our revenue and profit will depend, in part, on the successful introduction and marketing of some or all of such products by our partners or us. There can be no assurance as to when or whether such approvals from regulatory authorities will be received.

Applicants for FDA approval often must submit extensive clinical data and supporting information to the FDA. Varying interpretations of the data obtained from pre-clinical and clinical testing could delay, limit or prevent regulatory approval of a drug product. Changes in FDA approval policy during the development period, or changes in regulatory review for each submitted new drug application also may cause delays or rejection of an approval. Even if the FDA approves a product, the approval may limit the uses or “indications” for which a product may be marketed, or may require further studies. The FDA also can withdraw product clearances and approvals for failure to comply with regulatory requirements or if unforeseen problems follow initial marketing.

In other jurisdictions, we, and the pharmaceutical companies with whom we are developing technologies, must obtain required regulatory approvals from regulatory agencies and comply with extensive regulations regarding safety and quality. If approvals to market the products are delayed, if we fail to receive these approvals, or if we lose previously received approvals, our revenues may not materialize or may decline. We may not be able to obtain all necessary regulatory approvals. We may be required to incur significant costs in obtaining or maintaining regulatory approvals.

 

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Our business could be harmed if we fail to comply with regulatory requirements and, as a result, are subject to sanctions

If we, or pharmaceutical companies with whom we are developing technologies, fail to comply with applicable regulatory requirements, the pharmaceutical companies, and we, may be subject to sanctions, including the following:

 

    warning letters;

 

    fines;

 

    product seizures or recalls;

 

    injunctions;

 

    refusals to permit products to be imported into or exported out of the applicable regulatory jurisdiction;

 

    total or partial suspension of production;

 

    withdrawals of previously approved marketing applications; or

 

    criminal prosecutions.

Our revenues may be limited if the marketing claims asserted about our products are not approved

Once a drug product is approved by the FDA, the Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising and Communication, the FDA’s marketing surveillance department within the Center for Drugs, must approve marketing claims asserted by our pharmaceutical company partners. If we or a pharmaceutical company partner fails to obtain from the Division of Drug Marketing acceptable marketing claims for a product incorporating our drug technologies, our revenues from that product may be limited. Marketing claims are the basis for a product’s labeling, advertising and promotion. The claims the pharmaceutical company partners are asserting about our drug delivery technologies, or the drug product itself, may not be approved by the Division of Drug Marketing.

Product liability claims related to participation in clinical trials or the use or misuse of our products could prove to be costly to defend and could harm our business reputation

The testing, manufacturing and marketing of products utilizing our drug delivery technologies may expose us to potential product liability and other claims resulting from their use in practice or in clinical development. If any such claims against us are successful, we may be required to make significant compensation payments. Any indemnification that we have obtained, or may obtain, from contract research organizations or pharmaceutical companies conducting human clinical trials on our behalf may not protect us from product liability claims or from the costs of related litigation. Similarly, any indemnification we have obtained, or may obtain, from pharmaceutical companies with whom we are developing drug delivery technologies may not protect us from product liability claims from the consumers of those products or from the costs of related litigation. If we are subject to a product liability claim, our product liability insurance may not reimburse us, or may not be sufficient to reimburse us, for any expenses or losses that may have been suffered. A successful product liability claim against us, if not covered by, or if in excess of our product liability insurance, may require us to make significant compensation payments, which would be reflected as expenses on our statement of operations. Adverse claim experience for our products or licensed technologies or medical device, pharmaceutical or insurance industry trends may make it difficult for us to obtain product liability insurance or we may be forced to pay very high premiums, and there can be no assurance that insurance coverage will continue to be available on commercially reasonable terms or at all.

Risks Related to our Common Stock

Together, certain of our stockholders own or have the right to acquire a significant portion of our stock and could ultimately control decisions regarding our company

As a result of our reverse business combination with Permatec in January 2001 and subsequent additional debt and equity financings, Permatec Holding AG and its controlling shareholder, Dr. Jacques Gonella, own a substantial portion (as of March 3, 2006, approximately 18%) of our outstanding shares of common stock. Dr. Gonella, who is the Chairman of our Board of Directors, also owns warrants to purchase an aggregate of 4,198,976 shares of common stock and options to purchase 104,500 shares of common stock. Additionally, five investors (Crestview Capital Master Fund, North Sound Funds, Perceptive Life Sciences Fund, SCO Capital Group and SDS Funds) own warrants that are, as of March 3, 2006, exercisable into an aggregate of 6,162,904 shares of our common stock. Some of these investors plus Atlas Equity also directly own an aggregate of approximately 5,419,884 shares of our

 

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common stock. If Dr. Gonella and all of the above investors exercised all of the warrants and options owned by them, Dr. Gonella would own approximately 17%, and the six investors as a group would own approximately 13%, of our common stock.

Because the parties described above either currently own or could potentially own a large portion of our stock, they may be able to generally determine or they will be able to significantly influence the outcome of corporate actions requiring stockholder approval. As a result, these parties may be in a position to control matters affecting our company, including decisions as to our corporate direction and policies; future issuances of certain securities; our incurrence of debt; amendments to our certificate of incorporation and bylaws; payment of dividends on our common stock; and acquisitions, sales of our assets, mergers or similar transactions, including transactions involving a change of control. As a result, some investors may be unwilling to purchase our common stock. In addition, if the demand for our common stock is reduced because of these stockholders’ control of the Company, the price of our common stock could be adversely affected.

Certain of our stockholders own large blocks of our common stock and own securities or exercisable into shares of our common stock, and any exercises, or sales by these stockholders could substantially lower the market price of our common stock

Several of our shareholders, including Dr. Gonella, whose sales are subject to volume limitations, Atlas Equity, Crestview Capital Master Fund, SCO Capital Group, the SDS funds, the North Sound funds and Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund, own large blocks of our common stock or could own sizeable blocks of our common stock upon exercise of warrants. With the exception of a portion of the stock controlled by Dr. Gonella, the shares of our common stock owned by these stockholders (or issuable to them upon exercise of warrants or options) are registered or registration will be applied for in the near future. Future sales of large blocks of our common stock by any of the above investors could substantially adversely affect our stock price.

Future conversions or exercises by holders of warrants or options could substantially dilute our common stock

As of March 3, 2006, we have warrants outstanding that are exercisable, at prices ranging from $0.55 per share to $7.03 per share, for an aggregate of approximately 22,500,000 shares of our common stock. We also have options outstanding that are exercisable, at exercise prices ranging from $0.70 to $15.65 per share, for an aggregate of approximately 4,400,000 shares of our common stock. Purchasers of common stock could therefore experience substantial dilution of their investment upon exercise of the above warrants or options. The warrants and the options are not registered and may be sold only if registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or sold in accordance with an applicable exemption from registration, such as Rule 144. The shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants or options held by these investors are currently registered or registration will be applied for in the near future.

Sales of our common stock by our officers and directors may lower the market price of our common stock

As of March 3, 2006, our officers and directors beneficially owned an aggregate of approximately 15,200,000 shares (or approximately 26%) of our common stock, including stock options exercisable within 60 days. If our officers and directors, or other shareholders, sell a substantial amount of our common stock, it could cause the market price of our common stock to decrease and could hamper our ability to raise capital through the sale of our equity securities.

We do not expect to pay dividends in the foreseeable future

We intend to retain any earnings in the foreseeable future for our continued growth and, thus, do not expect to declare or pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

 

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Anti-takeover effects of certain certificate of incorporation and bylaw provisions could discourage, delay or prevent a change in control.

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws could discourage, delay or prevent persons from acquiring or attempting to acquire us. Our certificates of incorporation authorizes our board of directors, without action of our stockholders, to designate and issue preferred stock in one or more series, with such rights, preferences and privileges as the board of directors shall determine. In addition, our bylaws grant our board of directors the authority to adopt, amend or repeal all or any of our bylaws, subject to the power of the stockholders to change or repeal the bylaws. In addition, our bylaws limit who may call meetings of our stockholders.

 

Item 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

 

Item 2. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.

The Company leases approximately 3,000 square feet of office space in Exton, Pennsylvania for its corporate headquarters facility. The lease terminated in November 2004 and continues on a month-to-month basis, with a 90-day vacate notice.

The Company leases approximately 9,300 square feet of office and laboratory space in Plymouth, a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The lease will terminate in April 2011. The Company believes the facilities will be sufficient to meet its requirements through the lease period at this location.

The Company also leases approximately 650 square meters of facilities in Basel, Switzerland, for office space and formulation and analytical laboratories. The lease will terminate in September 2008. The Company believes the facilities will be sufficient to meet its requirements through the lease period at this location.

 

Item 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

None.

 

Item 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

None.

 

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PART II

 

Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

The Company’s Common Stock began trading on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol AIS on September 23, 2004. Prior to that time, the Company’s Common Stock traded on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol ANTR.OB. The following table sets forth the per share high and low sales prices of the Company’s Common Stock for each quarterly period during the two most recent fiscal years. Sale prices are as reported by the American Stock Exchange for 2005 and the fourth quarter of 2004, both the American Stock Exchange and the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board for the third quarter of 2004, and the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board for the first two quarters of 2004.

 

     High    Low

2005:

     

First Quarter

   $ 1.46    $ 0.88

Second Quarter

     1.15      0.70

Third Quarter

     1.22      0.78

Fourth Quarter

     1.61      0.86

2004:

     

First Quarter

     1.63      1.00

Second Quarter

     1.50      0.78

Third Quarter

     1.84      0.60

Fourth Quarter

     1.61      0.92

Common Shareholders

As of March 3, 2006, the Company had 180 shareholders of record of its common stock.

Dividends

The Company has not paid or declared any cash dividends on its common stock during the past nine years. The Company has no intention of paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future on common stock. The Company paid semi-annual dividends on Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A”) at an annual rate of 10%, payable on May 10 and November 10 each year. In June 2005, all of the Series A was converted into common stock. In addition to the stated 10% dividend, the Company had been obligated to pay income tax withholding on the dividend payment, which equates to an effective dividend rate of 14.2%. Such tax withholding payments have been reflected as dividends, to the extent they were non-recoverable. The Series A agreement had a provision that allowed the Company to pay the dividend by issuance of the same stock when funds were not available. The Company exercised this provision for ten of the last twelve dividend payments.

Sales of Unregistered Securities

In November 2005, the Company received proceeds of $132,000 in connection with the issuance of 240,000 shares of common stock from the exercise of warrants. The issuance of the shares was exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

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Item 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The following table summarizes certain selected financial data. The selected financial data is derived from, and is qualified by reference to, our financial statements accompanying this report (amounts expressed in thousands, except per share amounts).

 

     At December 31,  
     2005     2004     2003     2002     2001  

Balance Sheet Data:

          

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 2,718     $ 1,652     $ 1,929     $ 268     $ 1,965  

Short-term investments

     —         7,972       —         —         —    

Working capital (deficit)

     965       8,489       615       (2,972 )     1,126  

Total assets

     6,166       13,178       5,955       6,409       11,128  

Long-term liabilities, less current maturities

     3,062       3,339       3,558       1,247       1,243  

Accumulated deficit

     (91,123 )     (82,575 )     (74,127 )     (41,166 )     (29,457 )

Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)

     757       8,189       307       655       7,468  
     Year Ended December 31,  
     2005     2004     2003     2002     2001  

Statement of Operations Data:

          

Product sales

   $ 1,512     $ 1,834     $ 2,647     $ 2,422     $ 2,016  

Development revenue

     184       197       310       935       754  

Licensing fees

     374       635       695       639       729  

Royalties

     155       80       135       —         —    
                                        

Revenues

     2,225       2,746       3,787       3,996       3,499  
                                        

Cost of revenues

     1,137       1,372       2,008       2,574       1,863  

Research and development (3) (5)

     3,409       2,636       2,109       2,918       4,181  

Sales, marketing and business development

     1,161       676       462       798       1,343  

General and administrative (4) (5)

     5,107       6,437       7,842       5,968       5,682  

Goodwill impairment charge

     —         —         —         2,000       —    
                                        

Operating expenses

     9,677       9,749       10,413       11,684       11,206  
                                        

Operating loss

     (8,589 )     (8,375 )     (8,634 )     (10,262 )     (9,570 )

Net other income (expense)

     91       26       (24,184 )     (1,347 )     71  
                                        

Net loss

     (8,498 )     (8,349 )     (32,818 )     (11,609 )     (9,499 )

In-the-money conversion feature-preferred stock dividend

     —         —         —         —         (5,314 )

Preferred stock dividends

     (50 )     (100 )     (143 )     (100 )     (100 )
                                        

Net loss applicable to common shares

   $ (8,548 )   $ (8,449 )   $ (32,961 )   $ (11,709 )   $ (14,913 )
                                        

Net loss per common share (1) (2)

   $ (0.21 )   $ (0.23 )   $ (2.18 )   $ (1.22 )   $ (1.76 )
                                        

Weighted average number of common shares

     41,460       36,348       15,093       9,618       8,495  
                                        

 

(1) Basic and diluted loss per share amounts are identical as the effect of potential common shares is anti-dilutive.

 

(2) The Company has not paid any dividends on its Common Stock since inception.

 

(3) In 2001 the Company recorded a non-cash write-off of acquired in-process research and development of $948,000.

 

(4) In 2004, 2003 and 2002 the Company recorded non-cash patent impairment charges of $233,062, $973,769 and $435,035, respectively.

 

(5) Legal fees for patent related expenses previously reported as research and development were reclassified in 2005 to general and administrative expense. The amounts reclassified were $910,803, $1,385,332, $735,675 and $322,649 for 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively. These amounts include the patent impairment charges referred to in item (4).

 

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Item 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

You should read the following discussion in conjunction with “Certain Risks Related to Our Business” and our audited financial statements included elsewhere in this report. Some of the statements in the following discussion are forward-looking statements. See “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

Overview

The Company develops, produces and markets pharmaceutical delivery products, including transdermal gels, oral fast melting tablets and reusable needle-free and disposable mini-needle injector systems. In addition, the Company has several products and compound formulations under development. The Company has operating facilities in the U.S. and Switzerland. The U.S. operation develops reusable needle-free and disposable mini-needle injector systems and manufactures and markets reusable needle-free injection devices and related disposables. These operations, including all manufacturing and some U.S. administrative activities, are located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and are referred to as Antares/Minnesota. The Company also has operations located in Basel, Switzerland, which consists of administration and facilities for the research and development of transdermal gels and oral fast melt tablet products. The Swiss operations, referred to as Antares/Switzerland, focus on research, development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products. Antares/Switzerland has signed a number of license agreements with pharmaceutical companies for the application of its drug delivery systems and began generating revenue in 1999 with the recognition of license revenues. The Company’s corporate offices are located in Exton, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia).

The Company operates as a specialty pharmaceutical company in the broader pharmaceutical industry. Companies in this sector generally bring technology and know-how in the area of drug formulation and/or delivery devices to pharmaceutical product marketers through licensing and development agreements while actively pursuing development of its own products. The Company currently views pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies as primary customers. The Company has negotiated and executed licensing relationships in the growth hormone segment (reusable needle-free devices in Europe and Asia) and the transdermal hormone gels segment (several development programs in place worldwide, including the United States and Europe). In addition, the Company continues to market reusable needle-free devices for the home or alternate site administration of insulin in the U.S. market though distributors, and has licensed its reusable needle-free technology in the diabetes and obesity fields to Eli Lilly and Company on a worldwide basis.

The Company is reporting a net loss of $8,497,956 for the year ending December 31, 2005 and expects to report a net loss for the year ending December 31, 2006, as marketing and development costs related to bringing future generations of products to market continue. Long-term capital requirements will depend on numerous factors, including the status of collaborative arrangements, the progress of research and development programs, the receipt of revenues from sales of products and the ability to control costs.

The Company has not historically, and does not currently, generate enough revenue to provide the cash needed to support its operations, and has continued to operate by raising capital and issuing debt. In order to better position the Company to take advantage of potential growth opportunities and to fund future operations, the Company raised additional capital in the first quarter of 2006. The Company received net proceeds of approximately $10.0 million in a private placement of its common stock in which a total of 8,770,000 shares of common stock were sold at a price of $1.25 per share. Additionally, the Company issued five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 7,454,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per share.

The Company believes that the combination of the equity financing and projected product sales and product development and license revenues will provide sufficient funds to support operations through at least the next year. If the Company does need additional financing and is unable to obtain such financing when needed, or obtain it on favorable terms, the Company may be required to curtail development of new drug technologies, limit expansion of operations or accept financing terms that are not as attractive as the Company may desire.

 

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Critical Accounting Policies and Use of Estimates

In preparing the financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, management must make decisions that impact reported amounts and related disclosures. Such decisions include the selection of the appropriate accounting principles to be applied and the assumptions on which to base accounting estimates. In reaching such decisions, management applies judgment based on its understanding and analysis of relevant circumstances. Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements provides a summary of the significant accounting policies followed in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements. The following accounting policies are considered by management to be the most critical to the presentation of the consolidated financial statements because they require the most difficult, subjective and complex judgments.

Revenue Recognition

The majority of the Company’s revenue relates to product sales for which revenue is recognized upon shipment, with limited judgment required related to product returns. Product sales are shipped FOB shipping point. The Company also enters into license arrangements that are often complex as they may involve a license, development and manufacturing components. Licensing revenue recognition requires significant management judgment to evaluate the effective terms of agreements, the Company’s performance commitments and determination of fair value of the various deliverables under the arrangement. In December 2002, the Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) issued EITF 00-21, Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables, which addresses certain aspects of revenue recognition for arrangements that include multiple revenue-generating activities. EITF 00-21 addresses when and, if so, how an arrangement involving multiple deliverables should be divided into separate units of accounting. In some arrangements, the different revenue-generating activities (deliverables) are sufficiently separable, and there exists sufficient evidence of their fair values to separately account for some or all of the deliverables (that is, there are separate units of accounting). In other arrangements, some or all of the deliverables are not independently functional, or there is not sufficient evidence of their fair values to account for them separately. The Company’s ability to establish objective evidence of fair value for the deliverable portions of the contracts may significantly impact the time period over which revenues will be recognized. For instance, if there is no objective fair value of undelivered elements of a contract, then the Company may be required to treat a multi-deliverable contract as one unit of accounting, resulting in all revenue being deferred and recognized over the entire contract period. EITF 00-21 does not change otherwise applicable revenue recognition criteria. In all of the Company’s licensing and development contracts to this point, revenue related to up-front, time-based and performance-based payments is being recognized over the entire contract performance period. For major licensing contracts, this results in the deferral of significant revenue amounts ($3,255,266 at December 31, 2005) where non-refundable cash payments have been received, but the revenue is not immediately recognized due to the long-term nature of the respective agreements. Subsequent factors affecting the initial estimate of the effective terms of agreements could either increase or decrease the period over which the deferred revenue is recognized.

In connection with a license agreement entered into with Eli Lilly and Company in 2003, the Company issued to Lilly a ten-year warrant to purchase 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $3.776 per share. The Company determined that the fair value of the warrant was $2,943,739 using the Black Scholes option pricing model. EITF 01-9, Accounting for Consideration Given by a Vendor to a Customer (Including a Reseller of the Vendor’s Products) , requires that the value of the warrants be treated as a reduction in revenue. The fair value of the warrant was recorded to additional paid-in capital and to prepaid license discount, a contra equity account. The prepaid license discount will be reduced on a straight-line basis over the term of the agreement, offsetting revenue generated under the agreement. If the Company concludes that the revenues from this arrangement will not exceed the costs, part or all of the remaining prepaid license discount may be charged to operations at that time.

Due to the requirement to defer significant amounts of revenue and the extended period over which the revenue will be recognized, along with the requirement to amortize the prepaid license discount and certain deferred development costs over an extended period of time, revenue recognized and cost of sales may be materially different from cash flows.

 

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On an overall basis, the Company’s reported revenues can differ significantly from billings and/or accrued billings based on terms in agreements with customers. The table below is presented to help explain the impact of the deferral of revenue and amortization of prepaid license discount on reported revenues, and is not meant to be a substitute for accounting or presentation requirements under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

     2005     2004     2003  

Product sales

   $ 1,511,929     $ 1,834,431     $ 2,646,628  

Development fees

     214,210       445,625       365,387  

Licensing fees and milestone payments

     275,524       84,449       2,456,040  

Royalties

     155,036       80,335       134,937  
                        

Billings received and/or accrued per contract terms

     2,156,699       2,444,840       5,602,992  

Deferred billings received and/or accrued

     (360,949 )     (259,537 )     (2,458,559 )

Deferred revenue recognized

     625,245       756,903       691,473  

Amortization of prepaid license discount

     (196,249 )     (196,250 )     (49,062 )
                        

Total revenue as reported

   $ 2,224,746     $ 2,745,956     $ 3,786,844  
                        

Valuation of Long-Lived and Intangible Assets and Goodwill

Long-lived assets, including patents, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. Assets to be disposed of, if any, are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell.

The impairment analysis for patents can be very subjective as the Company relies upon signed distribution or license agreements with variable cash flows to substantiate the recoverability of these long-lived assets. In the fourth quarter of each year the Company updated its long-range business plan. In 2004 and 2003 the Company identified certain capitalized patent costs related to products for which there were no revenues or cash flows projected in the business plan or for which there were no signed distribution or license agreements. Therefore, the Company recognized an impairment charge of $233,062 and $973,769 in 2004 and 2003, respectively, in general and administrative expenses, which represented the carrying amount net of accumulated amortization for the identified patents. The Company’s estimated aggregate patent amortization expense for the next five years is $135,000 in 2006, $94,000 in 2007, $89,000 in 2008 and $84,000 in 2009 and 2010.

The Company evaluates the carrying value of goodwill during the fourth quarter of each year and between annual evaluations if events occur or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of the reporting unit below its carrying amount. Such circumstances could include, but are not limited to: (1) a significant adverse change in legal factors or in business climate, (2) unanticipated competition, (3) an adverse action or assessment by a regulator, or (4) a sustained significant drop in the Company’s stock price. When evaluating whether goodwill is impaired, the Company compares the fair value of the Minnesota operations to the carrying amount, including goodwill. If the carrying amount of the Minnesota operations exceeds its fair value, then the amount of the impairment loss must be measured. The impairment loss would be calculated by comparing the implied fair value of goodwill to its carrying amount. In calculating the implied fair value of goodwill, the fair value of the Minnesota operations would be allocated to all of its other assets and liabilities based on their fair values. The excess of the fair value of the Minnesota operations over the amount assigned to its other assets and liabilities is the implied fair value of goodwill. An impairment loss would be recognized when the carrying amount of goodwill exceeds its implied fair value. The Company’s evaluation of goodwill completed during 2005, 2004 and 2003 resulted in no impairment losses.

Accounting for Debt and Equity Instruments

During the first quarter of 2003, in connection with a restructuring of its 10% convertible debentures, the Company issued warrants to purchase common stock to the debenture holders. In the third quarter of 2003, the

 

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holders of the restructured debentures exchanged the remaining outstanding principal of such debentures for shares of the Company’s Series D Convertible Preferred Stock. Also in the third quarter of 2003, the Company’s largest stockholder converted debt owed to him by the Company into shares of the Company’s common stock and warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock. The Company also completed a private placement of its common stock and warrants in the third quarter of 2003 and first quarter of 2004. The accounting for debt and equity transactions is complex and requires the Company to make certain judgments regarding the proper accounting treatment of these instruments. The Company’s significant judgments related to capital transactions included:

 

    the accounting for one of the convertible debentures as an extinguishment and issuance of debt instruments and the other as a troubled debt restructuring;

 

    the determination of the fair values of the convertible debentures and the warrants issued with the transactions; and

 

    the classification of the warrants as liabilities.

The Company’s significant judgments related to the debenture exchange transaction included the determination of the fair values of the Series D Convertible Preferred Stock and warrants issued in connection with the transaction. Significant judgments related to the private placement of common stock and warrants included the determination of the fair value of the warrants, the allocation of the proceeds between the common stock and the warrants, and the initial classification of the warrants as liabilities. In August and September of 2003, the Company modified the warrants issued in the above noted transactions resulting in the reclassification of the warrants from debt to equity.

Results of Operations

Years Ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003

Revenues

Total revenue was $2,224,746, $2,745,956 and $3,786,844 for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. The decreases in each year resulted primarily from a reduction in sales to the Company’s major customer, Ferring. The 2005 decrease was also partially due to the extension of revenue recognition periods of certain development and license agreements, resulting in the recognition of remaining deferred revenue over longer periods.

Antares/Minnesota product sales include sales of reusable needle-free injector devices, related parts, disposable components, and repairs. In 2005, 2004 and 2003, a total of 2,176, 2,533 and 3,384 devices, respectively, were sold at average prices of approximately $252, $245 and $231, respectively. The average price increase in 2005 is mainly due to less promotional pricing in 2005 than in 2004. The average price increase in 2004 compared to 2003 was due mainly to the effect of the weakening of the USD to the Euro on the devices sold to Ferring. Sales of disposable components in 2005, 2004 and 2003 totaled $896,764, $1,143,071 and $1,748,213, respectively. The decreases in device and disposable sales in each year have been due mainly to decreases in sales to Ferring. This decrease in sales is attributable to working down of high inventory levels accumulated by Ferring. The high inventory levels were the result of four activities. In 2002, Ferring made the decision to convert its customers to the Company’s most current device model, the Medi-Jector VISION ® (the “VISION ® ”), from the earlier device model (the “Choice”). As a result, device sales were higher in 2004 and 2003 due to stocking by Ferring subsidiaries and the subsequent upgrading of its existing customers to the Vision ® . Secondly, Vision ® device stocking levels were based on previous experience with the Choice device, and after documenting improved field reliability the stocking levels were reduced. Thirdly, Ferring increased its purchases of devices and disposable components to build safety stock as the Company transitioned from internal manufacturing and assembly to outsourcing these operations during 2003. Fourthly, market expansion plans by Ferring that prompted the stocking of additional product did not materialize, contributing to the overstocking condition. The Company believes that this period of inventory work down has been concluded.

Development revenue was $183,760, $196,648 and $310,035 for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. In 2005 approximately half of the development revenue was generated from device related

 

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projects, with most of this coming from one-time projects. The remainder of the recognized development revenue in 2005 and substantially all of the recognized development revenue in 2004 and 2003 was generated under licensing and development agreements related to use of the Company’s proprietary ATD™ gel technology in developing products for transdermal delivery of certain medications. The development revenue decreased in 2004 and 2003 as the product generating a substantial portion of the development revenue moved past the primary major development stages and into clinical trial stages, which are being handled almost entirely by the licensee. The Company also generated development fees of approximately $260,000 in 2004 under a device development agreement, substantially all of which was deferred and is being recognized over the life of the associated agreement.

Licensing revenue was $374,021, $634,542 and $695,244 for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. The decrease in 2005 compared to 2004 was primarily the result of a decrease in deferred revenue recognized due to an increase in the revenue recognition periods of two projects following an extension of the estimated project end dates. The decrease in 2004 compared to 2003 was due to an increase of $147,188 in prepaid license discount amortization, partially offset by an increase in one time license fees of $31,617 and an increase of $54,869 in revenue recognized on previously deferred amounts.

Royalty revenue was $155,036, $80,335 and $134,937 for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Royalty revenue has all been related to the Vision ® reusable needle-free injection device, and has been generated primarily under the License Agreement with Ferring dated January 22, 2003, described in more detail in Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Historically, royalties earned have been directly related to sales of devices to Ferring. Even though device sales decreased in 2005 compared to 2004, the royalty revenue from Ferring increased, which was mainly due to royalties earned under a provision in the Ferring agreement triggered by the achievement of certain quality standards in 2005. These triggering events did not occur in 2004. The reduction in royalty revenue in 2004 was due to fewer device sales to Ferring in 2004 as compared to 2003.

Cost of Revenues

The costs of product sales are primarily related to reusable injection devices and disposable components. Cost of sales as a percentage of product sales were 69%, 71% and 72% for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. In 2003 the Company outsourced all assembly work previously performed in the Company’s Minneapolis facility. The outsourcing resulted in the elimination of excess capacity and helped stabilize product costs.

The cost of development revenue consists of labor costs, direct external costs and an allocation of certain overhead expenses based on actual costs and time spent in these revenue-generating activities. Cost of development revenue as a percentage of development revenue was 51%, 34% and 29% for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. The increase in 2005 was due mainly to projects having more direct external costs that were billed to customers with little or no markup.

Research and Development

Research and development expenses were $3,409,486, $2,635,635 and $2,108,634 for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. The increase in 2005 from 2004 was primarily due to development projects related to transdermal gels, including Phase II studies of Anturol™, and oral fast melt tablet products and consisted mainly of increases in external costs for studies and analysis work around platform validation and proof-of-concept work. The increase in 2004 compared to 2003 was primarily due to increases in prototyping and tooling expenses in connection with device development projects and increases in expenses for studies and analysis work related to gel development projects. The increases were partially offset by decreased rent resulting from space reductions at both the Minnesota and Swiss facilities.

Sales, Marketing and Business Development

Sales, marketing and business development expenses were $1,160,752, $675,878 and $462,376 for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. The increase in 2005 compared to 2004 was due to increases in clinical studies related to injector devices and increases in business development activities which most

 

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directly impacted payroll, travel and professional services. The increases in payroll and travel expenses resulted primarily from the addition of a vice-president of corporate business development in February of 2005. The professional services increase was mainly due to the utilization of consultants for various sales and marketing and business development projects. The increase in 2004 was primarily due to increases in travel and legal expenses related to business development activities and due to increased advertising and promotional activities related to the Medi-Jector VISION ® device in the insulin market in the third and fourth quarters of 2004.

General and Administrative

General and administrative expenses were $5,106,937, $6,436,807 and $7,841,991 for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. The decrease in 2005 compared to 2004 was due primarily to decreases in legal expenses of $188,231 and professional services and investor relations expenses of $872,662, along with a decrease in patent impairment charges from $233,062 in 2004 to none in 2005. The decrease in 2004 was primarily due to decreases in patent impairment charges, payroll, professional services and investor relations expenses, partially offset by increases in travel and insurance expenses. In the fourth quarter of 2004 the Company recorded a patent impairment charge of $233,062 that was $740,707 less than the 2003 fourth quarter patent impairment charge of $973,769. The patent impairment charges were recognized in connection with certain patents related to products for which there were no signed distribution or license agreements or for which no revenue was included in the Company’s long-term business plan that had been updated in the fourth quarter of each year. The impairment charges represented the gross carrying amount net of accumulated amortization for the identified patents. The payroll decrease was mainly due to the expiration of the employment agreement with Frank Pass, former CEO and director, at the end of 2003. The professional services and investor relations expenses decreased in 2004 primarily due to a decrease in the utilization of consulting services and the number of consulting agreements in 2004 compared to 2003. One agreement in particular, which was terminated in the first quarter of 2004, accounted for an expense decrease of $516,299 from $728,619 in 2003 to $212,320 in 2004. In 2004 and 2003 a portion of the professional services and investor relations expenses were paid in common stock and warrants, resulting in non-cash expenses in each year of $556,843 and $1,563,041, respectively. In 2004 the Company issued 50,000 shares of common stock, recognizing expense of $54,550 based on the market value of the stock on the dates the stock was issued, and issued warrants and options to purchase a total of 550,000 shares of common stock, which were recorded at a total value of $502,293 using the Black Scholes option pricing model. In 2003, the Company issued 784,266 shares of common stock, recognizing expense of $639,809 based on the market value of the stock on the dates the stock was issued, and issued warrants to purchase 1,050,000 shares of the Company’s common stock which were recorded at a value of $923,232 using the Black Scholes option pricing model.

Other Income (Expense)

Other income (expense), net, was $91,218, $26,134 and ($24,183,924) for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. The increase in 2005 was primarily due to a reduction in interest expense in 2005 as compared to 2004. The net decrease in other expenses in 2004 compared to 2003 was mainly due to losses on debt extinguishments, losses on conversions of debt to equity and losses on common stock warrants of $885,770, $16,283,677 and $5,960,453, respectively, that occurred in 2003 but not in 2004. In addition, interest expense in 2004 was $819,659 less than in 2003. The 2004 interest expense was mainly due to $75,388 recognized in connection with warrants originally issued to convertible debenture holders that were exercised at a discounted exercise price. The 2003 interest expense consisted of discount amortization and interest accruals of $389,443 and $82,357, respectively, related to borrowings from the Company’s largest stockholder, $262,564 of debt issuance discount amortization, $152,829 of interest related to convertible debentures, and $32,937 of other interest. Also contributing to the change from net other expense in 2003 to net other income in 2004 was the increase in interest income in 2004 of $103,751. This increase was due to the increase in cash and short-term investments that resulted from the private placement in the first quarter of 2004.

Noncash other expenses significantly impacted the net loss and net loss per common share for 2003. The table below is presented to help explain the impact of the noncash other expenses on the net loss and net loss per common share for 2005, 2004 and 2003, and is not meant to be a substitute for accounting or presentation requirements under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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     For the Years Ended December 31,  
     2005    2004     2003  

Noncash other expense items:

       

Loss on debt extinguishments

   $  —      $ —       $ (741,570 )

Loss on conversions of debt to equity

     —        —         (16,283,677 )

Loss on common stock warrants

     —        —         (5,960,453 )

Interest expense

     —        (75,388 )     (862,308 )
                       

Total noncash other expenses included in net loss in the consolidated statement of operations

   $ —      $ (75,388 )   $ (23,848,008 )
                       

Impact of noncash other expenses on basic and diluted net loss per common share

   $ —      $ —       $ (1.58 )
                       

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Net Cash Used in Operating Activities

Net cash used in operating activities was $7,218,529, $7,167,313 and $3,553,323 for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. This was the result of net losses of $8,497,956, $8,348,532 and $32,817,964 in 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively, adjusted by noncash expenses and changes in operating assets and liabilities.

Noncash expenses totaled $695,967 in 2005, consisting of depreciation and amortization of $317,013, stock-based compensation of $182,705 and amortization of prepaid license discount of $196,249. In 2004 noncash expenses totaled $1,915,862, consisting primarily of stock-based compensation of $825,381, depreciation and amortization of $580,080, patent rights impairment charge of $233,062 and amortization of prepaid license discount of $196,250. In 2003 noncash expenses totaled $27,805,363, consisting of losses on conversions of debt to equity, common stock warrants and debt extinguishments in the amounts of $16,283,677, $5,960,453 and $741,570, respectively, depreciation and amortization of $845,234, noncash interest expense of $862,308, stock-based compensation expense of $1,965,165, patent rights impairment charge of $973,769, loss on disposal and abandonment of assets of $124,125 and amortization of prepaid license discount of $49,062. The depreciation and amortization decreases in 2005 and 2004 of $263,067 and $265,154, respectively, were due primarily to production and office equipment that became fully depreciated early in each year.

The change in operating assets and liabilities in 2005 generated cash of $583,460. This resulted mainly from the increases in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $501,614 and $194,782, respectively. These increases were primarily due to increased research and development activities near the end of the year, particularly in connection with development projects related to transdermal gels, and increased accruals related to executive bonuses. Partially offsetting these increases was an increase in prepaid expenses and other assets, which utilized cash of $210,753, and a decrease in deferred revenue of $63,098. The increase in prepaid expenses and other assets was almost entirely due to payments made in connection with development projects related to transdermal gels. The reduction in deferred revenue was the result of recognizing as revenue amounts that had previously been deferred, which exceeded amounts deferred during the year totaling approximately $610,000.

The change in operating assets and liabilities in 2004 utilized cash of $734,643. This resulted primarily from decreases in deferred revenue and accrued expenses of $577,700 and $216,011, respectively, plus an increase in other assets of $232,644, partially offset by decreases in accounts and other receivables of $66,177 and inventory of $133,064 and an increase in accounts payable of $214,367. The decrease in deferred revenue was mainly due to the amortization of amounts deferred in prior years, partially offset by approximately $250,000 of development fees deferred during the year. Related to the development fees deferred in 2004 were deferred costs that totaled approximately $200,000, which is the primary reason other assets increased. Receivables decreased at the end of 2004 compared to 2003 mainly due to a reduction in billable development activity at the Antares/Switzerland operations. The decrease in inventory is mainly the result of the timing of purchases of finished goods from the third-party supplier versus shipments to customers. At the end of 2003 the Company had a large amount of finished goods in inventory that was shipped to a customer in early January 2004. The increase in accounts payable in 2004

 

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compared to 2003 was mainly due to an increase in operating expense activity at the end of 2004 compared to 2003, particularly in the areas of research and development and business development.

In 2003 cash increased by $1,459,278 as a result of the change in operating assets and liabilities. The increase was primarily due to an increase in deferred revenue of $2,508,492, which was mainly due to license fees received in connection with new license agreements in 2003. The increase in 2003 was also due to a decrease in inventory of $333,503 that was mainly due to the outsourcing of assembly operations to a third-party supplier that carries a large portion of the inventory previously carried by the Company. Partially offsetting the increase in deferred revenue and decrease in inventory were decreases in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $355,359 and $651,946, respectively, and an increase in accounts receivable of $307,319. The decreases in accounts payable and accrued expenses were primarily the result of being more current on obligations at the end of 2003 due to the availability of funds as a result of cash raised in the private placements in July and cash received in connection with license agreements, compared to the end of 2002 when cash was not readily available. The increase in receivables at the end of 2003 compared to 2002 was mainly due to the timing of Ferring shipments from Antares/Minnesota.

Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities

In 2005 investing activities resulted in an increase in cash and cash equivalents of $7,697,844. In 2004 and 2003, investing activities resulted in a decrease in cash and cash equivalents of $8,183,796 and $169,847, respectively. The increase in 2005 was due to proceeds from the maturity of short-term investments of $13,897,477, partially offset by purchases of short-term investments of $5,955,789, patent additions of $154,193 and purchases of equipment, furniture and fixtures of $89,651. Nearly all of the cash generated from investing activities in 2005 was used to fund operations. In 2004 the Company used proceeds from the private placement of common stock in the first quarter of the year to invest in short-term debt securities consisting of commercial paper and U.S. government agency discount notes. As a security matured it was usually reinvested in a new security, although at times a matured security was not reinvested but was used to fund operations. A total of $12,000,000 of securities purchased with private placement funds or reinvested funds matured during 2004 and a total of $19,889,565 of proceeds from the private placement or matured securities was used to acquire short-term securities in 2004. Purchases of equipment, furniture and fixtures utilized cash of $218,038 and $1,160 in 2004 and 2003, respectively. The 2004 purchases occurred mainly at the Antares/Minnesota operations and consisted primarily of furniture and office equipment in connection with the move to new office and laboratory space, new disposable component tooling, and upgrades to computer hardware and software. Capital spending in 2003 was essentially halted. Capitalized spending related to patent development in 2004 and 2003 was $76,193 and $168,687, respectively.

Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities totaled $619,700, $15,140,603 and $5,595,813 for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. In 2005, the Company received $476,000 from the sale of common stock and $193,700 from the exercise of warrants, which was partially offset by the payment of preferred stock dividends of $50,000. In 2004, net cash provided by financing activities resulted primarily from net proceeds of $13,753,400 from the private placement of common stock and proceeds of $1,472,500 from the exercise of warrants, partially offset by principal payments on capital lease obligations of $35,297 and payment of preferred stock dividends of $50,000. In 2003 the Company received net proceeds of $3,930,000 from the sale of common stock and warrants in private placements in July, proceeds from loans from a debenture holder of $621,025, and $1,600,000 in subordinated loans from stockholders. In 2003 the Company made principal payments on convertible debentures and capital lease obligations of $464,000 and $107,461, respectively.

In the first quarter of 2006 the Company received net proceeds of approximately $10,000,000 in a private placement of its common stock in which a total of 8,770,000 shares of common stock were sold at a price of $1.25 per share. Additionally, the Company issued five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 7,454,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per share.

On October 19, 2005, the Company’s largest stockholder and Chairman of the Board, Dr. Jacques Gonella, provided a line of credit of up to $4,000,000, of which $2,000,000 is available to support general working capital needs of the Company. Borrowings under the line of credit will be at prime plus 2%. Principal and interest are

 

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convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at the lesser of $1.26 per share or the per share price at which common shares are issued or the exercise or conversion price of securities issued during the term of the agreement. Borrowings will generally be secured by a security interest in license, milestone payments, and royalties to the Company from licensing of its ATD™ gel products and/or technology. As additional consideration for this line of credit, the Company agreed to issue to Dr. Gonella common stock warrants that will be issued at rates ranging from 18% to 32% of each borrowing. A total of 1,000,000 warrants will be issued if the Company borrows the entire $4,000,000. At December 31, 2005 there had been no borrowings under this line of credit. As of March 3, 2006 this line of credit was terminated.

The Company’s contractual cash obligations at December 31, 2005 are associated with operating leases and are summarized in the following table:

 

     Payment Due by Period
     Total    Less than
1 year
   1-3 years    4-5 years   

After

5 years

Total contractual cash obligations

   $ 1,022,220    $ 277,243    $ 619,685    $ 125,292    $ —  
                                  

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

The Company does not have any off-balance sheet arrangements, including any arrangements with any structured finance, special purpose or variable interest entities.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2004, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 123R, Share-Based Payment.  Among other items, the standard requires that the compensation cost relating to share-based payment transactions be recognized in the consolidated statement of operations. Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements contain pro forma disclosures regarding the effect on net loss and net loss per share as if the fair value method of accounting for stock-based compensation had been applied. The SEC deferred the effective date of Statement 123R to allow companies to implement the new standard at the beginning of calendar year 2006. The Company expects to implement the new standard beginning January 1, 2006, and to use the modified prospective transition method. Under this method, awards that are granted, modified, or settled after the date of adoption will be measured and accounted for in accordance with Statement 123R, and unvested equity awards granted prior to the effective date will continue to be accounted for in accordance with Statement 123 as they have been for purposes of pro forma disclosures, except that amounts will be recognized in the statement of operations. The Company expects recognized expense in 2006 will increase by approximately $800,000 to $1,000,000 as a result of the new standard.

 

Item 7(A). QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The Company’s primary market risk exposure is foreign exchange rate fluctuations of the Swiss Franc to the U.S. dollar as the financial position and operating results of the Company’s subsidiaries in Switzerland are translated into U.S. dollars for consolidation. The Company’s exposure to foreign exchange rate fluctuations also arises from transferring funds to its Swiss subsidiaries in Swiss Francs. Most of the Company’s sales and licensing fees are denominated in U.S. dollars, thereby significantly mitigating the risk of exchange rate fluctuations on trade receivables. The effect of foreign exchange rate fluctuations on the Company’s financial results for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 was not material. Beginning in 2003 the Company also has exposure to exchange rate fluctuations between the Euro and the U.S. dollar. The licensing agreement entered into in January 2003 with Ferring, discussed in Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, establishes pricing in Euros for products sold under the existing supply agreement and for all royalties. The Company does not currently use derivative financial instruments to hedge against exchange rate risk. Because exposure increases as intercompany balances grow, the Company will continue to evaluate the need to initiate hedging programs to mitigate the impact of foreign exchange rate fluctuations on intercompany balances.

 

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Item 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.

ANTARES PHARMA, INC.

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   47

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2005 and 2004

   48

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003

   49

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Loss for the Years Ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003

   50

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003

   52

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

   53

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors and Shareholders

Antares Pharma, Inc.:

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Antares Pharma, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive loss, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2005. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated 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. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes 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 consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Antares Pharma, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2005, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota

March 10, 2006

 

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ANTARES PHARMA, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

     December 31,  
     2005     2004  
Assets     

Current Assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 2,718,472     $ 1,652,408  

Short-term investments

     —         7,971,625  

Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $20,800 and $22,500, respectively

     223,944       277,606  

Other receivables

     48,185       64,359  

Inventories

     36,022       92,344  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     286,185       81,009  
                

Total current assets

     3,312,808       10,139,351  

Equipment, furniture and fixtures, net

     477,608       611,920  

Patent rights, net

     936,939       947,459  

Goodwill

     1,095,355       1,095,355  

Other assets

     343,654       383,518  
                

Total Assets

   $ 6,166,364     $ 13,177,603  
                
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity     

Current Liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 945,028     $ 476,509  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     798,468       626,583  

Deferred revenue

     604,143       547,006  
                

Total current liabilities

     2,347,639       1,650,098  

Deferred revenue – long term

     3,062,076       3,338,666  
                

Total liabilities

     5,409,715       4,988,764  
                

Stockholders’ Equity:

    

Series A Convertible Preferred Stock: $0.01 par; authorized 10,000 shares; 0 and 1,500 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively

     —         15  

Series D Convertible Preferred Stock: $0.01 par; authorized 245,000 shares; 0 and 63,588 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively

     —         636  

Common Stock: $0.01 par; authorized 100,000,000 shares; 43,019,486 and 40,418,406 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively

     430,195       404,184  

Additional paid-in capital

     95,253,209       94,479,402  

Prepaid license discount

     (2,502,178 )     (2,698,427 )

Accumulated deficit

     (91,123,107 )     (82,575,151 )

Deferred compensation

     (706,104 )     (759,342 )

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (595,366 )     (662,478 )
                
     756,649       8,188,839  
                

Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

   $ 6,166,364     $ 13,177,603  
                

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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ANTARES PHARMA, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

     Years Ended December 31,  
     2005     2004     2003  

Revenues:

      

Product sales

   $ 1,511,929     $ 1,834,431     $ 2,646,628  

Development revenue

     183,760       196,648       310,035  

Licensing fees

     374,021       634,542       695,244  

Royalties

     155,036       80,335       134,937  
                        

Total revenue

     2,224,746       2,745,956       3,786,844  

Cost of revenues:

      

Cost of product sales

     1,042,504       1,304,504       1,917,647  

Cost of development revenue

     94,241       67,798       90,236  
                        

Total cost of revenues

     1,136,745       1,372,302       2,007,883  
                        

Gross profit

     1,088,001       1,373,654       1,778,961  
                        

Operating expenses:

      

Research and development

     3,409,486       2,635,635       2,108,634  

Sales, marketing and business development

     1,160,752       675,878       462,376  

General and administrative

     5,106,937       6,436,807       7,841,991  
                        
     9,677,175       9,748,320       10,413,001  
                        

Operating loss

     (8,589,174 )     (8,374,666 )     (8,634,040 )
                        

Other income (expense):

      

Interest income

     128,832       120,292       16,541  

Interest expense

     (576 )     (100,471 )     (920,130 )

Foreign exchange gains (losses)

     (36,718 )     (6,849 )     1,926  

Loss on debt extinguishments

     —         —         (885,770 )

Loss on conversions of debt to equity

     —         —         (16,283,677 )

Loss on common stock warrants

     —         —         (5,960,453 )

Other, net

     (320 )     13,162       (152,361 )
                        
     91,218       26,134       (24,183,924 )
                        

Net loss

     (8,497,956 )     (8,348,532 )     (32,817,964 )

Preferred stock dividends

     (50,000 )     (100,000 )     (142,857 )
                        

Net loss applicable to common shares

   $ (8,547,956 )   $ (8,448,532 )   $ (32,960,821 )
                        

Basic and diluted net loss per common share

   $ (0.21 )   $ (0.23 )   $ (2.18 )
                        

Basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding

     41,459,533       36,347,892       15,092,803  
                        

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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ANTARES PHARMA, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

Years Ended December 31, 2003, 2004 and 2005

 

     Convertible Preferred Stock                                               
     Series A    Series D    Common Stock                           

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Loss

       
    

Number
of

Shares

   Amount   

Number
of

Shares

   Amount   

Number

of

Shares

   Amount   

Additional

Paid-In

Capital

   

Prepaid

License

Discount

   

Accumulated

Deficit

   

Deferred

Compensation

     

Total

Stockholders’

Equity

 

December 31, 2002

   1,350    $ 14    —      $ —      10,776,885    $ 107,769    $ 42,353,492     $ —       $ (41,165,798 )   $ (137,352 )   $ (502,837 )   $ 655,288  

Warrants issued with debt to stockholder

   —        —      —        —      —        —        735,514       —         —         —         —         735,514  

Conversion of stockholder loans to equity

   —        —      —        —      2,398,635      23,986      12,294,909       —         —         —         —         12,318,895  

Convertible debentures converted into common stock

   —        —      —        —      1,831,110      18,311      594,518       —         —         —         —         612,829  

Reacquired intrinsic value of beneficial conversion feature of convertible debentures

   —        —      —        —      —        —        (1,225,630 )     —         —         —         —         (1,225,630 )

Convertible debentures converted into Preferred Series D

   —        —      243,749      2,437    —        —        7,084,211       —         —         —         —         7,086,648  

Issuance of common stock in private placement

   —        —      —        —      4,000,000      40,000      2,301,414       —         —         —         —         2,341,414  

Stock-based compensation

   —        —      —        —      814,266      8,143      1,881,357       —         —         113,664       —         2,003,164  

Exercise of stock options

   —        —      —        —      10,400      104      16,146       —         —         —         —         16,250  

Preferred stock issued in lieu of dividends

   100      1    —        —      —        —        99,999       —         (142,857 )     —         —         (42,857 )

Reclassification of warrants as equity from debt

   —        —      —        —      —        —        8,691,480       —         —         —         —         8,691,480  

Prepaid license discount, net of amortization

   —        —      —        —      —        —        2,943,739       (2,894,677 )     —         —         —         49,062  

Net loss

   —        —      —        —      —        —        —         —         (32,817,964 )     —         —         (32,817,964 )

Translation adjustments

   —        —      —        —      —        —        —         —         —         —         (116,999 )     (116,999 )
                                    

Comprehensive loss

   —        —      —        —      —        —        —         —         —         —         —         (32,934,963 )
                                                                                    

December 31, 2003

   1,450    $ 15    243,749    $ 2,437    19,831,296    $ 198,313    $ 77,771,149     $ (2,894,677 )   $ (74,126,619 )   $ (23,688 )   $ (619,836 )   $ 307,094  

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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ANTARES PHARMA, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (CONTINUED)

Years Ended December 31, 2003, 2004 and 2005

 

     Convertible Preferred Stock                                      

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Loss

       
     Series A     Series D     Common Stock                                 
    

Number
of

Shares

    Amount    

Number
of

Shares

    Amount    

Number

of

Shares

   Amount   

Additional

Paid-In

Capital

   

Prepaid

License

Discount

   

Accumulated

Deficit

   

Deferred

Compensation

     

Total

Stockholders’

Equity

 

December 31, 2003

   1,450     $ 15     243,749     $ 2,437     19,831,296    $ 198,313    $ 77,771,149     $ (2,894,677 )   $ (74,126,619 )   $ (23,688 )   $ (619,836 )   $ 307,094  

Preferred Series D converted into common stock

   —         —       (180,161 )     (1,801 )   1,801,610      18,016      (16,215 )     —         —         —         —         —    

Issuance of common stock in private placement

   —         —       —         —       15,120,000      151,200      13,602,200       —         —         —         —         13,753,400  

Stock-based compensation

   —         —       —         —       185,000      1,850      1,559,185       —         —         (735,654 )     —         825,381  

Exercise of warrants

   —         —       —         —       3,480,500      34,805      1,513,083       —         —         —         —         1,547,888  

Preferred stock dividends

   50       —       —         —       —        —        50,000       —         (100,000 )     —         —         (50,000 )

Amortization of prepaid license discount

   —         —       —         —       —        —        —         196,250       —         —         —         196,250  

Net loss

   —         —       —         —       —        —        —         —         (8,348,532 )     —         —         (8,348,532 )

Translation adjustments

   —         —       —         —       —        —        —         —         —         —         (42,642 )     (42,642 )
                                

Comprehensive loss

   —         —       —         —       —        —        —         —         —         —         —         (8,391,174 )
                                                                                        

December 31, 2004

   1,500       15     63,588       636     40,418,406      404,184      94,479,402       (2,698,427 )     (82,575,151 )     (759,342 )     (662,478 )     8,188,839  

Preferred stock conversions

   (1,500 )     (15 )   (63,588 )     (636 )   1,835,880      18,359      (17,708 )             —    

Stock-based compensation

   —         —       —         —       50,000      500      128,967       —         —         53,238       —         182,705  

Exercise of warrants

   —         —       —         —       315,200      3,152      190,548       —         —         —         —         193,700  

Issuance of common stock

   —         —       —         —       400,000      4,000      472,000       —         —         —         —         476,000  

Amortization of prepaid license discount

   —         —       —         —       —        —        —         196,249       —         —         —         196,249  

Preferred stock dividends

   —         —       —         —       —        —        —         —         (50,000 )     —         —         (50,000 )

Net loss

   —         —       —         —       —        —        —         —         (8,497,956 )     —         —         (8,497,956 )

Translation adjustments

   —         —       —         —       —        —        —         —         —         —         67,112       67,112  
                                

Comprehensive loss

   —         —       —         —       —        —        —         —         —         —         —         (8,430,844 )
                                                                                        

December 31, 2005

   —       $ —       —       $ —       43,019,486    $ 430,195    $ 95,253,209     $ (2,502,178 )   $ (91,123,107 )   $ (706,104 )   $ (595,366 )   $ 756,649  
                                                                                        

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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ANTARES PHARMA, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

     Years Ended December 31,  
     2005     2004     2003  

Cash flows from operating activities:

      

Net loss

   $ (8,497,956 )   $ (8,348,532 )   $ (32,817,964 )

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

      

Patent rights impairment charge

     —         233,062       973,769  

Depreciation and amortization

     317,013       580,080       845,234  

Loss on disposal and abandonment of assets

     —         5,701       124,125  

Stock-based compensation expense

     182,705       825,381       1,965,165  

Noncash interest expense

     —         75,388       862,308  

Loss on conversions of debt to equity

     —         —         16,283,677  

Loss on debt extinguishments

     —         —         741,570  

Losses on common stock warrants

     —         —         5,960,453  

Amortization of prepaid license discount

     196,249       196,250       49,062  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

      

Accounts receivable

     48,710       200,855       (307,319 )

Other receivables

     35,881       (134,678 )     30,342  

Inventories

     56,322       133,064       333,503  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     (210,753 )     (16,873 )     (19,935 )

Other assets

     20,002       (232,644 )     (47,571 )

Accounts payable

     501,614       214,367       (355,359 )

Accrued expenses and other

     194,782       (216,011 )     (651,946 )

Due to related parties

     —         (105,023 )     (30,929 )

Deferred revenue

     (63,098 )     (577,700 )     2,508,492  
                        

Net cash used in operating activities

     (7,218,529 )     (7,167,313 )     (3,553,323 )
                        

Cash flows from investing activities:

      

Purchases of equipment, furniture and fixtures

     (89,651 )     (218,038 )     (1,160 )

Additions to patent rights

     (154,193 )     (76,193 )     (168,687 )

Purchase of short-term investments

     (5,955,789 )     (19,889,565 )     —    

Proceeds from maturity of short-term investments

     13,897,477       12,000,000       —    
                        

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     7,697,844       (8,183,796 )     (169,847 )
                        

Cash flows from financing activities:

      

Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net

     476,000       13,753,400       2,357,663  

Proceeds from exercise of warrants

     193,700       1,472,500       —    

Proceeds from sales of warrants

     —         —         1,588,586  

Proceeds from subordinated loans from stockholders

     —         —         1,600,000  

Proceeds from issuance of convertible debentures

     —         —         621,025  

Principal payments on convertible debentures

     —         —         (464,000 )

Principal payments on capital lease obligations

     —         (35,297 )     (107,461 )

Payment of preferred stock dividends

     (50,000 )     (50,000 )     —    
                        

Net cash provided by financing activities

     619,700       15,140,603       5,595,813  
                        

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     (32,951 )     (65,901 )     (211,773 )
                        

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     1,066,064       (276,407 )     1,660,870  

Cash and cash equivalents:

      

Beginning of year

     1,652,408       1,928,815       267,945  
                        

End of year

   $ 2,718,472     $ 1,652,408     $ 1,928,815  
                        

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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ANTARES PHARMA, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1. Description of Business

Antares Pharma, Inc. (“Antares”) is a specialty drug delivery/pharmaceutical company utilizing its experience and expertise in drug delivery systems to enhance the performance of established and developing pharmaceuticals. The Company currently has three primary delivery platforms (1) transdermal gels, (2) fast-melt tablets, and (3) injection devices. The corporate headquarters are located in Exton, Pennsylvania, with research and production facilities for the injection devices in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and research, development and commercialization facilities for the transdermal gels and fast-melt tablets in Basel, Switzerland.

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Antares Pharma, Inc. and its three wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Foreign Currency Translation

The majority of the foreign subsidiaries revenues are denominated in U.S. dollars, and any required funding of the subsidiaries is provided by the U.S. parent. Nearly all operating expenses of the foreign subsidiaries, including labor, materials, leasing arrangements and other operating costs, are denominated in Swiss Francs. Additionally, bank accounts held by foreign subsidiaries are denominated in Swiss Francs, there is a low volume of intercompany transactions and there is not an extensive interrelationship between the operations of the subsidiaries and the parent company. As such, under Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 52, “ Foreign Currency Translation, ” the Company has determined that the Swiss Franc is the functional currency for its three foreign subsidiaries. The reporting currency for the Company is the United States Dollar (“USD”). The financial statements of the Company’s three foreign subsidiaries are translated into USD for consolidation purposes. All assets and liabilities are translated using period-end exchange rates and statements of operations items are translated using average exchange rates for the period. The resulting translation adjustments are recorded as a separate component of stockholders’ equity. Sales to certain customers by the U.S. parent are in currencies other than the U.S. dollar and are subject to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. Foreign currency transaction gains and losses are included in the statements of operations.

Cash Equivalents

The Company considers highly liquid debt instruments with original maturities of 90 days or less to be cash equivalents.

Short-Term Investments

All short-term investments are commercial paper or U.S. government agency discount notes that mature within four to six months of purchase and are classified as held-to-maturity because the Company has the positive intent and ability to hold the securities to maturity. The securities are carried at their amortized cost. At December 31, 2004 the securities had a fair value of $7,968,203 and a carrying value of $7,971,625. At December 31, 2005 there were no short-term investments.

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined on a first-in, first-out basis. Certain components of the Company’s products are provided by a limited number of vendors, and the Company’s production and assembly operations are outsourced to a third-party supplier. Disruption of supply from key vendors or the third-party supplier may have a material adverse impact on the Company’s operations.

 

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Equipment, Furniture, and Fixtures

Equipment, furniture, and fixtures are stated at cost and are depreciated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives ranging from three to ten years. Certain equipment and furniture held under capital leases is classified in equipment, furniture and fixtures and is amortized using the straight-line method over the lesser of the lease term or estimated useful life, and the related obligations are recorded as liabilities. Lease amortization is included in depreciation expense.

Goodwill

The Company evaluates the carrying value of goodwill during the fourth quarter of each year and between annual evaluations if events occur or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of the Minnesota reporting unit below its carrying amount. Such circumstances could include, but are not limited to: (1) a significant adverse change in legal factors or in business climate, (2) unanticipated competition, (3) an adverse action or assessment by a regulator, or (4) a sustained significant drop in the Company’s stock price. When evaluating whether goodwill is impaired, the Company compares the fair value of the Minnesota operations to the carrying amount, including goodwill. If the carrying amount of the Minnesota operations exceeds its fair value, then the amount of the impairment loss must be measured. The impairment loss would be calculated by comparing the implied fair value of goodwill to its carrying amount. In calculating the implied fair value of goodwill, the fair value of the Minnesota operations would be allocated to all of its other assets and liabilities based on their fair values. The excess of the fair value of the Minnesota operations over the amount assigned to its other assets and liabilities is the implied fair value of goodwill. An impairment loss would be recognized when the carrying amount of goodwill exceeds its implied fair value. The Company’s evaluation of goodwill completed during 2005, 2004 and 2003 resulted in no impairment losses.

Patent Rights

The Company capitalizes the cost of obtaining patent rights. These capitalized costs are being amortized on a straight-line basis over periods ranging from six to ten years beginning on the earlier of the date the patent is issued or the first commercial sale of product utilizing such patent rights.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of

Long-lived assets, including patent rights, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. This analysis can be very subjective as the Company relies upon signed distribution or license agreements with variable cash flows to substantiate the recoverability of long-lived assets. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell.

In the fourth quarter of each year the Company updates its long-range business plan. The Company then reviews patent costs for impairment and identifies patents related to products for which there are no signed distribution or license agreements or for which no revenues or cash flows are included in the business plan. In 2004 and 2003 the Company recognized impairment charges of $233,062 and $973,769, respectively, in general and administrative expenses, which represented the gross carrying amount net of accumulated amortization for the identified patents. After the impairment charge, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization of patents, which are the only intangible assets of the Company subject to amortization, were $1,382,595 and $435,136, respectively, at December 31, 2004. The Company’s estimated aggregate patent amortization expense for the next five years is $135,000 in 2006, $94,000 in 2007, $89,000 in 2008 and $84,000 in 2009 and 2010.

 

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Accounting for Debt and Equity Instruments

During the first quarter of 2003, in connection with a restructuring of its 10% convertible debentures, the Company issued warrants to purchase common stock to the debenture holders. In the third quarter of 2003, the holders of the restructured debentures exchanged the remaining outstanding principal of such debentures for shares of the Company’s Series D Convertible Preferred Stock. Also in the third quarter of 2003, the Company’s largest stockholder converted debt owed to him by the Company into shares of the Company’s common stock and warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock. The Company also completed a private placement of its common stock and warrants in the third quarter of 2003 and the first quarter of 2004. The accounting for debt and equity transactions is complex and requires the Company to make certain judgments regarding the proper accounting treatment of these instruments. The Company’s significant judgments related to capital transactions included:

 

    the accounting for one of the convertible debentures as an extinguishment and issuance of debt instruments and the other as a troubled debt restructuring;

 

    the determination of the fair values of the convertible debentures and the warrants issued with the transactions; and

 

    the classification of the warrants as liabilities.

The Company’s significant judgments related to the debenture exchange transaction included the determination of the fair values of the Series D Convertible Preferred Stock and warrants issued in connection with the transaction. Significant judgments related to the private placement of common stock and warrants included the determination of the fair value of the warrants, the allocation of the proceeds between the common stock and the warrants, and the initial classification of the warrants as liabilities. In August and September of 2003, the Company modified the warrants issued in the above noted transactions resulting in the reclassification of the warrants from debt to equity.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

All financial instruments are carried at amounts that approximate estimated fair value.

Revenue Recognition

The Company sells its proprietary reusable needle-free injectors and related disposable products through pharmaceutical and medical product distributors. The Company’s reusable injectors and related disposable products are not interchangeable with any competitive products and must be used together. The Company recognizes revenue upon shipment when title transfers. The Company offers no price protection or return rights other than for customary warranty claims. Sales terms and pricing are governed by sales and distribution agreements.

The Company also records revenue from license fees, milestone payments and royalties. License fees and milestone payments received under contracts originating prior to June 15, 2003 are accounted for under the cumulative deferral method. This method defers milestone payments with amortization to income over the contract term using the percentage of completion or straight-line basis commencing with the achievement of a contractual milestone. If the Company is required to refund any portion of a milestone payment, the milestone will not be amortized into revenue until the repayment obligation no longer exists.

The Company recognizes royalty revenues upon the sale of licensed products by the licensee. The Company occasionally receives payment of up-front royalty advances from licensees. Under the cumulative deferral method for contracts prior to June 15, 2003, if specific objective evidence of fair value exists, revenues from up-front royalty payments are deferred until earned through the sale of licensed product or the termination of the agreement based on the terms of the license. If specific objective evidence of fair value does not exist, revenues from up-front royalty payments are recognized using the cumulative deferral method.

In December 2002, the Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) issued EITF 00-21, Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables . This Issue addresses certain aspects of the accounting by a vendor for arrangements under which it will perform multiple revenue-generating activities. In some arrangements, the different revenue-generating activities (deliverables) are sufficiently separable, and there exists sufficient evidence of their fair values to separately account for some or all of the deliverables (that is, there are separate units of accounting). In other arrangements, some or all of the deliverables are not independently functional, or there is not sufficient evidence of

 

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their fair values to account for them separately. This Issue addresses when and, if so, how an arrangement involving multiple deliverables should be divided into separate units of accounting. This Issue does not change otherwise applicable revenue recognition criteria.

Under EITF 00-21, an up-front license payment is evaluated to determine whether or not it meets the requirements to be considered a separate unit of accounting. If it meets the separation criteria it is recognized as revenue when received, but if it does not meet the separation criteria, then an up-front payment is deferred and amortized into revenues on a straight-line basis.

If the Company earns development fees for time and material costs incurred in connection with a development agreement, the development fees will be recognized as revenue when earned if that portion of the agreement meets the separation criteria of EITF 00-21. If the separation criteria are not met, the development fees received will be amortized into revenues on a straight-line basis. Likewise, the labor and material costs related to the development fees are recognized as a cost of sales when incurred if the separation criteria are met, and are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the same period as the development fees if the criteria are not met.

As discussed in Note 7, in connection with a license agreement entered into with Eli Lilly and Company, the Company issued to Lilly a ten-year warrant to purchase 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $3.776 per share. The Company determined that the fair value of the warrant was $2,943,739 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. EITF 01-9, Accounting for Consideration Given by a Vendor to a Customer (Including a Reseller of the Vendor’s Products) , requires that the value of the warrants be treated as a reduction in revenue. The fair value of the warrant was recorded to additional paid-in capital and to prepaid license discount, a contra equity account. The prepaid license discount will be reduced on a straight-line basis over the term of the agreement, offsetting revenue generated under the agreement. If the Company concludes that the revenues from this arrangement will not exceed the costs, part or all of the remaining prepaid license discount may be charged to operations at that time.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company applies Accounting Principles Board, Opinion 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees , and related interpretations in accounting for stock plans. Accordingly, compensation expense has been recognized for restricted stock granted to employees, as discussed in Note 7, but has not been recognized for employee stock options other than the intrinsic value of options when the exercise price of stock options was below the fair value of the options on the date of grant. In September 2003 the Company issued stock options to employees at $1.77 per share when the fair value of the stock was $2.20 per share. In 2005, 2004 and 2003 the Company recognized compensation expense of $117,820, $165,192 and $249,640, respectively, in connection with the employee stock options granted in September 2003. Had compensation cost been determined based on the fair value at the grant date for all stock options under SFAS No. 123, Accounting and Disclosure of Stock-Based Compensation , the net loss and loss per share would have increased to the pro-forma amounts shown below:

 

     2005     2004     2003  

Net loss applicable to common stockholders:

      

As reported

   $ (8,547,956 )   $ (8,448,532 )   $ (32,960,821 )

Stock based employee compensation expense recognized

     176,298       272,569       402,124  

Fair-value method compensation expense

     (1,069,103 )     (1,141,813 )     (1,484,974 )
                        

Pro Forma net loss

   $ (9,440,761 )   $ (9,317,776 )   $ (34,043,671 )
                        

Basic and diluted net loss per common share:

      

As reported

   $ (0.21 )   $ (0.23 )   $ (2.18 )

Stock based employee compensation expense recognized

     —         —         0.02  

Fair-value method compensation expense

     (0.02 )     (0.03 )     (0.10 )
                        

Pro Forma net loss per common share

   $ (0.23 )   $ (0.26 )   $ (2.26 )
                        

 

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The per share weighted-average fair value of stock based awards granted during 2005, 2004 and 2003 was estimated as $1.25, $0.87 and $1.93 respectively, on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:

 

     2005     2004     2003  

Risk-free interest rate

   3.9 %   3.7 %   3.1 %

Annualized volatility

   131.0 %   124.0 %   140.0 %

Weighted average expected life, in years

   7.0     5.0     5.0  

Expected dividend yield

   0.0 %   0.0 %   0.0 %

The Company accounts for stock-based instruments granted to nonemployees under the fair value method of SFAS 123 and Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) 96-18, “Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction with Selling Goods or Services.” Under SFAS 123, options granted to nonemployees are recorded at their fair value on the measurement date, which is typically the vesting date.

Product Warranty

The Company provides a warranty on its reusable needle-free injector devices. Warranty terms for devices sold to end-users by dealers and distributors are included in the device instruction manual included with each device sold. Warranty terms for devices sold to corporate customers who provide their own warranty terms to end-users are included in the contracts with the corporate customers. The Company is obligated to repair or replace, at the Company’s option, a device found to be defective due to use of defective materials or faulty workmanship. The warranty does not apply to any product that has been used in violation of instructions as to the use of the product or to any product that has been neglected, altered, abused or used for a purpose other than the one for which it was manufactured. The warranty also does not apply to any damage or defect caused by unauthorized repair or the use of unauthorized parts. Warranty periods on devices range from 24 to 30 months from either the date of retail sale of the device by a dealer or distributor or the date of shipment to a customer if specified by contract. The Company recognizes the estimated cost of warranty obligations at the time the products are shipped based on historical claims incurred by the Company. Actual warranty claim costs could differ from these estimates. Warranty liability activity is as follows:

 

     Balance at
Beginning
of Year
   Warranty
Provisions
    Warranty
Claims
    Balance at
End of
Year

2005

   $ 30,000    $ 6,212     $ (11,212 )   $ 25,000

2004

   $ 50,000    $ (13,542 )   $ (6,458 )   $ 30,000

Research and Development

Research and development costs are expensed as incurred.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles 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. The Company’s significant accounting estimates relate to the revenue recognition periods for license revenues, product warranty accruals and determination of the fair value and recoverability of goodwill and patent rights. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

Income Taxes

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the

 

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years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. Due to historical net losses of the Company, a valuation allowance is established to offset the deferred tax asset.

Net Loss Per Share

Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income or loss available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS is computed similar to basic earnings per share except that the weighted average shares outstanding are increased to include additional shares from the assumed exercise of stock options, warrants, convertible debt or convertible preferred stock, if dilutive. The number of additional shares is calculated by assuming that outstanding stock options or warrants were exercised and that the proceeds from such exercise were used to acquire shares of common stock at the average market price during the reporting period. If the convertible debentures had been dilutive, the associated interest expense and amortization of deferred financing costs, net of taxes, would have been removed from operations and the shares issued would have been assumed outstanding for the dilutive period. Likewise, if the convertible preferred stock were dilutive, any applicable dividends would be removed and the shares issued would be assumed to be outstanding for the dilutive period. All potentially dilutive common shares were excluded from the calculation because they were anti-dilutive for all periods presented.

Potentially dilutive securities at December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, excluded from dilutive loss per share as their effect is anti-dilutive, are as follows:

 

     2005    2004    2003

Stock options and warrants

   19,840,298    20,256,591    15,405,491

Potentially dilutive shares from Series D convertible preferred stock

   —      635,880    2,437,490

Reclassifications

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. These reclassifications did not impact previously reported net loss or net loss per share. In 2005 the Company reclassified legal fees for patent related expenses previously reported as research and development expenses to general and administrative expenses. The amounts of the reclassifications were $910,803 and $1,385,332 in 2004 and 2003, respectively. These amounts include the patent impairment charges of $233,062 and $973,769 in 2004 and 2003, respectively.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2004, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 123R, Share-Based Payment.  Among other items, the standard requires that the compensation cost relating to share-based payment transactions be recognized in the consolidated statement of operations. Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements contain pro forma disclosures regarding the effect on net loss and net loss per share as if the fair value method of accounting for stock-based compensation had been applied. The SEC deferred the effective date of Statement 123R to allow companies to implement the new standard at the beginning of their next fiscal year. The Company expects to implement the new standard beginning with the first quarter of 2006, and to use the modified prospective transition method. Under this method, awards that are granted, modified, or settled after the date of adoption will be measured and accounted for in accordance with Statement 123R, and unvested equity awards granted prior to the effective date will continue to be accounted for in accordance with Statement 123 as they have been for purposes of pro forma disclosures, except that amounts will be recognized in the statement of operations. The Company expects recognized expense in 2006 will increase by approximately $800,000 to $1,000,000 as a result of the new standard.

 

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3. Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions

 

     December 31,  
     2005     2004  

Inventories:

    

Raw material

   $ 22,854     $ 32,335  

Finished goods

     13,168       60,009  
                
   $ 36,022     $ 92,344  
                

Equipment, furniture and fixtures:

    

Furniture, fixtures and office equipment

   $ 1,161,004     $ 1,250,751  

Production equipment

     2,068,887       2,183,026  

Less accumulated depreciation

     (2,752,283 )     (2,821,857 )
                
   $ 477,608     $ 611,920  
                

Patent rights:

    

Patent rights

   $ 1,493,069     $ 1,382,595  

Less accumulated amortization

     (556,130 )     (435,136 )
                
   $ 936,939     $ 947,459  
                

Accrued expenses and other liabilities:

    

Retirement benefits

   $ 50,000     $ 100,000  

Accrued employee compensation and benefits

     371,033       145,388  

Other liabilities

     377,435       381,195  
                
   $ 798,468     $ 626,583  
                

 

4. Convertible Debentures

In February 2003, the Company completed a restructuring of its 10% convertible debentures. In connection with this restructuring, the Company recognized a debt extinguishment loss of $885,770 and recognized the remaining unamortized deferred financing costs as interest expense. The restructuring resulted in the issuance of 8% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures and Amended and Restated 8% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures (collectively, the “8% Debentures”) totaling $1,613,255. The 8% Debentures contained terms similar to the 10% debentures, except that the 8% Debentures included a fixed conversion price of $.50 per share and an interest rate of 8% per annum. The 8% Debentures were due March 31, 2004. Similar to the 10% debentures, the Company granted a senior security interest in substantially all of its assets to the holders of the 8% Debentures. In connection with this restructuring, the Company also issued to the holders of the 8% Debentures five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,932,500 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.55 per share. The Company determined that the fair value of these warrants was $1,142,442 using the Black Scholes option pricing model. As further discussed in Note 7, these common stock warrants were initially classified as debt for accounting purposes.

On September 12, 2003, $475,000 of the Company’s 8% Debentures were converted into 949,998 shares of common stock, and the holders of the Company’s remaining 8% Debentures exchanged the outstanding $1,218,743 aggregate principal and accrued interest for 243,749 shares of the Company’s Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series D Preferred”). Each share of Series D Preferred was convertible into ten shares of the Company’s common stock, resulting in an aggregate of 2,437,490 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Series D Preferred. As a result, the Series D Preferred was convertible into the same number of shares of common stock as were the 8% Debentures. In connection with the exchange of the 8% Debentures for the Series D Preferred, the holders of the 8% Debentures executed lien release letters terminating the security interest they held in the Company’s assets. As consideration for the release of the security interest, the Company adjusted the exercise price of certain warrants issued to the holders from $0.55 per share to $0.40 per share. These warrants were exercisable for an aggregate of 2,932,500 shares of common stock. In connection with the exchange of the 8% Debentures for the Series D Preferred and the reduction in the warrant exercise price, the Company recognized a loss on conversion of $6,017,346 during 2003. The loss consisted of the fair value of the Series D Preferred plus the increase in fair value of the warrants due to the reduction in the exercise price, less the carrying value of the 8% Debentures. The carrying value of the 8% Debentures included the aggregate principal and accrued interest less unamortized discount and premium.

 

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The Company capitalized costs associated with the issuance of its 10% debentures. These costs were being amortized to interest expense using the effective-interest method over the twelve-month period of the debentures, or the unamortized balance was recorded to additional-paid-in-capital on a pro rata basis as an offset against net proceeds upon conversion of the debentures to common stock. The 10% debentures were restructured and exchanged in January 2003 for 8% debentures. As a result of the debenture restructuring, approximately $223,223 of deferred financing costs was recognized as part of the loss on debt extinguishments. The remaining balance was recognized as interest expense, recorded as part of debt discount on the 8% debentures, or was recorded to additional-paid-in-capital as an offset against net proceeds upon conversion of the debentures to common stock.

As discussed in Note 7, the warrants to purchase 2,932,500 shares of common stock were exercised in 2004 and all of the Series D Preferred were converted into common stock in 2004 and 2005.

 

5. Leases

The Company has non-cancelable operating leases for its office, research and development facility in Minneapolis, MN and for its office and research facility in Basel, Switzerland. The leases require payment of all executory costs such as maintenance and property taxes. The Company also leases certain equipment and furniture under various operating leases.

Rent expense incurred for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 was $375,090, $436,152 and $670,650, respectively.

Future minimum annual operating lease payments are as follows as of December 31, 2005:

 

     Amount

2006

   $ 277,243

2007

     278,632

2008

     237,328

2009

     103,725

2010

     93,660

Thereafter

     31,632
      

Total future minimum lease payments

   $ 1,022,220
      

 

6. Income Taxes

The Company incurred losses for both book and tax purposes in each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2005, and, accordingly, no income taxes were provided. The Company was subject to taxes in both the U.S. and Switzerland in each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2005. Effective tax rates differ from statutory income tax rates in the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 as follows:

 

     2005     2004     2003  

Statutory income tax rate

   (34.0 )%   (34.0 )%   (34.0 )%

State income taxes, net of federal benefit

   (0.0 )   (0.0 )   (0.0 )

Research and experimentation credit

   (0.8 )   0.1     (0.3 )

Valuation allowance increase

   21.0     5.4     4.1  

Effect of foreign operations

   12.8     8.1     2.3  

Expiration of net operating losses

   0.2     3.0     1.7  

Intangibles impairment

   —       —       1.0  

Foreign net operating loss carryforwards

   —       15.7     —    

Losses from various financing transactions

   —       —       25.0  

Other

   0.8     1.7     0.2  
                  
   0.0 %   0.0 %   0.0 %
                  

 

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Deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 consist of the following:

 

     2005     2004  

Net operating loss carryforward – U.S.

   $ 14,753,000     $ 13,924,000  

Net operating loss carryforward – Switzerland

     2,875,000       2,414,000  

Research and development tax credit carryforward

     867,000       796,000  

Deferred revenue

     876,000       964,000  

Depreciation and amortization

     287,000       418,000  

Other

     873,000       795,000  
                
     20,531,000       19,311,000  

Less valuation allowance

     (20,531,000 )     (19,311,000 )
                
   $ —       $ —    
                

The valuation allowance for deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 was $20,531,000 and $19,311,000, respectively. The net change in the total valuation allowance for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 was an increase of $1,220,000 and $706,000, respectively. In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. Due to the uncertainty of realizing the deferred tax asset, management has recorded a valuation allowance against the entire deferred tax asset.

The Company has a U.S. federal net operating loss carryforward at December 31, 2005, of approximately $40,000,000, which, subject to limitations of Internal Revenue Code Section 382, is available to reduce income taxes payable in future years. If not used, this carryforward will expire in years 2006 through 2025, with approximately $868,000 expiring over the next three years. Additionally, the Company has a research credit carryforward of approximately $867,000. These credits expire in years 2008 through 2025.

The Company also has a Swiss net operating loss carryforward at December 31, 2005, of approximately $21,200,000, which is available to reduce income taxes payable in future years. If not used, this carryforward will expire in years 2006 through 2012, with approximately $1,600,000 expiring over the next three years.

Utilization of U.S. net operating losses and tax credits of Antares Pharma, Inc. are subject to annual limitations under Internal Revenue Code Sections 382 and 383, respectively, as a result of significant changes in ownership, including the business combination with Permatec, private placements, warrant exercises and conversion of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock. Subsequent significant equity changes, including exercise of outstanding warrants, could further limit the utilization of the net operating losses and credits. The annual limitations have not yet been determined; however, when the annual limitations are determined, the gross deferred tax assets for the net operating losses and tax credits will be reduced with a reduction in the valuation allowance of a like amount.

 

7. Stockholders’ Equity

Common Stock

In November 2005, in connection with a License Development and Supply Agreement discussed further in Note 10, the Company sold 400,000 shares of its common stock at $1.25 per share.

During 2005 the Company received proceeds of $193,700 in connection with the issuance of 315,200 shares of common stock from the exercise of warrants. In connection with the exercise of 210,000 warrants, the Company agreed to issue new three-year warrants for the purchase of 105,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $1.35. The new warrants will be issued in 2006.

 

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During the first quarter of 2004 the Company received net proceeds of $13,753,400 in three private placements of its common stock. A total of 15,120,000 shares of common stock were sold to investors at a price of $1.00 per share. The Company also issued to the investors five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 5,039,994 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.25 per share. Additionally, warrants for the purchase of 1,612,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.00 per share were issued to the placement agent as a commission.

During 2004 the Company received proceeds of $1,472,500 in connection with the issuance of 3,480,500 shares of common stock from the exercise of warrants. Of the shares issued, 2,932,500 were in connection with warrants exercised after the Company had offered a 30% discount in the exercise price to holders of warrants with an exercise price of under $1.00. In connection with the exercise of these warrants the Company recognized interest expense of $75,388, which represents the difference between the fair values of the warrants on the exercise date before and after applying the discount. Fair value was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.

On September 12, 2003, $475,000 of the Company’s 8% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures and Amended and Restated 8% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures were converted into 949,998 shares of common stock.

As discussed in Note 14, on September 12, 2003, principal of $2,300,000 and accrued interest of $98,635 due to the Company’s largest stockholder, Dr. Jacques Gonella, was converted into 2,398,635 shares of common stock and warrants to acquire 1,798,976 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $1.25 per share. The common stock and warrants issued in this exchange aggregated $12,318,895, resulting in a charge to earnings of $10,266,331.

In July 2003 the Company received aggregate proceeds of $4,000,000 in two separate private placements of its common stock. The Company issued 4,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $1.00 per share and warrants to purchase 3,000,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.25 per share. The warrants expire in July 2008. The proceeds of the private placements were allocated to the common stock and warrants based on their relative fair values. An aggregate of $2,411,414 was allocated to the common shares and $1,588,586 to the common stock warrants issued in the transaction.

In January of 2003, $198,250 of the Company’s 10% debentures was converted into 881,112 shares of common stock.

During 2005, 2004 and 2003, a total of 50,000, 50,000 and 784,266 shares of common stock, respectively, were issued to consultants or professional services organizations as compensation for services rendered. The total value of the shares issued was $44,000, $54,550 and $677,809, respectively. In 2004 and 2003 the Company issued 35,000 and 30,000 shares of common stock, respectively, to directors at a value of $30,300 and $39,000, respectively. Common stock values were based on the market price of the stock on the dates the shares were issued.

Stock-Based Compensation to Chief Executive Officer

Jack E. Stover was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer on July 22, 2004, and was appointed Chief Executive Officer on September 1, 2004. The terms of the employment agreement with Mr. Stover included the issuance of options to purchase 500,000 shares of common stock at $0.70 per share and an additional issuance of options to purchase 40,000 shares of common stock in January of 2005, with all options vesting over four years. The employment agreement also included the issuance of 100,000 shares of common stock, of which 50,000 shares vested immediately and the remaining 50,000 shares vested on the first anniversary of his employment. The Company recorded compensation expense of $35,000 related to the shares with immediate vesting and deferred compensation expense of $35,000 related to the shares vesting over one year. The amounts recorded were based on the market value of the stock on the measurement date. The deferred compensation expense was recognized ratably over the one-year vesting period. Compensation expense of $20,417 and $14,583 was recognized in connection with these shares during the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Mr. Stover can earn up to an additional 459,999 shares of common stock upon the occurrence of various triggering events.

Roger G. Harrison, Ph.D., was Chief Executive Officer of Antares Pharma, Inc., from March 12, 2001 until his resignation effective September 1, 2004. Under the terms of the employment agreement with Dr. Harrison, the Company issued 88,000 restricted shares of common stock with a three-year vesting period that became fully vested

 

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on March 12, 2004. The Company had recorded deferred compensation expense of $341,000, the aggregate market value of the 88,000 shares at the measurement date. Compensation expense was recognized ratably over the three-year vesting period. Compensation expense of $23,688 and $113,664 was recognized in connection with these shares during the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

Series A Convertible Preferred Stock

In June 2005, all 1,500 outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A”) were converted into 1,200,000 shares of common stock. On November 10, 1998, the Company had sold 1,000 shares of Series A and warrants to purchase 56,000 shares of common stock to Elan International Services, Ltd., for total consideration of $1,000,000. The Series A carried a 10% dividend which was payable semi-annually.

Convertible Debentures Beneficial Conversion Feature

When the Company’s 10% Convertible Debentures were restructured in February 2003 as discussed in Note 4, the intrinsic value of the beneficial in-the-money conversion feature for the remaining debentures on the date of the restructuring was $1,225,630. This amount exceeded the remaining debt issuance discount from the intrinsic value of the beneficial in-the-money conversion feature when the debentures were originally sold. In accordance with applicable accounting literature the entire amount of the intrinsic value of the beneficial conversion feature on the date of the restructuring was deemed to have been reacquired by the Company and was recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in capital.

Series D Convertible Preferred Stock

In June and September of 2005, the remaining 30,000 and 33,588 shares of Series D Preferred Stock, respectively, were converted into 300,000 and 335,880 shares of common stock. In August 2004, 180,161 shares of Series D Preferred Stock were converted into 1,801,610 shares of common stock. As discussed in Note 4, on September 12, 2003, the holders of the Company’s 8% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures and Amended and Restated 8% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures exchanged the outstanding $1,218,743 aggregate principal and accrued interest of these Debentures for 243,749 shares of the Company’s Series D Convertible Preferred Stock. Each share of Series D Preferred was convertible into ten shares of the Company’s Common Stock, resulting in an aggregate of 2,437,490 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series D Preferred.

Stock Options and Warrants

The Company’s stock option plans allow for the grants of options to officers, directors, consultants and employees to purchase shares of Common Stock at exercise prices not less than 100% of fair market value on the dates of grant. The term of the options is either ten or eleven years and they vest in varying periods. As of December 31, 2005, these plans had 2,666,178 shares available for grant.

As compensation to non-employees for professional services, in 2004 the Company issued options and warrants to purchase 150,000 and 400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, respectively, and in 2003 issued warrants to purchase 1,050,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company recognized expense related to these options and warrants of $502,293 and $923,232 in 2004 and 2003, respectively. The options and warrants have exercise prices ranging from $0.55 to $5.00 per share and expire three to five years after issuance.

The warrants to purchase 3,000,000 shares of common stock issued in the private placement in July 2003 were subject to defined indemnifications if the underlying common shares were not fully tradable and the warrant holders incurred losses due to their inability to sell these shares. The Company analyzed the terms and conditions of the warrants and determined that the warrants should be classified as debt under EITF 00-19, Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company’s Own Stock. As such, the Company was required to mark-to-market these warrants at each reporting period with changes in the warrant values being recorded in the consolidated statement of operations. The proceeds of $4,000,000 were allocated between equity and debt based on the relative fair values of the common stock and the warrants on the dates of the private placements. The fair value of the common stock was based on the market price and the warrant fair values were calculated using the

 

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Black-Scholes option pricing model. The allocation resulted in an initial value assigned to the warrants of $1,588,586. On September 30, 2003, certain terms and conditions of the warrant agreements were amended, causing the warrants to be classified as equity rather than as debt as of the date of the amendment and ending the requirement to adjust the market value of the warrants each reporting period. The warrants were adjusted to their fair value of $4,254,211 on September 30, 2003, resulting in a loss of $2,665,626 on these common stock warrants in 2003.

In July 2003 the Company issued warrants to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock as compensation for agent services related to the private placement in July 2003. The warrants are exercisable at $1.25 per share and expire in 2008.

As discussed in Note 14, during 2003 the Company issued warrants to Jacques Gonella, its largest stockholder, for the purchase of 2,400,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.55 per share in connection with Term Notes totaling $1,600,000 and for the purchase of 1,798,976 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.25 per share in connection with the conversion of Term Notes to common stock.

In connection with the debenture restructuring transactions completed in February 2003 discussed in Note 4, the Company issued to the holders of the 8% debentures five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,932,500 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.55 per share, which was subsequently reduced to $0.40 per share. The warrants were subject to defined indemnifications if the underlying common shares were not fully tradable and the warrant holders incurred losses due to their inability to sell these shares. The Company analyzed the terms and conditions of the warrants and determined that the warrants should be classified as debt under EITF 00-19, Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company’s Own Stock. As such, the Company was required to mark-to-market these warrants at each reporting period with changes in the warrant values being recorded in the consolidated statement of operations. The warrants were recorded with an initial fair value on January 31, 2003 of $1,142,442, determined using the Black Scholes option pricing model, and were adjusted to their fair value of $4,437,269 at August 13, 2003, when certain terms and conditions of the warrant agreements were amended, causing the warrants to be classified as equity rather than as debt as of the date of the amendment and ending the requirement to adjust the market value of the warrants each reporting period. The Company recognized a loss of $3,294,827 on these common stock warrants in 2003.

As discussed in Note 10, in connection with a license agreement entered into with Eli Lilly and Company, the Company issued to Lilly a ten-year warrant to purchase 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $3.776 per share. The Company granted Lilly certain registration rights with respect to the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrant. The Company determined that the fair value of the warrant was $2,943,739 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The fair value of the warrant was recorded to additional paid in capital and to prepaid license discount, a contra equity account. The prepaid license discount will be reduced on a straight-line basis over the term of the agreement, offsetting revenue generated under the agreement.

A majority of the Company’s warrants have either weighted average or full antidilution protection, which may increase the number of shares issuable under the warrants and/or reduce their effective exercise price if the Company were to sell or issue stock, warrants, options or convertible instruments, as defined in each warrant agreement, at a price less than the then current exercise price of the warrant. Warrants to acquire 380,807 shares of common stock at exercise prices of $2.55 per share have weighted average anti-dilution protection if the Company sells or issues securities at less than the warrant exercise price. These warrants expire in January 2006. Warrants to acquire 9,206,794 shares of common stock at exercise prices ranging from $1.00 to $1.25 have full antidilution protection which reduces the exercise price of the warrants to the effective price paid or payable under new stock or stock equivalent issuances.

 

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Stock option and warrant activity is summarized as follows:

 

     Options    Warrants
     Number of
Shares
    Weighted
Average Price
   Number of
Shares
    Weighted
Average Price

Outstanding at December 31, 2002

   818,361     $ 3.77    1,059,927     $ 5.97

Granted/Issued

   1,329,000       1.75    12,360,676       1.15

Exercised

   (10,400 )     1.56    —         —  

Cancelled

   (152,073 )     3.78    —         —  
                 

Outstanding at December 31, 2003

   1,984,888       2.33    13,420,603       1.44

Granted/Issued

   1,351,650       1.06    7,051,994       1.25

Exercised

   —         —      (3,480,500 )     0.42

Cancelled

   (62,044 )     2.00    (10,000 )     2.40
                 

Outstanding at December 31, 2004

   3,274,494       1.79    16,982,097       1.43

Granted/Issued

   225,000       1.34    —         —  

Exercised

   —         —      (315,200 )     0.61

Cancelled

   (243,593 )     1.80    (82,500 )     2.37
                 

Outstanding at December 31, 2005

   3,255,901       1.76    16,584,397       1.44
                 

The following table summarizes information concerning currently outstanding and exercisable options and warrants by price range at December 31, 2005:

 

     Outstanding    Exercisable

Price Range

   Number of Shares
Outstanding
  

Weighted Average
Remaining Life

In Years

   Weighted Average
Exercise Price
   Number
Exercisable
   Weighted Average
Exercise Price

Pursuant to Option Plans:

              

$        0.70 to   0.96

   533,000    8.5    $ 0.71    209,090    $ 0.71

1.01 to   1.56

   1,221,030    7.1      1.35    817,227      1.37

1.77 to   2.29

   1,156,162    7.3      1.80    1,156,162      1.80

4.56

   339,109    5.0      4.56    339,109      4.56

9.05 to 15.65

   6,600    2.1      11.12    6,600      11.12
                  
   3,255,901    7.2      1.76    2,528,188      1.97
                  

Warrants:

              

$        0.55 to 1.10

   7,638,000    2.7      0.85    7,638,000      0.85

1.25

   6,338,970    3.0      1.25    6,338,970      1.25

1.29 to 3.00

   1,080,807    0.6      2.06    1,080,807      2.06

3.78

   1,000,000    7.5      3.78    1,000,000      3.78

4.00 to 7.03

   526,620    0.8      6.55    526,620      6.55
                  
   16,584,397    2.9      1.44    16,584,397      1.44
                  

Total Options & Warrants

   19,840,298    3.6      1.49    19,112,585      1.51
                  
              

 

8. Employee Savings Plan

The Company has an employee savings plan that covers all U.S. employees who have met minimum age and service requirements. Under the plan, eligible employees may contribute up to 50% of their compensation into the plan. At the discretion of the Board of Directors, the Company may contribute elective amounts to the plan, allocated in proportion to employee contributions to the plan, employee’s salary, or both. For the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company elected to make contributions to the plan totaling $73,955 and $65,571, respectively. No elective contributions were made for the year ended December 31, 2003.

 

9. Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information

Cash paid for interest during the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 was $576, $25,106 and $20,321, respectively.

As discussed in Note 4, the Company completed a number of noncash financing transactions in 2003 related to its convertible debentures.

 

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As discussed in Note 14, on September 12, 2003, the total of all Term Note agreements with the Company’s largest stockholder, which included principal of $2,300,000 and accrued interest of $98,635, was converted into 2,398,635 shares of common stock.

 

10. License Agreements

Teva License Development and Supply Agreement

On November 23, 2005, Antares Pharma, Inc. entered into an exclusive License Development and Supply Agreement with an affiliate of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Pursuant to the parties’ agreement, the affiliate is obligated to purchase all of its delivery device requirements from Antares for an undisclosed product to be marketed in the United States only. Antares will receive an upfront cash royalty payment, milestone fees and a royalty payment equal to a negotiated percentage of the gross profit of each product sold. Antares also granted the affiliate a right of first offer to obtain rights for use of the delivery device for the undisclosed product in other territories. In addition, pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement, the affiliate has purchased 400,000 shares of Antares common stock at a per share price of $1.25. Antares granted the affiliate certain registration rights with respect to the purchased shares of common stock.

Eli Lilly Development and License Agreement

On September 12, 2003, the Company entered into a Development and License Agreement (the “License Agreement”) with Eli Lilly and Company. Under the License Agreement, the Company granted Lilly an exclusive license to certain of the Company’s reusable needle-free technology in the fields of diabetes and obesity. The Company also granted an option to Lilly to apply the technology in one additional therapeutic area. Additionally, as further discussed in Note 7, the Company issued to Lilly a ten-year warrant to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company granted Lilly certain registration rights with respect to the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrant. The Company determined that the fair value of the warrant was $2,943,739 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The fair value of the warrant was recorded to additional paid in capital and to prepaid license discount, a contra equity account.

The Company analyzed this contract to determine the proper accounting treatment under EITF 00-21, discussed in Note 2. The Company reached the conclusion that although there are multiple deliverables in the contract, the entire contract must be accounted for as one unit of accounting. Therefore, all revenue will be deferred when billed under the contract terms and will be recognized into revenue on a straight-line basis over the remaining life of the contract. All related costs will also be deferred and recognized as expense over the remaining life of the contract on a straight-line basis. The prepaid license discount will be amortized against revenue on a straight-line basis over the life of the contract. If the Company concludes that the revenues from this arrangement will not exceed the costs, part or all of the remaining prepaid license discount may be charged to earnings at that time.

Ferring License Agreement

The Company entered into a License Agreement, dated January 22, 2003, with Ferring, under which the Company licensed certain of its intellectual property and extended the territories available to Ferring for use of certain of the Company’s reusable needle-free injector devices. Specifically, the Company granted to Ferring an exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-bearing license, within a prescribed manufacturing territory, to manufacture certain of the Company’s reusable needle-free injector devices for the field of human growth hormone. The Company granted to Ferring similar non-exclusive rights outside of the prescribed manufacturing territory. In addition, the Company granted to Ferring a non-exclusive right to make and have made the equipment required to manufacture the licensed products, and an exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free license in a prescribed territory to use and sell the licensed products.

The Company also granted to Ferring a right of first offer to obtain an exclusive worldwide license to manufacture and sell the Company’s AJ-1 device for the treatment of limited medical conditions.

 

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As consideration for the license grants, Ferring paid the Company EUR500,000 ($532,400) upon execution of the License Agreement, and paid an additional EUR1,000,000 ($1,082,098) on February 24, 2003. Ferring will also pay the Company royalties for each device manufactured by or on behalf of Ferring, including devices manufactured by the Company. Beginning on January 1, 2004, EUR500,000 ($541,049) of the license fee received on February 24, 2003, will be credited against the royalties owed by Ferring, until such amount is exhausted. These royalty obligations expire, on a country-by-country basis, when the respective patents for the products expire, despite the fact that the License Agreement does not itself expire until the last of such patents expires. The license fees have been deferred and are being recognized in income over the period from January 22, 2003 through expiration of the patents in December 2016.

The Company also agreed that it would enter into a third-party supply agreement to supply sufficient licensed products to meet the Company’s obligations to Ferring under the License Agreement and under the parties’ existing supply agreement.

BioSante License Agreement

In June 2000, the Company entered into an exclusive agreement to license four applications of its drug-delivery technology to BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in the United States, Canada, China, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Israel, Mexico, Malaysia and Indonesia (collectively, “the BioSante Territories”). The Company is required to transfer technology know-how and to provide significant development assistance to BioSante until each country’s regulatory authorities approve the licensed product. BioSante will use the licensed technology for the development of hormone replacement therapy products. At the signing of the contract, BioSante made an upfront payment to the Company, a portion of which will offset future royalties from BioSante’s sale of licensed products and/or sublicense up front payments. This milestone payment was for the delivery of intellectual property to BioSante. BioSante is required to tender milestone payments upon commencement of manufacturing of each of the first two licensed products. In the event that the Company fails to produce or have produced the ordered clinical batches, then the Company is required to repay 25% of these two milestone payments to BioSante.

The Company will receive payments upon the achievement of certain milestones and will receive from BioSante a royalty from the sale of licensed products. The Company will also receive a portion of any sublicense fees received by BioSante. The Company is obligated to incur the first $150,000 of production costs for each of the four products, for an aggregate of $600,000. The Company is further obligated to provide BioSante licensed products under a twenty-year supply agreement. The supply agreement is a separately priced, independent agreement that is not tied to the license agreement.

In the agreement, the Company has granted BioSante the option for additional licensed territories and the licensed products. The Company will receive additional milestone payments if this option is exercised.

Under the cumulative deferral method, the Company ratably recognizes revenue related to milestone payments from the date of achievement of the milestone through the estimated date of receipt of final regulatory approval in the BioSante Territory. The Company is recognizing the initial milestone payment in revenue over a 129-month period. All other milestone payments will be recognized ratably on a product-by-product basis from the date the milestone payment is earned and all repayment obligations have been satisfied until the receipt of final regulatory approval in the BioSante Territory for each respective product. It is expected that these milestones will be earned at various dates from January 2005 to March 2011 and will be recognized as revenue over periods of up to 75 months.

In August 2001, BioSante entered into an exclusive agreement with Solvay in which Solvay has sublicensed from BioSante the U.S. and Canadian rights to an estrogen/progestogen combination transdermal hormone replacement gel product, one of the four drug-delivery products the Company has licensed to BioSante. Under the terms of the license agreement between the Company and BioSante, the Company received a portion of the up front payment made by Solvay to BioSante, net of the portion of the initial up front payment the Company received from BioSante intended to offset sublicense up front payments. The Company is also entitled to a portion of any milestone payments or royalties BioSante receives from Solvay under the sublicense agreement. The Company is recognizing the payment received from BioSante in revenue over an 108-month period. The Company received a $200,000 milestone payment in January of 2003 and is recognizing revenue over a period of 91 months. All other

 

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milestone payments will be recognized ratably from the date the milestone payment is earned until the receipt of final regulatory approval in the U.S. and Canada.

Solvay License Agreement

In June 1999, the Company entered into an exclusive agreement to license one application of its gel based drug-delivery technology to Solvay Pharmaceuticals in all countries except the United States, Canada, Japan and Korea (collectively, “the Solvay Territories”). The Company is required to transfer technology know-how and to provide developmental assistance to Solvay until each country’s applicable regulatory authorities approve the licensed product. Solvay will reimburse the Company for all technical assistance provided during Solvay’s development. Solvay will use the licensed technology for the development of a hormone replacement therapy gel. The license agreement requires Solvay to pay the Company milestone payments of $1,000,000 upon signing of the license, $1,000,000 upon the start of Phase IIb/III clinical trials, as defined in the agreement, $1,000,000 upon the first submission by Solvay to regulatory authorities in the Solvay Territories, and $2,000,000 upon the first completed registration in either Germany, France or the United Kingdom. The Company will receive from Solvay a 5% royalty from the sale of licensed products. In 2002 the agreement was amended to change the terms associated with the second $1,000,000 milestone payment, resulting in a payment of $500,000 received in 2002, and two $250,000 payments to be received upon satisfaction of certain conditions.

Under the cumulative deferral method, the Company ratably recognizes revenue related to milestone payments from the date of achievement of the milestone through the estimated date of the first completed registration in Germany, France or the United Kingdom. The Company expects the first completed registration to occur in the second quarter of 2010. The Company is recognizing the first $1,000,000 milestone payment over a period of 133 months, the $500,000 received in 2002 over 99 months, and will recognize the two $250,000 payments and the third $1,000,000 payment from the date the milestone is earned until the estimated date of the first completed registration.

 

11. Third Party Supply Agreement

On February 22, 2003 the Company entered into a manufacturing agreement under which all assembly work that had been performed by the Company at its Minneapolis facility was to be outsourced to a third-party supplier (“Supplier”). Under the terms of the agreement, the Supplier is responsible for procurement of raw materials and components, inspection of procured materials, production, assembly, testing, sterilization, labeling, packaging and shipping to the Company’s customers. The manufacturing operations were transferred to the Supplier in April 2003. The Company has responsibility for the manufacturing of the product including the quality of all products and the release of all products produced by the Supplier. The agreement had an initial term of two years and continues with a six-month termination notice available to either party. The Company reviewed the long-lived assets related to the manufacturing operations and determined there was no impairment as a result of the transfer. Additionally, the historical cost of assembly equipment owned by the Company used by its Supplier in assembly operations was approximately $70,000. These assets became fully depreciated in 2004 in accordance with the Company’s standard depreciation policy.

 

12. Segment Information and Significant Customers

The Company has one operating segment, drug delivery, which includes the development of drug delivery transdermal and transmucosal pharmaceutical products and drug delivery injection devices and supplies.

 

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The geographic distributions of the Company’s identifiable assets and revenues are summarized in the following tables:

The Company has operating assets located in two countries as follows:

 

     December 31,
     2005    2004

Switzerland

   $ 1,339,101    $ 1,022,485

United States of America

     4,827,263      12,155,118
             
   $ 6,166,364    $ 13,177,603
             

Revenues by customer location are summarized as follows:

 

     For the Years Ended December 31,
     2005    2004    2003

United States of America

   $ 511,567    $ 491,014    $ 883,101

Europe

     1,215,814      1,866,359      2,758,478

Other

     497,365      388,583      145,265
                    
   $ 2,224,746    $ 2,745,956    $ 3,786,844
                    

The following summarizes significant customers comprising 10% or more of total revenue for the years ended December 31:

 

     2005    2004    2003

Ferring

   $ 1,065,835    $ 1,299,469    $ 2,370,506

JCR

     258,949      161,097      11,500

BioSante

     161,021      289,031      520,977

Solvay

     140,963      334,276      309,326

The following summarizes significant customers comprising 10% or more of outstanding accounts receivable as of December 31:

 

     2005    2004

Ferring

   $ 65,304    $ 86,149

Ratiopharm

     58,823      —  

SciGen, Ltd.

     56,118      85,141

Eli Lilly and Company

     —        65,260

 

13. Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited)

 

     First     Second     Third     Fourth  

2005:

        

Total revenues

   $ 554,385     $ 492,425     $ 443,978     $ 733,958  

Gross profit

     246,897       224,100       144,096       472,908  

Net loss applicable to common shares (2)

     (2,272,872 )     (2,377,729 )     (1,976,629 )     (1,920,726 )

Net loss per common share (2)

     (.06 )     (.06 )     (.05 )     (.05 )

Weighted average shares (1)

     40,457,850       40,539,760       42,171,329       42,637,420  

2004:

        

Total revenues

   $ 725,821     $ 691,380     $ 613,175     $ 715,580  

Gross profit

     380,338       288,580       347,502       357,234  

Net loss applicable to common shares (2)

     (1,894,427 )     (1,762,015 )     (2,219,185 )     (2,572,905 )

Net loss per common share (2)

     (.07 )     (.05 )     (.06 )     (.06 )

Weighted average shares (1)

     28,627,275       37,943,664       38,825,537       39,982,515  

 

(1) Loss per Common Share is computed based upon the weighted average number of shares outstanding during each period. Basic and diluted loss per share amounts are identical as the effect of potential Common Shares is anti-dilutive.

 

(2) The net loss applicable to common shares and net loss per common share include preferred stock dividends of $50,000 in the second quarter of 2005 and in each of the second and fourth quarters of 2004. The fourth quarter of 2004 includes a patent rights impairment charge of $233,062.

 

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14. Related Party Transactions

On October 19, 2005, the Company’s largest stockholder and Chairman of the Board, Dr. Jacques Gonella, provided a line of credit of up to $4,000,000, of which $2,000,000 is available to support general working capital needs of the Company. Borrowings under the line of credit will be at prime plus 2%. Principal and interest are convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at the lesser of $1.26 per share or the per share price at which common shares are issued or the exercise or conversion price of securities issued during the term of the agreement. Borrowings will generally be secured by a security interest in license, milestone payments, and royalties to the Company from licensing of its ATD™ gel products and/or technology. As additional consideration for this line of credit, the Company agreed to issue to Dr. Gonella common stock warrants that will be issued at rates ranging from 18% to 32% of each borrowing. A total of 1,000,000 warrants will be issued if the Company borrows the entire $4,000,000. At December 31, 2005 there had been no borrowings under this line of credit. As of March 3, 2006 this line of credit was terminated.

In 2001 the Company entered into a consulting agreement with JG Consulting AG, a company owned by the Company’s largest stockholder and Chairman of the Board, Dr. Jacques Gonella. This agreement was terminated as of December 31, 2003. The Company recognized expense of $186,000 in 2003 in connection with this agreement.

During 2003 the Company recognized expense of $26,500 for consulting services provided by John Gogol, one of the Company’s board members until September 2003.

During 2003 the Company borrowed from the Company’s largest stockholder, Dr. Jacques Gonella, $1,600,000 under various Term Note agreements. The loans were due in December 2003 with interest at the three-month Euribor Rate as of the dates of the loans, plus 5%. Dr. Gonella was also issued warrants for the purchase of 2,400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.55 per share in connection with the loans. The face value of the $1,600,000 of stockholder loans was allocated between the loans and the warrants based on the relative fair values of each, with the amount allocated to the warrants being recorded as equity and as a discount on the debt, which was being amortized to interest expense over the life of the loans. The fair value of the warrants was calculated with the Black-Scholes option pricing model using risk free interest rates ranging from 2.1% to 3.9%, volatility of 136%, option life of 5 years and dividend yield of 0.0%. On September 12, 2003, the total of all Term Note agreements, which included principal of $1,600,000 borrowed in 2003 and $700,000 borrowed in 2002 and accrued interest of $98,635, was converted into 2,398,635 shares of common stock. In connection with this conversion the stockholder was issued warrants for the purchase of 1,798,976 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.25 per share. The difference between the fair value of the common stock and warrants issued to the stockholder in excess of the carrying value of the debt on September 12, 2003, the date of the conversions, totaled $10,266,331, and was recorded as loss on conversions of debt to equity in the statement of operations.

 

15. Subsequent Event

In the first quarter of 2006 the Company received net proceeds of approximately $10,000,000 in a private placement of its common stock in which a total of 8,770,000 shares of common stock were sold at a price of $1.25 per share. Additionally, the Company issued five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 7,454,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per share.

 

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Item 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None

 

Item 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Disclosure Controls and Procedures.

The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on such evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of such period, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

Internal Control over Financial Reporting.

There have not been any changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the Company’s fourth quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

The Company’s management, including the CEO and CFO, does not expect that its disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

 

Item 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

None

 

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PART III

 

Item 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

The information required by this item concerning directors is incorporated herein by reference to the section captioned “Election of Directors” in the proxy statement.

The information required by this item concerning executive officers is incorporated herein by reference to the section captioned “Executive Officers of the Company” in the proxy statement.

The information required by this item concerning compliance with Section 16(a) of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is incorporated by reference to the section captioned “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” in the proxy statement.

The Board of Directors adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that is applicable to all employees and directors. We will provide copies of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics without charge upon request. To obtain a copy, please send your written request to Antares Pharma, Inc., 707 Eagleview Boulevard, Suite 414, Exton, PA 19341, Attn: Corporate Secretary.

 

Item 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the sections captioned “Compensation of Directors”, “Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation”, “Report of the Compensation Committee”, “Employment Agreements with Executive Officers”, “Executive Compensation” and “Performance Graph” in the proxy statement.

 

Item 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the sections captioned “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” and “Equity Compensation Plan Information” in the proxy statement.

 

Item 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the section captioned “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” in the proxy statement.

 

Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the sections captioned “Audit Fees,” “Audit Related Fees,” “Tax Fees,” “All Other Fees” and “Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures” in the proxy statement.

 

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PART IV

 

Item 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

 

(a) The following documents are filed as part of this report:

 

  (1) Financial Statements - see Part II

 

  (2) Financial Statement Schedules

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Financial Statement Schedule.

Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts.

All other schedules have been omitted because they are not applicable, are immaterial or are not required because the information is included in the financial statements or the notes thereto.

 

  (3) Item 601 Exhibits - see list of Exhibits below

 

(b) Exhibits

The following is filed as an exhibit to Part I of this Form 10-K:

 

Exhibits

  

Description

  3.1          Certificate of Incorporation (u)
  3.2          Bylaws (u)
  4.1          Form of Certificate for Common Stock (a)
10.0          Stock Purchase Agreement with Permatec Holding AG, Permatec Pharma AG, Permatec Technologie AG and Permatec NV with First and Second Amendments dated July 14, 2000 (e)
10.1          Third Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement, dated January 31, 2001 (f)
10.2          Registration Rights Agreement with Permatec Holding AG dated January 31, 2001 (f)
10.3          Registration Rights Agreement with Aventic Partners AG, Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank and HCI Healthcare Investments Limited dated February 5, 2001, and Lombard Odier & Cie dated March 5, 2001 (f)
10.4          Exclusive License & Supply Agreement with Bio-Technology General Corporation, dated December 22, 1999 (d)
10.5          Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement with Bio-Technology General Corporation, dated December 22, 1999 (d)
10.6          Preferred Stock, Option and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated January 25, 1996, with Becton Dickinson and Company (a)
10.7*        Employment Agreement and Term and Compensation Addendum for 2000, dated May 1, 2000, with Lawrence Christian (f)

 

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10.8*        Employment Agreement and Term and Compensation Addendum for 2000, dated May 1, 2000, with Peter Sadowski (f)
10.9*        Employment Agreement, dated May 31, 2000 with Dr. Dario Carrara (g)
10.10*      1993 Stock Option Plan (a)
10.11*      Form of incentive stock option agreement for use with 1993 Stock Option Plan (a)
10.12*      Form of non-qualified stock option agreement for use with 1993 Stock Option Plan (a)
10.13*      1996 Stock Option Plan, with form of stock option agreement (a)
10.14*      1998 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (b)
10.15#      Agreement with Becton Dickinson dated January 1, 1999 (c)
10.16#      License & Development Agreement with Elan Corporation, plc, dated November 10, 1998 (c)
10.17        Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors and Consultants (l)
10.18        Amended and Restated 2001 Incentive Stock Option Plan for Employees (l)
10.19        Office lease agreement with 707 Eagleview Boulevard Associates, a Pennsylvania Partnership, dated June 18, 2001 (g)
10.20        Securities Purchase Agreement, dated July 12, 2002, between Antares Pharma, Inc. and AJW Partners, LLC; AJW/New Millennium Offshore, Ltd.; Pegasus Capital Partners, LLC; XMark Fund, L.P.; XMark Fund, Ltd.; SDS Merchant Fund, LP; and OTATO Limited Partnership (h)
10.21        Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 12, 2002, between Antares Pharma, Inc. and AJW Partners, LLC; AJW/New Millennium Offshore, Ltd.; Pegasus Capital Partners, LLC; XMark Fund, L.P.; XMark Fund, Ltd.; SDS Merchant Fund, LP; and OTATO Limited Partnership (h)
10.22**    License Agreement with Solvay Pharmaceuticals BV, dated June 9, 1999 (i)
10.23**    License Agreement with BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc., dated June 13, 2000 (i)
10.24**    Amendment No. 1 to License Agreement with BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc., dated May 20, 2001 (i)
10.25**    Amendment No. 2 to License Agreement with BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc., dated July 5, 2001 (i)
10.26**    Amendment No. 3 to License Agreement with BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc., dated August 28, 2001 (i)
10.27**    Amendment No. 4 to License Agreement with BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc., dated August 8, 2002 (i)

 

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10.28        Debenture and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated January 31, 2003, by and among Antares Pharma, Inc., XMark Fund, L.P., XMark Fund, Ltd. and SDS Merchant Fund, LP (j)
10.29        Debenture and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated January 31, 2003, by and among Antares Pharma, Inc., XMark Fund, L.P. and XMark Fund, Ltd. (j)
10.30        Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 31, 2003, by and among Antares Pharma, Inc., XMark Fund, L.P., XMark Fund, Ltd. and SDS Merchant Fund, LP (j)
10.31        Form of Warrant, dated January 31, 2003 (j)
10.32**    License Agreement between Antares Pharma, Inc. and Ferring, dated January 21, 2003 (k)
10.33        Securities Purchase Agreement dated July 7, 2003 (m)
10.34        Form of Registration Rights Agreement dated July 7, 2003 (m)
10.35        Voting Agreement, dated July 7, 2003, by and among Antares Pharma, Inc., XMark Fund, L.P. and XMark Fund, Ltd. (m)
10.36        Form of Warrant, dated July 7, 2003 (m)
10.37        Form of Securities Purchase Agreement dated July 17, 2003 (n)
10.38        Form of Registration Rights Agreement dated July 17, 2003 (n)
10.39        Form of Warrant, dated July 17, 2003 (n)
10.40        Form of Lock-Up Agreement dated July 17, 2003 (n)
10.41        Securities and Exchange Agreement, dated September 12, 2003 (o)
10.42**    Development and License Agreement, dated September 12, 2003, with Eli Lilly and Company (p)
10.43        Warrant Agreement with Eli Lilly and Company dated September 12, 2003 (p)
10.44        Registration Rights Agreement with Eli Lilly and Company dated September 12, 2003 (p)
10.45        Form of Securities Purchase Agreement dated February 10, 2004 (q)
10.46        Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated February 10, 2004 (q)
10.47        Form of Warrant Agreement, dated February 10, 2004 (q)
10.48        Office lease with The Trustees Under the Will and of the Estate of James Campbell, Deceased, dated February 19, 2004 (r)
10.49        Form of Indemnification Agreement, dated January 2, 2004, between Antares Pharma, Inc. and each of its directors and executive officers (r)
10.50        Employment Agreement, dated July 22, 2004, with Jack E. Stover (s)

 

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10.51        Employment Agreement, dated February 14, 2005, with James Hattersley (t)
10.52        Development Supply Agreement (v)
10.53        Line of Credit Agreement, dated October 19, 2005, between Antares Pharma, Inc. and Dr. Jacques Gonella (w)
10.54**    License Development and Supply Agreement with Sicor Pharmaceuticals, Inc., dated November 23, 2005
10.55        Stock Purchase Agreement with Sicor Pharmaceuticals, Inc., dated November 23, 2005
10.56        Senior Management Agreement by and between Antares Pharma, Inc. and Robert F. Apple, dated February 9, 2006 (x)
10.57        Form of Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated February 27, 2006
10.58        Form of Investors Rights Agreement, dated March 2, 2006
10.59        Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated March 2, 2006
14.1          Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (r)
21.1          Subsidiaries of the Registrant
23.1          Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (KPMG LLP)
31.1          Section 302 CEO Certification
31.2          Section 302 CFO Certification
32.1          Section 906 CEO and CFO Certification

 

* Indicates management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

 

** Confidential portions of this document have been redacted and have been separately filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

# Pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, confidential portions of Exhibits 10.21 and 10.23 were deleted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.

 

(a) Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-6661), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 1996.

 

(b) Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997.

 

(c) Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998.

 

(d) Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.

 

(e) Incorporated by reference to the Proxy Statement filed December 28, 2000.

 

(f) Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.

 

(g) Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001.

 

(h) Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 17, 2002.

 

(i) Incorporated by reference to Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2001, filed on September 19, 2002.

 

(j) Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 12, 2003.

 

(k) Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 20, 2003.

 

(l) Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-111177), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 15, 2003.

 

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(m) Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 9, 2003.

 

(n) Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 22, 2003.

 

(o) Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 15, 2003.

 

(p) Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 18, 2003.

 

(q) Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 10, 2004.

 

(r) Previously filed as an exhibit to our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

(s) Previously filed as an exhibit to our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2004, filed with the SEC on November 15, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

(t) Previously filed as an exhibit to our Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 15, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

(u) Previously filed as an exhibit to our Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on March 18, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

(v) Previously filed as an exhibit to our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005, filed with the SEC on August 15, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

(w) Previously filed as an exhibit to our Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 24, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

(x) Previously filed as an exhibit to our Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 14, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Exton, State of Pennsylvania, on March 20, 2006.

 

ANTARES PHARMA, INC.

/s/ Jack E. Stover

Jack E. Stover

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant in the capacities indicated on March 20, 2006.

 

Signature

     

Title

/s/ Jack E. Stover

   

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Jack E. Stover

    (principal executive officer)

/s/ Robert F. Apple

   

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Robert F. Apple

    (principal financial and accounting officer)

/s/ Dr. Jacques Gonella

   

Director, Chairman of the Board

Dr. Jacques Gonella

   

/s/ Thomas J. Garrity

   

Director

Thomas J. Garrity

   

/s/ Anton Gueth

   

Director

Anton Gueth

   

/s/ Dr. Rajesh Shrotriya

   

Director

Dr. Rajesh Shrotriya

   

/s/ Dr. Paul Wotton

   

Director

Dr. Paul Wotton

   

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Financial Statement Schedule

The Board of Directors and Shareholders

Antares Pharma, Inc.:

Under the date of March 10, 2006, we reported on the consolidated balance sheets of Antares Pharma, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive loss, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2005, as included in Antares Pharma, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. In connection with our audits of the aforementioned consolidated financial statements, we also audited the related consolidated financial statement schedule as listed in the accompanying index. This consolidated financial statement schedule is the responsibility of Antares Pharma, Inc.’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this consolidated financial statement schedule based on our audits.

In our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota

March 10, 2006

 

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Antares Pharma, Inc.

Schedule II

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

For the Years Ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003

 

Description

  

Balance at

Beginning of

Year

  

Charged to

Costs and

Expenses

   Deductions   

Balance at

End of

Year

Year Ended December 31, 2005 Allowance for doubtful accounts (Deducted from accounts receivable)

   $ 22,500    $ 6,173    $ 7,873    $ 20,800

Year Ended December 31, 2004 Allowance for doubtful accounts (Deducted from accounts receivable)

   $ 21,500    $ 1,000    $ 0    $ 22,500

Year Ended December 31, 2003 Allowance for doubtful accounts (Deducted from accounts receivable)

   $ 12,000    $ 33,705    $ 24,205    $ 21,500

 

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Exhibit 10.54

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED. CONFIDENTIAL PORTIONS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED AND HAVE BEEN SEPARATELY FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.

LICENSE, DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPLY AGREEMENT

THIS LICENSE, DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPLY AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) , dated as of November 23, 2005, (the “Effective Date”) entered into between SICOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Teva / Sicor”), having a place of business located at 19 Hughes, Irvine, California 92618, and ANTARES PHARMA, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Antares”), having a place of business located at 707 Eagleview Boulevard, Suite 414, Exton, Pennsylvania 19341,

WITNESSETH :

WHEREAS, Antares owns or has rights to certain technology which may be used in the manufacture of **** ; and

WHEREAS, Antares and Teva / Sicor desire to collaborate in the development and commercialization of the Device on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth below; and

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

For purposes of this Agreement, the terms defined in this Article 1 have the meanings set forth below:

1.1 “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. A Person shall be regarded as in control of another Person if it owns, or directly or indirectly controls, at least fifty percent (50%) of the voting stock or other ownership interest of the other Person, provided that such entity shall be considered an Affiliate only for the time during which such control exists.

1.2 “ ANDA ” means an Abbreviated New Drug Application for the Product which has been or will be submitted to the FDA pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 355(j) and the regulations promulgated by the FDA thereunder, including any amendments or supplements thereto.

1.3 “ Antares Patent Rights ” means all issued patents and patent applications, divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, renewals, extensions or additions to any such patent applications or patents heretofore or hereafter filed in any country in the

 

**** — Denotes portions omitted pursuant to a request for confidentiality under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. A copy of this agreement with the omitted information intact has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


Territory owned by or licensed to Antares or to which Antares otherwise acquires rights, which claim the Device, or the process of manufacture or use of the Device in the Territory.

1.4 “ ASP ” means Teva / Sicor’s average Net Sales price for a single unit of the Product during a calendar quarter.

1.5 “ cGMP ” means current Good Manufacturing Practices as promulgated by the FDA and set forth in 21 CFR Parts 210 and 211.

1.6 “ Change of Control ” shall mean, with respect to the applicable Party, an event where: (a) any Third Party (alone or together with such Third Party’s Affiliates) or “group” (as such term is defined under Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) (i) acquires beneficial ownership of capital stock of such Party entitling the holder(s) thereof to greater than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the then outstanding capital stock of such Party with respect to the election of directors of such Party, or (ii) otherwise actually controls or is in a controlling position with respect to the voting power of the then outstanding capital stock of such Party; or (b) such Party consummates a merger, consolidation, reorganization or similar transaction or series of related transactions, whether direct or indirect, with another Third Party, alone or together with such Third Party’s Affiliates (the “Acquiring Corporation”), in which: (i) such Party is not the surviving corporation in such transaction, (ii) the members of the Board of Directors of such Party prior to such transaction constitute less than one half of the members of the Board of Directors of the Acquiring Corporation following such transaction, (iii) greater than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the outstanding capital stock of the Acquiring Corporation with respect to the election of directors following such transaction is held by Third Parties who were shareholders of the Acquiring Corporation prior to such transaction, or (iv) such Party is otherwise effectively controlled by the Acquiring Corporation, or (c) such Party sells to any Third Party(s) (alone or together with such Third Party’s Affiliates) in one or more related transactions properties or assets representing greater than fifty percent (50%) of: (i) such Party’s consolidated total assets as reflected on its most recent annual audited financial statements, provided that all or substantially all of the properties and assets used in connection with such Party’s pharmaceutical business are included in such transaction(s), or (ii) such Party’s pharmaceutical business. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition, a Change of Control shall not be deemed to have occurred with respect to a Party where any acquisition, merger, consolidation, reorganization, sale or similar transaction occurs solely between such Party and any one or more of its Affiliates.

1.7 “ Confidential Information ” means any invention, discovery, patent application or claim, trade secret, idea, improvement or other work of authorship, any process, formula, data, clinical trial data, program, drawing, information, price, technique, sample, compound, extract, media, vector or cell line and procedures and formulations or drawings for producing any such sample, compound, extract, media, vector or cell line, any process, formula or data relating to any research project, work in process, future development, engineering, manufacturing, marketing, servicing, financing or personnel matter relating to a Party, its present or future products, sales suppliers, clients, customers, employees, investors, or business, whether in oral, written, graphic, physical or electronic form.

1.8 “ Contract Margin ” means **** .

 

**** — Denotes portions omitted pursuant to a request for confidentiality under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. A copy of this agreement with the omitted information intact has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


1.9 “ Device ” means ****

1.10 “ Drug ” means **** .

1.11 “ FDA ” means the United States Food and Drug Administration.

1.12 “ Field ” means **** .

1.13 “ Know-How ” means all information and data, including formulas, procedures, protocols, techniques and results of experimentation and testing, which are necessary or useful to make, use, develop, sell or seek regulatory approval in the Territory to market the Product, which Antares owns or controls, has the right to license to Teva / Sicor, and which is in the possession of Antares on the Effective Date of this Agreement or thereafter during the term of this Agreement.

1.14 “ Licensed Technology ” means the Antares Patent Rights together with all improvements to the Licensed Technology relating to the Device developed by Antares during the term of this Agreement.

1.15 ****

1.16 “ Net Sales ” means, with respect to Product sold by Teva / Sicor or its Affiliates to Third Parties, ****

1.17 “ Paragraph III Certification ” means a certification pursuant to section 505(j)(2)(A)(vii)(III) of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 355(j)(2)(A)(vii)(III).

1.18 “ Party ” means either Antares or Teva / Sicor respectively.

1.19 “ Person ” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, pool, syndicate, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, governmental authority or any other form of entity specifically listed herein.

1.20 “ Product ” means any product comprising the Device and the Drug.

1.21 “ QSR ” means the Quality System Regulation as promulgated by the FDA and set forth in 21 CFR Part 820.

1.22 “ Teva / Sicor Patent Rights ” means all issued patents and patent applications, divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, renewals, extensions or additions to any such patent applications or patents heretofore or hereafter filed in any country in the Territory owned by or licensed to Teva / Sicor or any of its Affiliates or to which Teva / Sicor or any of its Affiliates otherwise acquires rights, which claim the Drug, or the process of manufacture or use of the Drug in the Territory.

1.23 “ Territory ” means the United States of America, including its territories, possessions and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

 

**** — Denotes portions omitted pursuant to a request for confidentiality under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. A copy of this agreement with the omitted information intact has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


1.24 “ Third Party ” means any Person other than Teva / Sicor, Antares and their respective Affiliates.

1.25 “ Unit Price ” means Teva / Sicor’s purchase price for a single unit of the Device.

ARTICLE 2

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

2.1 Representations by Each Party . Each Party hereby represents and warrants to the other Party, as of the execution of this Agreement, as follows:

2.1.1 Corporate Existence and Power . Such Party (a) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated; (b) has the corporate power and authority and the legal right to own and operate its property and assets, to lease the property and assets it operates under lease, and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted; and (c) is in compliance with all requirements of applicable law, except to the extent that any noncompliance would not have a material adverse effect on the properties, business, financial or other condition of such Party and would not materially adversely affect such Party’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

2.1.2 Authorization and Enforcement of Obligations . Such Party (a) has the corporate power and authority and the legal right to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder, and (b) has taken all necessary corporate action on its part to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder. The Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Party, and constitutes a legal, valid, binding obligation, enforceable against such Party in accordance with its terms.

2.1.3 Consents . All necessary consents, approvals and authorizations of all governmental authorities and other Persons required to be obtained by such Party in connection with this Agreement have been obtained.

2.1.4 No Conflicts . The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of such Party’s obligations hereunder (a) do not conflict with or violate any requirement of applicable laws or regulations, and (b) do not conflict with, or constitute a default under, any contractual obligation of such Party.

2.2. Representations of Antares . Antares hereby represents and warrants to Teva / Sicor that Antares is either in sole possession of or otherwise possesses all necessary consents, approvals and authorizations to the Licensed Technology to grant the license set forth in Article 3 hereof to Teva / Sicor.

ARTICLE 3

LICENSE GRANT

3.1 License . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, during the term of this Agreement, Antares hereby grants to Teva / Sicor and its Affiliates an exclusive license (exclusive even as to Antares), with the right to sublicense (subject to the provisions of section

 

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3.2), under the Antares Patent Rights and Know How to use the Device in the Product and to sell, offer for sale, import and distribute the Product in the Field in the Territory.

3.2 Sublicenses . Teva / Sicor may grant sublicenses in the Territory, provided that Teva / Sicor shall ensure all such sublicensees assume and comply with all terms and conditions under which Teva / Sicor is obligated as a licensee under this Agreement. Teva / Sicor shall indemnify and hold Antares harmless from any cost, liability, or damage arising from any sublicensee’s failure to so comply. Teva / Sicor shall pay Antares **** .

3.3 Exclusivity . Subject to the provisions of section 10.2.3 hereof, during the term of this Agreement, neither Party or any of its Affiliates, either alone or through any Third Party, will develop, manufacture for use in the Field and the Territory or commercialize any device or product comprised of **** which competes with the Product in the Field and the Territory except pursuant to this Agreement.

3.4 Right of First Refusal . Antares shall promptly notify Teva / Sicor in writing before offering a license to the Device for use in the Field to a Third Party in a country outside the Territory. Teva / Sicor shall have thirty (30) days from receipt of such notice in which to negotiate a non-binding term sheet with Antares for an exclusive license to the Device for use in the Field in such country or countries. If the parties are unable to reach agreement on such non-binding terms within such thirty (30) day period, Antares may negotiate and execute a license with a Third Party, but not on terms any less favorable to Antares than the terms last offered by Teva / Sicor. If the Parties agree in writing to such non-binding terms within such thirty (30) day period, Teva / Sicor shall have sixty (60) days following immediately from such thirty (30) day period in which to negotiate and enter into an exclusive license with Antares for the Device in such country or countries, as the case may be. All negotiations shall be conducted in good faith. If the parties do not enter into such a license within such sixty (60) day period, Antares may negotiate and execute a license with a Third Party, but not on terms any less favorable to Antares than the terms last offered by Teva / Sicor.

3.5 Additional License in the Event of Failure to Supply . In the event that Antares is unable to supply conforming Devices to Teva / Sicor in connection with an accepted purchase order pursuant to Article 5 hereof, with such failure remaining uncured for thirty (30) days, then Antares hereby grants to Teva / Sicor a royalty-bearing right and license in the Territory to (i) make and have made the Device for use in the Product in the Field in the Territory, and (ii) use and reference the necessary regulatory documentation, and any and all data or information included or referenced therein, to make or have made the Device. For any Device manufactured by Teva / Sicor pursuant to this Section, Teva / Sicor shall pay Antares the royalties due under Section 7.1 hereof. If thereafter Antares notifies Teva/Sicor that Antares is able to supply conforming Devices again pursuant to Article 5 hereof, then Antares shall provide notice of the same to Teva / Sicor and Antares shall resume its supply of Devices as provided in this Agreement. Upon Antares’ resumption of such supply, the foregoing license granted to Teva / Sicor in this Section shall immediately terminate and be of no further force or effect.

 

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ARTICLE 4

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND MILESTONE PAYMENTS

4.1 Development Program . Promptly upon execution of this Agreement, the Parties shall commence a development program (the “Program”), which shall be designed to complete the Device development and to scale-up the Device for commercial production for use with the Drug in the Product. The Program will include finalizing a Product specification **** Once the Product specifications are finalized by agreement of the Parties, any additional changes to the Device requested by Teva / Sicor must be agreed to by Antares. Teva / Sicor will provide Antares with all change requests in writing. Antares will provide Teva / Sicor with an estimate of cost and time required to implement any changes, and Teva / Sicor will be responsible for all such costs.

4.1.1 Antares’ Responsibilities . Antares will be responsible for **** Antares will maintain **** any other required regulatory submissions and approvals, in good standing, and maintain its facilities in compliance with QSR.

4.1.2 Teva / Sicor’s Responsibilities . Once the Product specifications are finalized, Teva / Sicor will be responsible for ****

4.1.3 Additional Costs . Any costs incurred by Antares to accelerate the Program at the request of Teva / Sicor will be borne by Teva / Sicor. Any increased costs directly related to development of the **** Product incurred by Teva / Sicor as a result of delays in the development or scale-up of the Device due to Antares’ failure to meet their obligations in the schedule set forth in the Program will be borne by Antares.

4.2 Payments By Teva / Sicor .

4.2.1 Payments Upon Execution of This Agreement. Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Teva / Sicor shall pay to Antares the sum of (a) five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in exchange for 400,000 shares of Antares common stock, subject to the Stock Purchase Agreement executed by the Parties contemporaneously herewith and attached as Exhibit “A” hereto ; and **** in exchange for the exclusive license set forth in Section 3.1 hereof.

4.2.2 Milestone Payment. Upon final FDA approval of the Product, Teva / Sicor shall pay to Antares the sum of ****

4.2.3 ****

ARTICLE 5

COMMERCIAL SUPPLY OF DEVICE

5.1 Device Supply . Upon FDA approval of the Product, Antares will be the exclusive provider of the Device to Teva / Sicor in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and such other commercially reasonable terms and conditions as the Parties shall in good faith negotiate and agree to in writing including, but not limited to, specifications for the

 

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Device, warranty terms, and other customary terms and conditions. Teva / Sicor will commercially market the Product incorporating the Device produced by Antares, and Teva / Sicor will be responsible for the production of the Drug, **** the final assembly of the Product, and final packaging and labeling.

5.2 Forecasts and Delivery . On or before the 20th day of the third month of each calendar quarter (i.e., March 20, June 20, September 20 and December 20) Teva / Sicor will provide Antares with a rolling quarterly forecast for the Device for the next six (6) calendar quarters. Forecasted unit demand set forth in the first two (2) quarters of each rolling quarterly forecast will represent a firm purchase commitment. The last four (4) quarters will represent a non-binding, good faith estimate of Teva / Sicor’s expected requirements for the Device. If any rolling quarterly forecast results in a quarter-to-quarter increase of **** or more units, or if the forecasted number of units exceeds **** units in total for any consecutive four-quarter period, the Parties agree to negotiate in good faith terms and conditions under which Antares will expand its manufacturing capacity to achieve the incremental forecasted volumes.

5.2.1 Purchase Orders . With each rolling quarterly forecast, Teva / Sicor will submit a firm purchase order for Devices needed during the second calendar quarter in the current rolling quarterly forecast. (A purchase order for Devices to be delivered in the first calendar quarter of the current rolling quarterly forecast will have been submitted with the prior forecast.) Each purchase order must specify unit quantity, delivery dates, delivery instructions, Unit Price and other applicable invoice information as agreed by the Parties in writing (“Accepted Purchase Order”). Changes will not be allowed to any Accepted Purchase Order unless agreed in writing by the Parties. The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall govern each purchase order, and in the event of conflict the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall prevail.

5.2.2 Master Forecast . The rolling quarterly forecast submitted in September of each calendar year shall be considered the master forecast for the following calendar year. Invoice pricing for Devices to be delivered in the next calendar year shall be determined by matching the units forecasted in the master forecast to the corresponding Unit Price contained in the price schedule set forth in section 5.3 herein. Subject to Section 5.2.2.1 herein, should Teva / Sicor’s actual Device purchases in a calendar year differ from those set forth in the master forecast such that a higher or lower price should have been paid, this difference shall be determined within 60 days after the end of the applicable calendar year and applied as a credit or debit against royalties payable in subsequent periods.

5.2.2.1 No price reconciliation will be made pursuant to Section 5.2.2 as a result of; (a) increases in actual versus forecasted volumes until after the first calendar year with at least six (6) consecutive months of commercial sales of a Product, or (b) increases in actual versus forecasted volumes due to; (i) changes in any Accepted Purchase Order, (ii) additional purchase orders submitted for the current or next quarter after an Accepted Purchase Order exists for such quarter, or (iii) a change from Standard Pricing to Reduced Pricing.

5.2.3 Invoices . Teva / Sicor shall pay each invoice within thirty (30) calendar days from the date of receipt of the Devices. Antares shall invoice Teva / Sicor at the time of shipment of the Devices to Teva / Sicor, which shall be ****

 

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5.2.4 Acceptance . Antares will deliver to Teva / Sicor a certificate of conformance with each shipment of Devices confirming that all Devices conform to the specifications. Teva / Sicor shall have forty-five (45) calendar days after the delivery date to notify Antares that Devices received were defective or non-conforming. In such case, the parties shall use good-faith efforts to resolve the problem.

5.3 Standard Pricing . The Standard Pricing for the Device supplied by Antares to Teva / Sicor will be as follows:

      ****

5.4 ****

5.5 Adjustments to Pricing . ****

5.6 Qualification of Backup Suppliers . Notwithstanding section 5.1 hereof, Teva / Sicor shall have the right at any time during the term of this Agreement to qualify and contract with one or more backup suppliers (including Antares’ existing supplier) for the Device, in order to enable Teva / Sicor to timely exercise its rights under section 3.5 of the Agreement. Antares shall reasonably cooperate with Teva / Sicor in qualifying such backup suppliers, including, without limitation, providing appropriate technical information, subject to the execution of reasonable confidentiality agreements.

5.7 ****

ARTICLE 6

REGULATORY SUBMISSIONS

6.1 Teva / Sicor’s Responsibilities . Teva / Sicor is responsible for preparing, prosecuting, and maintaining registrations, filings and approvals relating to the Drug and the Product, and will be responsible for its own internal and external expenses related to regulatory submissions and approvals of the Drug and the Product.

6.2 Antares’ Responsibilities . Antares is responsible for preparing, prosecuting, and maintaining registrations, filings and approvals relating to the Device and will be responsible for its own internal and external expenses related to regulatory submissions and approvals for the Device.

6.3 Adverse Experience Reporting . Teva / Sicor and Antares shall report to the other any information of which they have knowledge concerning any adverse drug experience in connection with the use of the Product, including the incidence or severity thereof, whether or

 

**** — Denotes portions omitted pursuant to a request for confidentiality under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. A copy of this agreement with the omitted information intact has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


not determined to be attributable to the Product. Reports of routine adverse drug experiences of the type defined in Section 314.80 of Title 21 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations shall be exchanged by each Party on a quarterly basis. Reports of serious adverse drug experiences of the type defined in Sections 312.32 and 314.80 of Title 21 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations shall be made available to the other Party within five (5) days after a Party becomes aware of such serious adverse drug experience. Upon receipt of any such information concerning any serious adverse drug experience by either Teva / Sicor or Antares, the Parties shall promptly consult each other and use their best efforts to arrive at a mutually acceptable procedure for taking such possible actions as appropriate or required under the circumstances; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be construed as restricting the right or duty of either Party to make a required report or submission to the FDA or take any other action that it deems to be appropriate or required by applicable law or regulation. In any event, the responsibility of making any reports of adverse drug experience or other required reports to the FDA shall be upon the holder of the product registration for the Product.

6.4 Recall Action .

6.4.1 In the event Teva / Sicor is required or voluntarily decides to initiate a recall, withdrawal, or field correction of the Product, Teva / Sicor shall notify Antares and provide a copy of its proposal, including the recall letter. In conjunction with such recall, Antares at Teva / Sicor’s sole expense shall assist in the investigation to determine the cause and extent of the problem, unless it is subsequently determined that such recall was necessitated entirely by the negligence or intentionally wrongful act of Antares or its representatives, in which case such assistance shall be at Antares’ sole expense.

6.4.2 In the event that Antares independently believes that a recall, withdrawal, or field correction of the Product may be necessary or appropriate, Antares shall notify Teva / Sicor of Antares’ belief, and the Parties shall fully cooperate with each other concerning the necessity and nature of such action, provided that, in the event that the Product is recalled as a result of the negligent or intentionally wrongful act of Teva / Sicor or its representatives, any expenses incurred by Antares in connection with such cooperation, including, but not limited to, outside expert fees and reasonable legal fees, shall be borne by Teva / Sicor.

6.4.3 All coordination of any recall, withdrawal or field correction activities involving the Product shall he handled by Teva / Sicor, who shall keep Antares promptly advised of all matters relating thereto, whether or not such action was initially requested by Antares. Unless required by applicable law or regulation, or unless due to a defect in the Device, Teva / Sicor will not disclose or refer to Antares in connection with a recall, withdrawal or field correction without Antares’ prior written consent.

6.5 Expenses . In the event that the Product is recalled as a result of the negligent or intentionally wrongful act of Teva / Sicor or its representatives, then Teva / Sicor shall bear all of the costs and expenses of such recall, including, without limitation, expenses related to communications and meetings with all required regulatory agencies, expenses of replacement stock, the cost of notifying customers and costs associated with shipment of recalled Product from customers and shipment of an equal amount of replacement Product to those same customers. In the event that the Product is recalled as a result of the negligent or intentionally

 

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wrongful act of Antares or its representatives, then Antares shall bear all of the costs and expenses of such recall, including expenses related to communications and meetings with all required regulatory agencies, expenses of replacement stock, the cost of notifying customers and costs associated with shipment of recalled Product from customers and shipment of an equal amount of replacement Product to those same customers. To the extent that the reason for any recall of the Product hereunder is in part the responsibility of Antares and in part the responsibility of Teva / Sicor, then the expenses shall be equitably allocated between the Parties. Applicable recall costs payable by Antares may be offset against future royalty payments.

6.6 Recall Records . Teva / Sicor shall maintain complete and accurate recall records for such periods as may be required by applicable law, but in no event less than three (3) years, of all Product sold by it.

ARTICLE 7

ROYALTIES

7.1 Royalty . In consideration of the license granted pursuant to Section 3.1, Teva / Sicor shall pay Antares, ****

7.2 Adjustments . ****

7.2.1 Commercial Launch . ****

7.3 Taxes . All federal, state, district, local or other governmental authority income or similar tax measured by income that is imposed on either Party as a result of income generated as a result of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, shall be the responsibility of such Party. Any federal, state, district, local or other governmental authority sales or use tax, excise or similar tax assessed on the sale of the Product by Teva / Sicor shall be paid by Teva / Sicor.

7.4 Customer Pricing . Teva / Sicor shall have sole discretion in setting customer pricing for the Product.

7.5 Records; Audit . Teva / Sicor shall keep books and records in the normal course of business in the Territory identifying annual (on a calendar year basis) sales of the Product in units and values, Net Sales and deductions therefrom, gross revenue received, cost of goods sold, credits applied for returned units, and the amounts due Antares. Teva / Sicor shall maintain such books and records for two (2) years from the date of payment or until any relevant dispute has been resolved, whichever is longer. Upon Antares’ reasonable request, and at Antares’ sole expense, but no more than once each calendar year during the term of the Agreement, Teva / Sicor shall permit an independent certified public accountant to examine such books and records on behalf of Antares upon reasonable notice during normal business hours. Such independent certified public accountant shall sign a confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Teva / Sicor and shall not disclose to Antares or any Third Party any information other than the amount of any inaccuracy. The report prepared by such accountant shall not disclose to Antares or to any Third Party any information except that which should properly be contained in a royalty report required under Section 7.1 hereof and such other information as reasonably shall be necessary to verify the calculation of the Net Sales. A

 

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complete copy of the report of such accountant shall be given to Teva / Sicor at the same time that it is provided to Antares. If, as a result of any such examination, it is shown that Teva / Sicor’s payments to Antares under this Section were less than the amount which should have been paid, then Teva / Sicor shall make all payments required to be made to eliminate any discrepancy revealed by the examination within thirty (30) days after Antares’ demand therefor and, if such discrepancy exceeds ten percent (10%) of amounts paid to Antares, Teva / Sicor shall reimburse Antares for all costs and expenses incurred by Antares to perform the audit. The interest charged on overdue payments pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof shall apply to any underpayments due from Teva / Sicor. Any overpayments shall be fully reimbursed to Teva / Sicor within thirty (30) days after Teva / Sicor’s demand therefor. Antares agrees that all information subject to review under this Section 7.5 or under any sublicense or supply agreement is confidential and that Antares shall retain and shall cause its accountant to retain all such information in confidence.

ARTICLE 8

CONFIDENTIALITY

8.1 Confidentiality Obligation . During the term of this Agreement, and for a period of seven (7) years following the expiration or earlier termination hereof, the receiving Party (the “Receiving Party”) will not publish or otherwise disclose to any Third Party absent an express written agreement permitting such disclosure and will not use for any purpose other than as provided in this Agreement, any and all Confidential Information received from the other Party (the “Disclosing Party”) on a confidential basis. Each Party shall use the same degree of care, which shall not be less than a reasonable degree of care, that it uses to protect its own confidential information to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of Confidential Information. The foregoing confidentiality obligation shall not apply to information which: (i) at the time of the disclosure to the Receiving Party was in the public domain, or (ii) after disclosure, becomes part of the public domain through no fault of the Receiving Party or any act or omission of the Receiving Party in breach of this Agreement, or (iii) was previously known to the Receiving Party from a source other than the Disclosing Party and such source was under no obligation to keep such information confidential or which is received from a Third Party, provided said party did not obtain it directly or indirectly from the Disclosing Party or a party who was under a duty to keep such information confidential, or (iv) was independently developed or discovered by the Receiving Party without the use of Confidential Information belonging to the Disclosing Party. Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, all Confidential Information previously disclosed by Antares shall continue to be subject to the Confidential Disclosure Agreement dated December 20, 2002 between the Parties, which shall survive the execution and termination of this Agreement.

8.2 Authorized Disclosure . Each Party may disclose Confidential Information belonging to the other Party to the extent such disclosure is reasonably necessary for (a) filing or prosecuting patents relating to the Device or the Product; (b) regulatory filings; (c) prosecuting or defending litigation; (d) complying with applicable governmental regulations; (e) conducting pre-clinical or clinical trials of Products; (f) disclosure on a need to know basis to Affiliates, sublicensees, employees, consultants or agents who agree to be bound by similar terms of confidentiality and non-use at least equivalent in scope to those set forth in this Article 8; and (g) use of jointly owned Inventions and Technology.

 

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8.3 Other Permitted Disclosure . Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.3 of this Agreement, either Party (the “Publishing Party”) may use or refer to the name of the other Party: (i) in connection with the Publishing Party’s efforts to secure financing at any time during the term of this Agreement; (ii) in connection with a press release regarding this Agreement and the relationship of the Parties created hereby, which shall be mutually agreed upon by the Parties; or (iii) in statements that the Publishing Party reasonably determines to be necessary to comply with applicable law (including the disclosure requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or under applicable Blue Sky laws (for private financings or public financing), Nasdaq or any other stock exchange on which securities issued by the Publishing Party are traded); provided, however, that to the extent practicable under the circumstances, the Publishing Party shall provide the other Party with a copy of the proposed text of such statements sufficiently in advance of the scheduled release thereof to afford such other Party a reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon the proposed text. Except as permitted in this provision, neither Party shall disclose, use or refer to, without the other Party’s prior written consent which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, the name or trademarks of such other Party in any public statements, whether oral or written, including shareholder reports, communications with stock market analysts or other communications with the media, or prospectuses.

8.4 Publications . If either Party desires to disclose any information which relates to the Device or the Product in scientific journals, publications or scientific presentations or otherwise, the Publishing Party will provide the other Party an advance copy of any proposed publication or summary of a proposed oral presentation prior to submission for publication or disclosure. Such other Party will have a reasonable opportunity to recommend any changes it reasonably believes necessary.

ARTICLE 9

PATENT RIGHTS

9.1 Ownership . ****

9.1.1 Securing Patent Rights . Each Party agrees to cooperate with the other in completing any patent applications and in execution and delivery of any related instruments required to secure, assign, convey or transfer the patent rights in accordance with Section 9.1 hereof. Each Party shall promptly disclose to the other any Inventions made by employees or others acting on behalf of such Party. Teva / Sicor and Antares each hereby represents that all employees and other Persons acting on its behalf in performing its obligations under the Agreement shall be obligated under a binding written agreement to assign to it, or as it shall direct, all intellectual property made or developed by such employees or other Persons. Each Party shall be responsible for and shall bear all applicable costs associated with the filing, prosecution and maintenance of their respective patent rights and the Parties shall equally share in the costs directed to patent rights for Joint Inventions with one of the Parties, upon mutual agreement, taking the lead responsibility for preparing, filing and prosecuting the application for securing patent rights for the Joint Invention.

 

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9.2 Enforcement . Antares and Teva / Sicor shall promptly notify the other in writing of any alleged or threatened infringement of the patent rights of which they become aware. Each Party shall have the right to enforce any of their respective patent rights hereunder. If either Party elects not to proceed with enforcement activity within (i) ninety (90) days following the notice of alleged infringement or (ii) ten (10) days before any applicable time limit set forth in the appropriate laws and regulations for the filing of such actions, whichever comes first, then the Party owning the patent rights agrees to grant the other Party, at such other Party’s sole expense, the right to enforce the infringement rights on such Party’s behalf. In the event a Party brings an infringement action, the other Party shall cooperate fully, including, if required to bring such action, the furnishing of a power of attorney. Neither Party shall have the right to settle any patent infringement litigation under this Section 9.2 in a manner that diminishes the rights or interests of the other Party without the express written consent of such other Party. The costs of any litigation commenced pursuant to this Section 9.2, including attorneys’ fees and expenses, shall be borne by the Party commencing such litigation, unless the Parties agree to a different cost sharing arrangement in any particular matter. Any recovery realized by a Party commencing such litigation shall be retained by such Party.

Except as otherwise agreed to by the Parties as part of a cost sharing arrangement, any recovery realized or liability created as a result of such joint litigation shall be shared equally by the Parties, after deduction of the costs of litigation incurred by the Party commencing such litigation (unless they agree beforehand to a different sharing of such recovery).

9.3 Third Party Infringement Actions . If Antares or Teva / Sicor or their respective customers is sued by a Third Party for infringement of a patent because of the manufacture, use or sale of the Product, each Party promptly shall notify the other Party in writing of the institution of such suit.

ARTICLE 10

TERM AND TERMINATION

10.1 Term . Unless terminated earlier pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Agreement shall commence from the date of this Agreement and continue in full force and effect until ****

10.2 Termination .

10.2.1 Termination by Either Party . Either Party may terminate this Agreement:

(a) upon or after the material breach of this Agreement by the other Party if that Party has not cured such breach within sixty (60) days after receipt of written notice thereof (or fifteen (15) days in the case of nonpayment) by the nonbreaching Party; provided, however, that each Party shall have such longer period as may be needed to cure such breach, other than for nonpayment, provided that it has promptly commenced and continues diligently to pursue such cure;

 

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(b) subject to applicable bankruptcy laws, if the other Party voluntarily commences any action or seeks any relief regarding its liquidation, reorganization, dissolution or similar act or under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law; or

(c) subject to applicable bankruptcy laws, if a proceeding is commenced or an order, judgment or decree is entered seeking the liquidation, reorganization, dissolution or similar act or any other relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law against the other Party, without its consent, which continues undismissed or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days.

10.2.2 Termination by Teva / Sicor . Teva / Sicor may terminate the Agreement ****

10.2.3 Termination by Antares . Antares may, at its option, terminate this Agreement ****

10.3 Effects of Termination . Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, upon termination of this Agreement:

10.3.1 All rights, privileges and licenses granted by Antares to Teva / Sicor shall terminate and revert to Antares, and Teva / Sicor shall not thereafter make any use whatsoever of any Confidential Information, Antares Patent Rights or Licensed Technology, provided, however, if Teva / Sicor terminates this Agreement pursuant to Sections 10.2.1(b) or (c), this Agreement may continue in accordance with applicable bankruptcy laws.

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10.4 Survival.

10.4.1 Termination of this Agreement for any reason shall not release either Party hereto from any liability which, at the time of such termination, has already accrued to the other Party.

10.4.2 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, either Party’s Legal Division shall be entitled to retain one archival copy of all materials covered by Article 7 hereof, for the sole purpose of determining such Party’s ongoing confidentiality obligations.

10.4.3 Termination shall be the sole remedy under Section 10.2.2 hereof.

10.4.4 Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 10.4.3 hereof, termination shall not be the sole remedy under this Agreement and whether or not termination is effected all other remedies will remain available.

10.4.5 Articles 1, 7 **** 8, 9, 11, 12, this Section 10.4 and any obligations of a Party to make payments to the other Party hereunder accruing prior to the termination of the Agreement, shall survive the expiration and termination of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE 11

INDEMNITY

11.1 Indemnification by Teva / Sicor . Teva / Sicor agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Antares, its Affiliates and their respective employees against any and all Third Party claims, losses, damages and liabilities, including reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred by any of them arising out of any breach of any obligation by Teva / Sicor hereunder, any misrepresentation by Teva / Sicor hereunder, any negligent or intentionally wrongful act or omission by Teva / Sicor in connection with the performance of this Agreement by Teva / Sicor or the manufacture or sale of Product hereunder, or any claim that the method of production, sale or use of the Product (other than methods used under the Licensed Technology to make Device) infringes one or more claims of a patent or any trade secret or other intellectual property right.

11.2 Indemnification by Antares . Antares agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Teva / Sicor, its Affiliates, and its employees against any and all Third Party claims, losses, damages and liabilities, including reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred by any of them arising out of any claim that the Device infringes one or more claims of a patent or any trade secret or other intellectual property right, and any claim based on any misrepresentation by Antares hereunder, any negligent or intentionally wrongful act or omission by Antares in connection with the performance of this Agreement by Antares.

11.3 Procedure . If Teva / Sicor, its Affiliates or their respective employees, or Antares, its Affiliates or their respective employees (in each case an “Indemnified Party”) receive any written claim which such Indemnified Party believes is the subject of indemnity hereunder by Teva / Sicor or Antares as the case may be (in each case an “Indemnifying Party”), the Indemnified Party shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after forming such belief, give notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party; provided, that the failure to give timely notice to the Indemnifying Party as contemplated hereby shall not release the Indemnifying Party from any liability to the Indemnified Party unless the Indemnifying Party demonstrates that the defense of such claim is prejudiced by such failure. In case any such proceeding shall be brought against any Indemnified Party and it shall notify the Indemnifying Party of the commencement thereof, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party and shall pay as incurred the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel at its own expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indemnifying Party shall pay as incurred (or within 30 days of presentation) the reasonable fees and expenses of the counsel retained by the Indemnified Party in the event (i) the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel, (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them or (iii) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed to assume the defense and employ counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Party within a reasonable period of time after notice of commencement of the action. It is understood that the Indemnifying Party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate law

 

**** — Denotes portions omitted pursuant to a request for confidentiality under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. A copy of this agreement with the omitted information intact has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


firm for all such indemnified parties. Such firm shall be designated in writing by Teva / Sicor in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 11.1 and by Antares in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 11.2. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Party agrees to indemnify the Indemnified Party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. In addition, the Indemnifying Party will not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding of which indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether or not any Indemnified Party is an actual or potential party to such claim, action or proceeding) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such claim, action or proceeding.

11.4 Insurance . Each Party shall carry comprehensive general liability insurance, including product liability insurance against claims for bodily injury or property damage in an amount of not less than **** . Such policy shall be endorsed to include the following: the policies shall provide for thirty (30) days’ notice to the other Party of cancellation or material change in the coverage before such cancellation or change takes effect. Each Party shall carry the insurance coverage set forth herein during the term of this Agreement and for two (2) years following termination of this Agreement.

11.5 Limitation of Liability . In no event shall either Party be liable to the other for any consequential, incidental, special, punitive, or exemplary damages (including but not limited to loss of profits or revenues or other indirect damages), whether a claim for any such liability or damage is based upon a breach of contract, breach of warranty, fulfillment of warranty, negligence, strict liability, misrepresentation or any other theories of liability, even if the Party has been apprised of the possibility or likelihood of such damages occurring.

ARTICLE 12

MISCELLANEOUS

12.1 Notices . Any consent, notice or report required or permitted to be given or made under this Agreement by one of the Parties to the other shall be in writing, mailed via certified mail, return receipt requested, courier or facsimile transmission, addressed to such other Party at its address indicated below, or to such other address as the addressee shall have last furnished in writing to the addressor and (except as otherwise provided in this Agreement) shall be effective upon receipt by the addressee or five (5) business days after dispatch.

 

If to Teva / Sicor:    SICOR Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
   19 Hughes
   Irvine, California 92618
   Attention: Senior Vice President and General Manager
with a copy to:    Teva North America
   425 Privet Road
   Horsham, PA 19044
   Attention: Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

**** — Denotes portions omitted pursuant to a request for confidentiality under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. A copy of this agreement with the omitted information intact has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


If to Antares:    Antares Pharma Inc.
   707 Eagleview Boulevard, Suite 414
   Exton, Pennsylvania 19341
   Attention: President and CEO

12.2 Force Majeure . Neither Party shall be held liable or responsible to the other Party nor be deemed to have defaulted under or breached this Agreement for failure or delay in fulfilling or performing any term of this Agreement (except the payment of money due under this Agreement) to the extent, and for so long as, such failure or delay is caused by or results from causes beyond the reasonable control of the affected Party including fire, floods, weather conditions, embargoes, war, acts of war (whether war be declared or not), vandalism, insurrections, riots, civil commotions, strikes, lockouts or other labor disturbances, acts of God or acts, omissions, delays in acting or prohibitions by any governmental authority. The Party so affected shall give prompt notice to the other Party of such cause, and shall take whatever steps are necessary to relieve the effect of such cause as rapidly as reasonably possible.

12.3 Assignment . Except as expressly provided hereunder, this Agreement may not be assigned or otherwise transferred, nor may any right or obligations hereunder be assigned or transferred by either Party without the consent of the other Party which may not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, however, that either may, without such consent, assign this Agreement and its rights and obligations hereunder in connection with the transfer or sale of all or substantially all of its business, or in the event of its merger or consolidation or change in control or similar transaction. Any permitted assignee shall assume all obligations of its assignor under this Agreement.

12.4 Bankruptcy . If Antares files a petition in bankruptcy, or enters into an arrangement with its creditors, or applies for or consents to the appointment of a receiver or trustee or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or suffers or permits the entry of an order adjudicating it to be bankrupt or insolvent, all rights and licenses granted pursuant to this Agreement are, and shall otherwise be deemed to be, for purposes of Section 365(n) of 11 U.S.C. §101 et seq. (the “Bankruptcy Code”), licenses of rights to “intellectual property” as such term is defined under Section 101(35A) of the Bankruptcy Code. The Parties agree that Teva / Sicor, as a licensee of such rights under this Agreement, subject to Teva / Sicor’s compliance with its obligations under this Agreement, shall retain and may fully exercise all of its rights (including, without limitation, any right to enforce any exclusivity provision of this Agreement, including any embodiment of such intellectual property), remedies and elections under the Bankruptcy Code.

12.5 Severability . Each Party hereby acknowledges that it does not intend to violate any public policy, statutory or common laws, rules, regulations, treaty or decision of any government agency or executive body thereof of any country or community or association of countries. Should one or more provisions of this Agreement be or become invalid, the Parties shall substitute, by mutual consent, valid provisions for such invalid provisions which valid provisions in their economic effect are sufficiently similar to the invalid provisions that it can be reasonably assumed that the Parties would have entered into this Agreement with such provisions. In case such provisions cannot be agreed upon, the invalidity of one or several

 

**** — Denotes portions omitted pursuant to a request for confidentiality under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. A copy of this agreement with the omitted information intact has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


provisions of this Agreement shall not affect the validity of this Agreement as a whole, unless the invalid provisions are of such essential importance to this Agreement that it is to be reasonably assumed that the Parties would not have entered into this Agreement without the invalid provisions.

12.6 U.S. Export Laws and Regulations . Each Party hereby acknowledges that the marketing rights and information disclosure requirements of this Agreement are subject to the laws and regulations of the United States relating to the export of products and technical information. Without limitation, each Party shall comply with all such laws and regulations. Each Party will comply with U.S. and international laws and regulations in connection with their activities required or permitted under this Agreement including manufacturing, distribution, marketing and labeling of Products.

12.7 Entire Agreement . The Agreement contains the entire understanding of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. All express or implied agreements and understandings, either oral or written, heretofore made are expressly superseded by this Agreement. The Agreement may be amended, or any term hereof modified, only by a written instrument duly executed by both Parties.

12.8 Headings . The captions to the several Articles and Sections hereof are not a part of this Agreement, but are merely guides or labels to assist in locating and reading the several Articles and Sections hereof.

12.9 Independent Contractors . It is expressly agreed that Teva / Sicor and Antares shall be independent contractors and that the relationship between the two Parties shall not constitute a partnership, joint venture or agency. Neither Teva / Sicor nor Antares shall have the authority to make any statements, representations or commitments of any kind, or to take any action, which shall be binding on the other, without the prior consent of the Party to be bound so.

12.10 Amendment and Waiver . This Agreement may be amended, modified, superseded or cancelled and any of the terms waived, only by a written instrument executed by each Party, or in the case of a waiver, by the Parties or Party waiving compliance. The waiver by either Party of any right hereunder or the failure to perform or of a breach by the other Party shall not be deemed a waiver of any other right hereunder or of any other breach or failure by said other Party whether of a similar nature or otherwise.

12.11 Payments . All payments due to a Party under this Agreement shall be made in U.S. Dollars and be made by wire transfer to such Party’s account in the depository designated from time to time by such Party.

12.12 No Third Party Beneficiaries . No Third Party including any employee of any Party to this Agreement, shall have or acquire any rights by reason of this Agreement. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute the Parties partners with each other or any Third Party.

12.13 Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

**** — Denotes portions omitted pursuant to a request for confidentiality under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. A copy of this agreement with the omitted information intact has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


12.14 Counterparts . The Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Signatures may be transmitted via facsimile, thereby constituting the valid signature and delivery of this Agreement, provided original copies are transmitted within forty-eight (48) hours to each Party after signature thereto.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

 

SICOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

By  

/s/ Mark Durand

Title

 

CFO SVP

ANTARES PHARMA INC.

By  

/s/ Jack E. Stover

Title

 

President and CEO

 

**** — Denotes portions omitted pursuant to a request for confidentiality under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. A copy of this agreement with the omitted information intact has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Exhibit 10.55

STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT , dated as of November 23, 2005 (this “ Agreement ”), between ANTARES PHARMA, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and SICOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (the “ Investor ”).

RECITALS:

A. The Investment . The Company intends to sell to the Investor, and the Investor intends to purchase from the Company, as an investment in the Company, the securities as described herein. The securities to be purchased are common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “ Common Stock ” or “Common Shares” ) and are to be purchased at the Closing, as defined below, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.

B. The Securities . The term “ Securities ” refers to the Common Stock purchased under this Agreement.

C. Transaction Documents . The term “ Transaction Documents ” refers collectively to this Agreement and the registration-related provisions contained in Exhibit 1 .

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Purchase; Closings

1.1 Purchase . On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, at the Closing, the Investor will purchase from the Company, and the Company will sell to the Investor the Securities as set forth in Section 1.2.

1.2 Closing . (a) At the closing (the “ Closing ”), the Investor will purchase from the Company, and the Company will sell to the Investor, 400,000 Common Shares at a per share price of $1.25 per share ($500,000 in the aggregate) (the “Purchase” ). The Closing will take place at the offices of [Leonard, Street and Deinard Professional Association, 150 South Fifth Street, Suite 2300, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402] 10:00 a.m., [ Minneapolis] time, on _________ __, 2005.

(b) (1) The respective obligations of each of the Investor and the Company to consummate the Closing is subject to the fulfillment or written waiver by the Investor and the Company prior to the Closing of the following conditions: (A) all approvals and authorizations of, filings and registrations with, and notifications to, all governmental or regulatory authorities, agencies, courts, commissions or other entities (collectively, “ Governmental Entities ”) required for the Purchase shall have been obtained or made and shall be in full force and effect and all other waiting periods shall have expired, in each case, without imposing or the Company agreeing to any restriction or condition that would have a


Material Adverse Effect, as defined below, on the Company; and (B) no provision of any applicable law or regulation and no judgment, injunction, order or decree shall prohibit the Purchase or shall prohibit or restrict Investor or its Affiliates, as defined below, from owning or voting any Securities, as defined below.

(2) The obligation of the Company to consummate the Closing is also subject to the fulfillment or written waiver prior to the Closing of the following conditions: the Investor shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing and the Company shall have received a certificate dated as of the Closing Date signed on behalf of the Investor by a senior officer or general partner certifying compliance with Section 1.2(b)(2) hereof.

(3) The obligation of the Investor to consummate the Closing is also subject to the fulfillment or written waiver prior to the Closing of each of the following conditions: the Company shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing and the Investor shall have received a certificate dated as of the Closing Date signed on behalf of the Company by a senior officer certifying compliance with Section 1.2(b)(3) hereof.

ARTICLE II

Representations and Warranties

2.1 Disclosure . (a) On or prior to the date hereof, the Company delivered to the Investor a schedule (“ Disclosure Schedule ”) setting forth, among other things, items the disclosure of which is necessary or appropriate either in response to an express disclosure requirement contained in a provision hereof or as an exception to one or more of the Company’s representations or warranties contained in Section 2.2 or to one or more of its covenants contained in Article III; provided that the mere inclusion of an item in a Disclosure Schedule as an exception to a representation or warranty will not be deemed an admission by the Company that such item represents a material exception or fact, event or circumstance or that such item is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) “ Material Adverse Effect ” means, with respect to the Investor only clause (2) that follows, or, with respect to the Company, both clauses (1) and (2) that follow, any circumstance, event, change or effect that: (1) is material and adverse to the financial position, results of operations, business, assets or liabilities of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or (2) would materially impair the ability of either the Investor or the Company, respectively, to perform its obligations under this Agreement or otherwise materially threaten or materially impede the consummation of the Purchase and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, that Material Adverse Effect, under clause (1) or (2), shall be deemed not to include the impact of (A) changes in generally accepted accounting principles, (B) changes in laws of general applicability or interpretations thereof by Governmental Entities, (C) actions or omissions of either party taken with the prior written consent of the other party in contemplation of the transactions contemplated hereby, (D) changes or conditions (including changes in economic, financial market, regulatory or


political conditions, whether resulting from acts of war or terrorism, an escalation of hostilities or otherwise) affecting the U.S. economy or foreign economies (so long as any such change in condition does not disproportionately affect the business of the Company and its subsidiaries) and (E) this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby or the announcement thereof.

(c) “ Previously Disclosed ” means information set forth on the section of the Disclosure Schedule corresponding to the provision of this Agreement to which such information relates; provided that information which, on its face, reasonably should indicate to the reader that it relates to another provision of this Agreement shall also be deemed to be Previously Disclosed with respect to such other provision, as otherwise disclosed on a Company Report, as defined below, filed prior to the date hereof (other than as set forth in the risk factors or forward looking statements of such Company Report).

2.2 Representations and Warranties of the Company . Except as Previously Disclosed, the Company represents and warrants to the Investor that:

(a) Organization and Authority . The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions where its ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of its business requires it to be so qualified and failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and has corporate power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted. The Company has furnished to the Investor true and correct copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company as amended through the date of this Agreement.

(b) Company’s Subsidiaries . The Company has Previously Disclosed a complete and correct list of all of its subsidiaries as of the date hereof, all shares of the outstanding capital stock of each of which are owned directly or indirectly by the Company. The material subsidiaries of the Company are referred to herein individually as a “ Company Subsidiary ” and collectively as the “ Company Subsidiaries. ” No equity security of any Company Subsidiary is or may be required to be issued by reason of any option, warrant, scrip, preemptive right, right to subscribe to, call or commitment of any character whatsoever relating to, or security or right convertible into, shares of any capital stock of such Company Subsidiary, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which any Company Subsidiary is bound to issue additional shares of its capital stock, or any option, warrant or right to purchase or acquire any additional shares of its capital stock. All of such shares so owned by the Company are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by it free and clear of any lien, claim, charge, option, encumbrance or agreement with respect thereto. Other than the Company Subsidiaries or as Previously Disclosed, the Company does not own beneficially (the concept of “beneficial ownership” having the meaning assigned thereto in Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “ Exchange Act ”), and the rules and regulations thereunder), directly or indirectly, more than 5% of any class of equity securities or similar interests of any corporation or other entity, and is not, directly or indirectly, a partner in any partnership or party to any joint venture.


(c) Capitalization . The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 100 million shares of Common Stock, of which 42,379,486 shares were outstanding as of the date of this Agreement. As of the date hereof, there are outstanding options (each, a “ Company Stock Option ”) to purchase an aggregate of not more than 3,500,000 shares of Common Stock. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock that would be outstanding as of the Closing Date if all options, warrants, committed grants, conversion rights and other rights with respect thereto (excluding those to be issued pursuant hereto) outstanding as of the date hereof were exercised is not more than 63,500,000. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. The shares of Common Stock to be issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, upon such issuance, will be duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and nonassessable. Except as Previously Disclosed, as of the date hereof there are no outstanding subscriptions, contracts, conversion privileges, options, warrants, calls, preemptive rights or other rights obligating the Company to issue, sell or otherwise dispose of, or to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, any shares of capital stock of the Company.

(d) Authorization; No Default . The Company has the power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Board of Directors ”). This Agreement represents a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and to judicial limitations on the remedy of specific enforcement and other equitable remedies.

Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and any documents ancillary hereto, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, nor compliance by the Company with any of the provisions hereof or thereof, will (1) violate, conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration of, or result in the creation of, any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Company under any of the material terms, conditions or provisions of (A) its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or (B) any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which the Company or any of the properties or assets of the Company may be subject, or (2) violate any statute, rule or regulation or, to the knowledge of the Company, any judgment, ruling, order, writ, injunction or decree applicable to the Company or any of their respective properties or assets; except, in the case of clauses (1)(B) and (2), as would not reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.


(e) Consents . Other than filing a Form D with the SEC, as defined below, and related filings to be made by the Company., no notice to, filing with, exemption or review by, or authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity or any other person is necessary for the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(f) Company Financial Statements . The consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 and related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the three years ended December 31, 2004, together with the notes thereto, certified by KPMG LLP and included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 (the “ Company 10-K ”) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”), and the unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its subsidiaries as of June 30, 2005 and related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the quarter then ended, included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2005 (collectively, the “ Company Financial Statements ”) have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis and present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries at the dates and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries for the periods stated therein (subject to the absence of notes and year-end audit adjustments in the case of interim unaudited statements).

(g) Reports . Since December 31, 2004, the Company has filed all material reports, registrations and statements, together with any required amendments thereto, that it was required to file with the SEC, including, but not limited to, Forms 10-K, Forms 8-K, Forms 10-Q and proxy statements and any documents incorporated by reference therein. All such reports and statements filed with any such regulatory body or authority are collectively referred to herein as the “ Company Reports ”. As of their respective dates, the Company Reports (1) complied in all material respects with all the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and (2) did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. Copies of all the Company Reports (other than those which have been filed with the SEC and are publicly available on EDGAR) have been made available to the Investor by the Company.

(h) Properties and Leases . Except for any lien for current taxes not yet delinquent or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and except as Previously Disclosed, the Company has good title free and clear of any material liens, claims, charges, options, encumbrances or similar restrictions to all the real and personal property reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2004 included in the Company 10-K for the period then ended, and all real and personal property acquired since such date, except such real and personal property as has been disposed of in the ordinary course of business. Except as is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, all leases of real property and all other leases material to the Company pursuant to which the Company, as lessee, leases real or personal property are valid and effective in accordance with their respective terms, and


there is not, under any such lease, any material existing default by the Company or any event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a material default.

(i) Taxes . Each of the Company has filed all material federal, state, county, local and foreign tax returns, including information returns, required to be filed by it, and paid all material taxes owed by it, including those with respect to income, withholding, social security, unemployment, workers compensation, franchise, ad valorem, premium, excise and sales taxes, and no taxes shown on such returns to be owed by it or assessments received by it are delinquent. The federal income tax returns of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 are for the purposes of routine audit by the Internal Revenue Service (the “ IRS ”) closed because of the statute of limitations, and no claims for additional taxes for such fiscal years are pending. The Company is not a party to any pending action or proceeding, nor to the Company’s knowledge has any such action or proceeding been threatened by any Governmental Entity, for the assessment or collection of taxes, interest, penalties, assessments or deficiencies that would reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, no issue has been raised by any federal, state, local or foreign taxing authority in connection with an audit or examination of the tax returns, business or properties of the Company which has not been settled, resolved and fully satisfied, or adequately reserved for (other than those issues that are not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company). The Company has withheld all material taxes that it is required to withhold from amounts owing to employees, creditors or other third parties.

(j) No Material Adverse Effect . Since December 31, 2004, no change has occurred and no circumstances exist which have had or are reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

(k) Commitments and Contracts . The Company has Previously Disclosed or has filed as an exhibit to a Company Report filed prior to the date hereof (or with respect to clause (4) below only, made available to the Investor or its representative) each of the following to which the Company is a party or subject (whether written or oral, express or implied):

(1) any material contract, agreement or arrangement (including severance arrangements) the terms of which would be subject to violation, breach, default, termination, acceleration of performance, or which would result in the creation of any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance, as a result of the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement or any documents ancillary hereto, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby;

(2) any material contract, agreement or arrangement providing for “earn-outs,” “savings guarantees,” “performance guarantees,” or other contingent payments (other than in the ordinary course of the operating businesses of the Company, such as rebates and obligations under operating leases, triple net leases and indemnification arrangements in favor of directors and employees) by


the Company other than those with respect to which there are no further material obligations under such provisions;

(3) any contract purporting to limit in any material respect, or containing covenants that would have the effect of limiting in any material respect, the ability of any Affiliate of the Company (other than Company Subsidiaries) to compete in any line of business or with any person or which involve any restriction of the geographical area in which, or method by which or with whom, such Affiliate may carry on its business (other than as may be required by law or applicable regulatory authorities); or

(4) any real property lease and any other lease which commits the Company to make at any time after the date hereof payments aggregating $5,000,000 or more.

(l) Litigation and Other Proceedings . There is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, claim, action, suit, investigation or proceeding, against the Company, nor is the Company subject to any order, judgment or decree, except for matters that have not had a Material Adverse Effect or are not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(m) Compliance with Laws . The Company has all permits, licenses, authorizations, orders and approvals of, and have made all filings, applications and registrations with, Governmental Entities that are required in order to permit it to own or lease its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and that are material to the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and all such permits, licenses, certificates of authority, orders and approvals are in full force and effect and, to the knowledge of the Company, no suspension or cancellation of any of them is threatened, and all such filings, applications and registrations are current. Except as is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, (A) the conduct by the Company of its business and the condition and use of its properties does not violate or infringe any applicable domestic (federal, state or local) or foreign law, statute, ordinance, license or regulation, and (B) the Company is not in default under any order, license, regulation, demand, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Entity.

(n) No Defaults . The Company is not in default, nor has any event occurred that, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default, under any material agreement, indenture, loan agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its assets is bound or to which any of its assets is subject, the result of which is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

(o) Brokers and Finders . Neither the Company nor any of its officers, directors or employees has employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any financial advisory fees, brokerage fees, commissions or finder’s fees, and no broker or finder has


acted directly or indirectly for the Company, in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

2.3 Representations and Warranties of the Investor . The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company that:

(a) Organization and Authority . The Investor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions where its ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of its business requires it to be so qualified and failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Investor and has full corporate power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted. The Investor has furnished the Company with a true and correct copy of its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as amended through the date of this Agreement.

(b) Authorization . The Investor has the power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Investor and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by the Investor’s board of directors and no further approval or authorization is required. Subject to such approvals of Governmental Entities as may be required by statute or regulation, this Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of the Investor, enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its terms.

Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Investor of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor compliance by the Investor with any of the provisions hereof, will (1) violate, conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration of, or result in the creation of, any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Investor under any of the material terms, conditions or provisions of (A) its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or (B) any material note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, agreement or other instrument or obligation to which the Investor is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which the Investor or any of the properties or assets of the Investor may be subject, or (2) subject to compliance with the statutes and regulations referred to in the next paragraph, materially violate any statute, rule or regulation or, to the knowledge of the Investor, any judgment, ruling, order, writ, injunction or decree applicable to the Investor or any of its properties or assets.

No notice to, filing with, exemption or review by, or authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity or any other person is necessary for the consummation by the Investor of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.


(c) Knowledge as to Conditions . As of the date of this Agreement, it knows of no reason why any regulatory approvals and, to the extent necessary, any other approvals, authorizations, filings, registrations, or notices required or otherwise a condition to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement cannot, or should not, be obtained.

(d) Purchase for Investment . The Investor acknowledges that the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “ Securities Act ”) or under any state securities laws. The Investor (1) is acquiring the Securities for its own account pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act solely for investment and not with a view to distribution in violation of applicable securities laws, (2) will not sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Securities, except in compliance with the registration requirements or exemption provisions of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws, (3) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and in investments of this type that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Securities and of making an informed investment decision and (4) is an Accredited Investor (as that term is defined by Rule 501 of the Securities Act).

(e) Financial Capability . The Investor will have available funds to make the Purchase on the terms and conditions contemplated by this Agreement.

(f) Brokers and Finders . Neither the Investor nor its Affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors or employees has employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any financial advisory fees, brokerage fees, commissions or finder’s fees, and no broker or finder has acted directly or indirectly for the Investor, in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

ARTICLE III

Covenants

3.1 Filings; Other Actions . (a) Each of the Investor and the Company will cooperate and consult with the other and use commercially reasonable best efforts to prepare and file all necessary documentation, to effect all necessary applications, notices, petitions, filings and other documents, and to obtain all necessary permits, consents, orders, approvals and authorizations of, or any exemption by, all third parties and Governmental Entities necessary or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each of the Investor and the Company will have the right to review in advance, and to the extent practicable each will consult with the other, in each case subject to applicable laws relating to the exchange of information, with respect to all the information relating to the other party, and any of their respective subsidiaries, which appears in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any third party or any Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In exercising the foregoing right, each of the parties hereto agrees to act reasonably and as promptly as practicable. Each party hereto agrees to keep the other party apprised of the status of matters relating to completion of the transactions contemplated hereby.


Nothing in this Section shall apply to the reports or other filings made by the Company and or pursuant to the Exchange Act.

(a) Information and Confidentiality . The Investor will hold, and will cause its respective subsidiaries and their directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants and advisors to hold, in strict confidence, unless compelled to disclose by judicial or administrative process or, in the written opinion of its counsel, by other requirement of law or the applicable requirements of any regulatory agency or relevant stock exchange, all records, books, contracts, instruments, computer data and other data and information (collectively, “ Information ”) concerning the Company or any Company Subsidiary, in each case, furnished to it by or on behalf of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or its respective representatives (except to the extent that such information can be shown to have been (1) previously known by the Investor on a non-confidential basis, (2) in the public domain through no fault of the Investor or (3) later lawfully acquired from other sources by the Investor), and the Investor shall not release or disclose such Information to any other person, except its to auditors, attorneys, financial advisors, and other consultants and advisors who owe the Investor an obligation of confidentiality no less stringent that the one set forth above.

ARTICLE IV

Additional Agreements

4.1 Registration Rights . The Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC, on behalf of the Investor and its Affiliates and any subsequent transferee, a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) covering the Registrable Securities purchased hereunder; provided that in no event shall the Company fail to file the Registration Statement later than the 90th day following the date hereof, provided that the Company may, upon written notice to the Investor, elect to delay the filing of the Registration Statement for up to six (6) months if it believes, in good faith, that it would be in the best interests of the Company to do so. The expenses of the preparation and filing of such Registration Statement shall be borne by the Company. Upon filing the Registration Statement, the Company will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to have declared effective as soon as reasonably practicable following the filing thereof and to keep the Registration Statement effective with the SEC at all times until the Investor or any transferee who would require such registration to effect a sale of the Registrable Securities no longer holds the Registrable Securities, unless all such Registrable Securities then held by such holder can immediately be sold and for at least 30 of the past 60 trading days could have been sold by such holder pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act. Provisions relating to the registration rights discussed in this Section are included in Exhibit 1 hereto. “Registrable Securities” means all shares of Common Stock acquired by the Investor hereunder.


4.2 Legend . (a) The Investor agrees that all certificates or other instruments representing the Securities subject to this Agreement will bear a legend substantially to the following effect:

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING THERETO IS IN EFFECT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS.

(b) Upon request of the Investor to effect a sale of any Securities, upon receipt by the Company of an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that the Investor or its transferee is not an “affiliate” and has not been an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act) for the preceding three months, and otherwise subject to compliance with the provisions of Rule 144(k) promulgated under the Securities Act, the Company shall promptly cause any legend to be removed from any certificate for any Securities so to be Transferred. The Investor acknowledges that the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act or under any state securities laws and agrees that it will not sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Securities, except in compliance with the registration requirements or exemption provisions of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws.

4.3 Withholding . The Company shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from amounts payable to the Investor or any of its Affiliate funds in respect of the Securities such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold under applicable law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by the Company, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes as having been paid to the Investor or any such Affiliate fund in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made by the Company. Prior to the Investor or any of its Affiliate funds receiving any Securities, the Investor shall, and cause such Affiliate fund to, deliver to the Company a duly executed IRS Form W-9 or the appropriate IRS Form W-8, as applicable, and such other IRS forms as may reasonably requested by the Company from time to time. The Investor shall, and cause such Affiliate fund to, update all such IRS Forms, as appropriate, from time to time.

ARTICLE V

Miscellaneous

5.1 Survival of Representations, Warranties, Agreements, Etc . Each of the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement shall survive the Closing but only for a period of 18 months following the Closing Date and thereafter shall expire and have no further force and effect. Except as otherwise provided herein, all covenants and agreements contained herein shall survive for the duration of any statutes of limitations applicable thereto or until, by their respective terms, they are no longer operative.

5.2 Amendment . No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement will be effective with respect to any party unless made in writing and signed by an officer of a duly authorized representative of such party.


5.3 Waiver . The conditions to each party’s obligation to consummate the Purchase are for the sole benefit of such party and may be waived by such party in whole or in part to the extent permitted by applicable law. No waiver will be effective unless it is in a writing signed by a duly authorized officer of the waiving party that makes express reference to the provision or provisions subject to such waiver.

5.4 Counterparts and Facsimile . For the convenience of the parties hereto, this Agreement may be executed in any number of separate counterparts, each such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts will together constitute the same agreement. Executed signature pages to this Agreement may be delivered by facsimile and such facsimiles will be deemed as sufficient as if actual signature pages had been delivered.

5.5 Governing Law; Jurisdiction . This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State. The parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the State of Delaware for any actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby

5.6 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

5.7 Notices . Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any party to the other will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally or by telecopy or facsimile, upon confirmation of receipt, (b) on the first business day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next-day courier service, or (c) on the third business day following the date of mailing if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice.

(a) If to the Investor:

 

   SICOR Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
   19 Hughes
   Irvine, California 92618
   Attention: Senior Vice President and General Manager
with a copy to:    Teva North America
   425 Privet Road
   Horsham, PA 19044
   Attention: Senior Vice President and General Counsel


   Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
   787 Seventh Avenue
   New York, New York 10019-6099
   Telecopy: (212) 728-8111
   Attn:    William J. Grant, Jr.
      Jeffrey S. Hochman

(b) If to the Company:

 

   Antares Pharma, Inc.
   707 Eagleview Boulevard, Suite 414
  

Exton, Pennsylvania 19341

  

Attention: President and Chief Executive Officer

with a copy to:    Leonard, Street and Deinard Professional Association
(which shall not    150 South Fifth Street
constitute notice    Suite 2300
to the Company)    Minneapolis, MN 55402
   Telecopy: (612) 335-1657
   Attention: Morris M. Sherman, Esq.

5.8 Entire Agreement, Etc . (a) This Agreement (including Disclosure Schedule) constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, between the parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof, and (b) this Agreement will not be assignable by operation of law or otherwise (any attempted assignment in contravention hereof being null and void).

5.9 Definitions of “subsidiary,” “Affiliate” and “knowledge” . (a) When a reference is made in this Agreement to a subsidiary of a person, the term “ subsidiary ” means those corporations and other entities of which such person owns or controls more than 50% of the outstanding equity securities either directly or through an unbroken chain of entities as to each of which more than 50% of the outstanding equity securities is owned directly or indirectly by its parent; provided, however, that there shall not be included any such entity to the extent that the equity securities of such entity were acquired in satisfaction of a debt previously contracted in good faith or are owned or controlled in a bona fide fiduciary capacity.

(b) The term “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any person, any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with, such other person. For purposes of this definition, “ control ” when used with respect to any person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to cause the direction of management and/or policies of such person, whether through the ownership of voting securities by contract or otherwise.

(c) The term “ knowledge ” or any similar formulation of knowledge shall mean, (i) in the case of the Company, the actual knowledge after due inquiry of an executive officer of the Company (which due inquiry shall include reasonable inquiry of the direct reports to such executive officer and appropriate senior executives of the Company Subsidiaries) and (ii)


in the case of the Investor, the actual knowledge after due inquiry of a managing director of the entity that manages the Investor.

5.10 Captions . The Article, Section and paragraph captions herein are for convenience of reference only, do not constitute part of this Agreement and will not be deemed to limit or otherwise affect any of the provisions hereof.

5.11 Severability . If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any person (including, without limitation, the officers and directors of the Investor and the Company) or circumstance is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it has been held invalid or unenforceable, will remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination, the parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon a suitable and equitable substitute provision to effect the original intent of the parties.

5.12 No Third Party Beneficiaries . Nothing contained in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any person or entity other than the parties hereto or permitted transferees of the Investor, any benefit right or remedies.

5.13 Time of Essence . Time is of the essence in the performance of each and every term of this Agreement.

5.14 Specific Performance . The transactions contemplated by this Agreement are unique. Accordingly, the Company and the Investor acknowledge and agree that, in addition to all other remedies to which it may be entitled, each of the parties hereto is entitled to a decree of specific performance, provided that such party hereto is not in material default hereunder. The parties hereto agree that, if for any reason a party shall have failed to perform its obligations under this Agreement, then the party seeking to enforce this Agreement against such nonperforming party shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive and other equitable relief, and the parties further agree to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with the obtaining of any such injunctive or other equitable relief. This provision is without prejudice to any other rights that any party may have against another party for any failure to perform its obligations under this Agreement, including the right to seek damages for a material breach of any provision of this Agreement.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of the parties hereto as of the date first herein above written.

 

ANTARES PHARMA, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jack E. Stover

 

Name: Jack E. Stover

 

Title:  President and CEO

SICOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Mark Durand

 

Name: Mark Durand

 

Title: CFO and SVP

Suspension of Registration Statement . Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, it is understood and agreed that the Company shall not be required to keep any shelf registration effective or useable for offers and sales of the Registrable Securities, file a post effective amendment to a shelf registration statement or prospectus supplement or to supplement or amend any registration statement, if (A) the Registration Statement, any prospectus or prospectus supplement constituting a part thereof, or any document incorporated by reference in any of the foregoing contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made; (B) the Company is in possession of material information that it deems advisable not to disclose in a Registration Statement; (C) the Company has determined to proceed with a public offering of its equity securities and, in the judgment of the managing underwriter thereof or the Company (if such offering is not underwritten), sales under the Registration Statement would have a material adverse effect on such offering; or (D) the Company is engaged in any program for the purchase of shares of its own Common Stock, unless such repurchase program and the requested sale may proceed concurrently pursuant to an exemption under the Commission’s Regulation M or any other applicable exemption (it being understood that, to the extent consistent with any such program, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to make an exemption available to the beneficiaries of these registration rights (the “ Beneficiaries ”) or to otherwise open up a sufficient window period under Regulation M to enable the Beneficiary to obtain the liquidity it desires hereunder). The Company shall provide notice of any such suspension to the Investor and each Beneficiary in accordance with Section 5.7 of this Agreement. Upon receipt by a Beneficiary of notice of an event of the kind, described in this Section 1, such Beneficiary shall forthwith discontinue such Beneficiary’s disposition of Registrable Securities until the Company has provided notice that such disposition may continue and of any supplemented or amended prospectus indicated in such notice. The Company agrees that any period in which sales, transfers or dispositions must be discontinued as a result of a given occurrence of a circumstance referred to in the preceding sentence shall not exceed 60 days, and shall not exceed 120 days in the aggregate over any 12-month period.


Indemnification by the Company . The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Beneficiary, its officers and directors, and each person, if any, who controls such Beneficiary, within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Beneficiary, any of its officers or directors or any such controlling person in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any prospectus relating to Registrable Securities (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information furnished by such Beneficiary or the plan of distribution, furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of such Beneficiary expressly for use therein; provided , however , that the foregoing indemnity agreement with respect to any prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of such Beneficiary if a copy of the most current prospectus at the time of the delivery of the securities was made available to such Beneficiary but was not provided by the Beneficiary or any Underwriter to the buyer of such securities and such current prospectus would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, claim, damage or liability. The Company also agrees to indemnify any Underwriters of any Registrable Securities, their officers and directors and each person who controls such Underwriters on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification of Beneficiary provided in this Section 2. As used throughout this Exhibit, “Underwriter” means a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.

Indemnification by Each Beneficiary . Each Beneficiary agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its officers and directors, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to such Beneficiary, but only with reference to information furnished by such Beneficiary or the plan of distribution furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Beneficiary expressly for use in the Registration Statement or any prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities, or any amendment or supplement thereto or any preliminary prospectus. Each Beneficiary also agrees, severally and not jointly to indemnify and hold harmless any Underwriters of the Registrable Securities, their officers and directors, and each person who controls such underwriters on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification of the Company provided in this Section 3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Exhibit, the obligations of any Beneficiary pursuant to this Section 3 shall not exceed the amount of proceeds received by such Beneficiary for the relevant Registrable Securities.

Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings . In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 2 or 3 of this Exhibit, such person (the “ Indemnified Party ”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “ Indemnifying Party ”) in writing and the Indemnifying Party, upon the request of the Indemnified Party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party to represent such Indemnified


Party and any others the Indemnifying Party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel (which counsel shall be reasonably accountable to the Indemnifying Party), but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party unless (a) the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall have mutually agreed in writing to the retention of such counsel or (b) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party and, in the written opinion of counsel for the Indemnified Party, representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential conflicts of interests between them. It is understood that the Indemnifying Party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings involving one or more Indemnified Parties in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel required under the circumstances) at any time for all such Indemnified Parties, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are submitted in writing for payment. In the case of any such separate firm for the Indemnified Parties, such firm shall be designated in writing by the Indemnified Parties or, if the Indemnified Parties are exclusively Beneficiaries, by the Investor. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent, or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Party shall indemnify and hold harmless such Indemnified Parties from and against any loss or liability (to the extent stated above) by reason of such settlement or judgment.

Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in this Exhibit is unavailable to an Indemnified Party in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to herein, then each such Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (a) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, Beneficiary and the Underwriters from the offering of the securities, or (b) if the allocation provided by clause (a) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (a) above but also the relative fault of the Company, such Beneficiary and the Underwriters in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, such Beneficiary and the Underwriters shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total proceeds from the offering (net of underwriting discounts and commissions but before deducting expenses) received by each of the Company and such Beneficiary and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the prospectus, bear to the aggregate public offering price of the securities. The relative fault of the Company, such Beneficiary and the Underwriters shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The Company and each Beneficiary agrees that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The


amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, 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, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission, and each Beneficiary shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds of the offering (before deducting expenses) received by such Beneficiary exceeds the amount of any damages which such Beneficiary 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.

Survival . The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Exhibit shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (a) any termination of this Agreement or any underwriting agreement, (b) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person or by or on behalf of the Company and (c) the consummation of the sale or successive resales of the Registrable Securities.

Registration Expenses . In connection with the Registrable Securities, the Company shall pay the following reasonable expenses incurred in connection with such registration: (a) registration and filing fees with the Commission, (b) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities), (c) printing expenses, (d) fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on the stock exchanges, if any, on which the applicable class of Registrable Securities is then listed or, if such class of Registrable Securities is not then listed, on the principal national stock exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed, (e) fees and expenses of counsel and independent certified public accountants for the Company (including the expenses of any comfort letters reasonably required by any Underwriters), (f) the fees and expenses of any additional experts retained by the Company in connection with such registration and (g) fees and expenses in connection with any review of underwriting arrangements by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Each Beneficiary shall pay any underwriting fees, discounts or commissions attributable to the sale of Registrable Securities by it and any out-of-pocket expenses of such Beneficiary, including its counsel fees, accountant fees and expenses. The Company shall pay internal Company expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties).

Exhibit 10.57

 


COMMON STOCK AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

Antares Pharma, Inc.

and

the parties named herein on Schedule 1 , as Purchasers

February 27, 2006

 



This COMMON STOCK AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of February 27, 2006, among Antares Pharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and the purchasers identified on Schedule 1 hereto (each a “ Purchaser ” and collectively the “ Purchasers ”).

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act (as defined below), and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, desire to purchase from the Company in the aggregate, 8,770,000 shares of Common Stock, and Warrants to purchase 6,577,500 shares of Common Stock.

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

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

1.1 Certain Definitions; Terms of Warrants .

In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1.1:

Action ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).

Affiliate ” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 144. With respect to a Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Purchaser will be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Purchaser.

Agreement ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Business Day ” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a federal legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

Closing ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(a).

Closing Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(a).

Closing Escrow Agreement ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(b).

Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.


Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, $0.01 par value per share, and any securities into which such common stock may hereafter be reclassified.

Common Stock Equivalents ” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.

Company ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Disclosure Schedules ” means the Disclosure Schedules concurrently delivered herewith.

Effective Date ” means the date that the Registration Statement is first declared effective by the Commission.

Environmental Laws ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(y).

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

FDC Act ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).

GAAP ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).

Governmental Authorizations ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).

Hazardous Substances ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(y).

Indemnified Party ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.3.

Indemnifying Party ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.3.

Intellectual Property ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(o).

Investor Rights Agreement ” means the Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of the date of this Agreement, among the Company and each of the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

Lien ” means a lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal or other restriction, except for a lien for current taxes not yet due and payable and a minor imperfection of title, if any, not material in nature or amount and not materially detracting from the value or impairing the use of the property subject thereto or impairing the operations or proposed operations of the Company.

Material Adverse Effect ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(b).

 

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Per Share Purchase Price ” equals $1.25, subject to adjustment for stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement and prior to Closing.

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

Placement Agent Warrants ” means the common stock purchase warrants to be issued at the Closing to SCO Securities LLC and/or their designees as partial compensation for services rendered in connection with the transaction set forth herein as provided on Schedule 1 attached hereto, which warrants shall be in the form of Exhibit C hereto.

Premises ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(y).

“Purchase Price” means the aggregate purchase price paid by each Purchaser for the shares of Common Stock and Warrants purchased by such Purchaser hereunder.

Purchaser ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.

Registration Statement ” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Investor Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the Purchasers of the Shares and the Warrant Shares.

Rights ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(o).

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

SEC Reports ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).

Securities ” means the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued to each Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.

Subscription Amount ” means, as to each Purchaser, the amount set forth beside such Purchaser’s name on Schedule 1 hereto, in United States dollars and in immediately available funds.

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any entity, any corporation or other organization of which securities or other ownership interest having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions, are directly or indirectly owned by such entity or of which such entity is a partner or is, directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner of 50% or more of any class of equity securities or equivalent profit participation interests.

 

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Trading Day ” means (i) a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market, or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a Trading Market, a day on which the Common Stock is traded on the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or (iii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a Trading Market or quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by Pink Sheets LLC (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices); provided, that in the event that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.

Trading Market ” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market, or the Nasdaq Capital Market.

Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the Certificate of Designation, the Investor Rights Agreement, the Warrants and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.

Warrants ” means the Common Stock Purchase Warrants, in the form of Exhibit B hereto. The Placement Agent Warrants shall also constitute “Warrants” for all purposes hereunder and SCO Securities LLC and/or its designees shall constitute “Purchasers” for all purposes hereunder.

Warrant Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

1.2 Terms of the Warrants . The terms and provisions of the Warrants are as set forth in the form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant, attached hereto as Exhibit B (and Exhibit C in the case of the Placement Agent Warrants).

 

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ARTICLE II

PURCHASE AND SALE

2.1 Closing .

(a) The closing of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement (the “ Closing ”) will take place as promptly as practicable, but no later than five (5) Business Days following satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3 (other than those conditions which by their terms are not to be satisfied or waived until the Closing), at the offices of Wiggin and Dana LLP, 400 Atlantic Street, Stamford, CT 06901 (or remotely via exchange of documents and signatures) or at such other place or day as may be mutually acceptable to the Purchasers and the Company. The date on which the Closing occurs is the “ Closing Date ”.

(b) At the Closing, the Purchasers shall purchase, severally and not jointly, and the Company shall issue and sell, in the aggregate, 8,770,000 shares of Common Stock and Warrants to purchase 6,577,600 shares of Common Stock on the Closing Date. Each Purchaser shall purchase from the Company, and the Company shall issue and sell to each Purchaser, a number of Shares equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price and a Warrant to purchase 75% of the number of Shares purchased by such Purchaser. The Subscription Amount paid by each Purchaser shall be placed in escrow pending the Closing pursuant to a Closing Escrow Agreement among the Company, SCO Securities LLC and Wiggin and Dana LLP (the “ Escrow Agent ”), which agreement shall be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “ Closing Escrow Agreement ”).

2.2 Conditions to Obligations of Purchasers to Effect the Closing .

The obligations of each Purchaser to effect the Closing and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived, in writing, by such Purchaser:

(a) At the Closing (unless otherwise specified below) the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following:

(i) this Agreement, duly executed by the Company;

(ii) a certificate evidencing a number of Shares equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto, registered in the name of such Purchaser;

(iii) a Warrant, registered in the name of such Purchaser, pursuant to which such Purchaser shall have the right to acquire up to the number of shares of Common Stock equal to 75% of the Shares to be issued to such Purchaser at such Closing, as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto;

(iv) the Investor Rights Agreement, duly executed by the Company;

 

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(v) a legal opinion of counsel to the Company, in the form of Exhibit E hereto;

(vi) a certificate of the Secretary of the Company (the “ Secretary’s Certificate ”), attaching a true copy of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company, as amended to the Closing Date, and attaching true and complete copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents; and

(vii) confirmation from the American Stock Exchange or email confirmation from Company counsel that the American Stock Exchange has approved the application for the listing or qualification of the Shares and the Warrant Shares for trading thereon, subject to official notice of issuance.

(b) The Company shall have entered into the Closing Escrow Agreement.

(c) All representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall remain true and correct as of the Closing Date as though such representations and warranties were made on such date (except those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date will remain true and correct as of such date).

(d) As of the Closing Date, there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof.

(e) From the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission (except for any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the Company, which suspension shall be terminated prior to the Closing), and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities.

2.3. Conditions to Obligations of the Company to Effect the Closing .

The obligations of the Company to effect the Closing and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived, in writing, by the Company.

(a) At the Closing, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:

(i) this Agreement, duly executed by such Purchaser;

(ii) such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount, by wire transfer of immediately available funds as provided in the Closing Escrow Agreement; and

 

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(iii) the Investor Rights Agreement, duly executed by such Purchaser.

(b) All representations and warranties of each of the Purchasers contained herein shall remain true and correct as of the Closing Date as though such representations and warranties were made on such date.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company .

Except as set forth under the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules delivered concurrently herewith, the Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to each Purchaser:

(a) Subsidiaries. Except as listed in Schedule 3.1(a), the Company has no direct or indirect Subsidiaries.

(b) Organization and Qualification . Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (as applicable), with the requisite corporate power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, would not have or result in (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the business or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii) being referred to herein as a “ Material Adverse Effect ”).

(c) Authorization; Enforceability . The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby (including, but not limited to, the sale and delivery of the Shares and Warrants) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and no further corporate action is required by the Company in connection therewith. The issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company in connection therewith. Each Transaction Document has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company

 

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enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies and (iii) to the extent the indemnification provisions contained in the Transaction Documents may be limited by applicable federal or state securities laws.

(d) No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or its Subsidiary’s debt or otherwise of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) or other understanding to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a of its Subsidiaries is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected, except, in the case of clause (ii), where such conflict, default or violation would not have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(e) Filings, Consents and Approvals . The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than (i) the filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement, the application(s) to each Trading Market for the listing of the Shares and Warrant Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby, Form D and applicable Blue Sky filings, and (ii) such as have already been obtained or such exemptive filings as are required to be made under applicable securities laws.

(f) Issuance of the Securities . The Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens, other than any Liens created by or imposed on the holders thereof through no action of the Company. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock (i) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

(g) Capitalization .

(i) The entire authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (A) 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, 44,591,640 of which are issued and outstanding, and (B) 3,000,000 shares of preferred stock, none of which are issued and outstanding. All shares of the

 

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Company’s issued and outstanding capital stock have been duly authorized, are validly issued and outstanding, and are fully paid and nonassessable. No securities issued by the Company from the date of its incorporation to the date hereof were issued in violation of any statutory or common law preemptive rights. There are no dividends which have accrued or been declared but are unpaid on the capital stock of the Company. All taxes required to be paid by the Company in connection with the issuance and any transfers of the Company’s capital stock have been paid. All securities of the Company have been issued in all material respects in accordance with the provisions of all applicable securities and other laws.

(ii) No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities and except for employee and director stock options under the Company’s equity compensation plans and for 15,141,381 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to outstanding warrants, there are no outstanding options, warrants, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock, or securities or rights convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock. The issue and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under such securities.

(h) SEC Reports; Financial Statements; Liabilities .

(i) The Company has filed all reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, for the 12 months preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto, being collectively referred to herein as the “ SEC Reports ”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective filing dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, as of their respective filing dates, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(ii) The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“ GAAP ”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, subject to normal year-end

 

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audit adjustments. Such financial statements fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, if any, as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments.

(iii) Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, and except for liabilities and obligations incurred since December 31, 2004 in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, as of the date hereof: (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries do not have any material liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) and (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, there has not been any aspect of the prior or current conduct of the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries which would reasonably be expected to form the basis for any material claim by any third party which if asserted would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(i) Material Changes . Since December 31, 2004 and except as expressly disclosed in the SEC Reports or as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i), the Company has conducted its business only in the ordinary course, consistent with past practice, and there has not occurred:

(i) any event that would have or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(ii) any amendments or changes in the charter documents of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

(iii) any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance, that would, individually or in the aggregate, have or would be reasonably likely to have, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries;

(iv) any:

(A) incurrence, assumption or guarantee by the Company or its Subsidiaries of any debt for borrowed money other than (i) equipment leases made in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice and (ii) any such incurrence, assumption or guarantee with respect to an amount of $25,000 or less;

(B) issuance or sale of any securities convertible into or exchangeable for securities of the Company other than to directors, employees and consultants pursuant to existing equity compensation or stock purchase plans of the Company;

(C) issuance or sale of options or other rights to acquire from the Company or its Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, securities of the Company or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for any such securities, other than options issued to directors, employees and consultants in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice;

(D) issuance or sale of any stock, bond or other corporate security other than to directors, employees and consultants pursuant to existing equity compensation or stock purchase plans of the Company;

 

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(E) discharge or satisfaction of any material Lien on any asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(F) declaration or making any payment or distribution to stockholders or purchase or redemption of any share of its capital stock or other security other than to directors, officers and employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as compensation for services rendered to the Company or its Subsidiary (as applicable) or for reimbursement of expenses incurred on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiary (as applicable);

(G) sale, assignment or transfer of any of the intangible assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries except in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, or cancellation of any debt or claim except in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice;

(H) waiver of any right of substantial value of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries whether or not in the ordinary course of business;

(I) material change in officer compensation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; or

(J) other commitment (contingent or otherwise) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the foregoing.

(v) any creation, sufferance or assumption by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Lien on any asset or any making of any loan, advance or capital contribution to or investment in any Person, in an aggregate amount which exceeds $25,000 outstanding at any time;

(vi) any entry into, amendment of, relinquishment, termination or non-renewal by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any material contract, license, lease, transaction, commitment or other right or obligation, other than in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice; or

(vii) any transfer or grant of a right with respect to the patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks, trade secrets, copyrights or other intellectual property rights owned or licensed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except as between or among the Company and any its Subsidiaries.

(j) Litigation . There is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “ Action ”) which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) would, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of

 

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any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. To the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, there has not been and there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any current or former director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.

(k) Labor Relations . No material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which would have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(l) Compliance . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under), nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws applicable to its business, except in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) as would not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(m) Licenses; Compliance With FDA and Other Regulatory Requirements.

(i) The Company and its Subsidiaries hold all material authorizations, consents, approvals, franchises, licenses and permits required under applicable law or regulation for the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as presently operated (the “ Governmental Authorizations ”). All the Governmental Authorizations have been duly issued or obtained and are in full force and effect, and the Company and its Subsidiaries are in material compliance with the terms of all the Governmental Authorizations. The Company and its Subsidiaries have not engaged in any activity that, to their knowledge, would cause revocation or suspension of any such Governmental Authorizations. The Company has no knowledge of any facts which would reasonably be expected to cause the Company to believe that the Governmental Authorizations will not be renewed by the appropriate governmental authorities in the ordinary course. Neither the execution, delivery nor performance of this Agreement shall adversely affect the status of any of the Governmental Authorizations.

(ii) Without limiting the generality of the representations and warranties made in sub-paragraph (i) above, the Company represents and warrants that (i) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in material compliance with all applicable provisions of the United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “ FDC Act ”) and equivalent laws, rules and regulations in jurisdictions outside the United States in which the Company or its Subsidiaries do business, (ii) its products and those of each of its Subsidiaries that are in the Company’s control are not adulterated or misbranded and are in lawful distribution, (iii) all of the products marketed by and within the control of the Company

 

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comply in all material respects with any conditions of approval and the terms of the application by the Company to the appropriate Regulatory Authorities, (iv) no Regulatory Authority has initiated legal action with respect to the manufacturing of the Company’s products, such as seizures or required recalls, and the Company is in compliance with applicable good manufacturing practice regulations, (v) its products are labeled and promoted by the Company and its representatives in substantial compliance with the applicable terms of the marketing applications submitted by the Company to the Regulatory Authorities and the provisions of the FDC Act and foreign equivalents, (vi) all adverse events that were known to and required to be reported by Company to the Regulatory Authorities have been reported to the Regulatory Authorities in a timely manner, (vii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, to their knowledge, employing or utilizing the services of any individual who has been debarred under the FDC Act or foreign equivalents, (viii) all stability studies required to be performed for products distributed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been completed or are ongoing in material compliance with the applicable Regulatory Authority requirements, (ix) any products exported by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been exported in compliance with the FDC Act and (x) the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Controlled Substances Act. For purposes of this Section 3.1(m), “ Regulatory Authority ” means any governmental authority in a country or region that regulates the manufacture or sale of Company’s products, including, but not limited to, the United States Food and Drug Administration.

(n) Title to Assets . The Company and the Subsidiaries do not own any real property, and have good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except those, if any, reflected in the Company’s financial statements. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases (subject to laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies) with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in material compliance.

(o) Intellectual Property.

(i) The Company or a Subsidiary thereof has the right to use or is the sole and exclusive owner of all right, title and interest in and to all foreign and domestic patents, patent rights, trademarks, service marks, trade names, brands and copyrights (whether or not registered and, if applicable, including pending applications for registration) owned, used or controlled by the Company and its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “ Rights ”) and in and to each material invention, software, trade secret, technology, product, composition, formula and method of process used by the Company or its Subsidiaries (the Rights and such other items, the “ Intellectual Property ”), and, to the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ knowledge, has the right to use the same, free and clear of any claim or conflict with the rights of others;

(ii) other than as set forth in the SEC Reports, no material royalties or fees (license or otherwise) are payable by the Company or its Subsidiaries to any Person by reason of the ownership or use of any of the Intellectual Property;

 

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(iii) there have been no claims made against the Company or its Subsidiaries asserting the invalidity, abuse, misuse, or unenforceability of any of the Intellectual Property, and, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, there are no reasonable grounds for any such claims;

(iv) neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries have made any claim of any violation or infringement by others of its rights in the Intellectual Property, and to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no reasonable grounds for such claims exist; and

(v) neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries have received notice that it is in conflict with or infringing upon the asserted rights of others in connection with the Intellectual Property.

(p) Insurance . The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged. All of the insurance policies of the Company and its Subsidiaries are in full force and effect and are valid and enforceable in accordance with their terms, and the Company and its Subsidiaries have complied with all material terms and conditions thereof. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a significant increase in cost.

(q) Transactions With Affiliates and Employees . None of the officers or directors of the Company or its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company and its Subsidiaries, none of the employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company and its Subsidiaries, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner, other than (i) for payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) for other employee benefits, including stock option agreements and other stock awards under any equity compensation plan of the Company.

(r) Internal Accounting Controls . The Company and each of the Subsidiaries maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient in the judgment of the Company’s management 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. The Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its

 

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Subsidiaries, is made known to the certifying officers by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which the Company’s Form 10-K or 10-Q, as the case may be, is being prepared. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s controls and procedures as of September 30, 2005 (such date, the “ Evaluation Date ”). The Company presented in its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have not been any changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

(s) Certain Fees . Except for fees payable to SCO Securities LLC, no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or its Subsidiaries to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(t) Private Placement; Integrated Offering . Assuming the accuracy of the Purchaser’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the American Stock Exchange or any other Trading Market. Neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act and would as a result require registration under the Securities Act or trigger any applicable shareholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.

(u) Charter, Bylaws and Corporate Records. The minute books of the Company and its Subsidiaries contain in all material respects complete and accurate records of all meetings and other corporate actions of the board of directors, committees of the board of directors, incorporators and stockholders of the Company and its Subsidiaries from the date of incorporation of each such entity to the date hereof. All material corporate decisions and actions have been validly made or taken. All corporate books, including without limitation the share transfer register, comply in all material respects with applicable laws and regulations and have been regularly updated.

(v) Registration Rights . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(v), no Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company.

 

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(w) Listing and Maintenance Requirements . Except as set forth in Schedule 3.1(w), the Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements.

(x) Taxes. All tax returns and tax reports required to be filed with respect to the income, operations, business or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries have been timely filed (or appropriate extensions have been obtained) with the appropriate governmental agencies in all jurisdictions in which such returns and reports are required to be filed, and all of the foregoing as filed are, in all material respects, correct and complete and, in all material respects, reflect accurately all liability for taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the periods to which such returns relate, and all amounts shown as owing thereon have been paid. All income, profits, franchise, sales, use, value added, occupancy, property, excise, payroll, withholding, FICA, FUTA and other taxes (including interest and penalties), if any, collectible or payable by the Company and its Subsidiaries or relating to or chargeable against any of its material assets, revenues or income or relating to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, stockholder or other third party through the Closing Date, were fully collected and paid by such date if due by such date or provided for by adequate reserves in the financial statements contained in the SEC Reports as of and for the periods ended September 30, 2005 (other than taxes accruing after such date) and all similar items due through the Closing Date will have been fully paid by that date or provided for by adequate reserves, whether or not any such taxes were reported or reflected in any tax returns or filings. No taxation authority has sought to audit the records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for the purpose of verifying or disputing any tax returns, reports or related information and disclosures provided to such taxation authority, or for the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ alleged failure to provide any such tax returns, reports or related information and disclosure. No material claims or deficiencies have been asserted against or inquiries raised with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any taxes or other governmental charges or levies which have not been paid or otherwise satisfied, including claims that, or inquiries whether, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has not filed a tax return that it was required to file, and, to the best of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ knowledge, there exists no reasonable basis for the making of any such claims or inquiries. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has waived any restrictions on assessment or collection of taxes or consented to the extension of any statute of limitations relating to taxation.

(y) Environmental Matters. None of the premises or any properties owned, occupied or leased by the Company or its Subsidiaries (the “ Premises ”) has been used by the Company or the Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, by any other Person, to manufacture, treat, store, or dispose of any substance that has been designated to be a “hazardous substance” under applicable Environmental Laws (hereinafter defined) (“ Hazardous Substances ”) in violation of any applicable Environmental Laws. To their knowledge, the Company and its Subsidiaries have not disposed of, discharged, emitted or released any Hazardous Substances which would require, under applicable Environmental Laws, remediation, investigation or similar response activity. No Hazardous Substances are present as a result of the actions of the Company or its Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ knowledge, any other Person, in, on or under the Premises which would give rise to any liability or clean-up

 

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obligations of the Company or its Subsidiaries under applicable Environmental Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries and, to the Company’s or its Subsidiaries knowledge, any other Person for whose conduct it may be responsible pursuant to an agreement or by operation of law, are in compliance with all laws, regulations and other federal, state or local governmental requirements, and all applicable judgments, orders, writs, notices, decrees, permits, licenses, approvals, consents or injunctions in effect on the date of this Agreement relating to the generation, management, handling, transportation, treatment, disposal, storage, delivery, discharge, release or emission of any Hazardous Substance (the “ Environmental Laws ”). Neither the Company or its Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ knowledge, any other Person for whose conduct it may be responsible pursuant to an agreement or by operation of law has received any written complaint, notice, order, or citation of any actual, threatened or alleged noncompliance with any of the Environmental Laws, and there is no proceeding, suit or investigation pending or, to the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ knowledge, threatened against the Company or its Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ knowledge, any such Person with respect to any violation or alleged violation of the Environmental Laws, and, to the knowledge of the Company or its Subsidiaries, there is no basis for the institution of any such proceeding, suit or investigation.

(z) Disclosure . The Company confirms that neither the Company nor any other Person acting on its behalf and at the direction of the Company, has provided any of the Purchasers or their agents or counsel with any information that in the Company’s reasonable judgment, at the time such information was furnished, constitutes material, non-public information, other than information relating to the fact that the Company was considering and engaged in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representations and covenants in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. No representation or warranty made by the Company in this Agreement or the Transaction Documents or in any schedule or exhibit furnished hereto or thereto contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers .

Each Purchaser hereby, for itself and for no other Purchaser, represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows:

(a) Organization; Authority; Enforceability . Such Purchaser (other than individuals) is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with full power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or similar action on the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws

 

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affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies and (iii) to the extent the indemnification provisions contained in the Transaction Documents may be limited by applicable federal or state securities laws.

(b) General Solicitation . Such Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general advertisement.

(c) No Public Sale or Distribution . Such Purchaser is (i) acquiring the Shares and Warrants and (ii) upon exercise of the Warrants will acquire the Warrant Shares, for its own account and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof; provided, however , that by making the representations herein, such Purchaser does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under the Securities Act. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Such Purchaser does not have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of the Securities.

(d) Accredited Investor Status . Such Purchaser is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D.

(e) Jurisdiction of Offer . Such Purchaser is a resident of (or in the case of a corporation, trust, partnership or other legal entity, has its principal place of business in) the jurisdiction set forth below such Purchaser’s name on Schedule 1 attached hereto.

(f) Reliance on Exemptions . Such Purchaser understands that the Shares and Warrants are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Purchaser’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Purchaser to acquire the Shares and Warrants.

(g) Information . Such Purchaser and its advisors, if any, have been furnished with all publicly available materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and such other publicly available materials relating to the offer and sale of the Shares and Warrants as have been requested by such Purchaser. Such Purchaser and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by such Purchaser or its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained herein. Such Purchaser understands that its investment in the Shares and Warrants involves a high degree of risk.

 

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(h) No Governmental Review . Such Purchaser understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Shares and Warrants or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Shares and Warrants, nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Shares and Warrants.

(i) Experience of Such Purchaser . Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters, including investing in companies engaged in the business in which the Company is engaged, so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Shares and Warrants, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Shares and Warrants and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.

The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Purchaser does not make or has not made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in this Section 3.2.

ARTICLE IV

OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

4.1 Transfer Restrictions .

(a) The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. Each Purchaser will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose of (or solicit any offers to buy, purchase or otherwise acquire or take pledge of) any of the Securities except in compliance with the Securities Act, applicable state securities laws and the respective rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement, to the Company, to an Affiliate of a Purchaser (who is an accredited investor and executes a customary representation letter) or in connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act, provided, however , that in the case of a transfer pursuant to Rule 144, no opinion shall be required if the transferor provides the Company with a customary seller’s representation letter reasonably satisfactory to the Company, and if such sale is not pursuant to subsection (k) of Rule 144, a customary broker’s representation letter and a Form 144. Any such transferee that agrees in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and the Investor Rights Agreement shall have the rights of a Purchaser under this Agreement and the Investor Rights Agreement. Except as required by federal securities laws and the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction within the United States and as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents, the Securities may be transferred, in whole or in part, by any of the Purchasers at any time. The Company shall reissue certificates evidencing the Securities upon surrender of certificates evidencing the Securities being transferred in accordance with this Section 4.1(a).

 

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(b) The Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4.1(b), of a legend on any of the Securities in substantially the following form:

THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ SECURITIES ACT ”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THESE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ ACCREDITED INVESTOR ” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

The Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities, in accordance with all applicable securities laws, to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company and no opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith; provided, however, that such Purchaser shall provide the Company with such documentation as is reasonably requested by the Company to ensure that the pledge is pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act. The Company will execute and deliver such documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities, including the preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of selling stockholders thereunder.

(c) Certificates evidencing the Securities shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b)), (i) following any sale of such Securities pursuant to Rule 144, or (ii) if such Securities are eligible for sale under Rule 144(k), or (iii) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the Staff of the Commission). The Company shall use its best efforts to cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Company’s transfer agent promptly upon the occurrence of any of the events in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above to effect the removal of the legend hereunder and shall also use its best efforts to cause its counsel to issue a “blanket” legal opinion to the Company’s transfer agent promptly after the Effective Date, if required by the Company’s transfer agent, to allow sales pursuant to an effective Registration Statement. The

 

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Company agrees that at such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 4.1(c), it will, no later than three Trading Days following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the Company’s transfer agent of a certificate representing Securities issued with a restrictive legend, deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate representing such Securities that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to any transfer agent of the Company that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section.

(d) Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, agrees that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities as set forth in this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance on, and the Purchaser’s agreement that, and each Purchaser hereby agrees that, the Purchaser will not sell any Securities except pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom.

4.2 Furnishing of Information .

As long as any Purchaser owns Securities, the Company covenants to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act. Upon the request in writing of any such holder of Securities, the Company shall deliver to such holder a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with the preceding sentence. As long as any Purchaser owns Securities, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchasers and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c), such information as is required for the Purchasers to sell the Securities under Rule 144. The Company further covenants that it will take such further action as any holder of Securities may reasonably request in writing, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Person to sell such Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144.

4.3 Integration .

The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities to the Purchasers or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in violation of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market.

4.4 Limitation on Future Financing .

From the date hereof until the earlier of 60 calendar days after the Closing Date or 15 calendar days after the Effective Date, the Company shall not effect an issuance of its Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Section 4.4 shall not apply to the following: (a) the granting of options or other equity compensation awards or the issuance of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents to employees, independent contractors, officers and directors of the Company pursuant to any equity compensation plan or arrangement duly adopted by a majority of the non-employee

 

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members of the Board of Directors of the Company or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose (and the exercise of such options or Common Stock Equivalents), or (b) the exercise of any security issued by the Company in connection with the offer and sale of the Company’s securities pursuant to this Agreement, or (c) the exercise of or conversion of any convertible securities, options or warrants issued and outstanding on the date hereof, or (d) the issuance of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents in connection with acquisitions, mergers, strategic investments or transactions, partnerships, license agreements, business relationship or joint venture, the primary purpose of which is not to raise capital, or (e) the issuance of securities pursuant to a stock split or stock dividend or similar capital modification, or (f) the issuance of securities upon the authorization of the Company’s Board of Directors in connection with business conducted by the Company with vendors, lessors or financial institutions in connection with financing transactions.

4.5 Publicity .

The Company shall, within two Business Days following the Closing Date, file a Current Report on Form 8-K, disclosing the transactions contemplated hereby and make such other filings and notices in the manner and time required by the Commission. The Company and SCO Securities LLC shall consult with each other in issuing any press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser nor SCO Securities LLC shall issue any such press release or otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any such press release of any Purchaser or SCO Securities LLC, or without the prior consent of SCO Securities LLC, with respect to any such press release of the Company, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication.

4.6 Shareholders Rights Plan .

No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or any other Person that (a) any Purchaser is an “acquiring person” under any shareholders rights plan or similar plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or (b) that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement; solely, in each case, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents or by entering into the Transaction Documents.

4.7 Non-Public Information .

The Company covenants and agrees that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information or shall have otherwise expressly agreed or undertaken to maintain the confidentiality of such information. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.

 

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4.8 Use of Proceeds .

Until the date on which the Purchasers own less than 50% of the Shares issued pursuant to this Agreement, the Company covenants and agrees that the proceeds from the sale of the Common Stock and Warrants shall be used by the Company for working capital and general corporate purposes; under no circumstances shall any portion of the proceeds be applied to:

(i) accelerated repayment of debt existing on the date hereof;

(ii) the payment of dividends or other distributions on any capital stock of the Company;

(iii) increased executive compensation (other than in the ordinary course of business) or loans to officers, employees, stockholders or directors, unless approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors, or a majority of the members of a committee of disinterested members of the Board of Directors established for such purpose;

(iv) the purchase of debt or equity securities of any Person, including the Company and its Subsidiaries, except in each case: (a) in connection with investment of excess cash in high quality (A1/P1 or better) money market instruments having maturities of one year or less; (b) in connection with acquisitions, mergers, strategic investments or transactions, partnerships, license agreements, joint ventures or other business relationships, in each case related to the business of the Company; and (c) pursuant to the repurchase rights of the Company under options or restricted stock grants to, or employee arrangements with, directors, employees or consultants of the Company, in each case, granted under equity incentive plans or agreements approved by the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee thereof; or

(v) any expenditure not directly related to the business of the Company, except in connection with acquisitions, mergers, strategic investments or transactions, partnerships, license agreements, joint ventures or other business relationships, in each case related to the business.

4.9 Reservation of Common Stock .

As of the date hereof, the Company has reserved and the Company shall continue to reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to issue Shares pursuant to this Agreement and Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants.

4.10 Listing of Common Stock .

The Company hereby agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the listing of the Common Stock on the American Stock Exchange or any applicable Trading Market. The Company further agrees, if the Company applies to have the Common Stock traded on any other Trading Market, it will include in such application the Shares and the Warrant Shares, and will take such other action as is necessary to cause the Shares and Warrant Shares to be listed on such other Trading Market as promptly as possible to the extent that any of the Common Stock is listed thereon.

 

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4.11 Business Operations . Until the earlier of: (i) the fourth year anniversary of the Closing Date and (ii) the date that the Purchasers own less than 50% of the Shares originally issued pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall comply with the following covenants:

(a) Insurance . The Company and its Subsidiaries shall maintain insurance policies such that the representations contained in the first sentence of Section 3.1(p) hereof continue to be true and correct and shall, from time to time upon the written request of the Purchasers, promptly furnish or cause to be furnished to the Purchasers evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers, of the maintenance of all insurance maintained by it.

(b) Corporate Existence; Licenses. The Company shall preserve and maintain and cause its Subsidiaries to preserve and maintain their corporate existence and good standing in the jurisdiction of their incorporation and the rights, privileges and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries (except, in each case, in the event of a merger or consolidation in which the Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, is not the surviving entity) in each case where the failure to so preserve or maintain would have a Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, maintain at all times all material licenses and permits from any governmental agency or instrumentality thereof necessary to the conduct of its business and as required by any governmental agency or instrumentality thereof, including without limitation all FDA clearances and approvals.

(c) Taxes and Claims. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall duly pay and discharge (a) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges upon or against the Company or its properties or assets prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, unless and to the extent that such taxes are being diligently contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, and appropriate reserves therefor have been established, and (b) all material lawful claims, whether for labor, materials, supplies, services or anything else which might or would, if unpaid, become a lien or charge upon the properties or assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries, unless and to the extent only that the same are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and appropriate reserves therefor have been established.

(d) Affiliate Transactions . Until the date on which the Purchasers hold less than 50% of the Shares issued pursuant to this Agreement, except for transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the board of directors of the Company, or a majority of the members of a committee of disinterested directors established for such purpose, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall enter into any transaction with any (i) director, officer, employee or holder of more than 5% of the outstanding capital stock of any class or series of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) member of the immediate family of any such person, or (iii) corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any such person, or member of the immediate family of any such person, is a director, officer, trustee, partner or holder of more than 5% of the outstanding capital stock thereof.

 

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4.12 Securities Law Compliance .

(a) Securities Act . The Company shall timely prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the form of notice of the sale of securities pursuant to the requirements of Regulation D regarding the sale of the Common Stock and Warrants under this Agreement.

(b) State Securities Law Compliance — Sale . The Company shall timely prepare and file such applications, consents to service of process (but not including a general consent to service of process) and similar documents and take such other steps and perform such further acts as shall be required by the state securities law requirements of each jurisdiction where a Purchaser resides, as indicated on Schedule 1 , with respect to the sale of the Common Stock and Warrants under this Agreement.

ARTICLE V

INDEMNIFICATION, TERMINATION AND DAMAGES

5.1 Survival of Representations .

Except as otherwise provided below in this Section 5.1, the representations and warranties of the Company and the Purchasers contained in or made pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Closing Date and shall continue in full force and effect for a period of two (2) years from the Closing Date; provided, however , that the Company’s warranties and representations under Sections 3.1(a) (Subsidiaries), 3.1(g) (Capitalization), 3.1(x) (Taxes) and 3.1(y) (Environmental Matters) shall survive the Closing Date and continue in full force and effect until the expiration of all applicable statutes of limitation. The Company’s and the Purchasers’ warranties and representations shall in no way be affected or diminished in any way by any investigation of (or failure to investigate) the subject matter thereof made by or on behalf of the Company or the Purchasers.

5.2 Indemnification .

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Purchasers, their Affiliates, each of their officers, directors, employees and agents and their respective successors and assigns, from and against any losses, damages, or expenses which are caused by or arise out of (i) any breach or default in the performance by the Company of any covenant or agreement made by the Company in this Agreement or in any of the Transaction Documents; (ii) any breach of warranty or representation made by the Company in this Agreement or in any of the Transaction Documents; and/or (iii) any and all third party actions, suits, proceedings, claims, demands, judgments, costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) incident to any of the foregoing.

(b) The Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its Affiliates, each of their officers, directors, employees and agents and their respective successors and assigns, from and against any losses, damages, or expenses which are caused by or arise out of (A) any breach or default in the performance by the Purchasers of any covenant or agreement made by the Purchasers in this Agreement or in any of the

 

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Transaction Documents; (B) any breach of warranty or representation made by the Purchasers in this Agreement or in any of the Transaction Documents; and (C) any and all third party actions, suits, proceedings, claims, demands, judgments, costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) incident to any of the foregoing; provided, however , that a Purchaser’s liability under this Section 5.2(b) shall not exceed the Purchase Price paid by such Purchaser hereunder.

5.3 Indemnity Procedure .

A party or parties hereto agreeing to be responsible for or to indemnify against any matter pursuant to this Agreement is referred to herein as the “ Indemnifying Party ” and the other party or parties claiming indemnity is referred to as the “ Indemnified Party ”. An Indemnified Party under this Agreement shall, with respect to claims asserted against such party by any third party, give written notice to the Indemnifying Party of any liability which might give rise to a claim for indemnity under this Agreement within sixty (60) Business Days of the receipt of any written claim from any such third party, but not later than twenty (20) days prior to the date any answer or responsive pleading is due, and with respect to other matters for which the Indemnified Party may seek indemnification, give prompt written notice to the Indemnifying Party of any liability which might give rise to a claim for indemnity; provided, however , that any failure to give such notice will not waive any rights of the Indemnified Party except to the extent the rights of the Indemnifying Party are materially prejudiced.

The Indemnifying Party shall have the right, at its election, to take over the defense or settlement of such claim by giving written notice to the Indemnified Party at least fifteen (15) days prior to the time when an answer or other responsive pleading or notice with respect thereto is required. If the Indemnifying Party makes such election, it may conduct the defense of such claim through counsel of its choosing (subject to the Indemnified Party’s approval of such counsel, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), shall be solely responsible for the expenses of such defense and shall be bound by the results of its defense or settlement of the claim. The Indemnifying Party shall not settle any such claim without prior notice to and consultation with the Indemnified Party, and no such settlement involving any equitable relief or which might have an adverse effect on the Indemnified Party may be agreed to without the written consent of the Indemnified Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). So long as the Indemnifying Party is diligently contesting any such claim in good faith, the Indemnified Party may pay or settle such claim only at its own expense and the Indemnifying Party will not be responsible for the fees of separate legal counsel to the Indemnified Party, unless the named parties to any proceeding include both parties or representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Indemnified Party, due to conflicts of interest or otherwise. If the Indemnifying Party does not make such election, or having made such election does not, in the reasonable opinion of the Indemnified Party proceed diligently to defend such claim, then the Indemnified Party may (after written notice to the Indemnifying Party), at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, elect to take over the defense of and proceed to handle such claim in its discretion and the Indemnifying Party shall be bound by any defense or settlement that the Indemnified Party may make in good faith with respect to such claim. In connection therewith, the Indemnifying Party will fully cooperate with the Indemnified Party should the Indemnified Party elect to take over the defense of any such claim. The parties agree to cooperate in defending such third party claims and the Indemnified Party

 

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shall provide such cooperation and such access to its books, records and properties as the Indemnifying Party shall reasonably request with respect to any matter for which indemnification is sought hereunder; and the parties hereto agree to cooperate with each other in order to ensure the proper and adequate defense thereof.

With regard to claims of third parties for which indemnification is payable hereunder, such indemnification shall be paid by the Indemnifying Party upon the earlier to occur of: (i) the entry of a judgment against the Indemnified Party and the expiration of any applicable appeal period, or if earlier, five (5) days prior to the date that the judgment creditor has the right to execute the judgment; (ii) the entry of an unappealable judgment or final appellate decision against the Indemnified Party; or (iii) a settlement of the claim. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the reasonable expenses of counsel to the Indemnified Party shall be reimbursed on a current basis by the Indemnifying Party. With regard to other claims for which indemnification is payable hereunder, such indemnification shall be paid promptly by the Indemnifying Party upon demand by the Indemnified Party.

ARTICLE VI

MISCELLANEOUS

6.1 Fees and Expenses .

The Company shall be responsible for the payment of the Purchasers’ reasonable and documented legal fees and other third-party expenses relating to the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $70,000 unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Company; provided, that the limit set forth in this Section 6.1 shall not apply to registration fees and expenses as described in Section 4 of the Investor Rights Agreement.

6.2 Entire Agreement .

The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.

6.3 Notices .

Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom

 

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such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as follows:

If to the Purchasers, at each Purchaser’s address set forth under its name on Schedule 1 attached hereto, or with respect to the Company, addressed to:

Antares Pharma, Inc.

707 Eagleview Blvd.

Suite 414

Exton, PA 19341

Attention: President

Facsimile No.: (610) 458 0756

or to such other address or addresses or facsimile number or numbers as any such party may most recently have designated in writing to the other parties hereto by such notice. Copies of notices to the Company shall be sent to:

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

1701 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921

Attention: Joanne R. Soslow

Facsimile No.: (215) 963-5001

Copies of notices to any Purchaser shall be sent to the addresses, if any, listed on Schedule 1 attached hereto.

6.4 Amendments; Waivers .

No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and each Purchaser or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waiver is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of either party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

6.5 Construction .

The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

6.6 Successors and Assigns .

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obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Purchaser. Any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person, provided such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions hereof that apply to the Purchasers.

6.7 No Third-Party Beneficiaries .

This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Article V.

6.8 Governing Law.

All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.

6.9 Jurisdiction; Venue; Service of Process .

This Agreement shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal District Court, Southern District of New York and if such court does not have proper jurisdiction, the State Courts of New York County, New York. The parties to this Agreement agree that any breach of any term or condition of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a breach occurring in the State of New York by virtue of a failure to perform an act required to be performed in the State of New York and irrevocably and expressly agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court, Southern District of New York and if such court does not have proper jurisdiction, the State Courts of New York County, New York for the purpose of resolving any disputes among the parties relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The parties irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which they may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or any judgment entered by any court in respect hereof brought in New York County, New York, and further irrevocably waive any claim that any suit, action or proceeding brought in Federal District Court, Southern District of New York and if such court does not have proper jurisdiction, the State Courts of New York County, New York has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the parties hereto consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding, by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing in this Section 6.9 shall affect or limit any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

6.10 Execution .

This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page were an original thereof.

 

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6.11 Severability .

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision that is a reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Agreement.

6.12 Replacement of Securities .

If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and customary and reasonable indemnity, if requested by the Company.

6.13 Remedies .

In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations described in the foregoing sentence and hereby agrees to waive in any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

6.14 Payment Set Aside .

To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall, to the extent permissible under applicable law, be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

6.15 Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights .

The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an

 

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association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Document. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in their review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. For reasons of administrative convenience only, Purchasers and their respective counsel have chosen to communicate with the Company through Wiggin and Dana LLP, but such counsel does not represent any of the Purchasers in this transaction other than SCO Securities LLC. The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by the Purchasers.

6.16 Waiver of Trial by Jury .

THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

6.17 Further Assurances .

Each party agrees to cooperate fully with the other parties and to execute such further instruments, documents and agreements and to give such further written assurances as may be reasonably requested by any other party to better evidence and reflect the transactions described herein and contemplated hereby and to carry into effect the intents and purposes of this Agreement, and further agrees to take promptly, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do promptly, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable law to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated hereby, to obtain all necessary waivers, consents and approvals, to effect all necessary registrations and filings, and to remove any injunctions or other impediments or delays, legal or otherwise, in order to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement for the purpose of securing to the parties hereto the benefits contemplated by this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

COMPANY:
ANTARES PHARMA, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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PURCHASERS:

 

Print Exact Name:  

 

 

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

Address:  

 

 

 

Telephone:  

 

Facsimile:  

 

Email:  

 

SSN/EIN:  

 

 

Amount of Investment:$  

 

[Omnibus Antares Pharma, Inc. Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement Signature Page]

 

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Schedule 1

to Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement

Purchasers and Shares of Common Stock and Warrants

 

Name, Address and Fax Number of Purchaser

  

Copies of Notices to

   Shares of
Common Stock
Purchased
   Common Stock
Underlying
Warrants
   Purchase
Price

Anthony B. Fair

2882 Cypress Lake Road

Statesboro, GA 30458

Telephone: (912) 489-8606

Fax: (912)764-8282

      40,000    30,000    $ 50,000

Atlas Master Fund, Ltd

Scott Schroeder, Authorized Signatory

c/o Balasny Asset Management

650 Madison Avenue, 19 th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Telephone: (212) 808-2310

Fax: (212) 588-1130

e-mail: asilberstem@bam-us.con

      135,784    101,838    $ 169,730

Bedrock Capital LP

James Smith, Manager

P.O. Box 1320

St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands 00804

Telephone: (340) 715-5555

Fax: (340) 715-5554

e-mail: jimsmyth@bloomberg.net

      190,000    142,500    $ 237,500

 

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Name, Address and Fax Number of Purchaser

  

Copies of Notices to

   Shares of
Common Stock
Purchased
   Common Stock
Underlying
Warrants
   Purchase
Price

Bristol Investment Fund, Ltd.

c/o Bristol Capital Advisors, LLC

10990 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1410

Los Angeles, California 90024

Attention: Amy Wang, Esq.

Telephone: (310) 696-0333

Fax: (310) 696-0334

e-mail: pkessler@bristolcompanies.net

amy@bristolcompanies.net

      400,000    300,000    $ 500,000

Christopher A. Basta

18 Peppermill Lane

Dix Hills, NY 11746

Telephone: (212) 703-6064

Fax: (212) 703-6153

e-mail: cbasta1@bloomberg.net

      30,000    22,500    $ 37,500

Cranshire Capital, LP

Lawrence A. Prosser, CFO

666 Dundee Road, Suite 1901

Northowok, IL 60062

Telephone: (847) 562-9030

Fax: (847) 562-9031

e-mail: mkopin@cranshirecapital.com

      160,000    120,000    $ 200,000

 

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Name, Address and Fax Number of Purchaser

  

Copies of Notices to

   Shares of
Common Stock
Purchased
   Common Stock
Underlying
Warrants
   Purchase
Price

Crescent International Ltd.

Maxi Brezzi, Authorized Signatory

c/o Cantara (Switzerland) S.A

84 Avenue Louis Cascu

CH.1216 Cointrin/Geneva Switzerland

Telephone: +41 22 791 7256

Fax: +41 22 791 7171

e-mail: info@cantara.dmitrust.com

      240,000    180,000    $ 300,000

Davis B. Fox and Jill Spitzer-Fox

1620 E. Prospect Street

Seattle, WA 98112

Telephone: (206) 322-7282

e-mail: davisbfox39@msn.com

      40,000    30,000    $ 50,000

Dennis Carleton and Margaret Carleton

25 Pineybranch Road

Cranbury, NJ 08512

Telephone: (609) 448-1521

      20,000    15,000    $ 25,000

Gregory C. Lowney & Maryanne K. Snyder

15207 NE 68 th Street

Redmond, WA 98052

Telephone: (425) 882-1629

Fax: (425) 885-2907

email: mksnyder@aol.com

gclowney@aol.com

      60,000    45,000    $ 75,000

 

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Name, Address and Fax Number of Purchaser

  

Copies of Notices to

   Shares of
Common Stock
Purchased
   Common Stock
Underlying
Warrants
   Purchase
Price

Gregory P. Kusnick and Karen Gustafson-Kusnick

715 Second Avenue Unit 1904

Seattle, WA 98104

Telephone: (266) 322-4048

Fax: (266) 322-4514

e-mail: kusnick@cognomen.com & Gustafson@cognomen.com

      60,000    45,000    $ 75,000

Harborview Master Fund LP

Harbour House, 2 nd Floor

Waterfront Drive, Road Town

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Telephone: (284) 494-4770

Fax: (284) 494-4771

e-mail: junno@beaconsecurities.com

      60,000    45,000    $ 75,000

Hudson Bay Fund, LP

120 Broadway, 40 th Floor

New York, NY 10271

Telephone: (212) 571-1244

Fax: (212) 571-1279

Contact: Yoav Roth

e-mail: yroth@hudsonbaycapital.com

      600,000    450,000    $ 750,000

Iroquois Master Fund Ltd.

641 Lexington Avenue, 26 th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Telephone: (212) 974-3070

Fax: (212) 207-3452

Contact: Joshua Silverman

      280,000    210,000    $ 350,000

 

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Name, Address and Fax Number of Purchaser

  

Copies of Notices to

   Shares of
Common Stock
Purchased
   Common Stock
Underlying
Warrants
   Purchase
Price

James Karanfilian

235 South Dwight Place

Englewood, N.J. 07631

Telephone: 201-567-4163

      10,000    7,500    $ 12,500

Jay R. Solan

15 Mohawk Drive

Livingston, New Jersey 07039

Telephone: (973) 992-7734

Fax: (973) 992-7734

e-mail: jaysloan245@aol.com

      20,000    15,000    $ 25,000

John Curley

58 Valley View Avenue

Summit, NJ 07901

Telephone: (908) 277-4213

Fax: (908) 277-7608

e-mail: Jaccurley@com.net

      40,000    30,000    $ 50,000

John Peter Christensen

Casa Del Lago

2900 North Flagler Drive

West Palm Beach, FL 33407

Telephone: (561) 655-1060

Fax: (561) 655-1060

e-mail: ri6Johnkahuna@adelphia.net

      40,000    30,000    $ 50,000

KMF Partners

Karen Fleiss

1970 Avenue of the Americas

17 th Floor

New York, NY 10020

Telephone: (212) 332-2496

Fax: (212) 332-2030

e-mail: maureen@kmfpartners.com

      120,000    90,000    $ 150,000

 

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Name, Address and Fax Number of Purchaser

  

Copies of Notices to

   Shares of
Common Stock
Purchased
   Common Stock
Underlying
Warrants
   Purchase
Price

Kendu Partners Company

Michael W. Engman, General Partner

220 Bush Street, Suite 660

San Franscisco, CA 94104

Telephone: (415) 293-3818

Fax: (415) 781-4641

e-mail: mike.engman@fimat.com

      80,000    60,000    $100,000

MDNH Partners LP

Herb Kurlan, Managing Partner

220 Bush Street, Suite 650

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: (415) 387-1995

Fax: (415) 781-8344

e-mail: herb.kurlan@mdnhpartners.com

      40,000    30,000    $50,000

Midsouth Investors Fund LP

1776 Peachtree Street NW

Suite 412 North

Atlanta, GA 30309

Telephone: (615) 254-0992

Fax: (615) 254-1603

Contact: Lyman O. Heidtke

      100,000    75,000    $125,000

Monarch Capital Fund Ltd.

Harbout House, 2 nd Floor

Waterfront Drive, Road Town

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Telephone: (284) 494 4770

Fax: (284) 494 4771

e-mail: jouno@beaconsewrities.com

      80,000    60,000    $100,000

 

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Name, Address and Fax Number of Purchaser

  

Copies of Notices to

   Shares of
Common Stock
Purchased
   Common Stock
Underlying
Warrants
   Purchase
Price

Nathan Sugarman

205 Harding Drive

South Orange, N.J. 07079

(973) 763-1040

e-mail: zifelm@aol

      60,000    45,000    $ 75,000

Nite Capital LP

Keith A Goodman, Manager of the General Partner

100 East Cook Avenue, Ste 201

Libertyville, IL 60048

Telephone: (847) 968-7658

Fax: (847) 968-7658

e-mail: keith@nitecapital.com

      240,000    180,000    $ 300,000

Nu Vision Holdings

1010 Northern Blvd. Ste. 208

Great Neck, N.Y. 11021

Telephone: (516) 466-7844

Fax: (516) 466-7304

e-mail: Steve.Kevorkian@Verizon.net

      175,000    131,250    $ 218,750

Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund, Ltd.

7284 W. Palmetto Park Road, Suite 306

Boca Raton, FL 33433

Telephone: (561) 391-7770

Fax: (561) 391-7776

contact: Andrew C. Sankin

e-mail: sankin@perceptivelife.com

      800,000    600,000    $ 1,000,000

 

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Name, Address and Fax Number of Purchaser

  

Copies of Notices to

   Shares of
Common Stock
Purchased
   Common Stock
Underlying
Warrants
   Purchase
Price

Peter H. Weiss

8000 SE 22 nd Street

Mercer Island, WA 98040

Telephone: (206) 365-0014

Fax: (413) 691-2134

e-mail: pweiss78@alumni.princeton.edu

      30,000    22,500    $ 37,500

RAQ, LLC

c/o Paramount Biocapital Investments LLC

787 Seventh Avenue, 48 th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Telephone: (212) 554-4345

Fax: (212) 554-4355

Contact: Lindsay A. Rosenwald M.D.

e-mails: svacamboli@paramountbio.com; mahill@paramountbio.com

      260,000    195,000    $ 325,000

Robert O’Mara

8 Youngs Road

Basking Ridge, N.J. 07920

Telephone: (973) 538-6370

      160,000    120,000    $ 200,000

Roland E. Wheeler

4160 W. Eaglesode

Wenataile, WA 98801

Telephone: (509) 670-9068

Fax: (509) 667-8058

e-mail: swheeler@oasismedarow.com

      60,000    45,000    $ 75,000

 

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Name, Address and Fax Number of Purchaser

  

Copies of Notices to

   Shares of
Common Stock
Purchased
   Common Stock
Underlying
Warrants
   Purchase
Price

Rubicon Global Value Fund, L.P

One SW Columbia St., Suite 850

Portland, Oregon 97258

Telephone: (503) 548-4800

Fax: (503) 548-4805

e-mail: steve@rubiconglobalholdings.com

      50,000    37,500    $ 62,500

Samax Family Limited Partnership

413 N. Queens Avenue

Massapequa, N. Y 11758

Telephone: (516) 287-5050

Fax: (516) 223-1448

e-mail: drm1313@optonline.net & amargvlies@alliedmedical.org

      30,000    22,500    $ 37,500

Sanford Gaffe and Ethel Gaffe

6876 Adriano Drive

Boynton Beach, Fl 33437

Telephone: (561) 733-5844

e-mail: sangat@bellsouth.net

      40,000    30,000    $ 50,000

SDS Capital Group SPC, Ltd.

c/o SDS Management, LLC

53 Old Forest Avenue, 2 nd Floor

Old Greenwich, CT 06870

Telephone: (203) 967-5850

Fax: (203) 967-5851

Contact: Steve Derby, Director

      1,600,000    1,200,000    $ 2,000,000

 

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Name, Address and Fax Number of Purchaser

  

Copies of Notices to

   Shares of
Common Stock
Purchased
   Common Stock
Underlying
Warrants
   Purchase
Price

Steven M. Sack

1795 Harvard Avenue

Merrick, N.Y. 11566

Telephone: (516) 377-3940

Fax: (516) 623-9115

e-mail: StevenSack54@hotmail.com

      115,000    86,250    $ 143,750

Steven Mitchell Sack PSP

Steven Mitchell Sack, Trustee

U/A Dated 1/1/94

PBO Steven Mitchell Sack

#4000-6635

1795 Harvard Avenue

Merrick, NY 11566

Telephone: (516) 377-3940

Fax: (516) 623-9115

stevensack54@hotmail.com

      480,000    360,000    $ 600,000

T2, Ltd.

James Smith, Manager

25 Highland Park Village

STE 100-382

Dallas, TX 75205

Telephone: (214) 461-7256

Fax: (214) 461-7257

e-mail: jimsmyth@bloomberg.net

      160,000    120,000    $ 200,000

 

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Name, Address and Fax Number of Purchaser

  

Copies of Notices to

   Shares of
Common Stock
Purchased
   Common Stock
Underlying
Warrants
   Purchase
Price

TCMP3 Partners

Walter Schenker, Principal

c/o Titan Capital Management

7 Century Drive, Suite 201

Parsippany, NJ 07054

Telephone: (973) 829-1335

Fax: (973) 540-0702

e-mail: wschenker@titancap.org

      80,000    60,000    $ 100,000

Trust U/W Renee Weiss

Peter H. Weiss, Trustee

P.O. Box 1682

Mercer Island, WA 98040

Telephone: (206) 365-0014

Fax: (413) 691-2134

e-mail: pweiss78@alumni.princeton.edu

      60,000    45,000    $ 75,000

Valesco Healthcare Overseas Fund, Ltd.

787 Seventh Avenue, 48th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Telephone: (212) 554-4307

Fax: (212) 554-4361

Contact: I. Keith Maher

e-mail: kmaher@valescocapital.com

      101,400    76,050    $ 126,750

 

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Name, Address and Fax Number of Purchaser

  

Copies of Notices to

   Shares of
Common Stock
Purchased
   Common Stock
Underlying
Warrants
   Purchase
Price

Valesco Healthcare Partners II L.P.

787 Seventh Avenue, 48th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Telephone: (212) 554-4307

Fax: (212) 554-4361

Contact: I. Keith Maher

e-mail: kmaher@valescocapital.com

      98,800    74,100    $ 123,500

Valesco Healthcare Partners I L.P.

787 Seventh Avenue, 48th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Telephone: (212) 554-4307

Fax: (212) 554-4361

Contact: I. Keith Maher

e-mail: kmaher@valescocapital.com

      59,800    44,850    $ 74,750

Visium Balanced Fund, LP

Mark Gottlieb, Authorized Signatory

650 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Telephone: (212) 808-2300

e-mail: mgottlieb@bam-us.com

      280,516    210,387    $ 350,645

Visium Balanced Offshore Fund, LTD

Mark Gottlieb, Authorized Signatory

650 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Telephone: (212) 808-2300

e-mail: mgottlieb@bam-us.com

      309,960    232,470    $ 387,450

 

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Name, Address and Fax Number of Purchaser

  

Copies of Notices to

   Shares of
Common Stock
Purchased
   Common Stock
Underlying
Warrants
   Purchase
Price

Visium Long Bias Fund, LP

Mark Gottlieb, Signatory

650 Madison Avenue, 19th floor

New York, NY 10022

Telephone: (212) 808-2300

e-mail: mgottlieb@bam-us.com

      42,904    32,178    $ 53,630

Visium Long Bias Offshore Fund, LTD

Mark Gottlieb, Signatory

650 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Telephone: (212) 808-2300

e-mail: mgottlieb@bam-us.com

      230,836    173,127    $ 288,545

Whalehaven Capital Fund Limited

14 Par-La-Ville Road, 3rd Floor

P.O. Box HM1027

Hamilton HMDX Bermuda

Telephone: (441) 295-8313

Fax: (441) 295-5262

Contact: Evan Schemenauer

e-mail: evan@whalehavencapital.com

      400,000    300,000    $ 500,000

Totals:

      8,770,000    6,577,500    $ 10,962,500

 

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Name, Address and Fax Number of Purchaser

  

Copies of Notices to

   Shares of
Common Stock
Purchased
   Common Stock
Underlying
Warrants
   Purchase
Price
Placement Agent Warrants            

SCO Securities LLC

1285 Avenue of the Americas, 35th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Jeffrey B. Davis

T: (212) 554-4158

F: (212) 554-4058Email: JDavis@SCOGroup.com

  

Michael Grundei, Esq.

Wiggin & Dana LLP

400 Atlantic Street

Stamford, CT 06901

Tel: 203-363-7630

Fax: 203-363-7676

Email: mgrundei@wiggin.com

   0    318,000    0

Lake End Capital LLC

33 Tall Oaks Drive

Summit, NJ 07901

Telephone: (212) 554-4158

Fax: (212) 554-4058

Contact: Jeffrey B. Davis

e-mail: jdavis@scogroup.com

      0    106,000    0

Mark Alvino

c/o SCO Securities LLC

1285 Avenue of the Americas, 35th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Telephone: (212) 554-4235

Fax: (212) 554-4058

      0    53,000    0

Howard Fischer

SCO Securities LLC

1285 Avenue of the Americas, 35th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Telephone: (212) 554-4235

Fax: (212) 554-4058

      0    53,000    0

Dawson James Securities

925 South Federal Highway

6 th Floor

Boca Raton, FL 33432

Attn: Robert D. Keyser, Jr.

      0    347,000    0

 

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Exhibit 10.58

INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This Investor Rights Agreement is made and entered into as of March 2, 2006 (this “ Agreement ”), among Antares Pharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and each of the purchasers executing this Agreement and listed on Schedule 1 attached hereto (collectively, the “ Purchasers ”).

This Agreement is being entered into pursuant to the Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated as of February 27, 2006, by and among the Company and the Purchasers (the “ Purchase Agreement ”).

The Company and the Purchasers hereby agree as follows:

1. Certain Definitions .

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

Advice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(m).

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by or under common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any Person, means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms of “affiliated,” “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Exchange ” shall have the meaning assigned in Section 7(e).

Blackout Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(n).

Board ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(n).

Business Day ” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of [State] generally are authorized or required by law or other government actions to close.

Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Common Stock ” means the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

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

Event ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(e).


Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Filing Date ” means the 45th day following the Closing Date.

Holder ” or “ Holders ” means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities, including without limitation the Purchasers and their assignees.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Registrable Securities ” means (a) the Purchased Shares and the Warrant Shares (without regard to any limitations on beneficial ownership contained in the Warrants) or other securities issued or issuable to each Purchaser or its transferee or designee (i) upon exercise of the Warrants, or (ii) upon any distribution with respect to, any exchange for or any replacement of such Purchased Shares, Warrants or Warrant Shares or (iii) upon any conversion, exercise or exchange of any securities issued in connection with any such distribution, exchange or replacement; (b) securities issued or issuable upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing; and (c) any other security issued as a dividend or other distribution with respect to, in exchange for, in replacement or redemption of, or in reduction of the liquidation value of, any of the securities referred to in the preceding clauses; provided, however, that such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when such securities have been sold to or through a broker or dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or a public securities transaction or when such securities may be sold without any restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k) as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter, addressed to the Company’s transfer agent to such effect as described in Section 2 of this Agreement.

 

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Registration Statement ” means the registration statements and any additional registration statements contemplated by Section 2, including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

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

Rule 158 ” means Rule 158 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.

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

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Special Counsel ” means Wiggin and Dana LLP.

Warrants ” means the Common Stock purchase warrants issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, including without limitation the Placement Agent Warrants.

Warrant Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants (including, without limitation, the Placement Agent Warrants) issued or to be issued to the Purchasers or their assignees or designees in connection with the offering consummated under the Purchase Agreement.

2. Registration . As soon as practicable following the Closing Date (but not later than the Filing Date), the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a “shelf” Registration Statement covering all Registrable Securities for a secondary or resale offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. The Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 (or if such form is not available to the Company on another form appropriate for such registration in accordance herewith). The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act not later than ninety (90) days after the Closing Date (including filing with the Commission a request for acceleration of effectiveness in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act within five (5) Business Days of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that a Registration Statement will not be “reviewed,” or not be subject to further review) and to keep such Registration Statement

 

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continuously effective under the Securities Act until such date as is the earlier of (x) the date when all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold or (y) with respect to any Holder, such time as all Registrable Securities held by such Holder may be sold without any restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k) as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter addressed to the Company’s transfer agent to such effect (the “ Effectiveness Period ”). For purposes of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement, no Registration Statement shall be considered “effective” with respect to any Registrable Securities unless such Registration Statement lists the Holders of such Registrable Securities as “Selling Stockholders” and includes such other information as is required to be disclosed with respect to such Holders to permit them to sell their Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement, unless any such Holder is not included as a “Selling Stockholder” pursuant to Section 3(m). Such Registration Statement also shall cover, to the extent allowable under the Securities Act and the Rules promulgated thereunder (including Securities Act Rule 416), such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions with respect to the Registrable Securities.

3. Registration Procedures .

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

(a) Prepare and file with the Commission on or prior to the Filing Date, a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or if such form is not available to the Company on another form appropriate for such registration in accordance herewith) (which shall include a Plan of Distribution substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto), and use best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective as provided herein; provided, however, that not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the filing of the Registration Statement or any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, the Company shall (i) furnish to the Special Counsel, copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of such Special Counsel, and (ii) at the request of any Holder cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent certified public accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of counsel to such Holders, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company shall not file the Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities or the Special Counsel shall reasonably object within three (3) Business Days after the Special Counsel’s receipt thereof. In the event of any such objection, the Holders shall provide the Company with any requested revisions to such prospectus or supplement within two (2) Business Days of such objection.

(b) (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period and to the extent any Registrable Securities are not included in such Registration Statement for reasons other than the failure of the Holder to comply with

 

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Section 3(m) hereof, shall prepare and file with the Commission such amendments to the Registration Statement or such additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all Registrable Securities; (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in force) promulgated under the Securities Act; (iii) respond as promptly as possible, and in no event later than ten (10) Business Days to any comments received from the Commission with respect to the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and as promptly as reasonably possible provide the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to the Registration Statement; and (iv) comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in the Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.

(c) Notify Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold and the Special Counsel as promptly as possible (A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement is proposed to be filed (but in no event in the case of this subparagraph (A), less than three (3) Business Days prior to date of such filing); (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of such Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on such Registration Statement; and (C) with respect to the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, and after the effectiveness thereof: (i) of any request by the Commission or any other Federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; (ii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose; (iii) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose; and (iv) if the financial statements included in the Registration Statement become ineligible for inclusion therein or of the occurrence of any event that makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to the Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Without limitation to any remedies to which the Holders may be entitled under this Agreement, if any of the events described in Section 3(c)(C)(i), 3(c)(C)(ii) and 3(c)(C)(iii) occur, the Company shall use its best efforts to respond to and correct the event.

(d) Use its best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, use best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of, (i) any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable time.

 

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(e) If requested by any Holder of Registrable Securities, (i) promptly incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement such information as the Company reasonably agrees should be included therein and (ii) make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Company has received notification of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment.

(f) Furnish to each Holder and the Special Counsel, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission.

(g) Promptly deliver to each Holder and the Special Counsel, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably request; and the Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.

(h) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its best efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders and the Special Counsel in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder requests in writing, to keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or subject the Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.

(i) Cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by applicable law and the Purchase Agreement, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any Holder may request at least two (2) Business Days prior to any sale of Registrable Securities. In connection therewith, the Company shall promptly after the effectiveness of the Registration Statement cause an opinion of counsel to be delivered to and maintained with its transfer agent, together with any other authorizations, certificates and directions required by the transfer agent, which authorize and direct the transfer agent to issue such Registrable Securities without legend upon sale by the Holder of such shares of Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement.

 

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(j) Following the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(c)(C)(iv), as promptly as possible, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, neither the Registration Statement nor such Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(k) Cause all Registrable Securities relating to such Registration Statement to be listed on the American Stock Exchange and any other United States securities exchange, quotation system, market or over-the-counter bulletin board, if any, on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed.

(l) Comply in all material respects with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and make generally available to its security holders earnings statements satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 not later than 45 days after the end of any 3-month period (or 90 days after the end of any 12-month period if such period is a fiscal year) commencing on the first day of the first fiscal quarter of the Company after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which statement shall conform to the requirements of Rule 158.

(m) Request each selling Holder to furnish to the Company information regarding such Holder and the distribution of such Registrable Securities as is required by law or the Commission to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, and the Company may exclude from such registration the Registrable Securities of any such Holder who fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time prior to the filing of each Registration Statement, supplemented Prospectus and/or amended Registration Statement.

If the Registration Statement refers to any Holder by name or otherwise as the holder of any securities of the Company, then such Holder shall have the right to require (if such reference to such Holder by name or otherwise is not required by the Securities Act or any similar federal statute then in force) the deletion of the reference to such Holder in any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement filed or prepared subsequent to the time that such reference ceases to be required.

Each Holder agrees by its acquisition of such Registrable Securities that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(c)(C)(i), 3(c)(C)(ii), 3(c)(C)(iii), 3(c)(C)(iv), or 3(n), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented Prospectus and/or amended Registration Statement contemplated by Section 3(j), or until it is advised in writing (the “ Advice ”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and, in either case, has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus or Registration Statement.

 

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(n) If (i) there is material non-public information regarding the Company which the Company’s Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) reasonably determines not to be in the Company’s best interest to disclose and which the Company is not otherwise required to disclose, or (ii) there is a significant business opportunity (including, but not limited to, the acquisition or disposition of assets (other than in the ordinary course of business) or any merger, consolidation, tender offer or other similar transaction) available to the Company which the Board reasonably determines not to be in the Company’s best interest to disclose and which the Company would be required to disclose under the Registration Statement, then the Company may postpone or suspend filing or effectiveness of a registration statement for a period not to exceed 30 consecutive days, provided that the Company may not postpone or suspend its obligation under this Section 3(n) for more than 90 days in the aggregate during any 12 month period unless, in each case, SDS Capital Group SPC, Ltd. consents in writing to a longer period (each, a “ Blackout Period ”).

4. Registration Expenses .

All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or not the Registration Statement is filed or becomes effective and whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to the Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings required to be made with the American Stock Exchange and each other securities exchange, quotation system, market or over-the-counter bulletin board on which Registrable Securities are required hereunder to be listed, (B) with respect to filings required to be made with the Commission, and (C) in compliance with state securities or Blue Sky laws, (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing or photocopying prospectuses), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, (v) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company’s independent public accountants (including, in the case of an underwritten offering, the expenses of any comfort letters or costs associated with the delivery by independent public accountants of a comfort letter or comfort letters) and legal counsel, and (vi) the reasonable and documented fees and expenses and disbursements (in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000) of the Special Counsel in connection with any Registration Statement hereunder and in connection with Blue Sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities and determination of the eligibility of the Registrable Securities for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Holders of a majority of Registrable Securities may reasonably designate. In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit, the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder.

 

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5. Indemnification .

(a) Indemnification by the Company . The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, agents, brokers (including brokers who offer and sell Registrable Securities as principal as a result of a pledge or any failure to perform under a margin call of Common Stock), investment advisors and employees of each of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, agents and employees of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, costs of preparation and reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “ Losses ”), as incurred, arising out of or relating to any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form of prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (i) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, which information was reasonably relied on by the Company for use therein or to the extent that such information relates to (x) such Holder and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (y) such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities as set forth in Exhibit A (or as such Holder otherwise informs the Company in writing); or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type described in Section 3(c)(C)(ii), 3(c)(C)(iii), 3(c)(C)(iv) or 3(n), the use by a Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the delivery to the Holder of written notice from the Company that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 3(m); provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 5(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Losses if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding of which the Company is aware in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of an Indemnified Party (as defined in Section 5(c) to this Agreement) and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Holders.

(b) Indemnification by Holders . Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents and employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and

 

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against all Losses, as incurred, arising solely out of or based solely upon any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or arising solely out of or based solely upon any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, to the extent, but only to the extent, that (i) such untrue statement or omission is contained in or omitted from any information so furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or such Prospectus and that such information was reasonably relied upon by the Company for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or to the extent that such information relates to (x) such Holder and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus, or such form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (y) such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities as set forth in Exhibit A (or as such Holder otherwise informs the Company in writing) or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type described in Section 3(c)(C)(ii), 3(c)(C)(iii), 3(c)(C)(iv) or 3(n), the use by a Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the delivery to the Holder of written notice from the Company that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 3(m); provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 5(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Losses if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Holder shall be liable under this Section 5(b) for only that amount as does not exceed the net proceeds to such Holder as a result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.

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

An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; or (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include

 

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both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and such Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and such counsel shall be at the reasonable expense of the Indemnifying Party). The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding and does not impose any monetary or other obligation or restriction on the Indemnified Party.

All reasonable fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within ten (10) Business Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party, which notice shall be delivered no more frequently than on a monthly basis (regardless of whether it is ultimately determined that an Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder; provided, that the Indemnifying Party may require such Indemnified Party to undertake to reimburse all such fees and expenses to the extent it is finally judicially determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder).

(d) Contribution . If a claim for indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party because of a failure or refusal of a governmental authority to enforce such indemnification in accordance with its terms (by reason of public policy or otherwise), then each Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 5(c), any reasonable attorneys’ or other reasonable fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in accordance with its terms. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Holder shall be required to contribute under this Section 5(d) for only that amount as does not exceed the net proceeds to such Holder as a result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.

 

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The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

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

6. Rule 144 .

As long as any Holder owns Purchased Shares, Warrants or Warrant Shares, the Company covenants to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. As long as any Holder owns Purchased Shares, Warrants or Warrant Shares, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Holders and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) promulgated under the Securities Act annual and quarterly financial statements, together with a discussion and analysis of such financial statements in form and substance substantially similar to those that would otherwise be required to be included in reports required by Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as well as any other information required thereby, in the time period that such filings would have been required to have been made under the Exchange Act. The Company further covenants that it will take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request in writing, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Person to sell Purchased Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, including compliance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement relating to the transfer of the Purchased Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares. Upon the request of any Holder in writing, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

7. Miscellaneous .

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

 

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(b) No Inconsistent Agreements . Except as otherwise disclosed in the Purchase Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to an agreement currently in effect, nor shall the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof; provided, that nothing in this Section 7(b) shall be deemed to prevent the Company from granting registration rights that are not more favorable than those granted to the Holders under this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, without the written consent of the Holders of a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities, the Company shall not grant to any Person the right to request the Company to register any securities of the Company under the Securities Act unless the rights so granted are subject in all respects to the rights of the Holders set forth herein, and are not otherwise in conflict with the provisions of this Agreement.

(c) Notice of Effectiveness . Within two (2) Business Days after the Registration Statement which includes the Registrable Securities is ordered effective by the Commission, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel for the Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for such Registrable Securities (with copies to the Holders whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration Statement) confirmation that the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B .

(d) Piggy-Back Registrations . If at any time when there is not an effective Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities, the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the Securities Act) or its then equivalents relating to equity securities to be issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or equity securities issuable in connection with stock option or other employee benefit plans, the Company shall send to each Holder of Registrable Securities written notice of such determination and, if within seven (7) Business Days after receipt of such notice, any such Holder shall so request in writing (which request shall specify the Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by the Holder), the Company will cause the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register by the Holder, to the extent required to permit the disposition of the Registrable Securities so to be registered, provided that if at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register any securities and prior to the effective date of the registration statement filed in connection with such registration, the Company shall determine for any reason not to register or to delay registration of such securities, the Company may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to such Holder and, thereupon, (i) in the case of a determination not to register, shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in connection with such registration (but not from its obligation to pay expenses in accordance with Section 4 hereof), and (ii) in the case of a determination to delay registering, shall be

 

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permitted to delay registering any Registrable Securities being registered pursuant to this Section 7(d) for the same period as the delay in registering such other securities. The Company shall include in such registration statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities such Holder requests to be registered. In the case of an underwritten public offering, if the managing underwriter(s) or underwriter(s) should reasonably object to the inclusion of the Registrable Securities in such registration statement, then if the Company after consultation with the managing underwriter should reasonably determine that the inclusion of such Registrable Securities, would materially adversely affect the offering contemplated in such registration statement, and based on such determination recommends inclusion in such registration statement of fewer or none of the Registrable Securities of the Holders, then (x) the number of Registrable Securities of the Holders included in such registration statement shall be reduced pro-rata among such Holders (based upon the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in the registration), if the Company after consultation with the underwriter(s) recommends the inclusion of fewer Registrable Securities, or (y) none of the Registrable Securities of the Holders shall be included in such registration statement, if the Company after consultation with the underwriter(s) recommends the inclusion of none of such Registrable Securities; provided, however, that if securities are being offered for the account of other persons or entities as well as the Company, such reduction shall not represent a greater fraction of the number of Registrable Securities intended to be offered by the Holders than the fraction of similar reductions imposed on such other persons or entities (other than the Company).

(e) Failure to File Registration Statement and Other Events . The Company and the Holders agree that the Holders will suffer damages if the Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to the Filing Date or if any other Event (as defined below) has occurred. The Company and the Holders further agree that it would not be feasible to ascertain the extent of such damages with precision. Accordingly, if (i) the Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to the Filing Date, or (ii) in the event that the Holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities have complied with Section 3(m) hereof and the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for acceleration in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act within five (5) Business Days of the later to occur of (A) the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that a Registration Statement will not be “reviewed,” or not subject to further review (the “ No Review Date ”) and (B) the date that is the earlier of (1) the date following the No Review Date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that confidential treatment has been granted with respect to all of the Company’s outstanding confidential treatment requests or (2) the date following the No Review Date that is ninety (90) days following the Closing Date, unless such ninety day period is extended pursuant to the written consent of SDS Capital Group SPC, Ltd. or (iii) the Registration Statement is filed with and declared effective by the Commission but thereafter ceases to be effective as to all Registrable Securities registered pursuant to such Registration Statement at any time prior to the expiration of the Effectiveness Period, without being succeeded immediately by a subsequent Registration Statement filed with the Commission, except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement, including pursuant to Section 3(n), or (iv) trading in the Common Stock shall be suspended or if the Common Stock is delisted from the American Stock Exchange or any other securities exchange, quotation system, market or over-the-counter bulletin board on which Registrable Securities

 

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are required hereunder to be listed (each an “Exchange”), without immediately being listed on any other Exchange, in each case, for any reason for more than one (1) Business Day, other than pursuant to Section 3(n), or (v) the Company has breached Section 3(n) of this Agreement (any such failure or breach being referred to as an “ Event ”), the Company shall pay in cash as liquidated damages for such failure and not as a penalty to each Holder an amount equal to four percent (4%) of the Share Value of the shares of Common Stock purchased by such Holder on the Closing Date for the initial thirty (30) day period until the applicable Event has been cured, which shall be pro rated for such periods less than thirty (30) days and four percent (4%) of the Share Value of the shares of Common Stock purchased by such Holder on the Closing Date for each subsequent thirty (30) day period until the applicable Event has been cured which shall be pro rated for such periods less than thirty days (the “ Periodic Amount ”) and which amount shall in no event exceed in the aggregate for a Holder an amount equal to two times the Share Value of the shares of Common Stock purchased by such Holder on the Closing Date. Payments to be made pursuant to this Section 7(e) shall be due and payable immediately upon demand in immediately available cash funds. The parties agree that the Periodic Amount represents a reasonable estimate on the part of the parties, as of the date of this Agreement, of the amount of damages that may be incurred by the Holders if the Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to the Filing Date or if any other Event as described herein has occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall remain obligated to use its best efforts to cure the breach or correct the condition that caused the Event, and the Holder shall have the right to take any action necessary or desirable to enforce such obligation. Solely for the purposes of application of the foregoing liquidated damages provisions, the term “ Share Value ” shall mean the value of a Purchased Share as of the Closing Date, excluding the value of the Warrants as of the Closing Date, as determined by the Company in good faith using a Black-Scholes model applied in a manner consistent to the Black-Scholes models previously used by the Company for calculations set forth in its prior filings under the Exchange Act. Within ten Business Days following the Closing Date, the Company shall provide a written statement to the Purchasers setting forth its determination of the Share Value in reasonable detail.

(f) Specific Enforcement, Consent to Jurisdiction .

(i) The Company and the Holders acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent or cure breaches of the provisions of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, this being in addition to any other remedy to which any of them may be entitled by law or equity.

(ii) Each of the Company and the Holders (i) hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in New York City, New York for the purposes of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement and (ii) hereby waives, and agrees not to assert in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such court, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or

 

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that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each of the Company and the Holders consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing in this Section 7(f) shall affect or limit any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

(g) Amendments and Waivers . The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and the Holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by Holders of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided, however, that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence.

(h) Notices . Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earlier of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile telephone number specified for notice prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day, (ii) the next Business Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section on a day that is not a Business Day or later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on any date and earlier than 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on such date, (iii) the Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service such as Federal Express or (iv) actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The addresses for such communications shall be with respect to each Holder at its address set forth under its name on Schedule 1 attached hereto, or with respect to the Company, addressed to:

Antares Pharma, Inc.

707 Eagleview Blvd.

Suite 414

Exton, PA 19341

Attention: President

Facsimile No.: (610) 458 0756

or to such other address or addresses or facsimile number or numbers as any such party may most recently have designated in writing to the other parties hereto by such notice. Copies of notices to the Company shall be sent to:

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

1701 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921

Attention: Joanne R. Soslow

Facsimile No.: (215) 963-5001

 

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Copies of notices to any Holder shall be sent to the addresses, if any, listed on Schedule 1 attached hereto.

(i) Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder and its successors and assigns; provided, that the Company may not assign this Agreement or any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities; and provided, further, that each Holder may assign its rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted under the Purchase Agreement.

(j) Assignment of Registration Rights . The rights of each Holder hereunder, including the right to have the Company register for resale Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, shall be automatically assignable by each Holder to any transferee of such Holder of all or a portion of the, Purchased Shares, the Warrants, the Warrant Shares or the Registrable Securities if: (i) the Holder agrees in writing with the transferee or assignee to assign such rights, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company within a reasonable time after such assignment, (ii) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, furnished with written notice of (a) the name and address of such transferee or assignee, and (b) the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned, (iii) following such transfer or assignment the further disposition of such securities by the transferee or assignees is restricted under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, (iv) at or before the time the Company receives the written notice contemplated by clause (ii) of this Section 7(j), the transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement, and (v) such transfer shall have been made in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Purchase Agreement. The rights to assignment shall apply to the Holders (and to subsequent) successors and assigns.

The Company may require, as a condition of allowing such assignment in connection with a transfer of Purchased Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or Registrable Securities (i) that the Holder or transferee of all or a portion of the Purchased Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or Registrable Securities as the case may be, furnish to the Company a written opinion of counsel that is reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that such transfer may be made without registration under the Securities Act, (ii) that the Holder or transferee execute and deliver to the Company an investment letter in form and substance acceptable to the Company and (iii) that the transferee be an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) promulgated under the Securities Act.

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which taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. In the event that any signature is delivered by electronic means or facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were the original thereof.

(l) Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of law thereof.

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

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

(o) Headings . The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

(p) Registrable Securities Held by the Company and its Affiliates . Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities held by the Company or its Affiliates (other than any Holder or transferees or successors or assigns thereof if such Holder is deemed to be an Affiliate solely by reason of its holdings of such Registrable Securities) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.

(q) Obligations of Purchasers . The Company acknowledges that the obligations of each Purchaser under this Agreement, are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under this Agreement. The decision of each Purchaser to enter into to this Agreement has been made by such Purchaser independently of any other Purchaser. The Company further acknowledges that nothing contained in this Agreement, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

 

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Each Purchaser was introduced to the Company by SCO Securities LLC which has acted solely as agent for the Company and not for any Purchaser (other than itself). Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in their review and negotiation of this Agreement and with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby. For reasons of administrative convenience only, this Agreement has been prepared by Special Counsel (counsel for SCO Securities LLC) and the Special Counsel will perform certain duties under this Agreement. Such counsel does not represent all of the Purchasers but only SCO Securities LLC. The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Agreement for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by the Purchasers. The Company acknowledges that such procedure with respect to this Agreement in no way creates a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Investor Rights Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized persons as of the date first indicated above.

 

COMPANY:
ANTARES PHARMA, INC.
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PURCHASERS:

 

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SCHEDULE 1

PURCHASERS

 

Name, Address and Fax Number of Purchaser

  

Copies of Notices to

Anthony B. Fair

2882 Cypress Lake Road

Statesboro, GA 30458

Telephone: (912) 489-8606

Fax: (912)764-8282

  

Atlas Master Fund, Ltd

Scott Schroeder, Authorized Signatory

c/o Balasny Asset Management

650 Madison Avenue, 19 th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Telephone: (212) 808-2310

Fax: (212) 588-1130

e-mail: asilberstem@bam-us.con

  

Bedrock Capital LP

James Smith, Manager

P.O. Box 1320

St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands 00804

Telephone: (340) 715-5555

Fax: (340) 715-5554

e-mail: jimsmyth@bloomberg.net

  

Bristol Investment Fund, Ltd.

c/o Bristol Capital Advisors, LLC

10990 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1410

Los Angeles, California 90024

Attention: Amy Wang, Esq.

Telephone: (310) 696-0333

Fax: (310) 696-0334

e-mail: pkessler@bristolcompanies.net

amy@bristolcompanies.net

  

Christopher A. Basta

18 Peppermill Lane

Dix Hills, NY 11746

Telephone: (212) 703-6064

Fax: (212) 703-6153

e-mail: cbasta1@bloomberg.net

  


Name, Address and Fax Number of Purchaser

  

Copies of Notices to

Cranshire Capital, LP

Lawrence A. Prosser, CFO

666 Dundee Road, Suite 1901

Northowok, IL 60062

Telephone: (847) 562-9030

Fax: (847) 562-9031

e-mail: mkopin@cranshirecapital.com

  

Crescent International Ltd.

Maxi Brezzi, Authorized Signatory

c/o Cantara (Switzerland) S.A

84 Avenue Louis Cascu

CH.1216 Cointrin/Geneva Switzerland

Telephone: +41 22 791 7256

Fax: +41 22 791 7171

e-mail: info@cantara.dmitrust.com

  

Davis B. Fox and Jill Spitzer-Fox

1620 E. Prospect Street

Seattle, WA 98112

Telephone: (206) 322-7282

e-mail: davisbfox39@msn.com

  

Dennis Carleton and Margaret Carleton

25 Pineybranch Road

Cranbury, NJ 08512

Telephone: (609) 448-1521

  

Gregory C. Lowney & Maryanne K. Snyder

15207 NE 68 th Street

Redmond, WA 98052

Telephone: (425) 882-1629

Fax: (425) 885-2907

email: mksnyder@aol.com

gclowney@aol.com

  

Gregory P. Kusnick and Karen Gustafson-Kusnick

715 Second Avenue Unit 1904

Seattle, WA 98104

Telephone: (266) 322-4048

Fax: (266) 322-4514

e-mail: kusnick@cognomen.com & Gustafson@cognomen.com

  

Harborview Master Fund LP

Harbour House, 2 nd Floor

Waterfront Drive, Road Town

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Telephone: (284) 494-4770

Fax: (284) 494-4771

e-mail: junno@beaconsecurities.com

  


Name, Address and Fax Number of Purchaser

  

Copies of Notices to

Hudson Bay Fund, LP

120 Broadway, 40 th Floor

New York, NY 10271

Telephone: (212) 571-1244

Fax: (212) 571-1279

Contact: Yoav Roth

e-mail: yroth@hudsonbaycapital.com

  

Iroquois Master Fund Ltd.

641 Lexington Avenue, 26 th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Telephone: (212) 974-3070

Fax: (212) 207-3452

Contact: Joshua Silverman

  

James Karanfilian

235 South Dwight Place

Englewood, N.J. 07631

Telephone: 201-567-4163

  

Jay R. Solan

15 Mohawk Drive

Livingston, New Jersey 07039

Telephone: (973) 992-7734

Fax: (973) 992-7734

e-mail: jaysloan245@aol.com

  

John Curley

58 Valley View Avenue

Summit, NJ 07901

Telephone: (908) 277-4213

Fax: (908) 277-7608

e-mail: Jaccurley@com.net

  

John Peter Christensen

Casa Del Lago

2900 North Flagler Drive

West Palm Beach, FL 33407

Telephone: (561) 655-1060

Fax: (561) 655-1060

e-mail: ri6Johnkahuna@adelphia.net

  

KMF Partners

Karen Fleiss

1970 Avenue of the Americas

17 th Floor

New York, NY 10020

Telephone: (212) 332-2496

Fax: (212) 332-2030

e-mail: maureen@kmfpartners.com

  


Name, Address and Fax Number of Purchaser

  

Copies of Notices to

Kendu Partners Company

Michael W. Engman, General Partner

220 Bush Street, Suite 660

San Franscisco, CA 94104

Telephone: (415) 293-3818

Fax: (415) 781-4641

e-mail: mike.engman@fimat.com

  

MDNH Partners LP

Herb Kurlan, Managing Partner

220 Bush Street, Suite 650

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: (415) 387-1995

Fax: (415) 781-8344

e-mail: herb.kurlan@mdnhpartners.com

  

Midsouth Investors Fund LP

1776 Peachtree Street NW

Suite 412 North

Atlanta, GA 30309

Telephone: (615) 254-0992

Fax: (615) 254-1603

Contact: Lyman O. Heidtke

  

Monarch Capital Fund Ltd.

Harbout House, 2 nd Floor

Waterfront Drive, Road Town

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Telephone: (284) 494 4770

Fax: (284) 494 4771

e-mail: jouno@beaconsewrities.com

  

Nathan Sugarman

205 Harding Drive

South Orange, N.J. 07079

(973) 763-1040

e-mail: zifelm@aol

  

Nite Capital LP

Keith A Goodman, Manager of the General Partner

100 East Cook Avenue, Ste 201

Libertyville, IL 60048

Telephone: (847) 968-7658

Fax: (847) 968-7658

e-mail: keith@nitecapital.com

  

Nu Vision Holdings

1010 Northern Blvd. Ste. 208

Great Neck, N.Y. 11021

Telephone: (516) 466-7844

Fax: (516) 466-7304

e-mail: Steve.Kevorkian@Verizon.net

  


Name, Address and Fax Number of Purchaser

  

Copies of Notices to

Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund, Ltd.

7284 W. Palmetto Park Road, Suite 306

Boca Raton, FL 33433

Telephone: (561) 391-7770

Fax: (561) 391-7776

contact: Andrew C. Sankin

e-mail: sankin@perceptivelife.com

  

Peter H. Weiss

8000 SE 22 nd Street

Mercer Island, WA 98040

Telephone: (206) 365-0014

Fax: (413) 691-2134

e-mail: pweiss78@alumni.princeton.edu

  

RAQ, LLC

c/o Paramount Biocapital Investments LLC

787 Seventh Avenue, 48 th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Telephone: (212) 554-4345

Fax: (212) 554-4355

Contact: Lindsay A. Rosenwald M.D.

e-mails: svacamboli@paramountbio.com; mahill@paramountbio.com

  

Robert O’Mara

8 Youngs Road

Basking Ridge, N.J. 07920

Telephone: (973) 538-6370

  

Roland E. Wheeler

4160 W. Eaglesode

Wenataile, WA 98801

Telephone: (509) 670-9068

Fax: (509) 667-8058

e-mail: swheeler@oasismedarow.com

  

Rubicon Global Value Fund, L.P

One SW Columbia St., Suite 850

Portland, Oregon 97258

Telephone: (503) 548-4800

Fax: (503) 548-4805

e-mail: steve@rubiconglobalholdings.com

  

Samax Family Limited Partnership

413 N. Queens Avenue

Massapequa, N. Y 11758

Telephone: (516) 287-5050

Fax: (516) 223-1448

e-mail: drm1313@optonline.net & amargvlies@alliedmedical.org

  


Name, Address and Fax Number of Purchaser

  

Copies of Notices to

Sanford Gaffe and Ethel Gaffe

6876 Adriano Drive

Boynton Beach, Fl 33437

Telephone: (561) 733-5844

e-mail: sangat@bellsouth.net

  

SDS Capital Group SPC, Ltd.

c/o SDS Management, LLC

53 Old Forest Avenue, 2 nd Floor

Old Greenwich, CT 06870

Telephone: (203) 967-5850

Fax: (203) 967-5851

Contact: Steve Derby, Director

  

Steven M. Sack

1795 Harvard Avenue

Merrick, N.Y. 11566

Telephone: (516) 377-3940

Fax: (516) 623-9115

e-mail: StevenSack54@hotmail.com

  

Steven Mitchell Sack PSP

Steven Mitchell Sack, Trustee

U/A Dated 1/1/94

PBO Steven Mitchell Sack

#4000-6635

1795 Harvard Avenue

Merrick, NY 11566

Telephone: (516) 377-3940

Fax: (516) 623-9115

stevensack54@hotmail.com

  

T2, Ltd.

James Smith, Manager

25 Highland Park Village

STE 100-382

Dallas, TX 75205

Telephone: (214) 461-7256

Fax: (214) 461-7257

e-mail: jimsmyth@bloomberg.net

  

TCMP3 Partners

Walter Schenker, Principal

c/o Titan Capital Management

7 Century Drive, Suite 201

Parsippany, NJ 07054

Telephone: (973) 829-1335

Fax: (973) 540-0702

e-mail: wschenker@titancap.org

  


Name, Address and Fax Number of Purchaser

  

Copies of Notices to

Trust U/W Renee Weiss

Peter H. Weiss, Trustee

P.O. Box 1682

Mercer Island, WA 98040

Telephone: (206) 365-0014

Fax: (413) 691-2134

e-mail: pweiss78@alumni.princeton.edu

  

Valesco Healthcare Overseas Fund, Ltd.

787 Seventh Avenue, 48th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Telephone: (212) 554-4307

Fax: (212) 554-4361

Contact: I. Keith Maher

e-mail: kmaher@valescocapital.com

  

Valesco Healthcare Partners II L.P.

787 Seventh Avenue, 48th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Telephone: (212) 554-4307

Fax: (212) 554-4361

Contact: I. Keith Maher

e-mail: kmaher@valescocapital.com

  

Valesco Healthcare Partners I L.P.

787 Seventh Avenue, 48th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Telephone: (212) 554-4307

Fax: (212) 554-4361

Contact: I. Keith Maher

e-mail: kmaher@valescocapital.com

  

Visium Balanced Fund, LP

Mark Gottlieb, Authorized Signatory

650 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Telephone: (212) 808-2300

e-mail: mgottlieb@bam-us.com

  

Visium Balanced Offshore Fund, LTD

Mark Gottlieb, Authorized Signatory

650 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Telephone: (212) 808-2300

e-mail: mgottlieb@bam-us.com

  


Name, Address and Fax Number of Purchaser

  

Copies of Notices to

Visium Long Bias Fund, LP

Mark Gottlieb, Signatory

650 Madison Avenue, 19th floor

New York, NY 10022

Telephone: (212) 808-2300

e-mail: mgottlieb@bam-us.com

  

Visium Long Bias Offshore Fund, LTD

Mark Gottlieb, Signatory

650 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Telephone: (212) 808-2300

e-mail: mgottlieb@bam-us.com

  

Whalehaven Capital Fund Limited

14 Par-La-Ville Road, 3rd Floor

P.O. Box HM1027

Hamilton HMDX Bermuda

Telephone: (441) 295-8313

Fax: (441) 295-5262

Contact: Evan Schemenauer

e-mail: evan@whalehavencapital.com

  
Placement Agent Warrants   

SCO Securities LLC

1285 Avenue of the Americas, 35th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Jeffrey B. Davis

T: (212) 554-4158

F: (212) 554-4058Email: JDavis@SCOGroup.com

  

Michael Grundei, Esq.

Wiggin & Dana LLP

400 Atlantic Street

Stamford, CT 06901

Tel: (203) 363-7630

Fax: (203) 363-7676

Email: mgrundei@wiggin.com

Lake End Capital LLC

33 Tall Oaks Drive

Summit, NJ 07901

Telephone: (212) 554-4158

Fax: (212) 554-4058

Contact: Jeffrey B. Davis

e-mail: jdavis@scogroup.com

  

Mark Alvino

c/o SCO Securities LLC

1285 Avenue of the Americas, 35th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Telephone: (212) 554-4235

Fax: (212) 554-4058

  


Name, Address and Fax Number of Purchaser

  

Copies of Notices to

Howard Fischer

SCO Securities LLC

1285 Avenue of the Americas, 35th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Telephone: (212) 554-4235

Fax: (212) 554-4058

  

Dawson James Securities

925 South Federal Highway

6th Floor

Boca Raton, FL 33432

Attn: Robert D. Keyser, Jr.

  


EXHIBIT A

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We are registering the shares of common stock on behalf of the selling security holders. Sales of shares may be made by selling security holders, including their respective donees, transferees, pledgees or other successors-in-interest directly to purchasers or to or through underwriters, broker-dealers or through agents. Sales may be made from time to time on the American Stock Exchange, any other exchange or market upon which our shares may trade in the future, in the over-the-counter market or otherwise, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to market prices, or at negotiated or fixed prices. The shares may be sold by one or more of, or a combination of, the following:

 

  a block trade in which the broker-dealer so engaged will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction (including crosses in which the same broker acts as agent for both sides of the transaction);

 

  purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by such broker-dealer, including resales for its account, pursuant to this prospectus;

 

  ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker solicits purchases;

 

  through options, swaps or derivatives;

 

  in privately negotiated transactions;

 

  in making short sales or in transactions to cover short sales; and

 

  put or call option transactions relating to the shares.

The selling security holders may effect these transactions by selling shares directly to purchasers or to or through broker-dealers, which may act as agents or principals. These broker-dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling security holders and/or the purchasers of shares for whom such broker-dealers may act as agents or to whom they sell as principals, or both (which compensation as to a particular broker-dealer might be in excess of customary commissions). The selling security holders have advised us that they have not entered into any agreements, understandings or arrangements with any underwriters or broker-dealers regarding the sale of their securities.

The selling security holders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions. In connection with those transactions, the broker-dealers or other financial institutions may engage in short sales of the shares or of securities convertible into or exchangeable for the shares in the course of hedging positions they assume with the selling security holders. The selling security holders may also enter into options or other


transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions which require the delivery of shares offered by this prospectus to those broker-dealers or other financial institutions. The broker-dealer or other financial institution may then resell the shares pursuant to this prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if required by applicable law, to reflect those transactions).

The selling security holders and any broker-dealers that act in connection with the sale of shares may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act of 1933, and any commissions received by broker-dealers or any profit on the resale of the shares sold by them while acting as principals may be deemed to be underwriting discounts or commissions under the Securities Act. The selling security holders may agree to indemnify any agent, dealer or broker-dealer that participates in transactions involving sales of the shares against liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act. We have agreed to indemnify each of the selling security holders and each selling security holder has agreed, severally and not jointly, to indemnify us against some liabilities in connection with the offering of the shares, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.

The selling security holders will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. We have informed the selling security holders that the anti-manipulative provisions of Regulation M promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 may apply to their sales in the market.

Selling security holders also may resell all or a portion of the shares in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act, provided they meet the criteria and conform to the requirements of Rule 144.

Upon being notified by a selling security holder that a material arrangement has been entered into with a broker-dealer for the sale of shares through a block trade, special offering, exchange distribution or secondary distribution or a purchase by a broker or dealer, we will file a supplement to this prospectus, if required pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, disclosing:

 

  the name of each such selling security holder and of the participating broker-dealer(s);

 

  the number of shares involved;

 

  the initial price at which the shares were sold;

 

  the commissions paid or discounts or concessions allowed to the broker-dealer(s), where applicable;

 

  that such broker-dealer(s) did not conduct any investigation to verify the information set out or incorporated by reference in this prospectus; and

 

  other facts material to the transactions.

In addition, if required under applicable law or the rules or regulations of the Commission, we will file a supplement to this prospectus when a selling security holder notifies us that a donee or pledgee intends to sell more than 500 shares of common stock.

We are paying all expenses and fees customarily paid by the issuer in connection with the registration of the shares. The selling security holders will bear all brokerage or underwriting discounts or commissions paid to broker-dealers in connection with the sale of the shares.


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

[Name and Address of Transfer Agent]

Re: Antares Pharma, Inc.

Dear [                  ]:

We are counsel to Antares Pharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and have represented the Company in connection with that certain Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement (the “ Purchase Agreement ”) dated as of                          , 2006 by and among the Company and the buyers named therein (collectively, the “ Holders ”) pursuant to which the Company issued to the Holders shares of its Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), and warrants to purchase shares of the Common Stock (the “ Warrants ”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company has also entered into an Investor Rights Agreement with the Holders (the “ Investor Rights Agreement ”) pursuant to which the Company agreed, among other things, to register the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ 1933 Act ”). In connection with the Company’s obligations under the Investor Rights Agreement, on                           , 2006, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-      (File No. 333-              ) (the “ Registration Statement ”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) relating to the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement) which names each of the Holders as a selling securityholder thereunder.

In connection with the foregoing, we advise you that a member of the SEC’s staff has advised us by telephone that the SEC has entered an order declaring the Registration Statement effective under the 1933 Act at [ENTER TIME OF EFFECTIVENESS] on [ENTER DATE OF EFFECTIVENESS] and we have no knowledge, after telephonic inquiry of a member of the SEC’s staff, that any stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued or that any proceedings for that purpose are pending before, or threatened by, the SEC and the Registrable Securities are available for resale under the 1933 Act pursuant to the Registration Statement.

Very truly yours,

 

By:

 

 

cc:

  [LIST NAMES OF HOLDERS]

Exhibit 10.59

THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED, IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SAID ACT OR UNLESS THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT REGISTRATION UNDER SAID ACT IS NOT REQUIRED.

Warrant No. W-     

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

To Purchase [75% Coverage] Shares of Common Stock of

ANTARES PHARMA, INC.

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT                  , or registered assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, during the Exercise Period (as hereinafter defined), to purchase from Antares Pharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Warrant Stock (as hereinafter defined and subject to adjustment as provided herein), in whole or in part, at a purchase price of $ 1.50, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

1. Definitions . As used in this Warrant, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below:

Affiliate ” means any person or entity that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a person or entity, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 144 under the Securities Act. With respect to a Holder of Warrants, any investment fund or managed account that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Holder will be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Holder.

Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Company.

Business Day ” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania generally are authorized or required by law or other government actions to close.

Change of Control ” means the (i) acquisition by an individual or legal entity or group (as set forth in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) of more than one-half of the voting rights or equity interests in the Company; or (ii) sale, conveyance, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets, property or business of the Company or the merger into or consolidation with any other corporation (other than a wholly owned subsidiary corporation) or effectuation of any transaction or series of related transactions where holders of the Company’s voting securities prior to such transaction or series of transactions fail to continue to hold at least 50% of the voting power of the Company (or, if other than the Company, the successor or acquiring entity) immediately following such transaction.


Closing Date ” means March 2, 2006.

Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency then administering the Securities Act and other federal securities laws.

Common Stock ” means (except where the context otherwise indicates) the Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company as constituted on the Closing Date, and any capital stock into which such Common Stock may thereafter be changed or converted, and shall also include (i) capital stock of the Company of any other class (regardless of how denominated) issued to the holders of shares of Common Stock upon any reclassification thereof which is also not preferred as to dividends or assets on liquidation over any other class of stock of the Company and which is not subject to redemption and (ii) shares of common stock of any successor or acquiring corporation received by or distributed to the holders of Common Stock of the Company in the circumstances contemplated by Section 4.4.

Current Market Price ” means, in respect of any share of Common Stock on any date herein specified,

 

  (1) if there shall not then be a public market for the Common Stock, the higher of

 

  (a) the book value per share of Common Stock at such date, and

 

  (b) the Fair Value per share of Common Stock at such date,

or

(2) if there shall then be a public market for the Common Stock, the higher of (x) the book value per share of Common Stock at such date and (y) the average of the daily market prices for the five (5) consecutive trading days immediately before such date. The daily market price (the “ Daily Market Price ”) for each such trading day shall be (i) the closing sale price on such day on the principal stock exchange (including Nasdaq) on which such Common Stock is then listed or admitted to trading, or quoted, as applicable, (ii) if no sale takes place on such day on any such exchange, the last reported closing sale price on such day as officially quoted on any such exchange (including Nasdaq), (iii) if the Common Stock is not then listed or admitted to trading on any stock exchange, the last reported closing sale price on such day in the over-the-counter market, as furnished by the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System or the Pink Sheets LLC, (iv) if neither such corporation at the time is engaged in the business of reporting such prices, as furnished by any similar firm then engaged in such business, or (v) if there is no such firm, as furnished by any member of the NASD selected mutually by the holder of this Warrant and the Company or, if they cannot agree upon such selection, as selected by two such members of the NASD, one of which shall be selected by holder of this Warrant and one of which shall be selected by the Company.

Current Warrant Price ” means, in respect of a share of Common Stock at any date herein specified, the price at which a share of Common Stock may be purchased pursuant to this Warrant on such date. Unless and until the Current Warrant Price is adjusted pursuant to the terms herein, the initial Current Warrant Price shall be $1.50 per share of Common Stock.

 

2


Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any similar federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.

Exercise Period ” means the period during which this Warrant is exercisable pursuant to Section 2.1.

Expiration Date ” means March 2, 2011.

Fair Value ” means, in respect of any share of Common Stock on any date herein specified, the fair saleable value of such share (determined without giving effect to the discount for (i) a minority interest or (ii) any lack of liquidity of the Common Stock or to the fact that the Company may have no class of equity registered under the Exchange Act) as of the last day of the most recent fiscal month ending prior to such date specified, based on the value of the Company on a fully-diluted basis, as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors.

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as from time to time in effect.

NASD ” means the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or any successor corporation thereto.

Other Property ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4.

Person ” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust, incorporated organization, association, corporation, limited liability company, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or government (whether federal, state, county, city, municipal or otherwise, including, without limitation, any instrumentality, division, agency, body or department thereof).

Public Entity ” means a publicly traded corporation whose common stock is listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the OTC Bulletin Board or Pink Sheets LLC.

Purchase Agreement ” means that certain Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated as of February 27, 2006 among the Company and the other parties named therein, pursuant to which this Warrant was originally issued.

Restricted Common Stock ” means shares of Common Stock which are, or which upon their issuance upon the exercise of any Warrant would be required to be, evidenced by a certificate bearing the restrictive legend set forth in Section 3.2.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

Trading Day ” means any day on which the primary market on which shares of Common Stock are listed is open for trading, and if there is no such market, “Trading Day” shall have the same meaning as “Business Day”.

 

3


Transfer ” means any disposition of any Warrant or Warrant Stock or of any interest in either thereof, which would constitute a sale thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act.

Warrants ” means this Warrant and all warrants issued upon transfer, division or combination of, or in substitution for, any thereof. All Warrants shall at all times be identical as to terms and conditions and date, except as to the number of shares of Common Stock for which they may be exercised.

Warrant Price ” means an amount equal to (i) the number of shares of Common Stock being purchased upon exercise of this Warrant pursuant to Section 2.1, multiplied by (ii) the Current Warrant Price.

Warrant Stock ” means the ____________ shares of Common Stock to be purchased upon the exercise hereof, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

2. Exercise of Warrant .

2.1. Manner of Exercise . From and after the date that is six months from the Closing Date, and until 5:00 P.M., New York time, on the Expiration Date (the “Exercise Period”), the Holder may exercise this Warrant, on any Business Day, for all or any part of the number of shares of Warrant Stock purchasable hereunder.

In order to exercise this Warrant, in whole or in part, the Holder shall deliver to the Company at its principal office or at the office or agency designated by the Company pursuant to Section 12, (i) a written notice of Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice shall specify the number of shares of Warrant Stock to be purchased, (ii) payment of the Warrant Price as provided herein, and (iii) this Warrant. Such notice shall be substantially in the form of the subscription form appearing at the end of this Warrant as Exhibit A , duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Upon receipt thereof, the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, and in any event within three Business Days thereafter, execute or cause to be executed and deliver or cause to be delivered to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the aggregate number of full shares of Warrant Stock issuable upon such exercise, together with cash in lieu of any fraction of a share, as hereinafter provided. The stock certificate or certificates so delivered shall be, to the extent possible, in such denomination or denominations as the Holder shall request in the notice and shall be registered in the name of the Holder or if permitted pursuant to the terms of this Warrant such other name as shall be designated in the notice. This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised and such certificate or certificates shall be deemed to have been issued, and the Holder or any other Person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a Holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date when the notice, together with the payment of the Warrant Price and this Warrant, is received by the Company as described above. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the time of delivery of the certificate or certificates representing Warrant Stock, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased shares of Common Stock called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant, or at the request of the Holder, appropriate notation may be made on this Warrant and the same returned to the Holder.

 

4


Payment of the Warrant Price may be made at the option of the Holder by: (i) certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company, (ii) wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Company or (iii) if at any time or from time to time after the date that is twelve months following the Closing Date, the Warrant Stock is not registered pursuant to an effective registration statement pursuant to which sales may be made for a period of 15 days or longer, then from such time and continuing until the Warrant Stock is again so registered, the surrender and cancellation of a portion of shares of Common Stock then held by the Holder or issuable upon such exercise of this Warrant, which shall be valued and credited toward the total Warrant Price due the Company for the exercise of the Warrant based upon the Current Market Price of the Common Stock. All shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to the terms hereof shall be validly issued and, upon payment of the Warrant Price, shall be fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to any preemptive rights.

2.2. Fractional Shares . The Company shall not be required to issue a fractional share of Common Stock upon exercise of any Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder of one or more Warrants, the rights under which are exercised in the same transaction, would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall pay an amount in cash equal to the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on the date of exercise multiplied by such fraction.

2.3. Continued Validity . A Holder of shares of Common Stock issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, in whole or in part (other than a Holder who acquires such shares after the same have been publicly sold pursuant to a Registration Statement under the Securities Act or sold pursuant to Rule 144 thereunder), shall continue to be entitled with respect to such shares to all rights to which it would have been entitled as the Holder under Sections 10 and 13 of this Warrant.

2.4. Restrictions on Exercise Amount .

(i) Unless a Holder delivers to the Company irrevocable written notice prior to the date of issuance hereof or sixty-one days prior to the effective date of such notice that this Section 2.4(i) shall not apply to such Holder, the Holder may not acquire a number of shares of Warrant Stock to the extent that, upon such exercise, the number of shares of Common Stock then beneficially owned by such holder and its Affiliates and any other persons or entities whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (including shares held by any “group” of which the holder is a member, but excluding shares beneficially owned by virtue of the ownership of securities or rights to acquire securities that have limitations on the right to convert, exercise or purchase similar to the limitation set forth herein) exceeds 4.99% of the total number of shares of Common Stock of the Company then issued and outstanding. For purposes hereof, “group” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and applicable regulations of the Commission, and the percentage held by the holder shall be determined in a manner consistent with the provisions of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. Each delivery of a notice of exercise

 

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by a Holder will constitute a representation by such Holder that it has evaluated the limitation set forth in this paragraph and determined, based on the most recent public filings by the Company with the Commission, that the issuance of the full number of shares of Warrant Stock requested in such notice of exercise is permitted under this paragraph.

(ii) In the event the Company is prohibited from issuing shares of Warrant Stock as a result of any restrictions or prohibitions under applicable law or the rules or regulations of any stock exchange, interdealer quotation system or other self-regulatory organization, the Company shall as soon as possible seek the approval of its stockholders and take such other action to authorize the issuance of the full number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant.

3. Transfer, Division and Combination .

3.1. Transfer . The Warrants and the Warrant Stock shall be freely transferable, subject to compliance with this Section 3.1 and all applicable laws, including, but not limited to the Securities Act. If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant or the resale of the Warrant Stock, this Warrant or the Warrant Stock, as applicable, shall not be registered under the Securities Act, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer (i) that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant or the Warrant Stock as the case may be, furnish to the Company a written opinion of counsel that is reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that such transfer may be made without registration under the Securities Act, (ii) that the Holder or transferee execute and deliver to the Company an investment representation letter in form and substance acceptable to the Company and substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C hereto and (iii) that the transferee be an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) promulgated under the Securities Act. Transfer of this Warrant and all rights hereunder, in whole or in part, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, shall be registered on the books of the Company to be maintained for such purpose, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company referred to in Section 2.1 or the office or agency designated by the Company pursuant to Section 12, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees and in the denomination specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Following a transfer that complies with the requirements of this Section 3.1, the Warrant may be exercised by a new Holder for the purchase of shares of Common Stock regardless of whether the Company issued or registered a new Warrant on the books of the Company.

3.2. Restrictive Legends . Each certificate for Warrant Stock initially issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, and each certificate for Warrant Stock issued to any subsequent transferee of any such certificate, unless, in each case, such Warrant Stock is eligible for resale without registration pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Exchange Act, shall bear the following legend:

 

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“THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SAID ACT UNLESS, IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.”

In addition, the legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of any Warrant Stock upon which it is stamped, if, unless otherwise required by applicable state securities laws, such Warrant Stock is registered for sale under an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act.

3.3. Division and Combination; Expenses; Books . This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office or agency of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 3.1 as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. The Company shall prepare, issue and deliver at its own expense the new Warrant or Warrants under this Section 3. The Company agrees to maintain, at its aforesaid office or agency, books for the registration and the registration of transfer of the Warrants.

4. Adjustments . The number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable, and the price at which such shares may be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant, shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 4. The Company shall give the Holder notice of any event described below which requires an adjustment pursuant to this Section 4 in accordance with Sections 5.1 and 5.2.

4.1. Stock Dividends, Subdivisions and Combinations . If at any time while this Warrant is outstanding the Company shall:

(i) declare a dividend or make a distribution on its outstanding shares of Common Stock in shares of Common Stock,

(ii) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares of Common Stock, or

(iii) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, then:

(1) the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately after the occurrence of any such event shall be adjusted to equal the number of shares of Common Stock which a record holder of the same number of shares of Common Stock that would have been acquirable under this Warrant immediately prior to the record date for such dividend or distribution or the effective date of such subdivision or combination would own or be entitled to receive after such record date or the effective date of such subdivision or combination, as applicable, and

 

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(2) the Current Warrant Price shall be adjusted to equal:

(A) the Current Warrant Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or distribution or of the effective date of such subdivision or combination, multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock into which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to the adjustment, divided by

(B) the number of shares of Common Stock into which this Warrant is exercisable immediately after such adjustment.

Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and any adjustment pursuant to clauses (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination.

4.2. Certain Other Distributions . If at any time while this Warrant is outstanding the Company shall cause the holders of its Common Stock to be entitled to receive any dividend or other distribution of:

(i) cash,

(ii) any evidences of its indebtedness, any shares of stock of any class or any other securities or property or assets of any nature whatsoever (other than cash or additional shares of Common Stock as provided in Section 4.1 hereof), or

(iii) any warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any evidences of its indebtedness, any shares of stock of any class or any other securities or property or assets of any nature whatsoever(in each case set forth in subparagraphs 4.2(i), 4.2(ii) and 4.2(iii) hereof, the “Distributed Property”),

then upon any exercise of this Warrant that occurs after the record date for such dividend or other distribution, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled to receive, in addition to the shares of Warrant Stock, the Distributed Property that such holder would have been entitled to receive in respect of such number of Warrant Shares had the holder been the record holder of such Warrant Shares as of such record date. Such distribution shall be made whenever any such exercise is made. A reclassification of the Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value or from no par value to par value) into shares of Common Stock and shares of any other class of stock shall be deemed a distribution by the Company to the holders of its Common Stock of such shares of such other class of stock within the meaning of this Section 4.2 and, if the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be changed into a larger or smaller number of shares of Common Stock as a part of such reclassification, such change shall be deemed a subdivision or combination, as the case may be, of the outstanding shares of Common Stock within the meaning of Section 4.1.

4.3. Other Provisions Applicable to Adjustments . The following provisions shall be applicable to the making of adjustments of the number of shares of Common Stock into which this Warrant is exercisable and the Current Warrant Price provided for in Section 4:

 

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(a) When Adjustments to Be Made . The adjustments required by Section 4 shall be made whenever and as often as any specified event requiring an adjustment shall occur, except that any that would otherwise be required may be postponed (except in the case of a subdivision or combination of shares of the Common Stock, as provided for in Section 4.1) up to, but not beyond the date of exercise if such adjustment either by itself or with other adjustments not previously made adds or subtracts less than 1% of the shares of Common Stock into which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to the making of such adjustment. Any adjustment representing a change of less than such minimum amount (except as aforesaid) which is postponed shall be carried forward and made as soon as such adjustment, together with other adjustments required by this Section 4 and not previously made, would result in a minimum adjustment or on the date of exercise. For the purpose of any adjustment, any specified event shall be deemed to have occurred at the close of business on the date of its occurrence.

(b) Fractional Interests . In computing adjustments under this Section 4, fractional interests in Common Stock shall be taken into account to the nearest 1/100th of a share.

(c) When Adjustment Not Required . If the Company undertakes a transaction contemplated under this Section 4 and as a result takes a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend or distribution or subscription or purchase rights or other benefits contemplated under this Section 4 and shall, thereafter and before the distribution to stockholders thereof, legally abandon its plan to pay or deliver such dividend, distribution, subscription or purchase rights or other benefits contemplated under this Section 4, then thereafter no adjustment shall be required by reason of the taking of such record and any such adjustment previously made in respect thereof shall be rescinded and annulled.

(d) Escrow of Stock . If after any property becomes distributable pursuant to Section 4 by reason of the taking of any record of the holders of Common Stock, but prior to the occurrence of the event for which such record is taken, a holder of this Warrant exercises the Warrant during such time, then such holder shall continue to be entitled to receive any shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise hereunder by reason of such adjustment and such shares or other property shall be held in escrow for the holder of this Warrant by the Company to be issued to holder of this Warrant upon and to the extent that the event actually takes place. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary herein, if the event for which such record was taken fails to occur or is rescinded, then such escrowed shares shall be canceled by the Company and escrowed property returned to the Company.

4.4. Reorganization, Reclassification, Merger, Consolidation or Disposition of Assets .

(a) If there shall occur a Change of Control and, pursuant to the terms of such Change of Control, shares of common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation, or any cash, shares of stock or other securities or property of any nature whatsoever (including warrants or other subscription or purchase rights) in addition to or in lieu of common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation (“Other Property”), are to be received by or distributed to the holders of Common Stock of the Company, then the Holder of this Warrant shall have the right thereafter to receive, upon the exercise of the Warrant, the number of shares of common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and the Other Property receivable upon or as a result of such Change of Control by a holder of the

 

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number of shares of Common Stock into which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such event. The Company shall not effect any Change of Control without the prior written consent of the holder of this Warrant (in addition to any other consent or voting rights with respect to such Change of Control that such holder may have pursuant to applicable law) unless (i) if the entity into whose securities this Warrant shall become exercisable in such transaction is a Public Entity, the resulting successor or acquiring entity (if not the Company) and, if an entity different from the successor or acquiring entity, the entity whose capital stock or assets the holders of the Common Stock are entitled to receive as a result of such Change of Control (such entity, as applicable, the “ Acquiring Entity ”), assumes by written instrument all of the obligations of this Warrant and the Transaction Documents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) or (ii) if the Acquiring Entity is a not a Public Entity, the Acquiring Entity, subject to the proviso below, either (A) pays to the holder of this Warrant in cash, an amount equal to the value of this Warrant as of the time of the Change of Control Notice (as defined below), as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company using a Black Scholes model applied in a manner consistent to the Black Scholes models previously used by the Company for calculations set forth in its prior filings under the Exchange Act (the “ Warrant Value ”) or (B) assumes by written instrument all of the obligations of this Warrant and the Transaction Documents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), provided that, if the Per Share Consideration (as defined below) is $2.50 (as adjusted for stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends and the like) or more, then the Acquiring Entity shall take the action specified in clause (B) above and if the Per Share Consideration is less than $2.50 (as adjusted for stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends and the like), then the Acquiring Entity shall take either the action specified in clause (A) or clause (B) at the sole election of the Holder (a “ Holder Election ”).

(b) In case of any such Change of Control described in Section 4.4(a) above, the resulting, successor or acquiring entity (if not the Company) and, if an entity different from the successor or acquiring entity, the entity whose capital stock or assets the holders of the Common Stock are entitled to receive as a result of such Change of Control, shall assume by written instrument all of the obligations of this Warrant and the Transaction Documents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), subject to such modifications as may be deemed appropriate (as determined by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company) in order to provide for adjustments of shares of the Common Stock into which this Warrant is exercisable which shall be as nearly equivalent as practicable to the adjustments provided for in Section 4. For purposes of Section 4, common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation shall include stock of such corporation of any class which is not preferred as to dividends or assets on liquidation over any other class of stock of such corporation and which is not subject to redemption and shall also include any evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock or other securities which are convertible into or exchangeable for any such stock, either immediately or upon the arrival of a specified date or the happening of a specified event and any warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any such stock. The foregoing provisions of this Section 4 shall similarly apply to successive Change of Control transactions.

(c) Change of Control Notice; Holder Election Notice . The Company shall provide the Holder with not less than fifteen days prior written notice of the consummation of a Change of Control (a “ Change of Control Notice ”) and, if the Acquiring Entity is not a Public Entity, the Company shall include in such notice (i) the value of the consideration per share to be received by holders of Common Stock in the Change of Control (the “ Per Share Consideration ”),

 

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(ii) a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the Board of Directors’ determination of the Warrant Value and (iii) a statement as to whether the Holder will be entitled to make a Holder Election and instructions as to how to do so. If the Holder is entitled to make a Holder Election, then such election shall be made by written notice delivered to the Company not later than 5:00pm (EST) on the Business Day prior to the effective date of the Change of Control. If the Holder fails to so notify the Company of its election, then the Holder shall be deemed to have elected that the Acquiring Entity take the action specified in Section 4.4(a)(ii)(A). Nothing herein shall be deemed to prevent the Holder from exercising this Warrant at any time prior to 5:00pm (EST) on the Business Day prior to the effective date of the Change of Control.

4.5. Other Action Affecting Common Stock . In case at any time or from time to time the Company shall take any action in respect of its Common Stock, other than the payment of dividends permitted by Section 4 or any other action described in Section 4, then, unless such action will not have a materially adverse effect upon the rights of the holder of this Warrant, the number of shares of Common Stock or other stock into which this Warrant is exercisable and/or the purchase price thereof shall be adjusted in such manner as may be equitable in the circumstances; provided, that the mere authorization or issuance of additional shares of capital stock of the Company (other than pursuant to a stock dividend) shall not be considered any action in respect of its Common Stock for purposes of this Section 4.5.

4.6. Certain Limitations . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company agrees not to enter into any transaction which, by reason of any adjustment hereunder, would cause the Current Warrant Price to be less than the par value per share of Common Stock.

4.7. Stock Transfer Taxes . The issue of stock certificates upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the holder for any tax in respect of such issue. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of shares in any name other than that of the holder of this Warrant, and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any such stock certificate unless and until the person or persons requesting the issue thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.

5. Notices to Warrant Holders .

5.1. Certificate as to Adjustments . Upon the occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment of the Current Warrant Price, the Company, at its expense, shall promptly compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and prepare and furnish to the Holder of this Warrant a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Company shall, upon the written request at any time of the Holder of this Warrant, furnish or cause to be furnished to such Holder a like certificate setting forth (i) such adjustments and readjustments, (ii) the Current Warrant Price at the time in effect and (iii) the number of shares of Common Stock and the amount, if any, or other property which at the time would be received upon the exercise of Warrants owned by such Holder.

 

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5.2. Notice of Corporate Action . If at any time:

(a) the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend (other than a cash dividend payable out of earnings or earned surplus legally available for the payment of dividends under the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company) or other distribution, or any right to subscribe for or purchase any evidences of its indebtedness, any shares of stock of any class or any other securities or property, or to receive any other right, or

(b) there shall be any capital reorganization of the Company, any reclassification or recapitalization of the capital stock of the Company or any consolidation or merger of the Company with, or any sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all the property, assets or business of the Company to, another corporation, or

(c) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company; or

(d) the Company shall cause the holders of its Common Stock to be entitled to receive (i) any dividend or other distribution of cash, (ii) any evidences of its indebtedness, or (iii) any shares of stock of any class or any other securities or property or assets of any nature whatsoever (other than cash or additional shares of Common Stock as provided in Section 4.1 hereof); or (iv) any warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any evidences of its indebtedness, any shares of stock of any class or any other securities or property or assets of any nature whatsoever;

then, in any one or more of such cases, the Company shall give to the Holder (i) at least 15 days’ prior written notice of the date on which a record date shall be selected for such dividend, distribution or right or for determining rights to vote in respect of any such reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation, sale, transfer, disposition, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, and (ii) in the case of any such reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation, sale, transfer, disposition, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, at least 15 days’ prior written notice of the date when the same shall take place. Such notice in accordance with the foregoing clause also shall specify (i) the date on which any such record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or right, the date on which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to any such dividend, distribution or right, and the amount and character thereof, and (ii) the date on which any such reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation, sale, transfer, disposition, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is to take place and the time, if any such time is to be fixed, as of which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation, sale, transfer, disposition, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Each such written notice shall be sufficiently given if addressed to the Holder at the last address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company and delivered in accordance with Section 16.2.

5.3. No Rights as Stockholder . This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to exercise and payment for the Warrant Price in accordance with the terms hereof.

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limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of the Holder against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (a) not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (b) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (c) use its best efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof as may be necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant. Upon the request of the Holder, the Company will at any time during the period this Warrant is outstanding acknowledge in writing, in form satisfactory to the Holder, the continuing validity of this Warrant and the obligations of the Company hereunder.

7. Reservation and Authorization of Common Stock; Registration With Approval of Any Governmental Authority . From and after the Closing Date, the Company shall at all times reserve and keep available for issue upon the exercise of Warrants such number of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock as will be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants (without regard to any ownership limitations provided in Section 2.4(i)). All shares of Common Stock which shall be so issuable, when issued upon exercise of any Warrant and payment therefor in accordance with the terms of such Warrant, shall be duly and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable, and not subject to preemptive rights. Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment reducing the Current Warrant Price below the then par value, if any, of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, the Company shall take any corporate action which may be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of such Common Stock at such adjusted Current Warrant Price. Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Current Warrant Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof. If any shares of Common Stock required to be reserved for issuance upon exercise of Warrants require registration or qualification with any governmental authority under any federal or state law before such shares may be so issued (other than as a result of a prior or contemplated distribution by the Holder of this Warrant), the Company will in good faith and as expeditiously as possible and at its expense endeavor to cause such shares to be duly registered.

8. Taking of Record; Stock and Warrant Transfer Books . In the case of all dividends or other distributions by the Company to the holders of its Common Stock with respect to which any provision of Section 4 refers to the taking of a record of such holders, the Company will in each such case take such a record and will take such record as of the close of business on a Business Day. The Company will not at any time, except upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company, close its stock transfer books or Warrant transfer books so as to result in preventing or delaying the exercise or transfer of any Warrant.

 

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9. Registration Rights . The resale of the Warrant Stock shall be registered in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in that certain Investor Rights Agreement dated of even date hereof, among the Holder, the Company and the other parties named therein (the “Investor Rights Agreement”). The Holder acknowledges that pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, the Company has the right to request that the Holder furnish information regarding such Holder and the distribution of the Warrant Stock as is required by law or the Commission to be disclosed in the Registration Statement (as such term is defined in the Investor Rights Agreement), and the Company may exclude from such registration the shares of Warrant Stock acquirable hereunder if Holder fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time prior to the filing of each Registration Statement, supplemented prospectus included therein and/or amended Registration Statement.

10. Supplying Information . Upon any default by the Company of its obligations hereunder or under the Investor Rights Agreement, the Company shall cooperate with the Holder in supplying such information as may be reasonably necessary for such Holder to complete and file any information reporting forms presently or hereafter required by the Commission as a condition to the availability of an exemption from the Securities Act for the sale of any Warrant or Restricted Common Stock.

11. Loss or Mutilation . Upon receipt by the Company from the Holder of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it and reimbursement to the Company of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto and in case of mutilation upon surrender and cancellation hereof, the Company will execute and deliver in lieu hereof a new Warrant of like tenor to the Holder; provided, however, that in the case of mutilation, no indemnity shall be required if this Warrant in identifiable form is surrendered to the Company for cancellation.

12. Office of the Company . As long as any of the Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall maintain an office or agency (which may be the principal executive offices of the Company) where the Warrants may be presented for exercise, registration of transfer, division or combination as provided in this Warrant.

13. Financial and Business Information . As long as any Holder owns Warrants or Warrant Shares, the Company covenants to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. As long as any Holder owns Warrants or Warrant Shares, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Holders and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) promulgated under the Securities Act annual and quarterly financial statements, together with a discussion and analysis of such financial statements in form and substance substantially similar to those that would otherwise be required to be included in reports required by Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as well as any other information required thereby, in the time period that such filings would have been required to have been made under the Exchange Act. The Company further covenants that it will take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request in writing, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Person to sell Warrants and Warrant Shares without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144

 

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promulgated under the Securities Act, including compliance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement relating to the transfer of the Warrants and Warrant Shares. Upon the request of any Holder in writing, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

14. Limitation of Liability . No provision hereof, in the absence of affirmative action by the Holder to purchase shares of Common Stock, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder hereof, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

15. Redemption at Company’s Election . The Company may at the option of the Company, by at least thirty days prior written notice to the Holder (the “ Redemption Notice ”), redeem this Warrant, in whole or in part, at any time that all of the following are true: (i) the Daily Market Price, on an average trading volume of at least 100,000 shares per day, for twenty of the thirty consecutive trading days immediately prior to the date of the Redemption Notice is equal to or greater than 300% of the Current Warrant Price, (ii) either all of the shares of Warrant Stock underlying this Warrant to be redeemed (A) are then registered under an effective registration statement pursuant to which sales may be made by the Holder or (B) may be sold by the Holder pursuant to Rule 144 during a three-month period without registration under the Securities Act, (iii) sufficient shares of Common Stock of the Company are authorized and reserved for issuance upon the full exercise of this Warrant, (iv) all of the Warrant Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant is then listed on every stock exchange, market or bulletin board on which any Common Stock of the Company is then listed and (v) the Company is not in default, in any material respect, of any material covenant in any Transaction Document (as defined in the Purchase Agreement). The Redemption Notice shall set forth a date, not less than thirty days after the date of the Redemption Notice, on which the redemption of this Warrant shall occur (the “ Redemption Date ”). On the Redemption Date, (i) the Company shall pay the Holder by certified check an amount equal to the product of (x) $0.01 (as adjusted in proportion to any adjustment to the Current Warrant Price pursuant to Section 4 hereof) multiplied by (y) the number of shares of Warrant Stock so redeemed; and (ii) the Holder shall deliver the original copy of this Warrant marked “REDEEMED” to the Company. If the Company shall redeem this Warrant in part, the Company shall, at the Redemption Date, or on (or promptly following) such later date as the Holder shall have delivered the original copy of this Warrant marked “REDEEMED” to the Company, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unredeemed shares of Warrant Stock called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant. Nothing in this Section 15 shall prevent the exercise of this Warrant at any time prior to the Redemption Date.

16. Miscellaneous .

16.1. Nonwaiver and Expenses . No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of the Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. If the Company fails to make, when due, any payments provided for hereunder, or fails to comply with any other material provision of this Warrant, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any third party costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

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16.2. Notice Generally . All notices, requests, demands or other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be given in the manner and to the addresses set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

16.3. Successors and Assigns . Subject to compliance with the provisions of Section 3.1, this Warrant and the rights evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors of the Company and the successors and assigns of the Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of all Holders from time to time of this Warrant, and shall be enforceable by any such Holder.

16.4. Amendment . This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions of this Warrant waived with the written consent of both the Company and the Holder.

16.5. Severability . Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be modified to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

16.6. Headings . The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

16.7. Governing Law . This Warrant and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to be consummated in the State of New York and shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the local laws of the State of New York without regard to the provisions thereof relating to conflicts of laws. The Company hereby irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the State and Federal courts located in New York City, New York in connection with any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Warrant. In any such litigation the Company agrees that the service thereof may be made by certified or registered mail directed to the Company pursuant to Section 16.2.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Antares Pharma, Inc. has caused this Warrant to be executed by its duly authorized officer and attested by its Secretary.

Dated: March 2, 2006

 

ANTARES PHARMA, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Attest:

 

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:   Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT A

SUBSCRIPTION FORM

[To be executed only upon exercise of Warrant]

1. The undersigned hereby elects to purchase              shares of the Common Stock of Antares Pharma, Inc. pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, and tenders herewith payment of the purchase price of such shares in full.

2. The undersigned hereby elects to convert the attached Warrant into Common Stock of Antares Pharma, Inc. through “cashless exercise” in the manner specified in the Warrant. This conversion is exercised with respect to _____________________ of the Shares covered by the Warrant. (Applicable only under certain circumstances as set forth in Section 2.1 of the Warrant.)

3. Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

 

 

(Name)

 

 

 

(Address)

[and, if such shares of Common Stock shall not include all of the shares of Common Stock issuable as provided in this Warrant, that a new Warrant of like tenor and date for the balance of the shares of Common Stock issuable hereunder be delivered to the undersigned.]

 

 

(Name of Registered Owner)

 

(Signature of Registered Owner)

 

(Street Address)

 

(State) (Zip Code)

NOTICE: The signature on this subscription must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Warrant in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

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EXHIBIT B

ASSIGNMENT FORM

FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered owner of this Warrant for the purchase of shares of common stock of Antares Pharma, Inc. hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the Assignee named below all of the rights of the undersigned under this Warrant, with respect to the number of shares of common stock set forth below:

 

 

 

 

(Name and Address of Assignee)

 

(Number of Shares of Common Stock)

and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint                  attorney-in-fact to register such transfer on the books of the Company, maintained for the purpose, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:  

 

 

 

(Print Name and Title)

 

(Signature)

 

(Witness)

NOTICE: The signature on this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Warrant in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER

In connection with the acquisition of [warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase              shares of common stock of Antares Pharma, Inc. (the “Company”), par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”)][              shares of common stock of Antares Pharma, Inc. (the “Company”), par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) upon the exercise of warrants by                  ], by                          (the “Holder”) from                  , the Holder hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

The Holder (i) is an “Accredited Investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”); and (ii) has the ability to bear the economic risks of such Holder’s prospective investment, including a complete loss of Holder’s investment in the Warrants and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise thereof (collectively, the “Securities”).

The Holder, by acceptance of the Warrants, represents and warrants to the Company that the Warrants and all securities acquired upon any and all exercises of the Warrants are purchased for the Holder’s own account, and not with view to distribution of either the Warrants or any securities purchasable upon exercise thereof in violation of applicable securities laws.

[The Holder acknowledges that (i) the Securities have not been registered under the Act, (ii) the Securities are “restricted securities” and the certificate(s) representing the Securities shall bear the following legend, or a similar legend to the same effect, until (i) in the case of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants, such shares shall have been registered for resale by the Holder under the Act and effectively been disposed of in accordance with a registration statement that has been declared effective; or (ii) in the opinion of counsel for the Company such Securities may be sold without registration under the Act:

“[NEITHER] THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THEY ARE EXERCISABLE] HAVE [NOT] BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), AND ALL SUCH SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AS SET FORTH IN THIS CERTIFICATE. [NEITHER] THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THEY ARE EXERCISABLE] MAY [NOT] BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY, TO THE EFFECT THAT THE PROPOSED SALE, TRANSFER, OR DISPOSITION MAY BE EFFECTUATED WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT.”] *

 


* Bracketed language to be inserted if applicable.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Holder has caused this Investment Representation Letter to be executed this      day of                      200    .

 

[Name]

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

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Exhibit 21.1

Antares Pharma, Inc.

Subsidiaries of the Registrant

 

Name

  

State or Other Jurisdiction of Formation

Antares Pharma AG    Switzerland
Antares Pharma IPL AG    Switzerland
Permatec NV    Netherlands, Antilles

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Shareholders

Antares Pharma, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 333-20389, 333-40483, 333-64480, 333-111177) on Form S-8, registration statements (Nos. 333-61950, 333-96739, 333-103958) on Form S-3 and registration statement (No. 333-109114) on Form S-2 of Antares Pharma, Inc. (formerly known as Medi-Ject Corporation) of our reports dated March 10, 2006, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Antares Pharma, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive loss, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2005, and the related financial statement schedule, which reports appear in the December 31, 2005 annual report on Form 10-K of Antares Pharma, Inc.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota

March 15, 2006

Exhibit 31.1

Section 302 CEO Certification

I, Jack E. Stover, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Antares Pharma, Inc.;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

 

  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: March 20, 2006

 

/s/ Jack E. Stover

Jack E. Stover

President and Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 31.2

Section 302 CFO Certification

I, Robert F. Apple, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Antares Pharma, Inc.;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

 

  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: March 20, 2006

 

/s/ Robert F. Apple

Robert F. Apple

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 32.1

ANTARES PHARMA, INC.

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 (18 U.S.C. 1350)

Each of the undersigned, Jack E. Stover and Robert F. Apple, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, respectively, of Antares Pharma, Inc. (the “Company”), individually and not jointly has executed this Certification in connection with the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 (the “Report”).

Each of the undersigned hereby certifies that:

 

  1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Certification as of the 20th day of March, 2006.

 

/s/ Jack E. Stover

Jack E. Stover

President and Chief Executive Officer

/s/ Robert F. Apple

Robert F. Apple

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer