UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 24, 2019

 

 

BIOLASE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-36385   87-0442441

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

4 Cromwell

Irvine, California

  92618
  (Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (949) 361-1200

Not Applicable

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

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share   BIOL  

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

(Nasdaq Capital Market)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company 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.

Public Offering

As previously announced, on October 24, 2019, BIOLASE, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement with The Benchmark Company, LLC and Dougherty & Company LLC, as underwriters (the “Underwriting Agreement”), in connection with the underwritten public offering of 7,820,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), at a price to the public of $0.5750 per share (the “Public Offering”). Pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, on October 29, 2019, the Company sold 7,820,000 shares of Common Stock and received net proceeds of approximately $4.2 million, after deducting the underwriting discount, but before transaction costs. The Company has granted the underwriters of the Public Offering an over-allotment option to purchase up to an additional 1,173,000 shares of Common Stock at the public offering price, less the underwriting discount, which may be exercised at any time within 30 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement.

The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Company, customary indemnification obligations of the Company and the underwriters, including for liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and other obligations of the parties. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Underwriting Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties.

The foregoing summary of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Private Placement

As previously announced, on October 24, 2019, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company, the Schuler Family Foundation, Oracle Partners, LP, Oracle Institutional Partners, LP and Oracle Ten Fund, LP (collectively, the “Investors”). Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, on October 29, 2019, the Company sold to the Investors an aggregate of 69,565 shares of Series E Participating Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Series E Preferred Stock”), at a per share price of $57.50 in a private placement (the “Private Placement”), and received gross proceeds of approximately $4.0 million, before transaction costs. Each share of Series E Preferred Stock will be convertible into 100 shares of Common Stock reflecting a conversion price equal to $0.5750 per share, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments. The shares of Series E Preferred Stock automatically convert into shares of Common Stock upon receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval described in Item 3.03 below. The shares of Series E Preferred Stock have no other conversion rights. For a summary of the terms, rights, obligations and preferences of the Series E Preferred Stock, refer to Item 3.03 below.

Larry N. Feinberg is the managing member of Oracle Associates, LLC, which is the general partner of Oracle Partners, LP, Oracle Institutional Partners, LP and Oracle Ten Fund, LP, and, prior to the closing of the Private Placement, beneficially owned approximately 25% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock. Jack W. Schuler is the President of the Schuler Family Foundation and, prior to the closing of the Private Placement, beneficially owned approximately 32% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock.

The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Company, customary indemnification obligations of the Company and the Investors, including for liabilities under the Securities Act, and other obligations of the parties. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties.

The shares of Series E Preferred Stock were offered in reliance upon exemptions from registration under the Securities Act afforded by Regulation D and corresponding provisions of state securities laws. Each of the

 

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Investors is either a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act or an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act. The Company has agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to file, within 30 days following receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval, a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to register the resale of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Series E Preferred Stock.

The foregoing summary of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.02

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

The disclosure set forth in Item 1.01 above under “Private Placement” is hereby incorporated into this Item 3.02 by reference.

 

Item 3.03

Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

In connection with the completion of the Private Placement, on October 29, 2019, the Company filed the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series E Participating Convertible Preferred Stock of BIOLASE, Inc. (the “Certificate of Designations”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to establish the terms, rights, obligations and preferences of the Series E Preferred Stock. The Certificate of Designations became effective upon the filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The number of shares of Series E Preferred Stock designated is 70,000, and each share of Series E Preferred Stock has a stated value equal to $57.50.

Voting Rights

Except as otherwise provided by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), other applicable law or as provided in the Certificate of Designations, the holders of the Series E Preferred Stock will not be entitled to vote (or render written consents) on any matter submitted for a vote (or written consents in lieu of a vote as permitted by the DGCL, the charter and the bylaws) of holders of Common Stock. The consent of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Series E Preferred Stock will be required to alter or change adversely the terms of the Series E Preferred Stock. The express prior written consent of both underwriters of the Public Offering described in Item 1.01 above or their respective designees will be required to directly or indirectly alter, modify or repeal any terms, conditions or other provisions of the Series E Preferred Stock in a manner adverse to the interests of the holders of the Common Stock (as so reasonably determined by such underwriters or their respective designees).

Dividends

If the Board of Directors declares a cash dividend payable upon the Common Stock, then the holders of the outstanding shares of Series E Preferred Stock will be entitled to the amount of dividends as would be payable in respect of the number of shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Series E Preferred Stock could be converted, such number to be determined as of the record date for the dividend or, if no such record date is established, as of the date of such dividend. Dividends are payable at the same time as and when dividends on the Common Stock are paid to the holders of Common Stock.

Liquidation Preference

In the event of any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Company whether voluntary or involuntary (each, a “Liquidation”), the holders of Series E Preferred Stock will be entitled to have set apart for them, or to be paid, out of the assets of the Company available for distribution to stockholders (whether such assets are capital, surplus or earnings) after provision for payment of all debts and liabilities of the Company in accordance with the DGCL, before any distribution or payment is made with respect to any shares of junior securities and subject to the liquidation rights and preferences of any class or series of senior securities and parity securities, an amount equal to the greater of (i) $57.50, being the purchase price per share of Series E Preferred Stock (which amount shall be subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments) plus the all accrued but unpaid dividends thereon and (ii) such amount as would have been payable on the number of shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Series E Preferred Stock could have been converted immediately prior to such Liquidation.

 

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Conversion

The number of shares of Common Stock into which each share of Series E Preferred Stock is initially convertible is equal to the number obtained by dividing (i) the sum of $57.50, being the initial purchase price per share of the Series E Preferred Stock, and the amount of any accrued but unpaid dividends thereon by (ii) $0.5750, being the conversion price per share of Series E Preferred Stock, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments. This reflects an initial conversion rate of 100 shares of Common Stock for each share of Series E Preferred Stock, and an initial conversion price per share of Common Stock equal to the public offering price of the shares of Common Stock sold pursuant to the Public Offering. Each share of Series E Preferred Stock will be automatically converted upon obtaining the Requisite Stockholder Approval (as defined below) and filing the related certificate of amendment to the Company’s charter with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

Subject to applicable law, the rules and regulations of Nasdaq and the Company’s charter and bylaws, the Company will establish a record date for, call, give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of the holders of Common Stock, no later than June 1, 2020, for the purpose of voting upon any and all corporate actions in furtherance of the full conversion of the outstanding shares of Series E Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock, including, without limitation, effectuating an amendment to the charter to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock and satisfy Nasdaq requirements with respect to the issuance of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series E Preferred Stock (the “Corporate Actions”) to secure the favorable vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Stockholders’ Meeting with respect to the Corporate Actions (the “Requisite Stockholder Approval”).

The Company will file with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a certificate of amendment to its charter reflecting the approval of the Corporate Actions promptly following receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval. Upon such filing, all shares of Series E Preferred Stock will be automatically converted, without any further action by the holders of such shares, into the number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock equal to the number obtained by dividing (i) the stated value of such Series E Preferred Stock, plus the amount of any accrued but unpaid dividends as of the conversion date by (ii) the conversion price in effect on the conversion date (determined as provided in the Certificate of Designations). The Certificate of Designations contains customary anti-dilution adjustments to the conversion price in the event of stock dividends, subdivisions or splits and upon stock combinations.

In the event of (A) a capital reorganization of the Common Stock, (B) a reclassification of the Common Stock (other than a subdivision, split-up or combination of shares) or (C) a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation, or the sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties and assets to any other person, then, as a part of such reorganization, reclassification, merger, or consolidation or sale, provision will be made so that holders of Series E Preferred Stock, as the case may be, shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon conversion of the Series E Preferred Stock, the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities or property of the Company, or of the successor corporation resulting from such merger, consolidation or sale, to which such holder would have been entitled if such holder had converted its shares of Series E Preferred Stock immediately prior to such capital reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or sale.

Redemption

At any time and from time to time on or after the third anniversary of the closing of the Private Placement, the Company may elect, by delivering an irrevocable written notice to the holders of Series E Preferred Stock, to redeem all or any portion of the Series E Preferred Stock held by such holder at a price per share equal to the stated value per share plus an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to the date of such notice. No redemption may be effected in violation of any applicable laws, rules and/or regulations including the DGCL and/or the terms of any of the Company’s debt or other securities and/or contractual obligations. Shares of Series E Preferred Stock are not entitled to any redemption rights or mandatory sinking fund or analogous fund provisions.

 

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Ranking

The Series E Preferred Stock will rank senior to the Common Stock with respect to distributions upon any Liquidation, on parity to any class or series of the Company’s capital stock hereafter created specifically ranking by its terms on parity with the Series E Preferred Stock and junior to any class or series of the Company’s capital stock hereafter created specifically ranking by its terms senior to the Series E Preferred Stock.

The foregoing summary of the Certificate of Designations does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Certificate of Designations, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated October 24, 2019, between the Company and The Benchmark Company, LLC and Dougherty & Company LLC, as underwriters
  3.1    Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series E Participating Convertible Preferred Stock
99.1    Securities Purchase Agreement, dated October 24, 2019, among the Company and the investors listed on Schedule I thereto

 

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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.

 

      BIOLASE, INC.
Date:   October 29, 2019     By:   /s/ Todd A. Norbe
        Todd A. Norbe
        President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 1.1

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

October 24, 2019

The Benchmark Company, LLC

150 East 58th Street, 17th Floor

New York, NY 10155

As Representative of the several Underwriters named on Schedule 1 attached hereto

Dougherty & Company LLC

90 South Seventh Street

Suite 4300

Minneapolis, MN 55402

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned, BIOLASE, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby confirms its agreement (this “Agreement”) with The Benchmark Company, LLC (the “Representative”) and with the other underwriters named on Schedule 1 hereto for which the Representative is acting as representative (the Representative and such other underwriters being collectively called the “Underwriters” or, individually, an “Underwriter”) as follows:

1.    Purchase and Sale of Shares.

 

  (a)

Shares.

(i)    Nature and Purchase of Shares.

(A)    On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to the several Underwriters an aggregate of 7,820,000 common shares, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Shares”). The 7,820,000 Common Shares referred to in this Section 1(a) are hereinafter referred to as the “Firm Shares.”

(B)    On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase from the Company the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule 1 attached hereto and made a part hereof at a purchase price of $0.5355 (the “Purchase Price”) per Firm Share (93.125% of the public offering price per Firm Share). The Firm Shares are to be offered initially to the public at the offering price set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus (as defined in Section 2(a)(i)(B) hereof).

(ii)    Share Payment and Delivery.

(A)    Delivery and payment for the Firm Shares shall be made no later than 2:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the second (2nd) Business Day (as defined in Section 1(a)(ii)(B) below) following the effective date (the “Effective Date”) of the Registration Statement (as defined in Section 2(a)(i)(A) below) (or the third (3rd) Business Day following the Effective Date if the Registration Statement is declared effective after 4:01 p.m., Eastern time) or at such earlier time as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company, at the offices of Gusrae Kaplan Nusbaum PLLC, 120 Wall Street, New York, New York, 10005 (“Representative Counsel”), or at such other place (or by electronic transmission) as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company. The hour and date of delivery and payment for the Firm Shares is called the “Closing Date.”


(B)    Payment for the Firm Shares shall be made on the Closing Date by wire transfer in Federal (same day) funds, payable to the order of the Company upon delivery of the certificates (in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters) representing the Firm Shares (or through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or via DWAC transfer), for the account of the Underwriters. The Firm Shares shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denominations as the Representative may request in writing no less than one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date. The Company shall not be obligated to sell or deliver the Firm Shares except upon tender of payment by the Representative for all of the Firm Shares. The term “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York, New York.

(iii)    Over-allotment Option.

(A) Option Shares. For the purposes of covering any over-allotments in connection with the distribution and sale of the Firm Shares, the Company hereby grants to the Underwriters an option (the “Over-allotment Option”) to purchase, in the aggregate, up to 1,173,000 additional Common Shares (the “Option Shares”), representing fifteen percent (15%) of the Firm Shares sold in the offering, from the Company. The purchase price to be paid per Option Share shall be equal to the Purchase Price, subject to the proviso set forth in Section 1(a)(i)(B). The Firm Shares and the Option Shares are collectively referred to as the “Public Securities.” The Public Securities shall be issued directly by the Company and shall have the rights and privileges described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus referred to below. The offering and sale of the Public Securities is herein referred to as the “Offering.”

(B)    Exercise of Option. The Over-allotment Option granted pursuant to Section 1(a)(iii)(A) hereof may be exercised by the Representative as to all (at any time) or any part (one time) for any number of the Option Shares within thirty (30) days after the Effective Date. The Underwriters shall not be under any obligation to purchase any the Option Shares prior to the exercise of the Over-allotment Option. The Over-allotment Option granted hereby may be exercised by the giving of oral notice to the Company from the Representative, which must be confirmed in writing by overnight mail or email or other electronic transmission setting forth the number of the Option Shares to be purchased and the date and time for delivery of and payment for the Option Shares (the “Option Closing Date”), which shall not be later than five (5) full Business Days after the date of the notice or such other time as shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Representative, at the offices of Representative’s Counsel, or at such other place (including remotely by facsimile or other electronic transmission) as shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Representative. If such delivery and payment for the Option Shares does not occur on the Closing Date, the Option Closing Date will be as set forth in the notice. Upon exercise of the Over-allotment Option with respect to all or any portion of the Option Shares subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (i) the Company shall become obligated to sell to the Underwriters the number of the Option Shares specified in such notice and (ii) each of the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, shall purchase that portion of the total number of the Option Shares then being purchased as set forth in Schedule 1 opposite the name of such Underwriter.

(C)    Payment and Delivery. Payment for the Option Shares shall be made on the Option Closing Date by wire transfer in Federal (same day) funds, payable to the order of the Company upon delivery to the Underwriters of certificates (in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters) representing the Option Shares (or through the facilities of DTC or DWAC transfer) for the account of the Underwriters. The Option Shares shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denominations as the Representative may request in writing at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Option Closing Date. The Company shall not be obligated to sell or deliver the Option Shares except upon tender of payment by the Representative for applicable Option Shares.

2.    Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to the Underwriters as of the Applicable Time (as defined below) and as of the Closing Date and as of the Option Closing Date, if any, as follows (unless otherwise indicated, all references to the Company in this Section 2 shall refer to the Company, its consolidated subsidiaries and its variable interest entities):

(a)    Filing of Registration Statement.

(i)    Pursuant to the Securities Act.

(A)    The Company has prepared and filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement, and an amendment or amendments thereto, on Form S-1 (File No. 333-233629), including any related prospectus or prospectuses, for the registration of the Public Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the

 

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Securities Act”), which registration statement and amendment or amendments have been prepared by the Company in conformity in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act (the “Securities Act Regulations”) and will contain all material statements that are required to be stated therein in accordance with the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations. Except as the context may otherwise require, such registration statement, as amended, on file with the Commission at the time the registration statement was declared effective (including the Preliminary Prospectus included in the registration statement, financial statements, schedules, exhibits and all other documents filed as a part thereof or incorporated therein by reference and all information deemed to be a part thereof as of the Effective Date pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 430A of the Securities Act Regulations (the “Rule 430A Information”)), is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement.” If the Company files any registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act Regulations, then after such filing, the term “Registration Statement” shall include such registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b). The Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission on the date hereof.

(B)    Each prospectus with respect to the Public Securities used prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and each prospectus with respect to the Public Securities that omitted the Rule 430A Information that was used after such effectiveness and prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, is herein called a “Preliminary Prospectus.” The Preliminary Prospectus with respect to the Public Securities that was included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the Applicable Time is hereinafter called the “Pricing Prospectus.” The final prospectus with respect to the Public Securities in the form first furnished to the Underwriters for use in the Offering is hereinafter called the “Prospectus.” Any reference to the “most recent Preliminary Prospectus” shall be deemed to refer to the latest Preliminary Prospectus included in the Registration Statement.

(C)    “Applicable Time” means 4:35 p.m., Eastern time, on the date of this Agreement.

(D)    “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act Regulations (“Rule 433”), including without limitation any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act Regulations) relating to the Public Securities that is (i) required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) a “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii) exempt from filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Public Securities or of the Offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).

(E)    “Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors (other than a “bona fide electronic road show,” as defined in Rule 433 (the “Bona Fide Electronic Road Show”)), as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule 2 hereto.

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

(G)    “Pricing Disclosure Package” means any Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the Pricing Prospectus and Schedule 4 hereto, all considered together.

(b)    Stock Exchange Listing. The Common Shares are listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Exchange”) under the symbol BIOL, and the Company has submitted to the Exchange a Listing of Additional Shares Notification Form with respect to the Public Securities, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, delisting the Common Shares from the Exchange, nor has the Company received any notification that the Exchange is currently contemplating terminating such listing. Except with respect to compliance with the Exchange’s minimum bid price requirements, for which the Company has not yet received a notification of non-compliance from such Exchange as of the date of this Agreement, the Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with the Exchange’s continued listing requirements.

(c)    No Stop Orders, etc. Neither the Commission nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any domestic, foreign or state regulatory authority has issued any order preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or has instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened to institute, any proceedings with respect to such an order. The Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information.

(d)    Disclosures in Registration Statement.

 

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(i)    Compliance with Securities Act and 10b-5 Representation.

(A)    Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it was declared effective, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations. Each Preliminary Prospectus, including the prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment or supplement thereto, and the Prospectus, at the time each was filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations. Each Preliminary Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with the Offering and the Prospectus was or will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(B)    Neither the Registration Statement nor any amendment thereto, at its effective time, as of the Applicable Time, at the Closing Date or at any Option Closing Date, contained, contains or will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to the Underwriters’ Information (as defined in Section 1(d)(i)(C)). To the Company’s knowledge, no post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement reflecting any facts or events arising after the date thereof which represent, individually or in the aggregate, a fundamental change in the information set forth therein is required to be filed with the Commission.

(C)    The Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, at the Closing Date or at any Option Closing Date, does not and will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to the Underwriters’ Information; and each Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus does not conflict in any material respect with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, and each such Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing Prospectus as of the Applicable Time, did not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements made or statements omitted in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company with respect to the Underwriters by the Representative expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto. The parties acknowledge and agree that such information provided by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists solely of the disclosure contained in the “Underwriting” section of the Prospectus related to the compensation of the Underwriters and dealers, electronic distribution of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, sales to discretionary accounts and the stabilization activities of the Underwriters (the “Underwriters’ Information”); and

(D)     None of the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, nor any amendment or supplement thereto, as of their respective issue dates, at the Closing Date or at any Option Closing Date, included or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to the Underwriters’ Information.

(E)    Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Pricing Disclosure Package, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(ii)    Disclosure of Agreements. The description of the Company’s agreements and documents included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, insofar as such description purports to constitute a summary of such agreements and documents, constitutes an accurate summary of the terms of such agreements and documents in all material respects. There are no agreements or other documents required by the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or to be filed with the Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement, that have not been so described or filed by reference.

 

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(iii)    Prior Securities Transactions. No securities of the Company have been sold by the Company or by or on behalf of, or for the benefit of, any person or persons controlled by the Company within the three years prior to the date of the initial filing of the Registration Statement, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Preliminary Prospectus. The Company has not otherwise issued any securities in such time period, other than (i) grants under any share compensation plan and common shares issued upon the vesting or exercise thereof and the warrants filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement.

(iv)    Smaller Reporting Company. At the (i) Effective Date and (ii) the Applicable Time, the Company was and will be a “smaller reporting company,” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act and in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

(v)    Regulations. The disclosures in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus describing the federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Company’s business as currently contemplated, insofar as such disclosures purport to constitute a summary of such federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules and regulations, are accurate in all material respects and no other such regulations are required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus which are not so disclosed.

(e)    Changes after Dates in Registration Statement. Since December 31, 2018, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus: (i) there has been no material adverse change, or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings/losses, business, operations or prospects, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company (any such change is called a “Material Adverse Change”), (ii) the Company has not incurred any material liability or obligation, indirect, direct or contingent nor entered into any material transaction or agreement, and (iii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of share capital or repurchase or redemption by the Company of any class of share capital, except any such repurchase or redemption as may have occurred under the Company’s equity compensation plans. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in Section 2(m)), the Company has not sent or received any communication regarding termination of, or intent not to renew, any of the contracts, agreements or customer relationships referred to or described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(f)    Independent Accountants. To the knowledge of the Company, BDO USA, LLP (the “Auditor”), whose report is filed with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Except as may otherwise be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Auditor has not, during the periods covered by the financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, provided to the Company any non-audit services, as such term is used in Section 10A(g) of the Exchange Act.

(g)    Financial Statements, etc. The financial statements, including the notes thereto and supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, fairly present in all material respects the financial position and the results of operations of the Company at the dates and for the periods to which they apply. Such financial statements, notes and schedules have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as may be expressly stated in the notes thereto. Except as included or incorporated by reference therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus under the Securities Act or the Securities Act Regulations. The summary financial information included under the caption “Summary Consolidated Financial Data” in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus presents fairly in all material respects the information shown therein and has been completed on a basis consistent with that of the audited or unaudited financial statements included therein (as the case may be). All disclosures included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission), if any, comply with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the Securities Act, to the extent applicable. Each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus discloses all material off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements and obligations (including contingent obligations) of the Company.

 

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(h)    Authorized Capital; Options, etc. The Company had, at the date or dates indicated in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the duly authorized, issued and outstanding capitalization as set forth therein. Based on the assumptions stated in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company will have on the Closing Date the adjusted share capitalization set forth therein. Except as set forth in, or contemplated by, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, on the Effective Date, as of the Applicable Time, on the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, there will be no share options, warrants, or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire any authorized, but unissued Common Shares or any security convertible or exercisable into Common Shares, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell Common Shares or any such options, warrants, rights or convertible securities.

 

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Valid Issuance of Securities, etc.

(i)     Outstanding Securities. All issued and outstanding securities of the Company issued prior to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof have no redemption or preemptive rights or rights of rescission with respect thereto, except as provided by law, and are not subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders; and except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, none of such securities were issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company or similar contractual rights granted by the Company. The authorized Common Shares, Company preferred shares and other securities of the Company to be outstanding upon consummation of the Offering conform in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The offers and sales of the outstanding Common Shares were at all relevant times either registered under the Securities Act and the applicable U.S. state securities or “blue sky” laws or, based in part on the representations and warranties of the purchasers of such shares, exempt from such registration requirements.

(ii)    Securities Sold Pursuant to this Agreement. The Public Securities have been duly authorized for issuance and sale and, when issued and paid for, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not and will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being holders; the Public Securities are not and will not be subject to the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company or similar contractual rights granted by the Company; and all corporate action required to be taken for the authorization, issuance and sale of the Public Securities has been duly and validly taken; and the description of the Public Securities conform in all material respects to all statements with respect thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(iii)    Registration Rights of Third Parties. No holders of any securities of the Company or any rights exercisable for or convertible or exchangeable into securities of the Company have the right to require the Company to register any such securities of the Company under the Securities Act or to include any such securities in a registration statement to be filed by the Company (except for any such rights that have been waived or complied with).

(j)    Authorization; Validity and Binding Effect of Agreements. The Company has full legal right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by the Company, and, when executed and delivered, will constitute, the valid and binding agreements of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally; (ii) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the federal and state securities laws; and (iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

(k)    [Reserved]

(l)    Enforceability of Agreements. All material agreements between the Company and third parties expressly referenced in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that (i) enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles, (ii) the indemnification provisions of certain agreements may be limited by federal or state securities laws or public policy considerations in respect thereof, (iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought and (iv) the failure to be such legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(m)    Non-Contravention of Existing Instruments. The Company is not in violation of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws, and is not in default (nor would it be, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, in default) under any indenture, mortgage, loan or credit agreement, note, guarantee, contract, franchise, lease or other instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound (including, without limitation, any credit agreement, guarantee, indenture, pledge agreement, security agreement or other instrument or agreement evidencing, guaranteeing, securing or relating to indebtedness of the Company, if any), or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject (each, an “Existing Instrument”), except for such defaults as would not be reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in any change or effect in the business, operations, results of operations, assets, capitalization, financial condition, rights or liabilities of the Company which is materially adverse to the business, operations or financial condition of the Company (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The Company’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Prospectus and the issuance and sale of the Public Shares (i) will not result in any violation of the provisions of the constitutive documents or the by-laws of the Company, (ii) will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company pursuant to, or require the consent of any other party to, any Existing Instrument except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event as would not be reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect and (iii) will not result in any material violation of any law, administrative regulation or administrative or court decree applicable to the Company. As used herein, a “Debt Repayment Triggering Event” means any event or condition which gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would give, the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company.

(n)    Change in Legislation. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation, which it reasonably expects will materially and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or prospects of the Company.

(i)    FDA, and Other Regulatory Authorities. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company holds all licenses, certificates, approvals and permits from all provincial, federal, state, United States, foreign and other regulatory authorities, including but not limited to the United States Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”), the European Medicines Agency (the “EMA”) and any foreign regulatory authorities performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA and the EMA, that are material to the conduct of the business of the Company as such business is now conducted as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all of which are valid and in full force and effect and there is no proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened which may cause any such license, certificate, approval or permit to be withdrawn, cancelled, suspended or not renewed.

(ii)    No filing or submission to the FDA, the EMA or any other regulatory body, that was or is intended to be the basis for any approval of the Company’s products or product candidates, to the knowledge of the Company, contains any material omission or material false information.

(iii)    The Company is not in violation in any material respect, of any material law, order, rule, regulation, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental agency or body, applicable to the investigation of new drugs in humans and animals, including, but not limited to, those promulgated by the FDA or the EMA.

(o)    Medical Devices. The Company is in compliance with the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (“FDC Act”) and the Radiation Control for Safety and Health Act of 1968 (the “Safety Act”) relating to medical devices. Each device that the Company manufactures, causes to be manufactured and distributes or causes to be distributed for sale (the “Company Devices”) is the subject of a 510(k) premarket notification which resulted in a finding of substantial equivalence by FDA or such device qualifies for exemption from 510(k) premarket notification requirements or is subject to a Pre-Market Approval (“PMA”) by the FDA. None of the Company Devices found substantially equivalent by the FDA have been modified in such a manner as to require the submission of a new 510(k) premarket notification. The Company believes that none of the Company Devices have been labeled or promoted in such a manner as to require the submission of a new 510(k) notification or a new PMA. All the Company Devices being commercialized are listed with the FDA and have been manufactured in a facility registered by the Company with FDA. The Company has obtained the necessary regulatory approvals for its manufacturing facility, and the facility currently has no outstanding adverse inspections or audits. All Company Devices manufactured by the Company or which the Company causes to be manufactured

 

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by third parties are manufactured in accordance with applicable Quality Systems Regulations, 21 C.F.R. Part 820. The Company believes it has submitted all reports necessary to be submitted in accordance with the Medical Device Reporting regulations, 21 C.F.R. Part 803. The Company has labeled and promoted the Company Devices in accordance with the provisions of the FDC Act and FDA’s implementing regulations. The Company Devices are not misbranded, adulterated, or otherwise in violation of the FDC Act or FDA’s regulations, or rule governing the current business of the Company or its subsidiaries.

(p)    Permits; Consents.

(i)    All Necessary Permits, etc. The Company possesses such valid and current certificates, authorizations or permits issued by the appropriate federal, provincial, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct its business, as now conducted, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company has not received, nor has any reason to believe that it will receive, any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of, or non-compliance with, any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(ii)    Transactions Contemplated Herein. The Company has all corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out the provisions and conditions hereof, and all consents, authorizations, approvals and orders required in connection therewith have been obtained. No consent, authorization or order of, and no filing with, any court, government agency or other body is required for the valid issuance, sale and delivery of the Public Securities and the consummation of the transactions and agreements contemplated by this Agreement and as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except with respect to applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) and the Exchange.

(q)    D&O Questionnaires. To the Company’s knowledge, all information contained in the questionnaires (the “Questionnaires”) completed by each of the Company’s directors, officers and 10% shareholders immediately prior to the Offering (the “Insiders”) as supplemented by all information concerning the Company’s directors, officers and principal shareholders as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, provided to the Underwriters, is true and correct in all material respects and the Company has not become aware of any information which would cause the information disclosed in the Questionnaires to become materially inaccurate and incorrect.

(r)    No Material Actions or Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened or contemplated (i) against or affecting the Company, (ii) which have as the subject thereof any officer or director (in his or her capacity as such) of, or property owned or leased by, the Company or (iii) relating to environmental or discrimination matters, where in any such case (A) there is a reasonable expectation that such action, suit or proceeding will be determined adversely to the Company or such officer or director, (B) any such action, suit or proceeding, if so determined adversely, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (C) any such action, suit or proceeding is or would be material in the context of the sale of the Public Shares. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no material labor dispute with the employees or independent contractors of the Company exists or, to the Company’s knowledge, is threatened or imminent.

(s)    Liabilities. The Company has no liabilities, obligations, indebtedness or commitments, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, which are not disclosed or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, other than liabilities, obligations, or indebtedness or commitments (i) incurred in the normal course of business, or (ii) which would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(t)    Incorporation and Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a Company in good standing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, and has the corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

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(u)    Organization and Good Standing of the Subsidiaries. Each of the Company’s subsidiaries has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing as a corporation or other business entity and is in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or organization, is duly licensed or qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such license or qualification, and has the corporate power and authority necessary to own, lease and operate their respective properties and to conduct their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(v)    Insurance. The Company maintains insurance covering the properties, operations, personnel and business of the Company in such amounts and with such deductibles and covering such risks as are reasonably adequate and customary for its business. The Company has no knowledge that it will not be able (i) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not been denied any insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied in the past two years.

(w)    Transactions Affecting Disclosure to FINRA.

(i)    Finder’s Fees. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no claims, payments, arrangements, agreements or understandings relating to the payment of a finder’s, consulting or origination fee by the Company or any of its directors or officers with respect to the sale of the Public Securities hereunder or any other arrangements, agreements or understandings of the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its shareholders that may affect the Underwriters’ compensation, as determined by FINRA.

(ii)    Payments Within 180 Days. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has not made any direct or indirect payments (in cash, securities or otherwise) to: (i) any person, as a finder’s fee, consulting fee or otherwise, in consideration of such person raising capital for the Company or introducing to the Company persons who raised or provided capital to the Company; (ii) any FINRA member; or (iii) any person or entity that has any direct or indirect affiliation or association with any FINRA member, within the 180-day period immediately preceding the original filing of the Registration Statement, other than the payment to the Underwriters as provided hereunder in connection with the Offering.

(iii)    Use of Proceeds. None of the net proceeds of the Offering will be paid by the Company to any participating FINRA member or its affiliates, except as specifically set forth herein.

(iv)    FINRA Affiliation. There is no (i) officer or director of the Company, (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, beneficial owner of 5% or more of any class of the Company’s securities or (iii) to the Company’s knowledge, beneficial owner of the Company’s unregistered equity securities which were acquired during the 180-day period immediately preceding the original filing of the Registration Statement that, in each case, is an affiliate or associated person of a FINRA member participating in the Offering (as determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of FINRA).

(x)    [Reserved]

(y)    Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, subsidiary or other person acting on behalf of the Company is aware of or has made any contribution or other payment or taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any “foreign public official” (as such term is defined in the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (“CFPOA”)) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the CFPOA.

(z)    Compliance with OFAC. Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or subsidiary of the Company or any other person acting on behalf of the Company, is currently subject to any U.S.

 

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sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”), and the Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Offering hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

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

(bb)    Officers Certificate. Any certificate signed on behalf of the Company by any duly authorized officer of the Company and delivered to the Representative or to Representative Counsel shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriters as to the matters covered thereby.

(cc)    Lock-Up Agreements. Schedule 3 hereto contains a complete and accurate list of the Company’s officers, directors and 10% or more shareholders (or, with respect to such shareholders, their controlling persons) (collectively, the “Lock-Up Parties”).

(dd)    Related Party Transactions. There are no material business relationships or transactions with related persons within the meaning of Item 404 of Regulation S-K required to be described in Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, which have not been described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(ee)    Board of Directors. The Board of Directors of the Company is comprised of the persons set forth under the heading of the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus captioned “Management—Board of Directors.” The qualifications of the persons serving as board members and the overall composition of the board comply with the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Exchange Act (the “Exchange Act Regulations”), the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules promulgated thereunder (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) applicable to the Company and the listing rules of the Exchange. At least one member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as such term is defined under Regulation S-K. In addition, at least a majority of the persons serving on the Board of Directors qualify as “independent,” as defined under the listing rules of the Exchange.

(ff)    Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance.

(i)    Disclosure Controls. The Company has developed and currently maintains disclosure controls and procedures that comply with Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15 under the Exchange Act Regulations applicable to it, and such controls and procedures are effective to ensure that all material information concerning the Company will be made known on a timely basis to the individuals responsible for the preparation of the Company’s Exchange Act filings and other public disclosure documents.

(ii)    Compliance. The Company is in material compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act applicable to it.

(gg)    Accounting Controls. The Company maintains systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined under Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act Regulations) that comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, including, but not limited to, internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal controls. The Company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies and material

 

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weaknesses, if any, in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are known to the Company’s management and that have adversely affected or are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’ ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (ii) any fraud, if any, known to the Company’s management, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.

(hh)    No Investment Company Status. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the Offering and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be, required to register as an “investment company,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(ii)    Directors and Officers. To the knowledge of the Company, none of the current directors or officers of the Company are now, or have ever been, subject to an order or ruling of any securities regulatory authority or stock exchange prohibiting such individual from acting as a director or officer of a public corporation or of a corporation listed on a particular stock exchange.

(jj)    Employment Standards, Human Rights Legislation. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding material complaints against the Company before any government employment standards branch, tribunal or human rights tribunal, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, are there any threatened material complaints or any occurrence that may reasonably be expected to lead to a material complaint, in each case under any human rights legislation or employment standards legislation. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding decisions or settlements or pending settlements under any employment standards legislation that place any obligation upon the Company to do or to refrain from doing any act that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not delinquent in any material respect in payments to any of its employees, consultants or independent contractors for any wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses or other direct compensation for any service performed for it or amounts required to be reimbursed to such employees, consultants or independent contractors, and all such amounts have been properly accrued in the books and records of the Company. The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws related to employment, including those related to wages, hours and the payment and withholding of taxes and other sums as required by law and has not and is not engaged in any unfair labor practice.

(kk)    Proposed Acquisition. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no material agreements, contracts, arrangements or understandings (written or oral) with any persons relating to the acquisition or proposed acquisition by the Company of any material interest in any business (or part of a business) or corporation, nor are there any other specific contracts or agreements (written or oral) in respect of any such matters in contemplation.

(ll)    Intellectual Property Rights.

(i)    Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and each subsidiary of the Company is the sole and exclusive owner of all right, title and interest in and to, or has a valid and enforceable right to use pursuant to a written license, all trademarks, trade names, service marks, patents, patent applications, other patent rights, copyrights, domain names, software, inventions, processes, databases, know how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) and other similar intellectual property rights, whether registered or unregistered and in any jurisdiction (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”) reasonably necessary to conduct its businesses as now conducted or proposed to be conducted as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances.

(ii)    Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, to the knowledge of the Company, the Company’s business as now conducted or proposed to be conducted as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, does not infringe, conflict with or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property Rights of others, and the Company has not received, and has no reason to believe that it will receive, any notice of infringement or conflict with asserted Intellectual Property Rights of others, or any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property Rights invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company therein.

(iii)    To the knowledge of the Company, there is no infringement by third parties of any Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company.

(iv)    Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim relating to Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company.

 

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(v)    Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company is not a party to or bound by any options, licenses or agreements with respect to the Intellectual Property Rights of any other person or entity.

(vi)    All licenses for Intellectual Property Rights owned or used by the Company are valid, binding upon and enforceable by or against the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, against the parties thereto in accordance with their terms.

(vii)    None of the technology employed by the Company has been obtained or is being used by the Company in violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its officers, directors or employees or otherwise in violation of the rights of any third party.

(viii)    Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, all assignments from inventors to the Company have been obtained and filed with the appropriate patent offices for all of the Company’s patent applications.

(ix)    Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company does not have knowledge of any claims of third parties to any ownership interest or unregistered lien with respect to the Company’s or its licensors’ patents and patent applications.

(x)    Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company does not know of any facts which would form a basis for a finding of unenforceability or invalidity of any of the patents, trademarks or service marks of the Company.

(xi)    The Company does not know of any material defects of form in the preparation or filing of the patent applications of the Company.

(xii)    To the knowledge of the Company, the Company has complied with the U.S. Patents and Trademark Office duties of candor and disclosure for each patent and patent application of the Company.

(xiii)    Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company does not know of any fact with respect to the patent applications of the Company presently on file that (A) would preclude the issuance of patents with respect to such applications, (B) would lead it to conclude that such patents, when issued, would not be valid and enforceable in accordance with applicable regulations or (C) would result in a third party having any rights in any patents issuing from such patent applications.

(xiv)    The Company has taken all commercially reasonable steps to protect, maintain and safeguard each of its rights in all Intellectual Property Rights, including to its knowledge, the execution of appropriate nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements.

(mm)    Title to Properties. The Company has good and marketable title to all property and other assets reflected as owned by it in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, in each case (except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus) free and clear of any security interests, mortgages, liens, encumbrances, equities, adverse claims and other defects except those that do not materially and adversely affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property by the Company. The real property, improvements, equipment and personal property held under lease by the Company are held under valid and enforceable leases, with such exceptions as are not material and do not materially interfere with the conduct of the business of the Company.

(nn)    Tax Law Compliance. The Company has filed all U.S. federal, state and all other foreign, provincial, state, local or other income and franchise tax returns required to be filed by it or has properly requested extensions thereof, other than those tax returns where the failure to file would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and has paid all taxes and any similar assessment, including interest and penalties applicable thereto, that are due and payable by it, other than those being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, those as to which adequate reserves have been provided or those where failure to pay would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(oo)    Employee Benefit Laws. The Company is not in violation of or has not received notice of any violation with respect to any federal or state law relating to discrimination in the hiring, promotion or pay of employees, nor any applicable federal or state wages and hours law, the violation of any of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(pp)    Ineligible Issuer. At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the Securities Act Regulations) of the Public Securities and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405, without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer.

(qq)    Statistical and Market-Related Data. The statistical, demographic and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate in all material respects or represent the Company’s good faith estimates that are made on the basis of data derived from such sources.

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

(ss)    Export and Import Laws. The Company, and, to the Company’s knowledge, each of its affiliates, and any director, officer, agent or employee of, or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company, has acted at all times in compliance with applicable Export and Import Laws (as defined below) and there are no claims, complaints, charges, investigations or proceedings pending or expected or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened between the Company or any of its subsidiaries and any governmental authority under any Export or Import Laws. The term “Export and Import Laws” means the Arms Export Control Act, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended, the Export Administration Regulations, and all other laws and regulations of the United States government regulating the provision of services to non-U.S. parties or the export and import of articles or information from and to the United States of America, and all similar laws and regulations of any foreign government regulating the provision of services to parties not of the foreign country or the export and import of articles and information from and to the foreign country to parties not of the foreign country.

(tt)    Compliance with Environmental Laws.

(i)    Except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company is not in violation of any federal, provincial, state, local, municipal or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”);

 

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(ii)    Except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company has all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and is in compliance with their requirements;

(iii)    there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company; and

(iv)    to the knowledge of the Company, there are no events or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or governmental body or agency, against or affecting the Company relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.

(uu)    Integration. Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause the Offering to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act that would require the registration of any such securities under the Securities Act.

(vv)    Confidentiality and Non-Competition. To the Company’s knowledge, no director, officer, key employee or consultant of the Company is subject to any confidentiality, non-disclosure, non-competition agreement or non-solicitation agreement with any employer or prior employer that could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect his or her ability to be and act in his or her respective capacity at the Company or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(ww)    Not an “Emerging Growth Company.” The Company does not meet the definition of an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act.

(xx)    [Reserved]

(yy)    Margin Securities. The Company owns no “margin securities” as that term is defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve Board”), and none of the proceeds of Offering will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin security, for the purpose of reducing or retiring any indebtedness which was originally incurred to purchase or carry any margin security or for any other purpose which might cause any of the Common Shares to be considered a “purpose credit” within the meanings of Regulation T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.

(zz)    Minute Books. The minute books of the Company have been made available to the Underwriters, and such books (i) contain a complete summary of all meetings and actions of the board of directors (including each board committee) and stockholders of the Company (or analogous governing bodies and interest holders, as applicable), and each of its subsidiaries since October 1, 2016 through the date of the latest meeting and action, and (ii) accurately in all material respects reflect all matters referred to in such minutes.

3.    Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees as follows:

(a)    Amendments to Registration Statement. The Company shall deliver to the Representative, prior to filing, any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus proposed to be filed after the Effective Date and not file any such amendment or supplement to which the Representative shall reasonably object in writing; provided however, that this Section 3(a) shall not be applicable with respect to any supplements to the Registration Statement filed solely for the purpose of supplementing the Registration Statement or Prospectus with a report filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act.

(b)    Federal Securities Laws.

(i)    Compliance. The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 430A of the Securities Act Regulations, and will notify the Representative promptly, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall become effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus shall have been filed; (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission; (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration

 

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Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information; (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Public Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatening, of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Securities Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act in connection with the Offering of the Public Securities. The Company shall effect all filings required under Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act Regulations, in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and shall take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order, prevention or suspension and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.

(ii)    Continued Compliance. The Company shall comply with the Securities Act, the Securities Act Regulations, the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Public Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Public Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172 of the Securities Act Regulations (“Rule 172”), would be) required by the Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Public Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to (i) amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order that the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser or (iii) amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, in order to comply with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Securities Act Regulations, the Company will promptly (A) give the Representative notice of such event; (B) prepare any amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus comply with such requirements and, a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed filing or use, furnish the Representative with copies of any such amendment or supplement and (C) file with the Commission any such amendment or supplement; provided that the Company shall not file or use any such amendment or supplement to which the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object unless advised by counsel that such filing is required by law. The Company will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The Company has given the Representative notice of any filings made pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time. To the extent practicable, the Company shall give the Representative notice of its intention to make any such filing from the Applicable Time until the later of the Closing Date and the exercise or expiration of the Over-allotment Option specified in Section 1(a)(iii)(A) hereof and will furnish the Representative with copies of the related document(s) a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing.

(iii)    [Reserved]

(iv)    Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representative, it shall not make any offer relating to the Public Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” or a portion thereof, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the Representative shall be deemed to have consented to each Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus and any “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) that has been reviewed and approved in writing by the Representative. The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each such free writing prospectus consented to, or deemed consented to, by the Underwriters as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and that it has complied and will comply with the applicable requirements of Rule 433 with respect thereto, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

 

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(c)    Delivery to the Underwriters of Registration Statements. The Company has delivered or made available or shall deliver or make available to the Underwriters, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(d)    Delivery to the Underwriters of Prospectuses. The Company has delivered or made available or will deliver or make available to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the Securities Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Public Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the Securities Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(e)    Effectiveness and Events Requiring Notice to the Representative. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain effective with a current prospectus through and including the date nine (9) months following the Applicable Time.

(f)    [Reserved]

(g)    [Reserved]

(h)    Research Independence. The Company acknowledges that each Underwriter’s research analysts and research departments, if any, are required to be independent from their respective investment banking divisions and are subject to certain regulations and internal policies, and that such Underwriter’s research analysts may hold and make statements or investment recommendations and/or publish research reports with respect to the Company and/or the offering that differ from the views of its investment bankers. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against such Underwriter with respect to any conflict of interest that may arise from the fact that the views expressed by their independent research analysts and research departments may be different from or inconsistent with the views or advice communicated to the Company by such Underwriter’s investment banking divisions. The Company acknowledges that the Representative is a full service securities firm and as such from time to time, subject to applicable securities laws, may effect transactions for its own account or the account of its customers and hold long or short position in debt or equity securities of the Company.

(i)    [Reserved]

(j)    Payment of Expenses. The Company hereby agrees to pay on or before the Closing Date all expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement, including, but not limited to: (a) all filing fees relating to the registration of the Public Securities to be sold in the Offering with the Commission; (b) all actual Public Offering Filing System filing fees associated with the review of the Offering by FINRA; (c) all fees and expenses relating to the listing of the Common Shares on the Exchange; (d) all fees, expenses and disbursements, if any, relating to the registration or qualification of the Public Securities under the “blue sky” securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably designate (including, without limitation, all filing and registration fees, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of “blue sky” counsel); (e) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to the registration, qualification or exemption of the Public Securities under the securities laws of such foreign jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably designate; (f) share transfer and/or stamp taxes, if any, payable upon the transfer of securities from the Company to the Underwriters; (g) the fees and expenses of the Representative Counsel up to a maximum of $100,000; (h) the Representative’s use of Ipreo’s book-building, prospectus tracking, compliance software and other communication expenses for the Offering; and (i) “road show” expenses for the offering; provided, that such fees and expenses set forth in clauses (g)-(i) of this Section 3(j) not to exceed $125,000 in the aggregate; provided further, that such fees and expenses set forth in clauses (c)-(f) may be paid following the Closing Date following receipt of invoices therefor. In addition to the foregoing, the Company shall be responsible for the costs of background checks by the Representatives of its senior management in an amount not to exceed $5,000. The Representative may deduct from the net proceeds of the Offering payable to the Company on the Closing Date, or any Option Closing Date, the expenses set forth in clauses (g)-(i) herein (after giving effect to any amounts previously advanced, and as limited by the

 

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proviso thereto) and in the immediately preceding sentence, provided, however, that in the event that the Offering is terminated, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8(c) hereof. It is understood, that, except as provided in this Section 3(j), the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Public Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.

(k)    Application of Net Proceeds. The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the Offering received by it in a manner consistent with the application thereof described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(l)    Rule 158. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the Exchange Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the Underwriters the benefits contemplated by, Rule 158(a) under Section 11(a) of the Securities Act.

(m)    Stabilization. Neither the Company nor, to its knowledge, any of its employees, directors or shareholders (without the consent of the Representative) has taken or shall take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that has constituted or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under Regulation M of the Exchange Act, or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Public Securities.

(n)    [Reserved]

(o)    FINRA. For a period of 90 days from the later of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, the Company shall advise the Representative (who shall make an appropriate filing with FINRA) if it is or becomes aware that (i) any officer or director of the Company, (ii) any beneficial owner of 5% or more of any class of the Company’s securities or (iii) any beneficial owner of the Company’s unregistered equity securities which were acquired during the 180 days immediately preceding the original filing of the Registration Statement is or becomes an affiliate or associated person of a FINRA member participating in the Offering (as determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of FINRA).

(p)    No Fiduciary Duties. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters’ responsibility to the Company is solely contractual in nature and that none of the Underwriters or their affiliates or any selling agent shall be deemed to be acting in a fiduciary capacity, or otherwise owes any fiduciary duty to the Company or any of its affiliates in connection with the Offering and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(q)    Internal Controls. The Company shall use its best efforts to maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary in order to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

(r)    Company Lock-Up Agreements. The Company, on behalf of itself and any successor entity, agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representative, it will not, for a period of 90 days after the date of this Agreement, (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company; (ii) file or cause to be filed any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company (other than the Registration Statement or a registration statement on Form S-8); or (iii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of capital stock of the Company, whether any such transaction described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above is to be settled by delivery of shares of capital stock of the Company or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The restrictions contained in this section shall not apply to (i) the Public Securities to be sold hereunder or the shares of the Company’s Series E Participating Convertible Preferred Stock to be sold pursuant to the concurrent private placement; (ii) the issuance by the Company of Common Shares upon the exercise of an outstanding option or warrant, the vesting of an outstanding restricted stock unit or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof and disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Disclosure Package or upon the conversion of the Series E Participating Convertible Preferred Stock, (iii) the transfer or deemed repurchase of capital sock by the Company for payment purposes in connection with the delivery of shares of stock pursuant to restricted stock,

 

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restricted stock units or other equity award or warrant (including shares withheld or forfeited in order to satisfy any tax withholding or remittance obligations or pursuant to a net settlement), or (iv) the grant by the Company of options or other share-based awards, or the issuance of shares of the Company under any equity compensation plan of the Company disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, as such plans may be amended.

(s)    Board Composition and Board Designations. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that: (i) the qualifications of the persons serving as Board members and the overall composition of the Board comply in all material respects with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules promulgated thereunder and with the listing requirements of the Exchange and (ii) if applicable, at least one member of the Board qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as such term is defined under Regulation S-K.

(t)    Securities Laws Disclosure; Pre-Closing Publicity. At the request of the Representative, by 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date following the date hereof, the Company shall issue a press release disclosing the material terms of the Offering. Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, prior to the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, the Company shall not issue any press release or other communication directly or indirectly or hold any press conference with respect to the Company, its condition, financial or otherwise, or earnings, business affairs or business prospects (except for routine oral and written communications in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the past practices of the Company and of which the Representative is notified), without the prior written consent of the Representative, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, unless in the judgment of the Company and its counsel, and after notification to the Representative, such press release or communication is required by law, rule or regulation.

(u)    Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company shall use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, if necessary, to qualify the Public Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Representative may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required to complete the distribution of the Public Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.

(v)    Reporting Requirements. The Company, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Public Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the Securities Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act within the time periods required by the Exchange Act and Exchange Act Regulations. Additionally, the Company shall report the use of proceeds from the issuance of the Public Securities as may be required under Rule 463 under the Securities Act Regulations.

(w)    Tax Forms. The Company will deliver to each Underwriter (or its agent), prior to or at the Closing Date, a properly completed and executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or an IRS Form W-8, as appropriate, together with all required attachments to such forms (or other applicable form or statement specified by the Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof) in order to facilitate the Underwriters’ documentation of their compliance with the reporting and withholding provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 with respect to the transactions herein contemplated.

(x)    Restriction on Continuous Offerings. Notwithstanding the restrictions contained in Section 3(r), the Company, on behalf of itself and any successor entity, agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representative, it will not, for a period of 90 days after the date of this Agreement, directly or indirectly in any “at-the-market” or continuous equity transaction, offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to sell or otherwise dispose of shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company.

4.    Conditions of Underwriters Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Public Securities, as provided herein, shall be subject to (i) the continuing accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company as of the date hereof and as of each of the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any; (ii) the accuracy of the statements of officers of the Company made pursuant to Section 4(d) hereof; (iii) the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder; and (iv) the following conditions:

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(i)    Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Rule 430A Information. The Registration Statement has become effective not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the date of this Agreement or such later date and time as shall be consented to in writing by the Representative, and, at each of the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto shall have been issued under the Securities Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall have been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, contemplated by the Commission. The Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information. The Prospectus containing the Rule 430A Information shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time frame required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)) or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed with, and declared effective by, the Commission in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430A.

(ii)    FINRA Clearance. On or before the date of this Agreement, the Representative shall have received clearance from FINRA as to the amount of compensation allowable or payable to the Underwriters as described in the Registration Statement.

(iii)    Exchange Stock Market Clearance. The Company shall have submitted to the Exchange a Listing of Additional Shares Notification Form with respect to the Public Securities and shall have conclusively received no objection thereto from the Exchange..

(b)    Company Counsel Matters.

(i)    Closing Date Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP Counsel for the Company. On the Closing Date and on the Option Closing Date (if any), the Representative shall have received the opinion of Sidley Austin LLP counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as applicable, addressed to the Representative, in the form of Exhibit B hereto.

(ii)    Closing Date Opinion of Greenberg Traurig, LLP Intellectual Property counsel for the Company. On the Closing Date and on the Option Closing Date (if any), the Representative shall have received the opinion of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, intellectual property counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as applicable, addressed to the Representative, substantially in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative.

(iii)    Closing Date Opinion of Michael C. Carroll counsel for the Company. On the Closing Date and on the Option Closing Date (if any), the Representative shall have received the opinion of Michael C. Carroll, counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as applicable, addressed to the Representative, in the form of Exhibit C hereto.

(c)    Comfort Letters.

(i)    Comfort Letter. At the time this Agreement is executed the Representative shall have received a cold comfort letter from the Auditor, BDO USA, LLP containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ comfort letters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, addressed to the Representative and in form and substance satisfactory in all respects to the Representative and to the Auditor, dated as of the date of this Agreement.

(ii)    Bring-down Comfort Letter. At the Closing Date and on the Option Closing Date (if any), the Representative shall have received from BDO USA, LLP a letter, dated as of the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as applicable, to the effect that such Auditor reaffirms the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to Section 4(c)(i), except that with respect to the bring-down letter the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three (3) business days prior to the Closing Date.

(d)    Officers’ Certificates.

(i)    Officers’ Certificate. The Company shall have furnished to the Representative a certificate, dated the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as applicable, of its Chief Executive Officer, and its Chief Financial Officer stating on behalf of the Company and not in an individual capacity that (i) such officers have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and, in their opinion, the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as applicable, did not include any

 

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untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as of its date and as of the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as applicable, the Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto, as of the respective date thereof and as of the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as applicable, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, (ii) since the Effective Date, no event has occurred which should have been set forth in a supplement or amendment to the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) to their knowledge after reasonable investigation, as of the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as applicable, the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, which shall be true and correct in all respects and except for those representations and warranties which refer to facts existing at a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such date) and the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date (if such date is other than the Closing Date), and (iv) there has not been, subsequent to the date of the most recent audited financial statements included in the Pricing Disclosure Package, any Material Adverse Change in the financial position or results of operations of the Company, or any change or development that, singularly or in the aggregate, would involve a Material Adverse Change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, assets or prospects of the Company, except as set forth in the Prospectus.

(ii)    Secretary’s Certificate. At each of the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, the Representative shall have received a certificate of the Company signed by the Secretary of the Company, dated the Closing Date and Option Closing Date (if such date is other than the Closing Date), certifying: (i) that each of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company are true and complete, have not been modified and are in full force and effect; (ii) that the resolutions of the Company’s Board of Directors relating to the Offering are in full force and effect and have not been modified except as set forth therein; (iii) the good standing of the Company; and (iv) as to the incumbency of the officers of the Company. The documents referred to in such certificate shall be attached to such certificate.

(e)    No Material Changes. Prior to and on each of the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date: (i) there shall have been no Material Adverse Change or development involving a prospective Material Adverse Change in the condition or the business activities, financial or otherwise, of the Company from the latest dates as of which such condition is set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; (ii) no action, suit or proceeding, at law or in equity, shall have been pending or threatened against the Company or any Insider before or by any court or federal or state commission, board or other administrative agency wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; (iii) no stop order shall have been issued under the Securities Act with respect to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus and no proceedings therefor shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and (iv) the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto shall contain all material statements which are required to be stated therein in accordance with the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations and shall conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations, and neither the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package nor the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(f)    No Material Misstatement or Omission. The Underwriters shall not have discovered and disclosed to the Company on or prior to the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date that the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a fact which, in the reasonable opinion of Representative Counsel, is material or omits to state any fact which, in the reasonable opinion of such counsel, is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of fact which, in the reasonable opinion of such counsel, is material or omits to state any fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is necessary in order to make the statements, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(g)    Lock-Up Agreements. On or before the date of this Agreement, the Company shall have delivered to the Representative executed copies of the Lock-Up Agreements in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A from each of the persons listed in Schedule 3 hereto.

 

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(h)     Additional Documents. At the Closing Date, Representative Counsel shall have been furnished with such additional documents as they may require for the purpose of enabling Representative Counsel to deliver an opinion to the Underwriters, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Public Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and Representative Counsel.

(i)    Concurrent Private Placement. The Company shall have completed the sale of shares of its Series E Participating Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Shares”) pursuant to the securities purchase agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto.

5.    Indemnification.

(a)    Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates and each person controlling such Underwriter (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act), and the directors, officers, agents and employees of each Underwriter, its affiliates and each such controlling person (each Underwriter, and each such entity or person hereafter is referred to as an “Indemnified Person”) from and against any losses, claims, damages, judgments, assessments, costs and other liabilities (collectively, the “Liabilities”), and shall reimburse each Indemnified Person for all fees and expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Indemnified Persons, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) (collectively, the “Expenses”) and agrees to advance payment of such Expenses as they are incurred by an Indemnified Person in investigating, preparing, pursuing or defending any actions, whether or not any Indemnified Person is a party thereto, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in (i) the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as from time to time each may be amended and supplemented) or in any documents related to the private placement of the Preferred Shares; (ii) any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the Offering, including any “road show” or investor presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically), or in connection with the private placement of the Preferred Shares; or (iii) any application or other document or written communication (in this Section 5, collectively called “application”) executed by the Company or based upon written information furnished by the Company in any jurisdiction in order to qualify the Public Securities or the Preferred Shares under the securities laws thereof or filed with the Commission, any state securities commission or agency, the Exchange or any other national securities exchange; or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, unless such statement or omission was made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, the Underwriters’ Information. The Company also agrees to reimburse each Indemnified Person for all Expenses as they are incurred in connection with such Indemnified Person’s enforcement of his or its rights under this Agreement.

(b)    Procedure. Upon receipt by an Indemnified Person of actual notice of an action against such Indemnified Person with respect to which indemnity may reasonably be expected to be sought under this Agreement, such Indemnified Person shall promptly notify the Company in writing; provided that failure by any Indemnified Person so to notify the Company shall not relieve the Company from any obligation or liability which the Company may have on account of this Section 5 or otherwise to such Indemnified Person, except to the extent the Company is materially prejudiced as a proximate result of such failure. The Company shall have the right to assume the defense of any such action (including the employment of counsel designated by the Company and reasonably satisfactory to the Representative). Any Indemnified Person shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless: (i) the Company has failed promptly to assume the defense and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Representative for the benefit of the Underwriters and the other Indemnified Persons or (ii) such Indemnified Person shall have been advised that in the opinion of counsel that there is an actual or potential conflict of interest that prevents (or makes it imprudent for) the counsel engaged by the Company for the purpose of representing the Indemnified Person, to represent both such Indemnified Person and any other person represented or proposed to be represented by such counsel. The Company shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate counsel (together with local counsel), representing all Indemnified Persons who are parties to such action), which counsel (together with any local counsel) for the Indemnified Persons shall be selected by the Representative. The Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any action effected without its written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld). In addition, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened action in respect of which advancement, reimbursement, indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not such Indemnified Person is a party thereto) unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each Indemnified Person, from all Liabilities arising out of such action for which

 

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indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person. The advancement, reimbursement, indemnification and contribution obligations of the Company required hereby shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as every Liability and Expense is incurred and is due and payable, and in such amounts as fully satisfy each and every Liability and Expense as it is incurred (and in no event later than 30 days following the date of any reasonably detailed invoice therefore).

(c)    Indemnification of the Company. Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and persons who control the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all Liabilities, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any application or other document or communication, in reliance upon, and in strict conformity with, the Underwriters’ Information. In case any action shall be brought against the Company or any other person so indemnified based on any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or Prospectus or any document in connection with the private placement of the Preferred Shares or any amendment or supplement thereto or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any application or other document or communication, and in respect of which indemnity may be sought against any Underwriter, such Underwriter shall have the rights and duties given to the Company, and the Company and each other person so indemnified shall have the rights and duties given to the several Underwriters by the provisions of Section 5(b). The Company agrees promptly to notify the Representative of the commencement of any litigation or proceedings against the Company or any of its officers, directors or any person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Public Securities or the Preferred Shares or in connection with the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus; provided that failure by the Company so to notify the Representative shall not relieve any Underwriter from any obligation or liability which such Underwriter may have on account of this Section 5 or otherwise to the Company, except to the extent such Underwriter is materially prejudiced as a proximate result of such failure.

(d)    Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 shall for any reason be unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 5(a), 5(b) or 5(c) in respect of any Liabilities and Expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such Liabilities and Expenses, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and each of the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the Offering, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the matters as to which such Liabilities or Expenses relate, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, with respect to such Offering shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total proceeds from the Offering under this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discount and commissions actually received by the Underwriters in connection with the Offering, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, on the one hand, or the Underwriters, on the other, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement, omission, act or failure to act; provided that the parties hereto agree that the written information furnished to the Company through the Representative by or on behalf of any Underwriter for use in any Preliminary Prospectus, any Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, consists solely of the Underwriters’ Information and provided further that the Underwriters shall not be assessed any relative fault with regard to the private placement of the Preferred Shares. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). Notwithstanding the above, no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act shall be entitled to contribution from a party who was not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation.

(e)    Limitation. The Company also agrees that no Indemnified Person shall have any liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract or tort or otherwise) to the Company for or in connection with advice or services rendered or to be rendered by any

 

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Indemnified Person pursuant to this Agreement, the transactions contemplated thereby or any Indemnified Person’s actions or inactions in connection with any such advice, services or transactions, except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction has made a finding that Liabilities (and related Expenses) of the Company have resulted primarily from such Indemnified Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with any such advice, actions, inactions or services.

(f)    Survival. The advancement, reimbursement, indemnity and contribution obligations set forth in this Section 5 shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any termination of, or the completion of any Indemnified Person’s services under or in connection with, this Agreement.

6.    Default by an Underwriter.

(a)    Default Not Exceeding 10% of Public Securities. If any Underwriter or Underwriters shall default in its or their obligations to purchase the Firm Shares, and if the number of the Firm Shares with respect to which such default relates does not exceed in the aggregate 10% of the number of Firm Shares that all Underwriters have agreed to purchase hereunder, then such Firm Shares to which the default relates shall be purchased by the non-defaulting Underwriters in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder.

(b)    Default Exceeding 10% of Public Securities. In the event that the default addressed in Section 6(a) relates to more than 10% of the Firm Shares, the Representative may in its discretion arrange for itself or for another party or parties to purchase such Firm Shares to which such default relates on the terms contained herein. If, within one (1) Business Day after such default relating to more than 10% of the Firm Shares, the Representative does not arrange for the purchase of such Firm Shares, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of one (1) Business Day within which to procure another party or parties satisfactory to the Representative to purchase said Firm Shares on such terms. In the event that neither the Representative nor the Company arrange for the purchase of the Firm Shares to which a default relates as provided in this Section 6, this Agreement will automatically be terminated by the Representative or the Company without liability on the part of the Company or the non-defaulting Underwriters; and provided, further, that nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the other Underwriters and to the Company for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.

(c)    Postponement of Closing Date. In the event that the Firm Shares to which the default relates are to be purchased by the non-defaulting Underwriters, or are to be purchased by another party or parties as aforesaid, the Representative or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date for a reasonable period, but not in any event exceeding five (5) Business Days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or in any other documents and arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendment to the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter may thereby be made necessary. The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include any party substituted under this Section 6 with like effect as if it had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such securities.

7.    [Reserved]

8.    Effective Date of this Agreement and Termination Thereof.

(a)    Effective Date. This Agreement shall become effective when both the Company and the Underwriters have executed the same and delivered counterparts of such signatures to the other party.

(b)    Termination. The Representative shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time prior to any Closing Date, (i) if any domestic or international event or act or occurrence has materially disrupted, or in Representative’s opinion will in the immediate future materially disrupt, general securities markets in the United States; or (ii) if trading on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC shall have been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required by FINRA or by order of the Commission or any other government authority having jurisdiction; or (iii) if the United States shall have become involved in a new war or an increase in major hostilities; or (iv) if a banking moratorium has been declared by a New York State or federal authority; or (v) if a moratorium on foreign exchange trading has been declared which materially adversely impacts the United States securities markets; or (vi) if the Company shall have sustained a material loss by fire, flood, accident, hurricane, earthquake, theft, sabotage or other calamity or malicious act which, whether or not such loss shall have been insured, will, in Representative’s opinion, make it inadvisable to proceed with the delivery of the Firm Shares; or (vii) if the Company is in material breach of any of its representations,

 

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warranties or covenants hereunder; or (viii) if the Representative shall have become aware after the date hereof of such a Material Adverse Change in the conditions of the Company, or such adverse material change in general market conditions as in the Representative’s judgment would make it impracticable to proceed with the offering, sale and/or delivery of the Public Securities or to enforce contracts made by the Underwriters for the sale of the Public Securities. Section 8 of this Agreement shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

(c)    Expenses. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, except in the case of a default by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 6 above, in the event that this Agreement shall not be carried out for any reason whatsoever, within the time specified herein or any extensions thereof pursuant to the terms herein, the Company shall be obligated to pay to the Underwriters their actual and accountable out-of-pocket expenses in an amount not to exceed $125,000 related to the transactions contemplated herein then due and payable and upon demand the Company shall pay the full amount thereof to the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters (less any amounts previously advanced to the Representative). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any advance received by the Representative will be reimbursed to the Company to the extent not actually incurred in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(C).

(d)    Indemnification. Notwithstanding any contrary provision contained in this Agreement, any election hereunder or any termination of this Agreement, and whether or not this Agreement is otherwise carried out, the provisions of Section 5 shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be in any way affected by, such election or termination or failure to carry out the terms of this Agreement or any part hereof.

(e)    Representations, Warranties, Agreements to Survive. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company submitted pursuant hereto shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or its affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling any Underwriter, its officers or directors or (ii) delivery of and payment for the Public Securities.

9.    Miscellaneous.

(a)    Notices. All communications hereunder, except as herein otherwise specifically provided, shall be in writing and shall be mailed (registered or certified mail, return receipt requested), emailed or personally delivered and shall be deemed given when so delivered or emailed or, if mailed, two (2) days after such mailing.

If to the Representative:

The Benchmark Company, LLC

150 East 58th Street, 17th Floor

New York, New York 10155

Attention: Managing Director

jborer@benchmarkcompany.com

With copies to:

Dougherty & Company, LLC.

90 South Seventh Street

Suite 4300

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402

Attention: Randy Hines

rhines@doughertymarkets.com

And

Gusrae Kaplan Nusbaum PLLC

120 Wall Street, 25th Floor

New York, New York 10005

Attention: Lawrence Nusbaum, Esq.

lnusbaum@gusraekaplan.com

 

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If to the Company:

BIOLASE Inc.

4 Cromwell

Irvin, California 92618

Attention: John Beaver, EVP and CFO

jbeaver@biolase.com

With a copy to:

Sidley Austin LLP

One South Dearborn

Chicago, Illinois 60603

Attention: Beth Berg

bberg@sidley.com

(b)    Headings. The headings contained herein are for the sole purpose of convenience of reference, and shall not in any way limit or affect the meaning or interpretation of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement.

(c)    Amendment. This Agreement may only be amended by a written instrument executed by each of the parties hereto.

(d)    Entire Agreement. Except as set forth in the following sentence, this Agreement (together with the other agreements and documents being delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement) constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings of the parties, oral and written, with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall replace and supersede the Engagement Letter between the Company and Benchmark Company LLC dated August 19, 2019; provided that Sections 1, 3(d), 4, 9 and 11-14 of such Engagement Letter shall survive the execution of this Agreement. For clarity purposes and notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided herein or elsewhere including, without limitation, in the Engagement Letter, Sections 1, 3(d), and 4 shall be binding provisions upon the Company notwithstanding any characterization as non-binding in the Engagement Letter.

(e)    Binding Effect. This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Representative, the Underwriters, each Indemnified Person referred to in Section 5, the Company and the controlling persons, directors and officers referred to in Section 5 hereof, and their respective successors, legal representatives, heirs and assigns, and no other person shall have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of or by virtue of this Agreement or any provisions herein contained. The term “successors and assigns” shall not include a purchaser, in its capacity as such, of securities from any of the Underwriters.

(f)    Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Trial by Jury. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflict of laws principles thereof. The Company hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of, or relating in any way to this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the New York Supreme Court, County of New York, or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The Company hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. Any such process or summons to be served upon the Company may be served by transmitting a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to it at the address set forth in Section 9(a) hereof. Such mailing shall be deemed personal service and shall be legal and binding upon the Company in any action, proceeding or claim. The Company and the Underwriters agree that the prevailing party(ies) in any such action shall be entitled to recover from the other party(ies) all of its reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses relating to such action or proceeding and/or incurred in connection with the preparation therefor. The Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its shareholders and affiliates) and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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(g)    Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts has been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of a signed counterpart of this Agreement by email/pdf transmission shall constitute valid and sufficient delivery thereof.

(h)    Waiver, etc. The failure of any of the parties hereto to at any time enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall not be deemed or construed to be a waiver of any such provision, nor to in any way effect the validity of this Agreement or any provision hereof or the right of any of the parties hereto to thereafter enforce each and every provision of this Agreement. No waiver of any breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument executed by the party or parties against whom or which enforcement of such waiver is sought; and no waiver of any such breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment shall be construed or deemed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment.

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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between the Underwriters and the Company, please so indicate in the space provided below.

 

Very truly yours,
BIOLASE, Inc.
By:  

/s/ John R. Beaver

  Name: John R. Beaver
  Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

Confirmed as of the date first written above mentioned, on behalf of itself and as Representative of the several Underwriters named on Schedule 1 hereto:
The Benchmark Company, LLC
By:  

/s/ John J. Borer III

  Name: John J. Borer III
  Title: Senior Managing Director
  On behalf of each of the Underwriters

 

Dougherty & Company, LLC
By:  

/s/ Randy L. Hines

  Name: Randy L. Hines
  Title: Senior Vice President

[SIGNATURE PAGE]

BIOLASE INC. – UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT


SCHEDULE 1

 

Underwriter

   Total Number of Shares to
be Purchased
   Number of Shares to be
Purchased if the Over-

Allotment Option is  Fully
Exercised

The Benchmark Company, LLC

   3,910,000    4,496,500

Dougherty & Company LLC

   3,910,000    4,496,500

Total

   7,820,000    8,993,000


SCHEDULE 2

Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectuses

 

1.

The free writing prospectus filed by the Company with the Commission on October 7, 2019.


SCHEDULE 3

List of Lock-Up Parties

 

1.

Jonathan Lord

 

2.

Todd Norbe

 

3.

Rick Lanman

 

4.

Garrett Sato

 

5.

Jess Roper

 

6.

Elaine Wagner

 

7.

John Beaver

 

8.

Jack W. Schuler

 

9.

Larry N. Feinberg


SCHEDULE 4

The public offering price per share for the Public Shares is $0.575.

The gross proceeds of the concurrent private placement of the Preferred Shares is $4 million.


EXHIBIT A

Form of Lock-Up Agreement

 


EXHIBIT B

Form of Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP

 


EXHIBIT C

Form of Opinion of Michael C. Carroll


EXHIBIT D

Form of Securities Purchase Agreement

Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES

AND RIGHTS OF

SERIES E PARTICIPATING CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

OF

BIOLASE, INC.

(Pursuant to Section 151 of the

Delaware General Corporation Law)

BIOLASE, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that the following resolution was duly approved and adopted by a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) at a meeting of such committee, which resolution remains in full force and effect on the date hereof:

RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority expressly set forth in the provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended to date (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), and the Seventh Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation (the “Bylaws”), and in accordance with Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), there is hereby created, out of the 899,900 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), of the Corporation remaining authorized, unissued and undesignated, a series of the Preferred Stock, which series shall have the following powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights, and the following qualifications, limitations and restrictions (in addition to any powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights, and any qualifications, limitations and restrictions, set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation that are applicable to the Preferred Stock):

SECTION 1 Designation of Amount.

(a) 70,000 shares of Preferred Stock shall be, and hereby are, designated the “Series E Participating Convertible Preferred Stock”, par value $0.001 per share (the “Series E Preferred Stock”).

(b) Subject to the requirements of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation and this Certificate of Designations, the number of shares of Preferred Stock that are designated as Series E Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased by vote of the Board of Directors; provided, that no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of Series E Preferred Stock to a number less than the number of such shares then outstanding. Any shares of Series E Preferred Stock converted, redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever shall, automatically and without further action, be retired and canceled after the acquisition thereof, and may thereafter be reissued as part of a new series of any class or series of Preferred Stock in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation.


SECTION 2 Certain Definitions.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this Section 2 shall have, for all purposes of this resolution, the meanings specified (with terms defined in the singular having comparable meanings when used in the plural).

Board of Directors” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Certificate of Designations.

Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday, any day which shall be 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.

Bylaws” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Certificate of Designations.

Certificate of Incorporation” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Certificate of Designations.

Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Corporation.

Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).

Conversion Price” means $0.5750, subject to adjustment from time to time in accordance with Section 6(c).

Corporate Actions” means any and all corporate actions in furtherance of the full conversion of the outstanding shares of Series E Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock, including, without limitation, effectuating an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock.

Corporation” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Certificate of Designations.

DGCL” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Certificate of Designations.

Initial Issue Date” means the date that shares of Series E Preferred Stock are first issued by the Corporation.

Junior Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(c).

Liquidation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.

 

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Parity Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).

Participating Dividends” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

person” means any individual, partnership, company, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or agency or political subdivision thereof, or other entity.

Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Certificate of Designations.

Recommendation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

Redemption Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).

Redemption Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).

Requisite Holders” means the holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series E Preferred Stock.

Requisite Stockholder Approval” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

Senior Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).

Series E Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1(a).

Series E Recapitalization Event” means any stock dividend, stock split, combination, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, or other similar event involving a change in the capital structure of the Series E Preferred Stock.

Stated Value” means the per share stated value for a share of Series E Preferred Stock of $57.50.

Stockholders’ Meeting” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

subsidiary” means, with respect to any person, (a) a company a majority of whose capital stock with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect directors is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such person, by a subsidiary of such person, or by such person and one or more subsidiaries of such person, (b) a partnership in which such person or a subsidiary of such person is, at the date of determination, a general partner of such partnership, or (c) any other person (other than a company) in which such person, a subsidiary of such person or such person and one or more subsidiaries of such person, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination thereof, has (i) at least a majority ownership interest, (ii) the power to elect or direct the election of the directors or other governing body of such person, or (iii) the power to direct or cause the direction of the affairs or management of such person. For purposes of this definition, a person is deemed to own any capital stock or other ownership interest if such person has the right to acquire such capital stock or other ownership interest, whether through the exercise of any purchase option, conversion privilege or similar right.

 

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Subsidiary” shall mean a subsidiary of the Corporation.

SECTION 3 Voting Rights.

(a) General. Except as otherwise provided by the DGCL, other applicable law or as provided in this Certificate of Designations, the holders of Series E Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote (or render written consents) on any matter submitted for a vote (or written consents in lieu of a vote as permitted by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws) of holders of Common Stock.

(b) Protective Provisions. The Corporation shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, without the affirmative vote (or written consent as permitted by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws) of the Requisite Holders, voting (or consenting) as a separate class:

(i) amend, alter, modify or repeal (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise) this Certificate of Designations, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws in any manner that adversely affects the rights, preferences, privileges or the restrictions provided for the benefit of, the Series E Preferred Stock (in each case, including without limitation, changing the total number of Series E Preferred Stock that the Corporation shall have the authority to issue);

(ii) reclassify, alter or amend any securities of the Corporation or any Subsidiary in a manner that adversely affects the designations, preferences, powers and/or the relative participating, optional or other special rights, or the restrictions provided for the benefit of the Series E Preferred Stock;

(iii) in any manner authorize, create, designate, issue or sell any (A) class or series of capital stock (including shares of treasury stock) that would be classified as Senior Securities or Parity Securities or (B) rights, options, warrants or other securities (including debt securities) convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for capital stock or any equity security or having any other equity feature, in each case, that would be classified as either Senior Securities or Parity Securities, except as may be necessary in connection with the declaration and payment of in-kind dividends to holders of outstanding shares of Series E Preferred Stock;

(iv) enter into, or become subject to, any agreement or instrument or other obligation which by its terms restricts the Corporation’s ability to perform its obligations under this Certificate of Designations, including the ability of the Corporation to pay dividends or make any redemption or other liquidation payment required hereunder;

(v) purchase or redeem (or permit any Subsidiary to purchase or redeem) or pay or declare any dividend, or make any distribution on, any shares of capital stock of the Corporation, other than redemptions of or dividends or distributions on the Series E Preferred Stock or any dividend or other distribution that would qualify as a Participating Dividend, in each case as expressly authorized herein; or

 

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(vi) enter into any agreement to do any of the foregoing that is not expressly made conditional on obtaining the affirmative vote or written consent of the Requisite Holders.

In addition, the Corporation shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, without the affirmative consent (or written consent as permitted by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws) of The Benchmark Company and Dougherty & Company LLC or their respective designees, amend, alter, modify or repeal (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise) this Certificate of Designations in any manner that adversely affects the holders of the Common Stock (including without limitation, increasing the total number of Series E Preferred Stock that the Corporation shall have the authority to issue), as reasonably determined by such underwriters or their respective designees.

SECTION 4 Dividends.

(a) Participating Dividends. If the Board of Directors shall declare a cash dividend payable upon the then outstanding shares of Common Stock, the holders of the outstanding shares of Series E Preferred Stock shall be entitled to the amount of dividends as would be payable in respect of the number of shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Series E Preferred Stock held by each holder thereof could be converted, without regard to any restrictions on conversion, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 hereof, such number to be determined as of the record date for determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such dividend or, if no such record date is established, as of the date of such dividend (“Participating Dividends”). Participating Dividends are payable at the same time as and when dividends on the Common Stock are paid to the holders of Common Stock.

(b) Authorization of Dividends. Prior to declaring any cash dividend on the shares of Series E Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall take all actions necessary or advisable under the DGCL to permit the payment of Participating Dividends to the holders of Series E Preferred Stock.

SECTION 5 Liquidation Preference.

(a) Liquidation Preference of Series E Preferred Stock. Subject to Section 5(b) below, in the event of any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Corporation whether voluntary or involuntary (each, a “Liquidation”), the holders of Series E Preferred Stock shall be entitled to have set apart for them, or to be paid, out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to stockholders (whether such assets are capital, surplus or earnings) after provision for payment of all debts and liabilities of the Corporation in accordance with the DGCL, before any distribution or payment is made with respect to any shares of Junior Securities and subject to the liquidation rights and preferences of any class or series of Senior Securities and Parity Securities, an amount equal to the greater of (i) the Stated Value per share of Series E Preferred Stock (which amount shall be subject to an equitable adjustment in the event of any Series E

 

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Recapitalization Event) plus the amount of all accrued and unpaid Participating Dividends thereon, up to and including the date full payment shall be tendered to the holders of the Series E Preferred Stock with respect to such Liquidation and (ii) such amount as would have been payable on the number of shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Series E Preferred Stock held by each holder thereof could have been converted immediately prior to such Liquidation, without regard to any restrictions on conversion, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 hereof.

(b) Insufficient Assets. If, upon any Liquidation, the assets legally available for distribution among the holders of the Series E Preferred Stock and any Parity Securities of the Corporation shall be insufficient to permit payment to such holders of the full preferential amounts as provided for in Section 5(a) above, then such holders shall share ratably in any distribution of available assets according to the respective amounts which would otherwise be payable with respect to the securities held by them upon such liquidating distribution if all amounts payable on or with respect to such securities were paid in full, based upon the aggregate liquidation value payable upon all shares of Series E Preferred Stock and any Parity Securities then outstanding.

(c) Distribution to Junior Securities. After such payment shall have been made in full to the holders of the Series E Preferred Stock, or funds necessary for such payment shall have been set aside by the Corporation in trust for the account of holders of the Series E Preferred Stock so as to be available for such payment, the remaining assets available for distribution shall be distributed ratably among the holders of the Junior Securities in accordance with the terms of such securities.

(d) Equitable Adjustments. The amounts to be paid or set aside for payment as provided above in this Section 5 shall be proportionately increased or decreased in inverse relation to the change in the number of outstanding shares resulting from any Series E Recapitalization Event.

SECTION 6 Conversion.

(a) Requisite Stockholder Approval. Subject to applicable law, the rules and regulations of Nasdaq and the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, the Corporation covenants that it shall establish a record date for, call, give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of the holders of the Common Stock of the Corporation (the “Stockholders’ Meeting”), no later than June 1, 2020, for the purpose of voting upon the approval and authorization of the Corporate Actions, in accordance with applicable law and the rules and regulations of Nasdaq. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) if there are insufficient shares of Common Stock necessary to establish a quorum at the Stockholders’ Meeting, the Corporation may postpone or adjourn the date of the Stockholders’ Meeting to the extent (and only to the extent) the Corporation reasonably determines that such postponement or adjournment is necessary in order to conduct business at the Stockholders’ Meeting, (ii) the Corporation may postpone or adjourn the Stockholders’ Meeting to the extent (and only to the extent) the Corporation reasonably determines that such postponement or adjournment is required by applicable law, and (iii) the Corporation may postpone or adjourn the Stockholders’ Meeting to the extent (and only to the extent) the Corporation reasonably determines that such postponement or adjournment is necessary to solicit sufficient proxies to secure the favorable vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding

 

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shares of Common Stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Stockholders’ Meeting with respect to the Corporate Actions (the “Requisite Stockholder Approval”). The Corporation shall solicit from stockholders of the Corporation proxies in favor of the approval and authorization of the Corporate Actions in accordance with applicable law and the rules and regulations of Nasdaq, and, except as required to comply with fiduciary duties under applicable law, the Board of Directors shall (x) recommend that the Corporation’s stockholders vote to approve and authorize the Corporate Actions (the “Recommendation”), (y) use its reasonable best efforts to solicit such stockholders to vote in favor of the Corporate Actions and (z) use its reasonable best efforts to take all other actions necessary or advisable to secure the favorable votes of such stockholders required to approve and effect all of the Corporate Actions. The Corporation shall establish a record date for, call, give notice of, convene and hold the Stockholders’ Meeting in accordance with this Section 6, whether or not the Board of Directors at any time subsequent to the Initial Issue Date shall have changed its position with respect to its Recommendation or determined that any or all of the Corporate Actions are no longer advisable and/or recommended that stockholders of the Corporation reject any or all of the Corporate Actions. Except as required to comply with fiduciary duties under applicable law, the Board of Directors shall not (i) withdraw or modify the Recommendation in a manner adverse to any holder, or adopt or propose a resolution to withdraw or modify the Recommendation that is or becomes disclosed publicly and which can reasonably be interpreted to indicate that the Board of Directors or any committee thereof does not support the Corporate Actions or does not believe that the Corporate Actions are in the best interests of the Corporation’s stockholders or (ii) fail to reaffirm, without qualification, the Recommendation, or fail to state publicly, without qualification, that the Corporate Actions are in the best interests of the Corporation’s stockholders after any holder requests in writing that such action be taken.

(b) Automatic Conversion. The Corporation covenants that it shall file with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a certificate of amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation reflecting the approval of the Corporate Actions promptly following receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval. Upon such filing, all shares of Series E Preferred Stock shall be automatically converted, without any further action by the holders of such shares and whether or not the certificates representing such shares are surrendered to the Corporation or its transfer agent, into the number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock equal to the number obtained by dividing (i) the Stated Value of such Series E Preferred Stock, plus the amount of any accrued but unpaid Participating Dividends as of the Conversion Date by (ii) the Conversion Price in effect on the Conversion Date (determined as provided in this Section 6).

(c) Fractions of Shares. Fractional shares shall not be issued in connection with any conversion. If any fractional interest in a share would be deliverable upon conversion, such fractional share shall be rounded up to the next whole number.

(d) Adjustments to Conversion Price.

(i) Waiver of Adjustment to Conversion Price. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Requisite Holders can waive any adjustment to the Conversion Price.

 

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(ii) Upon Stock Dividends, Subdivisions or Splits. If, at any time after the Initial Issue Date, the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding is increased by a stock dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or by a subdivision or split-up of shares of Common Stock, then, immediately following the record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such stock dividend, or to be affected by such subdivision or split-up, the Conversion Price shall be appropriately decreased so that the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion of Series E Preferred Stock shall be increased in proportion to such increase in outstanding shares. In the event that such dividend, subdivision or split-up is ultimately not so made, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted, effective as of the date when the Board of Directors determines not to make such dividend, subdivision or split-up, as though the record date thereof had not been fixed.

(iii) Upon Combinations. If, at any time after the Initial Issue Date, the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding is decreased by a combination of the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, then, immediately following the record date to determine shares affected by such combination, the Conversion Price shall be appropriately increased so that the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion of each share of Series E Preferred Stock shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding shares. In the event that such combination is ultimately not so made, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted, effective as of the date when the Board of Directors determines not to make such combination, as though the record date thereof had not been fixed.

(iv) Capital Reorganization, Reclassification, Merger or Sale of Assets. If at any time or from time to time there shall be (A) a capital reorganization of the Common Stock, (B) a reclassification of the Common Stock (other than a subdivision, split-up or combination of shares provided for elsewhere in this Section 6) or (C) a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another corporation, or the sale of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s properties and assets to any other person, then, as a part of such reorganization, reclassification, merger, or consolidation or sale, provision shall be made so that holders of Series E Preferred Stock, as the case may be, shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon conversion of the Series E Preferred Stock, the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities or property of the Corporation, or of the successor corporation resulting from such merger, consolidation or sale, to which such holder would have been entitled if such holder had converted its shares of Series E Preferred Stock immediately prior to such capital reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or sale. In any such case, appropriate adjustment shall be made in the application of the provisions of this Section 6(d) with respect to the rights of the holders of the Series E Preferred Stock after the reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or sale to the end that the provisions of this Section 6(d), including adjustment of the Conversion Price then in effect for the Series E Preferred Stock and the number of shares issuable upon conversion of the Series E Preferred Stock) shall be applicable after that event in as nearly equivalent a manner as may be practicable.

(d) Conversion Procedures. As of the date the Series E Preferred Stock automatically converts into Common Stock pursuant to Section 6(b) (the “Conversion Date”), the rights of each holder of shares of Series E Preferred Stock as a holder shall cease, and the person or persons entitled to receive the Common Stock issuable upon conversion shall be treated for all

 

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purposes as the record holder or holders of such Common Stock as and after such time. As promptly as practicable on or after the Conversion Date, (i) each holder of shares of Series E Preferred Stock shall surrender the certificate evidencing such share of Series E Preferred Stock, duly endorsed or assigned to the Corporation in blank, at any office or agency of the Corporation maintained for such purpose, and (ii) the Corporation shall issue and shall deliver at any office or agency of the Corporation maintained for the surrender of Series E Preferred Stock a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion, as provided in Section 6(b).

(e) Notice of Adjustment of Conversion Price; Calculations. Whenever the provisions of Section 6(d) require that the Conversion Price be adjusted as herein provided, the Corporation shall compute the adjusted Conversion Price in accordance with Section 6(d) and shall prepare a certificate signed by the Corporation’s chief executive officer or chief financial officer setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price and showing in reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based, and such certificate shall forthwith be filed at each office or agency maintained for such purpose for conversion of shares of Series E Preferred Stock and mailed by the Corporation at its expense to all holders of Series E Preferred Stock at their last addresses as they shall appear in the stock register. All calculations under this Section 6 shall be made to the nearest cent.

(f) Taxes on Conversions. The Corporation will pay any and all original issuance, transfer, stamp and other similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion of Series E Preferred Stock pursuant hereto. The Corporation shall not, however, be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of shares of Common Stock in a name other than that of the holder of the share(s) of Series E Preferred Stock to be converted (nor shall the Corporation be responsible for any other taxes payable by the holders of the Series E Preferred Stock), and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting such issue has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax, or has established to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid.

SECTION 7 Redemption of Series E Preferred Stock.

(a) Redemption at the Option of the Corporation. At any time and from time to time on or after the third anniversary of the Initial Issue Date, the Corporation may elect, by delivering an irrevocable written notice to the holders of Series E Preferred Stock, to redeem all or any portion of the Series E Preferred Stock held by such holder at a price per share (the “Redemption Price”) equal to the Stated Value per share plus an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid Participating Dividends thereon to the date of such notice. The Corporation shall, unless otherwise prevented by law, rule, regulation or contractual obligation, redeem from such holder on the Redemption Date the number of shares of Series E Preferred Stock identified in such notice of election.

(b) Redemption Closing. The closing of the Corporation’s redemption of the Series E Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 7 shall take place at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the date specified in the notice delivered pursuant to Section 7(a) that is no later than five (5) Business Days following the date of such notice (the “Redemption Date”) at the Corporation’s principal

 

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executive office or other mutually agreed upon location where the closing will occur. At the closing, the Corporation shall pay to each holder of Series E Preferred Stock from whom shares of Series E Preferred Stock are being redeemed an amount equal to the aggregate applicable Redemption Price for all such shares against receipt from such holder of the certificate or certificates, duly endorsed or assigned to the Corporation in blank, representing the shares of Series E Preferred Stock being redeemed. All such payments shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds or, if any such holder shall not have specified wire transfer instructions to the Corporation prior to the closing, by certified or official bank check payable to the order of the holder. In the case of any certificate evidencing shares of Series E Preferred Stock that is redeemed in part only, upon such redemption the Corporation shall also execute and deliver a new certificate evidencing the number of shares of Series E Preferred Stock that are not redeemed.

(c) Effect of Redemption. From and after the close of business on the applicable Redemption Date, unless there shall have been a default in the payment of the Redemption Price, all rights (except the right to receive the Redemption Price) of the holders of Series E Preferred Stock with respect to the shares of Series E Preferred Stock to be redeemed on such date shall cease and terminate, and such shares shall not thereafter be transferred on the books of the Corporation or be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose whatsoever whether or not the certificates representing such shares have been received by the Corporation; providedhowever, that, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, (A) if the Corporation defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price, the rights of such holders with respect to such shares of Series E Preferred Stock shall continue until the Corporation cures such default, and (B) without limiting any other rights of such holders, upon the occurrence of a subsequent Liquidation, with respect to the shares of Series E Preferred Stock in respect of which the payment of the Redemption Price has not occurred, such holders shall be accorded the Liquidation rights set forth in Section 5 hereof in respect of such remaining shares, as if no prior redemption request had been made. The shares of Series E Preferred Stock not redeemed shall remain outstanding and entitled to all rights and preferences provided herein.

(d) Acquisitions of Series E Preferred Stock. Neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary shall offer to purchase, redeem or acquire any shares of Series E Preferred Stock other than pursuant to the terms of this Certificate of Designations or pursuant to a purchase offer made to all holders of Series E Preferred Stock pro rata based upon the number of such shares owned by each such holder.

SECTION 8 Ranking.

For purposes of this Certificate of Designations, any stock of any class or classes of the Corporation shall be deemed to rank:

(a) prior to the shares of this Series E Preferred Stock, either as to dividends or upon liquidation, if the holders of such class or classes shall be entitled to the receipt of dividends or of amounts distributable upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, as the case may be, in preference or priority to the holders of shares of this Series E Preferred Stock (any such securities, “Senior Securities”);

 

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(b) pari passu to the shares of this Series E Preferred Stock, either as to dividends or upon liquidation, if the holders of such class or classes shall be entitled to the receipt of dividends or of amounts distributable upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, as the case may be, pari passu with the holders of shares of this Series E Preferred Stock (any such securities, “Parity Securities”);

(c) junior to shares of this Series E Preferred Stock, either as to dividends or upon liquidation, if such class shall be Common Stock or if the holders of shares of this Series E Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receipt of dividends or of amounts distributable upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, as the case may be, in preference or priority to the holders of shares of such class or classes (any such securities, “Junior Securities”).

SECTION 9 Miscellaneous.

(a) Notices. Any and all communications or deliveries to be provided by the holders of the Series E Preferred Stock hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Corporation, at 4 Cromwell, Irvine, California 92618, or such other address as the Corporation may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders delivered in accordance with this Section 9. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Corporation hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by electronic communication, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each holder at the address of such holder appearing on the Series E Preferred Stock register maintained by the Corporation, or if no such address appears on such register, at the principal place of business of such holder. Any notice, communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via electronic communication prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the date immediately following the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via electronic communication between 5:30 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (iii) the second Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.

(b) Lost or Mutilated Series E Preferred Stock Certificate. If a holder’s Series E Preferred Stock certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated certificate, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, a new certificate for the shares of Series E Preferred Stock so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such certificate, and of the ownership thereof, reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation and, in each case, customary and reasonable indemnity, if requested. Applicants for a new certificate under such circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and procedures and pay such other reasonable third-party costs as the Corporation may prescribe.

(c) Waiver; Amendments. Any waiver by the Corporation or a holder of the Series E Preferred Stock of a breach of any provision of this Certificate of Designations shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Certificate of Designations or a waiver by any other such holders. The

 

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failure of the Corporation or a holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Certificate of Designations on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party (or any other holder) of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Certificate of Designations. Any waiver by the Corporation or a holder must be in writing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the amendment or waiver of any provisions of this Certificate of Designations may be effected with the written approval of the Company and the Requisite Holders.

(d) Severability. If any provision of this Certificate of Designations is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Certificate of Designations shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other persons and circumstances.

(e) Next Business Day. Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.

(f) Headings. The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Certificate of Designations and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights to be duly executed by the undersigned, this 29th day of October, 2019.

 

/s/ John R. Beaver
John R. Beaver
Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 99.1

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated October 24, 2019, is entered into by and among (i) BIOLASE, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and (ii) each investor identified on Schedule I (each, including its successors and permitted assigns, an “Investor” and collectively, the “Investors”).

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investors an aggregate of 69,565 shares (the “Securities”) of Series E Participating Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Series E Preferred Stock”), of the Company, which will be convertible into shares (the “Conversion Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), in accordance with the terms set forth in the Certificate of Designations establishing the Series E Preferred Stock attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Certificate of Designations”) in a private placement pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of and/or Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Certificate of Designations, the conversion of the Series E Preferred Stock shall be subject to receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval (as defined therein).

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants made herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

1. Purchase and Sale of Securities. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Investor agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, and the Company agrees to sell to the Investors at the Closing, the number of Securities set forth opposite each such Investor’s name on Schedule I for the price of $57.50 per Security and for the aggregate purchase price set forth on Schedule I (the “Purchase Price”).

2. Issuance of Securities. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall have no obligation to issue any of the Securities to any person who is a resident of a jurisdiction in which the issuance of Securities to such person would constitute a violation of the securities, “blue sky” or other similar laws of such jurisdiction (collectively referred to as the “State Securities Laws”).

3. The Closing. The closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities (the “Closing”) shall take place at the headquarters of the Company, on the third (3rd) Business Day (as defined below) after the date hereof, or at such other time and place as the Company may designate by notice to the Investors (such date and time being referred to herein as the “Closing Date”). The term “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York, New York.


4. Payment for Securities. The Purchase Price shall be received by the Company from the Investors by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the Company or by other means approved by the Company at or prior to the Closing. At the Closing, following the receipt by the Company of the entire portion of the Purchase Price payable by an Investor, the Company shall deliver to such Investor copies of (a) a certificate evidencing the number of Securities set forth opposite such Investor’s name on Schedule I, registered in the name of such Investor and bearing the legend set forth in Section 10 (the original of such certificate to be delivered to such Investor as promptly as practicable after the Closing Date but in no event more than three (3) Business Days after the Closing Date) and (b) a certificate from the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware evidencing the filing of the Certificate of Designations substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

5. Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as otherwise specifically described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 and any Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by the Company subsequent to December 31, 2018 and through the date of this Agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), including the information incorporated by reference therein (collectively, the “Disclosure Package”), the Company hereby represents and warrants to and covenants with the Investors, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing, that:

(a) Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. The Company is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full corporate power and authority to conduct its business as it is currently being conducted and to own its assets; and has secured any other authorizations, approvals, permits and orders required by law for the conduct by the Company of its business as it is currently being conducted.

(b) Authorization. The Company has all corporate right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and, subject to receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. Subject to receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval, all corporate action on the part of the Company, its directors and stockholders necessary for the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the authorization, sale, issuance and delivery of the Securities contemplated herein has been taken. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except that such enforceability (i) may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting or relating to creditors’ rights generally and (ii) is subject to general principles of equity.

(c) Capitalization.

(i) As of October 18, 2019, the authorized capital stock of the Company consisted of 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), none of which were issued and outstanding, and 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock, 21,954,423 shares of which were issued and outstanding. The Preferred Stock and the Common Stock are collectively referred to herein as the “Capital Stock.” All of the issued and outstanding shares of Capital Stock have been duly authorized, validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. As of October 18, 2019, 7,855,391 shares of Common Stock are

 

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issuable upon the exercise or vesting of outstanding warrants, options, restricted stock units and other stock-based awards and 780,000 shares of Common Stock are reserved for future awards under the Company’s 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, and except as contemplated in the Concurrent Common Stock Offering (as defined below), as of the date hereof there are no outstanding options, warrants, rights (including conversion or preemptive rights), agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character, whether or not contingent, relating to the issued or unissued Capital Stock of the Company or obligating the Company to issue or sell any share of Capital Stock of, or other equity interest in, the Company.

(ii) The issuance of the Securities has been duly authorized and the Securities, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and shall be free and clear of any encumbrances, preemptive rights or restrictions (other than as provided in this Agreement or any restrictions on transfer generally imposed under applicable securities laws). Subject to receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval, the Conversion Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and shall be free and clear of any encumbrances, preemptive rights or restrictions (other than as provided in this Agreement or any restrictions on transfer generally imposed under applicable securities laws). Upon receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval, the Company shall have reserved such number of shares of Common Stock sufficient to enable the full conversion of all of the Securities.

(d) Consents. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, other than the Requisite Stockholder Approval, filings that have been made, or will be made, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”), post-sale filings that may be required pursuant to applicable federal and State Securities Laws which the Company undertakes to file or obtain within the applicable time periods, and the filing of the Certificate of Designations with the Delaware Secretary of State.

(e) Securities Laws. Assuming the accuracy of each Investor’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 6, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Investors as contemplated hereby.

(f) Litigation. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, currently threatened in writing against the Company or any of its directors and officers that questions the validity of this Agreement or the right of the Company to enter into this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, currently threatened in writing against the Company or any subsidiary or any of their respective directors and officers which would have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below).

 

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(g) Filings. Since January 1, 2019, the Company has filed all forms, reports and documents required to be filed by it with the Commission (collectively, the “Company SEC Reports”). As of the respective dates they were filed (except if amended, updated or superseded by a filing made by the Company with the Commission prior to the date of this Agreement, then on the date of such filing), the Company SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), as the case may be, and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(h) Financial Statements. The consolidated financial statements of the Company (including any notes thereto) contained in the Disclosure Package (i) complied as to form in all material respects with the published rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto, (ii) were prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited financial statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q or Form 8-K) and (iii) each presented fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and for the respective periods indicated therein, except as otherwise noted therein (subject, in the case of unaudited financial statements, to normal and recurring year-end adjustments which were not and are not expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect). The Company has not had any material disagreement with its auditors regarding accounting matters or policies during any of its past three (3) full fiscal years or during the current fiscal year-to-date, which disagreements would require disclosure to the Company’s Board of Directors.

(i) Certain Fees. No brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other person with respect to the sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement. The Investors shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section 5 that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(j) Acknowledgment Regarding the Investor’s Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Investor is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s-length purchaser with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company further acknowledges that no Investor is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and any advice given by any Investor or any of its representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is merely incidental to the Investors’ purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to the Investors that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.

 

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(k) Acknowledgment Regarding the Investor’s Trading Activity. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except for Section 6(a)(iv) and Section 12), it is understood and acknowledged by the Company that: (i) the Investors have not been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Investor agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term, (ii) past or future open market or other transactions by any Investor, specifically including short sales or “derivative” transactions, before or after the Closing, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities, (iii) any Investor, and counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Investor is a party, directly or indirectly, may presently have a “short” position in the Common Stock and (iv) no Investor shall be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s-length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that (y) the Investors may engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, and (z) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing stockholders’ equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of this Agreement.

(l) No Disqualification Event. None of the Company, any of its predecessors, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering, any beneficial owner (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale of any Securities (but, in each case, excluding the Investors, as to whom no representation is made) (each, an “Issuer Covered Person” and, collectively, “Issuer Covered Persons”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3) under the Securities Act. The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine (i) the identity of each person that is an Issuer Covered Person; and (ii) whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Issuer has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e) under the Securities Act, and has furnished to the Investors a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.

6. Representations and Warranties of the Investors. As of the date hereof and as of the Closing, each Investor, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants to and covenants with the Company that:

(a) General.

(i) Such Investor has all requisite authority to purchase the Securities, enter into this Agreement and to perform all the obligations required to be performed by such Investor hereunder, and such purchase will not contravene any law, rule or regulation binding on such Investor or any investment guideline or restriction applicable to such Investor.

 

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(ii) Such Investor is acquiring the Securities for its own account and is not acquiring the Securities as a nominee or agent or otherwise for any other person.

(iii) Such Investor will comply with all applicable laws and regulations such Investor is required to comply with in connection with the purchase or sale of Securities in effect in any jurisdiction in which such Investor purchases or sells Securities and obtain any consent, approval or permission such Investor is required to obtain in connection with such purchase or sale of Securities under the laws and regulations of any jurisdiction to which such Investor is subject or in which such Investor makes such purchases or sales, and the Company shall have no responsibility therefor.

(iv) Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereby, such Investor has not directly or indirectly, nor has any person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Investor, executed any purchases or sales, including short sales, of the securities of the Company during the period commencing as of the time that such Investor 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 hereby and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Investor that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Investor’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Investor’s assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than to other persons party to this Agreement, such Investor has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to the identification of the availability of, or securing of, available shares to borrow in order to effect short sales or similar transactions in the future.

(b) Information Concerning the Company.

(i) Such Investor understands and accepts that the purchase of the Securities involves various risks. Such Investor represents that it is able to bear a complete loss of its investment in the Securities.

 

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(ii) Such Investor confirms that it is not relying on any communication (written or oral) of the Company or any of its affiliates, as investment advice or as a recommendation to purchase the Securities. It is understood that information and explanations related to the terms and conditions of the Securities provided by the Company or any of its affiliates shall not be considered investment advice or a recommendation to purchase the Securities, and that neither the Company nor any of its affiliates is acting or has acted as an advisor to such Investor in deciding to invest in the Securities. Such Investor acknowledges that neither the Company nor any of its affiliates has made any representation regarding the proper characterization of the Securities for purposes of determining such Investor’s authority to invest in the Securities.

(iii) Such Investor acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review this Agreement (including all exhibits and schedules hereto) and the Disclosure Package and has been afforded (A) 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; (B) 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 (C) 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.

(iv) Such Investor understands that, unless such Investor notifies the Company in writing to the contrary at or before the Closing, each of such Investor’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement will be deemed to have been reaffirmed and confirmed as of the Closing, taking into account all information received by such Investor.

(v) Such Investor understands that no federal or state agency has passed upon the merits or risks of an investment in the Securities or made any finding or determination concerning the fairness or advisability of this investment.

(vi) Such Investor is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general advertisement.

(c) Non-reliance.

(i) Such Investor represents that it is not relying on (and will not at any time rely on) any communication (written or oral) of the Company, as investment advice or as a recommendation to purchase the Securities, it being understood that information and explanations related to the terms and conditions of the Securities shall not be considered investment advice or a recommendation to purchase the Securities.

 

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(ii) Except as expressly provided herein, such Investor confirms that the Company has not (A) given any guarantee or representation as to the potential success, return, effect or benefit (either legal, regulatory, tax, financial, accounting or otherwise) an of investment in the Securities or (B) made any representation to such Investor regarding the legality of an investment in the Securities under applicable legal investment or similar laws or regulations. In deciding to purchase the Securities, such Investor is not relying on the advice or recommendations of the Company and such Investor has made its own independent decision that the investment in the Securities is suitable and appropriate for such Investor.

(d) Status of the Investor.

(i) Such Investor has such knowledge, sophistication, skill and experience in business, financial and investment matters that such Investor is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. With the assistance of such Investor’s own professional advisors, to the extent that such Investor has deemed appropriate, such Investor has made its own legal, tax, accounting and financial evaluation of the merits and risks of an investment in the Securities and the consequences of this Agreement. Such Investor has considered the suitability of the Securities as an investment in light of its own circumstances and financial condition and such Investor is able to bear the risks associated with an investment in the Securities and its authority to invest in the Securities.

(ii) At the time such Investor was offered the Securities, such Investor was, and as of the date hereof such Investor is, and on the Closing Date, such Investor will be, an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act, and not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act. Such Investor agrees to furnish any additional information reasonably requested by the Company or any of its affiliates to assure compliance with applicable U.S. federal and State Securities Laws in connection with the purchase and sale of the Securities.

(e) Restrictions on Transfer or Sale of Securities.

(i) Such Investor is acquiring the Securities solely for such Investor’s own beneficial account, for investment purposes, and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution of the Securities, has no present intention of distributing any of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable State Securities Laws and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable State Securities Laws (this representation and warranty not limiting such Investor’s right to sell the Conversion Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement (as defined below) or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal law and State Securities Laws).

 

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Such Investor understands that the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act or any State Securities Laws by reason of specific exemptions under the provisions thereof which depend in part upon the investment intent of such Investor and of the other representations made by such Investor in this Agreement. Such Investor understands that the Company is relying upon the representations and agreements contained in this Agreement for the purpose of determining whether this transaction meets the requirements for such exemptions.

(ii) Such Investor understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” under applicable federal securities laws and that the Securities Act and the rules of the Commission provide in substance that such Investor may dispose of the Securities only pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or an exemption therefrom such as the exemption and safe harbor provided under Rule 144 of the Securities Act.

(iii) Such Investor agrees that such Investor will not sell, assign, pledge, give, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Securities or any interest therein, or make any offer or attempt to do any of the foregoing, except pursuant to a registration of the Securities under the Securities Act or in a transaction which is exempt from the registration provisions of the Securities Act such as the exemption and safe harbor provided under Rule 144 of the Securities Act; that the certificates representing the Securities will bear a legend making reference to the foregoing restrictions; and that the Company and its affiliates and transfer agent shall not be required to give effect to any purported transfer of such Securities except upon compliance with the foregoing restrictions. The Company acknowledges and agrees that such Investor may from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and who agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, such Investor may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further, no notice shall be required of such pledge.

(iv) No Disqualification Events. Each Investor represents that neither it, nor any of its directors, officers, general partners or managing members, is subject to any Disqualification Event except for a Disqualification Event (i) contemplated by Rule 506(d)(2) under the Securities Act and (ii) a description of which has been furnished in writing to the Issuer prior to the date hereof.

7. Conditions to Obligations of the Investors and the Company. The obligations of the Investors to purchase and pay for the Securities are subject to the condition that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 5 shall be true and correct as of the Closing in all respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made as of the Closing, and the obligation of the Company to sell the Securities is subject to the condition that the representations and warranties of the Investors contained in Section 6 shall be true and

 

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correct as of the Closing in all respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made as of the Closing. The obligations of the Investors to purchase and pay for the Securities and of the Company to sell the Securities are subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of the following further conditions precedent:

(a) No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered or promulgated by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(b) There shall not have been a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Material Adverse Effect” means any event, change, violation, inaccuracy, circumstance or effect that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on, or result in a material adverse change in, as the case may be, the business, operations, properties, condition (financial or otherwise), assets, liabilities or results of operations of the Company, except for any such events, changes, violations, inaccuracies, circumstances or effects resulting from (i) any changes in general economic, regulatory or political conditions, (ii) any changes or events generally affecting the industry in which the Company operates, (iii) any adverse change or effect that is caused by the announcement of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (iv) any violations or other matters arising from changes in law or GAAP; unless in any such instance such change or effect described in (i), (ii) or (iv) impacts the Company in a materially disproportionate manner relative to a preponderance of the other similar entities impacted by such change.

(c) The Company shall have completed the concurrent public offering of Common Stock being made pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-233629) (the “Concurrent Common Stock Offering”).

8. Certain Covenants of the Company.

(a) The Company hereby agrees to use reasonable best efforts (i) to maintain the listing or quotation of the Common Stock on Nasdaq (or such other trading market that the Company applies to have the Common Stock traded on) for so long as any Investor owns unregistered Securities and (ii) as promptly as practicable following the receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval, to secure the listing of the Conversion Shares (subject to official notice of issuance) on such trading market.

(b) The Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K and press release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall, prior to such filing, furnish to the Investors for review a copy of such Form 8-K and press release. Such press release will be issued prior to market open on the Business Day following the date of this Agreement and the Form 8-K will be filed within the time prescribed by the regulations of the Commission.

 

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(c) For so long as any Investor holds unregistered Securities, (i) the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts 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 and (ii) if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Investors and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is required for the Investors to sell the Conversion Shares under Rule 144.

(d) No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other person, that any Investor is an “Acquiring Person” or a “20% Stockholder” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company or that any Investor could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement by virtue of receiving Securities pursuant to this Agreement.

(e) The Company shall continue to reserve and keep available at all times from the date of receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval through the date on which the Securities have been converted in full, free of preemptive rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to issue the Conversion Shares pursuant to any conversion of any Securities in accordance with the Certificate of Designations.

9. Registration Rights.

(a) Shelf Registration.

(i) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to file no later than 30 days after receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval (the “Filing Date”) a registration statement covering the resale of the Conversion Shares (the “Registrable Shares”) with the Commission for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415, or if Rule 415 is not available for offers and sales of the Registrable Shares, by such other means of distribution of Registrable Shares as the Investors may reasonably specify (the “Initial Registration Statement”).

(ii) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration (including a declaration of effectiveness thereof by the Commission) and applicable qualifications or compliances (including the execution of any required undertaking to file post-effective amendments, appropriate qualifications or exemptions under applicable State Securities Laws and appropriate compliance with applicable securities laws, requirements or regulations) as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Initial Registration Statement, but in any event prior to the date which is 90 days after the Filing Date (the “Effectiveness Date”). The Company shall, within two (2) Business Days after the Effectiveness Date, file a final prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule 424 under the Securities Act.

 

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(iii) In the event that all of the Registrable Shares cannot, as a result of the rules and regulations of the Commission, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly (i) inform the Investors, (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to file amendments to the Initial Registration Statement as required by the Commission and/or (iii) withdraw the Initial Registration Statement and use commercially reasonable efforts to file a new registration statement (a “New Registration Statement”), in either case covering the maximum number of Registrable Shares permitted to be registered by the Commission, on Form S-3 or, if the Company is ineligible to register for resale the Registrable Shares on Form S-3, such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Shares as a secondary offering; provided, however, that prior to filing such amendment or New Registration Statement, the Company shall be obligated to use commercially reasonable efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Shares. In the event the Company amends the Initial Registration Statement or files a New Registration Statement, as the case may be, under clauses (ii) or (iii) above, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as practicable, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 or, if the Company is ineligible to register for resale the Registrable Shares on Form S-3, such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Shares that were not registered for resale on the Initial Registration Statement, as amended, or the New Registration Statement (the “Remainder Registration Statements” and, collectively with the Initial Registration Statement and the New Registration Statement, the “Registration Statements”).

(iv) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the Commission limits the number of Registrable Shares permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater number of Registrable Shares), unless otherwise directed in writing by any Investor as to its Registrable Shares, the number of Registrable Shares to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced as follows:

(1) First, the Company shall reduce or eliminate any securities to be included other than Registrable Shares;

(2) Second, the Company shall reduce Registrable Shares (applied to the Investors on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Registrable Shares held by such Investors).

In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall give the Investors at least three (3) Business Days prior written notice along with the calculations as to such Investor’s allotment.

(b) Fees and Expenses. All expenses incurred by the Company in complying with Section 9(a), including all registration, qualification and filing fees, printing expenses, fees and expenses of counsel for the Company, blue sky fees and expenses and the expense of any special audits incident to or required by any such registration (but excluding the fees of legal counsel for any Investor or any holder of Registrable Shares) shall be borne by the

 

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Company. All selling commissions applicable to the sale of Registrable Shares and all fees and expenses of legal counsel for any Investor or any holder of Registrable Shares related to the registration and sale of the Registrable Shares shall be borne by the Investor or holder of Registrable Shares incurring such commissions, fees or expenses.

(c) Certain Actions and Notifications. In the case of the registration, qualification, exemption or compliance effected by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall, upon reasonable request, inform the Investors as to the status of such registration, qualification, exemption and compliance. At its expense the Company shall:

(i) except for such times as the Company is permitted hereunder to suspend the use of the prospectus forming part of a Registration Statement, use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such registration, and any qualification, exemption or compliance under State Securities Laws which the Company determines to obtain, continuously effective with respect to the Investors, and to keep the applicable Registration Statement effective until the earlier of (A) two (2) years from the Closing Date, (B) the date by which all the Registrable Shares may be sold without volume or manner of sale restrictions which may be applicable to affiliates under Rule 144, or (C) the date on which all of the Registrable Shares are sold. The period of time during which the Company is required hereunder to keep a Registration Statement effective is referred to herein as the “Registration Period”;

 

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(ii) advise the Investors within five (5) Business Days:

(1) when a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;

(2) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to any Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional information;

(3) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or, to the Company’s knowledge, the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose;

(4) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Shares included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or, to the Company’s knowledge, the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and

(5) subject to the provisions of this Agreement, of the occurrence of any event that requires the making of any changes in any Registration Statement or prospectus so that, as of such date, the statements therein do not include any untrue statement of a material fact and do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading;

(iii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable;

(iv) if any Investor so requests in writing, promptly furnish to such Investor, without charge, at least one copy of each Registration Statement and each post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if explicitly requested, all exhibits in the form filed with the Commission;

(v) during the Registration Period, promptly deliver to the Investors, without charge, as many copies of each prospectus included in a Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as any Investor may reasonably request in writing; and the Company consents to the use, consistent with the provisions hereof, of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by such Investor of Registrable Shares in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Shares covered by a prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;

 

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(vi) during the Registration Period, if any Investor so requests in writing, deliver to such Investor, without charge, (i) one copy of the following documents, other than those documents available via the Commission’s EDGAR system: (A) its annual report on Form 10-K (or similar form), (B) its definitive proxy statement with respect to its annual meeting of stockholders, (C) each of its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and (D) a copy of each full Registration Statement (the foregoing, in each case, excluding exhibits); and (ii) if explicitly requested, all exhibits excluded by the parenthetical to the immediately preceding clause (D); provided, that the Company shall have no obligation to provide any document pursuant to this clause that is available on the Commission’s EDGAR system;

(vii) prior to any public offering of Registrable Shares pursuant to any Registration Statement, promptly take such actions as may be necessary to register or qualify or obtain an exemption for offer and sale under State Securities Laws of such United States jurisdictions as any Investor reasonably request in writing; provided that the Company shall not for any such purpose be required to qualify generally to transact business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction where it is not so qualified or to consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction, and do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Shares covered by any such Registration Statement;

(viii) upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 9(c)(ii)(5), except for such times as the Company is permitted hereunder to suspend the use of a prospectus forming part of a Registration Statement, and taking into account the Company’s good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its stockholders of the premature disclosure of such event, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to prepare a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Registrable Shares included therein, such prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(ix) otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply in all material respects with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission which could affect the sale of the Registrable Shares;

(x) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Registrable Shares to be listed on each securities exchange or market, if any, on which equity securities issued by the Company have been listed; and

(xi) cooperate with any broker-dealer through which any Investor proposes to resell its Registrable Shares in such broker-dealer’s filing with the FINRA Corporate Financing Department pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110, as requested by such Investor.

 

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(d) No Delays. The Investors shall not have the right to take any action to restrain, enjoin or otherwise delay any registration pursuant to Section 9(a) as a result of any controversy that may arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Agreement.

(e) Special Interest. If the Company has not (i) filed the Initial Registration Statement by the Filing Date or (ii) effected the registration of the Registrable Shares by the Effectiveness Date (each such event referred to in clauses (i) and (ii), a “Registration Default”), then the Company shall pay to the Investors interest (“Special Interest”) in an amount per annum equal to 0.25% of such Investor’s Purchase Price for each day that the Registration Default continues; provided, however, that the Company shall in no event be required to pay Special Interest for more than one Registration Default at any given time. A Registration Default ends upon termination of the Registration Period or, if earlier, (x) in the case of a Registration Default under clause (i) of the definition thereof, when the Initial Registration Statement is filed with the Commission or (y) in the case of a Registration Default under clause (ii) of the definition thereof, when the Initial Registration Statement becomes or is declared effective by the Commission. All accrued Special Interest shall be paid by the Company to each Investor on a quarterly basis to an account designated in writing by such Investor. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the payment of Special Interest shall be the only remedy available to the Investor for any Registration Default.

(f) Indemnification.

(i) To the extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify each Investor and each person controlling such Investor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, with respect to which any registration that has been effected pursuant to this Agreement, against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or action in respect thereof), including any of the foregoing incurred in settlement of any litigation, commenced or threatened (subject to Section 9(f)(iii)), arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereof, or other document incident to any registration, qualification or compliance or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, or any violation by the Company of any rule or regulation promulgated by the Securities Act applicable to the Company and relating to any action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any such registration, qualification or compliance, and will reimburse such Investor and each person controlling such Investor, for reasonable legal and other out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action as incurred; provided that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any untrue statement or omission or allegation thereof is made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Investor for use in preparation of any Registration Statement, prospectus, amendment or supplement; provided however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case where the claim, loss, damage or

 

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liability arises out of the failure of such Investor to comply with the covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement respecting sales of Registrable Shares, and except that the foregoing indemnity agreement is subject to the condition that, insofar as it relates to any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any preliminary prospectus but eliminated or remedied in the amended prospectus on file with the Commission at the time any Registration Statement becomes effective or in an amended prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) which meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act (each, a “Final Prospectus”), such indemnity shall not inure to the benefit of such Investor or any such controlling person, if a copy of a Final Prospectus furnished by the Company to such Investor for delivery was not furnished to the person or entity asserting the loss, liability, claim or damage at or prior to the time such furnishing is required by the Securities Act and a Final Prospectus would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, liability, claim or damage.

(ii) Each Investor shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify the Company, each of its directors and officers, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), including any of the foregoing incurred in settlement of any litigation, commenced or threatened (subject to Section 9(f)(iii)), arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereof, or other document incident to any such registration, or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, and will reimburse the Company, such directors and officers, and each person controlling the Company for reasonable legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action as incurred, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission or allegation thereof is made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Investor for use in preparation of any Registration Statement, prospectus, amendment or supplement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum liability of such Investor under this section shall be limited to the proceeds received by such Investor from the sale of Registrable Shares.

(iii) Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section 9(f) (the “Indemnified Party”) shall give notice to the party required to provide indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit the Indemnifying Party (at its expense) to assume the defense of any such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, provided that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or litigation, shall be approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not unreasonably be withheld, conditioned or delayed), and the Indemnified Party may participate in

 

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such defense at such Indemnified Party’s expense, and provided further that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Agreement, unless such failure is materially prejudicial to the Indemnifying Party in defending such claim or litigation. An Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of an action or claim effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). No Indemnifying Party, in its defense of any such claim or litigation, shall, except with the consent of each Indemnified Party (which consent shall note be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.

(iv) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9(f) is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an Indemnified Party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense referred to therein, then the Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and of the Indemnified Party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and of the Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Indemnifying Party or by the Indemnified Party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9(f) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9(f), no Investor shall be required to contribute pursuant to this Section 9(f), in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Investor from the sale of the Registrable Shares exceeds the amount of any damages that such Investor has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

(g) Disclosure, Etc.

(i) Not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement, the Company shall furnish to each Investor copies of such Registration Statement and all exhibits being filed therewith, and shall consider in good faith the reasonable comments of such Investor. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Company shall not be obligated to provide the Investors advance copies of any universal shelf registration statement registering securities in addition to those required hereunder.

 

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(ii) Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event requiring the preparation of a supplement or amendment to a prospectus relating to Registrable Shares so that, as thereafter delivered to the Investor, such prospectus shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, such Investor will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Shares pursuant to a Registration Statement and prospectus contemplated by Section 9(a) until its receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus from the Company and, if so directed by the Company, such Investor shall deliver to the Company all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Investor’s possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Shares current at the time of receipt of such notice.

(iii) Each Investor shall suspend, upon request of the Company, any disposition of Registrable Shares pursuant to any Registration Statement and prospectus contemplated by Section 9(a) during the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development with respect to the Company that the Board of Directors of the Company believes in good faith may be material and that, in the determination of the Board of Directors of the Company, makes it not in the best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of a Registration Statement or prospectus. The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right under this paragraph to suspend the availability of a Registration Statement and prospectus for a period not to exceed 60 calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) in any 12-month period.

(iv) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 9(g)(iii), as promptly as reasonably possible under the circumstances taking into account the Company’s good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its stockholders of the premature disclosure of such event, the Company shall prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to a Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, neither a Registration Statement nor such prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the use of the prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable. The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right under this Section 9(g) to suspend the availability of a Registration Statement and prospectus for a period not to exceed 60 calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) in any 12-month period.

 

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(v) As a condition to the inclusion of its Registrable Shares, each Investor shall furnish to the Company such information regarding such Investor and the distribution proposed by such Investor as the Company may reasonably request in writing, including completing a Registration Statement Questionnaire in the form provided by the Company, or as shall be required in connection with any registration referred to in this Section 9.

(vi) Each Investor hereby covenants with the Company not to make any sale of the Registrable Shares without effectively causing the prospectus delivery requirements under the Securities Act to be satisfied (unless such sale is pursuant to Rule 144).

(vii) Each Investor agrees not to take any action with respect to any distribution deemed to be made pursuant to a Registration Statement which would constitute a violation of Regulation M under the Exchange Act or any other applicable rule, regulation or law.

(viii) At the end of the Registration Period, each Investor shall discontinue sales of shares pursuant to any Registration Statement upon receipt of notice from the Company of its intention to remove from registration the shares covered by any such Registration Statement which remain unsold, and the Investors shall notify the Company of the number of shares registered which remain unsold immediately upon receipt of such notice from the Company.

(h) Assignment. The rights to cause the Company to register Registrable Shares granted to the Investors by the Company under Section 9(a) may be assigned by any Investor in connection with a transfer by such Investor of all or a portion of its Registrable Shares, provided, however, that such Investor must give the Company at least 10 days prior notice of such transfer for such transfer to be reflected in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and that (i) such transfer may otherwise be effected in accordance with applicable securities laws; (ii) such Investor gives prior written notice to the Company at least 10 days prior to the transfer; and (iii) such transferee agrees to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, and such transfer is otherwise in compliance with this Agreement. Except as specifically permitted by this Section 9(h), the rights of an Investor with respect to Registrable Shares as set out herein shall not be transferable to any other person, and any attempted transfer by any Investor shall cause all rights of such Investor therein to be forfeited.

(i) Waivers. The rights of any Investor under any provision of this Section 9 may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, either retroactively or prospectively and either for a specified period of time or indefinitely) or amended by an instrument in writing signed by such Investor.

 

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10. Legend. The Securities will be imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

Provided, that the Company shall, in connection with any sale made under the Registration Statement or Rule 144, promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt by the Company of a request therefor accompanied by all reasonably required documentation) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to any Investor new certificate(s) representing the Conversion Shares that are free from all restrictive and other legends or, at the request of such Investor, via DWAC transfer to such Investor’s account.

11. 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.

12. Certain Transactions. Each Investor, severally and not jointly, 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 pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 8(b).

13. Expenses. The parties hereto shall pay their own costs and expenses in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

14. Waiver, Amendment. Neither this Agreement nor any provisions hereof shall be amended, waived, discharged or terminated except by an instrument in writing signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and each Investor affected by such amendment or, in the case of a waiver, discharge or termination, by the party against whom such waiver, discharge or termination is sought.

15. Assignability. 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 the Investors. Any Investor may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any person to whom such Investor 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 this Agreement that apply to the “Investors”.

 

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16. Waiver of Jury Trial. THE COMPANY AND EACH INVESTOR IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT.

17. Submission to Jurisdiction. With respect to any suit, action or proceeding relating to any offers, purchases or sales of the Securities by the Investors (“Proceedings”), the Company and each Investor irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the federal or state courts located in the State of Delaware, which submission shall be exclusive unless none of such courts has lawful jurisdiction over such Proceedings.

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

19. Section and Other Headings. The section and other headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same agreement.

21. Notices. All notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally or sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or by facsimile or electronic transmission to the following addresses (or such other address as either party shall have specified by notice in writing to the other):

 

If to the Company:    Biolase, Inc.
4 Cromwell
Irvine, California 92618
E-mail: jbeaver@biolase.com
   Attention: John R. Beaver
   With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
   Sidley Austin LLP
One South Dearborn
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Facsimile: 312-853-7036
E-mail: mgordon@sidley.com
  

bberg@sidley.com

   Attention: Michael A. Gordon
  

Beth E. Berg

If to any Investor:    To its address as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto

 

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22. Binding Effect. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and accrue to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.

23. Survival. All representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing.

24. Notification of Changes. The Company and each Investor hereby covenants and agrees to notify the other upon the occurrence of any event prior to the Closing which would cause any representation, warranty or covenant of such party contained in this Agreement to be false or incorrect.

25. Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of this Agreement or invalidate or render unenforceable such term or provision in any other jurisdiction.

26. Independent Nature of Investors’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Investor under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Investor, and no Investor shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Investor under this Agreement. Nothing contained herein, and no action taken by any Investor pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Investors as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each Investor shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Investor to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. Each Investor has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of this Agreement (including the exhibits and schedules hereto). Except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, the Company has elected to provide all Investors with the same terms and Agreement for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any of the Investors.

27. Interpretation. For purposes of this Agreement, (i) the words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation,” (ii) the word “or” is not exclusive, (iii) reference to any gender includes the other gender and the neutral gender (and vice versa) and (iv) the words “herein”, “hereof”, “hereby”, “hereto” and “hereunder” refer to this Agreement as a whole. Unless the context otherwise requires, references herein: (a) to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules mean the Articles and Sections of, and the Exhibits and Schedules attached to, this Agreement; (b) to an agreement, instrument or other document means such agreement, instrument or other document as amended, supplemented and modified from time

 

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to time to the extent permitted by the provisions thereof and by this Agreement; and (c) to a statute means such statute as amended from time to time and includes any successor legislation thereto and any regulations promulgated thereunder. The Schedules and Exhibits referred to herein shall be construed with and as an integral part of this Agreement to the same extent as if they were set forth verbatim herein. This Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the party drafting an instrument or causing any instrument to be drafted.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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

 

BIOLASE, INC.
By:   /s/ John R. Beaver
Name:   John R. Beaver
Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

[Signature Page to Securities Purchase Agreement]


SCHULER FAMILY FOUNDATION
By:   /s/ Jack W. Schuler
Name:   Jack W. Schuler
Title:   President

[Signature Page to Securities Purchase Agreement]


ORACLE PARTNERS, LP

By:

 

ORACLE ASSOCIATES, LLC

Its:

 

General Partner

By:

 

/s/ Larry N. Feinberg

Name:

 

Larry N. Feinberg

Title:

 

Managing Member

 

ORACLE INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS, LP

By:

 

ORACLE ASSOCIATES, LLC

Its:

 

General Partner

By:

 

/s/ Larry N. Feinberg

Name:

 

Larry N. Feinberg

Title:

 

Managing Member

 

ORACLE TEN FUND, LP

By:

 

ORACLE ASSOCIATES, LLC

Its:

 

General Partner

By:

 

/s/ Larry N. Feinberg

Name:

 

Larry N. Feinberg

Title:

 

Managing Member

[Signature Page to Securities Purchase Agreement]


SCHEDULE I

SCHEDULE OF INVESTORS

 

Investor’s Name and Address

   Number of
Securities
    
Purchase Price
 

Schuler Family Foundation

[Redacted]

     52,174      $ 3,000,005.00  

Oracle Partners, LP

[Redacted]

     12,765      $ 733,987.50  

Oracle Institutional Partners, LP

[Redacted]

     1,843      $ 105,972.50  

Oracle Ten Fund, LP

[Redacted]

     2,783      $ 160,022.50  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     69,565      $ 3,999,987.50  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS