UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Month of September 2020
Commission File Number: 001-37993
OBSEVA SA
(Translation of registrants name into English)
Chemin des Aulx, 12
1228 Plan-les-Ouates
Geneva, Switzerland
(Address of principal executive office)
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UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT AND SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
On September 3, 2020, ObsEva SA (the Company) entered into an underwriting and placement agency agreement (the Underwriting Agreement), pursuant to which H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, as underwriter, has agreed to purchase on a firm commitment basis an aggregate of 6,448,240 units at an effective price of $2.869 per unit, less underwriting discounts and commissions. Each unit is comprised of one common share (or pre-funded warrant to purchase one common share at an exercise price of CHF 1/13 per share) and one 15-month purchase warrant to purchase one common share at an exercise price of $3.43 per share. The gross proceeds to the Company from the underwritten offering are expected to be approximately $18.5 million, prior to deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses. In the event the 15-month purchase warrants are exercised in full, ObsEva expects to receive approximately $22.1 million in additional gross proceeds. The underwritten offering is expected to close on or about September 8, 2020, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
In addition to the securities being sold in the underwritten offering, pursuant to a subscription agreement between the Companys Chief Executive Officer and the Company (the Subscription Agreement), the Companys Chief Executive Officer has agreed to purchase 516,352 units, with each unit comprised of one common share and one 15-month purchase warrant to purchase one common share at an exercise price of $3.43 per share, in a concurrent private placement, exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended pursuant to Regulation S promulgated thereunder, at a purchase price equal to $2.905 per unit, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $1.5 million, prior to deducting placement agent fees and other expenses. The private placement is expected to close during the course of the month of September 2020, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
The underwritten offering was made pursuant to the Companys shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-233069) declared effective on August 14, 2019, as supplemented by a prospectus supplement dated September 3, 2020, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 8, 2020.
In the Underwriting Agreement, the Company makes customary representations, warranties and covenants and also agrees to indemnify the underwriter and the placement agent against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or to contribute to payments that the underwriter may be required to make because of such liabilities. The foregoing is only a brief description of the terms of each of the Underwriting Agreement, the Subscription Agreement, the Form of Warrant, the Form of Pre-Funded Warrant and the Form of Private Warrant, and does not purport to be a complete description of the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement, the Subscription Agreement, the Form of Warrant, the Form of Pre-Funded Warrant and the Form of Private Warrant that are filed as Exhibits 1.1, 10.1, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, respectively, to this Form 6-K and incorporated by reference herein. The legal opinion of Lenz & Staehelin relating to the common shares and the warrant shares and the legal opinion of Cooley LLP relating to the 15-month purchase warrants and the pre-funded warrants are filed as Exhibit 5.1 and Exhibit 5.2, respectively, to this Form 6-K and incorporated by reference herein.
The Company has agreed to pay H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC a commission equal to 6.0% of the gross proceeds raised in the underwritten offering and a cash fee equal to 4.0% of gross proceeds from the sale of the common shares and accompanying purchase warrants in the concurrent private placement.
On September 3, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the underwritten offering and private placement. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 6-K.
The information contained in this Form 6-K, including the exhibits hereto, but excluding Exhibit 99.1, is hereby incorporated by reference into the Companys Registration Statement on Form F-3, as amended (File No. 333-233069).
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Statements in this Form 6-K that are not strictly historical in nature, including statements regarding the Companys expectations with respect to the closing of the offering, are forward-looking statements. These statements are only predictions based on current information and expectations and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results may differ materially from those projected in any of such statements due to various factors, including market risks and uncertainties and risks relating to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions for an offering of securities. For a discussion of these and other factors, please refer to the risk factors set forth in the Companys Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 5, 2020 and the risk factors disclosed in the Companys Report on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on August 6, 2020, and other filings the Company makes with the SEC. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. This caution is made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement and the Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update this report to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof, except as required by law.
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, thereunto duly authorized.
ObsEva SA | ||||||||
Date: September 8, 2020 | By: |
/s/ Ernest Loumaye |
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Name | Ernest Loumaye | |||||||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit 1.1
OBSEVA SA
Underwriting and Placement Agency Agreement
September 3, 2020
H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC
As Representative of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto and as Placement Agent
c/o H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC
430 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Ladies and Gentlemen:
ObsEva SA, a société anonyme organized under the laws of Switzerland (the Company), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the Underwriters), for whom H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (Wainwright) is acting as representative, (i) an aggregate of (a) 5,490,000 common shares (the Underwritten Shares), par value CHF 1/13 per share, of the Company (the Common Shares) and (b) 958,240 pre-funded warrants to purchase 958,240 Common Shares at an exercise price of CHF 1/13 per share substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit D (the Pre-Funded Warrants) and (ii) warrants to purchase up to 6,448,240 Common Shares at an exercise price of $3.43 per share substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit E hereto (the Underwritten Warrants and, together with the Underwritten Shares and the Pre-Funded Warrants, the Underwritten Securities). Simultaneously with the purchase and sale to the Underwriters of the Underwritten Securities, the Company is agreeing to issue and sell to Ernest Loumaye (the Investor), up to an aggregate of 516,352 Common Shares (the Placement Shares) and warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 516,352 Common Shares (the Placement Warrants and, together with the Placement Shares, the Placement Securities) through the Placement Agent (as defined below) upon entry into a subscription, purchase or other customary agreement with the Company (the Purchase Agreement). The Company appoints and authorizes Wainwright to be the placement agent for the Placement Securities (the Placement Agent) and authorizes and ratifies all prior actions by the Placement Agent in connection with its role as Placement Agent. References herein to the Representative shall be deemed to refer to Wainwright in both its capacity as representative of the Underwriters and as Placement Agent. The Underwritten Shares and the Placement Shares are herein referred to as the Shares; the Underwritten Warrants and the Placement Warrants are herein referred to as the Warrants; the Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants are herein referred to as the Warrant Shares; and the Underwritten Securities, the Placement Securities and the Warrant Shares are herein referred to as the Securities. The Underwritten Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants and the Underwritten Warrants shall be sold together as a fixed combination, each consisting of (i) one Common Share or one
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Pre-Funded Warrant, and (ii) one Warrant to purchase one Common Share, with each combination consisting of one Common Share and one Warrant to purchase one Common Share being referred to herein as a Unit and each combination consisting of one Pre-Funded Warrant to purchase one Common Share and one Warrant to purchase one Common Share being referred to herein as a Pre-Funded Unit. The Underwritten Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants and the Underwritten Warrants in each of the Units or Pre-Funded Units, as applicable, shall be issued separately and shall be immediately transferable separately upon issuance. The time and date of delivery of the Placement Securities to the Investor is herein referred to as the Placement Closing Date. The common shares of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sale of the Shares are referred to herein as the Stock.
The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters and the Placement Agent as follows:
1. Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the Securities Act), a shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-233069), including a base prospectus dated August 14, 2019 (the Base Prospectus), relating to certain securities of the Company, including the Underwritten Securities. Such registration statement, as amended at the time it became effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (Rule 430 Information), is referred to herein as the Registration Statement; and the term Prospectus means the prospectus in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Underwritten Securities. If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the Rule 462 Registration Statement), then any reference herein to the term Registration Statement shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. Any reference in this underwriting agreement (this Agreement) to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 6 of Form F-3 under the Securities Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of the Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference to amend, amendment or supplement with respect to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the Exchange Act) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
At or prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below), the Company had prepared the following information (collectively with the Base Prospectus and the pricing information set forth on Annex A, the Pricing Disclosure Package): each free-writing prospectus (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex A hereto.
Applicable Time means 3:50 P.M., New York City time, on September 3, 2020.
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2. Purchase of the Securities.
(a) The Company agrees to issue and sell the Underwritten Securities to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase at a purchase price of $2.697 per Unit and of $2.612 per Pre-Funded Unit the respective number of Units and Pre-Funded Units set forth opposite such Underwriters name in Schedule 1 hereto. For the avoidance of doubt, the several Underwriters will deduct the Firm Capital Increase Amount (as defined below) from the aggregate purchase price for the Underwritten Securities payable by the several Underwriters to the Company.
(b) The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Underwritten Securities, and initially to offer the Underwritten Securities on the terms set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell the Underwritten Securities to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter.
(c) Payment for the Underwritten Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company to the Representative in the case of the Underwritten Securities, at the offices of Haynes and Boone, LLP, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 26th Floor, New York, NY at 10:00 A.M. New York City time on September 8, 2020, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter (or if such date is a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in Geneva or Bern, Switzerland, then not later than the fourth business day thereafter), as the Representative and the Company may agree upon in writing. The time and date of such payment for the Underwritten Securities is referred to herein as the Closing Date.
Payment for the Underwritten Securities to be purchased on the Closing Date shall be made against delivery to the Representative for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Underwritten Securities to be purchased on such date with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of such Underwritten Securities duly paid by the Company. Delivery of the Underwritten Shares shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) unless the Representative shall otherwise instruct. The Company shall deliver the Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants in certificated form in such denominations and registered in such names as the Representative or its designees request. In the event that a purchaser delivers a Notice of Exercise (as defined in the Pre-Funded Warrants) on or prior to 12:00 P.M., New York time on the Closing Date, to exercise any Pre-Funded Warrants between the date hereof and the Closing Date, provided that payment in full of the Exercise Price (as defined in the Pre-Funded Warrants) is first received, the Company shall deliver Warrant Shares with respect to such Pre-Funded Warrants to such purchaser on the Closing Date in connection with such Notice of Exercise, in which case the Warrant Shares may be settled by Common Shares held by the Company in treasury.
(d) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Representative and the other Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arms length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection
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with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, neither the Representative nor any other Underwriter are advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Representative nor the other Underwriters shall have any responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Representative and the other Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company.
(e) Placement Agent Fee. As compensation for services rendered, on each Placement Closing Date, the Company shall pay to the Placement Agent a cash fee equal to 4.0% of the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Placement Securities.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter and the Placement Agent that:
(a) Reserved.
(b) Pricing Disclosure Package. The Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Placement Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in such Pricing Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof. No statement of material fact included in the Prospectus has been omitted from the Pricing Disclosure Package and no statement of material fact included in the Pricing Disclosure Package that is required to be included in the Prospectus has been omitted therefrom.
(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company (including its agents and Representative, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any written communication (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Underwritten Securities (each such communication by the Company or its agents and Representative (other than a communication referred to in clause (i) below) an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Annex A hereto, each electronic road show and any other written communications approved in writing in advance by the Representative. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complies in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been or will be
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(within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Pricing Disclosure Package, and such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Placement Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(d) Emerging Growth Company. From the time of initial confidential submission of the Registration Statement to the Commission (or, if earlier, the first date on which the Company engaged directly or through any person authorized to act on its behalf in any Testing-the-Waters Communication) through the date hereof, the Company has been and is an emerging growth company, as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act (an Emerging Growth Company). Testing-the-Waters Communication means any oral or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act.
(e) Testing-the-Waters Materials. The Company (i) has not alone engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communications and (ii) has not authorized anyone other than the Representative to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company reconfirms that the Representative has been authorized to act on its behalf in undertaking Testing-the-Waters Communications by virtue of a writing substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Company has not distributed or approved for distribution any Written Testing-the-Waters Communications. Written Testing-the-Waters Communication means any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act. Any individual Written Testing-the-Waters Communication does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Pricing Disclosure Package, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, and when taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Placement Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(f) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering of the Securities has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, the Registration Statement and any such post-effective amendment complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act, and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or
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supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date and as of the Placement Closing Date, as the case may be, the Prospectus will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(g) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than (x) the issuance of common shares of the Company upon exercise of stock options and warrants described as outstanding in, and the grant of options and awards under existing equity incentive plans described in, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (y) the issuance of common shares of the Company as described in the heading Description of Share Capital in the Prospectus), short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not in the ordinary course of business) that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its business that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole and that is either from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in each case as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(h) Ineligible Issuer Status. The Company is not an ineligible issuer in connection with the offering of the Underwritten Securities pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act. Any Free Writing Prospectus that the Company is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will be, filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act. Each Free Writing Prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that was prepared by or on behalf of or used or referred to by the Company complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Securities Act including timely filing with the Commission or retention where required and legending, and each such Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the sale of the Underwritten Securities did not, does not and will not include any information that
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conflicted, conflicts with or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein. Except for the Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, and electronic road shows, if any, furnished to the Representative before first use, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without the Representatives prior consent, prepare, use or refer to, any Free Writing Prospectus.
(i) Exchange Act Compliance. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, and any Free Writing Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act, and, when read together with the other information in the Prospectus, at the time the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto become effective and at each Representation Date, as the case may be, will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the 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.
(j) Statistical and Market-Related Data. The statistical, demographic and market-related data included in the Registration Statement and 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 Companys good faith estimates that are made on the basis of data derived from such sources.
(k) Authorization of the Agreement, the Warrants, the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Purchase Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a valid and binding agreement of, the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as rights to indemnification hereunder may be limited by applicable law and except as the enforcement hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles. The Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants have been duly authorized, and when issued, the Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants will constitute the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company, including to issue and sell, upon exercise thereof and payment of the respective exercise prices therefor, the number and type of securities of the Company called for thereby in accordance with the terms thereof, and enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforceability may be limited applicable law and except as the enforcement hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles. The Purchase Agreement governing the Placement Securities has been duly authorized by the Company and, when executed and delivered by the Company and the Investor, will be a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforceability may be limited by applicable law and except as the enforcement hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.
(l) Authorization of the Securities. The Shares to be issued or sold by the Company hereunder for the Underwritten Shares or as set forth in the Purchase Agreement for the
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Placement Shares, have been duly authorized and duly and validly issued, are fully paid and are nonassessable and, if not issued on the date of this Agreement, as described in the Prospectus, will be, when issued and delivered and paid for as provided herein or in the Purchase Agreement, as applicable, duly authorized and duly and validly issued, will be fully paid and nonassessable; and the issuance and the sale of the Shares is not and will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights, or such rights have been withdrawn or cancelled or, for Shares not issued on the date of this Agreement, will have been withdrawn or cancelled, when such Shares will have been issued and delivered and paid for as provided herein or in the Purchase Agreement, as applicable, by decision of the competent bodies of the Company and are no longer or, for Shares not issued on the date of this Agreement, will no longer be, when such Shares will have been issued and delivered and paid for as provided herein, applicable to the issuance and the sale of the Shares. The Warrant Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to the Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants, as applicable, and, when issued and delivered by the Company after payment therefor pursuant to the Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants, as applicable, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; and the issuance of the Warrant Shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights, or such rights will have been withdrawn or cancelled when such Warrant Shares will have been issued and delivered and paid for pursuant to the Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants, as applicable, by decision of the competent bodies of the Company and will no longer be, when such Warrant Shares will have been issued and delivered and paid for pursuant to the Warrants or Pre-Funded Warrants applicable to the issuance of the Warrant Shares. Upon the delivery to the Representative of the Underwritten Shares and the Warrant Shares, as applicable, and payment therefor, the Representative will acquire good, marketable and valid title to such Underwritten Shares or Warrant Shares, as applicable, free and clear of all pledges, liens, security interests, charges, claims or encumbrances. The Company has reserved out of its conditional capital for financing purposes, solely for the purpose of enabling it to issue the Warrant Shares upon exercise of such Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants, the number of Warrant Shares that are issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of the Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants. On the Closing Date, the Warrant Shares will have been reserved for issuance. The Underwritten Securities, when issued, will conform to the description thereof in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and any Free Writing Prospectus
(m) No Applicable Registration or Other Similar Rights. There are no persons with registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities registered for sale under the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement, except for such rights as have been duly waived.
(n) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly incorporated and is existing and in good standing under the laws of Switzerland, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; and the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a Material Adverse Effect).
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(o) Subsidiaries. Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated or organized, as the case may be, and is existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (to the extent such concepts are applicable under such laws), with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; and each subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification in each case, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the capital stock of each subsidiary owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, is owned free from liens, encumbrances and defects.
(p) Listing. The Common Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and on the SIX Swiss Exchange, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Shares under the Exchange Act or delisting the Common Shares from the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the SIX Swiss Exchange, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the SIX Swiss Exchange is contemplating terminating such registration or listing.
(q) Absence of Further Requirements. No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing or registration with, any person (including any governmental agency or body or any court) is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Warrants, the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Purchase Agreement in connection with the offer of the Securities, except such as have been obtained, or made and such as may be required under the rules of the SIX Swiss Exchange, state securities laws or the rules and regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA).
(r) Title to Property. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse effect, (i) the Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real properties and all tangible personal properties and assets owned by them, in each case free from liens, charges, encumbrances and defects that would materially affect the value thereof or materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them and, (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries hold any leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases with no terms or provisions that would materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them.
(s) Absence of Existing Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its articles of association or by-laws or other Organizational Documents (as defined below); (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
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agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. As used herein, the term Organizational Documents means, (i) with respect to a corporation, its articles of association and by-laws, (ii) with respect to a limited or general partnership, its partnership agreement and certificate of partnership (or similar document), (iii) with respect to a limited liability company, its limited liability company agreement and certificate of limited liability company (or similar document), and (iv) with respect to any other entity, its similar organizational documents.
(t) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the Warrants, the Pre-Funded Warrants, the Purchase Agreement and any Terms Agreement, the sale of the Securities, the compliance by the Company with the terms hereof and of the Warrants, the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Purchase Agreement and any Terms Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Warrants, the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Purchase Agreement and any Terms Agreement will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the articles of association or by-laws or other Organizational Documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or as would not materially adversely affect consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder.
(u) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess, and are in compliance with the terms of, all applicable certificates, authorizations, franchises, licenses and permits (Licenses) necessary or material to the conduct of the business now conducted or proposed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus to be conducted by them except where failure to so possess or be in compliance with would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Licenses that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) Absence of Labor Dispute. No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(w) Possession of Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess or can acquire on reasonable terms sufficient rights to use, all trademarks, service marks, trade names (including all goodwill associated with the foregoing), patent rights, copyrights, domain names, licenses, approvals, trade secrets, inventions, technology, know-how and other intellectual property and similar rights, including registrations and applications for registration thereof (collectively, Intellectual Property Rights) used in, or necessary for the conduct of the business now conducted or proposed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus to be conducted by the Company or its subsidiaries. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Writing Prospectus, (i) there are no rights of third parties to any of the Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company or its subsidiaries, (ii) to the Companys knowledge, there is no material infringement, misappropriation, breach, default or other violation, or the occurrence of any event that with notice or the passage of time would constitute any of the foregoing, by any third party of any of the Intellectual Property Rights of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (iii) to the Companys knowledge, none of the Intellectual Property Rights used or held for use by the Company or any of its subsidiaries in their businesses has been obtained or is being used or held for use by the Company or any of its subsidiaries in violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or any of its subsidiaries or in violation of any rights of any third party, or (iv) the Company and its subsidiaries have taken reasonable steps in accordance with normal industry practice to maintain the confidentiality of all Intellectual Property Rights the value of which to the Company or any Subsidiary is contingent upon maintaining the confidentiality thereof, (v) except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company is not obligated to pay a material royalty, grant a license to, or provide other material consideration to any third party in connection with the Company Intellectual Property, and (vi) there is no pending or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by any third party challenging the validity or enforceability of any Intellectual Property Rights of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim. To the Companys knowledge, there is no pending or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim (i) asserting that the Company or any of its subsidiaries has materially infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated the Intellectual Property Rights of any third party or (ii) challenging the Companys or any of its subsidiaries rights in or to, or alleging the violation of any of the terms of, any of their Intellectual Property Rights.
(x) Patents and Patent Applications. All material patents and patent applications owned by the Company or its subsidiaries have been duly and properly filed and each issued patent owned by, or to the knowledge of the Company, exclusively licensed to the Company is being diligently maintained; to the knowledge of the Company, the parties prosecuting such applications have complied in all material respects with their duty of candor and disclosure to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (the USPTO) in connection with such applications; and the Company is not aware of any facts required to be disclosed to the USPTO that were not disclosed to the USPTO and which would preclude the grant of a material patent in connection with any such application or would reasonably be expected to form the basis of a finding of invalidity with respect to any material patents that have been issued with respect to such applications.
(y) Regulatory Matters; Products and Product Candidates. Except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries: (i) have operated
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and currently operate their respective businesses in compliance in all material respects with applicable provisions of the Health Care Laws (as defined below) of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and any comparable foreign regulatory authority to which they are subject (collectively, the Applicable Regulatory Authorities) applicable to the ownership, testing, development, manufacture, packaging, processing, use, distribution, storage, import, export or disposal of any of the Companys or its subsidiaries product candidates or any product manufactured or distributed by the Company and its subsidiaries; (ii) have not received any FDA Form 483, written notice of adverse finding, warning letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or written notice from any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority alleging or asserting non-compliance with (A) any Health Care Laws or (B) or any material licenses, certificates, approvals, clearances, exemptions, authorizations, permits and supplements or amendments thereto required by any such Health Care Laws (Regulatory Authorizations); (iii) possesses all Regulatory Authorizations and such Regulatory Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect and the Company is not in violation, in any material respect, of any term of any such Regulatory Authorizations; (iv) has not received notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from the Applicable Regulatory Authorities or any other third party alleging that any product operation or activity is in material violation of any Health Care Laws or Regulatory Authorizations and has no knowledge that the Applicable Regulatory Authorities or any other third party is considering any such claim, litigation, arbitration, action, suit, investigation or proceeding; and (v) has filed, obtained, maintained or submitted all material reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments as required by any Health Care Laws or Regulatory Authorizations.
The term Health Care Laws means (i) Medicare (Title XVIII of the Social Security Act); (ii) Medicaid (Title XIX of the Social Security Act); (iii) all applicable federal, state, local and all applicable foreign health care related fraud and abuse laws, including the U.S. Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b), the U.S. Physician Payments Sunshine Act (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7h); the U.S. civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq.), the criminal False Claims Act (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a), any criminal laws relating to health care fraud and abuse, including but not limited to 18 U.S.C. Sections 286 and 287 and the health care fraud criminal provisions under the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) (42 U.S.C. §§ 1320d et seq.), the civil monetary penalties law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a), the exclusion laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7), HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 17921 et seq.), (iv) the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder; and (v) any and all other applicable health care laws and regulations.
(z) Regulatory Matters: Manufacturing. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, to the Companys knowledge, the manufacturing facilities and operations of its suppliers are operated in compliance in all material respects with all applicable statutes, rules, regulations and policies of the Applicable Regulatory Authorities.
(aa) Regulatory Matters: Clinical Trials. None of the Companys or its subsidiaries product candidates have received marketing approval from any Applicable Regulatory Authority. All clinical and pre-clinical studies and trials conducted by or on behalf of or sponsored by the
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Company or its subsidiaries, or in which the Company or its subsidiaries have participated, with respect to the Companys or its subsidiaries product candidates, including any such studies and trials that are described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, or the results of which are referred to in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as applicable (collectively, Company Trials), were, and if still pending are being conducted in all material respects in accordance with all applicable Health Care Laws of the Applicable Regulatory Authorities and current good clinical practices and good laboratory practices, standard medical and scientific research procedures and any applicable rules, regulations and policies of the jurisdiction in which such trials and studies are being conducted; the descriptions in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus of the results of any Company Trials are accurate and complete descriptions in all material respects and fairly present the data derived therefrom; the Company has no knowledge of any other studies or trials not described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the results of which are inconsistent with or call into question the results described or referred to in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; the Company and each of its subsidiaries have operated at all times and are currently in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Health Care Laws of the Applicable Regulatory Authorities; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries have received, nor does the Company have knowledge after due inquiry that any of its or its subsidiaries collaboration partners have received any written notices, correspondence or other communications from the Applicable Regulatory Authorities or any other Governmental Entity requiring or threatening the termination, material modification or suspension of Company Trials, other than ordinary course communications with respect to modifications in connection with the design and implementation of such studies or trials, and, to the Companys knowledge, there are no reasonable grounds for the same. The Company Trials have been designed to ensure that informed consent from each human subject participating in the Company Trials is obtained. In using or disclosing patient information received by the Company or a subsidiary in connection with a Company Trial, the Company or such subsidiary has complied in all material respects, to the extent applicable, with all applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements, including, without limitation, HIPAA and the rules and regulations thereunder. To the Companys knowledge, none of the Company Trials involved any investigator who has been disqualified as a clinical investigator or has been found by the FDA to have engaged in scientific misconduct.
(bb) Environmental Laws. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (i) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (A) is in violation of any foreign, federal, state or local statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order, decree, decision, ordinance, code or other legally binding requirement (including common law) relating to the pollution, protection or restoration of the environment, wildlife or natural resources; human health or safety; or the generation, use, handling, transportation, treatment, storage, discharge, disposal or release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Substance (as defined below) (collectively, Environmental Laws), (B) is conducting or funding, in whole or in part, any investigation, remediation, monitoring or other corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law, including to address any actual or suspected Hazardous Substance, (C) has received written notice of, or is subject to any action, suit, claim or proceeding alleging, any actual or potential liability under, or violation of, any Environmental Law, including with respect to any Hazardous Substance, (D) is party to any order, decree or agreement that imposes any obligation or liability under any Environmental Law, or (E) is in violation of, or has failed to obtain and maintain, any material permit, license, authorization, identification number or other approval required under applicable Environmental Laws; and (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, there are no facts or
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circumstances that would reasonably be expected to result in any material violation of or liability under any Environmental Law, including with respect to any Hazardous Substance, except in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, for such matters as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As used herein, Hazardous Substance means chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products.
(cc) Accurate Disclosure. The statements in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under the headings Material Income Tax Considerations, Description of Share Capital and Risk Factors-Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property, Business Overview-Intellectual Property, Business Overview-Government Regulation and Financial Information-Legal Proceedings, insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries, in all material respects, of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings and present in all material respects the information required to be shown.
(dd) Cybersecurity; Data Protection. The Company and its subsidiaries information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively, IT Systems) are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted, free and clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants. The Company and its subsidiaries have at all times implemented and maintained all reasonably necessary controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards to maintain and protect their confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and data (including all Personal Data (defined below), sensitive, confidential or regulated data (Confidential Data)) used in connection with their businesses, and, to the Companys knowledge, there have been no breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to same, except for those that have been remedied without material cost or liability or the duty to notify any other person, nor any incidents under internal review or investigations relating to the same. The Company and its subsidiaries are presently in material compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Confidential Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Confidential Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification.
(ee) Data Privacy and Security Laws. The Company and its subsidiaries are, and at all prior times were, in material compliance with all applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations, including without limitation the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) (42 U.S.C. Section 1320d et seq.), as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (the HITECH Act) (42 U.S.C. Section 17921 et seq.); the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU 2016/679); and the Company and its subsidiaries have taken all necessary actions to prepare to comply with and all other applicable laws and regulations with respect to Personal Data that have been announced as of the date hereof as becoming effective within 12 months after the date hereof, and for which any non-compliance with same would be reasonably likely to create a
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material liability as soon they take effect (collectively, the Privacy Laws). To ensure compliance with the Privacy Laws, the Company and its subsidiaries have in place, comply with, and take appropriate steps reasonably designed to ensure compliance in all material respects with their policies and procedures relating to data privacy and security and the collection, storage, use, disclosure, handling, and analysis of Personal Data (the Policies). At all times since inception, the Company has provided accurate notice of its Policies then in effect to its customers, employees, third party vendors and representatives. Each of the Company Policies provides accurate and sufficient notice of the Companys then-current privacy practices relating to its subject matter and such Company Policies do not contain any material omissions of the Companys then-current privacy practices. Personal Data means (i) a natural persons name, street address, telephone number, e-mail address, photograph, social security number or tax identification number, drivers license number, passport number, credit card number, bank information, or customer or account number; (ii) any information which would qualify as personally identifying information under the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended; (iii) Protected Health Information as defined by HIPAA; (iv) personal data as defined by GDPR, and (v) any other piece of information that allows the identification of such natural person, or his or her family, or permits the collection or analysis of any data related to an identified persons health or sexual orientation. The Company and its subsidiaries since inception have at all times made all disclosures to users or customers required by applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements, and has provided accurate notice of its Policies then in effect to its customers, employees, third party vendors and representatives. None of such disclosures made or contained in any of the Policies have been inaccurate, misleading, deceptive or in violation of any Privacy Laws or Policies in any material respect. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Warrants, Pre-Funded Warrants, the Purchase Agreement or any other agreement referred to in this Agreement will not result in a breach of violation of any Privacy Laws or Policies. The Company further certifies that neither it nor any subsidiary: (i) has received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to, or actual or potential violation of, any of the Privacy Laws, and has no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice; (ii) is currently conducting or paying for, in whole or in part, any investigation, remediation, or other corrective action pursuant to any Privacy Law; or (iii) is a party to any order, decree, or agreement that imposes any obligation or liability under any Privacy Law.
(ff) Absence of Manipulation. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action that is designed to or that has constituted or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities; however, the Company makes no representation with respect to any actions taken by the Representative.
(gg) Statistical and Market-Related Data. Any third-party statistical and market-related data included in a Registration Statement or the Prospectus is based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(hh) Disclosure Controls and Procedures; Deficiencies in or Changes to Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act), which are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its
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consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the Companys principal executive officer and its principal financial officer by others within those entities and are effective in all material respects to perform the functions for which they were established. Since the end of the Companys most recent audited fiscal year, there has been no material weakness in the Companys internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and no change in the Companys internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Companys internal control over financial reporting. The Company is not aware of any change in its internal control over financial reporting that has occurred that has materially and adversely affected, or is reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect, the Companys internal control over financial reporting.
(ii) Litigation. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there are no pending actions, suits or proceedings (including any inquiries made to the Company or, to the Companys knowledge, investigations by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign) against or affecting the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, or would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants, or which are otherwise material in the context of the sale of the Securities; and no such actions, suits or proceedings (including any inquiries or investigations by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign) to the Companys knowledge, are threatened or contemplated.
(jj) Financial Statements. The financial statements included in each Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Form 6-K filed by the Company with financial data or any Free Writing Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates shown and their results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (the IASB) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto or as otherwise disclosed therein, and, in the case of interim financial statements, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the exclusion of certain footnotes. No other financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus. The financial data set forth in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Form 6-K filed by the Company with financial data or any Free Writing Prospectus has been accurately extracted or derived, in all material respects, from the audited financial statements contained in the Companys year-end report on Form 20-F or, as applicable, from the unaudited interim financial statements contained in the Companys quarterly report on Form 6-K. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Form 6-K filed by the Company with financial data or any Free Writing Prospectus, that constitute non-GAAP financial measures (as defined by the rules and regulations under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) comply with Regulation G under the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable. To the Companys knowledge, no person who has been suspended or barred from being associated with a registered public accounting firm, or who has failed to comply with any sanction pursuant to Rule 5300 promulgated by the Public
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Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), has participated in or otherwise aided the preparation of, or audited, the financial statements, supporting schedules or other financial data filed with the Commission as a part of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(kk) No Overindebtedness. Neither the Company nor its Swiss subsidiaries are overindebted within the meaning of article 725 para. 2 of the Swiss Code of Obligations (the CO).
(ll) Independent Accountants. PricewaterhouseCoopers SA, which has expressed its opinion with respect to the financial statements (which term as used in this Agreement includes the related notes thereto) filed with the Commission as a part of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, is (i) an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Act, Exchange Act, and the rules of the PCAOB, (ii) in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X under the Act, (iii) a registered public accounting firm as defined by the PCAOB whose registration has not been suspended or revoked and who has not requested such registration to be withdrawn and (iv) an independent qualified public accountant qualified under the applicable provisions of the CO, the Swiss Audit Supervision Act (Loi sur la surveillance de la révision) and any ordinances promulgated thereunder.
(mm) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, will not be an investment company as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the Investment Company Act).
(nn) PFIC Status. The Company believes it was not a passive foreign investment company (PFIC) as defined in Section 1297 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), for its most recently completed taxable year and, based on the Companys current projected income, assets and activities, the Company does not expect to be classified as a PFIC in the subsequent taxable year.
(oo) Taxes. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date of this Agreement or have requested extensions thereof (except where the failure to file would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect) and have paid all taxes required to be paid thereon (except for cases in which the failure to file or pay would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or, except as currently being contested in good faith and for which reserves required by generally accepted accounting principles in Switzerland have been created in the financial statements of the Company), and no material tax deficiency has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to be determined adversely to the Company or its subsidiaries and which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(pp) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are insured by insurers with appropriately rated claims paying abilities against such losses and risks and in such amounts as the Company believes are prudent and customary for the businesses in which they are engaged; all material policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company
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or any of its subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; and there are no material claims by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; within the past five years, neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has been refused any material insurance coverage sought or applied for; neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(qq) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor any director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; or (iv) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any improper rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit. The Company and its subsidiaries have instituted, maintain and enforce, and will continue to maintain and enforce policies and procedures designed to promote and ensure compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.
(rr) Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company or any of its subsidiaries conducts business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the Anti-Money Laundering Laws) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(ss) No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, directors, officers, or employees, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent,
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affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. government, (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (OFAC) or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a specially designated national or blocked person), the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the European Union, Her Majestys Treasury (HMT) or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, Sanctions), nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of comprehensive Sanctions by the U.S. Government, including, without limitation, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria (each, a Sanctioned Country); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder or under the Purchase Agreement, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. For the past five years, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in and are not now knowingly engaged in any dealings or transactions with any person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country.
(tt) Dividend Blocker. No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiarys share capital, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiarys properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company.
(uu) No Finder Fee. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or the Representative for a brokerage commission, finders fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities.
(vv) Sarbanes Oxley. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Companys directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(ww) Stamp Taxes. Except for any net income, capital gains or franchise taxes imposed on the Underwriters by Switzerland or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein as a result of any present or former connection (other than any connection resulting from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) between the Underwriters and the jurisdiction imposing such tax, no stamp duties or other issuance or transfer taxes are payable by or on behalf of the Underwriters in Switzerland, the United States or any political subdivision or taxing
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authority thereof solely in connection with (A) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the Purchase Agreement, (B) the issuance and delivery of the Securities in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and the Prospectus or (C) the sale and delivery by the Underwriters of the Underwritten Securities as contemplated herein and in the Prospectus.
(xx) 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 or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(yy) Regulation M. As of the date hereof, the Common Shares are not an actively-traded security excepted from the requirements of Rule 101 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act (Regulation M) by Rule 101 (c)(1) thereunder.
(zz) Payments in Foreign Currency. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus, under current laws and regulations of Switzerland and any political subdivision thereof, all dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the Securities may be paid by the Company to the holder thereof in United States dollars or Swiss franc that may be converted into foreign currency and freely transferred out of Switzerland and all such payments made to holders thereof or therein who are non-residents of Switzerland will not be subject to income, withholding or other taxes under laws and regulations of Switzerland or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein and will otherwise be free and clear of any other tax, duty, withholding or deduction in Switzerland or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein and without the necessity of obtaining any governmental authorization in Switzerland or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein.
(aaa) Submission to Jurisdiction. The Company has the power to submit, and pursuant to Section 19(c) of this Agreement, has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably submitted, to the personal jurisdiction of each United States federal court and New York state court located in the Borough of Manhattan, in the City of New York, New York, U.S.A. (each, a New York Court), and the Company has the power to designate, appoint and authorize, and pursuant to Section 19(c) of this Agreement, has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably designated, appointed and authorized an agent for service of process in any action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Securities in any New York Court, and service of process effected on such authorized agent will be effective to confer valid personal jurisdiction over the Company as provided in Section 19(c) hereof.
(bbb) Companys Accounting Systems. The Company and each of its subsidiaries make and keep accurate books and records and maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements 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.
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(ccc) Foreign Private Issuer. The Company is a foreign private issuer within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Act.
(ddd) No Immunity. Except as provided by laws or statutes generally applicable to transactions of the type described in this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its respective properties, assets or revenues has any right of immunity under Swiss, New York or United States law, from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from the giving of any relief in any such legal action, suit or proceeding, from set-off or counterclaim, from the jurisdiction of any Swiss, New York or United States federal court, from service of process, attachment upon or prior judgment, or attachment in aid of execution of judgment, or from execution of a judgment, or other legal process or proceeding for the giving of any relief or for the enforcement of a judgment, in any such court, with respect to its obligations, liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, the Warrants, the Pre-Funded Warrants or the Purchase Agreement. To the extent that the Company or any of its respective properties, assets or revenues may have or may hereafter become entitled to any such right of immunity in any such court in which proceedings may at any time be commenced, the Company waives or will waive such right to the extent permitted by law and has consented to such relief and enforcement as provided in Section 19(c) of this Agreement.
(eee) Enforcement of Foreign Judgments. Any final judgment for a fixed or determined sum of money rendered by any U.S. federal or New York state court located in the State of New York having jurisdiction under its own laws in respect of any suit, action or proceeding against the Company based upon this Agreement would be declared enforceable against the Company by the courts of Switzerland, without reconsideration or reexamination of the merits, subject to the restrictions described under the caption Enforcement of Judgments in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(fff) Valid Choice of Law. The choice of laws of the State of New York as the governing law of this Agreement is a valid choice of law under the laws of Switzerland and will be honored by the courts of Switzerland, subject to the restrictions described under the caption Enforcement of Judgments in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(ggg) Indemnification and Contribution. Subject to the limitations set forth in articles 678 and 680 para. 2 of the CO, the indemnification and contribution provisions set forth in Section 7 hereof do not contravene Swiss law or public policy.
(hhh) Legality. The legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility into evidence of any of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement or the Securities in any jurisdiction in which the Company is organized or does business is not dependent upon such document being submitted into, filed or recorded with any court or other authority in any such jurisdiction on or before the date hereof or that any tax, imposition or charge be paid in any such jurisdiction on or in respect of any such document.
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(iii) Legal Action. A holder of the Securities, each Underwriter and the Placement Agent are each entitled to sue as plaintiff in the court of the jurisdiction of formation and domicile of the Company for the enforcement of their respective rights under this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and the Securities and such access to such courts will not be subject to any conditions which are not applicable to residents of such jurisdiction or a company incorporated in such jurisdiction except that plaintiffs not residing in Switzerland may be required to guarantee payment of a possible order for payment of costs or damages at the request of the defendant.
(jjj) FINRA Matters. All of the information provided to the Underwriters and the Placement Agent or to counsel for the Underwriters and Placement Agent by the Company, its counsel, its officers and directors and the holders of any securities (debt or equity) or options to acquire any securities of the Company in connection with the offering of the Securities is true, complete, correct and compliant with FINRAs rules and any letters, filings or other supplemental information provided to FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rules is true, complete and correct.
4. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter and the Placement Agent that:
(a) Required Filings. The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act, will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; and the Company will file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Underwritten Securities; and the Company will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City on the second business day succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Representative may reasonably request.
(b) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge, (i) to the Representative, two signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and documents incorporated by reference therein; and (ii) to each Underwriter (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) as the Representative may reasonably request. As used herein, the term Prospectus Delivery Period means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Underwritten Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Underwritten Securities is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Underwritten Securities by any Underwriter or dealer.
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(c) Amendments or Supplements, Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, whether before or after the time that the Registration Statement becomes effective, the Company will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representative reasonably object.
(d) Notice to the Representative. The Company will advise the Representative promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective; (ii) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (iii) when any supplement to the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed or distributed; (iv) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information including, but not limited to, any request for information concerning any Testing-the-Waters Communication; (v) of the issuance by the Commission or any other governmental or regulatory authority of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any of the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (vi) of the occurrence of any event or development within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package, any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Underwritten Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or suspending any such qualification of the Underwritten Securities and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(e) Ongoing Compliance. (1) If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c)
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above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representative may designate such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with law and (2) if at any time prior to the Closing Date or the Placement Closing Date (i) any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representative may designate such amendments or supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Pricing Disclosure Package will comply with law.
(f) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for distribution of the Securities; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.
(g) Earning Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security holders and the Representative as soon as practicable an earning statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the effective date (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement (which shall be deemed satisfied by filing any such statements with the Commission via its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system (EDGAR)).
(h) Clear Market. For a period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not (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, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with, or submit to, the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any shares of Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Stock, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition, submission or filing, or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Stock or any such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii)
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above is to be settled by delivery of Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the Representative, other than (a) the Securities to be sold hereunder and pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, (b) any common shares of the Company issued pursuant to the terms of a plan disclosed in the Registration Statement, and (c) issuances of common shares of the Company or securities exercisable for, convertible into or exchangeable for common shares of the Company in connection with any acquisition, collaboration, merger, licensing or other joint venture or strategic transaction involving the Company; provided that, in the case of clause (c), that such issuances shall not be greater than 10% of the total outstanding shares of the Company immediately following the Closing Date and the recipients of such Stock agree to be bound by a lockup letter substantially in the form executed by directors, officers and shareholders pursuant to Section 6(n) hereof.
(i) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Underwritten Securities as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading Use of Proceeds.
(j) No Stabilization. Neither the Company nor its subsidiaries or affiliates will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Stock.
(k) Exchange Listing. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to list for quotation the Shares and the Warrant Shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (the Nasdaq Market).
(l) Reports. So long as the Underwritten Securities are outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Representative, as soon as they are available, copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to holders of the Underwritten Securities, and copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange or automatic quotation system; provided the Company will be deemed to have furnished such reports and financial statements to the Representative to the extent they are filed on EDGAR.
(m) Record Retention. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
(n) Shelf Renewal. If immediately prior to the third anniversary (the Renewal Deadline) of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement, any of the Underwritten Securities remain unsold by the Underwriters, the Company will, prior to the Renewal Deadline, file, if it has not already done so and is eligible to do so, a new automatic shelf registration statement relating to the Underwritten Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Representative. If the Company is not eligible to file an automatic shelf registration statement, the Company will, prior to the Renewal Deadline, if it has not already done so, file a new shelf registration statement relating to the Underwritten Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Representative, and will use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 180 days after the Renewal Deadline. The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the issuance and sale of the Underwritten Securities to continue as
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contemplated in the expired registration statement relating to the Underwritten Securities. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new automatic shelf registration statement or such new shelf registration statement, as the case may be.
(o) Emerging Growth Company; Foreign Private Issuer. The Company will promptly notify the Representative if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company or a Foreign Private Issuer at any time prior to the later of (i) completion of the distribution of Shares within the meaning of the Securities Act and (ii) completion of the 90-day restricted period referred to in Section 4(h) hereof.
(p) Tax Indemnity. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters against any documentary, stamp, registration or similar issuance tax, including any interest and penalties, on the sale of the Underwritten Securities by the Company to the Underwriters and on the execution and delivery of this Agreement. All indemnity payments to be made by the Company hereunder in respect of this Section 4(p) shall be made without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future Swiss taxes, duties or governmental shares whatsoever unless the Company is compelled by law to deduct or withhold such taxes, duties or charges. In that event, except for any net income, capital gains or franchise taxes imposed on the Underwriters by Switzerland or the United States or any political subdivision of taxing authority thereof or therein as a result of any present or former connection (other than any connection resulting from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) between the Underwriters and the jurisdiction imposing such withholding or deductions, the Company shall pay such additional amounts as may be necessary in order to ensure that the net amounts received after such withholding or deductions shall equal the amounts that would have been received if no withholding or deduction has been made.
(q) Warrant Share Reserve. The Company shall, at all times while any Warrants or Pre-Funded Warrants are outstanding, reserve and keep available out of its conditional capital for financing purposes, solely for the purpose of enabling it to issue the Warrant Shares upon exercise of such Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants, the number of Warrant Shares that are issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of the then-outstanding Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants from time to time.
(r) Opinions in Connection with Placement Closing. On the Placement Closing Date, (i) Cooley LLP, counsel for the Company, will furnish to the Placement Agent, at the request of the Company, their written opinion, dated the Placement Closing Date and addressed to the Placement Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent, (ii) Lenz & Staehelin, special counsel for the Company, will furnish to the Placement Agent, at the request of the Company, their written opinion, dated the Placement Closing Date and addressed to the Placement Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent and (iii) Clark+Elbing LLP, intellectual property counsel for the Company, will furnish to the Placement Agent, at the request of the Company, their written opinion, dated the Placement Closing Date and addressed to the Placement Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent.
(s) Officers Certificate in Connection with Placement Closing. On the Placement Closing Date, the Company will deliver to the Placement Agent a certificate of the chief
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financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company and one additional senior executive officer of the Company who is satisfactory to the Placement Agent confirming that the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Placement Closing Date.
5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters and the Placement Agent. Each Underwriter and the Placement Agent hereby represents and agrees that:
(a) It has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to or participate in the planning for use of, any free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that contains no issuer information (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in a previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex A or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus).
(b) It has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use any free writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Underwritten Securities unless such terms have previously been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the Commission; provided that Underwriters may use a term sheet substantially in the form of Annex B hereto without the consent of the Company; provided further that any Underwriter using such term sheet shall notify the Company, and provide a copy of such term sheet to the Company, prior to, or substantially concurrently with, the first use of such term sheet.
(c) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).
6. Conditions of Underwriters Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase the Underwritten Securities on the Closing Date as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representative.
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(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality, including by reference to Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all respects) on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date; and the statements of the Company and its officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date.
(c) No Downgrade. Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Applicable Time and (B) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded any debt securities, convertible securities or preferred stock issued, or guaranteed by, the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as such term is defined under Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of any such debt securities or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).
(d) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(g) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the Pricing Disclosure Package (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the judgment of the Representative makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Underwritten Securities on the Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(e) Officers Certificate. The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing Date a certificate of the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company and one additional senior executive officer of the Company who is satisfactory to the Representative (i) confirming that such officers have carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, to the knowledge of such officers, the representations set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(f) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and that 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 (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) above.
(f) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, PricewaterhouseCoopers SA shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; provided, that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a cut-off date no more than two business days prior to such Closing Date.
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(g) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Company. Cooley LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, their written opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative.
(h) Opinion of Swiss Counsel for the Company. Lenz & Staehelin, special counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, their written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative.
(i) Opinion of Intellectual Property Counsel for the Company. Clark+Elbing LLP, intellectual property counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, their written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative.
(j) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion and 10b-5 statement, addressed to the Underwriters, of Haynes and Boone, LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representative may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(k) No Legal Impediment to Issuance and Sale. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities.
(l) Good Standing. The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing Date satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company and its subsidiaries in their respective jurisdictions of organization and their good standing in such other jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.
(m) Exchange Listing. The Shares to be delivered on the Closing Date and the Warrant Shares to be issued and delivered upon exercise of the Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants shall have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq Market, subject to official notice of issuance.
(n) Lock-up Agreements. The lock-up agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, between you and certain shareholders, officers and directors of the Company relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Stock or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date.
(o) Financial Officer Certificate. The Representative shall have received certificates, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, as of the date hereof and as
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of the Closing Date, each from the chief financial officer of the Company, in which such officer shall certify, among other things, that certain financial figures in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are materially accurate.
(p) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representative such further certificates and documents as the Representative may reasonably request.
All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters and the Placement Agent. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the Placement Agent, their respective affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter or Placement Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any issuer information filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any road show as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act (a road show) or any Pricing Disclosure Package (including any Pricing Disclosure Package that has subsequently been amended), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter or the Placement Agent furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter or Placement Agent through the Representative expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter or the Placement Agent consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) below.
(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Underwriter and the Placement Agent agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and
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in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter or the Placement Agent furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter or Placement Agent through the Representative expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any road show or any Pricing Disclosure Package (including any Pricing Disclosure Package that has subsequently been amended), it being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter or the Placement Agent consists of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter and the Placement Agent: the statements set forth in the sixth and thirteenth through twentieth paragraphs under the caption Underwriting in the Prospectus.
(c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to the preceding paragraphs of this Section 9, such person (the Indemnified Person) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the Indemnifying Person) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 9 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 9. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, the Placement Agent, their respective affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter or Placement Agent shall be designated in writing by the Representative and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any
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proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) or (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters and the Placement Agent on the other, from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters and the Placement Agent on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from the sale of the Underwritten Securities and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Underwritten Securities. The relative benefits by the Company, on the one hand, and to the Placement Agent, on the other hand, in connection with the Placement Securities shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total value paid or contemplated to be paid to or received or contemplated to be received by the Company in connection with the offer and sale of the Placement Securities, bear to the fees paid to the Placement Agent under this Agreement. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters and the Placement Agent 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 or by the Underwriters or the Placement Agent and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
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(e) Limitation on Liability. The Company, the Underwriters and the Placement Agent agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to paragraph (d) above were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (d) and (e), in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Underwritten Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters obligations to contribute pursuant to paragraphs (d) and (e) are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint. The Placement Agents obligations to contribute pursuant to paragraphs (d) and (e) are several from the Underwriters and not joint.
(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 paragraphs (a) through (e) are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.
8. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective as of the date first written above.
9. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representative, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and on or prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by any of the New York Stock Exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the Representative, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Underwritten Securities on the Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
10. Defaulting Underwriter.
(a) If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Underwritten Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Underwritten Securities by other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this
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Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Underwritten Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Underwritten Securities on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Underwritten Securities of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company may postpone the Closing Date for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term Underwriter includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Underwritten Securities that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Underwritten Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Underwritten Securities that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of Underwritten Securities to be purchased on such date, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Underwritten Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus such Underwriters pro rata share (based on the number of Underwritten Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase on such date) of the Underwritten Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Underwritten Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Underwritten Securities that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate amount of Underwritten Securities to be purchased on such date, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 11 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.
(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.
11. Payment of Expenses.
(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid all costs, fees and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities (including all
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printing and engraving costs) and any taxes payable in connection therewith; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation of this Agreement and the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the fees and expenses of the Companys counsel, independent accountants and other advisors; (iv) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification (or obtaining exemptions from the registration or qualification of) and determination of eligibility for investment of the Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may designate and, if required by the Representative, the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum and any supplement thereto (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters and the Placement Agent); (v) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (vi) the costs and charges of any transfer agent and any registrar; (vii) the costs, fees and expenses incurred by the Underwriters and the Placement Agent in connection with determining their compliance with the rules and regulations of FINRA related to their participation in the offering and distribution of the Securities, including any related filings fees and the legal fees of, and disbursements by, counsel to the Underwriters and the Placement Agent; (viii) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any road show presentation to potential investors, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Company, reasonable travel and lodging expenses of the Representative approved by the Company in advance, employees and officers of the Company and any such consultants; (ix) all expenses and application fees related to the listing of the Shares and the Warrant Shares on the Nasdaq Market; (x) all other fees, costs and expenses of the nature referred to under the heading Expenses in the Registration Statement; (xi) all actual and documented out-of-pocket expenses and all fees of the Underwriters and Placement Agents legal counsel and other out-of-pocket expenses of the Underwriters and the Placement Agent reasonably incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, that the amount payable pursuant to the foregoing clauses (iv), (vii), and (xi) in the aggregate shall not exceed $125,000; (xii) the costs and fees of any escrow agent and the actual out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Underwriters in connection with clearing agent settlement and financing, which cost shall not exceed $12,900; and (xiii) $12,500 to the Representative for non-accountable expenses. Any such amount payable to the Underwriters and the Placement Agent may be deducted from the purchase price for the Underwritten Securities.
(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9, (ii) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Underwritten Securities for delivery to the Underwriters or (iii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Underwritten Securities for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters and the Placement Agent for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters and the Placement Agent in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.
12. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to herein, and the affiliates of each Underwriter and the Placement Agent referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement
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is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of the Underwritten Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.
13. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, the Underwriters and the Placement Agent contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company, the Underwriters or the Placement Agent pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Securities and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company, the Underwriters or the Placement Agent or the directors, officers, controlling persons or affiliates referred to in Section 7 hereof.
14. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term affiliate has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term business day means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City, USA; and (c) the term subsidiary has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; and (d) the term significant subsidiary has the meaning set forth in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.
15. Capital Increase and Initial Subscription.
(a) Shareholders and Board Resolution on Capital Increase. The Company confirms that
(i) pursuant to the articles of association, the Board of Directors of the Company (the Board) may effect an increase of the Companys share capital in a maximum amount of CHF 1,995,230 by issuing up to 25,937,990 common shares, par value CHF 1/13 per share, out of the Companys authorized share capital, such authorization having been granted by resolution of the shareholders meeting of June 9, 2020 and
(ii) all statutory pre-emptive rights to which the existing shareholders of the Company are entitled under Swiss law with respect to the Firm Capital Increase have been or will be validly set aside or waived.
(b) Capital Increase Account. The Company confirms that it opened with UBS Switzerland AG, bank clearing no. 0230 (the Capital Increase Bank), a blocked account in the name of the Company for the capital increase (compte de consignation du capital), IBAN CH8300230230736031D7F made out to OBSEVA SA AUGMENTATION DE CAPITAL (the Firm Capital Increase Account), and such Firm Capital Increase Account shall remain open (i) until the completion of the Firm Capital Increase or (ii) if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9 and the Firm Capital Increase is not completed, until the Firm Capital Increase Amount is released in full to the Representative.
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(c) Subscription of Firm Capital Increase by Representative. The Representative, acting in its own name but for the accounts of the several Underwriters, agrees, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, to:
(i) deliver an original subscription form (bulletin de souscription) executed by the Representative to the Company in the form of Exhibit C hereto, on or by 9:00 a.m. New York time two business days prior to the Closing Date, or such other time and date as agreed between the Company and the Representative, for all of the Underwritten Shares at the issue price (prix démission) of CHF 1/13 per Underwritten Share corresponding to the par value for each Underwritten Share; and
(ii) deposit or cause to be deposited, not later than 4:00 a.m. New York time one business day prior to the Closing Date, or such other time and date as agreed between the Company and the Representative, same-day funds for value in the amount of CHF 1/13 multiplied by the number of Underwritten Shares (corresponding to the aggregate par value of the Underwritten Shares) (the Firm Capital Increase Amount) on the Firm Capital Increase Account with the Capital Increase Bank, allowing the Capital Increase Bank to issue and deliver a written confirmation of payment of the Firm Capital Increase Amount (attestation de consignation) to the Company no later than 6:00 a.m. New York time one business day prior to the Closing Date or such other time and date as agreed between the Company and the Representative.
(d) Subscription of Firm Capital Increase by ObsEva USA, Inc. The Company shall procure that ObsEva USA, Inc. takes all actions necessary to subscribe its part in the Firm Capital Increase as described in Section 15(e).
(e) Board Resolution and Registration of Firm Capital Increase. Upon receipt of the documents referred to in Section 15(c) and before 3:30 a.m. New York time on the Closing Date, or such other time and date as agreed between the Company and the Representative, the Board (or, if permissible, a committee or a Board member duly authorized by the Board) will:
(i) pass a capital increase resolution (décision daugmentation) regarding the issuance of (A) the Underwritten Shares subscribed for pursuant to Section 15(c)(i) and (B) 2,320,266 common shares, par value CHF 1/13 per share, subscribed for by ObsEva USA, Inc. pursuant to Section 15(d) (the Firm Capital Increase);
(ii) adopt a report on the Firm Capital Increase (rapport daugmentation de capital)
(iii) procure that a licensed auditor verifies the report on the Firm Capital Increase in accordance with article 652(f) of the CO and confirms in writing that it is complete and accurate (attestation de vérification) and take note of the auditors report (attestation de vérification), all in accordance with Swiss law;
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(iv) resolve on the Firm Capital Increase and making all amendments to the articles of association of the Company necessary in connection with the Firm Capital Increase (décisions de constatation et modification des statuts); and
(v) promptly thereafter, no later than 3:30 a.m. New York time on the Closing Date, file the documents necessary for the registration of the Firm Capital Increase with the Commercial Register of the Canton of Geneva;
provided, however, that if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9 prior to the Company filing the relevant resolutions and documents with the Commercial Register of the Canton of Geneva, (A) the Company undertakes not to resolve on the Firm Capital Increase (if it has not already done so) or not to file the relevant resolutions and documents with the Commercial Register of the Canton of Geneva, and (B) the Company shall promptly cause the Capital Increase Bank to release the Firm Capital Increase Amount in full to the Representative, acting for the account of the several Underwriters, as soon as practicable; and the Underwriters understand that the Capital Increase Bank may require confirmation, including from the Underwriters, to release the Firm Capital Increase Amount and the Underwriters agree to deliver such confirmation.
(f) Issue of Underwritten Shares. Promptly after the registration of the Firm Capital Increase in the Commercial Register of the Canton of Geneva pursuant to Section 15(e), but in no event later than 10:00 a.m. New York time on the Closing Date, the Company will:
(i) deliver by e-mail to the Representative and with respect to the document referred to in this Section 15(f)(i)(A) only, the Capital Increase Bank, (A) a copy of the certified excerpt of the journal entry (journal) or a copy of the certified excerpt from the Commercial Register of the Canton of Geneva evidencing the registration of the Firm Capital Increase with the Commercial Register of the Canton of Geneva and the approval of the Federal Authority for the Commercial Register regarding the Firm Capital Increase, (B) a copy of the updated articles of association of the Company evidencing the Firm Capital Increase, as filed with the Commercial Register of the Canton of Geneva, and (C) a copy of the Companys book of uncertificated securities (registre des droits-valeurs) evidencing the Underwriters as first holders of the Underwritten Shares and ObsEva USA, Inc. as first holder of the shares subscribed for under Section 15(e)(i)(B); and
(ii) take all steps necessary to ensure that the Underwritten Shares will be (A) in the form of intermediated securities in the term of the Swiss Federal Intermediated Securities Act, (B) duly recorded in an account of the Underwriters at the DTC on the Closing Date; and (C) freely transferable on the Closing Date.
(g) Use of Firm Capital Increase Amount. The funds deposited in the Firm Capital Increase Account shall, upon registration of the Firm Capital Increase pursuant to Section 15(e) and upon request by the Company, be transferred to a separate account of the Company with UBS Switzerland AG and shall, in such case, remain so deposited for the account of the Company until the earlier of:
(i) the delivery of the Underwritten Shares to the Underwriters as set forth in Section 2(c) on the Closing Date; and
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(ii) the date of receipt by the Representative on behalf of the several Underwriters of the proceeds of (A) the sale of the Underwritten Shares as set forth in Sections 17(b), 17(c) or 17(e) or (B) the Capital Reduction as set forth in Section 17(d), as the case may be.
Any fees payable to the Capital Increase Bank for any transfer of the funds deposited in the Firm Capital Increase Account pursuant to this Section 15 shall be payable directly to the Capital Increase Bank by the Company.
16. Reserved.
17. Effects of Termination on Offered Shares.
(a) If, after application and registration of the Firm Capital Increase with the Commercial Register of the Canton of Geneva pursuant to Section 15(e), but prior to the Closing Date, this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9, or if the delivery of the Underwritten Shares to the Representative for the account of the several Underwriters is not completed on the Closing Date (each, an Event of Non-Completion), and unless the Company and the Representative, acting on behalf of the several Underwriters, otherwise agree within ten calendar days after the Event of Non-Completion, then:
(i) the Company shall have a call option against the Underwriters pursuant to Section 17(b);
(ii) if the call option is not exercised, the Representative acting on behalf of the several Underwriters shall have a put option against the Company pursuant to Section 17(c);
(iii) if the put option is not possible for legal reasons or insufficient to dispose of the Underwritten Shares, or if such put option is not exercised within the deadline set forth in Section 17(c), the Company shall effect a capital reduction pursuant to Section 17(d); and
(iv) if the capital reduction is not effected in accordance with Section 17(d), the Underwriters may sell the Underwritten Shares in the market as provided in Section 17(e).
(b) Call Option.
(i) The Company, acting on its own behalf or on behalf of third parties, shall have the right (the Call Option) to request in writing that the Representative, acting on behalf of the several Underwriters, deliver the Underwritten Shares to an account specified by the Company against payment of an amount representing the aggregate par value of the respective Underwritten Shares, plus expenses of the Representative as set out in Section 17(f). The Call Option shall expire on the tenth calendar day after the Event of Non-Completion.
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(ii) An acquisition of the Underwritten Shares by the Company for its own account shall only be permitted if the Company has delivered evidence to the Representative reasonably satisfactory to the Representative that the Company has sufficient freely available reserves to acquire the Underwritten Shares under this Section 17(b) or, alternatively, that the Company has entered into arrangements with a third party other than any of the Companys subsidiaries ensuring for the immediate re-sale of the Underwritten Shares to such third party, at no less than their par value, on the date of acquisition of the Underwritten Shares by the Company.
(c) Put Option.
(i) Following the expiry of the Call Option pursuant to Section 17(b), the Representative, acting on behalf of the several Underwriters, shall have an option (the Put Option) to require the Company, subject to article 659 CO, to purchase all Underwritten Shares at their par value, plus expenses of the Representative as set out in Section 17(f), within ten calendar days after receipt of a notice in writing addressed to the Company from the Representative, stating that the Representative exercises the Put Option. The Put Option shall expire on the twentieth calendar day after the Event of Non-Completion.
(ii) The notice in which the Representative, acting on behalf of the several Underwriters, exercise the Put Option shall specify the date on which the Representative will deliver the Underwritten Shares to the Company against direct payment therefor, and shall contain detailed instructions regarding payment, delivery of the Underwritten Shares and amount payable (including satisfactory details regarding the costs claimed according to Section 17(f)).
(d) Capital Reduction.
(i) If the Put Option is not exercised within the deadline set forth in Section 17(c) or if the exercise or settlement of the Put Option is not possible for legal reasons or insufficient to dispose of the Underwritten Shares, including due to non-availability of sufficient freely disposable reserves, the Company shall as soon as practicable call a shareholders meeting and table the reduction of the share capital. Such shareholders meeting shall take place no later than seventy days after the Event of Non-Completion. The Representative, acting on behalf of the several Underwriters, will vote in favor of a reduction of the issued and outstanding share capital of the Company (the Capital Reduction) by cancellation of the Underwritten Shares against repayment of their aggregate par value plus expenses of the Representative as set out in Section 17(f). Prior to such shareholders meeting, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause its auditors to confirm in writing, pursuant to article 732 para. 2 CO, that the claims of the Companys
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creditors are fully covered notwithstanding the Capital Reduction, provided that if such confirmation is not made by the auditors prior to such meeting, the meeting shall be cancelled. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause its shareholders to vote in favor of the Capital Reduction.
(ii) At the earliest possible date, and subject to statutory law, the Capital Reduction shall be consummated by registration in the Commercial Register of the Canton of Geneva. The proceeds of the Capital Reduction, being an amount representing the aggregate par value of the Underwritten Shares, plus expenses of the Representative as set out in Section 17(f), shall be paid (for value on the date of the entry in the Commercial Register of the Canton of Geneva) in cash to the Representative, acting on behalf of the several Underwriters.
(iii) Upon consummation of the Capital Reduction, the Company shall deregister the Underwritten Shares, in its book of uncertificated securities (registre des droits-valeurs) to reflect the number of Shares registered with the Commercial Register of the Canton of Geneva.
(e) Sale of Underwritten Shares. In addition, if an Event of Non-Completion occurs and,
(i) the Company fails to acquire or cause a third party to acquire the Underwritten Shares in accordance with Section 17(b) at any time after the Event of Non-Completion; and
(ii) in the event and to the extent the Put Option is not possible for legal reasons or insufficient to dispose of the Underwritten Shares, including due to insufficient freely disposable reserves, or if the Put Option is not exercised within the deadline set forth in Section 17(c); and
(iii) the Capital Reduction has not been resolved by the shareholders meeting of the Company within seventy days after the Event of Non-Completion, or such longer period as may be agreed between the Company and the Representative,
then the Representative, acting on behalf of the several Underwriters, are entitled to sell any or all Underwritten Shares on the open market on terms which the Representative deem fit under the circumstances. The difference between the proceeds of such sale and the par value of such sold Underwritten Shares, less the costs and expenses pursuant to Section 17(f) reasonably incurred by the Representative in connection with the sale, if any, shall be transferred to the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the Representative, acting on behalf of the several Underwriters, acknowledge and agree that following an Event of Non-Completion, except in the circumstances specified in this Section 17, no sale or transfer of any or all of the Underwritten Shares shall be permitted without the prior written consent of the Company.
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(f) Costs; Indemnity.
(i) The Company shall bear (A) all costs directly incidental to the Capital Reduction, including but not limited to notarization costs, costs of the Commercial Register and costs of publication of the Capital Reduction and (B) the costs of the Representative reasonably incurred in connection with the Call Option, the Put Option or the Capital Reduction, as applicable (including but not limited to (x) taxes, (y) interest at a rate of the higher of zero or the 3-month CHF LIBOR, calculated on a 30/360 basis, following the Event of Non-Completion until the payment of proceeds to the Representative, acting on behalf of the several Underwriters, and (z) reasonable out of pocket expenses of the Representative and their counsel).
(ii) The Company further undertakes to indemnify the Representative for, and to hold the Representative harmless from, any reasonable costs, expenses, third party claims and liabilities, actual or contingent, that may be incurred by or made against the Representative in connection with the Capital Reduction.
18. Compliance with USA Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters and the Placement Agent are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters and the Placement Agent to properly identify their respective clients.
19. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters and the Placement Agent shall be given to the Representative c/o H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, 430 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022 (fax: (212) 214-0803), Attention: Head of Investment Banking, with a copy (which copy shall not constitute notice) to Haynes and Boone, LLP, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 26th Floor, New York, New York; Attention: Rick Werner. Notices to the Company shall be given to it at Chemin des Aulx, 12, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland; Attention: Ernest Loumaye, CEO, with a copy (which copy shall not constitute notice) to Cooley LLP, 1114 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036; Attention: Divakar Gupta.
(b) Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
(c) Submission to Jurisdiction. The Company hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and New York state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit or proceeding in such courts. The Company agrees that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and may be enforced in any court to the
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jurisdiction of which Company is subject by a suit upon such judgment. The Company hereby appoints Cogency Global Inc. as its authorized agent (the Authorized Agent) upon whom process may be served in any suit or proceeding, arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein which may be instituted in any New York state or United States federal court, by the Representative, the directors, officers, employees and agents of the Representative, or by any person who controls the Representative, and expressly accepts the exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding. The Company hereby represents and warrants that the Authorized Agent has accepted such appointment and has agreed to act as said agent for service of process, and the Company agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid provided that the Company may by written notice to the Representative, designate such additional or alternative agent for service of process under this Section 19(c) that (i) maintains an office located in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, State of New York and (ii) is a corporate service company which acts as agent for service of process for other persons in the ordinary course of its business. Such written notice shall identify the name of such agent for service of process and the address of the office of such agent for service of process in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, State of New York. Service of process upon the Authorized Agent shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action arising out of or based upon this Agreement may be instituted by the Representative, the directors, officers, employees and agents of the Representative, or by any person who controls the Representative, in any court of competent jurisdiction in Switzerland. The Company further agrees to take any and all action as may be necessary to maintain such designation and appointment of the Authorized Agent in full force and effect for a period of seven years from the date of this Agreement.
(d) Judgment Currency. The Company agrees to indemnify each Underwriter and the Placement Agent, their respective directors, officers, affiliates and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter or Placement Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any loss incurred by such Underwriter or Placement Agent as a result of any judgment or order being given or made for any amount due hereunder and such judgment or order being expressed and paid in a currency (the judgment currency) other than U.S. dollars and as a result of any variation as between (i) the rate of exchange at which the U.S. dollar amount is converted into the judgment currency for the purpose of such judgment or order, and (ii) the rate of exchange at which such indemnified person is able to purchase U.S. dollars with the amount of the judgment currency actually received by the indemnified person. The foregoing indemnity shall constitute a separate and independent obligation of the Company and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as aforesaid. The term rate of exchange shall include any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of, or conversion into, the relevant currency.
(e) Waiver of Immunity. To the extent that the Company has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from jurisdiction of any court of (i) Switzerland, or any political subdivision thereof, (ii) the United States or the State of New York, (iii) any jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property or assets or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution, set-off or
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otherwise) with respect to themselves or their respective property and assets or this Agreement, the Company hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
(f) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right to trial by jury in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(h) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
(i) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
20. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.
(a) In the event that any Underwriter or Placement Agent that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter or Placement Agent of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(b) In the event that any Underwriter or Placement Agent that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter or Placement Agent becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
For purposes of this Agreement, (A) BHC Act Affiliate has the meaning assigned to the term affiliate in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k); (B) Covered Entity means any of the following: (i) a covered entity as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a covered bank as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a covered FSI as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b); (C) Default Right has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable; and (D) U.S. Special Resolution Regime means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
Very truly yours, | ||||
OBSEVA SA | ||||
By: |
/s/ Ernest Loumaye |
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Name: | Ernest Loumaye | |||
Title: | CEO |
Accepted: As of the date first written above
H.C. WAINWRIGHT & CO., LLC
For themselves, on behalf of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto, and as Placement Agent.
H.C. WAINWRIGHT & CO., LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Mark Viklund | |
Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Underwriting and Placement Agency Agreement]
Schedule 1
Underwriter |
Number of Units |
Number of Pre-Funded
Units |
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H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC |
5,490,000 | 958,240 | ||||||
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Annex A
a. |
Free-Writing Prospectuses |
None.
b. |
Pricing Information Provided Orally by Underwriters |
None.
Annex B
OBSEVA SA
Pricing Term Sheet
None.
Exhibit A
Testing-the-Waters Communications
None.
Exhibit B
Form Lock-up Agreement
, 2020
OBSEVA SA
Chemin des Aulx, 12
1228 Plan-les-Ouates
Geneva, Switzerland
H.C. WAINWRIGHT & Co., LLC
As Representative of
the several underwriters listed in
Schedule 1 to the Underwriting
Agreement referred to below (the Underwriters)
H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC
430 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As an inducement to the Underwriters to execute the Underwriting and Placement Agency Agreement (the Underwriting Agreement), related to (i) the proposed public offering (the Offering) of the (a) common shares, par value CHF 1/13 per share (the Common Shares) and pre-funded warrants (the Pre-Funded Warrants) and (b) warrants (Warrants), which Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants will be exercisable to purchase Common Shares and (ii) a concurrent private placement of Common Shares and Warrants (collectively, the Securities), of ObsEva SA, and any successor (by merger or otherwise) thereto (the Company), the undersigned hereby agrees that during the period starting on the date hereof and ending on, but including, the date that is 90 days from the date of the Underwriting Agreement (the Lock-Up Period), the undersigned will not offer, sell, assign, transfer, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any Securities, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition, enter into a transaction which would have the same effect, or enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Securities, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition, and whether any such aforementioned transaction is to be settled by delivery of the Securities or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, engage in any short selling of the Securities or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for the Securities or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge or disposition, or to enter into any such transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement, without, in each case, the prior written consent of H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, as representative to the several Underwriters (the Representative).
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the restrictions in this Lock-Up Agreement shall not apply to:
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transfers of any Securities acquired by the undersigned in the Offering or in the open market, provided that no filing under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or other public announcements shall be required or voluntarily made by or on behalf of the undersigned during the Lock-Up Period with respect to subsequent sales of such Securities acquired by the undersigned in the Offering or in the open market; |
(B) |
the exercise with cash of stock options granted pursuant to the Companys equity incentive plans described in the final prospectus used to sell the Securities, provided that such restriction shall apply to any Securities or other securities issued to the undersigned upon such cash exercise; |
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the establishment of any contract, instruction or plan that satisfies all of the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of Securities (a Plan), provided that (i) no sales of the undersigneds Securities shall be made pursuant to such a Plan prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, and (ii) no filing under the Exchange Act or other public announcements shall be required or voluntarily made by or on behalf of the undersigned or the Company regarding the establishment of such Plan during the Lock-Up Period; |
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transfers of Securities or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Securities (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts not involving a disposition for value or for bona fide estate planning purposes, (ii) as a bona fide gift to a charity or educational institution, (iii) to a member or members of the undersigneds family or to a trust, the direct or indirect beneficiaries of which are the undersigned and/or a member or members of his or her family, (iv) by testate succession or intestate distribution, (v) if the undersigned is a trust, to any beneficiary of the undersigned or to the estate of any such beneficiary, (vi) to shareholders, members, current or former partners (general or limited) or managers of, or owners of a similar equity interest in, the undersigned, as applicable, or to any corporation, partnership or other person or entity that is a direct or indirect affiliate of the undersigned, or to the estates of any such shareholders, affiliates, partners, members or managers not involving a disposition for value of Securities or other securities or (vii) that occurs by operation of law, such as pursuant to a qualified domestic order or in connection with a divorce settlement or other court order, provided that, each donee, distributee or transferee, as the case may be, shall execute and deliver to the Representative a letter in the form of this Lock-Up Agreement not later than one business day prior to such transfer or distribution, and provided, further, that no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act, or other public announcement shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such transfer or distribution during the Lock-Up Period; |
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transfers of Securities or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Securities pursuant to a bona fide third-party tender offer for all outstanding shares of the Company, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction made to all holders of the Companys securities involving a change of control of the Company (including the entering into any lock-up, voting or similar agreement pursuant to which the undersigned may agree to transfer, sell, tender or otherwise dispose of Securities or the Companys other securities in connection with such transaction, or vote any Securities or other such securities in favor of any such transaction), provided that in the event that such tender offer, merger, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, such Securities held by the undersigned shall remain subject to the provisions of this Lock-Up Agreement; |
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any conversion of non-voting shares or preferred shares of the Company into Securities, provided that any Securities received upon such conversion remain subject to the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement; or |
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transfers of Securities or other securities to the Company pursuant to any contractual arrangement in effect on the date of this Lock-Up Agreement that provides for the repurchase of the undersigneds Securities or such other securities by the Company or in connection with the termination of the undersigneds employment or other service relationship with the Company. |
In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representative, it will not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any Securities or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for the Securities.
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company and its transfer agent and registrar are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of Securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Lock-Up Agreement.
This Lock-Up Agreement shall be binding on the undersigned and the successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns of the undersigned. This Lock-Up Agreement may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com or www.echosign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Lock-Up Agreement will automatically terminate and the undersigned will be released from all of his, her or its obligations hereunder upon the earliest to occur, if any, of (i) September 30, 2020, in the event that the Underwriting Agreement has not been executed by that date, (ii) the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) is executed but is terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Securities to be sold thereunder, (iii) the Representative, on the one hand, or the Company, on the other hand, informs the other, prior to the execution of the Underwriting Agreement, that it has determined not to proceed with the Offering or (iv) the registration statement related to the Offering has been completely withdrawn prior to the closing of the Offering.
This Lock-Up Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Lock-Up Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof.
[Signature page follows]
Exhibit C
Subscription Agreement
[See attached]
Exhibit D
Form of Pre-Funded Warrant
[See attached]
Exhibit E
Form of Warrant
[See attached]
Exhibit 4.1
COMMON SHARE PURCHASE WARRANT
OBSEVA SA
Warrant Shares: [ ] |
Initial Exercise Date: September , 2020 Issue Date: September , 2020 |
THIS COMMON SHARE PURCHASE WARRANT (the Warrant) certifies that, for value received, or its assigns (the Holder) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after September , 2020 (the Initial Exercise Date) and on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on December , 20211 (the Termination Date) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from ObsEva SA, a société anonyme organized under the laws of Switzerland (the Company), up to common shares, with a par value of CHF 1/13 each (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the Warrant Shares) in the capital of the Company. The purchase price of one Common Share under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).
Section 1. Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Warrant, the following terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1.
Affiliate means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
Business Day means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or federal or cantonal legal holiday in Switzerland or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York, United States, or the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.
Commission means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Common Shares means the common shares of the Company with par value CHF 1/13 per share.
Common Share Equivalents means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Shares, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred share, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Shares.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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Insert the date the is the fifteen (15) month anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date; provided, that if such date is not a Trading Day, insert the next succeeding Trading Day. |
Person means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint share company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Subsidiary means any subsidiary of the Company and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.
Trading Day means a day on which the principal Trading Market in the United States is open for trading.
Trading Market means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Shares are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange, (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
Transfer Agent means American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, with offices located at 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11219, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.
Underwriting Agreement means that certain Underwriting and Placement Agency Agreement, dated September 3, 2020, between the Company and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, as representative of the several underwriters therein.
VWAP means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Shares are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Shares for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Shares are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Shares for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Shares are not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Shares are then reported on the Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per Common Share so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a Common Share as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holders of a majority in interest of the Warrants then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
Warrants means this Warrant and other Common Share purchase warrants issued by the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
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Section 2. Exercise.
a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto (the Notice of Exercise). Partial exercise of this Warrant may not be completed for less than 1,000 Warrant Shares, unless not more than 2,000 remain available for purchase under this Warrant. Within one Trading Day following the date of delivery of an Notice of Exercise to the Company or, if the Notice of Exercise is held in escrow by the Company, the date that the relevant instruction to complete the Notice of Exercise is sent via email to the Company, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer to a bank account in Switzerland specified by the Company (the Swiss Bank Account). In order to allow a prompt issuance of any Warrant Shares and at the Holders election, the Holder may deposit in advance with the Company the Notice of Exercise, duly executed by an authorized representative of the Holder, which the Company shall hold in escrow until authorized by the Holder, by e-mail, to complete the Notice of Exercise with the relevant information (e.g. number of Warrant Shares, aggregate Exercise Price) and use such completed and executed Notice of Exercise for the purpose of issuing the relevant number of Warrant Shares. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.
b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per Common Share under this Warrant shall be $3.43, subject to adjustment hereunder (the Exercise Price).
c) Mechanics of Exercise.
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Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holders or its designees balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (DWAC) if the Company |
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is then a participant in such system and there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Companys share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the earlier of (i) the later of (A) two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company or release of the Notice of Exercise and (B) one (1) Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the Warrant Share Delivery Date); provided, however, that in no event shall the Warrant Share Delivery Date occur prior to the date that the aggregate Exercise Price is received on the Swiss Bank Account. Upon delivery (or release) of the Notice of Exercise and payment of the relevant Exercise Price on the Swiss Bank Account, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Share on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, Standard Settlement Period means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Companys primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Shares as in effect on the date of delivery (or release) of the Notice of Exercise. |
ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.
iii. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(c)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.
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iv. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(c)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holders brokerage firm otherwise purchases, Common Shares to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a Buy-In), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holders total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the Common Shares so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of Common Shares that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Shares having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of Common Shares with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holders right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Companys failure to timely deliver Common Shares upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
v. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.
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vi. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.
vii. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its shareholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.
e) Holders Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise and payment of the applicable Exercise Price on the Swiss Bank Account, the Holder (together with the Holders Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holders Affiliates (such Persons, Attribution Parties)), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of Common Shares beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of Common Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of Common Shares which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other Common Share Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance
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therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holders determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination and shall have no liability for exercises of this Warrant that are in non-compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Limitation; provided, however, if the non-compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Limitation is due to receipt of inaccurate information from the Company, the Company shall be liable for exercises of this Warrant that are in non-compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding Common Shares, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding Common Shares as reflected in (A) the Companys most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of Common Shares outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within one Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of Common Shares then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding Common Shares shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding Common Shares was reported. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation shall be [4.99/9.99]% of the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Common Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Common Shares upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.
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Section 3. Certain Adjustments.
a) Share Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a share dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on Common Shares or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in Common Shares (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Common Shares issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding Common Shares into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse share split) outstanding Common Shares into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues by reclassification of Common Share any share capital of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of Common Shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.
b) [Reserved.]
c) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, during such time as this Warrant is outstanding the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Share Equivalents or rights to purchase share, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Shares (the Purchase Rights), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of Common Shares acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Shares are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holders right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such Common Shares as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).
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d) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of Common Shares, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, share or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a Distribution), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of Common Shares acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Shares are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holders right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any Common Shares as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation). To the extent that this Warrant has not been partially or completely exercised at the time of such Distribution, such portion of the Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until the Holder has exercised this Warrant.
e) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company (and all of its subsidiaries, taken as a whole), directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Shares are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Shares, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Shares or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Shares are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding Common Shares (not including any Common Shares held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a Fundamental Transaction), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that
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would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant), the number of Common Shares of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the Alternate Consideration) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of Common Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one Common Share in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Shares are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the Successor Entity) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(e) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of share capital of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the Common Shares acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such share capital (but taking into account the relative value of the Common Shares pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such share capital, such number of share capital and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the Company shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.
f) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of Common Shares deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of Common Shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
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g) Notice to Holder.
i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by facsimile or email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Shares, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Shares, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Shares rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of any class or of any rights (excluding any granting or issuance of rights to all of the Companys shareholders pursuant to a shareholder rights plan), (D) the approval of any shareholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Shares, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Shares are converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by facsimile or email to the Holder at its last facsimile number or email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Shares of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Shares of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common Shares for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission on a Form 6-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.
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h) Voluntary Adjustment By Company. Subject to the rules and regulations of the Trading Market, the Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant, subject to the prior written consent of the Holder, reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company.
Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.
a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant in full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.
b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the original Issue Date and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto and the Warrant number.
c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the Warrant Register), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual written notice to the contrary.
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Section 5. Miscellaneous.
a) No Rights as Shareholder until Payment of Exercise Price; No New Cash Settlement. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a shareholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(c)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting any rights of a Holder to receive cash payments pursuant to Section 2(c)(i) and Section 2(c)(iv) herein, in no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Warrant.
b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any share certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or share certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or share certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or share certificate.
c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.
d) Conditional Capital.
During the term of this Warrant, the Company will at all times have authorized and reserved a sufficient number of its Common Shares as contingent capital (capital conditionnel) to provide for the exercise of the rights to purchase Common Shares as provided for herein. The Company acknowledges that compensation for damages may not be sufficient remedy for the Holder in case of the Companys failure to comply with its obligations under this paragraph and therefore expressly confirms that the Holder may in such case request specific performance (Realerfüllung) upon due exercise of its purchase rights pursuant to Section 2 hereof from time to time by obligating the Company to deliver such number of Common Shares as would have been issued to the Holder in connection with such exercise of its purchase rights from time to time.
The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, including by maintaining an effective registration statement under the Securities Act permitting the issuance of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant from the Initial Exercise Date until the Termination Date, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Shares may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).
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Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its articles of association or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and payment of the relevant Exercise Price as contemplated hereunder and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.
Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.
e) Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Warrant (whether brought against a party hereto or their respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Warrant and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If either party shall
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commence an action, suit or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Warrant, the prevailing party in such action, suit or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for their reasonable attorneys fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding. For the avoidance of doubt, matters involving the rights of shareholders, issuance of Common Shares and the validity of Common Shares shall be governed by the laws of Switzerland.
f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws and applicable Canadian securities laws.
g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holders rights, powers or remedies. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.
h) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holders hereunder including, without limitation, any Notice of Exercise, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile or e-mail, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at Chemin des Aulx, 12, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland, Attention: Chief Executive Officer, facsimile number: ( ) , email address: , or such other facsimile number, email address or address as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile or e-mail, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the facsimile number, e-mail address or address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or via e-mail at the e-mail address set forth in this Section prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or via e-mail at the e-mail address set forth in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Form 6-K.
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i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Shares or as a shareholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
j) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.
l) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder. A Holder may also waive in writing a provision hereof in its favor or for its benefit. No consideration shall be offered or paid to the Holder to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Warrant unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the holders of the other Warrants.
m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.
n) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.
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EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
TO: OBSEVA SA
(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase Warrant Shares of ObsEva SA, a société anonyme organized under the laws of Switzerland (the Company), pursuant to the terms of the attached Common Share Purchase Warrant (only if exercised in full) (the Warrant), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any. The Warrant Shares are to be issued pursuant to Article 5b of the Companys Articles of Association. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.
(2) Payment shall take the form of lawful money of the United States.
(3) Payment of Exercise Price. The holder shall pay the aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of $ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
(4) Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:
(5) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Notice of Exercise shall constitute a representation by the Holder of the Warrant submitting this Notice of Exercise that after giving effect to the exercise provided for in this Notice of Exercise, such Holder (together with its affiliates) will not have beneficial ownership (together with the beneficial ownership of such Persons affiliates) of a number of Common Shares which exceeds the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined in the Warrant) of the total outstanding Common Shares of the Company as determined pursuant to the provisions of Section 2(e) of the Warrant.
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EXHIBIT B
ASSIGNMENT FORM
(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to
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Exhibit 4.2
PREFUNDED COMMON SHARE PURCHASE WARRANT
OBSEVA SA
Warrant Shares: [ ] | Initial Exercise Date: September , 2020 | |||
Issue Date: September , 2020 |
THIS PREFUNDED COMMON SHARE PURCHASE WARRANT (the Warrant) certifies that, for value received, or its assigns (the Holder) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after September , 2020 (the Initial Exercise Date) and until the tenth anniversary of the issuance of this Warrant (the Termination Date) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from ObsEva SA, a société anonyme organized under the laws of Switzerland (the Company), up to common shares, with a par value of CHF 1/13 each (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the Warrant Shares) in the capital of the Company. The purchase price of one Common Share under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).
Section 1. Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Warrant, the following terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1.
Affiliate means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
Business Day means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or federal or cantonal legal holiday in Switzerland or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York, United States, or the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.
Commission means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Common Shares means the common shares of the Company with par value CHF 1/13 per share.
Common Share Equivalents means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Shares, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred share, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Shares.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Person means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint share company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
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Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Subsidiary means any subsidiary of the Company and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.
Trading Day means a day on which the principal Trading Market in the United States is open for trading.
Trading Market means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Shares are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange, (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
Transfer Agent means American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, with offices located at 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11219, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.
Underwriting Agreement means that certain Underwriting and Placement Agency Agreement, dated September 3, 2020, between the Company and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, as representative of the several underwriters therein.
VWAP means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Shares are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Shares for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Shares are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Shares for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Shares are not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Shares are then reported on the Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per Common Share so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a Common Share as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holders of a majority in interest of the Warrants then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
Warrants means this Warrant and other Common Share purchase warrants issued by the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
Section 2. Exercise.
a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto (the Notice of Exercise). Partial exercise of this Warrant may not be completed for less than 1,000 Warrant Shares,
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unless not more than 2,000 remain available for purchase under this Warrant. Within one Trading Day following the date of delivery of an Notice of Exercise to the Company or, if the Notice of Exercise is held in escrow by the Company, the date that the relevant instruction to complete the Notice of Exercise is sent via email to the Company, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer to a bank account in Switzerland specified by the Company (the Swiss Bank Account). In order to allow a prompt issuance of any Warrant Shares and at the Holders election, the Holder may deposit in advance with the Company the Notice of Exercise, duly executed by an authorized representative of the Holder, which the Company shall hold in escrow until authorized by the Holder, by e-mail, to complete the Notice of Exercise with the relevant information (e.g. number of Warrant Shares, aggregate Exercise Price) and use such completed and executed Notice of Exercise for the purpose of issuing the relevant number of Warrant Shares. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.
b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per Common Share under this Warrant shall be CHF 1/13, subject to adjustment hereunder (the Exercise Price).
c) Mechanics of Exercise.
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Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holders or its designees balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (DWAC) if the Company is then a participant in such system and there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Companys share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the earlier of (i) the |
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later of (A) two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company or release of the Notice of Exercise and (B) one (1) Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the Warrant Share Delivery Date); provided, however, that in no event shall the Warrant Share Delivery Date occur prior to the date that the aggregate Exercise Price is received on the Swiss Bank Account. Upon delivery (or release) of the Notice of Exercise and payment of the relevant Exercise Price on the Swiss Bank Account, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Share on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, Standard Settlement Period means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Companys primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Shares as in effect on the date of delivery (or release) of the Notice of Exercise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Notice(s) of Exercise delivered (or released) on or prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Initial Exercise Date, which may be delivered (or released) at any time after the time of the pricing of the offering in connection with the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agrees to deliver the Warrant Shares subject to such notice(s) by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Initial Exercise Date and the Initial Exercise Date shall be the Warrant Share Delivery Date for purposes hereunder, provided that payment in full of the Exercise Price on the Swiss Bank Account is received by such time and that Common Shares held by the Company in treasury may be used to settle the Warrant Shares covered by such Notice of Exercise. |
ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.
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iii. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(c)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.
iv. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(c)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holders brokerage firm otherwise purchases, Common Shares to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a Buy-In), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holders total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the Common Shares so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of Common Shares that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Shares having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of Common Shares with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holders right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Companys failure to timely deliver Common Shares upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
v. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.
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vi. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.
vii. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its shareholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.
e) Holders Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise and payment of the applicable Exercise Price on the Swiss Bank Account, the Holder (together with the Holders Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holders Affiliates (such Persons, Attribution Parties)), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of Common Shares beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of Common Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of Common Shares which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other Common Share Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged
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by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holders determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination and shall have no liability for exercises of this Warrant that are in non-compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Limitation; provided, however, if the non-compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Limitation is due to receipt of inaccurate information from the Company, the Company shall be liable for exercises of this Warrant that are in non-compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding Common Shares, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding Common Shares as reflected in (A) the Companys most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of Common Shares outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within one Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of Common Shares then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding Common Shares shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding Common Shares was reported. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation shall be [4.99/9.99]% of the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Common Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Common Shares upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be
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defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.
Section 3. Certain Adjustments.
a) Share Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a share dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on Common Shares or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in Common Shares (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Common Shares issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding Common Shares into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse share split) outstanding Common Shares into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues by reclassification of Common Share any share capital of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of Common Shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.
b) [Reserved.]
c) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, during such time as this Warrant is outstanding the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Share Equivalents or rights to purchase share, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Shares (the Purchase Rights), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of Common Shares acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Shares are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holders right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such Common Shares as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).
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d) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of Common Shares, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, share or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a Distribution), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of Common Shares acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Shares are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holders right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any Common Shares as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation). To the extent that this Warrant has not been partially or completely exercised at the time of such Distribution, such portion of the Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until the Holder has exercised this Warrant.
e) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company (and all of its subsidiaries, taken as a whole), directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Shares are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Shares, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Shares or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Shares are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding Common Shares (not including any Common Shares held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a Fundamental Transaction), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that
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would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant), the number of Common Shares of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the Alternate Consideration) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of Common Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one Common Share in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Shares are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the Successor Entity) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(e) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of share capital of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the Common Shares acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such share capital (but taking into account the relative value of the Common Shares pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such share capital, such number of share capital and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the Company shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.
f) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of Common Shares deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of Common Shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
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g) Notice to Holder.
i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by facsimile or email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Shares, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Shares, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Shares rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of any class or of any rights (excluding any granting or issuance of rights to all of the Companys shareholders pursuant to a shareholder rights plan), (D) the approval of any shareholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Shares, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Shares are converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by facsimile or email to the Holder at its last facsimile number or email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Shares of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Shares of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common Shares for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission on a Form 6-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.
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Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.
a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant in full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.
b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the original Issue Date and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto and the Warrant number.
c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the Warrant Register), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual written notice to the contrary.
Section 5. Miscellaneous.
a) No Rights as Shareholder until Payment of Exercise Price; No New Cash Settlement. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a shareholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in
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Section 2(c)(i) except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting any rights of a Holder to receive cash payments pursuant to Section 2(c)(i) and Section 2(c)(iv) herein, in no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Warrant.
b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any share certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or share certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or share certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or share certificate.
c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.
d) Conditional Capital.
During the term of this Warrant, the Company will at all times have authorized and reserved a sufficient number of its Common Shares as contingent capital (capital conditionnel) to provide for the exercise of the rights to purchase Common Shares as provided for herein. The Company acknowledges that compensation for damages may not be sufficient remedy for the Holder in case of the Companys failure to comply with its obligations under this paragraph and therefore expressly confirms that the Holder may in such case request specific performance (Realerfüllung) upon due exercise of its purchase rights pursuant to Section 2 hereof from time to time by obligating the Company to deliver such number of Common Shares as would have been issued to the Holder in connection with such exercise of its purchase rights from time to time.
The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, including by maintaining an effective registration statement under the Securities Act permitting the issuance of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant from the Initial Exercise Date until the Termination Date, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Shares may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).
Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its articles of association
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or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and payment of the relevant Exercise Price as contemplated hereunder and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.
Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.
e) Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Warrant (whether brought against a party hereto or their respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Warrant and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If either party shall commence an action, suit or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Warrant, the prevailing party in such action, suit or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for their reasonable attorneys fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding. For the avoidance of doubt, matters involving the rights of shareholders, issuance of Common Shares and the validity of Common Shares shall be governed by the laws of Switzerland.
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f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws and applicable Canadian securities laws.
g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holders rights, powers or remedies. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.
h) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holders hereunder including, without limitation, any Notice of Exercise, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile or e-mail, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at Chemin des Aulx, 12, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland, Attention: Chief Executive Officer, facsimile number: ( ) , email address: , or such other facsimile number, email address or address as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile or e-mail, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the facsimile number, e-mail address or address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or via e-mail at the e-mail address set forth in this Section prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or via e-mail at the e-mail address set forth in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Form 6-K.
i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Shares or as a shareholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
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j) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.
l) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder. A Holder may also waive in writing a provision hereof in its favor or for its benefit. No consideration shall be offered or paid to the Holder to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Warrant unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the holders of the other Warrants.
m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.
n) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.
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EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
TO: OBSEVA SA
(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase Warrant Shares of ObsEva SA, a société anonyme organized under the laws of Switzerland (the Company), pursuant to the terms of the attached Prefunded Common Share Purchase Warrant (only if exercised in full) (the Warrant), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any. The Warrant Shares are to be issued pursuant to Article 5b of the Companys Articles of Association. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.
(2) Payment shall take the form of lawful Swiss francs.
(3) Payment of Exercise Price. The holder shall pay the aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of CHF to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
(4) Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:
(5) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Notice of Exercise shall constitute a representation by the Holder of the Warrant submitting this Notice of Exercise that after giving effect to the exercise provided for in this Notice of Exercise, such Holder (together with its affiliates) will not have beneficial ownership (together with the beneficial ownership of such Persons affiliates) of a number of Common Shares which exceeds the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined in the Warrant) of the total outstanding Common Shares of the Company as determined pursuant to the provisions of Section 2(e) of the Warrant.
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EXHIBIT B
ASSIGNMENT FORM
(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)
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Exhibit 4.3
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAS 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. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF 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.
COMMON SHARE PURCHASE WARRANT
OBSEVA SA
Warrant Shares: [ ] | Initial Exercise Date: September , 2020 | |||
Issue Date: September , 2020 |
THIS COMMON SHARE PURCHASE WARRANT (the Warrant) certifies that, for value received, or its assigns (the Holder) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after September , 2020 (the Initial Exercise Date) and on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on December , 20211 (the Termination Date) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from ObsEva SA, a société anonyme organized under the laws of Switzerland (the Company), up to common shares, with a par value of CHF 1/13 each (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the Warrant Shares) in the capital of the Company. The purchase price of one Common Share under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).
Section 1. Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Warrant, the following terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1.
Affiliate means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
Business Day means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or federal or cantonal legal holiday in Switzerland or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York, United States, or the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.
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Commission means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Common Shares means the common shares of the Company with par value CHF 1/13 per share.
Common Share Equivalents means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Shares, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred share, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Shares.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Person means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint share company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Subsidiary means any subsidiary of the Company and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.
Trading Day means a day on which the principal Trading Market in the United States is open for trading.
Trading Market means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Shares are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange, (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
Transfer Agent means American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, with offices located at 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11219, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.
Underwriting Agreement means that certain Underwriting and Placement Agency Agreement, dated September 3, 2020, between the Company and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, as representative of the several underwriters therein.
VWAP means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Shares are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily
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volume weighted average price of the Common Shares for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Shares are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Shares for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Shares are not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Shares are then reported on the Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per Common Share so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a Common Share as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holders of a majority in interest of the Warrants then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
Warrants means this Warrant and other Common Share purchase warrants issued by the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
Section 2. Exercise.
a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto (the Notice of Exercise). Partial exercise of this Warrant may not be completed for less than 1,000 Warrant Shares, unless not more than 2,000 remain available for purchase under this Warrant. Within one Trading Day following the date of delivery of an Notice of Exercise to the Company or, if the Notice of Exercise is held in escrow by the Company, the date that the relevant instruction to complete the Notice of Exercise is sent via email to the Company, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer to a bank account in Switzerland specified by the Company (the Swiss Bank Account). In order to allow a prompt issuance of any Warrant Shares and at the Holders election, the Holder may deposit in advance with the Company the Notice of Exercise, duly executed by an authorized representative of the Holder, which the Company shall hold in escrow until authorized by the Holder, by e-mail, to complete the Notice of Exercise with the relevant information (e.g. number of Warrant Shares, aggregate Exercise Price) and use such completed and executed Notice of Exercise for the purpose of issuing the relevant number of Warrant Shares. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of
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Exercise within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.
b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per Common Share under this Warrant shall be $3.43, subject to adjustment hereunder (the Exercise Price).
c) Mechanics of Exercise.
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Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holders or its designees balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (DWAC) if the Company is then a participant in such system and there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Companys share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the earlier of (i) the later of (A) two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company or release of the Notice of Exercise and (B) one (1) Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the Warrant Share Delivery Date); provided, however, that in no event shall the Warrant Share Delivery Date occur prior to the date that the aggregate Exercise Price is received on the Swiss Bank Account. Upon delivery (or release) of the Notice of Exercise and payment of the relevant Exercise Price on the Swiss Bank Account, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Share on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, |
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Standard Settlement Period means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Companys primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Shares as in effect on the date of delivery (or release) of the Notice of Exercise. |
ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.
iii. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(c)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.
iv. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(c)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holders brokerage firm otherwise purchases, Common Shares to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a Buy-In), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holders total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the Common Shares so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of Common Shares that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Shares having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of Common Shares with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to
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the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holders right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Companys failure to timely deliver Common Shares upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
v. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.
vi. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.
vii. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its shareholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.
Section 3. Certain Adjustments.
a) Share Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a share dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on Common Shares or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in Common Shares (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Common Shares issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding Common Shares into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse share split) outstanding Common Shares into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues by reclassification of Common Share any share capital of the Company,
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then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of Common Shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.
b) [Reserved.]
c) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, during such time as this Warrant is outstanding the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Share Equivalents or rights to purchase share, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Shares (the Purchase Rights), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of Common Shares acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Shares are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.
d) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of Common Shares, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, share or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a Distribution), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of Common Shares acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Shares are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution. To the extent that this Warrant has not been partially or completely exercised at the time of such Distribution, such portion of the Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until the Holder has exercised this Warrant.
e) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company (and all of its subsidiaries, taken as a whole), directly or indirectly, effects any
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sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Shares are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Shares, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Shares or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Shares are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding Common Shares (not including any Common Shares held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a Fundamental Transaction), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant), the number of Common Shares of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the Alternate Consideration) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of Common Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one Common Share in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Shares are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the Successor Entity) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(e) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of share capital of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the Common Shares acquirable and receivable upon exercise
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of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such share capital (but taking into account the relative value of the Common Shares pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such share capital, such number of share capital and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the Company shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.
f) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of Common Shares deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of Common Shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
g) Notice to Holder.
i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by facsimile or email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Shares, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Shares, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Shares rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of any class or of any rights (excluding any granting or issuance of rights to all of the Companys shareholders pursuant to a shareholder rights plan), (D) the approval of any shareholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Shares, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Shares are converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by facsimile or email to the Holder at its last facsimile number
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or email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Shares of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Shares of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common Shares for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission on a Form 6-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.
h) Voluntary Adjustment By Company. Subject to the rules and regulations of the Trading Market, the Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant, subject to the prior written consent of the Holder, reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company.
Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.
a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the Holder delivers an
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assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant in full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.
b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the original Issue Date and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto and the Warrant number.
c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the Warrant Register), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual written notice to the contrary.
d) Transfer Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be either (i) registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements pursuant to Rule 144.
e) Representation by the Holder. The Holder, by the acceptance hereof, represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant and, upon any exercise hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.
Section 5. Miscellaneous.
a) No Rights as Shareholder until Payment of Exercise Price; No New Cash Settlement. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a shareholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(c)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting any rights of a Holder to receive cash payments pursuant to Section 2(c)(i) and Section 2(c)(iv) herein, in no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Warrant.
b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of
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the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any share certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or share certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or share certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or share certificate.
c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.
d) Conditional Capital.
During the term of this Warrant, the Company will at all times have authorized and reserved a sufficient number of its Common Shares as contingent capital (capital conditionnel) to provide for the exercise of the rights to purchase Common Shares as provided for herein. The Company acknowledges that compensation for damages may not be sufficient remedy for the Holder in case of the Companys failure to comply with its obligations under this paragraph and therefore expressly confirms that the Holder may in such case request specific performance (Realerfüllung) upon due exercise of its purchase rights pursuant to Section 2 hereof from time to time by obligating the Company to deliver such number of Common Shares as would have been issued to the Holder in connection with such exercise of its purchase rights from time to time.
The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Shares may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).
Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its articles of association or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as
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may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and payment of the relevant Exercise Price as contemplated hereunder and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.
Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.
e) Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Warrant (whether brought against a party hereto or their respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Warrant and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If either party shall commence an action, suit or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Warrant, the prevailing party in such action, suit or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for their reasonable attorneys fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding. For the avoidance of doubt, matters involving the rights of shareholders, issuance of Common Shares and the validity of Common Shares shall be governed by the laws of Switzerland.
f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws and applicable Canadian securities laws.
g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right
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or otherwise prejudice the Holders rights, powers or remedies. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.
h) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holders hereunder including, without limitation, any Notice of Exercise, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile or e-mail, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at Chemin des Aulx, 12, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland, Attention: Chief Executive Officer, facsimile number: ( ) , email address: , or such other facsimile number, email address or address as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile or e-mail, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the facsimile number, e-mail address or address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or via e-mail at the e-mail address set forth in this Section prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or via e-mail at the e-mail address set forth in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Form 6-K.
i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Shares or as a shareholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
j) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
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k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.
l) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder. A Holder may also waive in writing a provision hereof in its favor or for its benefit. No consideration shall be offered or paid to the Holder to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Warrant unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the holders of the other Warrants.
m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.
n) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.
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EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
TO: OBSEVA SA
(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase Warrant Shares of ObsEva SA, a société anonyme organized under the laws of Switzerland (the Company), pursuant to the terms of the attached Common Share Purchase Warrant (only if exercised in full) (the Warrant), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any. The Warrant Shares are to be issued pursuant to Article 5b of the Companys Articles of Association. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.
(2) Payment shall take the form of lawful money of the United States.
(3) Payment of Exercise Price. The holder shall pay the aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of $ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
(4) Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:
(5) Non-U.S. Person. The undersigned is not a U.S. Person, as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and, at the time of each of the origination of contact concerning the transactions contemplated by this Warrant and the execution and delivery of this Notice of Exercise, the undersigned was outside of the United States.
[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]
Name of Investing Entity:
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity:
Name of Authorized Signatory:
Title of Authorized Signatory:
Date:
EXHIBIT B
ASSIGNMENT FORM
(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to
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Route de Chêne 30 | ||||
CH-1211 Genève 6 | ||||
Tél: +41 58 450 70 00 | ||||
Fax: +41 58 450 70 01 | ||||
Brandschenkestrasse 24 | ||||
CH-8027 Zurich | ||||
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Avenue de Rhodanie 58 | ||||
CH-1007 Lausanne | ||||
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ObsEva SA | Fax: +41 58 450 70 01 | |||
Chemin des Aulx 12 1228 Plan-les-Ouates Switzerland |
www.lenzstaehelin.com |
Geneva, September 8, 2020
20156.010 / M1.6710180_4 / TRABF
ObsEva SA Prospectus Supplement to Registration Statement on Form F-3
Ladies and Gentlemen,
We have acted as special Swiss counsel to ObsEva SA (the Company) in connection with (i) a registration statement on Form F-3, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 7, 2019 and declared effective on August 14, 2019, including the prospectus dated August 14, 2019 (the Registration Statement) and (ii) a prospectus supplement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 8, 2020 (the Prospectus Supplement) relating to the offer and sale of (a) 5,490,000 common shares, with a par value of CHF 1/13 each, of the Company (each a Common Share), (b) pre-funded warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 958,240 Common Shares, at an exercise price of CHF 1/13 per Common Share (the Pre-Funded Warrants), and (c) purchase warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 6,448,240 Common Shares, at an exercise price of USD 3.43 per Common Share (the Purchase Warrants and together with the Pre-Funded Warrants, the Warrants). As such counsel, we have been requested to render an opinion as to certain matters of Swiss law.
Partners Geneva: Shelby R. du Pasquier · Guy Vermeil · Mark Barmes* · François Rayroux · Jean-Blaise Eckert · Daniel Tunik ·
Olivier Stahler · Andreas Rötheli · Xavier Favre-Bulle · Benoît Merkt · David Ledermann · Jacques Iffland · Daniel Schafer · Miguel Oural ·
Fedor Poskriakov · Frédéric Neukomm · Cécile Berger Meyer · Rayan Houdrouge · Floran Ponce
Zurich Patrick Hünerwadel · Stefan Breitenstein · Matthias Oertle · Martin Burkhardt · Heini Rüdisühli · Marcel Meinhardt ·
Patrick Schleiffer · Thierry Calame · Beat Kühni · Lukas Morscher · Tanja Luginbühl · Prof. Jürg Simon · Matthias Wolf · Hans-Jakob Diem ·
Prof. Pascal Hinny · Harold Frey · Marcel Tranchet · Tino Gaberthüel · Astrid Waser · Stephan Erni · Dominique Müller · Alexander Greter · Peter Ling
Lausanne: Lucien Masmejan
Admitted to the Bar | * Solicitor (England & Wales) |
I. |
Reviewed Documents |
For the purpose of giving this opinion, we have only examined the following documents (the Documents):
(i) |
a copy of the Registration Statement; |
(ii) |
a copy of the Prospectus Supplement; |
(iii) |
a copy of the executed minutes of the meeting of the board of directors of the Company (the Board), held on September 3, 2020, resolving inter alia on (a) the approval of the issuance of the Warrants, (b) the establishment of a special committee (the Pricing Committee), with the authority to approve the final terms of the Warrants, including the number of Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, and (c) the reservation of a portion of the conditional capital for financing purposes set out in article 5b of the articles of association of the Company (the Conditional Capital) for allowing the issuance of a certain number of Common Shares upon exercise of the Warrants (the Minutes of the Approval Boards Meeting); |
(iv) |
a copy of the executed minutes of the meeting of the Pricing Committee, held on September 3, 2020, resolving inter alia on (a) the terms of the Warrants and (b) the reservation of (x) an amount of CHF 73,710 and CHF 10/13 out of the Conditional Capital for allowing the issuance of up to 958,240 Common Shares upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants (the Pre-Funded Warrant Shares) and (y) an amount of CHF 496,018 and CHF 6/13 out of the Conditional Capital for allowing the issuance of up to 6,448,240 Common Shares upon exercise of the Purchase Warrants (the Purchase Warrant Shares and the Minutes of the Pricing Committees Meeting); |
(v) |
an executed copy of the underwriting and placement agency agreement dated September 3, 2020 between the Company, on the one hand, and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC on the other hand as representative of the underwriter named therein and as placement agent (the Underwriting and Placement Agency Agreement), including the terms of the Pre-Funded Warrants (the Pre-Funded Warrant Terms) and the terms of the Purchase Warrants (the Purchase Warrant Terms); |
(vi) |
a copy of the executed decisions by way of written consent of the Board, dated September 3, 2020, resolving inter alia to increase the share capital of the Company by an amount of CHF 600,789 and CHF 9/13 through the issuance of 7,810,266 Common Shares (the New Shares), of which 5,490,000 New Shares are to be subscribed for by the underwriter (the Offered Shares and the Circular Board Resolutions); |
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(vii) |
a copy of the notarized public deed of the minutes of the meeting of the Board, held on September 7, 2020, resolving inter alia that the New Shares have been validly subscribed and that the articles of association of the Company be amended accordingly (the Minutes of the Acknowledgment Boards Meeting and together with the Minutes of the Approval Boards Meeting, the Minutes of the Boards Meetings); |
(viii) |
a copy of the articles of association of the Company, as amended by the Board on September 7, 2020 (the Articles of Association) and deposited with the Commercial Register of the Canton of Geneva; and |
(ix) |
the original of a certified extract from the Commercial Register of the Canton of Geneva dated September 8, 2020, relating to the Company (the Extract). |
No documents have been reviewed by ourselves in connection with this opinion other than those listed above. Accordingly, our opinion is limited to the above Documents and their legal implications under Swiss law.
II. |
Assumptions |
In rendering the opinion below, we have assumed:
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the genuineness of all signatures; |
b) |
the authenticity of all Documents submitted to us as originals; |
c) |
the completeness of and conformity to the originals of all Documents submitted to us as copies; |
d) |
that the terms and conditions governing the Pre-Funded Warrants will be as set out in the Pre-Funded Warrant Terms; |
e) |
that the terms and conditions governing the Purchase Warrants will be as set out in the Purchase Warrant Terms; |
f) |
that, under the laws by which they are governed, the Underwriting and Placement Agency Agreement and the Warrants are valid and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms ; |
g) |
that the Circular Board Resolutions and the resolutions of the Board contained in the Minutes of the Boards Meetings and the resolutions of the Pricing Committee contained in the Minutes |
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of the Pricing Committees Meeting have been duly passed in the manner set forth therein and accurately reflect the resolutions and other matters stated therein, and have not been amended or rescinded and are in full force and effect; |
h) |
that the Articles of Association and the Extract are unchanged and correct as of the date thereof and no changes have been made which should have been or should be reflected in the Articles of Association or the Extract as of the date hereof; |
i) |
that the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplement will continue to be effective and the offering and sale of and payment for the Offered Shares will be in accordance with the limitations referred to in the Prospectus Supplement; |
j) |
that the Pre-Funded Warrants will not be exercised on the Initial Exercise Date (as defined in the Pre-Funded Warrant Terms); |
k) |
that as long as the Warrants are outstanding, the amount reserved by the Board out of the Conditional Capital for allowing the issuance of the Pre-Funded Warrant Shares and Purchase Warrant Shares shall be at least equal to the aggregate par value of the number of Common Shares that may be issued upon exercise of such outstanding Warrants; |
l) |
that, at the time of exercise of the Purchase Warrants, the Exercise Price (as defined in the Purchase Warrant Terms) of the Purchase Warrants, as converted into Swiss francs, will be at least equal to CHF 1/13; |
m) |
to the extent relevant for purposes of this opinion, that all factual information contained in, or material statements given in connection with, the Documents are true, complete and accurate; and |
n) |
that there are no factual circumstances of which we are unaware and no provisions of the laws of any jurisdiction other than Switzerland that may affect the opinions expressed herein. |
III. |
Opinion |
Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set out below, we are of the opinion that:
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the Offered Shares are validly issued, fully paid-in and non-assessable; |
b) |
the Pre-Funded Warrant Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants will be validly issued, fully paid-in and non-assessable in accordance with Article 653e of the Swiss Code of Obligations, upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants in accordance with the exercise modalities defined by the Pre-Funded Warrant Terms, in particular payment of the Exercise Price (as defined therein) on the Swiss Bank Account (as defined therein); and |
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c) |
the Purchase Warrant Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Purchase Warrants will be validly issued, fully paid-in and non-assessable in accordance with Article 653e of the Swiss Code of Obligations upon exercise of the Purchase Warrants in accordance with the exercise modalities defined by the Purchase Warrant Terms, in particular payment of the Exercise Price (as defined therein) on the Swiss Bank Account (as defined therein). |
IV. |
Qualifications |
The above opinion is subject to the following qualifications:
a) |
Our opinion is limited to Swiss law as existing and interpreted on the date hereof. We have abstained from examining any issues of any other jurisdiction and therefore no opinion on matters other than Swiss law is to be inferred from our opinion. |
b) |
In this opinion, Swiss legal concepts are expressed in the English language and not in their original language. These concepts may not be identical to the concepts described by the same English language terms as they exist under the laws of other jurisdictions. |
c) |
This opinion is based on the current provisions of the laws of Switzerland and the regulations thereunder in effect on the date hereof and only as currently interpreted in Switzerland. Such laws and their interpretation are subject to change. |
d) |
We express no opinion as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus Supplement. |
e) |
We express no opinion as to any commercial, calculating, auditing or other non-legal matters, including for what regards the decision of the Board to cancel pre-emptive rights of existing shareholders. Further, this opinion does not cover any matter relating to Swiss or foreign taxes. This opinion is also confined to the matters stated herein and is not to be read as extending, by implication or otherwise, to any other matter. |
We have rendered this opinion as of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to advise you of changes that may thereafter be brought to our attention.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Companys Report on Form 6-K filed on the date hereof and to the incorporation by reference of this Opinion in the Registration Statement, and to the references to us under the heading Legal Matters contained in the Prospectus Supplement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.
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This opinion shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Switzerland.
Sincerely yours,
Lenz & Staehelin
/s/ Jacques Iffland
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Exhibit 5.2
Ryan S Sansom |
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T: +1 617 937 2335 |
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rsansom@cooley.com |
September 8, 2020
ObsEva SA
Chemin des Aulx, 12
1228 Plan-les-Ouates
Geneva, Switzerland
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel for ObsEva SA, a société anonyme organized under the laws of Switzerland (the Company), with respect to certain matters in connection with the sale by the Company of (i) an aggregate of (a) 5,490,000 common shares of the Company (the Common Shares) and (b) 958,240 pre-funded warrants to purchase 958,240 Common Shares (the Pre-Funded Warrants) and (ii) warrants to purchase up to 6,448,240 Common Shares (the Purchase Warrants and, together with the Pre-Funded Warrants, the Warrants), pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-233069) (the Registration Statement), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), the prospectus included within the Registration Statement (the Base Prospectus), and the prospectus supplement dated September 3, 2020, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations of the Act (the Prospectus Supplement). The Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement are collectively referred to as the Prospectus.
In connection with this opinion, we have examined and relied upon (a) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (b) the form of Pre-Funded Warrant, to be filed as an exhibit to a Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission, (c) the form of Purchase Warrant, to be filed as an exhibit to a Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission, and (d) originals or copies certified to our satisfaction of such records, documents, certificates, memoranda and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinion expressed below. We have undertaken no independent verification with respect to such matters. We have assumed the genuineness and authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as copies thereof, the accuracy, completeness and authenticity of certificates of public officials and the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents by persons where authorization, execution and delivery are a prerequisite to the effectiveness thereof. As to certain factual matters, we have relied upon a certificate of an officer of the Company and have not sought independently to verify such matters.
Our opinion is expressed only with respect to the law of the State of New York. We express no opinion as to whether the laws of any particular jurisdiction are applicable to the subject matter hereof. We are not rendering any opinion as to compliance with any federal or state antifraud law, rule or regulation relating to securities, or to the sale or issuance thereof. We note that the Company is organized under the laws of Switzerland. We have assumed all matters determinable under the laws of Switzerland, including without limitation the valid existence and good standing of the Company, the corporate power of the Company to authorize, execute and deliver the Warrants and perform its obligation hereunder and the due authorization of the Warrants by the Company, and understand that you are obtaining an opinion from another law firm with respect to certain of such matters. With regard to our opinion below:
(i) Our opinion is subject to, and may be limited by, (a) applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, debtor and creditor, and similar laws which relate to or affect creditors rights generally, and (b) general principles of equity (including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing) regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
Cooley LLP 500 Boylston Street 14th Floor Boston, MA 02116-3736
t: (617) 937-2300 f: (617) 937-2400 cooley.com
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(ii) Our opinion is subject to the qualification that the availability of specific performance, an injunction or other equitable remedies is subject to the discretion of the court before which the request is brought.
(iii) We express no opinion as to any provision of the Warrants that: (a) provides for liquidated damages, buy-in damages, monetary penalties, prepayment or make-whole payments or other economic remedies to the extent such provisions may constitute unlawful penalties, (b) relates to advance waivers of claims, defenses, rights granted by law, or notice, opportunity for hearing, evidentiary requirements, statutes of limitations, trial by jury, or procedural rights, (c) restricts non-written modifications and waivers, (d) provides for the payment of legal and other professional fees where such payment is contrary to law or public policy, (e) relates to exclusivity, election or accumulation of rights or remedies, or (f) provides that provisions of the Warrants are severable to the extent an essential part of the agreed exchange is determined to be invalid and unenforceable.
(iv) We express no opinion as to whether a state court outside of the State of New York or a federal court of the United States would give effect to the choice of New York law provided for in the Warrants.
On the basis of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, we are of the opinion that the Warrants, when duly executed and delivered by the Company against payment therefor as provided in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, will be valid and binding obligations of the Company.
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption Legal Matters in the Prospectus Supplement and to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to a Report on Form 6-K to be filed with the Commission for incorporation by reference into the Registration Statement. This opinion is expressed as of the date hereof, and we disclaim any responsibility to advise you of any changes in the facts stated or assumed herein or of any changes in applicable law.
Very truly yours, | ||
Cooley LLP | ||
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/s/ Ryan S. Sansom |
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Ryan S. Sansom |
Cooley LLP 500 Boylston Street 14th Floor Boston, MA 02116-3736
t: (617) 937-2300 f: (617) 937-2400 cooley.com
Exhibit 10.1
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
This Subscription Agreement (this Subscription) is dated as of September 3, 2020, by and between OBSEVA SA, a stock corporation (société anonyme) organized under the laws of Switzerland (the Company), and ERNEST LOUMAYE, MD, PHD (the Investor).
RECITALS
A. The Investor wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Subscription, 516,352 common shares, par value CHF 1/13 per share, of the Company (the Common Shares), at a price per share of $2.905, and warrants (the Warrants) to purchase 516,352 Common Shares (the Warrant Shares, and together with the Common Shares and the Warrants offered under this Subscription, the Securities) at an exercise price of $3.43 per share. The Warrants will be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
B. The Company and the Investor are executing and delivering this Subscription in a transaction not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), pursuant to Regulation S (Regulation S) as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) thereunder.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Subscription, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Investor hereby agree as follows:
1. Subscription.
(a) The Investor agrees to buy, and the Company agrees to sell and issue to the Investor, 516,352 Common Shares and Warrants to purchase 516,352 Common Shares for an aggregate purchase price of $1,500,002.56 (the Subscription Amount).
(b) The completion of the purchase and sale of the Common Shares and the Warrants (the Closing) shall take place at the offices of the Company, located at Chemin des Aulx, 12, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland, or at such other location(s) or remotely by facsimile transmission or other electronic means as the parties may mutually agree, on the date specified by the Company. At the Closing, (i) the Investor shall pay the Subscription Amount, minus any amount pre-funded by the Investor to the Company for the purpose of allowing the issuance and delivery of the Common Shares on the Closing, as the case may be, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Company to such bank account or accounts as shall be designated by the Company, and (ii) the Company shall cause the Common Shares and Warrants to be delivered to the Investor.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants as of the date hereof to the Investor as follows: (i) it has the full corporate power and authority to enter into this Subscription and to perform all of its obligations hereunder; (ii) this Subscription has been duly authorized and executed by, and when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof will constitute a valid and binding agreement of, the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally or subject to general principles of equity; (iii) the execution and delivery of this Subscription and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not conflict with or result in a breach of the Companys articles of association, as amended to date, or any other organizational documents; (iv) the Common Shares and the Warrants, when issued
hereunder and paid for in accordance with the terms of this Subscription, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; and (v) the Warrant Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Warrants have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance pursuant to the terms of the Warrants, and when issued by the Company upon valid exercise of the Warrants and payment of the exercise price and any other fees in connection therewith, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
3. Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgments of the Investor.
(a) The Investor hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof to the Company as follows: (i) the Investor has the full right, power and authority to enter into this Subscription and to perform all of its obligations hereunder; (ii) this Subscription has been duly executed by the Investor and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Investor enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally or subject to general principles of equity; (iii) the Investor has had full access to the prospectus included in the Registration Statement and the Companys periodic reports and other information incorporated by reference therein, and was able to read, review, download and print such materials, if desired; (iv) the Investor is not a U.S. Person, as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act and, at the time of each of the origination of contact concerning the transactions contemplated by this Subscription and the execution and delivery of this Subscription, the Investor was outside of the United States; (v) the Investor is knowledgeable, sophisticated and experienced in making, and is qualified to make, decisions with respect to investments in securities representing an investment decision like that involved in the purchase of the Securities; (vi) the Investor and the Investors attorneys, accountants, purchaser representatives and/or tax advisors, if any (collectively, Advisors), have received and carefully reviewed this Subscription, the Companys SEC filings and each of the transaction documents and all other documents requested by the Investor or its Advisors, if any, and understand the information contained therein, prior to the execution of this Subscription; (vii) the Investor and its Advisors, if any, have had a reasonable opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Companys officers and any other persons authorized by the Company to answer such questions, concerning, among other related matters, the Securities, the transaction documents and the business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects of the Company and all such questions have been answered by the Company to the full satisfaction of the Investor and its Advisors, if any; (viii) the Investor has taken no action which would give rise to any claim by any person for brokerage commissions, finders fees or the like relating to this Subscription or the transactions contemplated hereby; (ix) the Investor is not relying on the Company or any of its respective employees or agents with respect to the legal, tax, economic and related considerations of an investment in the Securities, and the Investor has relied on the advice of, or has consulted with, only its own Advisors; (x) the Investor is satisfied that it has received adequate information with respect to all matters which it or its Advisors, if any, consider material to its decision to make an investment in the Securities; (xi) the Investor is not a, and it has no direct or indirect affiliation or association with any, member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. or an Associated Person (as such term is defined under the NASD Membership and Registration Rules Section 1011) as of the date hereof; and (xii) the entering into and the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, do not constitute a breach of any laws applicable to the Investor (in particular, without limitation, applicable insider trading rules).
4. Reliance by Placement Agent. In connection with the offering of the Securities, H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, the Companys placement agent for this Subscription (the Placement Agent), may rely on each representation and warranty of the Company and the Investor made herein or pursuant to the terms hereof with the same force and effect as if such representation or warranty were made directly to the Placement Agent. The Placement Agent shall be a third party beneficiary to this Subscription to the extent provided in this Section 4.
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5. Miscellaneous.
(a) This Subscription constitutes the entire understanding and agreement among the parties with respect to its subject matter, and there are no agreements or understandings with respect to the subject matter hereof which are not contained in this Subscription.
(b) This Subscription may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party hereto, it being understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. Execution may be made by delivery by facsimile or by e-mail delivery of a .pdf format data file.
(c) The provisions of this Subscription are severable and, in the event that any court or officials of any regulatory agency of competent jurisdiction shall determine that any one or more of the provisions or part of the provisions contained in this Subscription shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or part of a provision of this Subscription and this Subscription shall be reformed and construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision, or part of such provision, had never been contained herein, so that such provisions would be valid, legal and enforceable to the maximum extent possible, so long as such construction does not materially adversely affect the economic rights of either party hereto.
(d) All communications hereunder, except as may be otherwise specifically provided herein, shall be in writing and shall be mailed, hand delivered, sent by a recognized overnight courier or sent via facsimile or by e-mail delivery and confirmed by letter, to the party to whom it is addressed at the following addresses or such other address as such party may advise the other in writing:
To the Company: as set forth on the signature page hereto.
To the Investor: as set forth on the Investors signature page hereto.
All notices hereunder shall be effective upon receipt by the party to which it is addressed.
(e) No provision of this Subscription may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Investor or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waiver is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Subscription shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of either party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.
(f) This Subscription shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York for contracts to be wholly performed in such state and without giving effect to the principles thereof regarding the conflict of laws.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Subscription Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
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/s/ Ernest Loumaye |
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Name: | Ernest Loumaye | |||
Title: | CEO | |||
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Chemin des Aulx, 12 |
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1228 Plan-les-Ouates |
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Geneva, Switzerland |
[Company Signature Page to Subscription Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Subscription Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
/s/ Ernest Loumaye |
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Name: | Ernest Loumaye | |
Address for Notices: | ||
ObsEva SA | ||
Chemin des Aulx, 12 | ||
1228 Plan-les-Ouates | ||
Geneva, Switzerland |
[Investor Signature Page to Subscription Agreement]
Exhibit A
Form of Warrant
[Attached]
Exhibit 99.1
ObsEva Announces $20.0 Million Underwritten Offering and Concurrent Private Placement
Priced At-The-Market of Common Shares and 15-Month Purchase Warrants for
Potential Additional Gross Proceeds of $23.9 Million
GENEVA, Switzerland and BOSTON, MA (September 3, 2020) ObsEva SA (NASDAQ: OBSV) (SIX: OBSN) (ObsEva or the Company), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing novel therapies to improve womens reproductive health, today announced the pricing of an underwritten equity offering and concurrent private placement transaction.
H.C. Wainwright & Co. is acting as sole book-running manager for the underwritten offering and exclusive placement agent for the private placement.
H.C. Wainwright & Co., as underwriter, has agreed to purchase on a firm commitment basis an aggregate of 6,448,240 units at an effective price of $2.869 per unit, less underwriting discounts and commissions. Each unit is comprised of one common share (or pre-funded warrant) and one 15-month purchase warrant to purchase one common share.
We are very pleased to add a new high quality shareholder and obtain capital to further proceed with our pipeline development as we continue ongoing active discussions for a linzagolix commercial partnership, said Ernest Loumaye, MD, PhD, OB/GYN, CEO and Co-Founder of ObsEva.
Each 15-month purchase warrant included in the units has an exercise price of $3.43 per share, is exercisable immediately and will expire 15 months from the date of issuance. The common shares (or pre-funded warrants) and the accompanying warrants can only be purchased together in the underwritten offering but will be issued separately. The underwritten offering is expected to close on or about September 8, 2020, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
ObsEva expects to receive aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $18.5 million from the underwritten offering, prior to deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses. In the event the 15-month purchase warrants are exercised in full, ObsEva expects to receive approximately $22.1 million in additional gross proceeds.
The securities offered in the underwritten offering are being offered by the Company pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-233069) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on August 7, 2019 and declared effective by the SEC on August 14, 2019. The offering of the underwritten securities is being made only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement, forming a part of the effective registration statement. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to, and describing the terms of, the underwritten offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SECs website at http://www.sec.gov. Electronic copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus may also be obtained, when available, by contacting H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC at 430 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by telephone at (646) 975-6996 or e-mail at placements@hcwco.com.
In addition to the securities being sold in the underwritten offering, the Companys Chief Executive Officer has agreed to purchase 516,352 units, with each unit comprised of one common share and one 15-month purchase warrant to purchase one common share at an exercise price of $3.43 per share, in a concurrent private placement, exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
at a purchase price equal to $2.905 per unit, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $1.5 million, prior to deducting placement agent fees and other placement expenses. The private placement is expected to close in the course of the month of September 2020, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offerings primarily to continue the development of the Companys new chemical entities in its pipeline, and for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
About ObsEva
ObsEva is a biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing novel therapies to improve womens reproductive health and pregnancy. Through strategic in-licensing and disciplined drug development, ObsEva has established a late-stage clinical pipeline with development programs focused on treating endometriosis, uterine fibroids, preterm labor, and improving ET outcomes following IVF. ObsEva is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and is trading under the ticker symbol OBSV and on the SIX Swiss Exchange where it is trading under the ticker symbol OBSN.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Any statements contained in this press release that do not describe historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may be identified by words such as believe, expect, may, plan, potential, will, and similar expressions, and are based on ObsEvas current beliefs and expectations. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding the completion of the transactions described herein, the satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to the transactions described herein, the intended use of net proceeds from the transactions described herein. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such statements. Risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially include, without limitation, market risks and uncertainties and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions for an offering of securities and other risks and uncertainties that are described in the Risk Factors section of ObsEvas Report on Form 6-K filed on August 6, 2020, its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2019, and other filings ObsEva makes with the SEC. These documents are available on the Investors page of ObsEvas website at http://www.ObsEva.com. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and are based on information available to ObsEva as of the date of this release, and ObsEva assumes no obligation to, and does not intend to, update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
For further information, please contact:
CEO Office Contact:
Shauna Dillon
Shauna.dillon@obseva.ch
+41 22 552 1550
Investor Contact:
Mario Corso
Vice President, Investor Relations
mario.corso@obseva.com
+1 857 972 9347 Office
+1 781 366 5726 Mobile