UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 26, 2017

 

VBI VACCINES INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

British Columbia, Canada   000-37769   N/A
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

222 Third Street, Suite 2241

Cambridge, Massachusetts

  02142
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(617) 830-3031

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(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)
   
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[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company [X]

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Underwriting Agreement

 

On October 26, 2017, VBI Vaccines Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with BMO Capital Markets Corp. and Canaccord Genuity Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the “Underwriters”), relating to an underwritten public offering of 14,000,000 common shares (the “Underwritten Shares”) of the Company (the “Underwritten Offering”). All of the Underwritten Shares are being sold by the Company. The offering price to the public of the Underwritten Shares is $3.05 per share, and the Underwriters have agreed to purchase the Underwritten Shares from the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement at a price of $2.8365 per share. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the Underwriters an option, exercisable for 30 days, to purchase up to additional 2,100,000 common shares at the same price per share as the Underwritten Shares. After underwriting discounts and commissions, the Company expects to receive net proceeds from the Underwritten Offering of approximately $39.7 million (or approximately $45.7 million if the Underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional common shares).

 

The Underwritten Shares will be issued pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-217995) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and declared effective by the Commission on June 8, 2016. A preliminary prospectus supplement and prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the Underwritten Offering have been filed with the Commission. The Underwritten Offering is expected to close on or about October 30, 2017, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

 

A copy of the legal opinion and consent of Stikeman Elliott LLP, relating to the validity of the issuance and sale of the Underwritten Shares is attached as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.

 

The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations and warranties, agreements and obligations, conditions to closing and termination provisions. The Underwriting Agreement provides for indemnification by the Underwriters of the Company, its directors and certain of its executive officers, and by the Company of the Underwriters, for certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and affords certain rights of contribution with respect thereto. The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Subscription Agreement

 

On October 26, 2017, the Company entered into a subscription agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”) with certain investors relating to the Company’s registered direct offering, issuance and sale (the “Registered Direct Offering”) of 7,475,410 common shares (the “RD Shares”). The purchase price per RD Share was $3.05. The Company has not engaged an underwriter or placement agent in connection with the Registered Direct Offering.

 

The closing of the Registered Direct Offering is expected to take place on October 30, 2017. The Subscription Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by us and customary conditions to closing. In addition, closing of the Registered Direct Offering is contingent upon the Company completing, following the date of the Subscription Agreement and inclusive of the proceeds from the Registered Direct Offering, financings for an aggregate amount of $55 million.

 

As a finder’s fee in connection with the Registered Direct Offering, the Company agreed to issue to Pontifax (China) IV Limited Partnership, Pontifax (Israel) IV Limited Partnership and Pontifax (Cayman) IV Limited Partnership four-year warrants to purchase 550,000 common shares at an exercise price of $3.34 per share (collectively, the “Pontifax Warrants”).

 

 

 

 

Pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, immediately upon closing of the Registered Direct Offering, the Company will increase the current size of the board of directors by one member and elect to such newly created vacancy Ran Nussbaum to serve until his successor has been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the Company’s articles.

 

The RD Shares, the Pontifax Warrants and the common shares issuable upon exercise of the Pontifax Warrants will be issued pursuant to the Registration Statement. The Company has filed a prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the Registered Direct Offering with the Commission.

 

The foregoing description of the Subscription Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Subscription Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

 

A copy of the legal opinion and consent of Stikeman Elliott LLP, relating to the validity of the issuance and sale of the RD Shares, the Pontifax Warrants and the common shares issuable upon exercise of the Pontifax Warrants is attached as Exhibit 5.2 hereto, and a copy of the legal opinion and consent of Haynes and Boone, LLP relating to the enforceability of the Pontifax Warrants is filed as Exhibit 5.3 hereto, and each is also filed with reference to, and is hereby incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On October 26 2017, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the concurrent Underwritten Offering and the Registered Direct Offering of its common shares. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is hereby incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
1.1   Underwriting Agreement, dated October 26, 2017, by and among the Company and BMO Capital Markets Corp. and Canaccord Genuity Inc., as representatives of the several Underwriters
5.1   Opinion of Stikeman Elliott LLP
5.2   Opinion of Stikeman Elliott LLP
5.3   Opinion of Haynes and Boone, LLP
10.1   Form of Subscription Agreement, between the Company and the investor parties thereto
23.1   Consent of Stikeman Elliott LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 above)
23.2   Consent of Stikeman Elliott LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.2 above)
23.3   Consent of Haynes and Boone, LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.3 above)
99.1   Press Release dated October 26, 2017

 

 

 

 

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.

 

  VBI Vaccines Inc.
     
Date: October 27, 2017 By: /s/ Jeff Baxter
    Jeff Baxter
    President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Execution Copy

 

VBI Vaccines Inc.
14,000,000 Common Shares

(no par value per share)

 

Underwriting Agreement

 

October 26, 2017

 

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

Canaccord Genuity Inc.

  As Representatives of the Several Underwriters
named in Schedule A

 

c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp.

3 Times Square

New York, New York 10036

 

and

 

c/o Canaccord Genuity Inc.

350 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10017

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

VBI Vaccines Inc., a company incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (the “ Company ”), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule A (the “ Underwriters ”) an aggregate of 14,000,000 common shares, no par value per share (the “ Shares ”). The 14,000,000 Shares to be sold by the Company are called the “ Firm Shares .” In addition, the Company has granted to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 2,100,000 Shares as provided in ‎Section 2. The additional 2,100,000 Shares that may be sold by the Company pursuant to such option are collectively called the “ Optional Shares .” The Firm Shares and, if and to the extent such option is exercised, the Optional Shares, are collectively called the “ Offered Shares .” BMO Capital Markets Corp. (“ BMOCM ”) and Canaccord Genuity Inc. (“ Canaccord ”) have agreed to act as representatives of the several Underwriters (in such capacity, the “ Representatives ”) in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Shares. To the extent there are no additional underwriters listed on Schedule A , the term “Representatives” as used herein shall mean you, as Underwriters.

 

The Company has prepared and filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) a shelf registration statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-217995, including a base prospectus (the “ Base Prospectus ”) to be used in connection with the public offering and sale of the Offered Shares. Such registration statement, as amended, including the financial statements, exhibits and schedules thereto, in the form in which it became effective under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “ Securities Act ”), including all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein and any information deemed to be a part thereof at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A or Rule 430B under the Securities Act, is called the “ Registration Statement .” Any registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered Shares is called the “ Rule 462(b) Registration Statement ,” and from and after the date and time of filing of any such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement the term “Registration Statement” shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. The preliminary prospectus supplement dated October 25, 2017 describing the Offered Shares and the offering thereof (the “ Preliminary Prospectus Supplement ”), together with the Base Prospectus, is called the “ Preliminary Prospectus ,” and the Preliminary Prospectus and any other prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus in preliminary form that describes the Offered Shares and the offering thereof and is used prior to the filing of the Prospectus (as defined below), together with the Base Prospectus, is called a “ preliminary prospectus .” As used herein, the term “ Prospectus ” shall mean the final prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus that describes the Offered Shares and the offering thereof (the “ Final Prospectus Supplement ”), together with the Base Prospectus, in the form first used by the Underwriters to confirm sales of the Offered Shares or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act.

 

     
 

 

As used herein, “ Applicable Time ” is 8:30 a.m. (New York time) on October 26, 2017. As used herein, “ free writing prospectus ” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, and “ Time of Sale Prospectus ” means the Preliminary Prospectus, as amended or supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time, together with the free writing prospectuses, if any, identified on Schedule B hereto and the pricing information set forth on Schedule C hereto. As used herein, “Road Show” means a “road show” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act) relating to the offering of the Offered Shares contemplated hereby that is a “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act).

 

All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which are “contained,” “included” or “stated” in, or “part of” the Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, and all other references of like import, shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be.

 

All references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the filing of any document under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “ Exchange Act ”) that is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, or the Prospectus, as the case may be.

 

All references in this Agreement to (i) the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus, any amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing, or any free writing prospectus, shall include any copy thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“ EDGAR ”) and (ii) the Prospectus shall be deemed to include any “electronic Prospectus” provided for use in connection with the offering of the Offered Shares as contemplated by Section 3(n) of this Agreement.

 

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In the event that the Company has only one subsidiary, then all references herein to “subsidiaries” of the Company shall be deemed to refer to such single subsidiary, mutatis mutandis .

 

Concurrently with the offer and sale of the Offered Shares, the Company is offering Shares directly to certain investors pursuant to the Registration Statement and a separate prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus that describes the offering thereof (the “ Concurrent Registered Direct Offering ”) as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.

 

The Company hereby confirms its agreements with the Underwriters as follows:

 

1. Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date of this Agreement, the Applicable Time, the First Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) and each Option Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), if any, as follows:

 

(a) Compliance with Registration Requirements . The Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act. The Company has complied, to the Commission’s satisfaction, with all requests of the Commission for additional or supplemental information, if any. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission. At the time the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 (the “ Annual Report ”) was filed with the Commission, or, if later, at the time the Registration Statement was originally filed with the Commission, the Company met the then-applicable requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, or became effective under the Exchange Act, as the case may be, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act.

 

(b) Disclosure . Each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus when filed complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and, if filed by electronic transmission pursuant to EDGAR, was identical (except as may be permitted by Regulation S-T under the Securities Act) to the copy thereof delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered Shares. Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became or becomes effective and at all subsequent times, 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 to make the statements therein not misleading. As of the Applicable Time, the Time of Sale Prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus wrapper) did not, and at the time of each sale of the Offered Shares and at the First Closing Date (as defined in Section 2), the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented by the Company, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Prospectus (including any Prospectus wrapper), as of its date and (as then amended or supplemented) at all subsequent times, did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The representations and warranties set forth in the three immediately preceding sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, or the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information consists of the information described in Section 9(b) below. There are no contracts or other documents required to be described in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement which have not been described or filed as required. The disclosure documents filed by the Company on SEDAR comply with applicable securities laws in all material respects, do not contain any misrepresentations or omit to state any material fact. The Company has filed all disclosure documents required to be filed by it on SEDAR and there are no material outstanding comments from any Canadian securities regulators with respect to such documents that have not been resolved.

 

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(c) Free Writing Prospectuses; Road Show . As of the determination date referenced in Rule 164(h) under the Securities Act, the Company was not, is not or will not be (as applicable) an “ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering of the Offered Shares pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act. Each 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 public offer and sale of the Offered Shares did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus and not superseded or modified. Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule B , and electronic road shows, if any, furnished to you before first use, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without your prior written consent, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus in connection with the Offered Shares or in connection with the Concurrent Registered Direct Offering. Each Road Show, when considered together with the Time of Sale Prospectus, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(d) Market Capitalization . At the time the Registration Statement was originally declared effective, the Company met the then applicable requirements for the use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, including, but not limited to, General Instruction I.B.1 of Form S-3.

 

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(e) Distribution of Offering Material By the Company . Prior to the later of (i) the expiration or termination of the option granted to the several Underwriters in ‎Section 2, and (ii) the completion of the Underwriters’ distribution of the Offered Shares, the Company has not distributed and will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Shares other than the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any free writing prospectus reviewed and consented to by the Representatives, and the free writing prospectuses, if any, identified on Schedule B hereto. The Company has not distributed and will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares in the Concurrent Registered Direct Offering other than a form of subscription agreement, the Registration Statement and the prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus that describes the offering thereof.

 

(f) Financial Information . The consolidated financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, if any, together with the related notes and schedules, present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and the Subsidiaries (as defined below) as of the dates indicated and the consolidated results of operations, cash flows and changes in shareholders’ equity of the Company for the periods specified and have been prepared in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act and Exchange Act, applicable Canadian securities laws and rules and in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“ GAAP ”) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved; there are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus that are not included or incorporated by reference as required; the Company and the Subsidiaries (as defined below) do not have any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations), not described in the Registration Statement (excluding the exhibits thereto), the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; and all disclosures contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, to the extent applicable. The pro forma financial data of the Company and its Subsidiaries included under the caption “Dilution” in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus present fairly the information contained therein and have been properly presented on the bases described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

 

(g) Conformity with EDGAR Filing . The Preliminary Prospectus and Final Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with the sale of the Offered Shares pursuant to this Agreement will be identical to the versions of the Preliminary Prospectus and Final Prospectus created to be transmitted to the Commission for filing via EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

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(h) Organization . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are duly organized, validly existing as a corporation and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are duly licensed or qualified as a foreign corporation for transaction of business and in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such license or qualification, and have all corporate power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect or reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on or affecting the assets, business, operations, earnings, properties, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, shareholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or prevent or materially interfere with consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (a “ Material Adverse Effect ”).

 

(i) Subsidiaries . The subsidiaries set forth on Schedule D (collectively, the “ Subsidiaries ”), are the Company’s only significant subsidiaries (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission). Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the equity interests of the Subsidiaries free and clear of any lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal or other restriction, and all the equity interests of the Subsidiaries are validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive and similar rights. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, no Subsidiary is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such Subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such Subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company. SciVac USA, LLC is not engaged in any business or other conduct or operations, has no or de minimis employees, assets, franchises, permits, contract rights or other privileges, and has no liabilities or obligations, contingent or matured, of whatever nature, except for such privileges and obligations it may have solely as a result of its due organization under the laws of the State of Florida, none of which are material to the Company or used or involved in, or result from, the Company’s business.

 

(j) No Violation or Default . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its articles of incorporation, notice of articles, charter or by laws or any other organizational documents; (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 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 are subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority (as defined below), except, in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such violation or default that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s knowledge, no other party under any material contract or other agreement to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is a party is in default in any respect thereunder where such default would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(k) No Material Adverse Change . Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Free Writing Prospectuses, if any (including any document deemed incorporated by reference therein), there has not been (i) any Material Adverse Effect or the occurrence of any development that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) any transaction which is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (iii) any obligation or liability, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations), incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary, which is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (iv) any material change in the capital stock or outstanding long-term indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (v) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made on the capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary, other than in each case above in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement or Prospectus (including any document deemed incorporated by reference therein).

 

(l) Capitalization . The issued and outstanding shares of the Company have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and, other than as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights. The Company has an authorized, issued and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as of the dates referred to therein (other than the grant of additional options under the Company’s existing option plans, or changes in the number of outstanding shares of Common Shares of the Company (the “ Common Shares ”) due to the issuance of shares upon the exercise or conversion of securities exercisable for, or convertible into, Common Shares outstanding on the date hereof) and such authorized capital stock conforms in all material respects to the description thereof set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus. The description of the securities of the Company in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus is complete and accurate in all material respects. Except as disclosed in or contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, as of the date referred to therein, the Company does not have outstanding any options to purchase, or any rights or warrants to subscribe for, or any securities or obligations convertible into, or exchangeable for, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell, any shares of capital stock or other securities.

 

(m) Authorization; Enforceability . The Company has full legal right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and perform the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a legal, 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 bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles.

 

(n) Authorization of the Offered Shares . The Offered Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company against payment therefor pursuant to this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of any pledge, mortgage, hypothecation, lien, encumbrance, security interest or other claim, including any statutory or contractual preemptive rights, resale rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights, and will be registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act. The Offered Shares, when issued, will conform in all material respects to the description thereof set forth in or incorporated into the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.

 

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(o) No Consents Required . No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the issuance and sale by the Company of the Offered Shares, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable state and provincial securities laws or by the by laws and rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“ FINRA ”), NASDAQ or the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “ TSX ”) in connection with the sale of the Offered Shares.

 

(p) No Preferential Rights . Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, (i) no person, as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act (each, a “ Person ”), has the right, contractual or otherwise, to cause the Company to issue or sell to such Person any Common Shares or shares of any other capital stock or other securities of the Company, (ii) no Person has any preemptive rights, resale rights, rights of first refusal, rights of co-sale, or any other rights (whether pursuant to a “poison pill” provision or otherwise) to purchase any Common Shares or shares of any other capital stock or other securities of the Company, (iii) no Person has the right to act as an underwriter or as a financial advisor to the Company in connection with the offer and sale of the Common Shares, and (iv) no Person has the right, contractual or otherwise, to require the Company to register under the Securities Act or any other securities laws or rules, including applicable Canadian securities laws and rules, any Common Shares or shares of any other capital stock or other securities of the Company, or to include any such shares or other securities in the Registration Statement or the offering contemplated thereby, whether as a result of the filing or effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the sale of the Offered Shares as contemplated thereby or otherwise.

 

(q) Independent Public Accounting Firms . EisnerAmper LLP and Smythe LLP (the “ Accountants ”), whose reports on the consolidated financial statements of the Company are filed with the Commission as part of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, are and, during the periods covered by their report, were each an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and applicable Canadian securities laws and rules and Rule 204 of the Canadian Chartered Professional Accountants Rules. To the Company’s knowledge, neither of the Accountants are in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”) or of applicable Canadian securities laws and rules with respect to the Company.

 

(r) Enforceability of Agreements . All agreements between the Company and third parties expressly referenced in the Prospectus are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that (i) enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles and (ii) the indemnification provisions of certain agreements may be limited by federal, state or provincial securities laws or public policy considerations in respect thereof.

 

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(s) No Litigation . Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, there are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any Governmental Authority pending, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any audits or investigations by or before any Governmental Authority, to which the Company or a Subsidiary is a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or its Subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and, to the Company’s knowledge, no such actions, suits, proceedings, audits or investigations are threatened or contemplated by any Governmental Authority or threatened by others; and (i) there are no current or pending audits, investigations, actions, suits or proceedings by or before any Governmental Authority that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Time of Sale Prospectus or Prospectus that are not so described; and (ii) there are no contracts or other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not so filed.

 

(t) Consents and Permits . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries have made all filings, applications and submissions required by, possesses and is operating in compliance with, all approvals, licenses, certificates, certifications, clearances, consents, grants, exemptions, marks, notifications, orders, permits and other authorizations issued by, the appropriate federal, state, provincial or foreign Governmental Authority (including, without limitation, the United States Food and Drug Administration (the “ FDA ”), the United States Drug Enforcement Administration or any other foreign, federal, state, provincial, court or local government or regulatory authorities including self-regulatory organizations engaged in the regulation of clinical trials, pharmaceuticals, biologics or biohazardous substances or materials) necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or to conduct its businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus (collectively, “ Permits ”), except for such Permits the failure of which to possess, obtain or make the same could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Permits, except where the failure to be in compliance could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the Permits are valid and in full force and effect, except where any invalidity, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice relating to the limitation, revocation, cancellation, suspension, modification or non-renewal of any such Permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or has any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course, except where the failure to renew such license, certificate, permit or authorization is in the ordinary course. To the extent required by applicable laws and regulations of the FDA and Health Canada, the Company or the applicable Subsidiary has submitted to the FDA an Investigational New Drug Application and to Health Canada a Clinical Trial Application, or amendment or supplement thereto for each clinical trial it has conducted or sponsored or is conducting or sponsoring; all such submissions were in material compliance with applicable laws and rules and regulations when submitted and no material deficiencies have been asserted by the FDA or Health Canada with respect to any such submissions. The Company and each Subsidiary possess such valid and current certificates, authorizations or permits issued by the appropriate state, provincial, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct their respective businesses, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received, or has any reason to believe that it will receive, any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of, or non-compliance with, any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, could reasonably be expected to have in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(u) Regulatory Filings . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has failed to file with the applicable Governmental Authority (including the FDA, Health Canada or any foreign, federal, state, provincial or local Governmental Authority performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA) any required filing, declaration, listing, registration, report or submission, except for such failures that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, all such filings, declarations, listings, registrations, reports or submissions were in material compliance with applicable laws when filed and no deficiencies have been asserted by any applicable regulatory authority with respect to any such filings, declarations, listings, registrations, reports or submissions, except for any deficiencies that, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has operated and currently is, in all material respects, in compliance with the United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Food and Drug Act (Canada), all applicable rules and regulations of the FDA, Health Canada and other federal, state, provincial, local and foreign Governmental Authority exercising comparable authority. The Company has no knowledge of any studies, tests or trials not described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus the results of which reasonably call into question in any material respect the results of the studies, tests and trials described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.

 

(v) Intellectual Property . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use, or could obtain om commercially reasonable terms, all foreign and domestic patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, Internet domain names, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the “ Intellectual Property ”), necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as now conducted except to the extent that the failure to own, possess, license or otherwise hold adequate rights to use such Intellectual Property would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus (i) there are no rights of third parties to any such Intellectual Property owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries, except for licenses granted in the ordinary course to third parties, or that could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property; (iii) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ rights in or to any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which could form a reasonable basis for any such action, suit, proceeding or claim; (iv) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property; (v) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company and its Subsidiaries infringe or otherwise violate any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others; (vi) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no third-party U.S. patent or published U.S. patent application which contains claims for which an Interference Proceeding (as defined in 35 U.S.C. § 135), or the equivalent in any other jurisdiction, has been commenced against any patent or patent application described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus as being owned by or licensed to the Company; and (vii) the Company and its Subsidiaries have complied with the terms of each agreement pursuant to which Intellectual Property has been licensed to the Company or such Subsidiary, and all such agreements are in full force and effect, except, in the case of any of clauses (i)-(vii) above, for any such infringement by third parties or any such pending or threatened suit, action, proceeding or claim as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(w) Clinical Studies . The preclinical studies and tests and clinical trials described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus were, and, if still pending, are being conducted in all material respects in accordance with the experimental protocols, procedures and controls pursuant to, where applicable, accepted professional and scientific standards for products or product candidates comparable to those being developed by the Company; the descriptions of such studies, tests and trials, and the results thereof, contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus are accurate and complete in all material respects; the Company is not aware of any tests, studies or trials not described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, the results of which reasonably call into question the results of the tests, studies and trials described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; and the Company has not received any written notice or correspondence from the FDA, Health Canada or any foreign, state, provincial or local Governmental Authority exercising comparable authority or any institutional review board or comparable authority requiring the termination, suspension, clinical hold or material modification of any tests, studies or trials.

 

(x) No Material Defaults . Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has defaulted on any installment on indebtedness for borrowed money or on any rental on one or more long-term leases, which defaults, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not (i) failed to pay any dividend or sinking fund installment on preferred shares or (ii) defaulted on any installment on indebtedness for borrowed money or on any rental on one or more long-term leases, which defaults, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(y) Certain Market Activities . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common Shares or of any other securities, including any “reference security” (as defined in Rule 100 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act ( “Regulation M” )) with respect to the Common Shares, whether to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Shares or otherwise, and has taken no action which would directly or indirectly violate Regulation M or applicable Canadian or foreign securities laws and rules.

 

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(z) Broker/Dealer Relationships . Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries (i) is required to register as a “broker” or “dealer” in accordance with the provisions of the Exchange Act, applicable Canadian securities laws and rules or (ii) directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is a “person associated with a member” or “associated person of a member” (within the meaning set forth in the FINRA Manual).

 

(aa) No Reliance . The Company has not relied upon the Underwriters or legal counsel for the Underwriters for any legal, tax or accounting advice in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Shares or in connection with the Concurrent Registered Direct Offering.

 

(bb) Taxes . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, provincial, local and foreign tax returns which have been required to be filed and paid all taxes shown thereon through the date hereof, to the extent that such taxes have become due and are not being contested in good faith, except where the failure to so file or pay could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed in or contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has no knowledge of any federal, state, provincial or other governmental tax deficiency, penalty or assessment which has been or might be asserted or threatened against it which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(cc) Title to Real and Personal Property . Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all items of real property owned by them, good and valid title to all personal property described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus as being owned by them that are material to the businesses of the Company or such Subsidiary, in each case free and clear of all mortgages, liens, encumbrances and claims, except those matters that (i) do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Any real or personal property described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus as being leased by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries is held by them under valid, existing and enforceable leases, except those that (A) do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (B) could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries complies with all applicable codes, laws and regulations (including, without limitation, building and zoning codes, laws and regulations and laws relating to access to such properties), except if and to the extent disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus or except for such failures to comply that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to interfere in any material respect with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its Subsidiaries or otherwise have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company or its Subsidiaries has received from any Governmental Authorities any notice of any condemnation of, or zoning change affecting, the properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and the Company knows of no such condemnation or zoning change which is threatened, except for such that would not reasonably be expected to interfere in any material respect with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its Subsidiaries or otherwise have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate.

 

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(dd) Environmental Laws . Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, provincial, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “ Environmental Laws ”); (ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus; and (iii) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, except, in the case of any of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above, for any such failure to comply or failure to receive required permits, licenses, other approvals or liability as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(ee) RESERVED .

 

(ff) Disclosure Controls . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain systems of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective and the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting (other than as set forth in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus or Prospectus). Since the date of the latest audited financial statements of the Company included in the Prospectus, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (other than as set forth in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus or Prospectus). The Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15) and for the purposes of National Instrument 52-109 - Certification of Disclosure in Issuers’ Annual and Interim Filings (“ 52-109 ”) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is made known to the certifying officers by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, is being prepared. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of the Form 10-K for the fiscal year most recently ended (such date, the “Evaluation Date ”). The Company presented in its Form 10-K for the fiscal year most recently ended the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date and the disclosure controls and procedures are effective. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no significant changes in the Company’s internal controls (as such term is defined in Item 307(b) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act) or, to the Company’s knowledge, in other factors that could significantly affect the Company’s internal controls.

 

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(gg) Board / Committee Composition . The Audit Committee of the board of directors of the Company is comprised solely of “independent directors” as required under applicable securities laws and the rules of NASDAQ and the TSX. The majority of the members of the board of directors of the Company are “independent directors” within the meaning of applicable securities laws and rules.

 

(hh) Sarbanes-Oxley . There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Each of the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the Company (or each former principal executive officer of the Company and each former principal financial officer of the Company as applicable) has made all certifications required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act with respect to all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it or furnished by it to the Commission. For purposes of the preceding sentence, “principal executive officer” and “principal financial officer” shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

(ii) Brokers . Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has incurred any liability for any finder’s fees, brokerage commissions or similar payments in connection with the transactions herein contemplated, except as may otherwise exist with respect to or pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(jj) Labor Disputes and Matters . Neither the Company or any of its Subsidiaries employs any person represented by a union or collective bargaining unit. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(kk) Investment Company Act . Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is, or will be, either after receipt of payment for the Offered Shares or after the application of the proceeds therefrom as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, or after receipt of payment for the Shares offered in the Concurrent Registered Direct Offering, required to register as an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”) .

 

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(ll) Operations . The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with applicable financial record keeping and reporting requirements of applicable law, including the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions to which the Company or its Subsidiaries are subject, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Authority (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Authority involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

(mm) Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements . There are no transactions, arrangements and other relationships between and/or among the Company, and/or any of its affiliates and any unconsolidated entity, in each case, to the extent directly or indirectly controlled by the Company, including, but not limited to, any structural finance, special purpose or limited purpose entity (each, an “ Off-Balance Sheet Transaction ”) that could reasonably be expected to affect materially the Company’s liquidity or the availability of or requirements for its capital resources, including those Off-Balance Sheet Transactions described in the Commission’s Statement about Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations (Release Nos. 33-8056; 34-45321; FR-61), required to be described in the Prospectus which have not been described as required.

 

(nn) ERISA . To the knowledge of the Company, each material employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ ERISA ”), that is maintained, administered or contributed to by the Company or any of its affiliates for employees or former employees of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries has been maintained in material compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”); no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred which would result in a material liability to the Company with respect to any such plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; and for each such plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no “accumulated funding deficiency” as defined in Section 412 of the Code has been incurred, whether or not waived, and the fair market value of the assets of each such plan (excluding for these purposes accrued but unpaid contributions) exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such plan determined using reasonable actuarial assumptions. Each of the material employee benefit plans of the Company complies in all material respects with applicable law.

 

(oo) Forward-Looking Statements . Each financial or operational projection or other “forward-looking statement” (as defined by Section 27A of the Securities Act or Section 21E of the Exchange Act, or as defined by any other applicable securities laws) contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus (i) was so included by the Company in good faith and with reasonable basis after due consideration by the Company of the underlying assumptions, estimates and other applicable facts and circumstances and (ii) is accompanied by meaningful cautionary statements identifying those factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statement. No such statement was made with the knowledge of an executive officer or director of the Company that it was false or misleading.

 

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(pp) Margin Rules . Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Offered Shares nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.

 

(qq) Insurance . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as the Company and each of its Subsidiaries reasonably believe are adequate for the conduct of their business and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries.

 

(rr) No Improper Practices . (i) Neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any agent, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary has, in the past five years, made any unlawful contributions to any candidate for any political office (or failed fully to disclose any contribution in violation of applicable law) or made any contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any federal, state, provincial, municipal, or foreign office or other person charged with similar public or quasi-public duty in violation of any applicable law or of the character required to be disclosed in the Prospectus; (ii) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any Subsidiary or any affiliate of any of them, on the one hand, and the directors, officers and shareholders of the Company or any Subsidiary, on the other hand, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus that is not so described; (iii) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any Subsidiary or any affiliate of them, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, or shareholders of the Company or any Subsidiary, on the other hand, that is required by the rules of FINRA to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus that is not so described; (iv) except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, there are no material outstanding loans or advances or material guarantees of indebtedness by the Company or any Subsidiary to or for the benefit of any of their respective officers or directors or any of the members of the families of any of them; and (v) the Company has not offered, or caused any placement agent to offer, Common Shares to any person with the intent to influence unlawfully (A) a customer or supplier of the Company or any Subsidiary to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with the Company or any Subsidiary or (B) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective products or services, and, (vi) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor any director, officer or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any agent, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary has (A) violated or is in violation of any applicable provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (Canada) or Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada), each as amended, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law (collectively, “ Anti-Corruption Laws ”), (B) promised, offered, provided, attempted to provide or authorized the provision of anything of value, directly or indirectly, to any person for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business, influencing any act or decision of the recipient or securing any improper advantage, or (C) made any payment of funds of the Company or any Subsidiary or received or retained any funds in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws.

 

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(ss) No Conflicts . Neither the execution of this Agreement, nor the issuance, offering or sale of the Offered Shares, nor the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated herein and therein, nor the compliance by the Company with the terms and provisions hereof and thereof will conflict with, or will result in a breach of, any of the terms and provisions of, or has constituted or will constitute a default under, or has resulted in or will result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of any contract or other agreement to which the Company may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject, except (i) such conflicts, breaches or defaults as may have been waived and (ii) such conflicts, breaches and defaults that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; nor will such action result (x) in any violation of the provisions of the organizational or governing documents of the Company, or (y) in any violation of the provisions of any statute or any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Company other than, with respect to clause (y) only, any violation that would not have a Material Adverse Effect; provided however , such violation shall not have any adverse effect with respect to any Underwriter.

 

(tt) Sanctions . (i) The Company represents that, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “ Entity ”) or any director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or representative of the Entity, is a government, individual, or entity (in this paragraph (tt), “ Person ”) that is, or is owned or controlled by a Person that is:

 

(A) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“ OFAC ”), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, under the Special Economic Measures Act (Canada), or other relevant sanctions authorities, including designation on OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, OFAC’s Foreign Sanctions Evaders List or other similar applicable legislation or rules (as amended, collectively, “ Sanctions ”), nor

 

(B) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions that broadly prohibit dealings with that country or territory (including, but not limited to, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria and the Crimea Region of the Ukraine) (the “ Sanctioned Countries ”).

 

(ii) The Entity represents and covenants that it will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person:

 

(A) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions or is a Sanctioned Country; or

 

(B) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise).

 

 

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(iii) The Entity represents and covenants that, except as detailed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, for the past 5 years, it has not engaged in, is not now engaging in, and will not engage in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions or is or was a Sanctioned Country.

 

(uu) Compliance with Laws . Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries: (i) is and at all times has been in compliance with all statutes, rules, or regulations applicable to the ownership, testing, development, manufacture, packaging, processing, use, distribution, marketing, labeling, promotion, sale, offer for sale, storage, import, export or disposal of any product manufactured or distributed by the Company or its Subsidiaries (“ Applicable Laws ”), except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) has not received any FDA Form 483, notice of adverse finding, warning letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or notice from the FDA, Health Canada or any other Governmental Authority alleging or asserting noncompliance with any Applicable Laws or any licenses, certificates, approvals, clearances, authorizations, permits and supplements or amendments thereto required by any such Applicable Laws (“ Authorizations ”); (iii) possesses all material Authorizations and such Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect and are not in material violation of any term of any such Authorizations; (iv) has not received notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from any Governmental Authority or third party alleging that any product operation or activity is in violation of any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and has no knowledge that any such Governmental Authority or third party is considering any such claim, litigation, arbitration, action, suit, investigation or proceeding; (v) has not received notice that any Governmental Authority has taken, is taking or intends to take action to limit, suspend, modify or revoke any Authorizations and has no knowledge that any such Governmental Authority is considering such action; (vi) has filed, obtained, maintained or submitted all material reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments as required by any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and that all such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments were complete and correct on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent submission); and (vii) other than the voluntary recall of Sci-B-Vac in 2015 as previously publicly disclosed, has not, either voluntarily or involuntarily, initiated, conducted, or issued or caused to be initiated, conducted or issued, any recall, market withdrawal or replacement, safety alert, post sale warning, “dear healthcare provider” letter, or other notice or action relating to the alleged lack of safety or efficacy of any product or any alleged product defect or violation and, to the Company’s knowledge, no third party has initiated, conducted or intends to initiate any such notice or action.

 

(vv) Statistical and Market-Related Data . All statistical, demographic and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate or represent the Company’s good faith estimates that are made on the basis of data derived from such sources.

 

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(ww) Stock Exchange Listing . The Common Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and are listed on The NASDAQ Capital Market (the “ NASDAQ ”) and the TSX, 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 or the TSX, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission, the NASDAQ or the TSX is contemplating terminating such registration or listing. To the Company’s knowledge, it is in compliance with all applicable listing requirements of NASDAQ and the TSX.

 

(xx) Related-Party Transactions . There are no business relationships or related-party transactions involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any other person required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus that have not been described as required.

 

(yy) FINRA Matters . All of the information provided to the Underwriters or to counsel for the Underwriters by the Company, its counsel, its officers and directors in connection with the offering of the Offered Shares is true, complete, correct and compliant with FINRA’s rules and any letters, filings or other supplemental information provided to FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rules is true, complete and correct.

 

(zz) Parties to Lock-Up Agreements . The Company has furnished to the Underwriters a letter agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Lock-up Agreement ”) from each of the persons listed on Exhibit B . Such Exhibit B lists under an appropriate caption the directors and executive officers and certain other shareholders of the Company. If any additional persons shall become directors or executive officers of the Company prior to the end of the Company Lock-up Period (as defined below), the Company shall cause each such person, prior to or contemporaneously with their appointment or election as a director or executive officer of the Company, to execute and deliver to the Representatives a Lock-up Agreement.

 

(aaa) No Rights to Purchase Shares . The issuance and sale of the Offered Shares as contemplated hereby will not cause any holder of any shares of capital stock, securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for capital stock or options, warrants or other rights to purchase shares or any other securities of the Company to have any right to acquire any shares or preferred shares of the Company.

 

(bbb) No Contract Terminations . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has sent or received any communication regarding termination of, or intent not to renew, any of the contracts or agreements referred to or described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, and no such termination or non-renewal has been threatened by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other party to any such contract or agreement, which threat of termination or non-renewal has not been rescinded as of the date hereof.

 

(ccc) No Distribution from British Columbia . The majority of trading in the Company’s securities occurs on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The Company does not have any significant assets located in British Columbia or derive any revenues from operations in British Columbia. The Company does not have a significant portion of securityholders who are resident in British Columbia.

 

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Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and delivered to any Underwriter or to counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering, or the purchase and sale, of the Offered Shares shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.

 

The Company has a reasonable basis for making each of the representations set forth in this Section 1. The Company acknowledges that the Underwriters and, for purposes of the opinions to be delivered pursuant to Section 6 hereof, counsel to the Company and counsel to the Underwriters, will rely upon the accuracy and truthfulness of the foregoing representations and hereby consents to such reliance.

 

2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Offered Shares .

 

(a) The Firm Shares . Upon the terms herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to the several Underwriters an aggregate of 14,000,000 Firm Shares. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective number of Firm Shares set forth opposite their names on Schedule A . The purchase price per Firm Share to be paid by the several Underwriters to the Company shall be $2.8365 per share.

 

(b) The First Closing Date . Delivery of book-entry entitlements for the Firm Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters and payment therefor shall be made at the offices of Goodwin Procter LLP, 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Company and the Representatives) at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time, on October 30, 2017, or such other time and date as the Representatives shall designate by notice to the Company (the time and date of such closing are called the “ First Closing Date ”). The Company hereby acknowledges that circumstances under which the Representatives may provide notice to postpone the First Closing Date as originally scheduled include, but are not limited to, any determination by the Company or the Representatives to recirculate to the public copies of an amended or supplemented Prospectus or a delay as contemplated by the provisions of Section 11.

 

(c) The Optional Shares; Option Closing Date . In addition, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to an aggregate of 2,100,000 Optional Shares from the Company at the purchase price per share to be paid by the Underwriters for the Firm Shares. The option granted hereunder may be exercised at any time and from time to time in whole or in part upon notice by the Representatives to the Company, which notice may be given at any time within 30 days from the date of this Agreement. Such notice shall set forth (i) the aggregate number of Optional Shares as to which the Underwriters are exercising the option and (ii) the time, date and place at which book-entry entitlements for the Optional Shares will be delivered (which time and date may be simultaneous with, but not earlier than, the First Closing Date; and in the event that such time and date are simultaneous with the First Closing Date, the term “ First Closing Date ” shall refer to the time and date of delivery of book-entry entitlements for the Firm Shares and such Optional Shares). Any such time and date of delivery, if subsequent to the First Closing Date, is called an “ Option Closing Date, ” shall be determined by the Representatives and shall not be earlier than three or later than five full business days after delivery of such notice of exercise. If any Optional Shares are to be purchased, (a) each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the number of Optional Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as the Representatives may determine) that bears the same proportion to the total number of Optional Shares to be purchased as the number of Firm Shares set forth on Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Shares and (b) the Company agrees to sell the number of Optional Shares set forth in the paragraph “Introductory” of this Agreement (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as the Representatives may determine). The Representatives may cancel the option at any time prior to its expiration by giving written notice of such cancellation to the Company.

 

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(d) Public Offering of the Offered Shares . The Representatives hereby advise the Company that the Underwriters intend to offer for sale to the public, initially on the terms set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, their respective portions of the Offered Shares as soon after this Agreement has been executed as the Representatives, in their sole judgment, have determined is advisable and practicable.

 

(e) Payment for the Offered Shares . Payment for the Offered Shares shall be made at the First Closing Date (and, if applicable, at each Option Closing Date) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the order of the Company. It is understood that the Representatives have been authorized, for their own account and the accounts of the several Underwriters, to accept delivery of and receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Firm Shares and any Optional Shares the Underwriters have agreed to purchase. Each of BMOCM and Canaccord, individually and not as the Representatives of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment for any Offered Shares to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds shall not have been received by the Representatives by the First Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be, for the account of such Underwriter, but any such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from any of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(f) Delivery of the Offered Shares . The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered to the Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters book-entry entitlements for the Firm Shares at the First Closing Date, against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately available funds for the amount of the purchase price therefor. The Company shall also deliver, or cause to be delivered through the facilities of DTC unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct, to the Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters, book-entry entitlements for the Optional Shares the Underwriters have agreed to purchase at the First Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be, against the release of a wire transfer of immediately available funds for the amount of the purchase price therefor. If the Representatives so elect, delivery of the Offered Shares will be made by credit to the accounts designated by the Representatives through The Depository Trust Company’s full fast transfer or DWAC programs. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified in this Agreement is a further condition to the obligations of the Underwriters.

 

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3. Additional Covenants of the Company .

 

The Company further covenants and agrees with each Underwriter as follows:

 

(a) Delivery of Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus and Prospectus. The Company shall furnish to you in New York City, without charge, prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and during the period when a prospectus relating to the Offered Shares is required by the Securities Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act or any similar rule) in connection with sales of the Offered Shares, as many copies of the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and any supplements and amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as you may reasonably request.

 

(b) Representatives’ Review of Proposed Amendments and Supplements. During the period when a prospectus relating to the Offered Shares is required by the Securities Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act or any similar rule), the Company (i) will furnish to the Representatives for review, a reasonable period of time prior to the proposed time of filing of any proposed amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, a copy of each such amendment or supplement and (ii) will not amend or supplement the Registration Statement (including any amendment or supplement through incorporation of any report filed under the Exchange Act) without the Representatives’ prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Prior to amending or supplementing any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus (including any amendment or supplement through incorporation of any report filed under the Exchange Act), the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review, a reasonable amount of time prior to the time of filing or use of the proposed amendment or supplement, a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement. The Company shall not file or use any such proposed amendment or supplement without the Representatives’ prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. The Company shall file with the Commission within the applicable period specified in Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act any prospectus required to be filed pursuant to such Rule.

 

(c) Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review, a reasonable amount of time prior to the proposed time of filing or use thereof, a copy of each proposed free writing prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company, and the Company shall not file, use or refer to any proposed free writing prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto without the Representatives’ prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. The Company shall furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of, used by or referred to by the Company as such Underwriter may reasonably request. If at any time when a prospectus is required by the Securities Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act or any similar rule) in connection with sales of the Offered Shares (but in any event if at any time through and including the First Closing Date) there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at such time, not misleading, the Company shall promptly amend or supplement such free writing prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict so that the statements in such free writing prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at such time, not misleading, as the case may be; provided, however , that prior to amending or supplementing any such free writing prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review, a reasonable amount of time prior to the proposed time of filing or use thereof, a copy of such proposed amended or supplemented free writing prospectus, and the Company shall not file, use or refer to any such amended or supplemented free writing prospectus without the Representatives’ prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

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(d) Filing of Underwriter Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company shall not take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that such Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.

 

(e) Amendments and Supplements to Time of Sale Prospectus. If the Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy the Offered Shares at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, and any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the Time of Sale Prospectus does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when delivered to a prospective purchaser, not misleading, or if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable law, the Company shall (subject to Section 3(b) and Section 3(c) hereof) promptly prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when delivered to a prospective purchaser, not misleading or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will no longer conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.

 

(f) Certain Notifications and Required Actions. During the period when a prospectus relating to the Offered Shares is required by the Securities Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act or any similar rule), the Company shall promptly advise the Representatives in writing of: (i) the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission; (ii) the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any free writing prospectus or the Prospectus; (iii) the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective; and (iv) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or any amendment or supplement to any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any free writing prospectus or the Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing or quotation the Shares from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading or included or designated for quotation, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its best efforts to obtain the lifting of such order as soon as practicable. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with all applicable provisions of Rule 424(b), Rule 433 and Rule 430B under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission.

 

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(g) Amendments and Supplements to the Prospectus and Other Securities Act Matters. If any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus so that the Prospectus does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act or any similar rule) to a purchaser, not misleading, or if in the opinion of the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters it is otherwise necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, the Company agrees (subject to Section 3(b) and Section 3(c) hereof) to promptly prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act or any similar rule) to a purchaser, not misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law. Neither the Representatives’ consent to, nor delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the Company’s obligations under Section 3(b) or Section 3(c).

 

(h) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company shall cooperate with the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters to qualify or register the Offered Shares for sale under (or obtain exemptions from the application of) the state securities or blue sky laws (or other foreign laws as reasonably requested by the Underwriters and agreed to by the Company) of those jurisdictions designated by the Representatives, shall comply in all material respects with such laws and shall continue such qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Offered Shares. The Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or where it would be subject to taxation as a foreign corporation or other entity. The Company will advise the Representatives promptly of the suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating to) the Offered Shares for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the issuance of any order suspending such qualification, registration or exemption, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal thereof as soon as practicable.

 

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(i) Use of Proceeds. The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Offered Shares sold by it in the manner described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.

 

(j) Transfer Agent. The Company shall engage and maintain, at its expense, a registrar and transfer agent for the Common Shares.

 

(k) Earnings Statement. The Company will make generally available (which may be satisfied by filing with EDGAR) to its security holders and to the Representatives as soon as practicable an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company commencing after the date of this Agreement that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

(l) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company will comply with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and all applicable Canadian securities laws so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Offered Shares as contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Offered Shares is required by the Securities Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act or any similar rule), file on a timely basis with the Commission and the NASDAQ all reports and documents required to be filed under the Exchange Act.

 

(m) Listing. The Company will use its best efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, the Offered Shares on the NASDAQ and on the TSX.

 

(n) Company to Provide Copy of the Prospectus in Form That May be Downloaded from the Internet. If requested by the Representatives, the Company shall cause to be prepared and delivered, at its expense, within one business day from the effective date of this Agreement, to the Representatives, an “ electronic Prospectus ” to be used by the Underwriters in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Shares. As used herein, the term “ electronic Prospectus ” means a form of Time of Sale Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, that meets each of the following conditions: (i) it shall be encoded in an electronic format, satisfactory to the Representatives, that may be transmitted electronically by the Representatives and the other Underwriters to offerees and purchasers of the Offered Shares; (ii) it shall disclose the same information as the paper Time of Sale Prospectus, except to the extent that graphic and image material cannot be disseminated electronically, in which case such graphic and image material shall be replaced in the electronic Prospectus with a fair and accurate narrative description or tabular representation of such material, as appropriate; and (iii) it shall be in or convertible into a paper format or an electronic format, satisfactory to the Representatives, that will allow investors to store and have continuously ready access to the Time of Sale Prospectus at any future time, without charge to investors (other than any fee charged for subscription to the Internet as a whole and for on-line time). The Company hereby confirms that it has included or will include in the Prospectus filed pursuant to EDGAR or otherwise with the Commission and in the Registration Statement at the time it was declared effective an undertaking that, upon receipt of a request by an investor or his or her representative, the Company shall transmit or cause to be transmitted promptly, without charge, a paper copy of the Time of Sale Prospectus.

 

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(o) Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Shares. During the period commencing on and including the date hereof and continuing through and including the 90th day following the date of the Prospectus (such period, as extended as described below, being referred to herein as the “ Lock-up Period ”), the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives (which consent may be withheld in their sole discretion), directly or indirectly: (i) sell, offer to sell, contract to sell or lend any Shares or Related Securities (as defined below); (ii) effect any short sale, or establish or increase any “put equivalent position” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act) or liquidate or decrease any “call equivalent position” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(b) under the Exchange Act) of any Shares or Related Securities; (iii) pledge, hypothecate or grant any security interest in any Shares or Related Securities; (iv) in any other way transfer or dispose of any Shares or Related Securities; (v) enter into any swap, hedge or similar arrangement or agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic risk of ownership of any Shares or Related Securities, regardless of whether any such transaction is to be settled in securities, in cash or otherwise; (vi) announce the offering of any Shares or Related Securities; (vii) file any registration statement under the Securities Act or prospectus in Canada under applicable securities laws in respect of any Shares or Related Securities (other than as contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Offered Shares); or (viii) publicly announce the intention to do any of the foregoing; provided, however , that the Company may (A) effect the transactions contemplated hereby; (B) issue Shares or options to purchase Shares or restricted stock units or similar equity securities, or issue Shares upon exercise of options, restricted stock units or similar equity securities, pursuant to any options, share bonus or other share plan or arrangement described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; (C) file a registration statement on Form S-8; (D) issue or sell Shares or Related Securities to a third party as part of a transaction that also involves a bona fide commercial relationship, including, without limitation, a joint venture, a marketing or distribution arrangement, a collaboration agreement or license of intellectual property, or the acquisition or license by the Company of securities, businesses, property or other assets of another person or entity; provided, however , that in the case of clause (D), such Shares shall not in the aggregate exceed 10% of the Company’s outstanding Common Shares after giving effect to the sale of the Offered Shares contemplated by this Agreement; (E) issue Shares pursuant to that certain Equity Distribution Agreement dated May 15, 2017 by and between the Company and Canaccord; (F) issue Shares in connection with the settlement of any litigation, claims or other disputes, or in satisfaction of any judgments or other awards, in each case as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, as agreed to by the Company and the Representatives on the date hereof; and (G) issue Shares and Related Securities pursuant to the Concurrent Registered Direct Offering. For purposes of the foregoing, “ Related Securities ” shall mean any options or warrants or other rights to acquire Shares or any securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Shares, or to acquire other securities or rights ultimately exchangeable or exercisable for, or convertible into, Shares.

 

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(p) Future Reports to the Representatives. During the period of five years hereafter, the Company will furnish to the Representatives: (i) as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, copies of the Annual Report of the Company containing the balance sheet of the Company as of the close of such fiscal year and statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the year then ended and the opinion thereon of the Company’s independent public or certified public accountants; (ii) as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, copies of each proxy statement, Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other report filed by the Company with the Commission, FINRA or any securities exchange; and (iii) as soon as available, copies of any report or communication of the Company furnished or made available generally to holders of its capital stock; provided, however, that the requirements of this Section 3(p) shall be satisfied to the extent that such reports, statement, communications, financial statements or other documents are available on EDGAR.

 

(q) Investment Limitation. The Company shall not invest or otherwise use the proceeds received by the Company from its sale of the Offered Shares or its sale of Shares in the Concurrent Registered Direct Offering in such a manner as would require the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.

 

(r) No Stabilization or Manipulation and Compliance with Regulation M. The Company will not take, and will use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that no affiliate of the Company will take, directly or indirectly, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, any action designed to or that might cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common Shares or any reference security with respect to the Common Shares, whether to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Shares or otherwise, and the Company will, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause each of its affiliates to, comply with all applicable provisions of Regulation M.

 

(s) Enforce Lock-Up Agreements. During the Lock-up Period, the Company will enforce all agreements between the Company and any of its security holders that restrict or prohibit, expressly or in operation, the offer, sale or transfer of Shares or Related Securities or any of the other actions restricted or prohibited under the terms of the form of Lock-up Agreement. In addition, the Company will direct the transfer agent to place stop transfer restrictions upon any such securities of the Company that are bound by such “lock-up” agreements for the duration of the periods contemplated in such agreements, including, without limitation, “lock-up” agreements entered into by the Company’s officers and directors and certain other shareholders pursuant to Section 1(zz) hereof.

 

(t) Company to Provide Interim Financial Statements. Prior to the First Closing Date and each applicable Option Closing Date, the Company will furnish the Underwriters, as soon as they have been prepared by or are available to the Company, a copy of any unaudited interim financial statements of the Company for any period subsequent to the period covered by the most recent financial statements appearing in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

The Representatives, on behalf of the several Underwriters, may, in their sole discretion, waive in writing the performance by the Company of any one or more of the foregoing covenants or extend the time for their performance.

 

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4. Payment of Expenses . The Company agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation (i) all expenses incident to the issuance and delivery of the Offered Shares (including all printing and engraving costs), (ii) all fees and expenses of the registrar and transfer agent of the Shares, (iii) all necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares to the Underwriters, (iv) all fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and other advisors, (v) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution of the Registration Statement (including financial statements, exhibits, schedules, consents and certificates of experts), the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, each free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company, and each preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, and this Agreement, (vi) all filing fees, attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Company or the Underwriters in connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of the Offered Shares for offer and sale under the state securities or blue sky laws, and, if requested by the Representatives, preparing and printing a “Blue Sky Survey” or memorandum, and any supplements thereto, advising the Underwriters of such qualifications, registrations and exemptions, (vii) the reasonable, actual and documented out-of-pocket costs, fees and expenses incurred by the Underwriters in connection with determining their compliance with the rules and regulations of FINRA related to the Underwriters’ participation in the offering and distribution of the Offered Shares, including any related filings fees and the legal fees of, and disbursements by, counsel to the Underwriters, (viii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show”, 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 Representatives, employees and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and 50% of the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show, the remaining 50% of the cost of such aircraft to be paid by the Underwriters (provided that no aircraft may be chartered without the Company’s prior written consent), (xi) the fees and expenses associated with listing the Offered Shares on the NASDAQ and the TSX, (x) all other fees, costs and expenses of the nature referred to in Item 14 of Part II of the Registration Statement and (xi) all other “out of pocket” costs of the Underwriters and all fees and disbursements of the Underwriters’ legal counsel; provided that the amount payable pursuant to foregoing clauses (vi), (vii) and (xi) in the aggregate shall not exceed $100,000. Any such amount payable to the Underwriters may be deducted from the purchase price for the Offered Shares to the extent invoiced prior to closing. Except as provided in this Section 4 or in Section 7, Section 9 or Section 10 hereof, the Underwriters shall pay their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel.

 

5. Covenant of the Underwriters . Each Underwriter severally and not jointly covenants with the Company not to take any action that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that otherwise would not, but for such actions, be required to be filed by the Company under Rule 433(d). Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, covenants with the Company not to knowingly confirm any sale of Shares to any person resident in Canada.

 

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6. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters . The respective obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder to purchase and pay for the Offered Shares as provided herein on the First Closing Date and, with respect to the Optional Shares, each Option Closing Date, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company set forth in Section 1 hereof as of the date hereof and as of the First Closing Date as though then made and, with respect to the Optional Shares, as of each Option Closing Date as though then made, to the timely performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional conditions:

 

(a) Comfort Letters. On the date hereof, the Representatives shall have received from each of (i) EisnerAmper LLP, independent registered public accountants for the Company, (ii) Smythe LLP, independent registered public accountants for the Company, and (iii) Peterson Sullivan LLP, independent registered public accounts for VBI Vaccines (Delaware) Inc., a letter dated the date hereof addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountant’s “comfort letters” to underwriters, delivered according to Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72 (or any successor bulletin), with respect to the audited and unaudited financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, and each free writing prospectus, if any.

 

(b) Compliance with Registration Requirements; No Stop Order; No Objection from FINRA. For a period from and after the date of this Agreement and through and including the First Closing Date and, with respect to any Optional Shares purchased after the First Closing Date, each Option Closing Date:

 

(i) The Company shall have filed the Prospectus with the Commission (including the information required by Rule 430A or Rule 430B under the Securities Act) in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act; or the Company shall have filed a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement containing the information required by such Rule 430A or Rule 430B, and such post-effective amendment shall have become effective.

 

(ii) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose shall have been instituted or threatened by the Commission.

 

(iii) FINRA shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.

 

(iv) No securities regulatory authority in any province or territory of Canada shall have issued a cease trade order or an equivalent order.

 

(c) No Material Adverse Effect. For the period from and after the date of this Agreement and through and including the First Closing Date and, with respect to any Optional Shares purchased after the First Closing Date, each Option Closing Date, in the judgment of the Representatives there shall not have occurred any material adverse change in the authorized capital stock of the Company or any Material Adverse Effect or any development that would cause a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(d) Opinion of U.S. Counsel for the Company. On each of the First Closing Date and each Option Closing Date the Representatives shall have received the opinion and negative assurance letter of Haynes and Boone, LLP, U.S. counsel for the Company, dated as of such date, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D and to such further effect as the Representatives shall reasonably request.

 

(e) Opinion of Canadian Counsel for the Company. On each of the First Closing Date and each Option Closing Date the Representatives shall have received the opinion of Stikeman Elliott, LLP, Canadian counsel for the Company, dated as of such date, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E and to such further effect as the Representatives shall reasonably request.

 

(f) Opinion of Israeli Counsel for the Company. On each of the First Closing Date and each Option Closing Date the Representatives shall have received the opinion of Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz, Israeli counsel for the Company, dated as of such date, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F and to such further effect as the Representatives shall reasonably request.

 

(g) Opinion of Intellectual Property Counsel. On each of the First Closing Date and each Option Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received the opinion of Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP, counsel for the Company with respect to U.S. intellectual property matters, dated as of such date, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G and to such further effect as the Representatives shall reasonably request.

 

(h) Opinion of U.S. Counsel for the Underwriters. On each of the First Closing Date and each Option Closing Date the Representatives shall have received the opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP, U.S. counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered Shares, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, dated as of such date.

 

(i) Officers’ Certificate. On each of the First Closing Date and each Option Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received a certificate executed by the Chief Executive Officer or President of the Company and the Principal Financial Officer of the Company, dated as of such date, to the effect set forth in Section 6(b)(ii) and further to the effect that:

 

(i) for the period from and including the date of this Agreement through and including such date, there has not occurred any Material Adverse Effect;

 

(ii) the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company set forth in Section 1 of this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made on and as of such date; and

 

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(iii) the Company has complied with all the agreements hereunder and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such date.

 

(j) Principal Financial Officer’s Certificate. On each of the First Closing Date and each Option Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received a certificate executed by the Principal Financial Officer of the Company, dated as of such date, in the form attached as Exhibit C hereto.

 

(k) Bring-down Comfort Letters. (i) On each of the First Closing Date and each Option Closing Date the Representatives shall have received from each of (i) EisnerAmper LLP, independent registered public accountants for the Company, (ii) Smythe LLP, independent registered public accountants for the Company, and (iii) Peterson Sullivan LLP, independent registered public accounts for VBI Vaccines (Delaware) Inc., a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, which letter shall: (a) reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished by them pursuant to Section 6(a), except that the specified date referred to therein for the carrying out of procedures shall be no more than three business days prior to the First Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be.

 

(l) Lock-Up Agreements. On or prior to the date hereof, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives an agreement in the form of Exhibit A hereto from each of the directors and officers (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) under the Exchange Act) and shareholders listed on Exhibit B hereto, and each such agreement shall be in full force and effect on each of the First Closing Date and each Option Closing Date.

 

(m) Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. In the event that a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement is filed in connection with the offering contemplated by this Agreement, such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission on the date of this Agreement and shall have become effective automatically upon such filing.

 

(n) NASDAQ and TSX Listing. The Company shall have submitted a listing of additional shares notification form to NASDAQ with respect to the Offered Shares and shall have received no objection thereto from NASDAQ and shall have received a conditional listing approval from the TSX with respect to the listing of the Offered Shares that is subject only to customary listing conditions.

 

(o) Additional Documents. On or before each of the First Closing Date and each Option Closing Date, the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters shall have received such information, documents and opinions as they may reasonably request for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares as contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares as contemplated herein and in connection with the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters.

 

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If any condition specified in this Section 6 is not satisfied when and as required to be satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice from the Representatives to the Company at any time on or prior to the First Closing Date and, with respect to the Optional Shares, at any time on or prior to the applicable Option Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on the part of any party to any other party, except that Section 4, Section 7, Section 9 and Section 10 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.

 

7. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses . If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives pursuant to Section 6, Section 11 or Section 12, or if the sale to the Underwriters of the Offered Shares on the First Closing Date is not consummated because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or to comply with any provision hereof, the Company agrees to reimburse the Representatives and the other Underwriters (or such Underwriters as have terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves), severally, upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses that shall have been reasonably incurred by the Representatives and the Underwriters in connection with the proposed purchase and the offering and sale of the Offered Shares, including, but not limited to, fees and disbursements of counsel, printing expenses, travel expenses, postage, facsimile and telephone charges.

 

8. Effectiveness of this Agreement . This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.

 

9. Indemnification.

 

(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, the directors, officers, employees, counsel and agents of each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls each Underwriter 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, liabilities, expenses and damages (including any and all investigative, legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding between any of the indemnified parties and any indemnifying parties or between any indemnified party and any third party, or otherwise, or any claim asserted), to which they, or any of them, may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, liabilities, expenses or damages arise out of or are based on (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rules 430A, 430B or 430C, as applicable or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Offered Shares, including any roadshow or investor presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided , however , that the Company shall not be liable to the extent that such loss, claim, liability, expense or damage arises from the sale of the Offered Shares in the public offering to any person by an Underwriter and is based on an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance on and in conformity with Underwriter Information. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Company might otherwise have.

 

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(b) Indemnification of the Company, its Directors and Officers. Each Underwriter shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its agents, each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, each director of the Company and each officer of the Company who signs the Registration Statement to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only insofar as losses, claims, liabilities, expenses or damages arise out of or are based on any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance on and in conformity with Underwriter Information. This indemnity will be in addition to any liability that each Underwriter might otherwise have. The Company hereby acknowledges that the only information that the Underwriters have furnished to the Company expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing) are the statements set forth in the fourth and thirteenth through seventeenth paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting” in the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus (the “ Underwriter Information ”).

 

(c) Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures. Any party that proposes to assert the right to be indemnified under this Section 9 shall, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against such party in respect of which a claim is to be made against an indemnifying party or parties under this Section 9, notify each such indemnifying party of the commencement of such action, enclosing a copy of all papers served, but the omission so to notify such indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party under the foregoing provisions of this Section 9 unless, and only to the extent that, such omission results in the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses by the indemnifying party. If any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of its commencement, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in and, to the extent that it elects by delivering written notice to the indemnified party promptly after receiving notice of the commencement of the action from the indemnified party, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense of the action, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense, the indemnifying party will not be liable to the indemnified party for any legal or other expenses except as provided below and except for the reasonable costs of investigation subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense. The indemnified party will have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action, but the fees, expenses and other charges of such counsel will be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the employment of counsel by the indemnified party has been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnified party has reasonably concluded (based on advice of counsel) that there may be legal defenses available to it or other indemnified parties that are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnified party has reasonably concluded that a conflict or potential conflict exists (based on advice of counsel to the indemnified party) between the indemnified party and the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party) or (iv) the indemnifying party has not in fact employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time after receiving notice of the commencement of the action, in each of which cases the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party or parties. It is understood that the indemnifying party or parties shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of more than one separate firm admitted to practice in such jurisdiction at any one time for all such indemnified party or parties. All such fees, disbursements and other charges shall be reimbursed by the indemnifying party promptly as they are incurred. An indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any action or claim effected without its written consent (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of each indemnified party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding relating to the matters contemplated by this Section 9 (whether or not any indemnified party is a party thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising or that may arise out of such claim, action or proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 9(a) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.

 

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10. Contribution. In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in the foregoing paragraphs of Section 9 is applicable in accordance with its terms but for any reason is held to be unavailable from the Company or the Underwriters, the Company and the Underwriters shall contribute to the total losses, claims, liabilities, expenses and damages (including any investigative, legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted, but after deducting any contribution received by the Company from persons other than the Underwriters, such as persons who control the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, officers of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and directors of the Company, who also may be liable for contribution) to which the Company and the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other. 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 proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. If, but only if, the allocation provided by the foregoing sentence is not permitted by applicable law, the allocation of contribution shall be made in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in the foregoing sentence but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, with respect to the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, liability, expense or damage, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations with respect to such offering. Such relative fault shall be determined by reference to whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 10 were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) which does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, liability, expense or damage, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 10 shall be deemed to include, for purpose of this Section 10, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 10, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discounts and commissions received by it, and no person found 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’ obligation to contribute as provided in this Section 10 are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint. For purposes of this Section 10, any person who controls a party to this Agreement within the meaning of the Securities Act will have the same rights to contribution as that party, and each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement will have the same rights to contribution as the Company, and each director, officer, employee, counsel or agent of any Underwriter will have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, subject in each case to the provisions hereof. Any party entitled to contribution, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made under this Section 10, will notify any such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission so to notify will not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any other obligation it or they may have under this Section 10. No party will be liable for contribution with respect to any action or claim settled without its written consent (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld).

 

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11. Default of One or More of the Several Underwriters. If, on the First Closing Date or any Option Closing Date any one or more of the several Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Offered Shares that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate number of Offered Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase does not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of the Offered Shares to be purchased on such date, the Representatives may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Offered Shares by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, in the proportions that the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule A bears to the aggregate number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as may be specified by the Representatives with the consent of the non-defaulting Underwriters, to purchase the Offered Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date. If, on the First Closing Date or any Option Closing Date any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Offered Shares and the aggregate number of Offered Shares with respect to which such default occurs exceeds 10% of the aggregate number of Offered Shares to be purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives and the Company for the purchase of such Offered Shares are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 4, Section 7, Section 9 and Section 10 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination (except with respect to any defaulting Underwriter hereunder). In any such case either the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the First Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be, but in no event for longer than seven days in order that the required changes, if any, to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be effected.

 

As used in this Agreement, the term “ Underwriter ” shall be deemed to include any person substituted for a defaulting Underwriter under this Section 11. Any action taken under this Section 11 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.

 

12. Termination of this Agreement. Prior to the purchase of the Firm Shares by the Underwriters on the First Closing Date, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice given to the Company if at any time: (i) trading or quotation in any of the Company’s securities shall have been suspended or limited by the Commission, any other securities regulatory authority, or by the NASDAQ, the TSX or trading in securities generally on the NASDAQ, the NYSE or the TSX shall have been suspended or limited, or minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally established on any of such stock exchanges; (ii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by any of U.S. or Canadian federal, New York or Massachusetts authorities or a major disruption of securities settlements or clearing services in the United States shall have occurred and be continuing; (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of national or international hostilities or any crisis or calamity, or any substantial change in the United States or international financial markets, or any substantial change or development involving a prospective substantial change in United States’ or international political, financial or economic conditions, as in the judgment of the Representatives is material and adverse and makes it impracticable to market the Offered Shares in the manner and on the terms described in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus or to enforce contracts for the sale of securities; (iv) in the judgment of the Representatives there shall have occurred any material adverse change, or any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the business, properties, earnings, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business; or (v) the Company shall have sustained a loss by strike, fire, flood, earthquake, accident or other calamity of such character as in the judgment of the Representatives may interfere materially with the conduct of the business and operations of the Company regardless of whether or not such loss shall have been insured. Any termination pursuant to this Section 12 shall be without liability on the part of (a) the Company to any Underwriter, except that the Company shall be obligated to reimburse the expenses of the Representatives and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 4 or Section 7 hereof or (b) any Underwriter to the Company; provided, however, that the provisions of Section 9 and Section 10 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.

 

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13. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Offered Shares pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Offered Shares and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, (ii) in connection with the offering contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction, each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, or its shareholders, or its creditors, employees or any other party, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or with respect to the Concurrent Registered Direct Offering or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or with respect to the Concurrent Registered Direct Offering except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (iv) the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company, and (v) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or with respect to the Concurrent Registered Direct Offering and the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.

 

14. Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery. The respective indemnities, contribution agreements, representations, warranties and other agreements and statements of the Company, of its officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company or any of its or their partners, officers, directors or employees or any controlling person, as the case may be, and, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, will survive delivery of and payment for the Offered Shares sold hereunder and, subject to Section 11 hereof, any termination of this Agreement.

 

15. Notices . All communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, hand delivered or telecopied and confirmed to the parties hereto as follows:

 

If to the Representatives: c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp.
  3 Times Square
  New York, New York 10036
  Attention: Chief Legal Counsel
   
  c/o Canaccord Genuity Inc.
  350 Madison Avenue
  New York, New York 10017
  Attention: U.S. General Counsel

 

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with a copy to: Goodwin Procter LLP
  The New York Times Building
  620 Eighth Avenue
  New York, NY 10018
  Attention: Thomas S. Levato
   
If to the Company: VBI Vaccines Inc.
  222 3rd Street, Suite 2241
  Cambridge, MA 02142
  Attention: Jeff Baxter, Chief Executive Officer
   
with a copy to: Haynes and Boone, LLP
  30 Rockefeller Plaza, 26th Floor
  New York, NY 10112
  Attention: Rick A. Werner

 

Each party to this Agreement may change such address for notices by sending to the parties to this Agreement written notice of a new address for such purpose. Each such notice or other communication shall be deemed given (i) when delivered personally or by verifiable facsimile transmission (with an original to follow) on or before 4:30 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day, (ii) on the next Business Day after timely delivery to a nationally-recognized overnight courier and (iii) on the Business Day actually received if deposited in the U.S. mail (certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid). For purposes of this Agreement, “ Business Day ” shall mean any day on which the Exchange and commercial banks in the City of New York are open for business.

 

An electronic communication (“ Electronic Notice ”) shall be deemed written notice for purposes of this Section 15 if sent to the electronic mail address specified by the receiving party under separate cover. Electronic Notice shall be deemed received at the time the party sending Electronic Notice receives verification of receipt by the receiving party. Any party receiving Electronic Notice may request and shall be entitled to receive the notice on paper, in a nonelectronic form (“ Nonelectronic Notice ”) which shall be sent to the requesting party within ten (10) days of receipt of the written request for Nonelectronic Notice.

 

16. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and the Underwriters and their respective successors and the parties referred to in Section 9 hereof. References to any of the parties contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the successors and permitted assigns of such party. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assigns any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement. Neither party may assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party; provided, however, that any Underwriter may assign its rights and obligations hereunder to an affiliate thereof without obtaining the Company’s consent.

 

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17. Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.

 

18. Entire Agreement; Amendment; Severability; Waiver . This Agreement (including all schedules and exhibits attached hereto issued pursuant hereto) constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all other prior and contemporaneous agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter hereof. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be amended except pursuant to a written instrument executed by the Company and the Underwriters. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable as written by a court of competent jurisdiction, then such provision shall be given full force and effect to the fullest possible extent that it is valid, legal and enforceable, and the remainder of the terms and provisions herein shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable term or provision was not contained herein, but only to the extent that giving effect to such provision and the remainder of the terms and provisions hereof shall be in accordance with the intent of the parties as reflected in this Agreement. No implied waiver by a party shall arise in the absence of a waiver in writing signed by such party. No failure or delay in exercising any right, power, or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any right, power, or privilege hereunder.

 

19. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

20. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION . 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 WITH ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, 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 BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM OR THAT THE VENUE OF SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS IMPROPER. 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 (CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED) TO SUCH PARTY AT THE ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE SHALL CONSTITUTE GOOD AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE OF PROCESS AND NOTICE THEREOF. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT IN ANY WAY ANY RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.

 

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21. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed Agreement by one party to the other may be made by facsimile or electronic transmission.

 

22. Construction.

 

(a) the section and exhibit headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof;

 

(b) words defined in the singular shall have a comparable meaning when used in the plural, and vice versa;

 

(c) the words “hereof,” “hereto,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement;

 

(d) wherever the word “include,” “includes” or “including” is used in this Agreement, it shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”;

 

(e) references herein to any gender shall include each other gender;

 

(f) references herein to any law, statute, ordinance, code, regulation, rule or other requirement of any Governmental Authority shall be deemed to refer to such law, statute, ordinance, code, regulation, rule or other requirement of any Governmental Authority as amended, reenacted, supplemented or superseded in whole or in part and in effect from time to time and also to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

 

(g) if the last day for the giving of any notice or the performance of any act required or permitted under this Agreement is a day that is not a Business Day, then the time for the giving of such notice or the performance of such action shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day; and

 

(h) “ knowledge ” means, as it pertains to the Company, the actual knowledge of the officers and directors of the Company, together with the knowledge which they would have had if they had conducted a reasonable inquiry of the relevant persons into the relevant subject matter.

 

(i) “ Governmental Authority ” means (i) any federal, provincial, state, local, municipal, national or international government or governmental authority, regulatory or administrative agency, governmental commission, department, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, court, tribunal, arbitrator or arbitral body (public or private); (ii) any self-regulatory organization (including any stock exchange or quotation system); or (iii) any political subdivision of any of the foregoing.

 

23. General Provisions.

 

Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that it is a sophisticated business person who was adequately represented by counsel during negotiations regarding the provisions hereof, including, without limitation, the indemnification provisions of Section 9 and the contribution provisions of Section 10, and is fully informed regarding said provisions. Each of the parties hereto further acknowledges that the provisions of Section 9 and Section 10 hereof fairly allocate the risks in light of the ability of the parties to investigate the Company, its affairs and its business in order to assure that adequate disclosure has been made in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, each free writing prospectus and the Prospectus (and any amendments and supplements to the foregoing), as contemplated by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

 

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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between the Company and the Underwriters, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement between the Company and the Underwriters.

 

  Very truly yours,
     
  VBI VACCINES INC.
     
  By: /s/ Jeff Baxter
  Name: Jeff Baxter
  Title: President & CEO
     
  ACCEPTED as of the date first-above written:
     
  BMO Capital Markets Corp.
     
  By: /s/ Mihir Mantri
  Name: Mihir Mantri
  Title: Managing Director, Healthcare
     
  Canaccord Genuity Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Eugene Rozelman
  Name: Eugene Rozelman
    Title: Managing Director
     
  Acting on behalf of themselves and as Representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule A

 

SIGNATURE PAGE

 

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT 

 

 
 

 

 

Schedule A

 

Underwriters   Number of
Firm Shares
to be
Purchased
 
BMO Capital Markets Corp.     7,700,000  
Canaccord Genuity Inc.     4,900,000  
Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. .     1,400,000  
Total     14,000,000  

 

 
 

 

Schedule B

 

Free Writing Prospectuses Included in the Time of Sale Prospectus

 

None.

 

 
 

 

Schedule C

 

Pricing Information

 

Firm Shares: 14,000,000

 

Optional Shares: 2,100,000

 

Price to Public: $3.05

 

Underwriters’ Discount: 7.0%

 

Gross Proceeds From Concurrent Registered Direct Offering: $20.8 million

 

 
 

 

Schedule D

 

Subsidiaries

 

VBI Vaccines (Delaware) Inc.

 

SciVac Ltd.

 

Variation Biotechnologies (US), Inc.

 

Variation Biotechnologies Inc.

 

 
 

 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Lock-up Agreement

 

September_____, 2017

 

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

Canaccord Genuity Inc.

As Representatives of the Several Underwriters

 

c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp.

3 Times Square

New York, New York 10036

 

and

 

c/o Canaccord Genuity Inc.

350 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10017

 

Re: Proposed Registered Follow-On Offering by VBI Vaccines Inc.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned, a securityholder and/or officer and/or a director of VBI Vaccines Inc., a company incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (the “ Company ”), understands that BMO Capital Markets Corp. and Canaccord Genuity Inc. (together, the “ Representatives ”), as representatives of the several underwriters, propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) with the Company relating to the proposed registered follow-on offering (the “ Offering ”) of common shares of the Company, no par value per share (the “ Common Shares ”). The undersigned acknowledges that the underwriters are relying on the representations and agreements of the undersigned contained in this lock-up agreement in conducting the Offering and, at a subsequent date, in entering into the Underwriting Agreement and other underwriting arrangements with the Company with respect to the Offering.

 

In recognition of the benefit that the Offering will confer upon the undersigned as a securityholder and/or officer and/or a director of the Company, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees that, during the period beginning on the date hereof and continuing through and including the date that is 90 days from the date of the Underwriting Agreement (the “ Lock-Up Period ”), the undersigned will not (and will cause any immediate family member not to), without the prior written consent of the Representatives, which may withhold their consent in their sole discretion, directly or indirectly, (i) sell, offer to sell, contract to sell or lend, effect any short sale or establish or increase a Put Equivalent Position (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”)) or liquidate or decrease any Call Equivalent Position (as defined in Rule 16a-1(b) under the Exchange Act), pledge, hypothecate or grant any security interest in, or in any other way transfer or dispose of, any Common Shares or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Shares, in each case whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition (collectively, the “ Lock-Up Securities ”), (ii) make any demand for, or exercise any right with respect to the registration or qualification of any of the Lock-Up Securities, or the filing of any registration statement, prospectus or prospectus supplement (or an amendment or supplement thereto) in connection therewith, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any other securities laws, (iii) enter into any swap, hedge or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic consequence of ownership of the Lock-Up Securities, whether any such swap or transaction is to be settled by delivery of Common Shares or other securities, in cash or otherwise, or (iv) publicly announce the intention to do any of the foregoing.

 

 
 

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the conditions below, the undersigned may transfer the Lock-Up Securities pursuant to clauses (i) through (viii) below without the prior written consent of the Representatives, provided that (1) prior to any such transfer, the Representatives receive a signed lock-up agreement, substantially in the form of this lock-up agreement, for the balance of the Lock-Up Period from each donee, trustee, distributee or transferee, as the case may be (other than in the case of clause (vii) below), (2) any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value (other than in the case of clauses (vii) and (viii) below), (3) in the case of clauses (i) through (iv) below, such transfers are not required to be reported on Form 4 in accordance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act, (4) in the case of clause (v) below, if the undersigned is required to file a report under Section 16 of the Exchange Act during the Lock-Up Period, the undersigned shall include a statement in such report to the effect that such transfer is by operation of law pursuant to a qualified domestic order or in connection with a divorce settlement, (5) in the case of clause (vi) below, if the undersigned is required to file a report under Section 16 of the Exchange Act during the Lock-Up Period, the undersigned shall include a statement in such report to the effect that such transfer is by operation of law pursuant to a will or intestate succession, (6) in the case of clause (viii) below, if the undersigned is required to file a report under Section 16 of the Exchange Act during the Lock-Up Period, the undersigned shall include a statement in such report to the effect that such transfer relates to the circumstances described in clause (viii) below, and (7) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such transfers:

 

(i) as a bona fide gift or gifts; or

 

(ii) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned; or

 

(iii) as a distribution to limited partners, members, stockholders or other equity holders of the undersigned; or

 

 
 

 

(iv) to the undersigned’s affiliates or to any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by the undersigned; or

 

(v) pursuant to a qualified domestic order or in connection with a divorce settlement; or

 

(vi) by will or intestate succession to the legal representative, heir, beneficiary or immediate family of the undersigned upon the death of the undersigned; or

 

(vii) pursuant to a bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction made to all holders of Common Shares involving a “Change of Control” of the Company; provided that in the event that the tender offer, merger, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, the Lock-Up Securities owned by the undersigned shall continue to be subject to the restrictions set forth herein; or

 

(viii) pursuant to the “net exercise” of outstanding options in accordance with their terms and the surrender of Common Shares (including, without limitation, pursuant to a “sell-to-cover” transaction) in lieu of payment in cash of the exercise price and any tax withholding obligations due as a result of such exercise or settlement, in each case pursuant to employee benefit plans disclosed in the final prospectus supplement (or any documents incorporated by reference therein) used to sell Common Shares in the Offering.

 

Furthermore, during the Lock-Up Period, the undersigned may (a) sell Common Shares purchased by the undersigned in the Offering or on the open market following the Offering if and only if (i) such sales are not required during the Lock-Up Period to be reported in any press release or public report or filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or otherwise, and (ii) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any press release, public filing or report regarding such sales during the Lock-Up Period and (b) exercise any rights to purchase, exchange or convert any options granted pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plans existing as of the date of the Underwriting Agreement or warrants or any other securities existing as of the date of the Underwriting Agreement, which securities are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Shares, provided the Common Shares received upon such exercise, purchase, exchange or conversion shall remain subject to the terms of this lock-up agreement.

 

In addition, the restrictions on transfer and disposition of the Lock-Up Securities during the Lock-Up Period shall not apply to the repurchase of Lock-Up Securities by the Company in connection with the termination of the undersigned’s employment or other service with the Company.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing herein shall prevent the undersigned from establishing a 10b5-l trading plan that complies with Rule 10b5-l under the Exchange Act (“ 10b5-l Trading Plan ”) or from amending an existing 10b5-l Trading Plan so long as there are no sales of Lock-Up Securities under such plans during the Lock-Up Period; and provided that, the establishment of a 10b5-1 Trading Plan or the amendment of a 10b5-l Trading Plan, in either case, providing for sales of Lock-Up Securities shall only be permitted if (i) the establishment or amendment of such plan is not required to be reported in any public report or filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or otherwise and (ii) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding the establishment or amendment of such plan.

 

 
 

 

The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Lock-Up Securities except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

 

With respect to the Offering only, the undersigned waives any registration or qualification rights relating to registration under the Securities Act or other securities laws of the offer and sale of any Common Shares and/or any options or warrants or other rights to acquire Common Shares or any securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Common Shares, or to acquire other securities or rights ultimately exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Common Shares, owned either of record or beneficially by the undersigned, including any rights to receive notice of the Offering.

 

The undersigned confirms that the undersigned has not, and has no knowledge that any immediate family member has, directly or indirectly, taken any action designed to or that might 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 of the Common Shares. The undersigned will not, and will cause any immediate family member not to take, directly or indirectly, any such action.

 

As used herein, (a) “immediate family” shall mean the spouse, domestic partner, lineal descendant, father, mother, brother, sister, or any other person with whom the undersigned has a relationship by blood, marriage or adoption not more remote than first cousin and (b) “Change of Control” shall mean the consummation of any bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction the result of which is that any “person” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), or group of persons, other than the Company, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of the total voting power of the shares of the Company.

 

The undersigned represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power, capacity and authority to enter into this lock-up agreement. This lock-up agreement is irrevocable and will be binding on the undersigned and the successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns of the undersigned.

 

This lock-up agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

Whether or not the Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including market conditions. Any Offering will only be made pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, the terms of which are subject to negotiation between the Company and the Representatives.

 

This lock-up agreement shall automatically terminate, and the undersigned shall be released from its obligations hereunder, upon the earliest to occur, if any, of (i) the Company advising the Representatives in writing, prior to the execution of the Underwriting Agreement, that it has determined not to proceed with the Offering, (ii) the executed Underwriting Agreement being terminated prior to the closing of the Offering (other than the provisions thereof that survive termination), and (iii) November 30, 2017, in the event that the Underwriting Agreement has not been executed by such date.

 

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  Very truly yours,
     
   
  Name of Securityholder/Director/Officer (Print exact name )
     
  By:                                                     
    Signature
     
  If not signing in an individual capacity:
     
   
  Name of Authorized Signatory (Print )
     
     
  Title of Authorized Signatory (Print )
  (indicate capacity of person signing if signing as custodian, trustee or on behalf of an entity)

 

 
 

 

Exhibit B

 

Directors and Executive Officers
Signing Lock-up Agreement

 

Non-Employee Directors:

 

Steven Gillis, Ph.D.

Sam Chawla

Michel De Wilde, Ph.D.

Adam Logal

Steven D. Rubin

Scott Requadt

 

Executive Officers:

 

Jeff R. Baxter

David E. Anderson

Dr. Francisco Diaz-Mitoma, M.D. Ph.D.

Athena Kartsaklis

 

Other:

 

Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund Ltd.

ARCH Venture Fund VI, L.P.

Clarus Lifesciences I, L.P.

OPKO Health Inc.

 
 

 

Exhibit C

 

Form of Principal Financial Officer Certificate

 

I, Athena Kartsaklis, Principal Financial Officer of VBI Vaccines Inc., a company incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (the “ Company ”), hereby certify, in my capacity as an officer of the Company, pursuant to Section 6(i) of Underwriting Agreement dated October 26, 2017, among the Company and the Underwriters named therein (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”), that:

 

I have supervised the compilation and reviewed the circled numbers contained in the pages attached as Schedule A included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus. Such numbers have been derived from the records of the Company or from sources which I believe to be accurate, complete and reliable and to the best of my knowledge after due inquiry are true and accurate as of the dates set forth in the documents in which they are contained. I am also sufficiently familiar with the present financial affairs of the Company that any material changes in the facts underlying the data relied upon by me in making this certificate occurring since the respective dates of such data would have come to my attention prior to the date hereof in the regular course of business.

 

Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Underwriting Agreement.

 

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In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand as of the date first written above.

 

     
  Name: Athena Kartsaklis
  Title: Principal Financial Officer

 

 
 

 

Exhibit D

 

Form of Company U.S. Counsel Opinion

 

 
 

 

Exhibit E

 

Form of Company Canadian Counsel Opinion

 

 
 

 

Exhibit F

 

Form of Company Israeli Counsel Opinion

 

 
 

 

Exhibit G

 

Form of Company IP Counsel Opinion

 

 
 

 

 

 

   

 

October 26, 2017

 

VBI Vaccines Inc.

222 3rd Street, Suite 2241

Cambridge, MA 02142

 

 

Re: VBI Vaccines Inc.
  Prospectus Supplement dated October 26, 2017

 

We have acted as Canadian counsel to VBI Vaccines Inc. (the “ Company ”), a corporation incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia). We refer to the registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333 217995), as originally filed by the Company under the United States Securities Act of 1933 , as amended (the “ Securities Act ”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) on May 15, 2017 (including information deemed incorporated by reference therein in accordance with applicable rules of the Commission, the “ Registration Statement ”), and the base prospectus, dated June 8, 2017, forming part of the Registration Statement, with respect to the offering from time to time of the Company’s securities (the “ Base Prospectus ”).

 

We are furnishing this opinion in connection with the Company’s prospectus supplement dated October 26, 2017 to the Base Prospectus (the “ Prospectus Supplement ”) relating to the offering of 14,000,000 common shares of the Company (the “ Securities ”). The Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement are collectively referred to as the “ Prospectus ”.

 

We understand that the Offered Securities (as defined below) are to be sold to the underwriters for resale to the public as described in the Prospectus Supplement and pursuant to an underwriting agreement dated October 26, 2017 by and among the Company and the underwriters (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”). In addition, the Company has granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 2,100,000 common shares from the Company within 30 days of the effective date of the Underwriting Agreement (the “ Additional Securities ”). The Securities and the Additional Securities are collectively referred to as the “ Offered Securities .”

 

We have reviewed the Prospectus Supplement and, for the purposes of this opinion, we have also examined and relied upon originals or copies of the following documents (collectively, the “ Corporate Documents ”):

 

  (a) a certificate of officers of the Company (the “ Officers’ Certificate ”);

 

     

 

 

  2

 

  (b) the notice of articles and articles of the Company attached to the Officers’ Certificate; and
     
  (c) certain resolutions of the Company’s directors relating to the Offering attached to the Officers’ Certificate.

 

We have also reviewed such other documents, and have considered such questions of law, as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for our opinion. With respect to the accuracy of factual matters material to this opinion, we have relied upon the Corporate Documents, without independent investigation of the matters provided for therein for purposes of providing our opinion expressed below.

 

In examining all documents and in providing our opinion below we have assumed that:

 

  (a) all individuals had the requisite legal capacity;
     
  (b) all signatures are genuine;
     
  (c) all documents submitted to us as originals are complete and authentic and all photostatic, certified, telecopied, notarial or other copies conform to the originals;
     
  (d) all facts set forth in the certificates supplied by the respective officers and directors of the Company including, without limitation, the Officers’ Certificate, are complete, true and accurate as of the date hereof;
     
  (e) all agreements and other documents, including but not limited to the Underwriting Agreement, have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by and are enforceable in accordance with their terms against each party to it other than the Company;
     
  (f) performance of the obligations would not be illegal under the law of the place of performance if that is a place other than British Columbia;
     
  (g) the Offered Securities will be offered, issued and sold in compliance with applicable United States federal and state securities laws and applicable rules of NASDAQ, and in the manner stated in the Prospectus Supplement; and
     
  (h) (i) all formal legal requirements, if any, existing under the laws of the jurisdiction where the Underwriting Agreement was signed, executed and delivered by each party thereto have been complied with, and (ii) to the extent that the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement, including any formal requirements relating to the execution and delivery thereof are governed by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the Jurisdiction, such laws have been have been complied with.

 

     

 

 

  3

 

Our opinion below is expressed only with respect to the laws of the provinces of British Columbia (the “Jurisdiction ”) and of the laws of Canada applicable in the Jurisdiction. Any reference to the laws of the Jurisdiction includes the laws of Canada that apply in the Jurisdiction.

 

Our opinion is expressed with respect to the laws of the Jurisdiction in effect on the date of this opinion. We have no responsibility or obligation to: (i) update this opinion, (ii) take into account or inform the addressees or any other person of any changes in law, facts or other developments subsequent to this date that do or may affect the opinion we express, or (iii) advise the addressee or any other person of any other change in any matter addressed in this opinion. Nor do we have any responsibility or obligation to consider the applicability or correctness of this opinion to any person other than the addressee.

 

Where our opinion expressed herein refers to the Offered Securities having been issued as being “fully-paid and non-assessable” common shares of the Company, such opinion assumes that all required consideration (in whatever form) has been paid or provided. No opinion is expressed as to the adequacy of any consideration received.

 

Based on the above, we are of the opinion that the Offered Securities, when issued and delivered by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, against payment of the consideration set forth therein, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable .

 

This opinion has been prepared for your use in connection with the Prospectus Supplement and is expressed as of the date hereof. Our opinion is expressly limited to the matters set forth above and we render no opinion, whether by implication or otherwise, as to any other matters relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Offered Securities described therein.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the current report on Form 8-K to be filed with the Commission disclosing the issuance of the Offered Securities for incorporation by reference into the Prospectus Supplement and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus Supplement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

  Yours truly,
   
  (signed)
   
  Stikeman Elliott LLP

 

     

 

 

 

   

 

  October 26, 2017

 

VBI Vaccines Inc.

222 3rd Street, Suite 2241

Cambridge, MA 02142

 

 

Re: VBI Vaccines Inc.
  Prospectus Supplement dated October 26, 2017

 

We have acted as Canadian counsel to VBI Vaccines Inc. (the “ Company ”), a corporation incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia). We refer to the registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333 217995), as originally filed by the Company under the United States Securities Act of 1933 , as amended (the “ Securities Act ”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) on May 15, 2017 (including information deemed incorporated by reference therein in accordance with applicable rules of the Commission, the “ Registration Statement ”), and the base prospectus, dated June 8, 2017, forming part of the Registration Statement, with respect to the offering from time to time of the Company’s securities (the “ Base Prospectus ”).

 

We are furnishing this opinion in connection with the Company’s prospectus supplement dated October 26, 2017 to the Base Prospectus (the “ Prospectus Supplement ”) relating to the offering of 7,475,410 common shares of the Company (the “ Securities ”). The Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement are collectively referred to as the “ Prospectus ”.

 

We understand that the Offered Securities (as defined below) are to be sold to certain subscribers (each, a “ Subscriber ”) pursuant to subscription agreements dated October 26, 2017 by and among the Company and the Subscribers (the “ Subscription Agreements ”). In addition, the Company has issued four-year warrants (the “ Warrants ”) to Pontifax (China) IV Limited Partnership, Pontifax (Israel) IV Limited Partnership and Pontifax (Cayman) IV Limited Partnership pursuant to the terms of one or more warrant agreements (the “ Warrant Agreements ”) to purchase up to 550,000 common shares of the Company in the aggregate at an exercise price of US$3.34 (together with the Warrants, the “ Additional Securities ”). The Securities and the Additional Securities are collectively referred to as the “ Offered Securities .”

 

We have reviewed the Prospectus Supplement, the form of Subscription Agreement and Warrant Agreement, and for the purposes of this opinion, we have also examined and relied upon originals or copies of the following documents (collectively, the “ Corporate Documents ”):

 

     

 

 

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  (a) a certificate of officers of the Company (the “ Officers’ Certificate ”);
     
  (b) the notice of articles and articles of the Company attached to the Officers’ Certificate; and
     
  (c) certain resolutions of the Company’s directors relating to the Offering attached to the Officers’ Certificate.

 

We have also reviewed such other documents, and have considered such questions of law, as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for our opinion. With respect to the accuracy of factual matters material to this opinion, we have relied upon the Corporate Documents, without independent investigation of the matters provided for therein for purposes of providing our opinion expressed below.

 

In examining all documents and in providing our opinion below we have assumed that:

 

  (a) all individuals had the requisite legal capacity;
     
  (b) all signatures are genuine;
     
  (c) all documents submitted to us as originals are complete and authentic and all photostatic, certified, telecopied, notarial or other copies conform to the originals;
     
  (d) all facts set forth in the certificates supplied by the respective officers and directors of the Company including, without limitation, the Officers’ Certificate, are complete, true and accurate as of the date hereof;
     
  (e) all agreements and other documents, including but not limited to the Subscription Agreements and Warrant Agreements, have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by and are enforceable in accordance with their terms against each party to it other than the Company;
     
  (f) performance of the obligations would not be illegal under the law of the place of performance if that is a place other than British Columbia;
     
  (g) the Offered Securities will be offered, issued and sold in compliance with applicable United States federal and state securities laws and applicable rules of NASDAQ, and in the manner stated in the Prospectus Supplement; and
     
  (h) (i) all formal legal requirements, if any, existing under the laws of the jurisdiction where the Subscription Agreements and Warrant Agreements were signed, executed and delivered by each party thereto have been complied with, and (ii) to the extent that the execution and delivery of the Subscription Agreements and Warrant Agreements including any formal requirements relating to the execution and delivery thereof are governed by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the Jurisdiction, such laws have been have been complied with.

 

     

 

 

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Our opinion below is expressed only with respect to the laws of the provinces of British Columbia (the “Jurisdiction ”) and of the laws of Canada applicable in the Jurisdiction. Any reference to the laws of the Jurisdiction includes the laws of Canada that apply in the Jurisdiction.

 

Our opinion is expressed with respect to the laws of the Jurisdiction in effect on the date of this opinion. We have no responsibility or obligation to: (i) update this opinion, (ii) take into account or inform the addressees or any other person of any changes in law, facts or other developments subsequent to this date that do or may affect the opinion we express, or (iii) advise the addressee or any other person of any other change in any matter addressed in this opinion. Nor do we have any responsibility or obligation to consider the applicability or correctness of this opinion to any person other than the addressee.

 

Where our opinion expressed herein refers to the Offered Securities having been issued as being “fully-paid and non-assessable” common shares of the Company, such opinion assumes that all required consideration (in whatever form) has been paid or provided. No opinion is expressed as to the adequacy of any consideration received.

 

Based on the above, we are of the opinion that the Offered Securities, when issued and delivered by the Company in accordance with the terms of the respective Subscription Agreements and Warrant Agreements, against payment of the consideration set forth therein, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable .

 

This opinion has been prepared for your use in connection with the Prospectus Supplement and is expressed as of the date hereof. Our opinion is expressly limited to the matters set forth above and we render no opinion, whether by implication or otherwise, as to any other matters relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Offered Securities described therein.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the current report on Form 8-K to be filed with the Commission disclosing the issuance of the Offered Securities for incorporation by reference into the Prospectus Supplement and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus Supplement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

  Yours truly,
   
  (signed)
   
  Stikeman Elliott LLP

 

     

 

 

 

HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP

 

October 26, 2017

 

VBI Vaccines Inc.

222 3rd Street, Suite 2241

Cambridge, MA 02142

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as counsel to VBI Vaccines Inc. (the “ Company ”), a corporation incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), in connection with the offering of (i) 7,475,410 common shares of the Company (the “ Common Shares ”), (ii) warrants to purchase up to 550,000 Common Shares to be issued to Pontifax (China) IV Limited Partnership, Pontifax (Israel) IV Limited Partnership and Pontifax (Cayman) IV Limited Partnership (collectively the “ Pontifax Warrants ”), and (iii) up to 550,000 common shares underlying the Pontifax Warrants in a registered direct offering, pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2017, by and between the Company and the investors signatories thereto. The Common Shares, the Pontifax Warrants and the common shares that may be issued upon exercise of the Pontifax Warrants are being registered pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-217995) (the “ Registration Statement ”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), on May 15, 2017, the related base prospectus, dated June 8, 2017, which forms a part of the Registration Statement (the “ Base Prospectus ”), and the final prospectus supplement, dated October 26, 2017, relating to the Common Shares, Pontifax Warrants and common shares that may be issued upon exercise of the Pontifax Warrants, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations of the Securities Act (“ Final Prospectus Supplement ”) (the Base Prospectus, as supplemented by the Final Prospectus Supplement, being referred to herein as the “ Prospectus ”).

 

Our opinions set forth below are limited solely to: (i) the laws of the State of New York and (ii) the laws of the United States of America, each as currently in effect (collectively, the “ Applicable Laws ”). We have not considered and express no opinion on the laws of any other jurisdiction (including, without limitation, any laws of any other jurisdiction which might be referenced by the choice-of-law rules of the Applicable Laws).

 

In rendering the opinions expressed herein, we have examined and relied upon the originals, or copies certified to our satisfaction, of (i) the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and all exhibits thereto; (ii) the notice of articles and articles of the Company; (iii) the Pontifax Warrants; and (iv) such other records, documents and instruments as we have deemed necessary for the expression of the opinions stated herein.

 

In making the foregoing examinations, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies thereof and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. As to all questions of fact material to these opinions, where such facts have not been independently established, and as to the content and form of certain minutes, records, resolutions or other documents or writings of the Company, we have relied, to the extent we have deemed reasonably appropriate, upon representations or certificates of officers of the Company or governmental officials.

 

     

 

 

VBI Vaccines Inc.

October 26, 2017

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Based upon the foregoing and subject to the assumptions and qualifications stated herein, we are of the opinion that:

 

  1. When issued by the Company in accordance with and in the manner described in the Prospectus, the Pontifax Warrants will be legally binding obligations of the Company in accordance with their terms, except: (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); (ii) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the federal and state securities laws; and (iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Company’s report on Form 8-K, dated October 27, 2017, which is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and to the use of our name wherever it appears in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus Supplement. In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act. This opinion is given as of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to update or supplement such opinion to reflect any facts or circumstances that may hereafter come to our attention or any changes that may hereafter occur.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  /s/ Haynes and Boone, LLP
   
  Haynes and Boone, LLP

 

     

 

 

The Company has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer for this subscription will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling (617) 830-3031 x128.

 

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

This Subscription Agreement (this “ Subscription ”) is dated as of October 26, 2017, by and between VBI Vaccines Inc. , a company incorporated under the laws of British Columbia, Canada (the “ Company ”), and each investor identified on the signature page hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “ Investor ” and collectively the “ Investors ”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS , subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Subscription and pursuant to the Company’s effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), on Form S-3 (File No. 333-217995), dated June 8, 2017 (as amended and/or supplemented from time to time, the “ Registration Statement ”), the Company desires to issue and sell to each Investor, and each Investor, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, common shares of the Company (the “ Securities ”) as more fully described in this Subscription.

 

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 each Investor hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Subscription .

 

(a) The Investors, severally and not jointly, agree to buy, and the Company agrees to sell and issue to the Investors, up to an aggregate of $22,800,000 of Securities, with each Investor purchasing the Securities in the amount equal to such Investor’s subscription amount as set forth on the signature page hereto executed by such Investor (the “ Subscription Amount ”).

 

(b) The Securities have been registered on the Registration Statement. The Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) and is effective on the date hereof. A final prospectus supplement is attached hereto as Exhibit A and will be delivered to each Investor as required by law.

 

(c) The completion of the purchase and sale of the Securities (the “ Closing ”) shall take place at the offices of Haynes and Boone, LLP, located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10112, or at such other location(s) or remotely by facsimile transmission or other electronic means as the parties may mutually agree, on October 30, 2017, or such other date as agreed between the Company and the Investors. At the Closing, (i) each Investor shall pay the Subscription Amount 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 Securities to be delivered to each Investor and shall provide the Investors with a certificate signed by a duly authorized officer confirming: (a) that the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 2 are true and correct as of the Closing, (b) that the Company has completed, following the date hereof and inclusive of the Subscription Amount, financings for an aggregate amount of $55,000,000, (c) the absence of any material adverse change in the Company, its business, or prospects since the date of this Subscription and (d) the Company’s Board has appointed the Investors’ representative to the Board as set forth in Section 5 below.

 

2. Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company represents and warrants as of the date hereof to each Investor as follows:

 

(a) it has the full corporate power and authority to enter into this Subscription and to perform all of its obligations hereunder;

 

 
 

 

(b) 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;

 

(c) 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 Company’s articles or notice of articles, as amended to date, or any other organizational documents;

 

(d) the Securities, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of this Subscription, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; and

 

(e) the Registration Statement, at the time it became effective, did not contain, and as of the time hereof and as of the Closing, does not contain, any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

3. Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgments of the Investor .

 

(a) Each Investor, for itself and for no other Investor, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof to the Company as follows: (i) it 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 authorized and 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 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 Investor’s governing or organizational documents; (iv) the Investor has had full access to the prospectus included in the Registration Statement and the Company’s periodic reports and other information incorporated by reference therein, and was able to read, review, download and print such materials, if desired; (v) at the time the Investor was offered the Securities, it was, and at the date hereof it is, and on the date of the Closing it will be, an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; (vi) 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; (vii) the Investor and the Investor’s attorneys, accountants, purchaser representatives and/or tax advisors, if any (collectively, “ Advisors ”), have received and carefully reviewed this Subscription, the Company’s 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; (viii) the Investor and its Advisors, if any, have had a reasonable opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Company’s 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; (ix) 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 other than the Pontifax Warrants (as defined below); (x) 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; (xi) 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; (xii) except as set forth below, 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 (xiii) neither the Investor nor any group of investors (as identified in a public filing made with the SEC) of which the Investor is a part in connection with the offering of the Securities, acquired, or obtained the right to acquire, twenty percent (20%) or more of the Company’s common shares (or securities convertible into or exercisable for common shares) or the voting power of the Company on a post-transaction basis.

 

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(b) Each Investor, for itself and for no other Investor, hereby also represents and warrants as of the date hereof to the Company that, other than the transactions contemplated hereunder, the Investor has not, directly or indirectly, nor has any person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with the Investor, executed any transactions in securities of the Company, including “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“ Short Sales ”), during the period commencing from the time that the Investor first became aware of the proposed transactions contemplated hereunder until the date hereof (the “ Discussion Time ”). The Investor has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).

 

(c) Each Investor is not, as of the date of this Agreement, and will not be, as of the closing date, a resident of any jurisdiction of Canada.

 

(d) Each Investor acknowledges and agrees that the issuance by the Company of the Securities (including the common shares underlying the Pontifax Warrants (as defined below)) will be conditional upon receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals, including those of the NASDAQ Capital Market and the Toronto Stock Exchange.

 

4. Covenant of the Investors

 

(a) Regarding Short Sales and Confidentiality . Each Investor hereby covenants that neither it nor any affiliates acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any transactions in securities of the Company, including Short Sales, during the period after the Discussion Time and ending at the time that the transactions contemplated by this Subscription are first publicly announced by the Company through a press release and/or Current Report on Form 8-K. The Investor hereby covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Subscription are publicly disclosed by the Company through a press release and/or Current Report on Form 8-K, the Investor will maintain the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction.

 

(b) Canadian Securities Law Compliance . Each Investor covenants and agrees that it (i) will not, during the period ending on the date that is four (4) months and one (1) day after the Closing, sell or otherwise effect a trade of any of the Securities (including the Pontifax Warrants (as defined below) and the common shares underlying the Pontifax Warrants) to any person known to be resident in any jurisdiction in Canada or any person known to be acquiring such securities for the benefit of another person resident in any jurisdiction in Canada, and (ii) will not sell the Securities (including the common shares underlying the Pontifax Warrants) through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange, other than in a transaction made in compliance with the prospectus requirements of applicable Canadian securities laws or pursuant to a transaction that is otherwise made in reliance on an available exemption from the prospectus requirements of applicable Canadian securities laws.

 

5. Covenant of the Company Regarding Right to Nominate Director . Immediately upon the Closing, the Company shall cause its board of directors (the “ Board ”) to (i) increase the current Board by one member and elect to such newly created vacancy Ran Nussbaum, to serve until his successor has been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the articles of the Company.

 

6. Pontifax Warrants . Upon Closing, the Company shall issue to Pontifax (China) IV Limited Partnership, Pontifax (Israel) IV Limited Partnership and Pontifax (Cayman) IV Limited Partnership (collectively “ Pontifax ”) four year warrants to purchase 550,000 common shares at an exercise price of $3.34 per share (the “ Pontifax Warrants ”) in connection with the offering of Securities, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B .

 

7. Miscellaneous .

 

(a) Each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its Advisors, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Subscription. The Company shall pay all transfer agent fees (including, without limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the Investors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon consummation of this Subscription, the Company will reimburse Pontifax for its transaction related fees and expenses up to $100,000, which amount may be deducted from Pontifax’s Subscription Amount.

 

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(b) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

(d) 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.

 

(e) 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 an Investor: as set forth on each Investor’s signature page hereto.

 

All notices hereunder shall be effective upon receipt by the party to which it is addressed.

 

(f) 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 Investors, 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.

 

(g) 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.

 

  VBI Vaccines Inc.
     
  By:  
  Name:
  Title:
     
  Address for Notices:
     
    VBI Vaccines Inc.
    222 3rd Street, Suite 2241
    Cambridge, MA 02142

 

[Company Signature Page to Subscription Agreement]

 

 
 

 

[Investor 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.

 

Name of Investor: ________________________________________________________ _____

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investor : ____________________________________ ___

 

Name of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________ _

 

Title of Authorized Signatory: _____________________________________________________

 

Email Address of Authorized Signatory: _____________________________________________

 

Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: __________________________________________

 

Address for Notice to Investor:

 

Address for Delivery of Securities to Investor (if not same as address for notice) / DWAC Account Number:

 

Subscription Amount: _____________

 

Common Shares: _____________

 

EIN Number:

 

[Signature pages continue]

 

 
 

 

Exhibit A

 

Attached

 

 
 

 

Exhibit B

 

Attached

 

 
 

 

THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATED THERETO OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL (WHICH MAY BE COMPANY COUNSEL) REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

WARRANT AGREEMENT

 

To Purchase Common Shares of

 

VBI VACCINES INC.

 

Dated as of [●], 2017 (the “ Effective Date ”)

 

WHEREAS, VBI Vaccines Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of British Columbia, Canada (the “ Company ”) has entered into a subscription agreement of even date herewith (as amended and in effect from time to time, the “ Subscription Agreement ”) with the undersigned warrantholder (the “ Warrantholder ”).

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Subscription Agreement and as additional consideration to the Warrantholder for, among other things, its agreements in the Subscription Agreement, the Company has agreed to issue to the Warrantholder this Warrant Agreement, evidencing the right to purchase common shares of the Company (this “ Warrant ”, “ Warrant Agreement ”, or this “ Agreement ”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the Company and Warrantholder agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1. GRANT OF THE RIGHT TO PURCHASE COMMON SHARES

 

(a) For value received, the Company hereby grants to the Warrantholder, and the Warrantholder is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to subscribe for and purchase, from the Company, up to the number of fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares (as defined below) equal to the Number of Shares (as defined below), at a purchase price per share equal to the Exercise Price (as defined below). The number and Exercise Price of such shares are subject to adjustment as provided in Section 8 . As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Charter ” means the Company’s Articles, as may be amended and in effect from time to time.

 

Common Shares ” means the Company’s common shares, no par value per share, as presently constituted under the Charter, and any class and/or series of Company capital stock for or into which such common shares may be converted or exchanged in a reorganization, recapitalization or similar transaction.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

 
 

 

Exercise Price ” means $[•], subject to adjustment from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Merger Event ” means any of the following: (i) a sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all assets of the Company, (ii) any merger or consolidation involving the Company in which the Company is not the surviving entity or in which the outstanding shares of the Company’s capital stock are otherwise converted into or exchanged for shares of capital stock or other securities or property of another entity and in which the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not hold a majority of the surviving entity or other entity immediately following such merger or consolidation, or (iii) any sale by holders of the outstanding voting equity securities of the Company in a single transaction or series of related transactions of shares constituting a majority of the outstanding combined voting power of the Company.

 

Purchase Price ” means, with respect to any exercise of this Warrant, an amount equal to the Exercise Price (subject to adjustment from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement) multiplied by the number of Common Shares as to which this Warrant is then exercised.

 

Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 of the Securities Act, as amended.

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

(b) Number of Shares . This Warrant shall be exercisable for [●] Common Shares, subject to adjustment from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, subject to further adjustment thereafter from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 2. TERM OF THE AGREEMENT

 

The term of this Agreement and the right to purchase Common Shares as granted herein shall commence on the Effective Date and, subject to Section 8(a) , shall be exercisable for a period ending upon the fourth (4th) anniversary of the Effective Date.

 

SECTION 3. EXERCISE OF THE PURCHASE RIGHTS

 

(a) Exercise . The purchase rights set forth in this Agreement are exercisable by the Warrantholder, in whole or in part, at any time, or from time to time, prior to the expiration of the term set forth in Section 2 , by tendering to the Company at its principal office a notice of exercise in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I (the “ Notice of Exercise ”), duly completed and executed. Promptly upon receipt of the Notice of Exercise and the payment of the Purchase Price in cash or certified check, and in no event later than three business (3) days thereafter, the Company shall, subject to the prior receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals, including those of the NASDAQ Capital Market and the Toronto Stock Exchange, cause its transfer agent to issue to the Warrantholder in book entry form the number of Common Shares purchased, and the Company shall execute the acknowledgment of exercise in the form attached hereto as Exhibit II (the “ Acknowledgment of Exercise ”) indicating the number of shares which remain subject to future purchases under this Agreement, if any.

 

Upon any partial exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall, upon the Warrantholder’s written request, promptly issue an amended Agreement representing the remaining number of shares purchasable hereunder. All other terms and conditions of such amended Agreement shall be identical to those contained herein, including, but not limited to the Effective Date hereof.

 

 
 

 

SECTION 4. RESERVATION OF SHARES

 

During the term of this Agreement, the Company will at all times have authorized and reserved a sufficient number of Common Shares to provide for the exercise of the rights to purchase Common Shares as provided for herein.

 

SECTION 5. NO FRACTIONAL SHARES OR SCRIP

 

No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Agreement, but in lieu of such fractional shares the Company shall make a cash payment therefor upon the basis of the Exercise Price then in effect.

 

SECTION 6. NO RIGHTS AS SHAREHOLDER

 

Without limitation of any provision hereof, Warrantholder agrees that this Agreement does not entitle the Warrantholder to any voting rights or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise of any of the purchase rights set forth in this Agreement.

 

SECTION 7. WARRANTHOLDER REGISTRY

 

The Company shall maintain a registry showing the name and address of the registered holder of this Agreement. Warrantholder’s initial address, for purposes of such registry, is set forth in Section 12(g) . Warrantholder may change such address by giving written notice of such changed address to the Company.

 

SECTION 8. ADJUSTMENT RIGHTS

 

The Exercise Price and the number of Common Shares purchasable hereunder are subject to adjustment from time to time, as follows:

 

(a) Merger Event . In connection with a Merger Event, this Warrant shall, on and after the closing thereof, automatically and without further action on the part of any party or other person, represent the right to receive the consideration payable on or in respect of all Common Shares that are issuable hereunder as of immediately prior to the closing of such Merger Event less the Purchase Price for all such Common Shares (such consideration to include both the consideration payable at the closing of such Merger Event and all deferred consideration payable thereafter, if any, including, but not limited to, payments of amounts deposited at such closing into escrow and payments in the nature of earn-outs, milestone payments or other performance-based payments), and such Merger Event consideration shall be paid to Warrantholder as and when it is paid to the holders of the outstanding Common Shares.

 

(b) Reclassification of Shares . Except for Merger Events subject to Section 8(a) , if the Company at any time shall, by combination, reclassification, exchange or subdivision of securities or otherwise, change any of the securities as to which purchase rights under this Agreement exist into the same or a different number of securities of any other class or classes of securities, this Agreement shall thereafter represent the right to acquire such number and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result of such change with respect to the securities which were subject to the purchase rights under this Agreement immediately prior to such combination, reclassification, exchange, subdivision or other change. The provisions of this Section 8(b) shall similarly apply to successive combination, reclassification, exchange, subdivision or other change.

 

 
 

 

(c) Subdivision or Combination of Shares . If the Company at any time shall combine or subdivide its Common Shares, (i) in the case of a subdivision, the Exercise Price shall be proportionately decreased and the number of shares for which this Warrant is exercisable shall be proportionately increased, or (ii) in the case of a combination, the Exercise Price shall be proportionately increased and the number of shares for which this Warrant is exercisable shall be proportionately decreased.

 

(d) Stock Dividends . If the Company at any time while this Agreement is outstanding and unexpired shall:

 

  (i) pay a dividend with respect to the outstanding Common Shares payable in additional Common Shares, then the Exercise Price shall be adjusted, as of the record date applicable to such dividend, to that price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such date of determination by a fraction (A) the numerator of which shall be the total number of Common Shares outstanding immediately prior to such dividend or distribution, and (B) the denominator of which shall be the total number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after such dividend or distribution, and the number of Common Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable shall be proportionately increased; or
     
  (ii) make any other dividend or distribution on or with respect to Common Shares, except any dividend or distribution (A) in cash, or (B) specifically provided for in any other clause of this Section 8 , then, in each such case, provision shall be made by the Company such that the Warrantholder shall receive upon exercise of this Warrant a proportionate share of any such distribution as though it were the holder of the Common Shares as of the record date fixed for the determination of the shareholders of the Company entitled to receive such distribution.

 

(e) Notice of Certain Events . If: (i) the Company shall declare any dividend or distribution upon its outstanding Common Shares, payable in shares, cash, property or other securities; (ii) the Company shall offer for subscription pro rata to the holders of its Common Shares any additional shares of any class or other rights; (iii) there shall be any Merger Event; or (iv) there shall be any voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company; then, in connection with each such event, the Company shall give the Warrantholder notice thereof at the same time and in the same manner as it gives notice thereof to the holders of outstanding Common Shares.

 

SECTION 9. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

 

(a) Reservation of Common Shares . The Company covenants and agrees that all Commnon Shares, if any, that may be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant will, upon issuance, be validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable. The Company further covenants and agrees that the Company will, at all times during the term hereof, have authorized and reserved, free from preemptive rights, a sufficient number of Common Shares to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant. If at any time during the term hereof the number of authorized but unissued Common Shares shall not be sufficient to permit exercise of this Warrant in full, the Company will take such corporate action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued Common Shares to such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purposes.

 

 
 

 

(b) Due Authority . The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the performance of all obligations of the Company hereunder, including the issuance to Warrantholder of the right to acquire the Common Shares, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally (including, without limitation, fraudulent conveyance laws) and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

(c) Consents and Approvals . No consent or approval of, giving of notice to, registration with, or taking of any other action in respect of any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency is required with respect to the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, except for the filing of notices pursuant to Regulation D under the Securities Act, any filing required by applicable state securities law, which filings will be effective by the time required thereby and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable state and provincial securities laws or by the by-laws and rules of the NASDAQ or the Toronto Stock Exchange in connection with the issuance of the Common Shares.

 

SECTION 10. REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTHOLDER

 

This Agreement has been entered into by the Company in reliance upon the following representations and covenants of the Warrantholder:

 

(a) Investment Purpose . This Warrant and the shares issued on exercise hereof will be acquired for investment and not with a view to the sale or distribution of any part thereof in violation of applicable federal and state securities laws, and the Warrantholder has no present intention of selling or engaging in any public distribution of the same except pursuant to a registration or exemption.

 

(b) Financial Risk . The Warrantholder has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment, and has the ability to bear the economic risks of its investment in the Company.

 

(c) No Short Sales . Warrantholder has not at any time on or prior to the Effective Date engaged in any short sales or equivalent transactions in the Common Shares. Warrantholder agrees that at all times from and after the Effective Date and on or before the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement, it shall not engage in any short sales or equivalent transactions in the Common Shares.

 

(d) Canadian Securities Laws. The Warrantholder covenants and agrees that it (i) will not, during the period ending on the date that is four (4) months and one (1) day after the Effective Date, sell or otherwise effect a trade of this Warrant or the underlying Common Shares to any person known to be resident in any jurisdiction in Canada or any person known to be acquiring such securities for the benefit of another person resident in any jurisdiction in Canada, and (ii) will not sell the Common Shares through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange, other than in a transaction made in compliance with the prospectus requirements of applicable Canadian securities laws or pursuant to a transaction that is otherwise made in reliance on an available exemption from the prospectus requirements of applicable Canadian securities laws.

 

 
 

 

SECTION 11. TRANSFERS

 

Subject to Section 10(f) and compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws, this Agreement and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, without charge to the holder hereof (except for transfer taxes) upon surrender of this Agreement properly endorsed, with the prior written consent of the Company. Each taker and holder of this Agreement, by taking or holding the same, consents and agrees that this Agreement, when endorsed in blank, shall be deemed negotiable, and that the holder hereof, when this Agreement shall have been so endorsed and its transfer recorded on the Company’s books, shall be treated by the Company and all other persons dealing with this Agreement as the absolute owner hereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by this Agreement. Subject to the Company’s prior written consent, the transfer of this Agreement shall be recorded on the books of the Company upon receipt by the Company of a notice of transfer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit III (the “ Transfer Notice ”) and an opinion of counsel (which may be Company counsel) reasonably satisfactory to the Company that such transfer does not require registration under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws, at its principal offices and the payment to the Company of all transfer taxes and other governmental charges imposed on such transfer.

 

SECTION 12. MISCELLANEOUS .

 

(a) Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon any successors or assigns of the Company.

 

(b) Remedies . In the event of any default hereunder, the non-defaulting party may proceed to protect and enforce its rights either by suit in equity and/or by action at law, including but not limited to an action for damages as a result of any such default, and/or an action for specific performance for any default where the non-defaulting party will not have an adequate remedy at law and where damages will not be readily ascertainable.

 

(c) No Impairment of Rights . The Company will not, by amendment of its Charter or through any other means, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Agreement, 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 in order to protect the rights of the Warrantholder against impairment.

 

(d) Additional Documents . The Company agrees to supply such other documents as the Warrantholder may from time to time reasonably request.

 

(e) Severability . In the event any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall for any reason be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall be unimpaired, and the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision shall be replaced by a mutually acceptable valid, legal and enforceable provision, which comes closest to the intention of the parties underlying the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision.

 

(f) Notices . Except as otherwise provided herein, any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration, service of process or other communication that is required, contemplated, or permitted under this Agreement or with respect to the subject matter hereof shall be in writing, and shall be deemed to have been validly served, given, delivered, and received upon the earlier of: (a) personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent by confirmed telex, electronic transmission or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, if not, then on the next business day, (c) five days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt, and shall be addressed to the party to be notified as follows:

 

 
 

 

If to Warrantholder:

 

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

 

If to the Company:

 

VBI Vaccines Inc.

222 Third Street, Suite 2241

Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142

Attention: Jeff Baxter

Facsimile: [_______]

Email: jbaxter@vbivaccines.com

 

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

 

Haynes and Boone, LLP

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, New York 10112

Attn: Rick A. Werner, Esq.

E-mail: rick.werner@haynesboone.com

 

or to such other address as each party may designate for itself by like notice.

 

(g) Entire Agreement; Amendments . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof, and supersedes and replaces in their entirety any prior proposals, term sheets, letters, negotiations or other documents or agreements, whether written or oral, with respect to the subject matter hereof. None of the terms of this Agreement may be amended except by an instrument executed by each of the parties hereto.

 

(h) Headings . The various headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement or any provisions hereof.

 

(i) No Strict Construction . The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.

 

 
 

 

(j) No Waiver . No omission or delay by Warrantholder at any time to enforce any right or remedy reserved to it, or to require performance of any of the terms, covenants or provisions hereof by Warrantholder at any time designated, shall be a waiver of any such right or remedy to which Warrantholder is entitled, nor shall it in any way affect the right of Warrantholder to enforce such provisions thereafter during the term of this Agreement.

 

(k) Survival . All agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered pursuant hereto shall be for the benefit of Warrantholder and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the expiration or other termination of this Agreement.

 

(l) Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, excluding conflict of laws principles that would cause the application of laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

(m) Consent to Jurisdiction and Venue . All judicial proceedings arising in or under or related to this Agreement may be brought in any state or federal court of competent jurisdiction located in the State of New York, Borough of Manhattan. By execution and delivery of this Agreement, each party hereto generally and unconditionally: (a) consents to personal jurisdiction in the State of New York, Borough of Manhattan; (b) waives any objection as to jurisdiction or venue in the State of New York, Borough of Manhattan; (c) agrees not to assert any defense based on lack of jurisdiction or venue in the aforesaid courts; and (d) irrevocably agrees to be bound by any judgment rendered thereby in connection with this Agreement. Service of process on any party hereto in any action arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be effective if given in accordance with the requirements for notice set forth in Section 12(f) , and shall be deemed effective and received as set forth in Section 12(f) . Nothing herein shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right of either party to bring proceedings in the courts of any other jurisdiction.

 

(n) Mutual Waiver of Jury Trial . Because disputes arising in connection with complex financial transactions are most quickly and economically resolved by an experienced and expert person and the parties wish applicable state and federal laws to apply (rather than arbitration rules), the parties desire that their disputes arising under or in connection with this Agreement be resolved by a judge applying such applicable laws. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND WARRANTHOLDER SPECIFICALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CAUSE OF ACTION, CLAIM, CROSS-CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM, THIRD PARTY CLAIM OR ANY OTHER CLAIM (COLLECTIVELY, “ CLAIMS ”) ASSERTED BY THE COMPANY AGAINST WARRANTHOLDER OR ITS ASSIGNEE OR BY WARRANTHOLDER OR ITS ASSIGNEE AGAINST THE COMPANY RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT. This waiver extends to all such Claims, including Claims that involve persons or entities other the Company and Warrantholder; Claims that arise out of or are in any way connected to the relationship between the Company and Warrantholder; and any Claims for damages, breach of contract, specific performance, or any equitable or legal relief of any kind, arising out of this Agreement.

 

(o) Counterparts . This Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts (including by facsimile or electronic delivery (PDF)), and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so delivered shall be deemed an original, but all of which counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

 
 

 

(p) Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Warrant . If this Warrant is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, the Company may, on such terms as to indemnity or otherwise as it may reasonably impose (which shall, in the case of a mutilated Warrant, include the surrender thereof), issue a new Warrant of like denomination and tenor as this Warrant so lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed. Any such new Warrant shall constitute an original contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the allegedly lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed Warrant shall be at any time enforceable by anyone.

 

(q) Legends . To the extent required by applicable laws, this Warrant and the Common Shares issuable hereunder (and the securities issuable, directly or indirectly, upon conversion of such Common Shares, if any) may be imprinted with a restricted securities legend in substantially the following form:

 

THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION THEREOF UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by its officers thereunto duly authorized as of the Effective Date.

 

COMPANY: VBI VACCINES INC.
     
  By:              
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

WARRANTHOLDER: [●]
     
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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EXHIBIT I

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

To: [  ]

 

(1) The undersigned Warrantholder hereby elects to purchase _______ Common Shares of VBI Vaccines Inc., pursuant to the terms of the Agreement dated the _____ day of _____ , 2017 (the “ Agreement ”) between VBI Vaccines Inc. and the Warrantholder, and tenders herewith payment of the full Purchase Price in cash, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
   
(2) Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said Common Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below.

 

   
  (Name)
   
   
  (Address)

 

WARRANTHOLDER:  

[●]  
     
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT II

 

1. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF EXERCISE

 

The undersigned [  ], hereby acknowledge receipt of the “Notice of Exercise” from [●], to purchase [  ] Common Shares of VBI Vaccines Inc., pursuant to the terms of the Warrant, and further acknowledges that [  ] shares remain subject to purchase under the terms of the Warrant.

 

COMPANY: VBI VACCINES INC.
     
  By:               
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT III

 

TRANSFER NOTICE

 

(To transfer or 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 transferred and assigned to

 

(Please Print)  
   
whose address is  
   
  Dated:
   
  Holder’s Signature:
   
  Holder’s Address:
   
Signature Guaranteed:  

 

NOTE: The signature to this Transfer Notice must correspond with the name as it appears on the face of the Agreement, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever. Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Agreement.

 

 
 

 

 

 

VBI Vaccines Prices Concurrent Public Offering and Registered Direct
Offering for Aggregate Proceeds of $63.5 Million

 

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (October 26, 2017) – VBI Vaccines Inc. (Nasdaq: VBIV) (TSX: VBV) (VBI), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation infectious disease and immuno-oncology vaccines, today announced the pricing of its previously announced underwritten public offering and its concurrent registered direct offering of its common shares at a price to the public of US$3.05 per share. VBI also granted the underwriters in the underwritten public offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 2,100,000 common shares at US$3.05 per share. VBI expects to receive aggregate gross proceeds of US$63.5 million from the offerings, assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares.

 

The pricing for the underwritten public offering was for a total number of 14,000,000 common shares for expected gross proceeds of US$42.7 million. The pricing for the concurrent registered direct offering was for a total number of 6,819,673 common shares for expected gross proceeds of US$20.8 million.

 

BMO Capital Markets and Canaccord Genuity are acting as book-runners and Ladenburg Thalmann is acting as lead manager for the underwritten public offering. Noble Life Science Partners acted as a financial advisor to VBI in connection with the underwritten public offering. The registered direct offering is being made without an underwriter or a placement agent.

 

VBI intends to use the net proceeds from both offerings to progress its pipeline programs, including funding the pivotal Phase III clinical program for Sci-B-Vac® in the United States, Europe and Canada, funding the Phase I/IIa clinical study of VBI-1901 for glioblastoma multiforme, and funding the continued development of VBI-1501A, VBI’s congenital cytomegalovirus clinical candidate. Net proceeds will also be used for general corporate purposes, including working capital and capital expenditures.

 

A shelf registration statement relating to the common shares was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and declared effective on June 8, 2017. A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus related to the underwritten public offering was filed with the SEC on October 25, 2017. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offerings will be filed with the SEC and available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus supplement (when available) and accompanying prospectus for the underwritten public offering may be obtained from BMO Capital Markets Corp., Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, 3 Times Square, 25 th Floor, New York, NY 10036 or by e-mail at bmoprospectus@bmo.com, or from Canaccord Genuity Inc., Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, 99 High Street, 12th Floor, Boston, MA 02110 or by e-mail at prospectus@canaccordgenuity.com.

 

The offerings are expected to close on or about October 30, 2017, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions. VBI intends to rely on the exemption set forth in Section 602.1 of the TSX Company Manual, which provides that the TSX will not apply certain of its requirements to issuers whose shares are listed on another recognized stock exchange, such as the NASDAQ. In addition, closing of the registered direct offering is contingent upon VBI completing, inclusive of the proceeds from the registered direct offering, financings for an aggregate amount of $55,000,000.

 

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This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the 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 registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction. Any offer, if at all, will be made only by means of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus forming a part of the effective registration statement.

 

The securities will not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in Canada or to any resident of Canada.

 

About VBI Vaccines Inc.

 

VBI Vaccines Inc. is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a next generation of vaccines to address unmet needs in infectious disease and immuno-oncology. VBI’s first marketed product is Sci-B-Vac®, a hepatitis B (HBV) vaccine that mimics all three viral surface antigens of the hepatitis B virus; Sci-B-Vac is approved for use in Israel and 14 other countries. VBI’s eVLP Platform technology allows for the development of enveloped virus-like particle (eVLP) vaccines that closely mimic the target virus to elicit a potent immune response. VBI is advancing a pipeline of eVLP vaccines, with lead programs in cytomegalovirus (CMV) and glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). VBI is also advancing its LPV™ Thermostability Platform, a proprietary formulation and process that enables vaccines and biologics to preserve stability, potency, and safety. VBI is headquartered in Cambridge, MA with research operations in Ottawa, Canada and research and manufacturing facilities in Rehovot, Israel.

 

Cautionary Statement on Forward-looking Information

 

Certain statements in this press release that are forward-looking and not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities laws (collectively, “forward-looking statements”). These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, the satisfaction of closing conditions, prevailing market conditions, the anticipated use of the proceeds of the offerings which could change as a result of market conditions or for other reasons, and the impact of general economic, industry or political conditions in the United States or internationally. Additional risks and uncertainties relating to the proposed offerings, VBI and its business can be found under the heading “Risk Factors” in the preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offerings, in VBI’s most recent quarterly and annual reports filed with the SEC and with the Canadian security regulatory authorities at www.sedar.com and in the preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offerings to be filed with the SEC. Given these risks, uncertainties and factors, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. All such forward-looking statements made herein are based on our current expectations and we undertake no duty or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements for any reason, except as required by law.

 

VBI Investor Contact

 

Nell Beattie, Chief Business Officer

Email: IR@vbivaccines.com

 

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