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): March 13, 2014

 

 

MICROVISION, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-34170   91-1600822

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

6244 185th Ave NE, Suite 100

Redmond, Washington 98052

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (425) 936-6847

 

 

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):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Underwriting Agreement

On March 13, 2014, MicroVision, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. (the “Underwriter”). The Underwriting Agreement provides for the sale of (i) an aggregate of 7,160,000 shares (“Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), and (ii) warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,148,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Warrants”). The shares of Common Stock and Warrants are being sold as units (“Units”), with each Unit consisting of one Share and one Warrant to purchase 0.3 shares of Common Stock, at a public offering price of $1.94 per Unit, less the underwriting discounts and commissions payable by the Company (the “Offering”). The Underwriter will purchase the Units at a discounted price of $1.8236 per Unit. The transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement are expected to close on March 18, 2014, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The Shares and the Warrants are being offered and sold pursuant to the Company’s registration statements on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 333-192864 and 333-184703 and the Registration Statement filed on March 13, 2014 pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 relating thereto).

Warrant Agreement

Upon closing of the Offering, the Company will enter into a warrant agreement (the “Warrant Agreement”) pursuant to which the Warrants will be issued at an exercise price equal to $2.47 per share. The warrants will be exercisable at any time beginning six months from the date of issuance and until the five-year anniversary of the date of initial issuance. The warrants may be exercised by surrendering to the warrant agent the warrant certificate evidencing the warrants to be exercised with the accompanying exercise notice, appropriately completed, duly signed and delivered, together with cash payment of the exercise price, if applicable.

In the event of an extraordinary transaction, as described in the warrants and generally including any merger with or into another entity, sale of all or substantially all of our assets, tender offer or exchange offer, or reclassification of our common stock, in which the amount of the alternate consideration is less than the exercise price of the warrant, then we or any successor entity shall pay at the holder’s option, exercisable at any time concurrently with or within thirty (30) days after the consummation of the fundamental transaction, an amount of cash equal to the value of the warrant as determined in accordance with the Black Scholes option pricing model.

Upon surrender of the warrant certificate, with the exercise notice appropriately completed and duly signed and cash payment of the exercise price, if applicable, on and subject to the terms and conditions of the warrant agreement, we will deliver or cause to be delivered, to or upon the written order of such holder, the number of whole shares of common stock to which the holder is entitled, which shares may be delivered in book-entry form. If fewer than all of the warrants evidenced by a warrant certificate are to be exercised, a new warrant certificate will be issued for the remaining number of warrants.

If, and only if, a registration statement relating to the issuance of the shares underlying the warrants is not then effective or available, a holder of warrants would only be entitled to exercise the warrants on a cashless basis, where the holder receives the net value of the warrant in shares of common stock. Holders of warrants also will be able to exercise their warrants only if the shares of common stock underlying the warrant are qualified for sale or are at the time exempt from qualification under the applicable securities or blue sky laws of the states in which such holder (or other persons to whom it is proposed that shares be issued on exercise of the warrants) reside. Shares issued pursuant to a cashless exercise would be freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) by persons other than our affiliates (within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act).

The exercise price and the number and type of securities purchasable upon exercise of warrants are subject to adjustment upon certain corporate events, including certain combinations, consolidations, liquidations, mergers, recapitalizations, reclassifications, reorganizations, stock dividends and stock splits, a sale of all or substantially all of our assets and certain other events.


No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the warrants. The warrants do not confer upon holders any voting or other rights as stockholders of the Company.

A copy of the opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of the securities in the Offering is attached as Exhibit 5.1 hereto. Copies of the Underwriting Agreement and the Warrant Agreement are filed herewith as Exhibits 1.1 and 4.1, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Offering by the Company and the documentation related thereto does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibits.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On March 13, 2014, the Company issued the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 is being “furnished” pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference into those filings of the Company that provide for the incorporation of all reports and documents filed by the Company under the Exchange Act.

Certain Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K may contain certain statements contained in this release, including those relating to closing of the offering, as well as statements containing words like “expected,” and other similar expressions, are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. All such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including the risk that the transaction described above may not be completed. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to those detailed from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

Readers are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included in this Current Report are made only as of the date of this Current Report and the company undertakes no obligation to publicly update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits .

 

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement by and between MicroVision, Inc. and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. dated March 13, 2014.
  4.1    Form of Warrant Agreement.
  5.1    Opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP.
23.1    Consent of Ropes & Gray LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 above).
99.1    MicroVision, Inc. Press Release, dated March 13, 2014.


SIGNATURES

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

 

MICROVISION, INC.
By:  

/s/ David J. Westgor

  David J. Westgor
  Vice President, General Counsel

Date: March 13, 2014

Exhibit 1.1

EXECUTION COPY

MICROVISION, INC.

7,160,000 Shares of Common Stock

Warrants to Purchase 2,148,000 Shares of Common Stock

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

March 13, 2014

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

85 Broad Street

New York, NY 10004

Ladies and Gentlemen:

MicroVision, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, to sell to you, as the underwriter (the “ Underwriter ”), an aggregate of (i) 7,160,000 shares (the “ Shares ”) of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “ Common Stock ”) and (ii) warrants to purchase 2,148,000 shares of Common Stock (the “ Warrants ”, and together with the Shares, the “ Securities ”). The shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants are referred to herein as the “ Warrant Shares .”

The Company has prepared and filed in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and the published rules and regulations thereunder (the “ Rules ”) adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) (i) a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-184703) (the “ First Registration Statement ”) and (ii) a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-192864) (the “ Second Registration Statement ”), and such amendments thereof to the date of this Agreement. Copies of each such Registration Statement (including all amendments thereof) and of the related Preliminary Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) have heretofore been delivered by the Company to you. The term “ Preliminary Prospectus ” means any preliminary prospectus included at any time as a part of each such Registration Statement or filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the Rules. The term “ Registration Statements ” as used in this Agreement means each such registration statement (including all exhibits, financial schedules and all documents and information deemed to be a part of the First Registration Statement and the Second Registration Statement through incorporation by reference or otherwise), as amended at the time and on the date it became effective (each such date being referred to herein as an “ Effective Date ”), including the information (if any) contained in the form of final prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and deemed to be part thereof at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules. If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement to register additional Securities pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Rules (each a “ 462(b) Registration Statement ”), then any reference herein to the Registration


Statements shall also be deemed to include any such 462(b) Registration Statement. The term “ Prospectus ” as used in this Agreement means the prospectus in the form included in each such Registration Statement at the time of effectiveness or, if Rule 430A of the Rules is relied on, the term Prospectus shall also include the final prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to and within the time limits described in Rule 424(b) of the Rules. Reference made herein to any Preliminary Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) or to the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents incorporated by reference therein, including pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the date of such Preliminary Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, or the Prospectus, as the case may be, or thereafter, and any reference to any amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any document filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), after the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and incorporated by reference in such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be.

The Company understands that the Underwriter proposes to make a public offering of the Securities, as set forth in and pursuant to the Statutory Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) and the Prospectus, as soon after the date of this Agreement as the Underwriter deems advisable. The Company hereby confirms that the Underwriter and dealers have been authorized to distribute or cause to be distributed each Preliminary Prospectus, and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) and are authorized to distribute the Prospectus (as from time to time amended or supplemented if the Company furnishes amendments or supplements thereto to the Underwriter).

1. Sale, Purchase, Delivery and Payment for the Securities . On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements contained in, and subject to the terms and conditions of, this Agreement:

(a) The Company agrees to issue and sell to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of $1.8236 per unit (each unit composed of one Share and one Warrant), the Securities.

(b) Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, the Securities shall be made at the offices of Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the third business day following the date of this Agreement or at such time on such other date, not later than ten (10) business days after the date of this Agreement, as shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Underwriter (such time and date of delivery and payment is called the “ Closing Date ”).

(c) Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds against delivery of the respective certificates to the Underwriter.

(e) The Securities shall be registered in such names and shall be in such denominations as the Underwriter shall request at least two full business days before the Closing Date and shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the Underwriter through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) for the account of the Underwriter. The Company will cause the certificates representing the Securities to be made available for checking and packaging, at such place as is designated by the Underwriter, on the full business day before the Closing Date.

 

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2. Representations and Warranties of the Company .

(a) The Company represents and warrants to the Underwriter, as of the date hereof, as follows:

(i) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing or the time of first use within the meaning of the Rules, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules, and did 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, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; except that the foregoing shall not apply to statements in or omissions from any Preliminary Prospectus made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, information relating to the Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriter, expressly for use in the preparation thereof, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the statements made in the second and seventh paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus (collectively, the “ Underwriter Information ”).

(ii) Registration Statement . The First Registration Statement, the Second Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto have been declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act or have become effective pursuant to Rule 462 under the Rules. The Company has responded to all requests, if any, of the Commission for additional or supplemental information. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statements or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement is in effect and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission.

(iii) Compliance with Securities Act Requirements . Each of the Registration Statements, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective (including each deemed Effective Time), at all other subsequent times until the Closing Date, conformed and will conform in all material respects with the applicable requirements and provisions of the Securities Act, the Rules and the Exchange 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; except that the foregoing shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statements, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or any post-effective amendment thereto, or any amendments or supplements thereto, made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, information relating to the Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriter, expressly for use in the preparation thereof, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Underwriter Information.

 

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(iv) Contents of Prospectus . The Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, as of its date, and the time of first use within the meaning of the Rules, at all subsequent times until the Closing Date, conformed and will conform in all material respects with the applicable requirements and provisions of the Securities Act and the Rules and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; except that the foregoing shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, information relating to the Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriter, expressly for use in the preparation thereof, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Underwriter Information.

(v) Incorporated Documents . Each of the documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statements, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(vi) Not an Ineligible Issuer . (1) At the earliest time after the filing of the First Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Securities and (2) as of the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, including the Company or any Subsidiary in the preceding three years not having been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or having been made the subject of a judicial or administrative decree or order as described in Rule 405 (without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer), nor an “excluded issuer” as defined in Rule 164 under the Securities Act.

(vii) General Disclosure Package . As of the Applicable Time (as defined below), neither (A) the Issuer General Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the Statutory Prospectus (as defined below) and the information included on Schedule I hereto, all considered together (collectively, the “ General Disclosure Package ”), nor (B) any individual Issuer Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below), when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, includes or included as of the Applicable Time any untrue statement of a material fact or omits or omitted as of the Applicable Time to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Statutory Prospectus included in the Registration Statements or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter specifically for use therein, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Underwriter Information. As used in this paragraph and elsewhere in this Agreement:

 

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(1) “ Applicable Time ” means 8:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the date of this Agreement or such other time as agreed to by the Company and the Underwriter.

(2) “ Statutory Prospectus ” means the Preliminary Prospectus, if any, and the base prospectus from each of the First Registration Statement and the Second Registration Statement relating to the Securities included as part of the Registration Statements, as amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof. For purposes of this definition, information contained in a form of prospectus that is deemed retroactively to be a part of the Registration Statements pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act shall be considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus as of the actual time that form of prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act.

(3) “ Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, relating to the Securities, including any electronic road show, that (A) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company or (B) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) under the Securities Act because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the Securities Act.

(4) “ Issuer General Free Writing Prospectus ” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule II hereto.

(5) “ Issuer Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus ” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Free Writing Prospectus.

(viii) Conflict with the Registration Statements . Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the Closing Date or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Underwriter as described in Section 4(a)(iv) , did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statements, any Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus.

(ix) Free Writing Prospectuses . Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus satisfied, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the Closing Date, all other conditions to use thereof as set forth in Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act.

 

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(x) Distributed Materials . The Company has not distributed and will not distribute any prospectus or other offering material in connection with the offering other than any Preliminary Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or other materials, if any, permitted under the Securities Act to be distributed by the Company; provided, however, that, except as set forth on Schedule II , the Company has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, except in accordance with the provisions of Section 4(f) of this Agreement.

(xi) Financial Statements . The financial statements of the Company, together with the related notes, set forth or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statements, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Company as of the dates indicated and the results of operations and changes in cash flows for the periods therein specified in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied throughout the periods involved (in the case of unaudited interim financial statements, subject to normal year-end adjustments); and the supporting schedules included in the Registration Statements present fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be stated therein. No other financial statements or schedules are required to be included in the Registration Statements, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.

(xii) Independent Accountants . To the Company’s knowledge, Moss Adams LLP (the “ Auditor ”), which has expressed its opinion with respect to the financial statements and schedules filed as a part of, or incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statements and included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statements, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and with regard to the Company’s internal control over financing reporting and management’s assessment thereof, is an independent public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Rules and such accountants are not in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”).

(xiii) Organization . Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has full corporate power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as currently being conducted and as described in the Registration Statements, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases real property or in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a material adverse effect upon the business, prospects, properties, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (“ Material Adverse Effect ”).

 

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(xiv) Absence of Material Changes. Except as contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the General Disclosure Package, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any material transactions, or declared or paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind with respect to its capital stock; and there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than a change permitted pursuant to this Agreement, including without limitation a change in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock due to the issuance of shares upon the exercise of outstanding options or warrants), or any material change in the short-term or long-term debt, or any issuance of options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights to purchase the capital stock, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any material adverse change in the financial condition, business, prospects, property or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (“ Material Adverse Change ”).

(xv) Legal Proceedings . Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, there is not pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or contemplated, any action, suit or proceeding to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company is the subject before or by any court or governmental agency, authority or body, or any arbitrator, which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be likely to result in a Material Adverse Change.

(xvi) Contracts. There are no statutes, regulations, contracts or documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statements, in the General Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus or be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statements by the Securities Act or by the Rules that have not been so described or filed.

(xvii) Due Authorization and Enforceability . The Company has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to authorize, issue and sell the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as rights to indemnity hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws and except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and subject to general principles of equity. The Warrants have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, liquidation, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles. All necessary corporate action has been duly and validly taken by the Company to authorize the issuance and delivery of the Warrant Shares by the Company.

(xviii) No Conflict . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Warrants and the consummation of the transactions therein contemplated, including the issuance and sale by the Company of the Securities and the Warrant Shares, will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions

 

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of, or constitute a default under, (a) any statute, (b) any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property is subject, (c) the Company’s charter or by-laws, or (d) any order, rule, regulation or decree of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties, other than, with respect to clauses (a), (b) and (d) above, any conflict, breach, default or violation that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xix) No Consents Required . Except for the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including as may be required with respect to the listing of the Shares and the Warrant Shares on the Nasdaq Global Market or as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws in connection with the offering or that would not have a Material Adverse Effect, no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any court or governmental administrative or regulatory agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Warrants or for the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Shares and the Warrant Shares.

(xx) Capitalization . All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company, including the outstanding shares of Common Stock, are duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, were not issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or purchase securities that have not been waived in writing (a copy of which has been delivered to counsel to the Underwriter) or satisfied, and the holders thereof are not subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders. The Company has an authorized and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statements, in the General Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus. The capital stock of the Company, including the Common Stock, conforms to the description thereof in the Registration Statements, in the General Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus. The Company has reserved and kept available for the exercise of the Warrants such number of authorized but unissued shares as are sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Warrants. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise described in the Registration Statements, in the General Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus and except for any directors’ qualifying shares, the Company owns of record and beneficially, free and clear of any security interests, claims, liens, proxies, equities or other encumbrances, all of the issued and outstanding shares of such stock.

(xxi) The Securities . The Shares, when delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, and the Warrant Shares, upon exercise of the Warrants, have been duly authorized and, when issued, delivered and paid for in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will have been validly issued and will be fully paid and nonassessable.

(xxii) Preemptive Rights . Except as otherwise stated in the Registration Statements, in the General Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, there are no statutory or contractual preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase,

 

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or any restriction upon the voting or transfer of, any Securities pursuant to the Company’s charter, by-laws or any agreement or other instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound.

(xxiii) Registration Rights . Neither the filing of the Registration Statements nor the offering or sale of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights for or relating to the registration of any shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company.

(xxiv) Lock-Up Agreements . Prior to the Closing Date the Company shall have received copies of the executed Lock-Up Agreements, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the “ Lock-Up Agreement ”) executed by each entity or person listed on Schedule III hereto, and such Lock-Up Agreements shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date.

(xxv) Permits . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries holds, and is operating in compliance in all respects with, all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, consents, certificates and orders of any governmental or self regulatory body required for the conduct of its business and all such franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, consents, certifications and orders are valid and in full force and effect, except where non-compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all respects with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, regulations, orders and decrees, except where non-compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxvi) Good Title to Property . The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property described in the Registration Statements, in the General Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus as being owned by them other than Intellectual Property, which is covered by Section 2(a)(xxvii) hereof, in each case free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests, other encumbrances or defects except such as are described in the General Disclosure Package, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Any real property held under lease by the Company and its Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with only such exceptions with respect to any particular lease as are not material and do not interfere in any material respect with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its Subsidiaries, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxvii) Intellectual Property . To the Company’s knowledge, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect and other than as disclosed in the Registration Statements, General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns or possesses all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, tradenames, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets and rights necessary for the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently carried on and as described in the Registration Statements, in the General Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus.

 

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(xxviii) No Violation . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is (a) in violation of its respective charter or by-laws or (b) in breach of or otherwise in default, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default in the performance of any material obligation, agreement or condition contained in any bond, debenture, note, indenture, loan agreement or any other material contract, lease or other instrument to which it is subject or by which any of them may be bound, or to which any of the material property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, other than, in the case of clause (b) above, any conflict, breach or violation that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxix) Taxes . Other than would not have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries have timely filed all federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns required to be filed and are not in default in the payment of any taxes to the extent due which were payable pursuant to said returns or any assessments with respect thereto, other than any which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is contesting in good faith.

(xxx) Trading Market; Exchange Act Registration. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statements, in the General Disclosure Package, and in the Prospectus, the Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is included or approved for inclusion on the Nasdaq Global Market and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting the Common Stock from the Nasdaq Global Market nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is contemplating terminating such registration or listing. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statements, in the General Disclosure Package, and in Prospectus, the Company is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Nasdaq Global Market for maintenance of inclusion of the Common Stock thereon. The Company has filed a listing application with the Nasdaq Global Market in respect of the Shares.

(xxxi) Subsidiaries . Other than the subsidiaries of the Company listed in Schedule IV hereto (each a “ Subsidiary ” and collectively, the “ Subsidiaries ”) and except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statements, in the General Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, the Company, directly or indirectly, owns no capital stock or other equity or ownership or proprietary interest in any corporation, partnership, association, trust or other entity.

(xxxii) Accounting Controls . The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls that have been designed to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action

 

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is taken with respect to any differences. Except as described in the Registration Statements, in the General Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, since the most recent audit of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, there has been (i) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (ii) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

(xxxiii) Broker’s Fee . Other than as contemplated by this Agreement or as otherwise disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has not incurred any liability for any finder’s or broker’s fee or agent’s commission in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

(xxxiv) Insurance . The Company carries, or is covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries.

(xxxv) Investment Company . The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and application of the net proceeds from the offering as set forth in the General Disclosure Package will not be an “investment company,” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(xxxvi) Use of Form S-3 . The conditions for use of Form S-3, set forth in the General Instructions thereto, including General Instruction I.B.1, have been satisfied.

(xxxvii) Sarbanes-Oxley . The Company is in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(xxxviii) Disclosure Controls . The Company has established and maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) and such controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that material information relating to the Company, including its Subsidiaries, is made known to the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer. The Company has utilized such controls and procedures in preparing and evaluating the disclosures in the Registration Statements, in the General Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus.

(xxxix) No Price Stabilization . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of their respective officers, directors, affiliates or controlling persons has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might be reasonably expected to cause or result in, or which has constituted or which 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 Securities in violation of applicable law.

 

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(xl) No Labor Disputes . No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company exists, or, to the Company’s knowledge, is threatened or imminent, which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company is not aware that any key employee or significant group of employees of the Company plans to terminate employment with the Company.

(xli) Defined Benefit Plans. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has maintained or contributed to a defined benefit plan as defined in Section 3(35) of Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ ERISA ”). No plan maintained or contributed to by the Company that is subject to ERISA (an “ ERISA Plan ”) (or any trust created thereunder) has engaged in a “prohibited transaction” within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code that could subject the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to any tax penalty on prohibited transactions and that has not adequately been corrected except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Each ERISA Plan is in compliance in all material respects with all reporting, disclosure and other requirements of the Code and ERISA as they relate to such ERISA Plan, except for any noncompliance which would not result in the imposition of a material tax or monetary penalty. With respect to each ERISA Plan that is intended to be “qualified” within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code, either (i) a determination letter has been issued by the Internal Revenue Service stating that such ERISA Plan and the attendant trust are qualified thereunder, or (ii) the remedial amendment period under Section 401(b) of the Code with respect to the establishment of such ERISA Plan has not ended and a determination letter application will be filed with respect to such ERISA Plan prior to the end of such remedial amendment period. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has ever completely or partially withdrawn from a “multiemployer plan,” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.

(xlii) Compliance with Environmental Laws . The Company and its Subsidiaries (a) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, orders, rules, regulations, directives, decrees and judgments relating to the use, treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous or toxic substances or waste and protection of human health and safety or the environment which are applicable to their businesses (“ Environmental Laws ”), (b) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct its business; and (c) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, except in the case of subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 2(a)(xlii) as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xliii) No Undisclosed Relationships . No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company and any of its Subsidiaries on the one hand and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their affiliates on the other hand, which is required to be described in the Registration Statements, in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or a document incorporated by reference therein and which has not been so described.

 

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(xliv) Forward-Looking Statements . No forward-looking statements (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in either the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

(xlv) Minute Books . The minute books of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries, representing all existing records of all meetings and actions of the board of directors (including, Audit, Compensation and Nomination/Corporate Governance Committees) and stockholders of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “ Corporate Records ”) through the date of the latest meeting and action have been made available to the Underwriter or counsel for the Underwriter. All such Corporate Records are substantially complete and accurately reflect, in all material respects, all transactions referred to in such Corporate Records. There are no material transactions, agreements or other actions that have been consummated by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries that are not properly approved and/or recorded in the Corporate Records of the Company and the Subsidiaries.

(xlvi) Foreign Corrupt Practices . Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company, including without limitation any director, officer, agent or employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries has, directly or indirectly, while acting on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity or failed to disclose fully any contribution in violation of law, (ii) made any payment to any federal or state governmental officer or official, or other person charged with similar public or quasi-public duties, other than payments required or permitted by the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction thereof, (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payments.

(xlvii) Statistical or Market-Related Data . Any statistical, industry-related and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statements, a Statutory Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, are based on or derived from sources that the Company reasonably and in good faith believes to be reliable and accurate, and such data agree with the sources from which they are derived.

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

 

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(xlix) Audit Committee. The Company’s Board of Directors has validly appointed an audit committee whose composition satisfies the requirements of Section 10A-3 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of any trading market (including Rule 5605(c)(2) of the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules) and the Board of Directors and/or the audit committee has adopted a charter that satisfies the requirements of Section 10A-3 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of any trading market (including Rule 5605(c)(1) of the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules).

(l) OFAC . Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“ OFAC ”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

(li) FINRA Matters. The Company satisfies the pre-October 21, 1992 eligibility requirements for the use of a registration statement on Form S-3 in connection with the offering of the Securities, including, without limitation: (i) having a non-affiliate, public common equity float of at least $100 million with 60 days prior to the date of this Agreement and annual trading volume of at least three million shares for the continuous 12-month period ended on the date of this Agreement and (ii) having been subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements for a period of at least 36 months immediately preceding the date of this Agreement.

(lii) Shareholder Approval. No approval of the shareholders of the Company under the rules and regulations of any trading market (including Rule 5635 of the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules) is required for the Company to issue and deliver the Securities to the Underwriter.

(b) Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered hereunder to the Underwriter or to counsel for the Underwriter in connection with the offering shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.

3. Conditions of the Underwriter’s Obligations . The obligation of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities is subject to each of the following terms and conditions:

(a) Notification that each of the Registration Statements has become effective shall have been received by the Underwriter and the Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission in accordance with Section 4(a) of this Agreement and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules shall have been timely filed with the Commission in accordance with such rule.

 

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(b) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules), shall have been or shall be in effect and no order suspending the effectiveness of either of the Registration Statements shall be in effect and no proceedings for such purpose shall be pending before or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission, and any requests for additional information on the part of the Commission (to be included in the Registration Statements or the Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Commission and the Underwriter. If the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 430A, Rule 430A information previously omitted from the effective Registration Statements pursuant to Rule 430A shall have been transmitted to the Commission for filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and the Company shall have provided evidence satisfactory to the Underwriter of such timely filing, or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been promptly filed and declared effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430A.

(c) The representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement and in the certificates delivered pursuant to Section 3(d) shall be true and correct when made and on and as of the Closing Date as if made on such date. The Company shall have performed all covenants and agreements and satisfied all the conditions contained in this Agreement required to be performed or satisfied by them at or before such Closing Date.

(d) The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate, addressed to the Underwriter and dated such Closing Date, of the chief executive or chief operating officer and the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company to the effect that: (i) the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company in this Agreement were true and correct when made and are true and correct as of such Closing Date; (ii) the Company has performed all covenants and agreements and satisfied all conditions contained herein required to be performed or satisfied by the Company; (iii) in their opinion (A) as of the Effective Date, the Registration Statements and Prospectus did not include, and as of the Applicable Time, neither (i) the General Disclosure Package, nor (ii) any individual Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included, any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (B) since the Effective Date, no event has occurred which should have been set forth in a supplement or otherwise required an amendment to the Registration Statements, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus; and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statements has been issued and, to their knowledge, no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending under the Securities Act.

(e) The Underwriter shall have received: (i) simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement a signed letter from the Auditor addressed to the Underwriter and dated the date of this Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in

 

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accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statements and the General Disclosure Package, and (ii) on the Closing Date, a signed letter from the Auditor addressed to the Underwriter and dated the date of such Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statements and the Prospectus.

(f) The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date from Ropes & Gray LLP, counsel for the Company, an opinion and written statement, addressed to the Underwriter and dated such Closing Date, in form and substance as is set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto.

(g) The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date from Goodwin Procter LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, an opinion and written statement, addressed to the Representative and dated such Closing Date, with respect to the validity of the Securities, the Registration Statements, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and other related matters as the Underwriter reasonably may request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

(h) All proceedings taken in connection with the sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter.

(i) The Underwriter shall have received copies of the Lock-Up Agreements executed by each entity or person listed on Schedule III hereto.

(j) The Shares and the Warrant Shares shall have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq Global Market, subject only to official notice of issuance.

(k) The Underwriter shall be reasonably satisfied that since the respective dates as of which information is given in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) except as set forth or contemplated by the Registration Statements, the Statutory Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, there shall not have been any material change in the capital stock of the Company (other than as a result or the exercise of outstanding stock options) or any material change in the indebtedness (other than in the ordinary course of business) of the Company, (ii) except as set forth or contemplated by the Registration Statements, the Statutory Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, no material oral or written agreement or other transaction shall have been entered into by the Company that is not in the ordinary course of business or that could reasonably be expected to result in a material reduction in the future earnings of the Company, (iii) except as set forth or contemplated by the Registration Statements, the Statutory Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, no loss or damage (whether or not insured) to the property of the Company shall have been sustained that had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) except as set forth or contemplated by the Registration Statements, the Statutory Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, no legal or governmental action, suit or proceeding affecting the Company or any of its properties that is

 

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material to the Company or that affects or could reasonably be expected to affect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been instituted or threatened and (v) except as set forth or contemplated by the Registration Statements, the Statutory Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, there shall not have been any material adverse change in the assets, properties, financial condition, or in the results of operations, business affairs or business prospects of the Company or its Subsidiaries considered as a whole that makes it impractical or inadvisable in the Underwriter’s judgment to proceed with the purchase or offering of the Securities as contemplated hereby.

(l) On the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a Secretary’s Certificate of the Company.

(m) On the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a Certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

(n) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Underwriter such further certificates or documents as the Underwriter shall have reasonably requested.

4. Covenants and other Agreements of the Company and the Underwriter .

(a) The Company covenants and agrees as follows:

(i) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statements, if not effective at the time of execution of this Agreement, and any amendments thereto, to become effective as promptly as possible. The Company shall prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Underwriter and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by the Rules. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.

(ii) The Company shall promptly advise the Underwriter in writing (A) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statements shall have become effective or any supplement to the Prospectus shall have been filed, (B) of any request by the Commission for any amendment of the Registration Statements or the Prospectus or for any additional information, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statements or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules, or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (D) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company shall not file any amendment of the Registration Statements or supplement to the Prospectus or any document incorporated by reference in the Registration Statements or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Underwriter a copy for its

 

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review prior to filing and shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Underwriter reasonably objects. The Company shall use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of any stop order. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b), Rule 433 or Rule 462 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).

(iii) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Rules) is required to be delivered under the Securities Act and the Rules, any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Rules, the Company promptly shall prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (ii) of this Section 4(a) , an amendment or supplement which shall correct such statement or omission or an amendment which shall effect such compliance.

(iv) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statements or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at the subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriter and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

(v) The Company shall make generally available to its security holders and to the Underwriter as soon as practicable an earnings statement, which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 158 of the Rules.

(vi) The Company shall furnish to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statements (including all exhibits thereto and amendments thereof) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by the Underwriter or any dealer may be required by the Securities Act or the Rules, as many copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments thereof and supplements thereto as the Underwriter may reasonably request. If applicable, the copies of the Registration Statements, preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and Prospectus and each amendment and supplement thereto furnished to the Underwriter will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

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(vii) The Company shall cooperate with the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter in endeavoring to qualify the Securities for offer and sale in connection with the offering under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriter may designate and shall maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith, as a condition thereof, to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or subject itself to taxation as doing business in any jurisdiction.

(viii) The Company, during the period when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Rules) is required to be delivered under the Securities Act and the Rules or the Exchange Act, will file all reports and other documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15 of the Exchange Act within the time periods required by the Exchange Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

(ix) Without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, for a period of 90 days after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall not offer for sale; sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option for the sale of, enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate, or otherwise issue or dispose of, directly or indirectly (or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge, grant, issuance or other disposition), any Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or any options or rights to purchase or acquire, Common Stock, other than (i) the Company’s sale of the Securities, including the Warrant Shares, to the Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement; (ii) the issuance of restricted Common Stock or options to acquire Common Stock pursuant to the Company’s employee benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or other employee compensation plans as such plans are in existence on the date hereof and described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or (iii) issuances of Common Stock pursuant to valid exercises or conversions of options, warrants, convertible securities or rights outstanding on the date hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Company represents and warrants that Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to (ii) above shall be subject to similar lockup restrictions as set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto and the Company shall enforce such rights and impose stop-transfer restrictions on any such sale or other transfer or disposition of such shares until the end of the applicable period and (ii) if (x) during the last 17 days of the 90 day period described in this Section 4(a)(ix) the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (y) prior to the expiration of such 90 day period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16 day period beginning on the last day of the 90 day period; the restrictions imposed during this Section 4(a)(ix) shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event; provided, however, that this sentence shall not apply if the research published or distributed on the Company is compliant under Rule 139 of the Securities Act and the Company’s securities are actively traded as defined in Rule 101(c)(1) of Regulation M of the Exchange Act. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the restrictions contained in this Section 4(i)(x) be construed to prevent the Company from registering shares for resale by investors pursuant to existing registration rights.

 

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(x) On or before completion of this offering, the Company shall make all filings required under applicable securities laws and by the Nasdaq Global Market (including any required registration under the Exchange Act).

(xi) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company will issue no press release or other communications directly or indirectly and hold no press conference with respect to the Company, the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of any of them, or the offering of the Securities or the Warrant Shares without the prior written consent of the Underwriter unless in the judgment of the Company and its counsel, and after notification to the Underwriter, such press release or communication is required by law.

(xii) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering of the Securities in the manner set forth under “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus.

(b) The Company agrees to pay, or reimburse if paid by the Underwriter, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, all costs and expenses incident to the public offering of the Securities and the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement including those relating to: (i) the preparation, printing, reproduction filing and distribution of the Registration Statements including all exhibits thereto, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, all amendments and supplements thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein, and the printing, filing and distribution of this Agreement; (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates for the Securities to the Underwriter; (iii) the registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various jurisdictions referred to in Section 4(a)(vii) , including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter in connection with such registration and qualification and the preparation, printing, distribution and shipment of preliminary and supplementary Blue Sky memoranda; (iv) the furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) to the Underwriter of copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and all amendments or supplements to the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and of the several documents required by this Section to be so furnished, as may be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities by the Underwriter or by dealers to whom Securities may be sold; (v) the filing fees of FINRA in connection with its review of the terms of the public offering and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter in connection with such review; (vi) inclusion of the Shares and the Warrant Shares for listing on the Nasdaq Global Market; (vii) all transfer taxes, if any, with respect to the sale and delivery of the Securities by the Company to the Underwriter; (viii) reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriter; and (ix) the costs and expenses of the Company and the Underwriter in connection with the marketing of the offering and the sale of the Securities including, but not limited to, those related to any presentations or meetings undertaken in connection therewith including, without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged with

 

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the written consent of the Company in connection with the road show presentations, travel, lodging and other expenses incurred by the officers of the Company and any such consultants, and the cost of any aircraft or other transportation chartered in connection with the road show. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Company be obligated to reimburse the Underwriter pursuant to this Section 4(b) in an amount in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate without the Company’s prior written consent and presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses.

(c) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriter has acted and is acting solely in the capacity of a principal in an arm’s length transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other hand, with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor, agent or fiduciary to the Company or any other person. Additionally, the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriter has not and will not advise the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company has consulted with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriter shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company or any other person with respect thereto, whether arising prior to or after the date hereof. Any review by the Underwriter of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions have been and will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriter and shall not be on behalf of the Company. The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriter has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary duty to the Company or any other person in connection with any such transaction or the process leading thereto.

(d) If requested by the Underwriter, the Company will prepare a final term sheet relating to the Securities, containing only information that describes the final terms of the Securities and otherwise in a form consented to by the Underwriter, and will file such final term sheet within the period required by Rule 433(d)(5)(ii) following the date such final terms have been established for all classes of the offering of the Securities. Any such final term sheet shall be an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus for purposes of this Agreement.

(e) The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Underwriter, and the Underwriter represents 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 Securities that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission. The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Securities Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. The Company represents that is has satisfied and agrees that it will satisfy the conditions set forth in Rule 433 of the Rules to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any “bona fide electronic road show” as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under the Securities Act.

 

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5. Indemnification .

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities, joint or several (including any reasonable investigation, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted), to which they, or any of them, may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus, the Registration Statements, the Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities (“ Marketing Materials ”), or any “issuer-information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules, any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or in any Blue Sky application or other information or other documents executed by the Company filed in any state or other jurisdiction to qualify any or all of the Securities under the securities laws thereof (any such application, document or information being hereinafter referred to as a “ Blue Sky Application ”) or arise out of or are based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that such indemnity shall not inure to the benefit of the Underwriter (or any person controlling the Underwriter) on account of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities arising from the sale of the Securities to any person by the Underwriter if such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in such preliminary prospectus, the Registration Statements, the Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any Marketing Materials or such amendment or supplement thereto, or in any Blue Sky Application in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.

(b) The Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, each director of the Company, and each officer of the Company who signs the Registration Statements, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (including any reasonable investigation, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted) to which such party may become subject, under the Securities Act or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus, the Registration Statements or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statements, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information; provided, however, that the obligation of

 

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the Underwriter to indemnify the Company (including any controlling person, director or officer thereof) shall be limited to the amount of the underwriting discount and commissions applicable to the Securities to be purchased by the Underwriter hereunder.

(c) Any party that proposes to assert the right to be indemnified under this Section will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim is to be made against an indemnifying party or parties under this Section, notify each such indemnifying party of the commencement of such action, suit or proceeding, enclosing a copy of all papers served. No indemnification provided for in Section 5(a) or 5(b) shall be available to any party who shall fail to give notice as provided in this Section 5(c) if the party to whom notice was not given was unaware of the proceeding to which such notice would have related and was prejudiced by the failure to give such notice but the omission so to notify such indemnifying party of any such action, suit or proceeding shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than under this Section. In case any such action, suit or proceeding shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof and the approval by the indemnified party of such counsel, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses, except as provided below and except for the reasonable costs of investigation subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof. The indemnified party shall have the right to employ its counsel in any such action, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the employment of counsel by such indemnified party has been authorized in writing by the indemnifying parties, (ii) the indemnified party shall have been advised by counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying parties shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party) or (iii) the indemnifying parties shall not have employed counsel to assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time after notice of the commencement thereof, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying parties. An indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any action, suit, and proceeding or claim effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

6. Contribution . In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in Section 5(a) or 5(b) is due in accordance with its terms but for any reason is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect to any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses (including any investigation, legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claims asserted, but after deducting any contribution received by any person entitled hereunder to contribution from any person who may be liable for contribution) incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by

 

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the Company on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other hand from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or, if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The Company and the Underwriter agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6 , the Underwriter shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discounts and commissions applicable to the Securities purchased by the Underwriter. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 6 , each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statements, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. Any party entitled to contribution will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against another party or parties under this Section 6 , notify such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission so to notify such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought shall not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any other obligation it or they may have hereunder or otherwise than under this Section 6 . No party shall be liable for contribution with respect to any action, suit, proceeding or claim settled without its written consent.

7. Termination .

(a) This Agreement may be terminated with respect to the Securities to be purchased on the Closing Date by the Underwriter by notifying the Company at any time at or before the Closing Date in the absolute discretion of the Underwriter if: (i) there has occurred any material adverse change in the securities markets or any event, act or occurrence that has materially disrupted, or in the opinion of the Underwriter, will in the future materially disrupt, the securities markets or there shall be such a material adverse change in general financial, political or economic conditions or the effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Underwriter, inadvisable or impracticable to market the Securities or enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities; (ii) there has occurred any outbreak or material escalation of hostilities or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on the financial markets of the United States is such as to make it, in the

 

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judgment of the Underwriter, inadvisable or impracticable to market the Securities or enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities; (iii) trading in the Common Stock or any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the NYSE MKT or the Nasdaq Global Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities have been required, by any of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission, FINRA, or any other governmental or regulatory authority; or (iv) a banking moratorium has been declared by any state or Federal authority; or (v) in the judgment of the Underwriter, there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the assets, properties, condition, financial or otherwise, or in the results of operations, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries considered as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business.

(b) If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to any of its provisions, the Company shall not be under any liability to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter shall not be under any liability to the Company, except that (y) if this Agreement is terminated by the Underwriter because of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Underwriter for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of their counsel) incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities or in contemplation of performing their obligations hereunder subject to the limitations set forth in Section 4(b) and (z) if the Underwriter shall have failed or refused to purchase the Securities agreed to be purchased by it under this Agreement, without some reason sufficient hereunder to justify cancellation or termination of its obligations under this Agreement, the Underwriter shall not be relieved of liability to the Company for damages occasioned by its failure or refusal.

8. Miscellaneous . The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company and the Underwriter, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of the Underwriter or the Company or any of their respective officers, directors or controlling persons referred to in Sections 5 and 6 hereof, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. In addition, the provisions of Sections 4(b) , 5 , 6 and 7 shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.

This Agreement has been and is made for the benefit of the Underwriter, the Company and their respective successors and assigns, and, to the extent expressed herein, for the benefit of persons controlling the Underwriter, or the Company, and directors and officers of the Company, and their respective successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. The term “successors and assigns” shall not include any purchaser of Securities from the Underwriter merely because of such purchase.

 

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All notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and mailed or delivered or by telephone or telegraph if subsequently confirmed in writing, (a) if to the Underwriter, c/o Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004 Attention: Equity Capital Markets, with a copy to Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004 Attention: Thalia Cody – Investment Banking Counsel, and to Goodwin Procter LLP, The New York Times Building, 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10018, Attention: Thomas S. Levato, Esq., and (b) if to the Company, to MicroVision, Inc., 6244 185th Avenue NE, Suite 100, Redmond, Washington 98052, Attention: General Counsel with a copy to Ropes & Gray LLP, Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02199, Attention: Joel F. Freedman, Esq.

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

 

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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among us.

 

Very truly yours,
MICROVISION, INC.
By  

/s/ Stephen P. Holt

Name:   Stephen P. Holt
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

Confirmed:

OPPENHEIMER & CO. INC.
By  

/s/ Ido Stern

Name:   Ido Stern
Title:   Managing Director

[ Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement ]


SCHEDULE I

Pricing Information

 

Purchase Price Per Unit:    $1.94
Number of Shares Offered:    7,160,000
Number of Warrants Offered:    Warrants to Purchase 2,148,000 Shares
Underwriting Discount:    6.0%
Closing Date:    March 18, 2014

The Warrants will be exercisable during the period commencing on the six month anniversary of the date of original issuance and ending five years from the date of issuance at an exercise price of $2.47 per share of common stock.


SCHEDULE II

Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses

None.


SCHEDULE III

Entities and Persons Executing Lock-Up Agreements

Richard A. Cowell

Slade Gorton

Jeanette Horan

Alexander Tokman

Brian Turner

Thomas M. Walker

Stephen Holt

Perry Mulligan


SCHEDULE IV

Subsidiaries

None.


EXHIBIT A

Form of Lock-Up Agreement

March     , 2014

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

85 Broad Street

New York, NY 10004

 

  Re: Public Offering of MicroVision, Inc.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned, an executive officer, director or holder of common stock, par value $0.001 (“ Common Stock ”), or rights to acquire Common Stock, of MicroVision, Inc. (the “ Company ”) understands that you , as the underwriter, propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) with the Company, providing for the public offering (the “ Public Offering ”) by you of shares of Common Stock and Warrants to Purchase Common Stock (the “ Securities ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.

In consideration of your agreement to enter into the Underwriting Agreement and to proceed with the Public Offering of the Securities, and for other good and valuable consideration receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees for the benefit of the Company and you that, without your prior written consent, the undersigned will not, during the period ending 90 days (the “ Lock-Up Period ”) after the date of the prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the “ Prospectus ”), directly or indirectly (1) offer, pledge, assign, encumber, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock owned either of record or beneficially (as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) by the undersigned on the date hereof or hereafter acquired or (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, or publicly announce an intention to do any of the foregoing. In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without your prior written consent, it will not, during the period ending 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock. The foregoing shall not apply to (x) Common Stock to be transferred as a gift or gifts (provided that any donee thereof agrees in writing to be bound by the terms hereof), and (y) sales under any 10b-5 plan.


Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (y) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day period; the restrictions imposed in this Letter Agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event; provided, however, that this sentence shall not apply if the research published or distributed on the Company is compliant under Rule 139 of the Securities Act and the Company’s securities are actively traded as defined in Rule 101(c)(1) of Regulation M of the Exchange Act.

In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the registration or transfer of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Letter Agreement.

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Letter Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.

The undersigned understands that, if the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective, or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Common Stock to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released form all obligations under this Letter Agreement.

The undersigned, whether or not participating in the Public Offering, understands that you are entering into the Underwriting Agreement and proceeding with the Public Offering in reliance upon this Letter Agreement.


This Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

 

Very truly yours,
NAME:  

 

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  


EXHIBIT B

Form of Company Counsel Opinion

Exhibit 4.1

WARRANT AGREEMENT

THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT is dated March 18, 2014, between MicroVision, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and MicroVision, Inc., acting as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”).

WHEREAS, the Company proposes to issue warrants (collectively, with any Additional Warrants, the “Warrants”) to acquire up to 2,148,000 shares, subject to adjustment as provided herein, of common stock, $.001 par value (“Common Stock”), of the Company (collectively, the “Warrant Shares”);

WHEREAS, each Warrant shall represent the right to purchase from the Company, at an initial price of $2.47 per share (the “Exercise Price”), the number of shares specified on the certificates evidencing the Warrants (the “Warrant Certificates”); and

WHEREAS, MicroVision, Inc. is willing to serve as the Warrant Agent in connection with the issuance of Warrant Certificates and the other matters as provided herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for the purpose of defining the terms and provisions of the Warrants and the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Company, the Warrant Agent and the record holders from time to time of the Warrants (the “Holders”), the parties hereby agree as follows:

1. Definitions. For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a federal legal holiday in the United States or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or other government action to close.

“Date of Exercise” means the date on which the Holder shall have delivered to the Company (ii) the Form of Election to Purchase attached thereto (with the Warrant Exercise Log attached to it), appropriately completed and duly signed, provided that, (i) the Warrant Certificate shall have been delivered within three Business Days of such date, and (ii) in the case of a Cash Exercise, payment of the Exercise Price in accordance with Section 9 for the number of Warrant Shares so indicated by the Holder to be purchased is paid within one Business Day of such date.

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

“Expiration Date” means the date 5 years after the Initial Issuance Date.

“Initial Issuance Date” means March 18, 2014.

“Market Price” of a share of Common Stock on any date shall mean, (i) if the shares of Common Stock are traded on the Nasdaq Global Market, the last closing bid price (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall mean the closing bid price on the prior Trading Day if the Form of Election to Purchase is received prior to 4:00 p.m. ET on the Date of Exercise); (ii) if the shares of Common Stock are no longer quoted on Nasdaq and are listed on any other

 

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national securities exchange, the last sale price of the Common Stock reported by such exchange on that date; (iii) if the shares of Common Stock are not quoted on any such market or listed on any such exchange and the shares of Common Stock are traded in the over-the-counter market, the last price reported on such day by the OTC Bulletin Board; (iv) if the shares of Common Stock are not quoted on any such market, listed on any such exchange or quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, then the last price quoted on such day in the over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or any similar organization or agency succeeding its functions of reporting prices); or (v) if none of clauses (i)-(iv) are applicable, then as determined, in good faith, by the Board of Directors of the Company.

“Person” means a corporation, association, partnership, limited liability corporation, organization, business, individual, government or political subdivision thereof or governmental agency.

“Trading Day” means (i) a day on which the shares of Common Stock are traded on the Nasdaq Global Market, Nasdaq Capital Market, New York Stock Exchange or American Stock Exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted, or (ii) if the shares of Common Stock are not listed on any such exchange or market, a day on which the shares of Common Stock are traded in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or (iii) if the shares of Common Stock are not quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, a day on which the shares of Common Stock are quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or any similar organization or agency succeeding its functions of reporting prices); provided, that in the event that the shares of Common Stock are not listed or quoted as set forth in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.

2. Form of Warrant Certificates .

(a) The Warrant Certificates shall be issued in registered form only as definitive Warrant Certificates and shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A , shall be dated the date of issuance thereof (whether upon initial issuance, register of transfer, exchange or replacement) and shall bear such legends and endorsements typed, stamped, printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement. Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock specified on each Warrant Certificate shall be signed by, or bear the facsimile signature of, the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President, any Vice President, Treasurer or Secretary of the Company. In the event the person whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any Warrant Certificate shall have ceased to serve in the capacity in which such person signed the Warrant Certificate before such Warrant Certificate is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he or she had not ceased to be such at the date of issuance.

(b) Effect of Countersignature . Unless and until countersigned by the Warrant Agent pursuant to this Agreement, a Warrant Certificate shall be invalid and of no effect and may not be exercised by the holder thereof. Such signature by the Warrant Agent upon any Warrant Certificate executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that such Warrant Certificate has been duly issued under the terms of this Agreement.

 

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(c) Warrant Register. The Warrant Agent shall maintain books (the “Warrant Register”), for the registration of original issuance and the registration of transfer of Warrant Certificates. Upon the initial issuance of the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent shall issue and register the Warrant Certificates in the names of the respective holders thereof in such denominations and otherwise in accordance with instructions delivered to the Warrant Agent by the Company. The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the registered Holder of each Warrant Certificate as the absolute owner of the Warrants represented thereby for the purpose of any exercise thereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

(d) Registration of Transfers. The Warrant Agent shall register the transfer of any portion of a Warrant Certificate in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of the Warrant Certificate, with the Form of Assignment attached thereto duly completed and signed, to the Company at its address specified herein. Upon any such registration or transfer, a new Warrant Certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (any such new Warrant Certificate, a “New Warrant Certificate”), evidencing the portion of the Warrant Certificate so transferred shall be issued to the transferee and a New Warrant Certificate evidencing the remaining portion of the Warrant Certificate not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The delivery of the New Warrant Certificate by the Company to the transferee thereof shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a holder of a Warrant Certificate.

3. Term of Warrants. Warrants shall be exercisable by the registered Holder at any time and from time to time on or after the calendar day that is six months from the Initial Issuance Date to and including the Expiration Date. At 5:00 p.m., New York time on the Expiration Date, any portion of a Warrant not exercised prior thereto shall be and become void and of no value.

4. Exercise of Warrants and Delivery of Warrant Shares .

(a) If, and only if, an effective registration statement is then available for the issuance of the Warrant Shares, a registered Holder may exercise the Warrants through a cash exercise (a “Cash Exercise”) or, if an effective registration statement is not then available for the issuance of the Warrant Shares, through a cashless exercise (a “Cashless Exercise”) pursuant to Section 4(b) below. If an effective registration statement is available for the issuance of the warrants, the warrants may only be exercised through a cash exercise.

(b) The Holder may effect a Cashless Exercise by surrendering Warrant Certificates to the Warrant Agent and noting on the Form of Election to Purchase that the Holder wishes to effect a Cashless Exercise, upon which the Company shall issue, or cause to be issued, to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares determined as follows:

X = Y x (A-B)/A

where:                 X = the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder;

Y = the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which the Warrant Certificates are being exercised;

A = the Market Price as of the Date of Exercise; and

B = the Exercise Price.

 

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(c) At such times, and upon such representations and agreements, if applicable, upon surrender of a Warrant Certificate and delivery of the Form of Election to Purchase (with the Warrant Shares Exercise Log attached) to the Warrant Agent at its address for notice set forth in Section 13, and, in the case of a Cash Exercise, upon payment of the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares that the Holder intends to purchase thereunder (which must be a whole number) in accordance with Section 9 (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”), the Company shall promptly issue and deliver to the Holder a certificate for the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise. Any Person so designated by the Holder to receive Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have become holder of record of such Warrant Shares as of the Date of Exercise of the relevant Warrant Certificate. For so long as there is a then effective registration statement covering the issuance of the Warrant Shares or if a Holder effects a Cashless Exercise, the Warrant Shares shall be issued free of all restrictive legends, and the Company shall, upon request of the Holder, if available, use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver Warrant Shares hereunder electronically through the Depository Trust Corporation or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions. If fewer than all Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the relevant Warrant Certificate are purchased on such Date of Exercise, then the Company will execute and deliver to the Holder or its assigns a New Warrant Certificate (dated the date thereof) evidencing the unexercised portion of the relevant Warrant Certificate.

(d) A Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of the Warrants, pursuant to Section 4 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Form of Election to Purchase, such Holder (together with such Holder’s Affiliates (as defined in Rule 13e-3 of the Rules promulgated under the Exchange Act), and any other Persons acting as a group together with such Holder or any of such Holder’s Affiliates), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by a Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of the Warrants beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company exercisable for or convertible into Common Stock that are subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 4(d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by each Holder that the Company is not representing to any Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and each Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 4(d) applies, the determination of whether the Warrants owned by a Holder are exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder together with its Affiliates) and of which portion of the Warrants owned by such Holder is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of such Holder, and the submission of a Form of

 

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Election to Purchase shall be deemed to be such Holder’s determination of whether the Warrants owned by such Holder are exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder together with any of its Affiliates) and of which portion of such Warrants are exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 4(d), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within three Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including the Warrants, by the Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “ Beneficial Ownership Limitation ” for a Holder shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants owned by such Holder. A Holder, upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 4(d), but may not increase the Beneficial Ownership Limitation to above 19.99% in any event. Any such increase or decrease will not be effective until the 61 st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 4(d) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of the Warrants.

5. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance and delivery of certificates for Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax, or transfer agent fee in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which taxes shall be paid by the Company; provided , however, that the Company shall not be obligated to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration of any certificates for Warrant Shares or Warrants in a name other than that of the Holder. The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liabilities that may arise as a result of holding or transferring any Warrant Certificate or receiving Warrant Shares upon exercise thereof.

6. Replacement of Warrant Certificate. If any Warrant Certificate is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or in lieu of and substitution for such Warrant Certificate, a New Warrant Certificate, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and customary and reasonable indemnity, if requested. Applicants for a New Warrant Certificate under such circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and procedures and pay such other reasonable third-party costs as the Company may prescribe.

 

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7. Reservation of Warrant Shares. The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of all outstanding Warrants as herein provided, the number of Warrant Shares which are then issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of all outstanding Warrants (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 8). The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance and the payment of the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be duly and validly authorized and issued, and be fully paid and nonassessable.

8. Certain Adjustments. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of each Warrant then outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 8.

(a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, (i) pays a stock dividend on its Common Stock, (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, or (iii) combines outstanding shares of Common Stock into a lesser number of shares, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend, and any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination.

(b) Extraordinary Transactions. If, (i) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any tender offer or exchange offer by the Company is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or (iv) the Company effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (in any such case, an “Extraordinary Transaction”), then each Holder’s Warrants will become the right thereafter to receive, upon exercise of his or her Warrants, the same amount and kind of securities, cash or property as such Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Extraordinary Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Extraordinary Transaction, the holder of the number of Warrant Shares then issuable upon exercise in full of the relevant Warrant (the “Alternate Consideration”) in lieu of Common Stock. The aggregate Exercise Price for each Warrant will not be affected by any such Extraordinary Transaction, but the Company shall apportion such aggregate Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Extraordinary Transaction, then each Holder, to the extent practicable, shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of his or her Warrant following such Extraordinary

 

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Transaction. In addition, at the request of each Holder, upon surrender of such Holder’s Warrant, any successor to the Company or surviving entity in such Extraordinary Transaction shall issue to such Holder a new warrant consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder’s right to purchase the Alternate Consideration for the aggregate Exercise Price upon exercise thereof. Each Warrant (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Extraordinary Transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event of an Extraordinary Transaction other than one in which a Successor Entity (as defined below) that is a publicly traded corporation whose stock is quoted or listed for trading on an Eligible Market (as defined below) assumes this Warrant such that the Warrant shall be exercisable for the publicly traded Common Stock of such Successor Entity, the Company or any Successor Entity shall, at the Holder’s option, exercisable at any time concurrently with, or within 30 days after, the consummation of the Extraordinary Transaction, purchase this Warrant from the Holder by paying to the Holder an amount of cash equal to the Black Scholes Value (as defined below) of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of the consummation of such Extraordinary Transaction. “As used herein, “Black Scholes Value” means the value of this Warrant based on the Black and Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained using E*Trade Equity Edge determined as of the day of consummation of the applicable Extraordinary Transaction for pricing purposes and reflecting (A) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the time between the date of the closing of the applicable Extraordinary Transaction and the Expiration Date, (B) an expected volatility equal to the 180-day volatility obtained using E*Trade Equity Edge as of the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Extraordinary Transaction, (C) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the sum of the price per share being offered in cash, if any, plus the value of any non-cash consideration, if any, being offered in such Extraordinary Transaction and (D) a remaining option time equal to the time between the date of the closing of the applicable Extraordinary Transaction and the Expiration Date. For purposes of the foregoing, the value of any non-cash consideration in any Extraordinary Transaction will be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company or Successor Entity, (1) “Successor Entity” means the Person (as defined below) (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity (as defined below)) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Extraordinary Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) with which such Extraordinary Transaction shall have been entered into, (2) “Eligible Market” means the NYSE Amex, The NASDAQ Capital Market, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successors to any of the foregoing), (3) “Parent Entity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Extraordinary Transaction.

(c) Number of Warrant Shares. Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section, the number of Warrant Shares that may be purchased upon exercise of each Warrant shall be increased or decreased proportionately, as the case may be, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the adjusted number of Warrant Shares shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment.

 

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(d) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 8 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as applicable.

(e) Notice of Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment pursuant to this Section 8, the Company at its expense will promptly calculate such adjustment in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and adjusted number of Warrant Shares or type of Alternate Consideration issuable upon exercise of each Warrant (as applicable), describing the transactions giving rise to such adjustments and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based. The Company will promptly deliver to each Holder who makes a request in writing and to the Warrant Agent, a copy of each such certificate.

(f) Notice of Corporate Events. If the Company (i) declares a dividend or any other distribution of cash, securities or other property in respect of its Common Stock (other than a dividend payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or (ii) authorizes the voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then the Company shall deliver to each Holder a notice describing the material terms and conditions of such dividend, distribution or transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8(f), the failure to deliver any notice under this Section 8(f) or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be described in such notice. Until the exercise of its, his or her Warrant or any portion of such Warrant, a Holder shall not have nor exercise any rights by virtue of ownership of a Warrant as a shareholder of the Company (including without limitation the right to notification of shareholder meetings or the right to receive any notice or other communication concerning the business and affairs of the Company other than as provided in this Section 8(f)).

9. Payment of Exercise Price . The Holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price by paying, in lawful money of the United States, in certified check or bank draft payable to the order of the Company (or as otherwise agreed to by the Company) delivered to the Warrant Agent together with the Warrant Certificate and Form of Election to Purchase.

10. Holder not Deemed a Stockholder . Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as a Holder, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in the Warrants be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as a Holder, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares to which Person is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of the Warrants.

11. No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares will be issued in connection with any exercise of a Warrant. In lieu of any fractional shares which would otherwise be issuable, the Company shall pay cash equal to the product of such fraction multiplied by the Market Price on the Date of Exercise.

 

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12. Exchange Act Filings. The Holder agrees and acknowledges that it shall have sole responsibility for making any applicable filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13 and 16 of the Exchange Act as a result of its acquisition of any Warrant and the Warrant Shares and any future retention or transfer thereof.

13. Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries hereunder (including without limitation any Exercise Notice) shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on a Trading Day, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The addresses for such communications shall be:

 

if to the Company:   

MicroVision, Inc.

6244 185 th Avenue NE, Suite 100

Redmond, Washington, 98052

Attn: General Counsel

Facsimile No.: (425) 936-6997

if to the Warrant Agent:   

MicroVision, Inc.

6244 185 th Avenue NE, Suite 100

Redmond, Washington, 98052

Attn: General Counsel

Facsimile No.: (425) 936-6997

if to the Holder:    to the address or facsimile number appearing on the Warrant Register or such other address or facsimile number as the Holder may provide to the Company in accordance with this Section 13.

14. Warrant Agent .

(a) The Company and the Warrant Agent hereby agree that the Warrant Agent will serve as an agent of the Company as set forth in this Agreement.

(b) The Warrant Agent shall not by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation as to validity or authorization of the Warrants or the Warrant Certificates (except as to its countersignature thereon) or of any securities or other property delivered upon exercise of any Warrant, or as to the number or kind or amount of securities or other property deliverable upon exercise of any Warrant or the correctness of the representations of the Company made in such certificates that the Warrant Agent receives.

(c) The Warrant Agent shall not have any duty to calculate or determine any required adjustments with respect to the Exercise Price or the kind and amount of securities or other property receivable by Holders upon the exercise of Warrants, nor to determine the accuracy or correctness of any such calculation.

 

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(d) The Warrant Agent shall not (i) be liable for any recital or statement of fact contained herein or in the Warrant Certificates or for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith in the belief that any Warrant Certificate or any other document or any signature is genuine or properly authorized, (ii) be responsible for any failure by the Company to comply with any of its obligations contained in this Agreement or in the Warrant Certificates, (iii) be liable for any act or omission in connection with this Agreement except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct or (iv) have any responsibility to determine whether a transfer of a Warrant complies with applicable securities laws.

(e) The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized to accept instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, or the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company and to apply to any such officer for written instructions (which will then be promptly given) and the Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the instructions of any such officer, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, but in its discretion the Warrant Agent may in lieu thereof accept other evidence of such or may require such further or additional evidence as it may deem reasonable.

(f) The Warrant Agent may exercise any of the rights and powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through its attorneys, agents or employees, provided reasonable care has been exercised in the selection and in the continued employment of any persons. The Warrant Agent shall not be under any obligation or duty to institute, appear in or defend any action, suit or legal proceeding in respect hereof, unless first indemnified to its satisfaction. The Warrant Agent shall promptly notify the Company in writing of any claim made or action, suit or proceeding instituted against or arising out of or in connection with this Agreement.

(g) The Company will take such action as may reasonably be required by the Warrant Agent in order to enable it to carry out or perform its duties under this Agreement.

(h) The Warrant Agent shall act solely as agent of the Company hereunder. The Warrant Agent shall only be liable for the failure to perform such duties as are specifically set forth herein.

(i) The Warrant Agent may consult with legal counsel satisfactory to it (who may be legal counsel for the Company), and the Warrant Agent shall incur no liability or responsibility to the Company or to any Holder for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith in accordance with the opinion or advice of such counsel.

(j) The Company agrees to pay to the Warrant Agent compensation for all services rendered by the Warrant Agent hereunder as the Company and the Warrant Agent may agree from time to time, and to reimburse the Warrant Agent for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the execution and administration of this Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and expenses of its counsel), and further agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent for, and hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance and administration of this Agreement.

 

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(k) The Warrant Agent, and any shareholder, director, officer or employee of the Warrant Agent, may buy, sell or deal in any of the Warrants or other securities of the Company or its Affiliates or become pecuniarily interested in transactions in which the Company or its Affiliates may be interested, or contract with or lend money to the Company or its Affiliates or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not the Warrant Agent under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent from acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any other Person.

(l) No resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent and no appointment of a successor warrant agent shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor warrant agent as provided herein. The Warrant Agent may resign its duties and be discharged from all further duties and liability hereunder (except liability arising as a result of the Warrant Agent’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) after giving written notice to the Company. The Company may remove the Warrant Agent upon written notice, and the Warrant Agent shall thereupon in like manner be discharged from all further duties and liabilities hereunder, except as aforesaid. The Warrant Agent shall, at the Company’s expense, cause to be mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to each Holder of a Warrant at such Holder’s last address as shown on the register of the Company maintained by the Warrant Agent a copy of said notice of resignation or notice of removal, as the case may be. Upon such resignation or removal, the Company shall appoint in writing a new warrant agent. If the Company fails to do so within a period of 30 days after it has been notified in writing of such resignation by the resigning Warrant Agent or after such removal, then the resigning Warrant Agent or the Holder of any Warrant may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new warrant agent. After acceptance in writing of such appointment by the new warrant agent, it shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named herein as the Warrant Agent. Not later than the effective date of any such appointment, the Company shall give notice thereof to the resigning or removed Warrant Agent. Failure to give any notice provided for in this Section 14(l), however, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of the resignation of the Warrant Agent or the appointment of a new warrant agent, as the case may be.

(m) Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent or any new warrant agent may be merged or converted or any corporation resulting from any consolidation to which the Warrant Agent or any new warrant agent shall be a party or any corporation to which the Warrant Agent transfers substantially all of its corporate trust business shall be a successor Warrant Agent under this Agreement without any further act, provided that such corporation (i) would be eligible for appointment as successor to the Warrant Agent under the provisions of Section 14(l) or (ii) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Warrant Agent. Any such successor Warrant Agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as Warrant Agent to be mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to each Holder in accordance with Section 13.

15. Miscellaneous .

(a) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the Company, the Warrant Agent and the Holders, and their respective successors and assigns. Subject to the preceding sentence, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company, the Warrant Agent and the Holders any legal or equitable right, remedy or cause of action under this Agreement.

 

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(b) Amendments and Waivers. The Company may, without the consent of the Holders, by supplemental agreement or otherwise, (i) make any changes or corrections in this Agreement that are required to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein or (ii) add to the covenants and agreements of the Company for the benefit of the Holders, or surrender any rights or power reserved to or conferred upon the Company in this Agreement; provided that, in the case of (i) or (ii), such changes or corrections shall not adversely affect the interests of Holders of then outstanding Warrants in any material respect. The Company may, with the consent, in writing or at a meeting, of the Holders of outstanding Warrants exercisable for two-thirds of the Warrant Shares, amend in any way, by supplemental agreement or otherwise, this Agreement and/or all of the outstanding Warrant Certificates; provided, however, that no such amendment shall adversely affect any Warrant differently than it affects all other Warrants, unless the Holder thereof consents thereto. The Warrant Agent shall at the request of the Company, and without need of independent inquiry as to whether such supplemental agreement is permitted by the terms of this Section 15(b), join with the Company in the execution and delivery of any such supplemental agreements, but shall not be required to join in such execution and delivery for such supplemental agreement to become effective.

(c) Choice of Law, etc. 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 New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Agreement, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

(d) Interpretation. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

(e) Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt in good faith to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision which shall be a commercially reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Agreement.

(f) Additional Warrants. The Company may from time to time issue additional warrants (the “Additional Warrants”) under this Warrant Agreement, without requiring the consent of any Holder, with the same terms as the warrants initially issued hereunder.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Agreement to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above.

 

MICROVISION, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

[Signature Page to Warrant Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Agreement to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above.

 

MICROVISION, INC., as Warrant Agent
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

[Signature Page to Warrant Agreement]


Exhibit A

EXERCISABLE ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

AND ON OR BEFORE THE EXPIRATION DATE

 

No. [ ]

  Warrant to Purchase [ ] Shares

Warrant Certificate

WARRANTS TO ACQUIRE COMMON STOCK OF MICROVISION, INC.

This Warrant Certificate certifies that [ ], or registered assigns, is the registered holder of a Warrant (the “Warrant”) to acquire from MicroVision, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) specified above for consideration equal to the Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrant Agreement) per share of Common Stock. The Exercise Price and number of shares of Common Stock and/or type of securities or property issuable upon exercise of the Warrant are subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events as set forth in the Warrant Agreement. The Warrant evidenced by this Warrant Certificate shall not be exercisable after and shall terminate and become void as of 5:00 P.M., New York time, on the Expiration Date.

The Warrant evidenced by this Warrant Certificate is part of a duly authorized issue of warrants expiring on the Expiration Date entitling the Holder hereof to receive shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), and is issued or to be issued pursuant to a Warrant Agreement dated March 18, 2014 (the “Warrant Agreement”), duly executed and delivered by the Company to MicroVision, Inc., as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”, which term includes any successor Warrant Agent under the Warrant Agreement), which Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of this instrument and is hereby referred to for a description of the rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Warrant Agent, the Company and the Holders (“Holders” meaning, from time to time, the registered holders of the warrant issued thereunder). To the extent any provisions of this Warrant Certificate conflicts with any provision of the Warrant Agreement, the provisions of the Warrant Agreement shall apply. A copy of the Warrant Agreement may be obtained by the Holder hereof upon written request to the Company at 6244 185th Avenue NE, Suite 100 Redmond, Washington, 98052. Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Warrant Agreement.

This Warrant may be exercised, in whole or in part, at any time on or after September 18, 2014 and on or before the Expiration Date, subject to the terms of the Warrant Agreement including, but not limited to, Section 4 thereof, by surrendering this Warrant Certificate, with the Form of Election to Purchase set forth hereon properly completed and executed, together with payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price in accordance with Section 4 of the Warrant Agreement. Each exercise must be for a whole number of Warrant Shares. In the event that

 

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upon any exercise of the Warrant evidenced hereby the number of shares of Common Stock acquired shall be less than the total number of shares of Common Stock which may be purchased pursuant to this Warrant, there shall be issued to the Holder hereof or such Holder’s assignee a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the unexercised portion of this Warrant.

The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain events the Exercise Price set forth on this Warrant Certificate may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted, and that upon the occurrence of certain events the number of shares of Common Stock and/or the type of securities or other property issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted. No fractions of a share of Common Stock will be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but the Company will pay the cash value thereof determined as provided in the Warrant Agreement.

Warrant Certificates, when surrendered at the office of the Warrant Agent by the registered Holder thereof in person or by such Holder’s legal representative or attorney duly appointed and authorized in writing, may be exchanged, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, but without payment of any service charge, for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor evidencing in the aggregate the right to purchase a like number of Warrant Shares.

Each taker and holder of this Warrant Certificate, by taking or holding the same, consents and agrees that the holder of this Warrant Certificate when duly endorsed in blank may be treated by the Company, the Warrant Agent and all other persons dealing with this Warrant Certificate as the absolute owner hereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented hereby or the person entitled to the transfer hereof on the register of the Company maintained by the Warrant Agent, any notice to the contrary notwithstanding, provided that until such transfer on such register, the Company and the Warrant Agent may treat the registered Holder hereof as the owner for all purposes.

This Warrant does not entitle any Holder to any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company.

This Warrant Certificate and the Warrant Agreement are subject to amendment as provided in the Warrant Agreement.

This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been countersigned by the Warrant Agent.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Certificate to be executed as of the date set forth below.

 

MICROVISION, INC.
By:  

 

Name:   Stephen P. Holt
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

DATED:

Countersigned:

MICROVISION, INC.

as Warrant Agent

 

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Warrant Certificate


FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE

To MicroVision, Inc.:

In accordance with the Warrant Certificate enclosed with this Form of Election to Purchase, the undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the Warrant with respect to                  Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement.

1. Form of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as:

             a Cash Exercise ; or

             a Cashless Exercise .

2. Payment of Exercise Price. In the event that the Holder has elected a Cash Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the Holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price, in lawful money of the United States, in cash, certified check or bank draft payable to the order of the Company (or as otherwise agreed to by the Company) delivered to the Warrant Agent, together with any applicable taxes payable by the undersigned pursuant to the Warrant.

The undersigned requests that certificates for the shares of Common Stock issuable upon this exercise be issued in the name of

 

Name:  

 

Address:  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social Security or Tax I.D. No.:                     

 

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Warrant Shares Exercise Log

 

Date

 

Number of

Warrant Shares

Available to be

Exercised

 

Number of

Warrant

Shares

Exercised

 

Number of

Warrant Shares

Remaining to be

Exercised

 

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FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

[To be completed and signed only upon transfer of Warrant]

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto              the right represented by the within Warrant Certificate to purchase                  shares of Common Stock of MicroVision, Inc. to which the within Warrant Certificate relates and appoints                      attorney to transfer said right on the books of MicroVision, Inc. with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:             ,         

 

(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the front page of the Warrant Certificate)
Address of Transferee

In the presence of:

 

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EXHIBIT 5.1

March 13, 2014

MicroVision, Inc.

6244 185th Ave NE, Suite 100

Redmond, WA 98052

Re: Registration Statements on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-192864 and 333-184703) and the Registration Statement filed on March 13, 2014 pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 relating to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-184703)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This opinion is furnished to you in connection with the above-referenced registration statements (the “Registration Statements”), the base prospectuses dated December 30, 2013 and November 15, 2012 (the “Base Prospectuses”) and the prospectus supplement dated March 13, 2014 (collectively with the Base Prospectuses, the “Prospectus”). The Prospectus relates to the offering by MicroVision, Inc. (the “Company”) of (i) 7,160,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and (ii) warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,148,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Warrants”). The shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants are referred to herein as the “Warrant Shares.” The Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares are covered by the Registration Statement. We understand that the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares are to be offered and sold in the manner described in the Prospectus.

We have acted as counsel for the Company in connection with the issuance of the Shares and Warrants. For purposes of this opinion, we have examined and relied upon such documents, records, certificates and other instruments as we have deemed necessary. The opinions expressed below are limited to the Delaware General Corporation Law.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that (i) the Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for as described in the Prospectus, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, (ii) provided that the Warrants have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and duly delivered to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, then the Warrants, when issued and sold as described in the Prospectus, will be valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) and implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing, and (iii) the Warrant Shares, when issued upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with their terms, will have been duly authorized and validly issued and will be fully paid and nonassessable, assuming a sufficient number of Warrant Shares are at the time available for issuance.

We hereby consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statements and to the use of our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus contained therein. Our consent shall not be deemed an admission that we are experts whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Ropes & Gray LLP

Ropes & Gray LLP

EXHIBIT 99.1

 

 

LOGO

MICROVISION PRICES $13.9 MILLION OFFERING OF

COMMON STOCK AND WARRANTS

REDMOND, Wash.— March 13, 2014— MicroVision, Inc. (Nasdaq: MVIS), a leader in innovative ultra-miniature laser display technology, today announced that it has priced an underwritten offering of 7,160,000 units at a price to investors of $1.94 per unit for gross proceeds of approximately $13.9 million. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase 0.3 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $2.47 per share. The shares of common stock and warrants are immediately separable and will be issued separately. The warrants are exercisable beginning six months from the date of issuance and expire on the fifth anniversary of the date of issuance. MicroVision expects to receive net proceeds, after deducting the underwriting discount, of approximately $13.1 million from the offering. Oppenheimer & Co. is acting as the underwriter for the offering. The offering is expected to close on or about March 18, 2014, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. MicroVision intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes.

A preliminary prospectus supplement and the prospectus relating to the proposed offering was filed with the SEC. The offering may be offered only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement, forming a part of the effective registration statements. When available, copies of the final prospectus supplement and the prospectus relating to the proposed offering can be obtained at the SEC’s website http://www.sec.gov or from Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Attention: Syndicate Prospectus Department, 85 Broad Street, New York, NY, 10004, by telephone at (212) 667-8563, or via email at EquityProspectus@opco.com.

About MicroVision

MicroVision is the creator of PicoP ® display technology, an ultra-miniature laser projection solution for mobile consumer electronics, automotive head-up displays and other applications. MicroVision’s patented display technology helps OEMs break down display boundaries and offer enhanced visibility to mobile experiences. Nearly two decades of research has led MicroVision to become an independently recognized leader in the development of intellectual property. MicroVision’s IP portfolio has been recognized by the Patent Board as a top 50 IP portfolio among global industrial companies and is also included in the Ocean Tomo 300 Patent Index. The company is based in Redmond, Wash.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.microvision.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MicroVisionInc or follow MicroVision on Twitter at @MicroVision.

MicroVision and PicoP are trademarks of MicroVision, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.


Forward-looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this release, including those relating to closing of the offering, and those statements using words such as “designed to” and “intends” are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to successfully complete the offering on terms and conditions satisfactory to us; the possible adverse impact on the market price of our shares of common stock due to the dilutive effect of the securities to be sold in the offering; capital market risks; our ability to raise additional capital when needed; our, or our customers’, failure to perform under open purchase orders; our financial and technical resources relative to those of our competitors; our ability to keep up with rapid technological change; government regulation of our technologies; our ability to enforce our intellectual property rights and protect our proprietary technologies; the ability to obtain additional contract awards; the timing of commercial product launches and delays in product development; the ability to achieve key technical milestones in key products; dependence on third parties to develop, manufacture, sell and market our products; potential product liability claims; and other risk factors identified from time to time in the company’s SEC reports, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC. Except as expressly required by federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changes in circumstances or any other reason.

Additional Information

Additional information relating to MicroVision can be found on EDGAR at www.sec.gov.

Investor and Media Relations Contact:

MicroVision, Inc.

Investors:

Dawn Goetter, 425-882-6629

ir@microvision.com

or

Media/PR:

Robert Brown, 424-248-0512

robert@bohle.com