UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): September 8, 2017

 

 

CytoDyn Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-49908   75-3056237

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(SEC

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

1111 Main Street, Suite 660

Vancouver, Washington

  98660
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (360) 980-8524

 

 

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))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 8, 2017, CytoDyn Inc. (the “ Company ”) entered into Subscription Agreements (the “ Subscription Agreements ”) and Securities Purchase Agreements (the “ Securities Purchase Agreements ” and, collectively with the Subscription Agreements, the “ Offering Agreements ”) with certain investors (the “ Investors ”) for the sale by the Company of 3,336,331 shares (the “ Common Shares ”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), at a purchase price of $0.75 per share in a registered direct offering. The Investors in this offering also received warrants to purchase 1,668,163 shares of Common Stock (the “ Warrants ”). The aggregate gross proceeds for the sale of the Common Shares and Warrants will be approximately $2.5 million. Subject to certain ownership limitations, the Warrants will be exercisable commencing on the issuance date at an exercise price equal to $1.00 per share of Common Stock, subject to adjustments as provided under the terms of the Warrants. The Warrants are exercisable for five years from the date of issuance. The closing of the sales of these securities under the Offering Agreements is expected to occur on or about September 8, 2017.

Paulson Investment Company, LLC (the “ Placement Agent ”), was engaged as a placement agent in connection with the offering. Investors introduced to the Company by the Placement Agent executed a form of Subscription Agreement to effect the sale of Common Shares and Warrants in the Offering; all other Investors executed a form of Securities Purchase Agreement.

The net proceeds to the Company from the transactions, after deducting the Placement Agent’s fees and expenses (not including the Placement Agent Warrants, as defined below), the Company’s estimated offering expenses, and excluding the proceeds, if any, from the exercise of the Warrants, are expected to be approximately $2.24 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the transactions to fund clinical trials for its lead product candidate and for general corporate purposes.

The securities sold in the offering were offered and sold by the Company pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3, which was initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) on August 26, 2016 and subsequently declared effective on September 9, 2016 (File No. 333-213349) (the “ Registration Statement ”), and the base prospectus dated as of September 9, 2016 contained therein. The Company will file a prospectus supplement with the SEC in connection with the sale of the securities.

The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Offering Agreements were made solely for the benefit of the parties to the Offering Agreements. In addition, such representations, warranties and covenants (i) are intended as a way of allocating the risk between the parties to the Offering Agreements and not as statements of fact, and (ii) may apply standards of materiality in a way that is different from what may be viewed as material by stockholders of, or other investors in, the Company. Accordingly, the forms of the Offering Agreements are included with this filing only to provide investors with information regarding the terms of transaction, and not to provide investors with any other factual information regarding the Company. Stockholders should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Offering Agreements, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in public disclosures.

Pursuant to the Placement Agent Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2017 (the “ Placement Agent Agreement ”) with the Placement Agent, the Company has agreed to pay the Placement Agent a cash fee equal to 9% of the gross proceeds received by the Company from qualified investors as well as a non-accountable expense fee of $25,000. Pursuant to the Placement Agent Agreement, the Company also agreed to grant to the Placement Agent or its designees warrants to purchase up to 8% of the aggregate number of shares sold to qualified investors at an exercise price equal to 110% of the price of the Common Stock sold in the offering or $0.825 per share (the “ Placement Agent Warrants ”). The Placement Agent is not entitled to compensation relating to Investors not first introduced by it to the Company. The Placement Agent Agreement has indemnity and other customary provisions for transactions of this nature. The Placement Agent Warrants and the shares issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants will be issued in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act as transactions not involving a public offering and in reliance on similar exemptions under applicable state laws. A copy of the Placement Agent Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.


The forms of the Subscription Agreement and the Securities Purchase Agreement are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The form of Warrant is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The foregoing summaries of the terms of these documents are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by, such documents, which are incorporated herein by reference.

The legal opinion and consent of Lowenstein Sandler LLP relating to the securities are filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

See Item 1.01 with respect to the Placement Agent Warrants.

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

On September 7, 2017, the Company filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware a Certificate of Amendment (the “ Certificate of Amendment ”) to its Certificate of Incorporation, increasing the total number of authorized shares of Common Stock to 375,000,000. A copy of the Certificate of Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated by reference herein. The Company’s stockholders approved the Certificate of Amendment at an annual meeting of stockholders on August 24, 2017.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

  

Exhibit
No.

  

Description.

   3.1    Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of CytoDyn Inc.
   4.1    Form of Warrant Agreement
   5.1    Opinion of Lowenstein Sandler LLP
   10.1    Form of Subscription Agreement
   10.2    Form of Securities Purchase Agreement
   10.3    Form of Placement Agent Agreement
   23.1    Consent of Lowenstein Sandler LLP (included in the opinion of Lowenstein Sandler LLP as Exhibit 5.1)


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.

 

    CytoDyn Inc.
September 8, 2017     By:  

/s/ Michael D. Mulholland

    Name:   Michael D. Mulholland
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description.

  3.1    Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of CytoDyn Inc.
  4.1    Form of Warrant Agreement
  5.1    Opinion of Lowenstein Sandler LLP
10.1    Form of Subscription Agreement
10.2    Form of Securities Purchase Agreement
10.3    Form of Placement Agent Agreement
23.1    Consent of Lowenstein Sandler LLP (included in the opinion of Lowenstein Sandler LLP as Exhibit 5.1)

Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

CYTODYN INC.

Pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, CytoDyn Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify as follows:

 

  1. The name of the Corporation is CytoDyn Inc. The Corporation was incorporated by the filing of its original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of the State of the State of Delaware on January 12, 2015 (as amended, the “Certificate of Incorporation”).

 

  2. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended by deleting the first paragraph of Article IV and replacing such paragraph with the following paragraph:

“The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Three Hundred and Eighty Million (380,000,000), of which (i) Three Hundred and Seventy Five Million (375,000,000) shares shall be a class designated as common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and (ii) Five Million (5,000,000) shares shall be a class designated as preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).”

 

  3. The Board of Directors of the Corporation has duly adopted a resolution pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware setting forth a proposed amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and declaring said amendment to be advisable. The requisite stockholders of the Corporation have duly approved said proposed amendment in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

  4. This Certificate of Amendment and the amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation effected hereby has been duly adopted in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and shall be effective immediately upon filing.

[ Signature Page Follows ]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by its President and Chief Executive Officer on this 7th day of September, 2017.

 

CYTODYN INC.
By:  

/s/ Nader Z. Pourhassan

Name:   Nader Z. Pourhassan
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 4.1

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

CYTODYN INC.

 

Warrant Shares: [            ]    Initial Exercise Date: [            ]

THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “ Warrant ”) certifies that, for value received, [            ] or its assigns (the “ Holder ”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after [            ] (the “ Initial Exercise Date ”) and on or prior to the close of business on the five year anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date (the “ Termination Date ”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from CytoDyn Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), up to [            ] shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “ Warrant Shares ”) of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”) of the Company. The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).

Section  1 . Definitions . Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Subscription Agreement (the “ Subscription Agreement ”), dated [            ], among the Company and the purchasers signatory thereto.

Section  2 . Exercise .

a) Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed facsimile copy (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto (the “ Notice of Exercise ”). Within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days (as defined below) and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined in Section 2(d)(i) herein), in each case following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise form be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within the earlier of (i) three (3) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period following the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company (for clarity and avoidance of doubt, surrender of this Warrant shall not be a condition to honoring the


final Notice of Exercise in accordance with terms hereof). Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Business Day (as defined below) of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

As used herein, “ Trading Day ” means a day on which the principal Trading Market (as defined in Section 2(c) herein) for the Common Stock is open for trading.

b) Exercise Price . The exercise price per share of the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $1.00, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “ Exercise Price ”).

c) Cashless Exercise . If at the time of exercise hereof there is no effective registration statement registering, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for the issuance of the Warrant Shares to the Holder, then this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

 

  (A) = the last VWAP immediately preceding the time of delivery of the Notice of Exercise giving rise to the applicable “cashless exercise”, as set forth in the applicable Notice of Exercise (to clarify, the “last VWAP” will be the last VWAP as calculated over an entire Trading Day such that, in the event that this Warrant is exercised at a time that the Trading Market is open, the prior Trading Day’s VWAP shall be used in this calculation);

 

  (B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and

 

  (X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), the Warrant Shares shall take on the registered characteristics of the Warrants being exercised. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c).

 

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VWAP ” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on the NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the OTCQB or OTCQX (or any successors to any of the foregoing) (a “ Trading Market ”), the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on a Trading Market and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets Group, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (c) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

d) Mechanics of Exercise .

i. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise . The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by its transfer agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“ DWAC ”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by Holder or (B) this Warrant is being exercised via cashless exercise, and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the earlier of (i) three (3) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period, in each case after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such earlier date, the “ Warrant Share Delivery Date ”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received on or prior to the Warrant Share Delivery Date. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery

 

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Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “ Standard Settlement Period ” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise.

ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise . If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

iii. Rescission Rights . If the Company fails to cause its transfer agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

iv. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise . In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause its transfer agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(d)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “ Buy-In ”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale

 

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price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

v. No Fractional Shares or Scrip . No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

vi. Charges, Taxes and Expenses . Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided , however , that in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all transfer agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.

vii. Closing of Books . The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

e) Holder’s Exercise Limitations . The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with any person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a person as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act (such persons,

 

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Affiliates ”), and any other person acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such persons, “ Attribution Parties ”)), 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 the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant 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 this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other securities of the Company or its subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock (such securities, “ Common Stock Equivalents ”)) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is 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 2(e), 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 or its transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within two 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 this Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date

 

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as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “ Beneficial Ownership Limitation ” 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 this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st 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 2(e) 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 this Warrant.

Section  3 . Certain Adjustments .

a) Stock Dividends and Splits . If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification.

b) Subsequent Rights Offerings . In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “ Purchase Rights ”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this

 

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Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

c) Pro Rata Distributions . During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “ Distribution ”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution ( provided , however , to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

d) Calculations . All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

e) Notice to Holder .

i. Adjustment to Exercise Price . Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by facsimile or email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

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ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder . If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by facsimile or email to the Holder at its last facsimile number or email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register (as defined below) of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

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Section  4 . Transfer of Warrant .

a) Transferability . Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

b) New Warrants . This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the initial issuance date of this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

c) Warrant Register . The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “ Warrant Register ”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

Section  5 . Miscellaneous .

a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise . This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3.

b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant . The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

 

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c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc . If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close (each such day, a “ Business Day ”), then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

d) Authorized Shares .

The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

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Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

e) Jurisdiction . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Terms and Conditions appended as Annex I to the Subscription Agreement.

f) Restrictions . The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

g) Nonwaiver and Expenses . No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant or the Subscription Agreement, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

h) Notices . Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Subscription Agreement.

i) Limitation of Liability . No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

j) Remedies . The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

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k) Successors and Assigns . Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

l) Amendment . This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

m) Severability . Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

n) Headings . The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

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(Signature Page Follows)

 

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

 

CYTODYN INC.
By:  

 

  Name: Michael D. Mulholland
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

Signature Page to Common Stock Purchase Warrant


EXHIBIT A

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

TO: CYTODYN INC.

(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase              Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):

☐ in lawful money of the United States; or

☐ [if permitted the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).

(3) Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

 

                                                                 

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:

 

                                                                 

 

                                                                 

 

                                                                 

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

 

Name of Investing Entity: ________________________________________________________________________
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity : _________________________________________________
Name of Authorized Signatory: ___________________________________________________________________
Title of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________________________
Date: ________________________________________________________________________________________


EXHIBIT B

ASSIGNMENT FORM

(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

 

Name:   

 

  
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Address:   

 

  
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Phone Number:   

 

  
Email Address:   

 

  
Dated:                                       ,                   
Holder’s Signature:                                                    
Holder’s Address:                                                       

Exhibit 5.1

September 8, 2017

CytoDyn Inc.

1111 Main Street, Suite 660

Vancouver, Washington 98660

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel for CytoDyn Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the sale and issuance of up to 3,336,331 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”) and warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,668,163 shares of Common Stock (the “Warrant Shares”) pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-213349) (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and declared effective by the Commission on September 9, 2016. The Shares and Warrants are to be sold to certain investors pursuant to a Subscription Agreement or a Securities Purchase Agreement with each investor, as the case may be, each dated as of September 8, 2017 (the “Offering Agreements”).

As counsel to the Company in connection with the proposed potential issuance and sale of the above-referenced Shares, we have examined: (i) the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, each as amended to date; (ii) certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company relating to the sale of the Shares and Warrants; (iii) the Offering Agreements and (iv) such other proceedings, documents and records as we have deemed necessary to enable us to render this opinion. In all such examinations, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents, certificates and instruments submitted to us as originals and the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. We have also assumed that any certificates representing the Shares conform to the Specimen Common Stock Certificate filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement. We have, among other things, relied upon certificates of public officials and, as to various factual matters, certificates of officers of the Company.

Based on the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications set forth herein, we are of the opinion that (i) the Shares, when issued, sold and paid for in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Offering Agreements, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; (ii) the Warrants have been duly and validly authorized and when issued and sold in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Offering Agreements, will be valid and binding obligations of the Company; and (iii) the Warrant Shares, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Warrants will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

It is understood that this opinion is to be used only in connection with the offer, sale and issuance of the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares while the Registration Statement is in effect.

We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 8, 2017. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are “experts” within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act or within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act.

The opinions set forth in this letter are limited solely to the Delaware General Corporation Law and we express no opinion with respect to the applicability thereto, or the effect thereon, of the laws of any other jurisdiction or any other laws, or as to any matters of municipal law or the laws of any local agencies within any state.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Exhibit 10.1

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

CytoDyn Inc.

1111 Main Street, Suite 660

Vancouver, Washington

The undersigned (the “ Investor ”) hereby confirms its agreement with CytoDyn Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), as follows:

1. This Subscription Agreement, including the Terms and Conditions For Purchase of Shares and Warrants attached hereto as Annex  I (collectively, (this “ Agreement ”) is made as of the date set forth below between the Company and the Investor.

2. The Company has authorized the issuance and sale to certain investors of (i) shares (each a “ Share, collectively, the “ Shares ”) of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”) and (ii) warrants (each, a “ Warrant, ” and, collectively, the “ Warrants ”), each to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.00 per share, exercisable for a period of five (5) years from its original date of issuance, to be evidenced by a Common Stock Purchase Warrant in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex  III ; with such Shares and Warrants to be issued at an aggregate purchase price of $0.75 (the “ Purchase Price ”) per fixed combination of one Share and one-half of one Warrant . The Shares and Warrants are immediately separable and will be issued separately. The shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are referred to herein as the “ Warrant Shares and, together with the Shares and the Warrants, are referred to herein as the “ Securities ”) .

3. The offering and sale of the Securities (the “ Offering ”) are being made pursuant to (1) an effective Registration Statement on Form S-3, No. 333-213349 (the “ Registration Statement ”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) and declared effective on September 9, 2016 (including the base prospectus contained therein (the “ Base Prospectus ”)), (2) if applicable, certain “free writing prospectuses” (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”)), that have been or will be filed (if required) with the Commission and delivered to the Investor on or prior to the date hereof, containing certain supplemental information regarding the Securities, the terms of the Offering and the Company (the “ Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ”), and (3) a prospectus supplement (the “ Prospectus Supplement ” and together with the Base Prospectus, the “ Prospectus ”) containing certain supplemental information regarding the Securities and terms of the Offering that has been or will be filed with the Commission and delivered to the Investor (or made available to the Investor by the filing by the Company of an electronic version thereof with the Commission).

4. The Company and the Investor agree that the Investor will purchase from the Company and the Company will issue and sell to the Investor the Shares and Warrants set forth below for the aggregate purchase price set forth below. The Shares and Warrants shall be purchased pursuant to the Terms and Conditions for Purchase of Shares and Warrants attached


hereto as Annex  I and incorporated herein by this reference as if fully set forth herein. The Investor acknowledges that the Offering is not being underwritten by the placement agent (the “ Placement Agent ”) named in the Prospectus Supplement and that there is no minimum offering amount.

5. The settlement of the Shares purchased by the Investor shall be effected by crediting the account of the Investor’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian (“DWAC”) delivery system, whereby Investor’s prime broker (as specified by such Investor on Annex  II attached hereto) shall initiate a DWAC transaction on the Closing Date using its DTC participant identification number, and released by Computershare, the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”), at the Company’s direction. NO LATER THAN ONE (1)  BUSINESS DAY AFTER THE EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT BY THE INVESTOR AND THE COMPANY, THE INVESTOR SHALL :

 

  (I) DIRECT THE BROKER-DEALER AT WHICH THE ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS TO BE CREDITED WITH THE SHARES ARE MAINTAINED TO SET UP A DWAC INSTRUCTING THE TRANSFER AGENT TO CREDIT SUCH ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS WITH THE SHARES, AND

 

  (II) REMIT BY WIRE TRANSFER THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS EQUAL TO THE AGGREGATE PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE SHARES AND WARRANTS BEING PURCHASED BY THE INVESTOR TO THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT:

 

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IT IS THE INVESTOR’S RESPONSIBILITY TO (A)  MAKE THE NECESSARY WIRE TRANSFER IN A TIMELY MANNER AND (B)  ARRANGE FOR SETTLEMENT BY WAY OF DWAC IN A TIMELY MANNER. IF THE INVESTOR DOES NOT DELIVER THE AGGREGATE PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE SHARES AND WARRANTS OR DOES NOT MAKE PROPER ARRANGEMENTS FOR SETTLEMENT IN A TIMELY MANNER, THE SHARES AND WARRANTS MAY NOT BE  DELIVERED AT CLOSING TO THE INVESTOR OR THE INVESTOR MAY BE EXCLUDED FROM  THE CLOSING ALTOGETHER .

6. The executed Warrants shall be delivered in accordance with the terms thereof.

7. The Investor represents that, except as set forth below, (a) it has had no position, office or other material relationship within the past three years with the Company or persons known to it to be affiliates of the Company, (b) it is not a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“ FINRA ”) or an Associated Person (as such term is defined under the FINRA’s NASD Membership and Registration Rules Section 1011) as of the Closing, and (c) neither the Investor nor any group of Investors (as identified in a public filing made with the Commission) of which the Investor is a part in connection with the Offering, acquired, or obtained the right to acquire, 20% or more of the Common Stock (or securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock) or the voting power of the Company on a post-transaction basis. Exceptions:

 

 

(If no exceptions, write “none.” If left blank, response will be deemed to be “none.”)

 

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8. The Investor represents that it has received (or otherwise had made available to it by the filing by the Company of an electronic version thereof with the Commission) the Base Prospectus, dated September 9, 2016, which is a part of the Company’s Registration Statement, the documents incorporated by reference therein and any free writing prospectus (collectively, the “ Disclosure Package ”) , prior to or in connection with the receipt of this Agreement. The Investor acknowledges that, prior to the delivery of this Agreement to the Company, the Investor will receive certain additional information regarding the Offering, including pricing information (the “ Offering Information ”) . Such information may be provided to the Investor by any means permitted under the Securities Act, including the Prospectus Supplement, a free writing prospectus and oral communications.

9. No offer by the Investor to buy Shares and Warrants will be accepted and no part of the Purchase Price will be delivered to the Company until the Investor has received the Offering Information and the Company has accepted such offer by countersigning a copy of this Agreement, and any such offer may be withdrawn or revoked, without obligation or commitment of any kind, at any time prior to the Company (or the Placement Agent on behalf of the Company) sending (orally, in writing or by electronic mail) notice of its acceptance of such offer. An indication of interest will involve no obligation or commitment of any kind until the Investor has been delivered the Offering Information and this Agreement is accepted and countersigned by or on behalf of the Company.

10. The Company acknowledges that the only material, non-public information relating to the Company or its subsidiaries that the Company, its employees or agents has provided to the Investor in connection with the Offering prior to the date hereof is the existence of the Offering.

 

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Number of Shares:                             

Number of Warrants / Warrants Shares:                             

Purchase Price Per Combined Share and One-Half of One Warrant: $0.75

Aggregate Purchase Price: $                             

Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between us by signing in the space provided below for that purpose.

 

 

INVESTOR

By:  

 

Print Name:  

 

Title:  

 

Address:  

 

 

Email:  

 

 

Agreed and Accepted
CYTODYN INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

Dated as of:  

 


ANNEX I

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PURCHASE OF SHARES AND WARRANTS

1. Authorization and Sale of the Shares and Warrants. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company has authorized the sale of the Shares and Warrants.

2. Agreement to Sell and Purchase the Shares and Warrants; Placement Agent.

2.1 At the Closing (as defined in Section  3.1 ), the Company will sell to the Investor, and the Investor will purchase from the Company, upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, the number of Shares and Warrants set forth on the last page of the Agreement to which these Terms and Conditions for Purchase of Shares and Warrants are attached as Annex  I (the “ Signature Page ”) for the aggregate purchase price therefor set forth on the Signature Page.

2.2 The Company proposes to enter into substantially this same form of Subscription Agreement with certain other investors (the “ Other Investors ”) and expects to complete sales of Shares and Warrants to them. The Investor and the Other Investors are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “ Investors, and this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements executed by the Other Investors are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “ Agreements.

2.3 Investor acknowledges that the Company has agreed to pay Paulson Investment Company, LLC (the “ Placement Agent ”) a fee (the “ Placement  Fee ”) and certain expenses in respect of the sale of Shares and Warrants to the Investor.

2.4 The Company has entered into a Placement Agent Agreement, dated August 8, 2017, (the “ Placement Agreement ”) , with the Placement Agent that contains certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Company that may be relied upon by the Investor, which shall be a third party beneficiary thereof. The Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided the Investor or their agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute material, nonpublic information, except as will be disclosed in the Prospectus and/or in one or more filings pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”) to be made by the Company with the Commission and incorporated by reference into the Prospectus prior to the consummation of the Offering. The Company understands and confirms that the Investor will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.

3. Closings and Delivery of the Shares and Warrants and Funds.

3.1 Closing . The completion of the purchase and sale of the Shares and Warrants (the “ Closing ”) shall occur at a place and time (the “ Closing Date ”) to be specified by the Company and the Placement Agent, and of which the Investors will be notified in advance by the Placement Agent, in accordance with Rule 15c6-l promulgated under the Exchange Act. At the Closing, (a) the Company shall cause Computershare, the Company’s transfer agent (the “ Transfer Agent ”), to deliver to the Investor the number of Shares set forth on the Signature Page registered in the name of the Investor or, if so indicated on the Investor Questionnaire attached

 

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hereto as Annex  II , in the name of a nominee designated by the Investor (b) the Company shall cause to be delivered to the Investor one Common Stock Purchase Warrant, in substantially the form attached hereto as Appendix II, evidencing Warrants to purchase the number of Warrant Shares set forth on the Signature Page and (c) the aggregate purchase price for the Shares and Warrants being purchased by the Investor will be delivered by or on behalf of the Investor to the Company.

3.2 Conditions to the Obligations of the Parties .

(a) Conditions to the Company’s Obligations . The Company’s obligation to issue and sell the Shares and Warrants to the Investor shall be subject to: (i) the receipt by the Company of the purchase price for the Shares and Warrants being purchased hereunder as set forth on the Signature Page and (ii) the accuracy of the representations and warranties made by the Investor and the fulfillment of those undertakings of the Investor to be fulfilled prior to the Closing Date.

(b) Conditions to the Investor’s Obligations . The Investor’s obligation to purchase the Shares and Warrants will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties made by the Company and the fulfillment of those undertakings of the Company to be fulfilled prior to the Closing Date, including without limitation, those contained in the Placement Agreement, and to the condition that the Placement Agent shall not have: (a) terminated the Placement Agreement pursuant to the terms thereof or (b) determined that the conditions to the closing in the Placement Agreement have not been satisfied. The Investor’s obligations are expressly not conditioned on the purchase by any or all of the Other Investors of the Shares and Warrants that they have agreed to purchase from the Company. The Investor understands and agrees that, in the event that the Placement Agent in its sole discretion determines that the conditions to closing in the Placement Agreement have not been satisfied or if the Placement Agreement may be terminated for any other reason permitted by such Placement Agreement, then the Placement Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, terminate such Agreement, which shall have the effect of terminating this Subscription Agreement pursuant to Section  14 below.

3.3 Settlement Procedures . The settlement of the Shares purchased by the Investor shall be effected by crediting the account of the Investor’s prime broker (as specified by such Investor on Annex  II attached hereto) with the Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian (“ DWAC ”) delivery system.

(a) Delivery of Funds . No later than one (1)  business day after the execution of this Agreement by the Investor and the Company , the Investor shall remit by wire transfer the amount of funds equal to the aggregate purchase price for the Shares and Warrants being purchased by the Investor to the following account designated by the Company:

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(b) Delivery of Shares . No later than one (1)  business day after the execution of this Agreement by the Investor and the  Company , the Investor shall direct the broker-dealer at which the account or accounts to be credited with the Shares being purchased by such Investor are maintained, which broker/dealer shall be a DTC participant, to set up a DWAC instructing the Transfer Agent to credit such account or accounts with the Shares. Such DWAC

 

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instruction shall indicate the settlement date for the deposit of the Shares, which date shall be provided to the Investor by the Placement Agent. Upon the closing of the Offering, the Company shall direct the Transfer Agent to credit the Investor’s account or accounts with the Shares pursuant to the information contained in the DWAC.

4. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Investor.

The Investor acknowledges, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company and the Placement Agent that:

4.1 The Investor (a) is knowledgeable, sophisticated and experienced in making, and is qualified to make decisions with respect to, investments in securities presenting an investment decision like that involved in the purchase of the Shares and Warrants, including investments in securities issued by the Company and investments in comparable companies, (b) has answered all questions on the Signature Page and the Investor Questionnaire and the answers thereto are true and correct as of the date hereof and will be true and correct as of the Closing Date and (c) in connection with its decision to purchase the number of Shares and Warrants set forth on the Signature Page, has received and is relying only upon the Disclosure Package and the documents incorporated by reference therein.

4.2 (a) No action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction outside the United States by the Company or the Placement Agent that would permit an offering of the Shares and Warrants, or possession or distribution of offering materials in connection with the issue of the Securities in any jurisdiction outside the United States where action for that purpose is required, (b) if the Investor is outside the United States, it will comply with all applicable laws and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which it purchases, offers, sells or delivers Securities or has in its possession or distributes any offering material, in all cases at its own expense and (c) the Placement Agent is not authorized to make and has not made any representation, disclosure or use of any information in connection with the issue, placement, purchase and sale of the Shares and Warrants, except as set forth or incorporated by reference in the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or any free writing prospectus.

4.3 The Investor has full right, power, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and (b) this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Investor enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ and contracting parties’ rights generally and except as enforceability may be subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except as to the enforceability of any rights to indemnification or contribution that may be violative of the public policy underlying any law, rule or regulation (including any federal or state securities law, rule or regulation).

4.4 The Investor understands that nothing in this Agreement, the Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or any other materials presented to the Investor in connection with the purchase and sale of the Shares and Warrants constitutes legal, tax or investment advice. The Investor has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors and made such investigation as it,

 

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in its sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with its purchase of Shares and Warrants. The Investor also understands that there is no established public trading market for the Warrants being offered in the Offering, and that the Company does not expect such a market to develop. In addition, the Company does not intend to apply for listing of the Warrants on any securities exchange. The Investor understands that without an active market, the liquidity of the Warrants will be limited.

4.5 The Investor will maintain the confidentiality of all information acquired as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby prior to the public disclosure of that information by the Company in accordance with Section  13 of this Annex.

4.6 Since the time at which the Placement Agent first contacted such Investor about the Offering, the Investor has not disclosed any information regarding the Offering to any third parties (other than its legal, accounting and other advisors) and has not engaged in any purchases or sales of the securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any Short Sales (as defined herein) involving the Company’s securities). The Investor covenants that it will not engage in any purchases or sales of the securities of the Company (including Short Sales) prior to the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed. The Investor agrees that it will not use any of the Securities acquired pursuant to this Agreement to cover any short position in the Common Stock if doing so would be in violation of applicable securities laws. For purposes hereof, “Short Sales” include, without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act, whether or not against the box, and all types of direct and indirect stock pledges, forward sales contracts, options, puts, calls, short sales, swaps, “put equivalent positions” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act) and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis), and sales and other transactions through non-U.S. broker dealers or foreign regulated brokers.

4.7 The Investor is acquiring the Shares and Warrants (including, upon the exercise of the Warrants, the Warrant Shares) solely for such Investor’s own account for investment purposes only and not with a view to or intent of resale or distribution thereof, in whole or in part. The Investor has no agreement or arrangement, formal or informal, with any person to sell or transfer all or any part of the Shares, the Warrants, or the Warrant Shares, and the Investor has no plans to enter into any such agreement or arrangement.

4.8 The Investor has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Securities and is able to bear the economic risks of such investment.

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

 

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4.10 The Investor meets the suitability standards set forth in Part B of the Investor Questionnaire attached hereto as Annex  II .

4.11 The Investor is aware that the Placement Agent, for the services it is providing in this Offering will receive, with respect to subscriptions made in this Offering through the Placement Agent, (1) a cash compensation equal to 9% of the gross proceeds received by the Company from such subscribers; and (2) a warrant to purchase a number of shares equal to 8% of the Shares issued to such subscribers in the Offering. Other than those commissions payable to the Placement Agent as described herein, the Investor has taken no action that would give rise to any claim by any person for brokerage commissions, finders’ fees or the like relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

4.12 The Investor acknowledges that the Placement Agent has acted as a placement agent for the Company in previous offerings of its debt and equity securities, and the Placement Agent and its registered representatives received, as compensation for those offerings, warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock, which may give Placement Agent as incentive to sell the Securities to the Investor.

4.13 The Investor is aware that a Managing Partner in the Placement Agent’s New York, NY office, Robert J. Setteducati, entered into a final settlement with the Massachusetts Securities Division in 2001 pursuant to which he agreed, among other things, never to seek to register with the Massachusetts Securities Division in any capacity. The settlement resolved allegations that Mr. Setteducati failed to adequately supervise employees at a prior broker-dealer.

5. Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements; Third Party Beneficiary. Notwithstanding any investigation made by any party to this Agreement or by the Placement Agent, all covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Company and the Investor herein will survive the execution of this Agreement, the delivery to the Investor of the Shares and Warrants being purchased and the payment therefor. The Placement Agent shall be a third party beneficiary with respect to the representations, warranties and agreements of the Investor in Section  4 hereof.

6. Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder will be in writing, will be mailed (a) if within the domestic United States by first-class registered or certified airmail, or nationally recognized overnight express courier, postage prepaid, or by e-mail or (b) if delivered from outside the United States, by International Federal Express or e-mail, and will be deemed given (i) if delivered by first-class registered or certified mail domestic, three business days after so mailed, (ii) if delivered by nationally recognized overnight carrier, one business day after so mailed, (iii) if delivered by International Federal Express, two businessdays after so mailed and (iv) if delivered by e-mail, upon electronic confirmation of receipt, and will be delivered and addressed as follows:

(a) if to the Company, to:

CytoDyn Inc.

1111 Main Street, Suite 660

Vancouver, Washington

Attention: Michael D. Mulholland, Chief Financial Officer

Email: mmulholland@cytodyn.com

 

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

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

1251 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

Attention: Steven M. Skolnick

Email: sskolnick@lowenstein.com

(b) if to the Investor, at its address on the Signature Page hereto, or at such other address or addresses as may have been furnished to the Company in writing.

7. Changes. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except pursuant to an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the Investor.

8. Headings. The headings of the various sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and will not be deemed to be part of this Agreement.

9. Severability. In case any provision contained in this Agreement should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

10. Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law that would require the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which will constitute an original, but all of which, when taken together, will constitute but one instrument, and will become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each party hereto and delivered to the other parties. The Company and the Investor acknowledge and agree that the Company shall deliver its counterpart to the Investor along with the Prospectus Supplement (or the filing by the Company of an electronic version thereof with the Commission).

12. Confirmation of Sale. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that such Investor’s receipt of the Company’s signed counterpart to this Agreement, together with the Prospectus Supplement (or the filing by the Company of an electronic version thereof with the Commission), shall constitute written confirmation of the Company’s sale of Shares and Warrants to such Investor.

13. Publicity. The Company and the Investor agree that the Company shall, as promptly as practicable following the Closing Date, file a current report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, but not limited to, a form of this Agreement and forms of Warrant as exhibits thereto.

 

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14. Termination. In the event that the Placement Agreement is terminated by the Placement Agent pursuant to the terms thereof, this Agreement shall terminate without any further action on the part of the parties hereto.

 

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ANNEX II

INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE


ANNEX III

FORM OF COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

Exhibit 10.2

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of September     , 2017, between CytoDyn Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and                              (“ Purchaser ”).

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), the Company desires to issue and sell to Purchaser, and Purchaser desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and Purchaser agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

1.1 Definitions . In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:

Affiliate ” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

Business Day ” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

Closing ” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.1.

Closing Date ” means the Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) Purchaser’s obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities, in each case, have been satisfied or waived, but in no event later than the third Trading Day following the date hereof.

Commission ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

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


Per Share Purchase Price ” equals $ 0.75 , subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement.

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

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

Prospectus ” means the final prospectus filed for the Registration Statement.

Prospectus Supplement ” means the supplement to the Prospectus complying with Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act that is filed with the Commission and delivered by the Company to Purchaser at the Closing.

Registration Statement ” means the effective registration statement with Commission file No. 333-213349 which registers the sale of the Shares, the Warrant and the Warrant Shares to Purchaser.

SEC Reports ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1.

Securities ” means the Shares, the Warrant and the Warrant Shares.

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

Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement as specified below Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Shares.”

Short Sales ” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock).

Subscription Amount ” means the aggregate amount to be paid for the Shares and the Warrant purchased hereunder as specified below Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately available funds.

Trading Day ” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.

Trading Market ” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the OTCQB or OTCQX (or any successors to any of the foregoing).


Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the Warrant and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.

Transfer Agent ” means Computershare, the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 8742 Lucent Boulevard, Suite 225, Highlands Ranch, CO, 80129 and a facsimile number of (303)-262-0675, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

Warrant ” means the Common Stock purchase warrant delivered to Purchaser at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof, which Warrant shall be exercisable immediately and have a term of exercise equal to five (5) years, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

Warrant Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant as specified below Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Warrant Shares.”

ARTICLE II.

PURCHASE AND SALE

2.1 Closing . On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and Purchaser agrees to purchase the Shares and the Warrant. Purchaser’s Subscription Amount as set forth on the signature page hereto executed by Purchaser shall be made available for “Delivery Versus Payment” settlement with the Company. The Company shall deliver to Purchaser the Shares and the Warrant as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and the Company and Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur. Settlement of the Shares shall occur via “Delivery Versus Payment” (i.e., on the Closing Date, the Company shall issue the Shares registered in Purchaser’s name and address and released by the Transfer Agent directly to the account(s) identified by Purchaser, and payment therefor shall be made by wire transfer to the Company).

2.2 Deliveries .

(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Purchaser the following:

(i) this Agreement duly executed by the Company;

(ii) subject to the last sentence of Section 2.1, a copy of the irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent instructing the Transfer Agent to deliver via The Depository Trust Company Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“ DWAC ”) Shares equal to Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price, registered in the name of Purchaser;


(iii) the Warrant registered in the name of Purchaser to purchase up to a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 50% of Purchaser’s Shares, with an exercise price equal to $ 1.00 , subject to adjustment therein (such Warrant certificate may be delivered within three Trading Days following the Closing Date); and

(iv) the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement (which may be delivered in accordance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).

(b) On or prior to the Closing Date, Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company, as applicable, the following:

(i) this Agreement duly executed by Purchaser, including the initialed Accredited Investor Certification; and

(ii) Purchaser’s Subscription Amount, which shall be made available for “Delivery Versus Payment” settlement with the Company.

2.3 Closing Conditions .

(a) The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:

(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality, in all respects) on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of Purchaser contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);

(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of Purchaser required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and

(iii) the delivery by Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement.

(b) The obligations of Purchaser hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:

(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);


(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and

(iii) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement.

ARTICLE III.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company . Except as set forth in the Company’s filings with the Commission (the “ SEC Reports ”), the Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to Purchaser:

(a) On the date of the Registration Statement and at the Closing Date, the Registration Statement will comply in all material respects with the disclosure requirements of Securities Act and will neither contain any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein in light of the circumstances under which they are made, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

(b) The financial statements included in the Registration Statement present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates indicated and the results of its operations for the periods specified.

(c) The Company has been duly formed and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with the power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business in all material respects as described in the Registration Statement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign entity to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business and/or its ownership of property requires such qualification except for such jurisdictions in which the failure to qualify in the aggregate would not have a material and adverse effect on the results of operations or financial conditions of the Company.

(d) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement or the SEC Reports, the Company does not have any subsidiaries and does not own any interest in any other corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity.

(e) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and binding agreement, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability of any indemnification provision may be limited under federal securities laws and except as enforceability of such agreements may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights.

(f) On the date of the Registration Statement and at the Closing Date, the Company owns good and marketable title to all properties and assets described in the Registration Statement as owned by it, free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances or restrictions, except such as are described or referred to in the Registration Statement or are not materially significant or important in relation to the business of the Company.


(g) Except as disclosed in or contemplated by the Registration Statement or the SEC Reports, the Company is not in violation of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or similar charter or organizational documents), or in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any material bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness or in any material contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, lease, joint venture or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or any of its properties are bound; and the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the incurrence of the obligations herein set forth and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not conflict in any material respect with, or result in a breach of any of the material terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a material default under, the certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or similar charter or organizational documents) of the Company, or any material bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness or any material contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, lease, joint venture or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or any of its properties are bound.

(h) Except as disclosed in or contemplated by the Registration Statement or the SEC Reports, there is no material action, suit or proceeding before or by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, which might result in any material and adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business or prospects of the Company.

(i) Except as disclosed in or contemplated by the Registration Statement, each material contract to which the Company is a party is in full force and effect or has terminated in accordance with its terms or as set forth in the Registration Statement; and no party to any such contract has given notice of the cancellation of, or to the knowledge of the Company has the intention to, cancel any such material contract.

3.2 Representations and Warranties of Purchaser . Purchaser hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows (unless as of a specific date therein, in which case they shall be accurate as of such date):

(a) Organization; Authority. Purchaser is either an individual or an entity duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation with full right, corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and performance by Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the part of Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by


Purchaser, and when delivered by Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

(b) Understandings or Arrangements. Purchaser is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account for investment purposes only and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities (this representation and warranty not limiting Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.

(c) Purchaser Status. At the time Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it exercises all or any portion of the Warrant, it will be an “accredited investor” as specified in the Accredited Investor Certification appended to its signature page hereto.

(d) Experience of Purchaser. Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.

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

(f) Access to Information. Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules thereto) and the SEC Reports and has been afforded, (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information about the


Company and its financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment.

(g) No Legal, Tax or Investment Advice. Purchaser understands that nothing in this Agreement, the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement or any other materials presented to Purchaser in connection with the purchase and sale of the Securities constitutes legal, tax or investment advice. Purchaser has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors and made such investigation as it, in its sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with its purchase of the Securities.

(h) No Public Market for the Warrants. Purchaser understands that there is no established public trading market for the Warrants being offered, and that the Company does not expect such a market to develop. In addition, the Company does not intend to apply for listing of the Warrants on any securities exchange. Purchaser understands that without an active market, the liquidity of the Warrants will be limited.

(i) Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, Purchaser has not, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with Purchaser, directly or indirectly executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during the period commencing as of the time that Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any other Person representing the Company setting forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement or to Purchaser’s representatives, including, without limitation, its officers, directors, partners, legal and other advisors, employees, agents and Affiliates, Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).

(j) Non-U.S. Jurisdictions. Purchaser understands that no action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction outside the United States by the Company that would permit an offering of the Securities, or that would permit possession or distribution of offering materials in connection with the issue of the Securities, in any jurisdiction outside the United States where action for that purpose is required. If Purchaser is outside the United States, it will comply with all applicable laws and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which it purchases, offers, sells or delivers Securities or has in its possession or distributes any offering material, in all cases at its own expense.

The Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in this Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.


ARTICLE IV.

OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

4.1 Warrant Shares . If all or any portion of the Warrant is exercised at a time when there is an effective registration statement to cover the issuance or resale of the Warrant Shares or if the Warrant is exercised via cashless exercise, the Warrant Shares issued pursuant to any such exercise shall be issued free of all legends. If at any time following the date hereof the Registration Statement (or any subsequent registration statement registering the sale or resale of the Warrant Shares) is not effective or is not otherwise available for the sale or resale of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall immediately notify the holder of the Warrant in writing that such registration statement is not then effective and thereafter shall promptly notify such holders when the registration statement is effective again and available for the sale or resale of the Warrant Shares (it being understood and agreed that the foregoing shall not limit the ability of the Company to issue, or Purchaser to sell, any of the Warrant Shares in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). The Company shall use best efforts to keep a registration statement (including the Registration Statement) registering the issuance or resale of the Warrant Shares effective during the term of the Warrant.

4.2 Furnishing of Information . Until the earliest of the time that (i) Purchaser no longer owns Securities or (ii) the Warrant has expired, the Company covenants to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act.

4.3 Integration . The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require shareholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless shareholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.

4.4 Non-Public Information . Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that constitutes, or the Company reasonably believes constitutes, material non-public information, unless prior thereto Purchaser shall have consented to the receipt of such information and agreed with the Company to keep such information confidential. The Company understands and confirms that Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. To the extent that the Company delivers any material, non-public information to Purchaser without Purchaser’s consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that Purchaser shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates, or a duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public information, provided that Purchaser shall remain subject to applicable law. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously disclose such information pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company understands and confirms that Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.


4.5 Use of Proceeds . Except as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement, the Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder for working capital purposes.

4.6 Reservation of Common Stock . As of the date hereof, the Company has reserved and the Company shall continue to reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to issue Shares pursuant to this Agreement and Warrant Shares pursuant to any exercise of the Warrant.

4.7 Certain Transactions and Confidentiality . Purchaser covenants that neither it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales, including Short Sales of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending at such time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced. Purchaser covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company, Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction.

ARTICLE V.

MISCELLANEOUS

5.1 Acceptance of Subscription . Purchaser understands and agrees that the Company, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to accept or reject this or any other subscription for Securities, in whole or in part, notwithstanding prior receipt by Purchaser of notice of acceptance of its subscription. The Company shall have no obligation hereunder, including the issuance of the Securities, until the Company shall execute and deliver to Purchaser an executed copy of this Agreement. If the subscription of Purchaser is rejected in whole or the offering of Securities is terminated, all funds received from Purchaser will be returned without interest or offset, and this Agreement shall thereafter be of no further force or effect. If the subscription of Purchaser is rejected in part, the funds for the rejected portion of the subscription will be returned without interest or offset, and this Agreement will continue in full force and effect to the extent the subscription was accepted.

5.2 Fees and Expenses . Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees (including, without limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company and any exercise notice delivered by Purchaser), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to Purchaser.


5.3 Entire Agreement . The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.

5.4 Notices . Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or email attachment at the facsimile number or email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto at or prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or email attachment at the facsimile number or email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the next Trading Day after the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.

5.5 Amendments; Waivers . No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and Purchaser or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right. Any amendment effected in accordance with accordance with this Section 5.5 shall be binding upon Purchaser and holder of Securities and the Company.

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

5.7 Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Purchaser (other than by merger). Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to Purchaser.

5.8 No Third-Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.

5.9 Governing Law . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal Proceedings concerning the


interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such Proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such Proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.    If any party shall commence an Proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then the prevailing party in such Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the non-prevailing party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such Proceeding.

5.10 Survival . The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Securities.

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

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

5.13 Rescission and Withdrawal Right . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within


the periods therein provided, then Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights; provided , however , that in the case of a rescission of an exercise of the Warrant, Purchaser shall be required to return any shares of Common Stock subject to any such rescinded exercise notice concurrently with the return to Purchaser of the aggregate exercise price paid to the Company for such shares and the restoration of Purchaser’s right to acquire such shares pursuant to Purchaser’s Warrant (including, issuance of a replacement warrant certificate evidencing such restored right).

5.14 Replacement of Securities . If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.

5.15 Remedies . In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. Purchaser agrees that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and not to assert in any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

5.16 Payment Set Aside . To the extent that the Company or Purchaser makes a payment or payments to the other party pursuant to any Transaction Document or enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored (including to a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law, including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

5.17 Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

5.18 Construction . The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel have reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments thereto.


5.19 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

 

CYTODYN INC.   

Address for Notice:

 

1111 Main Street, Suite 660

Vancouver, Washington 98660

Attn: Chief Financial Officer

Email: mmulholland@cytodyn.com

 

By:  

 

 

Name:

Title:

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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGE

TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

 

Name of Purchaser:                                                                                                                                     

  

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser                                                                                     

  

Name of Authorized Signatory:                                                                                                                 

  

Title of Authorized Signatory:                                                                                                                    

  

Email Address of Authorized Signatory:                                                                                                    

  

Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory:                                                                                                        

  

Address for Notice to Purchaser:

Address for Delivery of Securities to Purchaser (if not same as address for notice):

 

Subscription Amount: $_________________   
Shares: _________________   
Warrant Shares: _________________   
EIN Number: _________________   

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF WARRANT

Exhibit 10.3

PLACEMENT AGENT AGREEMENT

August 8, 2017

This Placement Agent Agreement (“ Agreement ”) is made by and between CytoDyn Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and Paulson Investment Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Placement Agent ”), as of the date first above written. The Company hereby engages the Placement Agent to assist the Company as its exclusive placement agent in arranging an offering of its equity securities (the “ Securities ”) which will be subject to a registration statement (the “ Registration Statement ”) on Form S-3 previously declared effective by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) , on terms to be determined by the parites hereto (the “ Offering ”). The terms of the Offering will be more fully described in the definitive transaction documents pertaining to the Offering, to be prepared by the Company, with the assistance of the Placement Agent.

NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto based on the foregoing and the mutual covenants set forth below and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, do hereby agree as follows:

1. Services .

(a) The Placement Agent shall offer participation in the Offering to its clients and other persons with whom the Placement Agent or the Company or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or affiliates has a pre-existing business relationship and that the Placement Agent reasonably believes are “accredited investors” as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”). Any such potential investor in the Offering, including entities controlled by or advised by the Placement Agent and their respective affiliates, that is first introduced to the Company by the Placement Agent shall be considered a qualified investor (collectively, the “ Qualified Investors ”). A list of Qualified Investors will be provided to the Company within five (5) business days of the final closing of the Offering and it is expressly understood that Placement Agent will only contact those institutions which have been preapproved by the Company which approval will not be unreasonably withheld. It is understood that Placement Agent may contact Baker Brothers and HIG.

(b) The Company shall be responsible for (i) the Registration Statement, as well as the relevant subscription documents or securities purchase agreement (the “ Transaction Documents ”), and related investment materials to be used in connection with the Offering; and the Placement Agent shall be responsible for (i) organizing, obtaining facilities for, and conducting one or more investor presentations and (ii) providing other services reasonably related to serving as the Placement Agent for the Company in connection with the Offering.

(c) The Company shall (1) make members of management and other employees available to the Placement Agent as the Placement Agent shall reasonably request for purposes of satisfying the Placement Agent’s due diligence requirements and consummating the Offering; (2) make its Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and other key management members available to attend a reasonable number of investor presentations, as recommended by the Placement Agent; and (3) commit such time and other resources as are reasonably necessary or appropriate to support the Placement Agent in its efforts to secure the reasonable and timely success of the Offering. The Company shall cooperate with the Placement Agent in connection with, and shall make available to the Placement Agent such documents and other information as the Placement Agent shall reasonably request in order to satisfy, its due diligence requirements, subject to any applicable confidentiality requirements.


(d) The Placement Agent acknowledges that (i) the Company may determine, in its sole discretion, whether to accept an offer of subscription to the Offering by a Qualified Investor and (ii) the Company is not obligated to compensate the Placement Agent for such offered subscriptions to the Company that the Company does not accept.

(e) The Company acknowledges that the Placement Agent may engage one or more sub-agents (each a “ Sub-Agent ”), reasonably acceptable to the Company, to assist the Placement Agent in the placement of the Securities. Each Sub-Agent will be assigned a portion of the Cash Fee and Equity Compensation (as each is defined below) otherwise payable to the Placement Agent, in the amounts, and on the terms set forth in an agreement between the Placement Agent and Sub-Agent and for which amounts shall be paid to the Sub-Agent by the Placement Agent.

2. Compensation Payable to the Placement Agent .

(a) The Company shall, at each closing of the Offering (each a “ Closing ”), as compensation for the services provided by the Placement Agent hereunder, pay the Placement Agent a cash commission equal to 9% of the gross proceeds received by the Company from Qualified Investors from such closing (the “ Cash Fee ”).

(b) At the final Closing of an Offering that includes the sale of shares of the Company’s common stock (including as part of units), the Placement Agent shall be entitled to receive a warrant to purchase a number of shares of the Company’s common stock (“ PA Warrants ”), equal to 8% of the number of shares of common stock sold in the Offering excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any shares underlying warrants sold in the Offering . The PA Warrants shall have an exercise price of 110% of the price of the common stock in the Offering and will expire on the date that is five (5) years from the date of issuance of such PA Warrant. The PA Warrants will include a cashless exercise provision. The Placement Agent may assign PA Warrants to Sub-Agents, or other designees, so long as such designees are accredited investors and execute such certificates reasonably requested by the Company to ensure compliance with applicable securities laws.

3. Term .

(a) Unless earlier terminated as set forth herein, this Agreement will continue in full force and effect for a term expiring on September 30, 2017, unless extended by the Company and the Placement Agent (the “ Term ”). Certain provisions of this Agreement survive the termination of this Agreement as expressly provided elsewhere herein.

(b) Prior to the end of the Term, (i) the Company may terminate this Agreement immediately and without notice in the event of a material breach of this Agreement by the Placement Agent, and (ii) either party may terminate this Agreement upon 3 (three) business days prior written notice to the other party for any reason. In the event the Company terminates this Agreement, the Placement Agent will be entitled to all applicable Cash Fees and Equity Compensation provided for in Section 2 hereof, earned prior to such termination, and, if the Company terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 3(b)(ii), the Placement Agent will also be entitled to its non-accountable expenses of $25,000 as contemplated by Section 9 hereof.

 

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(c) In the event that the Company consummates a sale of its securities (whether debt or equity) to a Qualified Investor within the nine (9) month period immediately following the date of termination or expiration of this Agreement (the “ Tail Period ”) pursuant to which the Placement Agent would have been entitled to the compensation set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement had the sale occurred during the term of this Agreement, then at the closing of each such investment during the Tail Period, the Company shall pay the Placement Agent the compensation as set forth in Section 2 hereof (including PA Warrants), in the amounts equal to the compensation that the Placement Agent would have earned from such investments had the Company closed on such investments prior to the termination of this Agreement.

4. Performance . In connection with the performance of its duties under this Agreement, the Placement Agent agrees as follows:

(a) The Placement Agent shall act in a manner consistent with the instructions of the Company and comply with all applicable laws, whether foreign or domestic, of each jurisdiction in which the Placement Agent proposes to carry on the business contemplated by this Agreement. The Placement Agent shall not take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the Company to violate any law or to jeopardize the availability of any applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”). The Placement Agent is a member firm in good standing of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“ FINRA ”) and has all authority and approvals needed to engage in securities trading and brokerage activities, as well as providing investment banking and financial advisory services. The Placement Agent represents, warrants and agrees that it shall at all times provide its services under this Agreement in compliance with applicable law.

(b) The Placement Agent shall, and shall cause all Sub-Agents to, keep a record of, and when and to whom each Registration Statement is provided.

(c) The Placement Agent shall only provide the Registration Statement to potential investors, and shall not make any additional statements that contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any fact necessary to make any statement made by the Placement Agent not misleading in light of the circumstances in which such statements are made.

(d) The Placement Agent shall not provide any other information about the Company to any person or firm that, to the knowledge of the Placement Agent, is a competitor of the Company or is an officer, director, employee, affiliate or investor in a competitor of the Company.

(e) The Placement Agent shall use its best efforts to cause its officers, directors, employees and affiliates to comply with all of the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.

5. Representations and Warranties of the Parties .

(a) The Company represents and warrants to the Placement Agent, except as otherwise set forth in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC Reports”), as follows:

 

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(i) On the date of the Registration Statement and at each Closing, the Registration Statement will comply in all material respects with the disclosure requirements of Securities Act and will neither contain any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein in light of the circumstances under which they are made, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

(ii) The financial statements included in the Registration Statement present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates indicated and the results of its operations for the periods specified.

(iii) The Company has been duly formed and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with the power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business in all material respects as described in the Registration Statement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign entity to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business and/or its ownership of property requires such qualification except for such jurisdictions in which the failure to qualify in the aggregate would not have a material and adverse effect on the results of operations or financial conditions of the Company.

(iv) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement or the SEC Reports, the Company does not have any subsidiaries and does not own any interest in any other corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity.

(v) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and binding agreement, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability of any indemnification provision may be limited under federal securities laws and except as enforceability of such agreements may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights.

(vi) On the date of the Registration Statement and at each Closing, the Company owns good and marketable title to all properties and assets described in the Registration Statement as owned by it, free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances or restrictions, except such as are described or referred to in the Registration Statement or are not materially significant or important in relation to the business of the Company.

(vii) Except as disclosed in or contemplated by the Registration Statement or the SEC Reports, the Company is not in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation or its Bylaws, or in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any material bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness or in any material contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, lease, joint venture or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or any of its properties are bound; and the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the incurrence of the obligations herein set forth and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not conflict in any material respect with, or result in a breach of any of the material terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a material default under, the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company, or any material bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness or any material contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, lease, joint venture or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or any of its properties are bound.

 

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(viii) Except as disclosed in or contemplated by the Registration Statement or the SEC Reports, there is no material action, suit or proceeding before or by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, which might result in any material and adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business or prospects of the Company.

(ix) Except as disclosed in or contemplated by the Registration Statement, each material contract to which the Company is a party is in full force and effect or has terminated in accordance with its terms or as set forth in the Registration Statement; and no party to any such contract has given notice of the cancellation of, or to the knowledge of the Company has the intention to, cancel any such material contract.

(x) Except as disclosed in or contemplated by the Registration Statement and the fees and disbursements payable to the Placement Agent pursuant to this Agreement, there are no outstanding claims for services either in the nature of a finder’s fee, brokerage fee or other similar fee with respect to the Offering for which the Company or the Placement Agent may be responsible.

(b) The Placement Agent represents and warrants to and covenants with the Company that:

(i) The Placement Agent is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Oregon and it has all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out its obligations hereunder.

(ii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Placement Agent and on its behalf and constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation enforceable against the Placement Agent in accordance with its terms.

(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the observance and performance hereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Registration Statement do not and will not result in any breach of, or default under, any instrument or agreement by which the Placement Agent is bound or violate any law or order directed to the Placement Agent of any court or any federal or state regulatory body or administrative agency having jurisdiction over the Placement Agent or over its property.

(iv) The Placement Agent is duly registered as a broker-dealer with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) pursuant to the Exchange Act, and no proceeding has been initiated to revoke any of such registrations; the Placement Agent is a member in good standing of FINRA; the Placement Agent is duly registered as a broker-dealer under the applicable statutes, if any, in each state in which the Placement Agent proposes to offer or sell the Securities where such registration is required; the Placement Agent shall be responsible for payment of compensation owed to any Sub-Agent, if any, which Sub-Agent, if any, must be a member in good standing of FINRA and registered in each state where investors identified by such Sub-Agent reside.

(v) The Placement Agent shall maintain all broker-dealer registrations, referred to above in paragraph (iv), throughout the period in which Securities are offered and sold; the Placement Agent has complied and will comply with all broker-dealer requirements applicable to this transaction; the Placement Agent is not in violation of any order of any court or regulatory authority applicable to it with respect to the sale of the Securities.

 

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(vi) Neither the Placement Agent nor any of its representatives is authorized to make any representation on behalf of the Company other than those contained in the Registration Statement or any additional information expressly provided by the Company to the Placement Agent for dissemination to potential investors, nor is the Placement Agent or any of its representatives authorized to act as the agent or representative of the Company in any capacity, except as expressly set forth herein.

(vii) In the event that, on or before any Closing, the Placement Agent becomes aware of any false statement of a fact or representation in the Registration Statement, the Placement Agent shall promptly inform the Company of such false statement of fact.

(viii) The Placement Agent shall inform the Company of each date on which it first receives any subscription from prospective investors in each particular state where the Securities are offered and shall not offer the Securities for sale in any state in which the offer or sale requires prior notice or clearance from any state securities commission, bureau or agency thereon, unless the Company has confirmed that such prior notice or clearance has been made or obtained.

(ix) It has not taken, and will not take, any action, directly or indirectly, that may cause the Offering to fail to be entitled to exemption from applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws.

6. Indemnification .

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Placement Agent, its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents, legal counsel and any of its affiliates (each, a “ Placement Agent s Indemnified Party ”) against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, and expenses (including all legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by a Placement Agent’s Indemnified Party) caused by or arising out of any misrepresentation or untrue statement or alleged misrepresentation or untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any other document furnished by the Company to the Placement Agent for delivery to or review by the Qualified Investors, or the omission or the alleged omission to state in such documents furnished to the Qualified Investors a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made, to the extent such misstatements or omissions are made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by the Company for use in the documents furnished to the Qualified Investors, including the Registration Statement (except to the extent such misrepresentations, untrue statements or omissions are based on information provided to the Company by the Placement Agent or its affiliates). The Company agrees to reimburse the Placement Agent’s Indemnified Party for any reasonable expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) incurred as a result of producing documents, presenting testimony or evidence, or preparing to present testimony or evidence (based upon time expended by the Placement Agent’s Indemnified Party at its then current time charges or if such person shall have no established time charges, then based upon reasonable charges), in connection with any court or administrative proceeding (including any investigation which may be preliminary thereto) arising out of or relating to the performance by the Placement Agent’s Indemnified Party of any obligation hereunder and relating to a matter for which the Company must provide indemnity to or hold harmless such Placement Agent’s Indemnified Party pursuant to the provisions of this subsection 6(a). In the event the Company shall be obligated to indemnify a Placement Agent’s Indemnified Party in connection with any such proceeding, the Company shall be entitled to assume the defense of such proceeding, with counsel approved by the Placement Agent’s Indemnified Party (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), upon the delivery to the Placement Agent’s Indemnified Party of written notice of the Company’s election to do so.

 

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The Company further agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Placement Agent’s Indemnified Parties against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, and expenses (including all legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by a Placement Agent’s Indemnified Party) caused by, arising out of, or related to the Company’s agreement with HC Wainwright & Co., LLC dated March 29, 2016 and amended on September 8, 2016 and January 12, 2017.

(b) The Placement Agent agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its managers, officers, directors, partners, employees, agents, legal counsel and its affiliates (each, a “ Company Indemnified Party ”) against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities, joint or several, and expenses (including all legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by a Company Indemnified Party) caused by or arising out of any misrepresentation or untrue statement or alleged misrepresentation or untrue statement of a material fact made by the Placement Agent or its affiliates to the Qualified Investors, or the Placement Agent’s omission or the alleged omission to state to the Qualified Investors a material fact necessary in order to make statements made not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made (except to the extent such misrepresentations, untrue statements or omissions are based on information provided to the Placement Agent by the Company, including the Registration Statement or any other document furnished by the Company to the Placement Agent for delivery to or review by the Qualified Investors), 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 the Registration Statement or other document furnished to the Placement Agent for delivery to or review by the Qualified Investors, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Placement Agent or its affiliates expressly for use therein. The Placement Agent agrees to reimburse the Company Indemnified Party for any reasonable expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) incurred as a result of producing documents, presenting testimony or evidence, or preparing to present testimony or evidence (based upon time expended by the Company Indemnified Party at its then current time charges or if such person shall have no established time charges, then based upon reasonable charges), in connection with any court or administrative proceeding (including any investigation which may be preliminary thereto) arising out of or relating to the performance by the Company Indemnified Party of any obligation hereunder and relating to a matter for which the Company must provide indemnity to or hold harmless such Company Indemnified Party pursuant to the provisions of this subsection 6(b). The Placement Agent’s obligations under this Section 6(b) shall be limited to the net amount of Cash Fees paid or payable by the Company to the Placement Agent and the amount of any expense reimbursement paid or payable by the Company to the Placement Agent under Section 9 of this Agreement, other than in the case of fraud, intentional misrepresentation or willful breach. In the event the Placement Agent shall be obligated to indemnify a Company Indemnified Party in connection with any such proceeding, the Placement Agent shall be entitled to assume the defense of such proceeding, with counsel approved by the Company Indemnified Party (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), upon the delivery to the Company Indemnified Party of written notice of the Placement Agent’s election to do so.

 

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(c) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution under the Securities Act in any case in which (i) any person entitled to indemnification under this Section 6 makes claim for indemnification pursuant hereto but it is judicially determined (by the entry of a final judgment or decree by a court of competent jurisdiction and the expiration of time to appeal or the denial of the last right of appeal) that such indemnification may not be enforced notwithstanding the fact that this Section 6 provides for indemnification in such case, or (ii) contribution under the Securities Act may be required on the part of any such person in circumstances for which indemnification is provided under this Section 6, then, and in each such case, the Company and the Placement Agent shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which they may be subject (after any contribution from others) in such proportion so that the Placement Agent is responsible for the proportion that the amount of commissions appearing in the Registration Statement bears to the price appearing therein, and the Company is responsible for the remaining portion; provided, that, in any such case, no person guilty of a fraudulent misrepresentation or omission (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.

(d) The respective indemnity agreements between the Placement Agent and the Company contained in Sections 6(a) and (b) of this Agreement, and the representations and warranties of the parties set forth in Section 5 or elsewhere in this Agreement, shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or Placement Agent, as the case may be, or by or on behalf of any controlling person of the Placement Agent or the Company or any such manager, partner, officer or director or any controlling person of the Company or the Placement Agent, as the case may be, and shall survive the delivery of the Securities, and any successor of the Company and of the Placement Agent, or of any controlling person of the Company or the Placement Agent, as the case may be, shall be entitled to the benefit of the respective indemnity agreements. The representations and warranties in Section 5 of this Agreement (but not the indemnities contained in Section 6 hereof) shall terminate six (6) months after the final Closing under this Agreement.

7. Covenants

(a) The Company covenants with the Placement Agent as follows:

(i) The Company will notify the Placement Agent promptly, and confirm the notice in writing, of the initiation by the Commission or any state securities commission of any proceeding against the Company.

(ii) The Company will give the Placement Agent notice of its intention to amend or supplement the Registration Statement.

(iii) If any event shall occur as a result of which it is necessary, in the reasonable opinion of either or both of the Placement Agent and the Company, to amend or supplement the Registration Statement in order to make the Registration Statement not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, the Company will forthwith amend or supplement the Registration Statement by preparing and furnishing to the Placement Agent a reasonable number of copies of an amendment or amendments of, or a supplement or supplements to, the Registration Statement (in form and substance satisfactory to the Placement Agent), so that, as so amended or supplemented, the Registration Statement will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading.

 

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(iv) The Company will endeavor, in cooperation with the Placement Agent, to qualify or perfect an exemption for the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions of the United States as the Placement Agent and the Company agree to offer and sell the Securities, and will maintain such qualifications in effect for so long as may be required for the distribution of the Securities. This will include, but not be limited to preparing and filing Forms D, and and notice filings with each State, as, if, and when appropriate.

(v) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities sold by it hereunder substantially as contemplated by the Registration Statement.

(vi) All communications by the Company with the Placement Agent shall be with the Placement Agent’s President, legal counsel and/or designated investment banker(s) with respect to the Offering. The Company shall not initiate communication directly with any of the Placement Agent’s brokers or the Qualified Investors (until such time as such Qualified Investors are stockholders of the Company) without the prior consent of the Placement Agent.

(b) The Placement Agent covenants and agrees that:

(i) It will not give any information or make any representation in connection with the offering of Securities which is not contained in the Registration Statement.

(ii) In making any offer of Securities, the Placement Agent agrees that it will comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the securities laws of each state, and that it and its authorized agents will offer to sell, or solicit offers to subscribe for or buy, the Securities only in those states and other jurisdictions in the United States in which such solicitations can be made in accordance with an applicable exemption from registration or qualification and in which the Placement Agent is qualified to so act. Nothing contained herein shall limit the Placement Agent from offering to sell the Securities outside the United States in compliance with applicable laws.

8. Confidentiality . Except in keeping with its obligations under this Agreement, the Placement Agent will maintain in confidence and will use only for the purpose of fulfilling its obligations hereunder and will not use for its own benefit any inventions, confidential know-how, trade secrets, financial information and other non-public information and data disclosed to it by the Company, and it will not divulge the same to any other persons until such time as the information becomes a matter of public knowledge. The Placement Agent will use its best efforts to prevent any unauthorized disclosure described above by others. This Section 9 will survive expiration or termination of this Agreement indefinitely.

9. Expenses .

(a) The Placement Agent shall receive an expense fee equal to $25,000 payable upon the first closing pursuant to this Agreement, which will offset by future expenses incurred by the Placement Agent during the Offering.

(b) The Company shall pay all of its expenses and costs incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including but not limited to its legal and accounting fees, and shall be responsible for payment of all federal, state “blue sky” and other filings pertaining to the Offering.

 

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10. Independent Contractor; Duty Owed .

(a) The Placement Agent will perform its services hereunder as an independent contractor, and nothing in this Agreement will in any way be construed to constitute the Placement Agent the agent, employee or representative of the Company. Neither the Placement Agent nor any agent acting on behalf of the Placement Agent will enter into any agreement or incur any obligations on the Company’s behalf or commit the Company in any manner or make any representations, warranties or promises on the Company’s behalf or hold itself (or allow itself to be held) as having any authority whatsoever to bind the Company without the Company’s prior written consent, or attempt to do any of the foregoing.

(b) The Company acknowledges that the Placement Agent is being engaged hereunder solely to provide the services described above to the Company, and that it is not acting as a fiduciary of, and shall have no duties or liabilities to, the equity holders of the Company or any other third party in connection with its engagement hereunder, all of which are hereby expressly waived.

11. General .

(a) Arbitration . The parties hereto agree that any dispute or controversy arising out of, relating to or concerning any interpretation, construction, performance or breach of this Agreement, shall be subject to the laws of the State of Oregon without giving effect to its conflicts of laws provisions. Any disputes will be settled in binding arbitration in Portland, Oregon under the auspices of FINRA dispute resolution. The decision of the arbitrator will be final, conclusive and binding on the parties to the arbitration. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator’s decision in any court having jurisdiction. The Company and the Placement Agent shall each pay one-half of the costs and expenses of such arbitration, and each shall separately pay its counsel fees and expenses.

(b) Covenant against Assignment . This Agreement is personal to the parties hereto, and accordingly, except for the right to enforce the obligations under Sections 6 and 7 hereunder (which right shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the aggrieved party), neither this Agreement nor any right hereunder or interest herein may be assigned or transferred or charged by either party without the express written consent of the other.

(c) Entire Agreement; Amendment . This Agreement and the attached exhibits constitute the entire contract between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede any prior agreements between the parties. This Agreement may not be amended, nor may any obligation hereunder be waived, except by an agreement in writing executed by, in the case of an amendment, each of the parties hereto, and, in the case of a waiver, by the party waiving performance.

(d) No Waiver . The failure or delay by a party to enforce any provision of this Agreement will not in any way be construed as a waiver of any such provision or prevent that party from thereafter enforcing any other provision of this Agreement. The rights granted the parties hereunder are cumulative and will not constitute a waiver of either party’s right to assert any other legal remedy available to it.

 

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(e) Severability . Should any provision of this Agreement be found to be illegal or unenforceable, the other provisions will nevertheless remain effective and will remain enforceable to the greatest extent permitted by law.

(f) Notices . Any notice, demand, offer, request or other communication required or permitted to be given by either the Company or the Placement Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed effectively given the earlier of (i) when received, (ii) when delivered personally, (iii) one business day after being delivered by facsimile (with receipt of appropriate confirmation) to the number provided to the other party or such other number as a party may request by notifying the other in writing, (iv) one business day after being deposited with an overnight courier service or (v) four days after being deposited in the U.S. mail, First Class with postage prepaid, and addressed to the party at the address previously provided to the other party or such other address as a party may request by notifying the other in writing.

(g) Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same agreement. Facsimile copies of signed signature pages will be deemed binding originals.

 

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The parties have executed this Placement Agent Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

CYTODYN INC.

/s/ Michael D. Mulholland    

By:   Michael D. Mulholland
Its:   CFO
PAULSON INVESTMENT COMPANY, LLC
By:  

/s/ Mark Finkle    

  Mark Finckle
Its:   Managing Director

S IGNATURE P AGE TO P LACEMENT A GENT A GREEMENT