UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 19, 2010

 

 

SUNESIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-51531   94-3295878

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

395 Oyster Point Boulevard, Suite 400

South San Francisco, California

  94080
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 266-3500

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 


Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Amendment of Securities Purchase Agreement

On January 19, 2010, Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. entered into an agreement, or the Amendment Agreement, to amend that certain securities purchase agreement, dated March 31, 2009, as amended, by and between us and the accredited investors party thereto, which include certain members of our management, which provides for the private placement of up to $43.5 million of our equity securities, as initially described in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, on April 1, 2009, or the Prior Current Report. The description of the securities purchase agreement in Item 1.01 under the heading “Securities Purchase Agreement” in the Prior Current Report, the description of the first amendment of the securities purchase agreement in Item 1.01 of our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 2, 2009, and the description of the second amendment of the securities purchase agreement in Item 1.01 of our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 2, 2009 are each incorporated herein by reference.

The Amendment Agreement amends the securities purchase agreement to provide that notice of the election of the Majority Purchasers (as defined in the securities purchase agreement) to consummate the Common Equity Closing contemplated by the securities purchase agreement must be delivered by June 30, 2010, rather than December 31, 2010 as previously provided by the securities purchase agreement.

The foregoing description of the Amendment Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment Agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.67 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Controlled Equity Offering

On January 20, 2010, we entered into a controlled equity offering sales agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., or Cantor, pursuant to which we may issue and sell shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $15.0 million from time to time through Cantor acting as agent and/or principal. Sales of our common stock through Cantor, if any, will be made on the NASDAQ Capital Market by means of ordinary brokers’ transactions at market prices, in block transactions or as otherwise agreed by Cantor and us. Cantor will use its best efforts to sell our common stock from time to time, based upon our instructions (including any price, time or size limits or other customary parameters or conditions we may impose). We will pay Cantor a commission rate ranging between 3.0% and 5.0% of the gross sales price per share of any common stock sold through Cantor as agent under the sales agreement. We have also agreed to reimburse Cantor for certain expenses incurred in connection with entering into the sales agreement and have provided Cantor with customary indemnification rights.

Under the terms of the sales agreement, we may also sell shares of our common stock to Cantor, as principal for its own account, at a price negotiated at the time of sale. If we sell shares to Cantor in this manner, we will enter into a separate agreement setting forth the terms of any such transactions.

The foregoing description of the sales agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.68 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. This Current Report on Form 8-K also incorporates by reference the sales agreement into our shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-164025) previously filed with the SEC.

 

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On January 19, 2010, we filed a certificate of amendment to the certificate of designation of the Series A preferred stock, or the Certificate of Amendment, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Certificate of Amendment amends the voting rights provisions of the holders of our Series A preferred stock to provide for a termination of such holders right to consent to certain issuances of our equity securities after June 30, 2010, rather than December 31, 2010, in order to correspond to the amendment made to the securities purchase agreement pursuant to the Amendment Agreement described in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K under the heading “Amendment of Securities Purchase Agreement.”


The foregoing description of the Certificate of Amendment is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Certificate of Amendment, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 3.5 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Description

3.5   Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designation of the Series A Preferred Stock of Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
5.1   Opinion of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP.
10.67   Third Agreement Regarding Private Placement of Securities of Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., dated as of January 19, 2010, by and among Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and the investors identified on the signature pages thereto.
10.68   Sales Agreement, dated January 20, 2010, between Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
23.1   Consent of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: January 20, 2010

 

SUNESIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:  

/s/    D ANIEL N. S WISHER , J R .        

  Daniel N. Swisher, Jr.
  President and Chief Executive Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Description

3.5   Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designation of the Series A Preferred Stock of Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
5.1   Opinion of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP.
10.67   Third Agreement Regarding Private Placement of Securities of Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., dated as of January 19, 2010, by and among Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and the investors identified on the signature pages thereto.
10.68   Sales Agreement, dated January 20, 2010, between Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
23.1   Consent of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

Exhibit 3.5

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF

THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION

OF THE SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK

OF

SUNESIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

S UNESIS P HARMACEUTICALS , I NC . , a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ Company ,” or the “ Corporation ”), D OES H EREBY C ERTIFY :

F IRST : The name of this Corporation is Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

S ECOND : The date on which the Certificate of Designation of the Series A Preferred Stock of the Corporation (the “ Certificate of Designation ”) was originally filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware is April 3, 2009.

T HIRD : Pursuant to the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the authority vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “ Board ”) by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 30, 2005 (the “ Restated Certificate ”), the Board of Directors has duly adopted resolutions providing for the amendment of the Certificate of Designation as provided for hereunder, and such resolutions are set forth below in pertinent part:

N OW , T HEREFORE , B E I T R ESOLVED , that pursuant to the authority vested in the Board in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the Restated Certificate, Section A(2)(b)(viii) of the Fourth Article of the Certificate of Designation shall be amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

(viii) Any issuance of Common Stock (a “ Common Stock Financing ”); provided, however , that no consent of the Series A Preferred shall be required pursuant to this paragraph (viii) for the Common Equity Closing (as such term is defined in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated March 31, 2009, by and between the Company and the other parties thereto (as amended from time to time, the “ Purchase Agreement ”)) and the other transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement; and provided, further , that no consent of the Series A Preferred shall be required under this paragraph (viii) for any Common Stock Financing that (A) provides aggregate gross cash proceeds to the Company equal to or greater than the Minimum Aggregate Common Equity Subscription Amount (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement) and (B) has a purchase price per share of Common Stock equal to or greater than $0.44 per share, subject to adjustment for any stock dividends, combinations, splits, recapitalizations and the like; notwithstanding the foregoing, this paragraph (viii) shall automatically terminate and be of no force or effect upon the earlier of (I) receipt by the Company of the Non-Participation Notice (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement), (II)

 

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January 15, 2010, if the Cash Balance Notice (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement) reflects a Cash (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement) balance of less than $2.5 million as of January 8, 2010 and no Purchaser Put Notice (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement) is delivered to the Company on or before January 15, 2010, (III) June 30, 2010, if no Cash Balance Notice delivered prior to such date reflects a Cash balance less than $2.5 million, and (IV) five (5) Trading Days following the delivery to the Lead Purchasers (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement) of a Cash Balance Notice reflecting a Cash balance of the Company of less than $2.5 million and no Purchaser Put Notice is delivered.”; and

R ESOLVED F URTHER , that, upon receipt of the requisite consent of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, the officers of the Company are each authorized and directed, for and on behalf of the Company, to execute this Certificate of Amendment and to file it with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in the form and manner as required by the laws of the State of Delaware, with such additional changes as the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware may require.

F OURTH : Pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, the Amendment was submitted to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock of the Company for their consent in accordance with the provisions of Section A(2)(b) of the Fourth Article of the Certificate of Designation, and was duly adopted.

I N W ITNESS W HEREOF , Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by its duly authorized and elected President and Chief Executive Officer this 19th day of January, 2010.

 

S UNESIS P HARMACEUTICALS , I NC .
By:  

/s/    Daniel N. Swisher, Jr.

 

Daniel N. Swisher, Jr.

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

2.

Exhibit 5.1

 

Suzanne Sawochka Hooper

(650) 843-5180

hooperss@cooley.com

  VIA EDGAR

January 20, 2010

Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

395 Oyster Point Boulevard, Suite 400

South San Francisco, CA 94080

Ladies and Gentlemen:

You have requested our opinion with respect to certain matters in connection with the sale by Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), of shares of its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, having an aggregate offering price of up to $15.0 million (the “ Shares ”) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-164025) (the “ Registration Statement ”) and the related Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”). All of the Shares are to be sold by the Company as described in the Registration Statement and related Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement.

In connection with this opinion, we have examined the Registration Statement and related Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, your Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, as currently in effect and such other documents, records, certificates, memoranda and other instruments as we deem necessary as a basis for this opinion. We have assumed the genuineness and authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as copies thereof, and the due execution and delivery of all documents where due execution and delivery are a prerequisite to the effectiveness thereof. Further, we have assumed that no more than 11,904,761 Shares will be sold, based on a sale price of $1.26 per share, representing the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market on January 19, 2010.

Our opinion is expressed only with respect to the federal laws of the United States of America and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We express no opinion as to whether the laws of any particular jurisdiction other than those identified above are applicable to the subject matter hereof.

On the basis of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, we are of the opinion that the Shares, when sold and issued in accordance with the Registration Statement and related Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, will be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable.

We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on or about January 20, 2010.

FIVE PALO ALTO SQUARE, 3000 EL CAMINO REAL, PALO ALTO, CA 94306-2155 T: (650) 843-5000 F: (650) 849-7400 WWW.COOLEY.COM


 

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Very truly yours,
C OOLEY G ODWARD K RONISH LLP
By:  

/s/    S UZANNE S AWOCHKA H OOPER

  Suzanne Sawochka Hooper, Esq.

FIVE PALO ALTO SQUARE, 3000 EL CAMINO REAL, PALO ALTO, CA 94306-2155 T: (650) 843-5000 F: (650) 849-7400 WWW.COOLEY.COM

Exhibit 10.67

THIRD AGREEMENT REGARDING PRIVATE PLACEMENT OF SECURITIES

OF

SUNESIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

T HIS A GREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of this 19th day of January, 2010, by and among S UNESIS P HARMACEUTICALS , I NC ., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and the persons and entities listed on Exhibit A hereto (the “ Investors ”).

R ECITALS

A. The Company and the Investors wish to amend that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated March 31, 2009, as amended on June 29, 2009 and October 27, 2009 (as amended, the “ Purchase Agreement ”), by and among the Company and the Purchasers (as defined in the Purchase Agreement);

B. Pursuant to Section 7.4 of the Purchase Agreement, the Purchase Agreement may be amended only by a written instrument signed by the Company and the Purchaser or Purchasers holding or having the right to acquire, at the time of such amendment, at least a majority-in-interest of the total Unit Shares (as defined in the Purchase Agreement);

D. The undersigned hold or have the right to acquire at least a majority-in-interest of the total Unit Shares (collectively, the “ Requisite Investors ”).

AGREEMENT

N OW , T HEREFORE , in consideration of these premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. A MENDMENT TO P URCHASE A GREEMENT .

1.1 The Company and the undersigned hereby agree that the definition of “Purchaser Put Notice” in Section 1.1 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

“‘ Purchaser Put Notice ’ means a written notice by the Lead Purchasers to the Company and all Purchasers, which shall be delivered if the Majority Purchasers elect to consummate the Common Equity Closing and shall set forth such election, delivered (i) at any time prior to January 8, 2010, (ii) on or before January 15, 2010, if a Cash Balance Notice is delivered no later than January 12, 2010 and such Cash Balance Notice reflects a Cash balance of less than $2.5 million as of January 8, 2010 or (iii) if a Cash Balance Notice delivered no later than January 12, 2010 sets forth the Company’s Cash balance as greater than $2.5 million as of January 8, 2010, at any time prior to the earlier of (A)  June 30 , 2010, (B) five (5) Trading Days following the delivery to the Lead Purchasers of a Cash Balance Notice reflecting a Cash balance of the Company of less than $2.5 million and (C) the closing of an Alternative Common Stock Financing.”

1.2 The Company and the undersigned hereby agree that Section 2.1(a)(iii) of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

“(iii)  Common Equity Closing . Provided that the Stockholder Approval has been obtained, following the First Unit Closing and the earlier of (i) delivery by the

 

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Company of written notice to the Purchasers of the election by the Company to consummate the Common Equity Closing on or before the earlier of (A) the delivery of a Purchaser Put Notice, (B) the consummation of an Alternative Common Stock Financing and (C)  June 30 , 2010 (the “ Company Election Notice ”) and (ii) delivery by the Lead Purchasers of the Purchaser Put Notice (in the case of either (i) or (ii) above, the “ Common Equity Closing Notice ”), the Company shall issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser shall, severally and not jointly, purchase from the Company, such number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient resulting from dividing (i) the Common Equity Closing Subscription Amount for such Purchaser by (ii) the Common Per Share Purchase Price, rounded down to the nearest whole share (the “ Pro Rata Share ”); provided, however , that the Purchasers shall have no obligation to purchase the Common Equity Shares if the Majority Purchasers provide written notice to the Company within ten (10) Trading Days following the delivery of the Company Election Notice, that the Purchasers will not participate in the Common Equity Closing (the “ Non-Participation Notice ”) or if the gross amount to be received at the Common Equity Closing is less than   the Minimum Aggregate Common Equity Subscription Amount, taking into account any agreement by a Purchaser to purchase more than its Pro Rata Share of the shares of Common Stock to be sold in the Common Equity Closing, and the Company is unable to secure additional purchasers, acceptable to the Lead Purchasers, to participate in the Common Equity Closing such that the Minimum Aggregate Common Equity Subscription Amount is met. The delivery of the Company Election Notice shall be in the sole discretion of the Board, and the delivery of the Non-Participation Notice or the Common Equity Closing Notice shall be in the sole discretion of the Majority Purchasers. There shall be no obligation on the part of the Majority Purchasers to elect to consummate the Common Equity Closing and, by extension, to cause the Lead Purchasers to deliver a Purchaser Put Notice, but if such Purchaser Put Notice is delivered, or a Non-Participation Notice is not timely delivered following a Common Equity Closing Notice, each Purchaser shall be obligated to purchase its Pro Rata Share of the shares of Common Stock to be sold in the Common Equity Closing, and if a Purchaser Put Notice is delivered, the Company shall be obligated to sell the shares of Common Stock to be sold in the Common Equity Closing. In the event that any Purchaser does not satisfy the foregoing obligation, the other Purchasers shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase the Pro Rata Portion of such defaulting Purchaser. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the event the Common Equity Closing is consummated, if any Purchaser fails to purchase its Pro Rata Share of Common Stock in such Common Equity Closing, then such Purchaser’s Preferred Stock shall automatically be converted into Common Stock in such amounts and on such terms as provided in Section 4(m) of the Certificate of Designation, which shall be the Company’s and each other Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy for such Purchaser’s failure to purchase its Pro Rata Share in the Common Equity Closing. No later than January 12, 2010, the Company shall deliver to the Lead Purchasers a Cash Balance Notice reflecting the Company’s Cash balance as of January 8, 2010 and, if such Cash Balance Notice sets forth the Company’s Cash balance as greater than $ 2.5 million as of January 8, 2010, the Lead Purchasers may request until such time as the Company delivers a Cash Balance Notice that sets forth the Company’s Cash balance as less than $ 2.5 million (in which case the Company shall promptly deliver such requested Cash Balance Notice, which shall be dated as of a recent practicable date), or the Company may elect to deliver one or more future Cash Balance Notice(s) at any time prior to the earlier of June 30 , 2010 and the closing of an Alternative Common Stock Financing.”

 

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2. M ISCELLANEOUS . Any capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement. This 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. A facsimile, telecopy or other reproduction of this Agreement may be executed by one or more parties hereto and delivered by such party by facsimile or any similar electronic transmission device pursuant to which the signature of or on behalf of such party can be seen. Such execution and delivery shall be considered valid, binding and effective for all purposes. At the request of any party hereto, all parties hereto agree to execute and deliver an original of this Agreement as well as any facsimile, telecopy or other reproduction hereof. Other than as set forth herein, the Purchase Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of California, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Upon the execution of this Agreement by the Company and the Requisite Investors, all parties to the Purchase Agreement shall be bound by this Agreement.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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I N W ITNESS W HEREOF , the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

COMPANY:     I NVESTORS :
S UNESIS P HARMACEUTICALS , I NC .     B AY C ITY C APITAL F UND V, L.P.
Signature:  

/s/    Daniel N. Swisher, Jr.

    By:  

/s/    Carl Goldfischer

Print Name:   Daniel N. Swisher, Jr.     Name:   Carl Goldfischer
Title:   President and CEO     Title:   Managing Director
Address:   395 Oyster Point Boulevard, #400      
  South San Francisco, CA 94080      
      B AY C ITY C APITAL F UND V C O -I NVESTMENT F UND , L.P.
      By:  

/s/    Carl Goldfischer

      Name:   Carl Goldfischer
      Title:   Managing Director

S UNESIS P HARMACEUTICALS , I NC .

T HIRD A GREEMENT R EGARDING P RIVATE P LACEMENT OF S ECURITIES – S IGNATURE P AGE


G ROWTH E QUITY O PPORTUNITIES F UND , LLC
By:  

/s/    Charles W. Newton, III

Name:   Charles W. Newton, III
Title:   Manager of NEA 12 GP, LLC, which is the general partner of NEA Partners 12, L.P., which is the sole general partner of New Enterprise Associates 12, L.P., the sole member of Growth Equity Opportunities Fund, LLC

S UNESIS P HARMACEUTICALS , I NC .

T HIRD A GREEMENT R EGARDING P RIVATE P LACEMENT OF S ECURITIES – S IGNATURE P AGE


A LTA B IO P HARMA P ARTNERS III, L.P.
By:   Alta BioPharma Management III, LLC
By:  

/s/    Ed Hurwitz

Name:   Ed Hurwitz
Title:   Director
A LTA B IO P HARMA P ARTNERS III G MB H & C O . B ETEILIGUNGS KG
By:   Alta BioPharma Management III, LLC
By:  

/s/    Ed Hurwitz

Name:   Ed Hurwitz
Title:   Director
A LTA E MBARCADERO B IO P HARMA P ARTNERS III, LLC
By:  

/s/    Ed Hurwitz

Name:   Ed Hurwitz
Title:   Manager

S UNESIS P HARMACEUTICALS , I NC .

T HIRD A GREEMENT R EGARDING P RIVATE P LACEMENT OF S ECURITIES – S IGNATURE P AGE


S WISHER R EVOCABLE T RUST
By:  

/s/    Daniel N. Swisher, Jr.

Name:   Daniel N. Swisher, Jr.
Title:   Trustee

S UNESIS P HARMACEUTICALS , I NC .

T HIRD A GREEMENT R EGARDING P RIVATE P LACEMENT OF S ECURITIES – S IGNATURE P AGE


B JERKHOLT /H AHN F AMILY T RUST
By:  

/s/    Eric Bjerkholt

Name:   Eric Bjerkholt
Title:   Trustee

S UNESIS P HARMACEUTICALS , I NC .

T HIRD A GREEMENT R EGARDING P RIVATE P LACEMENT OF S ECURITIES – S IGNATURE P AGE


S TEVEN B LAKE K ETCHUM
By:  

/s/    Steven Blake Ketchum

S UNESIS P HARMACEUTICALS , I NC .

T HIRD A GREEMENT R EGARDING P RIVATE P LACEMENT OF S ECURITIES – S IGNATURE P AGE


E XHIBIT A

L IST OF I NVESTORS

Bay City Capital Fund V, L.P.

Bay City Capital Fund V Co-Investment Fund, L.P.

Growth Equity Opportunities Fund, LLC

Alta BioPharma Partners III, L.P.

Alta BioPharma Partners III GmbH & Co. Beteiligungs KG

Alta Embarcadero BioPharma Partners III, LLC

Swisher Revocable Trust

Bjerkholt/Hahn Family Trust

Steven Blake Ketchum

Exhibit 10.68

SUNESIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

$15,000,000 Of Common Stock

(par value $0.0001 per share)

Controlled Equity Offering sm

Sales Agreement

January 20, 2010

CANTOR FITZGERALD & CO.

499 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Ladies and Gentlemen:

SUNESIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), confirms its agreement (this “ Agreement ”) with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (“ CF&Co ”), as follows:

1.  Issuance and Sale of Shares . The Company agrees that, from time to time during the term of this Agreement, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, it may issue and sell through CF&Co, acting as agent and/or principal, shares (the “ Placement Shares ”) of the Company’s common stock par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”) up to an aggregate offering price of $15,000,000 (the Maximum Amount ). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the parties hereto agree that compliance with the limitation set forth in this Section 1 on the number of Placement Shares issued and sold under this Agreement shall be the sole responsibility of the Company, and CF&Co shall have no obligation in connection with such compliance, provided that CF&Co strictly follows the trading instructions provided pursuant to any Placement Notice. The issuance and sale of Placement Shares through CF&Co will be effected pursuant to the Registration Statement (as defined below) filed by the Company and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”), although nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as requiring the Company to use the Registration Statement (as defined below) to issue Common Stock.

The Company has filed, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “ Securities Act ”), with the Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-164025), including a base prospectus, relating to certain securities, including the Placement Shares to be issued from time to time by the Company, and which incorporates by reference documents that the Company has filed or will file in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “ Exchange Act ”). The Company has prepared a prospectus supplement to the base prospectus included as part of such registration statement specifically relating to the Placement Shares (the “ Prospectus

 

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Supplement ”). The Company will furnish to CF&Co, for use by CF&Co, copies of the prospectus included as part of such registration statement, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement, relating to the Placement Shares. Except where the context otherwise requires, such registration statement, as amended when it became effective, including all documents filed as part thereof or incorporated by reference therein, and including any information contained in a Prospectus (as defined below) subsequently filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act or deemed to be a part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B or 462(b) of the Securities Act, as well as any comparable successor registration statement filed by the Company for the sale of shares of its Common Stock, including the Placement Shares, collectively are herein called the “ Registration Statement .” The base prospectus, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, included in the Registration Statement, as it may be supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement, in the form in which such prospectus and/or Prospectus Supplement have most recently been filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, together with the then issued Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es), is herein called the “ Prospectus .” Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein, and any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing after the execution hereof of any document with the Commission deemed to be incorporated by reference therein (the Incorporated Documents ). For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or to any amendment or supplement thereto shall be deemed to include any copy filed with the Commission pursuant to either the Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System or Interactive Data Electronic Applications (collectively “ IDEA ”).

2.  Placements . Each time that the Company wishes to issue and sell the Placement Shares hereunder (each, a “ Placement ”), it will notify CF&Co by email notice (or other method mutually agreed to in writing by the parties) (a “ Placement Notice ”) containing the parameters in accordance with which it desires the Placement Shares to be sold, which shall at a minimum include the number of Placement Shares to be issued, the time period during which sales are requested to be made, any limitation on the number of Placement Shares that may be sold in any one Trading Day (as defined in Section 3) and any minimum price below which sales may not be made, a form of which containing such minimum sales parameters necessary is attached hereto as Schedule 1 . The Placement Notice shall originate from any of the individuals from the Company set forth on Schedule 2 (with a copy to each of the other individuals from the Company listed on such schedule), and shall be addressed to each of the individuals from CF&Co set forth on Schedule 2, as such Schedule 2 may be amended from time to time. The Placement Notice shall be effective upon receipt by CF&Co unless and until (i) in accordance with the notice requirements set forth in Section 4, CF&Co declines to accept the terms contained therein for any reason, in its sole discretion, (ii) the entire amount of the Placement Shares, either under this Agreement or pursuant to a Placement Notice, have been sold, (iii) in accordance with the notice requirements set forth in Section 4, the Company suspends or terminates the Placement Notice, (iv) the Company issues a subsequent Placement Notice with parameters superseding those on the earlier dated Placement Notice, (v) CF&Co declines to continue to make sales under an existing Placement Notice, for any reason, in its sole discretion, or (vi) the Agreement has been terminated under the provisions of Section 11. The amount of any discount, commission or other compensation to be paid by the Company to CF&Co in

 

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connection with the sale of the Placement Shares shall be calculated in accordance with the terms set forth in Schedule 3. It is expressly acknowledged and agreed that neither the Company nor CF&Co will have any obligation whatsoever with respect to a Placement Notice or any Placement Shares unless and until the Company delivers a Placement Notice to CF&Co and CF&Co does not decline such Placement Notice pursuant to the terms set forth above, and then only upon the terms specified therein and herein.

3.  Sale of Placement Shares by CF&Co . Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, upon the Company’s issuance of a Placement Notice, and unless the sale of the Placement Shares described therein has been declined, suspended, or otherwise terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, CF&Co, for the period specified in the Placement Notice, will use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its customary trading and sales practices and applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations and the rules of the NASDAQ Capital Market (the “ Exchange ”), to sell such Placement Shares up to the amount specified, and otherwise in accordance with the terms of such Placement Notice. CF&Co will provide written confirmation to the Company (including by email correspondence) no later than the opening of the Trading Day (as defined below) next following the Trading Day on which it has made sales of Placement Shares hereunder setting forth the number of Placement Shares sold on such day, the compensation payable by the Company to CF&Co pursuant to Section 2 with respect to such sales, and the Net Proceeds (as defined below) payable to the Company, with an itemization of deductions made by CF&Co (as set forth in Section 5(a)) from gross proceeds for the Placement Shares that it receives from such sales. CF&Co may sell Placement Shares by any method permitted by law deemed to be an “at the market” offering as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act, including without limitation sales made directly on the Exchange, on any other existing trading market for the Common Stock or to or through a market maker. With the prior express written consent of the Company, which may be provided in its Placement Notice, CF&Co may also sell Placement Shares in privately negotiated transactions. During the term of this Agreement and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, CF&Co agrees that in no event will it or any CF&Co Affiliate engage in any market making, bidding, stabilization or other trading activity with regard to the Common Stock if such activity would be prohibited under Regulation M or other anti-manipulation rules under the Securities Act. For the purposes hereof, “ Trading Day ” means any day on which shares of the Common Stock are purchased and sold on the principal market on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted.

4.  Suspension of Sales . The Company or CF&Co may, upon notice to the other party in writing (including by email correspondence to each of the individuals of the other party set forth on Schedule 2 , if receipt of such correspondence is actually acknowledged by any of the individuals to whom the notice is sent, other than via auto-reply) or by telephone (confirmed immediately by verifiable facsimile transmission or email correspondence to each of the individuals of the other party set forth on Schedule 2 ), suspend any sale of Placement Shares; provided, however , that such suspension shall not affect or impair either party’s obligations with respect to any Placement Shares sold hereunder prior to the receipt of such notice. Each of the Parties agrees that no such notice under this Section 4 shall be effective against the other unless it is made to one of the individuals named on Schedule 2 hereto, as such schedule may be amended from time to time.

 

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5.  Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, CF&Co that as of each Applicable Time (as defined in Section 20(a) ):

(a)  Compliance with Registration Requirements . The Registration Statement has been filed with the Commission under the Securities Act and declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act. The Company has complied with all requests of the Commission for additional or supplemental information. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission. The Company satisfied all applicable requirements for the use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act when the Registration Statement was filed. The Commission has not issued an order preventing or suspending the use of the base prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) or the Prospectus relating to the proposed offering of the Placement Shares and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission. The Prospectus delivered to CF&Co for use in connection with the offering of Placement Shares was, at the time of such delivery, identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to IDEA, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T. At the respective times each part of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto became effective or was deemed effective, as the case may be, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The immediately preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or any amendments or supplements thereto based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by CF&Co specifically for use therein.

(b)  Delivery of Offering Materials . The Company has delivered to CF&Co, or made available through IDEA, one complete copy of the Registration Statement and of each consent of experts filed as a part thereof, and conformed copies of the Registration Statement (without exhibits), and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, in such quantities and at such places as CF&Co has reasonably requested.

(c)  Prospectus . Neither the Prospectus nor any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement was issued, as of the date hereof and at each Applicable Time, as the case may be, included or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by CF&Co specifically for use therein.

(d)  Financial Information . The financial statements of the Company, together with the related schedules and notes thereto, set forth or included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Company as of and at the dates indicated and the results of operations, changes in financial position, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the periods therein specified. Such financial statements, schedules, and notes are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as consistently applied in the United States throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise stated therein). Any selected financial data included or

 

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incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and, to the extent based upon or derived from the financial statements, have been compiled on a basis consistent with the financial statements presented therein. Any pro forma financial statements of the Company, and the related notes thereto, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and have been properly compiled on the basis described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein. The Company does not have any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations), not disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. No other financial statements are required to be set forth or to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus under the Securities Act.

(e)  Incorporated Documents . Each document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus heretofore filed, at the time it was or hereafter is filed with the Commission, conformed and will conform when filed in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; no such document when it was filed (or, if an amendment with respect to any such document was filed, when such amendment was filed), contained an 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 not misleading; and no such document, when it is filed, will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading.

(f)  Distribution of Materials; Free Writing Prospectuses . The Company is not an “ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, distributed and will not distribute any prospectus or other offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Placement Shares other than the Prospectus and other materials, if any, permitted under the Securities Act to be distributed. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” (as defined below in Section 20(c) ) relating to the Placement Shares that (i) was required to be filed with the Commission by the Company or (ii) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i), in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g), as of its issue date and as of each Applicable Time (as defined in Section 20 below), did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any incorporated document deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by CF&Co specifically for use therein. The Company has satisfied or will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 so as not to be required to file with the Commission any electronic road show.

 

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(g)  Organization . The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the state of Delaware with the corporate power and authority necessary to own, hold, lease and/or operate its assets and properties and to conduct the business in which it is engaged as described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign entity to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure, individually or in the aggregate, to be so qualified and be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on (i) the consolidated business, operations, assets, properties, financial condition, reputation, prospects, or results of operations of the Company and any subsidiaries which may be incorporated or formed from time to time (the “ Subsidiaries ”) taken as a whole, (ii) the transactions contemplated hereby, or (iii) the ability of the Company to perform its obligation under this Agreement (collectively, a “ Material Adverse Effect ”). The Company has full corporate power and authority necessary to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company is in compliance with the laws, orders, rules, regulations and directives applicable to it, except for any noncompliance that, individually, or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(h)  Subsidiaries . The Company has no “significant subsidiaries” (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act). Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any shares of stock or any other equity interests or long-term debt securities of any corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, association or other entity.

(i)  No Violation or Default . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of any provision of its charter or bylaws or similar organizational documents, (ii) in default in any respect, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant, or condition of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets is subject, (iii) in violation in any respect of any statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of its properties, as applicable (including, without limitation, those administered by the Food and Drug Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (the FDA ) or by any foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA), or (iv) in violation of any rule or regulation of any self-regulating organization or other non-governmental regulatory authority (including, without limitation, the rules and regulations of the Exchange) except, with respect to clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv), any violations or defaults which, singularly or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Placement Shares and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not conflict with, or result in any breach of or constitute a default

 

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under (nor constitute any event which with notice, lapse of time or both would result in any breach of, or constitute a default under), (i) any provision of the charter, bylaws or organizational documents, as the case may be, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any provision of any contract, license, repurchase agreement, management agreement, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other evidence of indebtedness, or any lease, contract or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective assets or properties may be bound or affected, except for any breach or default that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule or any decree, judgment or order applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any rule or regulation of any self-regulating organization or other non-governmental regulatory authority (including, without limitation, the rules and regulations of the Exchange), except for any breach or default that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(j)  Capitalization . As of December 31, 2008, the Company had an authorized, issued and outstanding capitalization as set forth on its balance sheet included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws and were not issued in violation of any preemptive right, resale right, right of first refusal or similar right.

(k)  Authorization; Enforceability . This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that (i) enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles and (ii) the indemnification and contribution provisions of Section 9 hereof may be limited by federal or state securities laws and public policy considerations in respect thereof.

(l)  Capital Stock and Placement Shares in Proper Form . The capital stock of the Company, including the Placement Shares, conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The holders of the Placement Shares will not be subject to personal liability under the Delaware General Corporation Law by reason of being such holders.

(m)  Authorization of Placement Shares . The Placement Shares, or class of shares which the Placement Shares are part of, when issued and delivered pursuant to the terms approved by the Board of Directors or a duly designated committee thereof, against payment therefor as provided herein, will be duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, security interest or other claim, including any statutory or contractual preemptive rights, resale rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights, and will be registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

 

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(n)  Consents and Permits . (1) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries have made all filings, applications and submissions required by, and possesses all approvals, licenses, certificates, certifications, clearances, consents, exemptions, marks, notifications, orders, permits and other authorizations issued by, the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities (including, without limitation, the FDA, and any other foreign, federal, state or local government or regulatory authorities performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA) necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or to conduct its businesses as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (collectively, “ Permits ”), except for such Permits the failure of which to possess, obtain or make the same would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice of proceedings relating to the limitation, revocation, cancellation, suspension, modification or non-renewal of any such Permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect, and has any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course. (2) No approval, authorization, consent or order of or filing with any national, state or local governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority or agency is required in connection with the issuance and sale of the Placement Shares or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the Exchange, or approval of the stockholders of the Company (including as may be required pursuant to Rule 5635 of the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules)), other than (i) registration of the Placement Shares under the Securities Act, (ii) any necessary qualification under the securities or blue sky laws of the various jurisdictions in which the Placement Shares are being offered by CF&Co, (iii) filing of any reports under the Exchange Act, or (iv) such approvals as may be required by the Conduct Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“ FINRA ”).

(o)  No Preferential Rights . Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (i) no person, as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act (each, a “ Person ”), has the right, contractual or otherwise, to cause the Company to issue or sell to such Person any shares of Common Stock or shares of any other capital stock or other securities of the Company, (ii) no Person has any preemptive rights, resale rights, rights of first refusal, or any other rights (whether pursuant to a “poison pill” provision or otherwise) to purchase any shares of Common Stock or shares of any other capital stock or other securities of the Company, (iii) except as disclosed to CF&Co or its agents in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, no Person has the right to act as an underwriter or as a financial advisor to the Company in connection with the offer and sale of the Placement Shares, and (iv) no Person has the right, contractual or otherwise, to require the Company to register under the Securities Act any shares of Common Stock or shares of any other capital stock or other securities of the Company, or to include any such shares or other securities in the Registration Statement or the offering contemplated thereby, whether as a result of the filing or effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the sale of the Placement Shares as contemplated thereby or otherwise.

 

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(p)  Independent Public Accountant . Ernst & Young, LLP, whose report on the financial statements of the Company is filed with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, are and, during the periods covered by their report, were (i) an independent public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act, (ii) a registered public accounting firm (as defined in Section 2(a)(12) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), and (iii) not in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

(q)  Enforceability of Agreements . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, all agreements between the Company and third parties expressly referenced in the Prospectus are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that (i) enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles and (ii) the indemnification provisions of certain agreements may be limited be federal or state securities laws or public policy considerations in respect thereof and except for any other potentially unenforceable term that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(r)  No Litigation . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there are no actions, suits, claims, investigations, inquiries or proceedings pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, to which either the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, its Subsidiaries, nor any of their respective officers or directors, is a party or of which any of their respective properties or other assets is subject at law or in equity, or before or by any federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority or agency, or before any self-regulating organization or other non-governmental regulatory authority (including, without limitation, the Exchange), which if resolved adversely to the Company or any Subsidiary would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(s)  Regulatory Filings . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has failed to file with the applicable regulatory authorities (including, without limitation, the FDA or any foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA) any required filing, declaration, listing, registration, report or submission, except for such failures that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, all such filings, declarations, listings, registrations, reports or submissions were in compliance with applicable laws when filed and no deficiencies have been asserted by any applicable regulatory authority with respect to any such filings, declarations, listings, registrations, reports or submissions, except for any deficiencies that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(t)  Certain Market Activities . Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of their respective directors, officers or controlling persons has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Placement Shares.

 

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(u)  Broker/Dealer Relationships . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or any related entities (i) is required to register as a “broker” or “dealer” in accordance with the provisions of the Exchange Act or (ii) directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is a “person associated with a FINRA member” or “associated person of a FINRA member” (within the meaning of Article I of the Bylaws of the NASD).

(v)  No Reliance . The Company has not relied upon CF&Co or legal counsel for CF&Co for any legal, tax or accounting advice in connection with the offering and sale of the Placement Shares.

(w)  Taxes . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its Subsidiaries has filed on a timely basis (taking into account all applicable extensions) all necessary federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns, if any such returns were required to be filed, through the date hereof and have paid all taxes shown as due thereon except for any failure to file or pay which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No tax deficiency has been asserted against the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its Subsidiaries, nor does the Company know of any tax deficiency that is likely to be asserted against any such entity that, if determined adversely to any such entity, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All tax liabilities, if any, are adequately provided for on the books of the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its Subsidiaries, except for such tax liabilities that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(x)  Intellectual Property . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use all foreign and domestic patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, Internet domain names, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the “ Intellectual Property ”), necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as now conducted except to the extent that the failure to own, possess, license or otherwise hold adequate rights to use such Intellectual Property would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (a) there are no rights of third parties to any such Intellectual Property owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries; (b) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property; (c) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ rights in or to any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which could form a reasonable basis for any such action, suit, proceeding or claim; (d) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property; (e) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company and its Subsidiaries infringe or otherwise violate any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others; (f) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no third-party U.S. patent or published U.S. patent application which contains claims for which an Interference Proceeding (as defined in 35 U.S.C. § 135) has been commenced against any patent or patent application described in the

 

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Prospectus as being owned by or licensed to the Company; and (g) the Company and its Subsidiaries have complied with the terms of each agreement pursuant to which Intellectual Property has been licensed to the Company or such Subsidiary, and all such agreements are in full force and effect, except, in the case of any of clauses (a)-(g) above, for any such infringement by third parties or any such pending or threatened suit, action, proceeding or claim as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(y)  Clinical Studies . The clinical, pre-clinical and other studies and tests conducted by or on behalf of or sponsored by the Company and its Subsidiaries were and, if still pending, are being conducted in accordance in all material respects with all statutes, laws, rules and regulations, as applicable (including, without limitation, those administered by the FDA or by any foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA). Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notices or other correspondence from the FDA or any other foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA with respect to any ongoing clinical or pre-clinical studies or tests requiring the termination or suspension of such studies or tests.

(z)  Compliance Program . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company has established and administers a compliance program applicable to the Company, to assist the Company and the directors, officers and employees of the Company in complying with applicable regulatory guidelines (including, without limitation, those administered by the FDA and any other foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA); except where such noncompliance would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(aa)  Environmental Laws . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries: (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “ Environmental Laws ”); (ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses and other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; and (iii) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, except, in the case of any of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above, for any such failure to comply or failure to receive required permits, licenses, or other approvals or any such liability as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(bb)  Accounting Controls . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls as defined in Rule 13a-15f and 15d-15f of the Exchange Act.

 

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(cc)  Disclosure Controls . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule 13a-15e and 15d-15e of the Exchange Act.

(dd)  Sarbanes-Oxley Act . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Company’s directors and officers are each in compliance in all material respects with all applicable effective provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission and the Exchange promulgated thereunder.

(ee)  Finder’s Fees . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any liability for any finder’s fees or similar payments in connection with the transactions herein contemplated, except as may otherwise exist with respect to CF&Co pursuant to this Agreement.

(ff)  Labor Disputes . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged in any unfair labor practice; except for matters which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no (A) unfair labor practice complaint pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or its Subsidiaries before the National Labor Relations Board, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under collective bargaining agreements is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, (B) strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (C) union representation dispute currently existing concerning the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, (A) no union organizing activities are currently taking place concerning the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (B) there has been no violation of any federal, state, local, or foreign law relating to discrimination in the hiring, promotion or pay of employees or any applicable wage or hour laws concerning the employees of the Company.

(gg)  Investment Company Act . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Placement Shares, will be (i) required to register as an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “ Investment Company Act ”), or (ii) a “business development company” (as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the Investment Company Act.

(hh)  Casualty . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its Subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its respective business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, in each case that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(ii)  Underwriter Agreements . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company is not a party to any agreement with an agent or underwriter for any other “at-the-market” or continuous equity transaction.

(jj)  ERISA . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ ERISA ”), except for any noncompliance that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, no “reportable event” (as defined in section 4043 of ERISA) for which the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has not waived the notice requirement has occurred in the past three years with respect to any “pension plan” (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company and its Subsidiaries would reasonably expect to have any liability. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries have not incurred and do not reasonably expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “pension plan” or (ii) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Code. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, each “pension plan” for which the Company or its Subsidiaries would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination or opinion letter to that effect and, to the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred since the date of such letter that could reasonably be expected to result in the loss of such qualification.

(kk)  CF&Co Purchases . The Company acknowledges and agrees that CF&Co has informed the Company that CF&Co may, to the extent permitted under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, purchase and sell shares of Common Stock for its own account while this Agreement is in effect, provided, that (i) no such purchase or sales shall take place while a Placement Notice is in effect (except to the extent CF&Co may engage in sales of Placement Shares purchased or deemed purchased from the Company as a “riskless principal” or in a similar capacity) and (ii) the Company shall not be deemed to have authorized or consented to any such purchases or sales by CF&Co.

(ll)  No Improper Practices . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (i) neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, its Subsidiaries, nor to the Company’s knowledge, any of their respective executive officers has, in the past five years, made any unlawful contributions to any candidate for any political office (or failed fully to disclose any contribution in violation of law) or made any contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any federal, state, municipal, or foreign office or other person charged with similar public or quasi-public duty in violation of any law or of the character required to be disclosed in the Prospectus; (ii) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any Subsidiary or any affiliate of any of them, on the one hand, and the directors, officers and stockholders of the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any Subsidiary, on the other hand, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; (iii) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any Subsidiary or any affiliate of them, on the one hand, and the directors, officers,

 

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stockholders or directors of the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any Subsidiary, on the other hand, that is required by the rules of the FINRA to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; (iv) except as described in the Prospectus, there are no material outstanding loans or advances or material guarantees of indebtedness by the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any Subsidiary to or for the benefit of any of their respective officers or directors or any of the members of the families of any of them; (v) the Company has not offered, or caused any placement agent to offer, Common Stock to any person with the intent to influence unlawfully (A) a customer or supplier of the Company or any Subsidiary to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with the Company or any Subsidiary or (B) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective products or services, and, (vi) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company or any Subsidiary has made any payment of funds of the Company or any Subsidiary or received or retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977), which payment, receipt or retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.

(mm)  Title to Property . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all property (real and personal) described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as being owned by any of them, free and clear of all material liens, claims, security interests or other encumbrances, except to the extent such material liens, claims, security interests or other encumbrances are disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; all the property described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as being held under lease by the Company or any Subsidiary is held thereby under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases.

(nn)  Insurance . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries maintain insurance covering their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses as the Company reasonably deems adequate; such insurance insures against such losses and risks to an extent which the Company reasonably believes is adequate and in accordance with customary industry practice to protect the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses; all such insurance is fully in force on the date hereof and will be fully in force at the time of purchase; neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has reason to believe that it will not be able to renew any such insurance as and when such insurance expires.

(oo)  Data Reliable and Accurate . All statistical or market-related data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate, and the Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources to the extent required.

(pp)  NASDAQ: Registration . The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is accepted for quotation on the Exchange, and the Company has taken no action designed to terminate the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting the Common Stock from the Exchange, nor except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, has the Company received any

 

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notification that the Commission or FINRA is contemplating terminating such registration or listing. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company has complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange for maintenance of inclusion of the Common Stock thereon. The Company has filed a Notification of Listing of Additional Shares with the Exchange with respect to the Placement Shares.

(qq) The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, Money Laundering Laws ) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to CF&Co or to counsel for CF&Co pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company, as applicable, to CF&Co as to the matters set forth therein.

6.  Sale and Delivery; Settlement .

(a)  Sale of Placement Shares . On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, upon CF&Co’s acceptance of the terms of a Placement Notice, and unless the sale of the Placement Shares described therein has been declined, suspended, or otherwise terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, CF&Co, for the period specified in the Placement Notice, will use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable laws to sell such Placement Shares up to the amount specified, and otherwise in accordance with the terms of such Placement Notice. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) there can be no assurance that CF&Co will be successful in selling Placement Shares, (ii) CF&Co will incur no liability or obligation to the Company or any other person or entity if it does not sell Placement Shares for any reason other than a failure by CF&Co to use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable law and regulations to sell such Placement Shares as required under this Agreement and (iii) CF&Co shall be under no obligation to purchase Placement Shares on a principal basis pursuant to this Agreement, except as otherwise agreed by CF&Co and the Company.

(b)  Settlement of Placement Shares . Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Placement Notice, settlement for sales of Placement Shares will occur on the third (3 rd ) Business Day (or such earlier day as is industry practice for regular-way trading) following the date on which such sales are made (each, a Settlement Date ” and the first such settlement date, the “ First Delivery Date ”). The amount of proceeds to be delivered to the Company on a Settlement Date against receipt of the Placement Shares sold (the “ Net Proceeds ”) will be equal to the aggregate sales price received by CF&Co at which such Placement Shares were

 

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sold, after deduction for (i) CF&Co’s commission, discount or other compensation for such sales payable by the Company pursuant to Section 2 hereof, (ii) any other amounts due and payable by the Company to CF&Co hereunder pursuant to Section 7(g) (Expenses) hereof, and (iii) any transaction fees imposed by any governmental or self-regulatory organization in respect of such sales.

(c)  Delivery of Placement Shares . On or before each Settlement Date, the Company will, or will cause its transfer agent to, electronically transfer the Placement Shares being sold by crediting CF&Co’s or its designee’s account (provided CF&Co shall have given the Company written notice of such designee at least one Business Day prior to the Settlement Date) at The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit and Withdrawal at Custodian System or by such other means of delivery as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto which in all cases shall be freely tradable, transferable, registered shares in good deliverable form. On each Settlement Date, CF&Co will deliver the related Net Proceeds in same-day funds to an account designated by the Company on, or prior to, the Settlement Date. The Company agrees that if the Company, or its transfer agent (if applicable), defaults in its obligation to deliver Placement Shares on a Settlement Date, the Company will, in addition to and in no way limiting the rights and obligations set forth in Section 9(a) (Indemnification and Contribution), (i) hold CF&Co harmless against any loss, claim, damage, or expense (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), as incurred, arising out of or in connection with such default by the Company and (ii) pay to CF&Co any commission, discount, or other compensation to which it would otherwise have been entitled absent such default; provided , however , that the Company shall not be obligated to so indemnify and reimburse CF&Co if the Placement Shares are not timely delivered due to (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the Exchange; (ii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iii) an outbreak or escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism involving the United States or a declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war; or (iv) any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere.

(d)  Denominations; Registration . Certificates for the Placement Shares, if any, shall be in such denominations and registered in such names as CF&Co may request in writing at least one full business day before the Settlement Date. The certificates for the Placement Shares, if any, will be made available for examination and packaging by CF&Co in The City of New York not later than noon (New York time) on the business day prior to the Settlement Date.

(e)  Limitations on Offering Size . Under no circumstances shall the Company cause or request the offer or sale of any Placement Shares if, after giving effect to the sale of such Placement Shares, the aggregate gross sales proceeds sold pursuant to this Agreement would exceed the lesser of (A) together with all sales of Placement Shares under this Agreement, the Maximum Amount, (B) the amount available for offer and sale under the currently effective Registration Statement and (C) the amount authorized from time to time to be issued and sold under this Agreement by the Company’s board of directors, a duly authorized committee thereof or a duly authorized executive committee, and notified to CF&Co in writing. Under no circumstances shall the Company cause or request the offer or sale of any Placement

 

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Shares at a price lower than the minimum price authorized from time to time by the Company’s board of directors, duly authorized committee thereof or a duly authorized executive committee, and notified to CF&Co in writing. Further, under no circumstances shall the aggregate offering amount of Placement Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement, including any separate underwriting or similar agreement covering principal transactions described in Section 1 of this Agreement, exceed the Maximum Amount.

(f) The Company agrees that any offer to sell, any solicitation of an offer to buy, or any sales of Placement Shares shall only be effected by or through CF&Co on any single given day; provided, however, that (1) the foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) the exercise of any option, warrant, right or any conversion privilege set forth in the instrument governing such security or (ii) sales solely to employees or security holders of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or to a trustee or other person acquiring such securities for the accounts of such persons, and (2) such limitation shall not apply on any day during which no sales are made pursuant to this Agreement.

7.  Covenants of the Company . The Company covenants and agrees with CF&Co that:

(a)  Registration Statement Amendments; Payment of Fees . After the date of this Agreement and during any period in which a Prospectus relating to any Placement Shares is required to be delivered by CF&Co under the Securities Act with respect to a pending sale of the Placement Shares (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act), the Company will notify CF&Co promptly of the time when any subsequent amendment to the Registration Statement, other than documents incorporated by reference, has been filed with the Commission and/or has become effective or any subsequent supplement to the Prospectus has been filed and any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information.

(b)  Notice of Commission Stop Orders . During any period in which a Prospectus relating to any Placement Shares is required to be delivered by CF&Co under the Securities Act with respect to a pending sale of Placement Shares, the Company will advise CF&Co, promptly after it receives notice or obtains knowledge thereof, of the issuance or threatened issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any other order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of the Placement Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose or any examination pursuant to Section 8(e) of the Securities Act, or if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Placement Shares; and the Company will promptly use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop or other order or to obtain its withdrawal if such a stop or other order should be issued.

(c)  Delivery of Prospectus; Subsequent Changes . During any period in which a Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares is required to be delivered by CF&Co under the Securities Act with respect to a pending sale of the Placement Shares (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act), the Company will comply with all requirements imposed upon it by the

 

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Securities Act, as from time to time in force, and to file on or before their respective due dates all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, 15(d) or any other provision of or under the Exchange Act. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act, the Company will promptly notify CF&Co to suspend the offering of Placement Shares during such period and the Company will promptly amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.

(d)  Listing of Placement Shares . During any period in which the Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares is required to be delivered by CF&Co under the Securities Act with respect to a pending sale of the Placement Shares (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act), the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Placement Shares to be listed on the Exchange.

(e)  Delivery of Registration Statement and Prospectus . The Company will furnish to CF&Co and its counsel (at the expense of the Company) copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference therein) and all amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus that are filed with the Commission during any period in which a Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities Act. The copies of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any supplements or amendments thereto furnished to CF&Co will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to IDEA, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not be required to furnish any document (other than the Prospectus) to CF&Co to the extent such document is available on IDEA.

(f)  Earnings Statement . The Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement covering a 12-month period that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) and Rule 158 of the Securities Act. “Earnings statement” and “make generally available” will have the meanings contained in Rule 158 under the Securities Act.

(g)  Expenses .

 

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The Company, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereunder are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, in accordance with the provisions of Section 11 hereunder, will pay all expenses incident to the performance of the Company’s obligations hereunder, which the parties acknowledge include expenses relating to: (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and each amendment and supplement thereto, of each Prospectus and of each amendment and supplement thereto, and of this Agreement, (ii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Placement Shares, (iii) the printing and delivery to CF&Co of

 

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copies of the Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto, (iv) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing or qualification of the Placement Shares for trading on the Exchange, and (v) the filing fees and expenses, if any, of the Commission and FINRA.

 

  (ii) The Company will pay, within 30 days of the delivery of an invoice in reasonable detail, all reasonable and customary expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including attorney’s fees, consultant fees, travel and lodging expenses and any other incidental fees and expenses incurred by CF&Co, not to exceed $50,000 in the aggregate.

(h)  Use of Proceeds . The Company will use the Net Proceeds as described in the Prospectus in the section entitled “Use of Proceeds.”

(i)  Notice of Other Sales . During either the pendency of any Placement Notice given hereunder, or any period in which the Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares is required to be delivered by CF&Co, the Company shall provide CF&Co notice as promptly as reasonably possible before it offers to sell, contracts to sell, sells, grants any option to sell or otherwise disposes of any shares of Common Stock (other than Placement Shares offered pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement) or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, warrants or any rights to purchase or acquire Common Stock; provided , that such notice shall not be required in connection with the (i) issuance, grant or sale of Common Stock, options to purchase shares of Common Stock or Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options or other equity awards pursuant to any employee or director stock option or benefits plan or stock ownership plan or issuances permitted by FINRA (ii) the issuance or sale of Common Stock pursuant to any dividend reinvestment plan that the Company may adopt from time to time or (iii) the issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise of any currently outstanding warrants, options or other rights in effect or outstanding and disclosed in filings by the Company available on EDGAR.

(j)  Change of Circumstances . The Company will, at any time during the pendency of a Placement Notice, advise CF&Co promptly after it shall have received notice or obtained knowledge thereof, of any information or fact that would alter or affect in any material respect any opinion, certificate, letter or other document required to be provided to CF&Co pursuant to this Agreement.

(k)  Due Diligence Cooperation . The Company will cooperate with any reasonable due diligence review conducted by CF&Co or its agents in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, providing information and making available documents and senior corporate officers, during regular business hours and at the Company’s principal offices, as CF&Co may reasonably request.

(l)  Required Filings Relating to Placement of Placement Shares . The Company agrees that on such dates as the Securities Act shall require, the Company will (i) file a prospectus supplement with the Commission under the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (each and every filing date under Rule 424(b), a “ Filing Date ”), which prospectus supplement will set forth, within the relevant period, the amount of Placement Shares sold through CF&Co, the Net Proceeds to the Company and the compensation payable

 

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by the Company to CF&Co with respect to such Placement Shares, and (ii) deliver such number of copies of each such prospectus supplement to each exchange or market on which such sales were effected as may be required by the rules or regulations of such exchange or market.

(m)  Representation Dates; Certificate . Three Trading Days prior to the First Delivery Date and each time the Company:

 

  (i) files the Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares or amends or supplements (other than a prospectus supplement relating solely to an offering of securities other than the Placement Shares) the Registration Statement or the Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares by means of a post-effective amendment, sticker, or supplement but not by means of incorporation of documents by reference into the Registration Statement or the Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares;

 

  (ii) files an annual report on Form 10-K under the Exchange Act (including any Form 10-K/A containing amended financial information or a material amendment to the previously filed Form 10-K);

 

  (iii) files its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act; or

 

  (iv) files a current report on Form 8-K containing amended financial information (other than information “furnished” pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K) under the Exchange Act, or

Each date of filing of one or more of the documents referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) shall be a “ Representation Date.

the Company shall furnish CF&Co with a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7(m) within three (3) Trading Days of any Representation Date. The requirement to provide a certificate under this Section 7(m) shall be waived for any Representation Date occurring at a time at which no Placement Notice is pending, which waiver shall continue until the earlier to occur of the date the Company delivers a Placement Notice hereunder (which for such calendar quarter shall be considered a Representation Date) and the next occurring Representation Date; provided , however , that such waiver shall not apply for any Representation Date on which the Company files its annual report on Form 10-K. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company subsequently decides to sell Placement Shares following a Representation Date when the Company relied on such waiver and did not provide CF&Co with a certificate under this Section 7(m) , then before the Company delivers the Placement Notice or CF&Co sells any Placement Shares, the Company shall provide CF&Co with a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7(m) , dated the date of the Placement Notice.

(n)  Legal Opinion . On the date of the first Placement Notice is given hereunder, the Company shall cause to be furnished to CF&Co a written opinion dated as of the date of such Placement Notice of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP (the “ Company Counsel ”), in a form reasonably acceptable to CF&Co and its counsel. Within three (3) Trading Days of each

 

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subsequent Representation Date with respect to which the Company is obligated to deliver a certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7(m) for which no waiver is applicable, the Company shall cause to be furnished to CF&Co a written opinion of Company Counsel in a form reasonably acceptable to CF&Co and its counsel.

(o)  Comfort Letter . Three Trading Days prior to the First Delivery Date and within three (3) Trading Days of each Representation Date with respect to which the Company is obligated to deliver a certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7(m) for which no waiver is applicable, the Company shall cause its independent accountants (and any other independent accountants whose report is included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus), to furnish CF&Co letters (the “ Comfort Letters ”) in form and substance satisfactory to CF&Co, (i) confirming that they are an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and the PCAOB, (ii) stating, as of such date, the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters ordinarily covered by accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters in connection with registered public offerings (the first such letter, the “ Initial Comfort Letter ”) and (iii) updating the Initial Comfort Letter with any information that would have been included in the Initial Comfort Letter had it been given on such date and modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as amended and supplemented to the date of such letter.

(p)  Market Activities . The Company will not, directly or indirectly take any action designed to cause or result in, or that constitutes or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Placement Shares or (ii) sell, bid for, or purchase the Placement Shares to be issued and sold pursuant to this Agreement, or pay anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of the Placement Shares to be issued and sold pursuant to this Agreement other than CF&Co.

(q)  Filings with the Exchange . The Company will timely file with the Exchange all material documents and notices required by the Exchange of companies that have or will issue securities that are traded on the Exchange.

(r)  Securities Act and Exchange Act . The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act as from time to time in force, so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of, or dealings in, the Placement Shares as contemplated by the provisions hereof and the Prospectus.

(s)  No Offer to Sell . Other than a free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) approved in advance in writing by the Company and CF&Co in its capacity as principal or agent hereunder, neither CF&Co nor the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than CF&Co in its capacity as such) will, directly or indirectly, make, use, prepare, authorize, approve or refer to any free writing prospectus relating to the Placement Shares to be sold by CF&Co as principal or agent hereunder.

 

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(t)  Regulation M . If the Company has reason to believe that the exemptive provisions set forth in Rule 101(c)(1) of Regulation M under the Exchange Act are not satisfied with respect to the Company or the Common Stock, it shall promptly notify CF&Co and sales of the Placement Shares under this Agreement shall be suspended until that or other exemptive provisions have been satisfied in the judgment of each party.

(u)  Transfer Agent . The Company shall maintain, at its expense, a registrar and transfer agent for the Common Stock.

(v)  Disclosure of Sales . The Company will disclose in its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and in its annual report on Form 10-K the number of Placement Shares sold through CF&Co during the relevant quarter.

(w)  Market Stabilization. The Company will not, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its officers, trustees and affiliates not to, (i) take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to stabilize or manipulate the price of any security of the Company, or which may cause or result in, or which might in the future reasonably be expected to cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company, to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Placement Shares, (ii) sell, bid for, purchase or pay anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of the Placement Shares during the pendency of any Placement Notice or (iii) pay or agree to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting any order to purchase any other securities of the Company during the pendency of any Placement Notice; provided, however, that upon consent of CF&Co the Company may bid for and purchase Common Stock in accordance with Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act.

(x)  Listing . During any period in which the Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares is required to be delivered by CF&Co under the Securities Act with respect to a pending sale of the Placement Shares (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act), the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Placement Shares to be listed on the Exchange.

(y)  Available Shares . The Company will ensure that there are at all times sufficient shares of Common Stock to provide for the issuance, free of any preemptive rights, out its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, of the Maximum Amount.

8.  Conditions to CF&Co’s Obligations . The obligations of CF&Co hereunder with respect to a Placement Notice will be subject to the continuing accuracy and completeness of the representations and warranties made by the Company herein, to the due performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, to the completion by CF&Co of a due diligence review satisfactory to CF&Co in its reasonable judgment, and to the continuing satisfaction (or waiver by CF&Co in its sole discretion) of the following additional conditions:

(a)  Registration Statement Effective . The Registration Statement shall have become effective and shall be available for the sale of all Placement Shares contemplated to be issued by any Placement Notice.

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effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the response to which would require any post-effective amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus; (ii) the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; (iii) receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Placement Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; (iv) the occurrence of any event that makes any material statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement, related Prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any materially 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 not misleading and, that in the case of the Prospectus, it will not contain any materially 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.

(c)  Material Changes . Except as contemplated in the Prospectus, or disclosed in the Company’s reports filed with the Commission, there shall not have been any material adverse change, on a consolidated basis, in the authorized capital stock of the Company or any Material Adverse Effect, or any development that could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect, the effect of which, in the reasonable judgment of CF&Co (without relieving the Company of any obligation or liability it may otherwise have), is so material as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering of the Placement Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.

(d)  Legal Opinion . CF&Co shall have received the opinion of Company Counsel required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(n) on or before the date on which such delivery of such opinion is required pursuant to Section 7(n) .

(e)  Comfort Letter . CF&Co shall have received the Comfort Letter required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(o) on or before the date on which such delivery of such opinion is required pursuant to Section 7(o) .

(f)  Representation Certificate . CF&Co shall have received the certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(m) on or before the date on which delivery of such certificate is required pursuant to Section 7(m) .

(g)  No Exchange Suspension or FINRA Objection . Trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended on the Exchange. FINRA shall not have objected to the fairness or reasonableness of the terms or arrangements under this Agreement.

(h)  Other Materials . On each date on which the Company is required to deliver a certificate pursuant to Section 7(m) , the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to furnish to CF&Co such appropriate further information, certificates and documents as CF&Co may reasonably request. All such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents will be in compliance with the provisions hereof. The Company will furnish CF&Co with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents as CF&Co shall reasonably request.

 

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(i)  Securities Act Filings Made . All filings with the Commission required by Rule 424 under the Securities Act to have been filed prior to the issuance of any Placement Notice hereunder shall have been made within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 424.

(j)  Approval for Listing . The Placement Shares shall either have been (i) approved for listing on the Exchange, subject only to notice of issuance, or (ii) the Company shall have filed an application for listing of the Placement Shares on the Exchange at, or prior to, the issuance of any Placement Notice.

(k)  Termination of Agreement . If any condition specified in this Section 8 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by CF&Co by notice to the Company. Notice of such cancellation shall be given in writing and addressed to each of the individuals of the Company set forth on Schedule 2 .

(l)  No Termination Event . There shall not have occurred any event or condition that would permit CF&Co to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 11 .

9.  Indemnification and Contribution .

(a)  Company Indemnification . The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless CF&Co, the directors, officers, partners, employees and agents of CF&Co and each person, if any, who (i) controls CF&Co within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, or (ii) is controlled by or is under common control with CF&Co (a “ CF&Co Affiliate ”) from and against any and all losses, claims, liabilities, expenses and damages (including, but not limited to, any and all reasonable investigative, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any and all amounts paid in settlement (in accordance with Section 9(c)) of, any action, suit or proceeding between any of the indemnified parties and any indemnifying parties or between any indemnified party and any third party, or otherwise, or any claim asserted), as and when incurred, to which CF&Co, or any such person, may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, liabilities, expenses or damages arise out of or are based, directly or indirectly, on any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any amendments thereto (including the information deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement at the time of effectiveness and at any subsequent time pursuant to Rules 430A and 430B, if applicable) or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided , however , that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to the extent that such loss, claim, liability, expense or damage arises from or is caused directly or indirectly by an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance on and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of CF&Co expressly for inclusion in the Registration Statement or Prospectus. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Company might otherwise have.

 

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(b)  CF&Co Indemnification . CF&Co agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its directors and each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who (i) controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act or (ii) is controlled by or is under common control with the Company (a “ Company Affiliate ”) against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses to which the Company, or any such person, may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, as and when incurred, but only insofar as such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises from or is caused directly or indirectly by an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance on and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of CF&Co expressly for inclusion in the Registration Statement or Prospectus.

(c)  Procedure . Any party that proposes to assert the right to be indemnified under this Section 9 will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against such party in respect of which a claim is to be made against an indemnifying party or parties under this Section 9 , notify each such indemnifying party of the commencement of such action, enclosing a copy of all papers served, but the omission so to notify such indemnifying party will not relieve the indemnifying party from (i) any liability that it might have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 9 and (ii) any liability that it may have to any indemnified party under the foregoing provision of this Section 9 unless, and only to the extent that, such omission results in the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses by the indemnifying party. If any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of its commencement, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in and, to the extent that it elects by delivering written notice to the indemnified party promptly after receiving notice of the commencement of the action from the indemnified party, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense of the action, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense, the indemnifying party will not be liable to the indemnified party for any legal or other expenses except as provided below. The indemnified party will have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action, but the fees, expenses and other charges of such counsel will be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (1) the employment of counsel by the indemnified party has been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (2) the indemnified party has reasonably concluded (based on the written advice of counsel) that there may be legal defenses available to it or other indemnified parties that are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party, (3) a conflict or potential conflict exists (based on the written advice of counsel to the indemnified party) between the indemnified party and the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party will not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party) or (4) the indemnifying party has not in fact employed counsel to assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time after receiving notice of the commencement of the action, in each of which cases the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel will be at the expense of the indemnifying party or parties. It is understood that the indemnifying party or parties shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of more than one separate firm admitted to practice in such jurisdiction at any one time for all such indemnified party or parties. All

 

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such fees, disbursements and other charges will be reimbursed by the indemnifying party promptly as they are incurred. An indemnifying party will not, in any event, be liable for any settlement of any action or claim effected without its written consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of each indemnified party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding relating to the matters contemplated by this Section 9 (whether or not any indemnified party is a party thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising or that may arise out of such claim, action or proceeding.

(d)  Contribution . In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in the foregoing paragraphs of this Section 9 is applicable in accordance with its terms but for any reason is held to be unavailable from the Company or CF&Co, the Company and CF&Co will contribute to the total losses, claims, liabilities, expenses and damages (including any investigative, legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted, but after deducting any contribution received by the Company from persons other than CF&Co, if any), to which the Company and CF&Co may be subject in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and CF&Co, on the other. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and CF&Co on the other hand shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the sale of the Placement Shares (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total compensation received by CF&Co from the sale of Placement Shares on behalf of the Company. If, but only if, the allocation provided by the foregoing sentence is not permitted by applicable law, the allocation of contribution shall be made in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in the foregoing sentence but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and CF&Co, on the other, with respect to the statements or omission that resulted in such loss, claim, liability, expense or damage, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations with respect to such offering. Such relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, on the one hand, or CF&Co, on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and CF&Co agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 9(d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, liability, expense, or damage, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 9(d) shall be deemed to include, for the purpose of this Section 9(d) , any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim to the extent consistent with Section 9(c) hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 9(d) , CF&Co shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the commissions received by it under this Agreement and no person found guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For

 

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purposes of this Section 9(d) , any person who controls a party to this Agreement within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any officers, directors, partners, employees or agents of CF&Co, will have the same rights to contribution as that party, and each trustee of the Company and each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement will have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the provisions hereof. Any party entitled to contribution, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made under this Section 9(d) , will notify any such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify will not relieve that party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any other obligation it or they may have under this Section 9(d) except to the extent that the failure to so notify such other party materially prejudiced the substantive rights or defenses of the party from whom contribution is sought. Except for a settlement entered into pursuant to the last sentence of Section 9(c) hereof, no party will be liable for contribution with respect to any action or claim settled without its written consent if such consent is required pursuant to Section 9(c) hereof.

10.  Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery . All representations and warranties of the Company herein or in certificates delivered pursuant hereto shall survive, as of their respective dates, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of CF&Co, any controlling persons, or the Company (or any of their respective officers, directors or controlling persons), (ii) delivery and acceptance of the Placement Shares and payment therefor or (iii) any termination of this Agreement.

11.  Termination .

(a)  Termination; General. CF&Co may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, as hereinafter specified at any time (1) if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the date as of which information is given in the Prospectus, any change, or any development or event involving a prospective change, which individually or in the aggregate, in the sole judgment of CF&Co has or could have a Material Adverse Effect and makes it impractical or inadvisable to market the Placement Shares or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Placement Shares, (2) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of CF&Co, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Placement Shares or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Placement Shares, (3) if trading in the Placement Shares has been suspended or limited by the Commission or the Exchange, or if trading generally on the Exchange has been suspended or limited, or minimum prices for trading have been fixed on the Exchange, (4) if any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market shall have occurred and be continuing, (5) if a major disruption of securities settlements or clearance services in the United States shall have occurred and be continuing, or (6) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either U.S. Federal or New York authorities.

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(c)  Termination by CF&Co. CF&Co shall have the right, by giving ten (10) days notice as hereinafter specified to terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time after the date of this Agreement .

(d)  Automatic Termination. Unless earlier terminated pursuant to this Section 11, this Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the issuance and sale of the Maximum Amount of Placement Shares through CF&Co pursuant to this Agreement.

(e)  Continued Force and Effect. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless terminated pursuant to Sections 9(k), 11(a), (b), (c), or (d)  above or otherwise by mutual agreement of the parties.

(f)  Effectiveness of Termination. Any termination of this Agreement shall be effective on the date specified in such notice of termination; provided , however , that such termination shall not be effective until the close of business on the date specified in such notice by CF&Co or the Company, as the case may be. If such termination shall occur prior to the Settlement Date for any sale of Placement Shares, such Placement Shares shall settle in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

(g)  Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8(k) or this Section 11 , such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 7(g) hereof, and except that, in the case of any termination of this Agreement, Section 9 , Section 16 and Section 17 hereof, and the obligation herein to pay any discount, commission or other compensation accrued but unpaid, shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.

12.  Notices . All notices or other communications required or permitted to be given by any party to any other party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing, unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, and if sent to CF&Co, shall be delivered to Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., 499 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022, fax no. (212) 308-3730, Attention: Capital Markets/Jeff Lumby, with copies to Stephen Merkel, General Counsel, at the same address, and DLA Piper LLP (US), 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020, fax no. (212) 884-8494, Attention: Dean M. Colucci; or if sent to the Company, shall be delivered to Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 395 Oyster Point Boulevard, Suite 400, South San Francisco, CA 94080, fax no. (650) 266-3505, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, with a copy to Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, Five Palo Alto Square, 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306, fax no. (650) 849-7400, Attention: Suzanne Sawochka Hooper. Each party to this Agreement may change such address for notices by sending to the parties to this Agreement written notice of a new address for such purpose. Each such notice or other communication shall be deemed given (i) when delivered personally or by verifiable facsimile transmission (with an original to follow) on or before 4:30 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day, (ii) on the next Business Day after timely delivery to a nationally-recognized overnight courier and (iii) on the Business Day actually received if deposited in the U.S. mail (certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid). For purposes of this Agreement, “ Business Day ” shall mean any day on which the Exchange and commercial banks in the City of New York are open for business.

 

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13.  Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and CF&Co and their respective successors and the affiliates, controlling persons, officers and directors referred to in Section 9 hereof. References to any of the parties contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the successors and permitted assigns of such party. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assigns any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement. Neither party may assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party.

14.  Adjustments for Stock Splits . The parties acknowledge and agree that all share-related numbers contained in this Agreement shall be adjusted to take into account any stock split, stock dividend or similar event effected with respect to the Placement Shares.

15.  Entire Agreement; Amendment; Severability . This Agreement (including all schedules and exhibits attached hereto and placement notices issued pursuant hereto) constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all other prior and contemporaneous agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter hereof. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be amended except pursuant to a written instrument executed by the Company and CF&Co. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable as written by a court of competent jurisdiction, then such provision shall be given full force and effect to the fullest possible extent that it is valid, legal and enforceable, and the remainder of the terms and provisions herein shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable term or provision was not contained herein, but only to the extent that giving effect to such provision and the remainder of the terms and provisions hereof shall be in accordance with the intent of the parties as reflected in this Agreement.

16.  APPLICABLE LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT, THAT SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM OR THAT THE VENUE OF SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS IMPROPER. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS AND CONSENTS TO PROCESS BEING SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF (CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED) TO SUCH PARTY AT THE ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE SHALL CONSTITUTE GOOD AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE OF PROCESS AND NOTICE THEREOF. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT IN ANY WAY ANY RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.

 

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17.  WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . THE COMPANY AND CF&CO EACH HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

18.  Counterparts . This 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. Delivery of an executed Agreement by one party to the other may be made by facsimile transmission.

19.  Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below:

(a) “ Applicable Time ” means the date of this Agreement, each Representation Date, the date on which a Placement Notice is given, any date on which Placement Shares are sold hereunder, or such other time as agreed to by the Company and CF&Co.

(b) “ Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, relating to the Placement Shares that (1) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (2) is a “road show” that is a “written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (3) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Placement Shares or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, and all free writing prospectuses that are listed in Exhibit G hereto, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the Securities Act.

(c) “ Rule 433 ” means Rule 433 of the Securities Act.

All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information that is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (and all other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be.

All references in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to IDEA; all references in this Agreement to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (other than any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses that, pursuant to Rule 433, are not required to be filed with the Commission) shall be deemed to include the copy thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to IDEA; and all references in this Agreement to “supplements” to the Prospectus shall include, without limitation, any supplements, “wrappers” or similar materials prepared in connection with any offering, sale or private placement of any Placement Shares by CF&Co outside of the United States.

 

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20.  Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses . The Company represents, warrants and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of CF&Co, and CF&Co represents, warrants and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Placement Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by CF&Co or by the Company, as the case may be, is hereinafter referred to as a “ Permitted Free Writing Prospectus .” The Company represents and warrants that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. For the purposes of clarity, the parties hereto agree that all free writing prospectuses, if any, listed in Exhibit G hereto are Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses.

21.  Absence of Fiduciary Relationship . The Company acknowledges and agrees that:

(a) CF&Co has been retained solely to act as underwriter in connection with the sale of the Placement Shares and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company and CF&Co has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective of whether CF&Co has advised or is advising the Company on other matters;

(b) the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

(c) the Company has been advised that CF&Co and its affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that CF&Co has no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and

(d) CF&Co has not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and it has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate;

(e) the Company waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against CF&Co, for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agrees that CF&Co shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company in respect to such fiduciary claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including shareholders, partners, employees or creditors of the Company.

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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between the Company and CF&Co, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement between the Company and CF&Co.

 

Very truly yours,
SUNESIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:  

/s/    Daniel N. Swisher, Jr.

Name:   Daniel N. Swisher, Jr.
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

 

ACCEPTED as of the date first-above written:
CANTOR FITZGERALD & CO.
By:  

/s/    Jeffrey Lumby

Name:   Jeffrey Lumby
Title:   Managing Director

[Signature page to Sales Agreement]


SCHEDULE 1

FORM OF PLACEMENT NOTICE*

 

From:    [                            ]
Cc:    [                            ]
To:    [                            ]

Subject: Controlled Equity Offering—Placement Notice

Gentlemen:

Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the Controlled Equity OfferingSM Sales Agreement between Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (“CF&Co”) dated January 20, 2010 (the “Agreement”), I hereby request on behalf of the Company that CF&Co sell up to [ ] shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, at a minimum market price of $          per share.

[ The Company may include such other sales parameters at it deems appropriate. ]


SCHEDULE 2

CANTOR FITZGERALD & CO.

Jeff Lumby

Josh Feldman

Peter Dippolito

SUNESIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Daniel N. Swisher, Jr.

Eric H. Bjerkholt


SCHEDULE 3

COMPENSATION

CF&Co shall be paid compensation up to but not exceeding 5% of the gross proceeds from the sales of the Placement Shares.


Exhibit 7(m)

OFFICER CERTIFICATE

The undersigned, the duly qualified and elected                              , of SUNESIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (“ Company ”), a Delaware corporation, does hereby certify in such capacity and on behalf of the Company, pursuant to Section 7(m) of the Sales Agreement dated January 20, 2010 (the “ Sales Agreement ”) between the Company and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., that to the best of the knowledge of the undersigned.

(i) The representations and warranties of the Company in Section 6 of the Sales Agreement (A) to the extent such representations and warranties are subject to qualifications and exceptions contained therein relation to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, are true and correct on and as of the date hereof, except for those representations and warranties that speak solely as of a specific date and which were true and correct as of such date, with the same force and effect as if expressly made on and as of the date hereof and (B) to the extent such representations and warranties are not subject to any qualifications or exceptions, are true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof as if made on and as of the date hereof except for those representations and warranties that speak solely as of a specific date and which were true and correct as of such date, with the same force and effect as if expressly made on and as of the date hereof; and

(ii) The Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied pursuant to the Sales Agreement at or prior to the date hereof.

 

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Date: