UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 


 

FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)  

 


 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15( d )

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 3, 2017

 


 

Interpace Diagnostics Group, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)  

 


 

Delaware

 

000-24249

 

22-2919486

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

Morris Corporate Center 1, Building A

300 Interpace Parkway

Parsippany, NJ 07054

(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(855) 776-6419

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

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

 


 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 
 

 

 

Explanatory Note

 

This Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A (this “Form 8-K/A”) is an amendment to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Interpace Diagnostics Group, Inc. on January 3, 2017 (the “Original 8-K”). This Form 8-K/A is being filed to reflect certain changes to the terms of the registered direct public offering announced in the Original 8-K.

 

Item 1.01     Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Effective January 3, 2017, Interpace Diagnostics Group, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an amended and restated placement agency agreement (the “Amended Placement Agreement”) with Maxim Group LLC (the “Placement Agent”) pursuant to which the Placement Agent agreed to serve as the placement agent, on a “reasonable best efforts” basis, in connection with the registered direct public offering of 630,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), through the Placement Agent (the “Registered Direct Offering”). The Amended Placement Agreement amends and restates that certain placement agency agreement between the Company and the Placement Agent dated as of January 3, 2017.

 

Also effective January 3, 2017, in connection with the Registered Direct Offering, the Company entered into an Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Amendment”) with certain institutional investors (the “Purchasers”), which amends that certain securities purchase agreement between the Company and the Purchasers dated as of January 3, 2017 (as so amended, the “Securities Purchase Agreement”). As amended, the Securities Purchase Agreement provides for the issuance and sale of the Shares directly to the Purchasers at a price of $6.81 per share, as opposed to $6.75 per share, and no prefunded warrants will be issued and sold in the Registered Direct Offering. In addition, the Amendment, among other things, provides each Purchaser with the right, for a period of 15 months following the closing of the Registered Direct Offering, to participate in any public or private offering by the Company of equity securities, subject to certain exceptions, up to such Purchaser’s pro rata portion of 50% of the securities being offered.    

 

The Company expects to receive aggregate net proceeds, after deducting Placement Agent fees and other estimated expenses related to the Registered Direct Offering, in the amount of approximately $3.9 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for working capital, repayment of indebtedness and general corporate purposes.

 

The closing of the Registered Direct Offering is expected to take place on January 6, 2017, subject to customary closing conditions.

 

The Shares are being offered and sold pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-207263) initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on October 2, 2015 and declared effective on October 9, 2015. A prospectus supplement relating to the Registered Direct Offering will be filed with the Commission on or about January 5, 2017.

 

The Securities Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Company and customary conditions to closing. Under the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed not to enter into any agreement to issue or announce the issuance or proposed issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents until January 27, 2017. In addition, the Company has also agreed with the Purchasers that following the closing of the offering until January 27, 2017, the Company will not effect or enter into an agreement to effect a “Variable Rate Transaction” as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

Pursuant to the Amended Placement Agreement, the Company has agreed to pay the Placement Agent an aggregate cash placement fee equal to 8.0% of the gross proceeds in the offering. Subject to certain conditions, the Company has also agreed to reimburse the Placement Agent for reasonable travel and other out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the offering, including, but not limited to, legal fees in an amount not to exceed $30,000.

 

The Amended Placement Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Company and customary conditions to closing. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Placement Agent against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and liabilities arising from breaches of representations and warranties contained in the Amended Placement Agreement, or to contribute to payments that the Placement Agent may be required to make in respect of those liabilities.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Amended Placement Agreement and the Amendment are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Form of Securities Purchase Agreement, the Amended Placement Agreement and the Form of Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement, which are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K/A as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

 

 
 

 

 

The representations, warranties and covenants made by the Company in any agreement that is filed as an exhibit to any document that is incorporated by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K were made solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement, including, in some cases, for the purpose of allocating risk among the parties to such agreements, and should not be deemed to be a representation, warranty or covenant to or in favor of any other party. In addition, the assertions embodied in any representations, warranties and covenants contained in such agreements may be subject to qualifications with respect to knowledge and materiality different from those applicable to security holders generally. Moreover, such representations, warranties or covenants were accurate only as of the date when made, except where expressly stated otherwise. Accordingly, such representations, warranties and covenants should not be relied on as accurately representing the current state of the Company’s affairs at any time.

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Form 8-K/A contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements that express the Company’s intentions, beliefs, expectations, strategies, predictions or any other statements related to the Company’s future activities, or future events or conditions. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the Company’s business based, in part, on assumptions made by management. These statements are not guarantees of future performances and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements due to numerous factors, including those risks discussed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and in other documents that we file from time to time with the Commission. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this report, except as required by law.

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

Item 9.01.     Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)     Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Description

     

10.1

 

Form of Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of January 3, 2017 +

     

10.2

 

Amended and Restated Placement Agency Agreement effective as of January 3, 2017

     

10.3

 

Form of Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement effective as of January 3, 2017

     

 

+ Previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 3, 2017

 

 
-2- 

 

 

signatureS

 

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

 

  

Interpace Diagnostics Group, Inc.

  

  

 

 

Date: January 5, 2017

By:   /s/ Jack E. Stover                        

Name: Jack E. Stover

Title: President and Chief Executive

           Officer

 

 
 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description

 

 

 

10.1

 

Form of Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of January 3, 2017 +

     

10.2

 

Amended and Restated Placement Agency Agreement effective as of January 3, 2017

     

10.3

 

Form of Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement effective as of January 3, 2017

     

 

+ Previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 3, 2017

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

Jack E. Stover
President and Chief Executive Officer
Morris Corporate Center 1, Building A
300 Interpace Parkway
Parsippany, NJ 07054

 

Dear Mr. Stover:      

 

This letter (the “ Agreement ”) constitutes the amended and restated agreement between Maxim Group LLC (“ Maxim ” or the “ Placement   Agent ”) and Interpace Diagnostics Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), effective as of January 3, 2017, that Maxim shall serve as the placement agent for the Company, on a best efforts basis, in connection with the proposed placement (the “ Placement ”) of an aggregate of up to 630,000 shares (the “ Shares ”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“ Common Stock ”). This Agreement hereby amends and restates that certain letter agreement, dated January 3, 2017, by and between the Placement Agent and the Company. The Shares are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “ Securities .” The terms of the Placement and the Securities shall be mutually agreed upon by the Company and the purchasers (each, a “ Purchaser ” and collectively, the “ Purchasers ”) and nothing herein constitutes that Maxim has or would have the power or authority to bind the Company or any Purchaser or an obligation for the Company to issue any Securities or complete the Placement. This Agreement and the documents executed and delivered by the Company and the Purchasers in connection with the Placement, including but not limited to the Purchase Agreement, as defined below, shall be collectively referred to herein as the “ Transaction   Documents .” The date of the closing (the “ Closing ”) of the Placement shall be referred to herein as the “ Closing Date .” The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that Maxim’s obligations hereunder are on a reasonable best efforts basis only and that the execution of this Agreement does not constitute a commitment by Maxim to purchase the Securities and does not ensure the successful placement of the Securities or any portion thereof or the success of Maxim with respect to securing any other financing on behalf of the Company. The Placement Agent may retain other brokers or dealers to act as sub-agents or selected-dealers on its behalf in connection with the Placement. The sale of the Securities to any Purchaser will be evidenced by a securities purchase agreement (the “ Purchase   Agreement ”) between the Company and such Purchaser in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company and Maxim. Capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Purchase Agreement. Prior to the signing of any Purchase Agreement, officers of the Company will be available to answer inquiries from prospective Purchasers.

 

SECTION 1.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE . Each of the representations and warranties (together with any related disclosure schedules thereto) made by the Company to the Purchasers in those certain Purchase Agreements dated as of January 3, 2017, between the Company and each Purchaser, is hereby incorporated herein by reference (as though fully restated herein) and is, as of the date of this Agreement, hereby made to, and in favor of, the Placement Agent. Each of the representations and warranties (together with any related disclosure schedules thereto) made by the Company to Maxim in the Letter of Engagement dated July 1, 2016, between the Company and Maxim, is hereby incorporated herein by reference (as though fully restated herein) and is, as of the date of this Agreement, hereby made to, and in favor of, the Placement Agent.

 

SECTION 2 .

REPRESENTATIONS OF MAXIM . Maxim represents and warrants that it (i) is a member in good standing of FINRA, (ii) is registered as a broker/dealer under the Exchange Act, (iii) is licensed as a broker/dealer under the laws of the States applicable to the offers and sales of the Securities by Maxim, (iv) is and will be a body corporate validly existing under the laws of its place of incorporation, and (v) has full power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. Maxim will immediately notify the Company in writing of any change in its status as such. Maxim covenants that it will use its reasonable best efforts to conduct the transaction hereunder in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement and the requirements of applicable law.  

 

 
 

 

 

SECTION 3 .

COMPENSATION .

 

In consideration of the services to be provided for hereunder, the Company shall pay to the Placement Agent or their respective designees the following compensation with respect to the Securities, which they are placing:

 

(a)

A placement fee equal to eight percent (8%) of the gross proceeds from the sale of the securities in the Placement.

 

(b)

Subject to compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(D), the Company also agrees to reimburse Maxim for all reasonable travel and other out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees of legal counsel related to this transaction and with respect to previous agreements between the Company and Maxim pursuant to which Maxim would act as an underwriter or placement agent with respect to offerings of securities, in an amount not to exceed $30,000. The Company will reimburse Maxim directly out of the Closing of the Placement. In the event this Agreement shall terminate prior to the consummation of the Placement, Maxim shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses; provided, however, such expenses shall not exceed $30,000.

 

(c)

The Placement Agent reserves the right to reduce any item of compensation or adjust the terms thereof as specified herein in the event that a determination shall be made by FINRA to the effect that the Placement Agent’s aggregate compensation is in excess of FINRA Rules or that the terms thereof require adjustment.

 

SECTION 4 .

INDEMNIFICATION . The Company agrees to the indemnification and other agreements set forth in the Indemnification Provisions (the “ Indemnification ”) attached hereto as Addendum A, the provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference and shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 5 .

ENGAGEMENT TERM . Maxim’s engagement hereunder will be until the earlier of (i) January 31, 2017 and (ii) the completion of the Placement. The date of termination of this Agreement is referred to herein as the “ Termination Date ” and the period of time during which this Agreement remains in effect is referred to herein as the “ Term .” If the Company elects to terminate for any reason even though Maxim was prepared to proceed with the Placement reasonably within the intent of this Agreement and, within twelve (12) months following such termination, the Company completes any financing of equity, equity-linked or debt or other capital raising activity of the Company (other than the exercise by any person or entity of any options, warrants or other convertible securities or issuances by the Company in connection with the restructuring of existing debt) with any of the investors whereby Maxim introduced to the Company or with whom Maxim conducted discussions on behalf of the Company during the term of this Agreement, then the Company will pay to Maxim upon the closing of such financing a finder’s fee equal to 8% of the gross proceeds raised by the Company from such financing. In the event, however, in the course of the Placement Agent’s performance of due diligence it deems it necessary to terminate the engagement, the Placement Agent may do so prior to the Termination Date. Upon such termination, Maxim shall deliver to the Company a list of all investors contacted by Maxim during the term of its engagement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the provisions concerning the Company’s obligation to pay any fees actually earned pursuant to Section 5 hereof and which are permitted to be reimbursed under FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(D), and the confidentiality, indemnification and contribution provisions contained herein and the Company’s obligations contained in the Indemnification Provisions will survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 

 

SECTION 6 .

MAXIM INFORMATION . The Company agrees that any information or advice rendered by Maxim in connection with this engagement is for the confidential use of the Company only in their evaluation of the Placement and, except as otherwise required by law, the Company will not disclose or otherwise refer to the advice or information in any manner without Maxim’s prior written consent.

 

 
 

 

 

SECTION 7 .

NO FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIP . This Agreement does not create, and shall not be construed as creating rights enforceable by any person or entity not a party hereto, except those entitled hereto by virtue of the Indemnification Provisions hereof. The Company acknowledges and agrees that Maxim is not and shall not be construed as a fiduciary of the Company and shall have no duties or liabilities to the equity holders or the creditors of the Company or any other person by virtue of this Agreement or the retention of Maxim hereunder, all of which are hereby expressly waived.

 

SECTION 8 .

CLOSING . The obligations of the Placement Agent, and the Closing of the sale of the Securities hereunder are subject to the accuracy, when made and on the Closing Date, of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and its Subsidiaries contained herein and in the Purchase Agreement, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and its Subsidiaries of their obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional terms and conditions:

 

A.

No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission, and any request for additional information on the part of the Commission (to be included in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Placement Agent.

 

B.

The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements or other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, during the three years preceding the date hereof (the foregoing materials filed during such three-year period, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, the “ SEC Reports ”) on a timely basis, other than a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 13, 2016, or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension; as of their respective filing or amendment dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder; and as of their respective filing or amendment dates, the SEC Reports did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

C.

The Placement Agent shall not have discovered and disclosed to the Company on or prior to the Closing Date that the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement, or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a fact which, in the opinion of counsel for the Placement Agent, is material or omits to state any fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

 

D.

All corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization, form, execution, delivery and validity of each of this Agreement and the Securities, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to counsel for the Placement Agent, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

 

E.

 The Placement Agent shall have received as of the Closing Date the favorable opinions of legal counsel to the Company identified in the Purchase Agreement, dated as of such Closing Date, including, without limitation, a negative assurance letter from Company Counsel, addressed to the Placement Agent in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent.

 

 
 

 

 

F.

(i) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited or unaudited financial statements included in its SEC Reports, any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood, terrorist act or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth in or contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and (ii) since such date there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the business, general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth in or contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is, in the judgment of the Placement Agent, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.

 

G.

The Common Stock is registered under the Exchange Act and, as of the Closing Date, the Common Stock shall be listed, admitted and authorized for trading on the NASDAQ Stock Market and satisfactory evidence of such action shall have been provided to the Placement Agent. The Company shall have taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting or suspending from trading the Common Stock from the NASDAQ Stock Market. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports or the Prospectus Supplement, the Company has not received any information suggesting that the Commission or the NASDAQ Stock Market is contemplating terminating such registration.

 

H.

Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and up to the Closing Date, there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on the NASDAQ Market shall have been suspended or minimum or maximum prices or maximum ranges for prices shall have been established on any such exchange or such market by the Commission or by such exchange or by any other regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or state authorities or a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, (iii) the United States shall have become engaged in hostilities in which it is not currently engaged, the subject of an act of terrorism, there shall have been an escalation in hostilities involving the United States, or there shall have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States, or (iv) there shall have occurred any other calamity or crisis or any change in general economic, political or financial conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event in clause (iii) or (iv) makes it, in the sole judgment of the Placement Agent, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.

 

I.

No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency or body which would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities or materially and adversely affect or potentially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company; and no injunction, restraining order or order of any other nature by any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction shall have been issued as of the Closing Date which would prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities or materially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company.

 

J.

The Company shall have entered into a Purchase Agreement with each of the Purchasers and such agreements shall be in full force and effect and shall contain representations, warranties and covenants of the Company as agreed between the Company and the Purchasers.

 

K.

FINRA shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the terms and arrangements of this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall, if requested by the Placement Agent, make or authorize Placement Agent’s counsel to make on the Company’s behalf, any Issuer Filing with FINRA as may be required with respect to the Placement and pay all filing fees required in connection therewith.

 

L.

On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Placement Agent such further information, certificates and documents as the Placement Agent may reasonably request.

 

 
 

 

 

M.

The Company shall engage and maintain, at its expense, a nationally recognized independent PCAOB registered public accounting firm for a period of three (3) years after the Closing Date.

 

N.

The Company shall engage and, for a period of three (3) years after the Closing Date, shall maintain, at its expense, a transfer agent and, if necessary under the jurisdiction of its incorporation or the rules of any national securities exchange on which the Common Stock will be listed, a registrar (which, if permitted by applicable laws and rules may be the same entity as the transfer agent) for the Common Stock, which transfer agent and/or registrar is reasonably acceptable to the Placement Agent.

 

If any of the conditions specified in this Section 8 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement, or if any of the certificates, opinions, written statements or letters furnished to the Placement Agent or to Placement Agent’s counsel pursuant to this Section 8 shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Placement Agent and to Placement Agent’s counsel, all obligations of the Placement Agent hereunder may be cancelled by the Placement Agent at, or at any time prior to, the consummation of the Closing. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or orally. Any such oral notice shall be confirmed promptly thereafter in writing.

 

SECTION 9 .

[Intentionally Omitted.]

 

SECTION 1 0 .

GOVERNING LAW . This Agreement will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely in such State. This Agreement may not be assigned by either party without the prior written consent of the other party. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Any right to trial by jury with respect to any dispute arising under this Agreement or any transaction or conduct in connection herewith is waived. Each of the Placement Agent and the Company: (i) agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement and/or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be instituted exclusively in New York Supreme Court, County of New York, or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, (ii) waives any objection which it may have or hereafter to the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding, and (iii) irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of the New York Supreme Court, County of New York, and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in any such suit, action or proceeding. Each of the Placement Agent and the Company further agrees to accept and acknowledge service of any and all process which may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding in the New York Supreme Court, County of New York, or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and agrees that service of process upon the Company mailed by certified mail to the Company’s address shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company, in any such suit, action or proceeding, and service of process upon the Placement Agent mailed by certified mail to the Placement Agent’s address shall be deemed in every respect effective service process upon the Placement Agent, in any such suit, action or proceeding. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.

 

 
 

 

 

SECTION 1 1 .

ENTIRE AGREEMENT/MISC . This Agreement (including the attached Indemnification Provisions) embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, relating to the subject matter hereof. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, such determination will not affect such provision in any other respect or any other provision of this Agreement, which will remain in full force and effect. This Agreement may not be amended or otherwise modified or waived except by an instrument in writing signed by both Maxim and the Company. The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants contained herein shall survive the Closing of the Placement and delivery and/or exercise of Securities. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or a .pdf format file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or .pdf signature page were an original thereof. The Company agrees that the Placement Agent may rely upon, and is a third party beneficiary of, the representations and warranties, and applicable covenants set forth in any such purchase, subscription or other agreement with the Purchasers in the Placement. All amounts stated in this Agreement are in US dollars unless expressly stated.

 

SECTION 1 2 .

NOTICES . Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is sent to the email address specified on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a business day, (b) the next business day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is sent to the email address on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a business day or later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any business day, (c) the third business day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. internationally recognized air courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages hereto.

 

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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth our agreement by signing and returning to Maxim the enclosed copy of this Agreement.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

MAXIM GROUP LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

/s/ Clifford Teller 

 

 

Name:    

Clifford Teller 

 

 

Title:

Executive Managing Director, Investment Banking 

 

 

Date:

January 5, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address for notice:

 

 

405 Lexington Avenue

 

 

New York, NY 10174

 

 

Attention: James Siegel, General Counsel

 

 

Email: jsiegel@maximgrp.com

 

 

Accepted and Agreed to on

January 5, 2017, with an effective date

of January 3, 2017

 

INTERPACE DIAGNOSTICS GROUP, INC.

 

 

By:    

/s/ Jack E. Stover  

 

Name:    

Jack E. Stover 

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

Address for notice:

 

Morris Corporate Center 1, Building A
300 Interpace Parkway
Parsippany, NJ 07054

 

Email: jstover@interpacedx.com

 

 

[ Signature Page to Placement Agency Agreement ]

 

 
 

 

 

ADDENDUM A

 

INDEMNIFICATION PROVISIONS

 

In connection with the engagement of Maxim Group LLC (“Maxim”) by Interpace Diagnostics Group, Inc. (the “ Company ”) pursuant to a letter agreement effective as of January 3, 2017 between the Company and Maxim, as it may be amended from time to time in writing (the “ Agreement ”), the Company hereby agrees as follows:

 

1.

The Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold Maxim, its officers, directors, principals, employees, affiliates, and stockholders, and their successors and assigns, harmless from and against any and all loss, claim, damage, liability, deficiencies, actions, suits, proceedings, costs and legal expenses or expense whatsoever (including, but not limited to, reasonable legal fees and other expenses and reasonable disbursements incurred in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending any action, suit or proceeding, including any inquiry or investigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, or in appearing or preparing for appearance as witness in any proceeding, including any pretrial proceeding such as a deposition) (collectively the “Losses”) arising out of, based upon, or in any way related or attributed to, (i) any breach of a representation, warranty or covenant by the Company contained in the Agreement; or (ii) any activities or services performed hereunder by Maxim related to the transaction referred to in the Agreement, unless it is finally judicially determined in a court of competent jurisdiction that such Losses were the primary and direct result of the willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith of Maxim in performing the services hereunder.

   

2.

If Maxim receives written notice of the commencement of any legal action, suit or proceeding with respect to which the Company is or may be obligated to provide indemnification pursuant to this Section 2, Maxim shall, within twenty (20) days of the receipt of such written notice, give the Company written notice thereof (a “Claim Notice”). Failure to give such Claim Notice within such twenty (20) day period shall not constitute a waiver by Maxim of its right to indemnity hereunder with respect to such action, suit or proceeding; provided, however, the indemnification hereunder may be limited by any such failure to provide a Claim Notice to the Company that materially prejudices the Company. Upon receipt by the Company of a Claim Notice from Maxim with respect to any claim for indemnification which is based upon a claim made by a third party (“Third Party Claim”), the Company may assume the defense of the Third Party Claim with counsel of its own choosing, as described below. Maxim shall cooperate in the defense of the Third Party Claim and shall furnish such records, information and testimony and attend all such conferences, discovery proceedings, hearings, trials and appeals as may be reasonably required in connection therewith. Maxim shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action which shall be at the Company’s expense if (i) the Company and Maxim shall have mutually agreed in writing to the retention of such counsel, (ii) the Company shall have failed in a timely manner to assume the defense and employ counsel or experts reasonably satisfactory to Maxim in such litigation or proceeding or (iii) the named parties to any such litigation or proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include the Company and Maxim and representation of the Company and Maxim by the same counsel or experts would, in the reasonable opinion of Maxim, be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between the Company and Maxim. The Company shall not satisfy or settle any Third Party Claim for which indemnification has been sought and is available hereunder, without the prior written consent of Maxim, which consent shall not be delayed and which consent shall not be required if Maxim is granted a release in connection therewith. The indemnification provisions hereunder shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement.

   

3.

The Company further agrees, upon demand by Maxim, to promptly reimburse Maxim for, or pay, any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense as to which Maxim has been indemnified herein with such reimbursement to be made currently as any loss, damage, liability or expense is incurred by Maxim. Notwithstanding the provisions of the aforementioned Indemnification, any such reimbursement or payment by the Company of fees, expenses, or disbursements incurred by Maxim shall be repaid by Maxim in the event of any proceeding in which a final judgment (after all appeals or the expiration of time to appeal) is entered in a court of competent jurisdiction against Maxim based solely upon its gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in the performance of its duties hereunder, and provided further, that the Company shall not be required to make reimbursement or payment for any settlement effected without the Company’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

   

4.

If for any reason the foregoing indemnification is unavailable or is insufficient to hold such indemnified party harmless, the Company agrees to contribute the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as to reflect not only the relative benefits received by the Company, as the case may be, on the one hand, and Maxim, on the other hand, but also the relative fault of the Company and Maxim as well as any relevant equitable considerations. In no event shall Maxim contribute in excess of the fees actually received by it pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

   

5.

For purposes of this Agreement, each officer, director, stockholder, and employee or affiliate of Maxim and each person, if any, who controls Maxim (or any affiliate) within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, shall have the same rights as Maxim with respect to matters of indemnification by the Company hereunder.

 

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MAXIM GROUP LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

/s/ Clifford Teller 

 

 

Name:    

Clifford Teller 

 

 

Title:

Executive Managing Director, Investment Banking 

 

 

Date:

January 5, 2017 

 

 

Accepted and Agreed to on

January 5, 2017, with an effective date

of January 3, 2017

 

INTERPACE DIAGNOSTICS GROUP, INC.

 

 

By:    

/s/ Jack E. Stover 

 

Name:    

Jack E. Stover

 

Title:    

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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Exhibit 10.3

 

AMENDMENT TO

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement (this “ Amendment ”), effective as of January 3, 2017, is made between Interpace Diagnostics Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “ Purchaser ” and collectively the “ Purchasers ”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Purchasers are parties to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 3, 2017 (the “ Agreement ”) ; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Purchasers desire to amend the Agreement to clarify their intentions with respect to the securities and the terms thereof that the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company ;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.     The definition of “ Per Share Purchase Price ” in Section 1.1 of the Agreement is hereby replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

Per Share Purchase Price ” equals $6.81, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement.

 

2.     The first sentence of Section 2.1 of the Agreement is hereby replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, up to an aggregate of $4,290,300 of Shares.

 

3.     Section 2.2(a)(iv) of the Agreement is hereby replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

(iv) as applicable, a Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase up to an aggregate number of shares of Common Stock equal to the amount set forth on the signature page hereto, with an exercise price equal to $0.01, subject to adjustment therein; and

 

4.     For purposes of the Agreement, as amended hereby, each Purchaser’s “ Subscription Amount ” shall mean, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for Shares purchased under the Agreement, as amended hereby, as specified below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Amendment and next to the heading “Subscription Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately available funds.

 

5.     The following is hereby added as Section 4.15 to the Agreement:

 

4.15

 

Participation Right

 

At any time on or prior to the fifteen month anniversary of the Closing Date, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, directly or indirectly, issue, offer, sell, grant any option or right to purchase, or otherwise dispose of (or announce any issuance, offer, sale, grant of any option or right to purchase or other disposition of) any equity security or any equity-linked or related security (including, without limitation, any “equity security” (as that term is defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the 1933 Act), any Common Stock Equivalents, any preferred stock or any purchase rights) (any such issuance, offer, sale, grant, disposition or announcement (whether pursuant to a public or private offering) is referred to as a “Subsequent Placement”) unless the Company shall have first complied with this Section 4.15. The Company shall provide notice to each Purchaser at least one (1) Trading Day prior to any proposed or intended Subsequent Placement. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the right set forth in this Section 4.15 is a right granted by the Company, separately, to each Purchaser.

 

 
 

 

 

(i)     At least one (1) Trading Day prior to any proposed or intended Subsequent Placement, the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser an irrevocable written notice (the “Offer Notice”) of any proposed or intended issuance or sale or exchange (the “Offer”) of the securities being offered (the “Offered Securities”) in a Subsequent Placement, which Offer Notice shall (A) identify and describe the Offered Securities, (B) describe the price and other material terms upon which they are to be issued, sold or exchanged, and the number or amount of the Offered Securities to be issued, sold or exchanged, (C) include proposed drafts of the Subsequent Placement Documents (as defined below) and specify the proposed time at which the Company intends to execute the Subsequent Placement Documents, and (D) offer to issue and sell to or exchange with such Purchaser in accordance with the terms of the Offer such Purchaser’s pro rata portion of fifty percent (50%) of the Offered Securities, provided that the number of Offered Securities which such Purchaser shall have the right to subscribe for under this Section 4.15 shall be (x) based on such Purchaser’s pro rata portion of the aggregate Subscription Amount for all Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement (the “Basic Amount”), and (y) with respect to each Purchaser that elects to purchase its Basic Amount, any additional portion of the Offered Securities attributable to the Basic Amounts of other Purchasers as such Purchaser shall indicate it will purchase or acquire should the other Purchasers subscribe for less than their Basic Amounts (the “Undersubscription Amount”), which process shall be repeated until each Purchaser shall have an opportunity to subscribe for any remaining Undersubscription Amount.

 

(ii)     To accept an Offer, in whole or in part, such Purchaser must deliver a written notice to the Company prior to one (1) Trading Day after such Purchaser’s receipt of the Offer Notice (the “Offer Period”), setting forth the portion of such Purchaser’s Basic Amount that such Purchaser elects to purchase and, if such Purchaser shall elect to purchase all of its Basic Amount, the Undersubscription Amount, if any, that such Purchaser elects to purchase (in either case, the “Notice of Acceptance”). If the Basic Amounts subscribed for by all Purchasers are less than the total of all of the Basic Amounts, then each Purchaser who has set forth an Undersubscription Amount in its Notice of Acceptance shall be entitled to purchase, in addition to the Basic Amounts subscribed for, the Undersubscription Amount it has subscribed for; provided, however, if the Undersubscription Amounts subscribed for exceed the difference between the total of all the Basic Amounts and the Basic Amounts subscribed for (the “Available Undersubscription Amount”), each Purchaser who has subscribed for any Undersubscription Amount shall be entitled to purchase only that portion of the Available Undersubscription Amount as the Basic Amount of such Purchaser bears to the total Basic Amounts of all Purchasers that have subscribed for Undersubscription Amounts, subject to rounding by the Company to the extent it deems reasonably necessary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company desires to modify or amend the terms and conditions of the Offer prior to the expiration of the Offer Period, the Company may deliver to each Purchaser a new Offer Notice and the Offer Period shall expire one Trading Day after such Purchaser’s receipt of such new Offer Notice.

 

 
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(iii)     The Company shall have forty-eight (48) hours from the expiration of the Offer Period above (A) to offer, issue, sell or exchange all or any part of such Offered Securities as to which a Notice of Acceptance has not been given by a Purchaser (the “Refused Securities”) pursuant to a definitive agreement(s) (the “Subsequent Placement Agreement”), but only upon terms and conditions (including, without limitation, unit prices and interest rates) that are not more favorable to the acquiring Person or Persons or less favorable to the Company than those set forth in the Offer Notice and (B) to publicly announce (x) the execution of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, and (y) either (I) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such Subsequent Placement Agreement or (II) the termination of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, which shall be filed with the SEC on a Current Report on Form 8-K with such Subsequent Placement Agreement and any documents contemplated therein filed as exhibits thereto.

 

(iv)     In the event the Company shall propose to sell less than all the Refused Securities (any such sale to be in the manner and on the terms specified in Section 4.15(iii) above), then each Purchaser may, at its sole option and in its sole discretion, withdraw its Notice of Acceptance or reduce the number or amount of the Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance to an amount that shall be not less than the number or amount of the Offered Securities that such Purchaser elected to purchase pursuant to Section 4.15(ii) above multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be the number or amount of Offered Securities the Company actually proposes to issue, sell or exchange (including Offered Securities to be issued or sold to Purchasers pursuant to this Section 4.15 prior to such reduction) and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the original amount of the Offered Securities. In the event that any Purchaser so elects to reduce the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, the Company may not issue, sell or exchange more than the reduced number or amount of the Offered Securities unless and until such securities have again been offered to the Purchasers in accordance with Section 4.15(i) above.

 

(v)     Upon the closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the Refused Securities, such Purchaser shall acquire from the Company, and the Company shall issue to such Purchaser, the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, as reduced pursuant to Section 4.15(iv) above if such Purchaser has so elected, upon the terms and conditions specified in the Offer. The purchase by such Purchaser of any Offered Securities is subject in all cases to the preparation, execution and delivery by the Company and such Purchaser of a separate purchase agreement relating to such Offered Securities reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such Purchaser and its counsel.

 

(vi)     Any Offered Securities not acquired by a Purchaser or other Persons in accordance with this Section 4.15 may not be issued, sold or exchanged until they are again offered to such Purchaser under the procedures specified in this Agreement.

 

(vii)     The Company and each Purchaser agree that if any Purchaser elects to participate in the Offer, neither the Subsequent Placement Agreement with respect to such Offer nor any other transaction documents related thereto (collectively, the “Subsequent Placement Documents”) shall include any term or provision whereby such Purchaser shall be required to agree to any restrictions on trading as to any securities of the Company or be required to consent to any amendment to or termination of, or grant any waiver, release or the like under or in connection with, any agreement previously entered into with the Company or any instrument received from the Company.

 

 
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(viii)     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.15 and unless otherwise agreed to by such Purchaser, the Company shall either confirm in writing to such Purchaser that the transaction with respect to the Subsequent Placement has been abandoned or shall publicly disclose its intention to issue the Offered Securities, in either case, in such a manner such that such Purchaser will not be in possession of any material, non-public information, by the forty-eighth (48th) hour following delivery of the Offer Notice. If by such forty-eight (48th) hour, no public disclosure regarding a transaction with respect to the Offered Securities has been made, and no notice regarding the abandonment of such transaction has been received by such Purchaser, such transaction shall be deemed to have been abandoned and such Purchaser shall not be in possession of any material, non-public information with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Should the Company decide to pursue such transaction with respect to the Offered Securities, the Company shall provide such Purchaser with another Offer Notice and such Purchaser will again have the right of participation set forth in this Section 4.15.

 

(ix)     The restrictions contained in this Section 4.15 shall not apply in connection with (A) any Exempt Issuance (as defined in this Agreement), (B) any incurrence of debt or issuance of any debt security, in each case that is not a Common Stock Equivalent, or (C) any issuance of any equity security, equity-linked or related security pursuant to or in connection with any conversion or cancellation of any debt (or any similar transaction) outstanding on the date of this Agreement. The Company shall not circumvent the provisions of this Section 4.15 by providing terms or conditions to one or more Purchasers that are not provided to all Purchasers.

   

6.     In the event of any conflict between any information set forth on a Purchaser’s signature page to this Amendment and any information set forth on such Purchaser’s signature page to the Agreement, the information set forth on such Purchaser’s signature page to this Amendment shall supersede the information set forth on such Purchaser’s signature page to the Agreement.

 

7.     Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms as set forth in the Agreement.

 

8 .     This Amendment shall be effective as of the day and year first written above. Except as amended hereby, and as so amended, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall be otherwise unaffected hereby.

 

9 .     This Amendment may be executed in separate counterparts, each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories on the 5 th day of January, 2017, with an effective date of January 3, 2017 .

 

 

INTERPACE DIAGNOSTICS GROUP, INC. 

 

By:                                                                                  

Name:    Jack E. Stover     

Title:      President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO

AMENDMENT TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories on the 5 th day of January, 2017, with an effective date of January 3, 2017.

 

Name of Purchaser: ________________________________________________________

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser : _________________________________

 

Name of Authorized Signatory: _______________________________________________

 

Title of Authorized Signatory: ________________________________________________

 

Email Address of Authorized Signatory:_________________________________________

 

Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: __________________________________________

 

Address for Notice to Purchaser:

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Subscription Amount: $_________________

 

Shares: _________________

 

Warrants: 0 (zero)

 

EIN Number: _______________________

 

  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, by checking this box (i) the obligations of the above-signed to purchase the securities set forth in this Agreement to be purchased from the Company by the above-signed, and the obligations of the Company to sell such securities to the above-signed, shall be unconditional and all conditions to Closing shall be disregarded, (ii) the Closing shall occur on the third (3 rd ) Trading Day following the date of this Agreement and (iii) any condition to Closing contemplated by this Agreement (but prior to being disregarded by clause (i) above) that required delivery by the Company or the above-signed of any agreement, instrument, certificate or the like or purchase price (as applicable) shall no longer be a condition and shall instead be an unconditional obligation of the Company or the above-signed (as applicable) to deliver such agreement, instrument, certificate or the like or purchase price (as applicable) to such other party on the Closing Date.

 

  

 

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