As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 8, 2021

 

Registration No. 333-         

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   82-1436829

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

1101 Marina Village Parkway, Suite 201

Alameda, California 94501

(510) 671-8370

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

Andrea Park

Chief Financial Officer

AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.

1101 Marina Village Parkway, Suite 201

Alameda, California 94501

(510) 671-8370

(Name, address including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

With copies to:

 

Richard S. Soroko, Esq.

Thompson Welch Soroko & Gilbert LLP

3950 Civic Center Drive

Suite 300

San Rafael, CA 94903

Tel: (415) 448-5000

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time, after the effective date of this registration statement.

 

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ☐

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. ☒

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

 

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

  Large accelerated filer ☐ Accelerated filer ☐
  Non-accelerated filer ☒ Smaller reporting company ☒
    Emerging growth company ☒

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities Act. ☒

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of each class of

securities to be registered

 

Amount

to be

registered(1)

   

Proposed

maximum

offering price

per unit

   

Proposed

maximum

aggregate

offering price

   

Amount of

registration fee

 
                         
Primary Offering                                
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share     (2)     (3)     (3)     -  
Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share     (2)     (3)     (3)     -  
Warrants     (2)     (3)     (3)     -  
Units     (2)     (3)     (3)     -  
Total Primary Offering                   $ 50,000,000.00     $ 5,455.00 (4)
Secondary Offering                                
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share     16,447,500 (5)   $ 1.56 (6)     25,658,100.00 (6)   2,799.30  
Common Stock underlying warrants     2,919,299 (7)   $ 2.60 (8)     7,590,177.40 (8)     828.09  
Total     19,366,799             $ 83,248,277.40     $ 9,082.39  

 

(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, the shares being registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of shares of common stock and preferred stock as may be issuable with respect to the shares being registered hereunder as a result of share splits, share dividends or similar transactions.
   
(2) There are being registered hereunder such indeterminate number of shares of common stock and preferred stock, and such indeterminate number of warrants to purchase shares of common stock and preferred stock, and such indeterminate number of units to be sold by the Registrant which together shall have an aggregate public offering price not to exceed $50,000,000. Any such securities registered hereunder may be sold by the Registrant separately or in combination with the other securities registered hereunder. The securities registered also include such indeterminate number of shares of common stock and preferred stock as may be issued upon conversion of or exchange for preferred stock that provide for conversion or exchange, upon exercise of warrants, or pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of any such securities.
   
(3) The proposed maximum aggregate offering price per class of security will be determined, from time to time, by the Registrant in connection with the issuance by the Registrant of the securities registered hereunder and is not specified as to each class of security pursuant to General Instruction II.D. of Form S-3 under the Securities Act.
   
(4) With respect to the primary offering, the registration fee has been calculated in accordance with Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act..
   
(5) The Registrant is hereby registering 16,447,500 shares of common stock for resale by the Selling Securityholder named in the prospectus included in this Registration Statement.
   
(6) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, based on the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s common stock on January 4, 2021, as reported on the NYSE American LLC.
   
(7) The Registrant is hereby registering 2,919,299 shares of common stock underlying warrants held by the Selling Securityholder as of the date of filing this Registration Statement.
   
(8) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act.

 

The Registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment that specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act or until this registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities, and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities, in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED January 8, 2021

 

PROSPECTUS

 

 

$50,000,000

Common Stock

Preferred Stock

Warrants

Units

 

 

 

19,366,799 Shares Common Stock

Offered by the Selling Securityholder

 

We may, from time to time in one or more offerings, offer and sell up to $50.0 million in the aggregate of common stock, preferred stock, warrants, and units or any combination of the foregoing, either individually or as a combination of one or more of those securities. This prospectus provides a general description of the securities we may offer. We will provide the specific terms of the securities offered in one or more supplements to this prospectus. We may also authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided to you in connection with these offerings. The prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus may add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. We may sell these securities directly to investors, through agents designated from time to time or to or through underwriters or dealers. See the section of this prospectus entitled “Plan of Distribution for the Company” for additional information. If any underwriters are involved in the sale of any securities with respect to which this prospectus is being delivered, the names of such underwriters and any applicable commissions or discounts will be set forth in a prospectus supplement. The price to the public of such securities and the net proceeds we expect to receive from such sale will also be set forth in a prospectus supplement.

 

This prospectus also relates to the offer and resale of up to an aggregate of 19,366,799 shares of our common stock, or the Resale Shares, by the security holder identified as the Selling Securityholder in the section of this prospectus entitled “SELLING SECURITYHOLDER.” The Resale Shares include (i) 16,447,500 shares of our common stock presently held by the Selling Securityholder as of the date of this prospectus, and (ii) 2,919,299 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants, or the Warrants, held by the Selling Securityholder as of the date of this prospectus.

 

The registration of the Resale Shares on behalf of the Selling Securityholder does not necessarily mean that the Selling Securityholder will offer or sell their Resale Shares pursuant to this prospectus or at any time in the near future. The Selling Securityholder will be responsible for all discounts, selling commissions and other costs related to the offer and sale of the Resale Shares. If required, the number of Resale Shares to be sold, the public offering price of those Resale Shares, the names of any broker-dealers and any applicable commission or discount will be included in a supplement to this prospectus. The Selling Securityholder and any participating broker-dealers may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the Resale Shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the Resale Shares being offered by the Selling Securityholder, although we may receive proceeds from cash exercises of the Warrants.

 

Please read carefully this prospectus, all applicable prospectus supplements, any related free writing prospectuses, and the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein before you invest in any of our securities. This prospectus may not be used to offer or sell any securities unless accompanied by the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

Our common stock is traded on the NYSE American under the symbol “AGE”. On January 5, 2021, the last reported sales price of our common stock on the NYSE American was $1.63 per share. None of the other securities we may offer are currently traded on any securities exchange. The applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus will contain information, where applicable, as to any other listing on the NYSE American or any securities market or exchange of the securities covered by the prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus.

 

Under the registration statement to which this prospectus forms a part, we may not sell our securities in a primary offering with a value exceeding one-third of our public float in any 12-month period (unless our public float rises to $75.0 million or more). The aggregate market value of AgeX’s outstanding voting and nonvoting common equity held by non-affiliates computed in accordance with General Instruction I.B.6 to Form S-3 is $37,903,811, based on 20,712,465 shares of common stock held by non-affiliates and a $1.83 closing price of the common stock on the NYSE American on a date within 60 days prior to the date of this prospectus. No securities have been offered by AgeX pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6. of Form S-3 during the prior 12 calendar month period that ends on, and includes, the date of this prospectus. We have not offered any securities pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6. of Form S-3 in the prior 12-month period that ends on and includes the date of this prospectus, other than $12,600,000 of our common stock that may be issued and sold under the sales agreement dated January 8, 2021 with Chardan Capital Markets LLC, which is being registered concurrently herewith.

 

We are an “emerging growth company” as that term is used in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act, and, as such, have elected to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements for this prospectus and our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 6 of this prospectus, and under similar headings in the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus for a discussion of the factors we urge you to consider carefully before deciding to purchase our securities.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

The date of this prospectus is _____________, 2021

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS 1
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY 2
RISK FACTORS 6
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS 6
USE OF PROCEEDS 7
MARKET, INDUSTRY AND OTHER DATA 7
DIVIDEND POLICY 7
SECURITIES THAT MAY BE OFFERED 7
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK 8
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS 9
DESCRIPTION OF UNITS 11
AGEX PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION 12
SELLING SECURITY HOLDER 14
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION OF THE SELLING SECURITY HOLDER 18
LEGAL MATTERS 19
EXPERTS 19
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION 20
INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE 20

 

 

 

 

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

 

This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, under the Securities Act, using a “shelf” registration process. Under this process, we may, from time to time, offer and sell, either individually or in combination, in one or more offerings, up to a total dollar amount of $50.0 million of any of the securities described in this prospectus. This prospectus also includes shares of common stock that may be sold by the Selling Securityholder from time to time for its own account.

 

This prospectus provides a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we offer and sell securities under this prospectus, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering. We may also authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided to you that may contain material information relating to a particular offering. The prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus or in any documents that we have incorporated by reference into this prospectus with respect to that offering. To the extent there is a conflict between any statement contained in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement, any related free writing prospectus or any document incorporated by reference into this prospectus, the statement in the document having the later date modifies or supersedes the earlier statement.

 

The information appearing in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front of the document, and any information we have incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the date of the document incorporated by reference, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus, or the time of any sale of a security. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.

 

You should rely only on the information contained in, or incorporated by reference into, this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, or the information contained in any free writing prospectus we have authorized for use in connection with a specific offering. We and the Selling Securityholder have not authorized anyone to provide you with different or additional information. This prospectus is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities other than those registered by this prospectus, nor is it an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities where an offer or solicitation would be unlawful.

 

As permitted by SEC rules and regulations, the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part includes additional information not contained in this prospectus. This prospectus also contains summaries of certain provisions of the documents described herein, but all summaries are qualified in their entirety by reference to the actual documents. You may read the registration statement and the other reports we file with the SEC, and you may obtain copies of the actual documents summarized herein (if and when filed with the SEC), at the SEC’s website. See “Where You Can Find More Information.”

 

The representations, warranties and covenants made by us in any agreement that is filed as an exhibit to any document incorporated by reference into this prospectus were made solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement, including for the purpose of allocating risks among such parties, and should not be deemed to be a representation, warranty or covenant to you. Moreover, such representations, warranties or covenants do not purport to be accurate as of any date other than when made. Accordingly, such representations, warranties and covenants should not be relied on as accurately representing the current state of our affairs.

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

 

This summary highlights selected information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. This summary is not complete and does not contain all the information you should consider before investing in our securities pursuant to this prospectus. Before making an investment decision, please carefully read this entire prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus, including the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus and our financial statements and the related notes incorporated by reference into this prospectus. In this prospectus, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms “AgeX,” “we,” “us” or “our” refer to AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.

 

Overview

 

We are a biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics targeting human aging and degenerative diseases. Our mission is to apply our comprehensive experience in fundamental biological processes of human aging to a broad range of age-associated medical conditions. We believe that demand for therapeutics addressing such conditions is on the rise, commensurate with the demographic shift of aging in the United States and many other industrialized countries.

 

Our proprietary technology, based on telomerase-mediated cellular immortality and regenerative biology, allows us to utilize telomerase-expressing regenerative pluripotant stem cells (“PSCs”) for the manufacture of cell-based therapies to regenerate tissues afflicted with age-related chronic degenerative disease. Our main technology platforms and product candidates are:

 

  PureStem® PSC-derived clonal embryonic progenitor cell lines that may be capable of generating a broad range of cell types for use in cell-based therapies;
     
  UniverCyte™ which uses the HLA-G gene to suppress rejection of transplanted cells and tissues to confer low immune observability to cells;
     
  AGEX-BAT1 using adipose brown fat cells for metabolic diseases such as Type II diabetes;
     
  AGEX-VASC1 using vascular progenitor cells to treat tissue ischemia; and
     
  Induced tissue regeneration or iTR technology to regenerate or rejuvenate cells to treat a variety of degenerative diseases including those associated with aging, as well as other potential tissue regeneration applications such as scarless wound repair.

 

We own or have licenses to a number of patents and patent applications used in the generation of these technologies and product candidates, as well as a license to use patented HyStem® delivery matrices for the transplant of therapeutic cells.

 

AgeX plans to use or license its patented UniverCyte™ technology to produce HLA-G-modified pluripotent stem cells that may be used by AgeX or potential licensees such as other biotechnology or pharma companies to derive universally transplantable specific cell types suitable for use in cellular transplant therapies.

 

AgeX’s other product candidates and its iTR technology are in the discovery stage. The next steps in the development pathway for those product candidates, including any product candidates developed with iTR technology, is the performance of proof-of-concept studies in animal models, potentially followed by further pre-clinical lab and animal studies needed to prepare an investigational new drug or IND submission to the United States Food and Drug Administration or FDA, or a comparable foreign regulatory agency, for permission to commence clinical trials.

 

We are also sponsoring a research program to derive neural stem cells from PSCs to treat Huntington’s Disease, for which proof of concept studies in animal models have already been conducted at a California university. These neural stem cells may also have applications in other neurological diseases and disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease and stroke.

 

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Summary of Risk Factors

 

Investing in AgeX securities involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 6 of this prospectus, and more particularly the risk factors discussed in the documents and other information incorporated by reference in or included in this prospectus for a discussion of the risks you should carefully consider before investing in AgeX securities. Those Risk Factors include but are not limited to the following:

 

Risks Related to Our Financial Condition

 

  We need additional financing to execute our operating plan and continue to operate as a going concern.
     
  We do not meet the NYSE American (the “Exchange”) $2,000,000 minimum stockholders equity requirement for continued listing of our common stock on the Exchange, and as a result our common stock could be delisted if we do meet the Exchange’s continued listing standards by December 1, 2021 or if prior to that date we do not make progress toward compliance, satisfactory to the Exchange, under a compliance plan we submitted to the Exchange.
     
  We are a discovery-stage development company and have incurred operating losses since our inception. We anticipate that we will incur continued losses for the foreseeable future, and we do not know if we will ever attain profitability.
     
  Our ability to continue the development of our product candidates and technologies will be adversely impacted by budget constraints and the reduction in staffing that eliminated most of our research personnel.
     
  If we fail to meet our obligations under license agreements, we may lose our rights to key technologies on which our business depends.
     
  We do not currently have any products on the market and have not yet generated any substantial revenues from operations.
     
  If the market opportunities for our product candidates are smaller than we believe they are, we may not meet our revenue expectations and, even assuming approval of a product candidate, our business may suffer.

 

Risks Related to Our Industry

 

  We have not tested any of our product candidates in clinical trials. Success in early development and preclinical studies or clinical trials may not be indicative of results obtained in later preclinical studies and clinical trials.
     
  The regulatory approval processes of the United States Food and Drug Administration, or the FDA, and comparable foreign authorities are lengthy, time consuming and inherently unpredictable, and if we are ultimately unable to obtain regulatory approval for our product candidates, our business will be substantially harmed.
     
  Clinical studies are costly, time consuming and inherently risky, and we may fail to demonstrate safety and efficacy to the satisfaction of applicable regulatory authorities.

 

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  The commercial success of any of our current or future product candidates will depend upon the degree of market acceptance by physicians, patients, third-party payors, and others in the medical community.
     
  We will face risks related to the manufacture of medical products for any product candidates that we develop.
     
  Any cell-based products that receive regulatory approval may be difficult and expensive to manufacture on a commercial scale.
     
  Our product candidates may cause serious adverse events or undesirable side effects or have other properties which may delay or prevent their regulatory approval, limit the commercial profile of an approved label, or, result in significant negative consequences following marketing approval, if any.
     
  The price and sale of any products that we may develop may be limited by health insurance coverage and government regulation.
     
  We may become dependent on future collaborations to develop and commercialize our product candidates and to provide the regulatory compliance, sales, marketing, and distribution capabilities required for the success of our business.
     
  We have no marketing, sales, or distribution resources for the commercialization of any products or technologies that we might successfully develop.

 

Risks Related to Intellectual Property

 

  If we are unable to obtain and enforce patents and to protect our trade secrets, others could use our technology to compete with us, which could limit opportunities for us to generate revenues by licensing our technology and selling our products.
     
  There is no certainty that our pending or future patent applications will result in the issuance of patents.
     
  Our patents may not protect our technologies or products from competition.

 

Risks Related to Our Relationship with Juvenescence Limited

 

  Conflicts of interest may arise from our relationship with our largest stockholder Juvenescence Limited, or Juvenescence, which owns a significant percentage of our common stock and is a significant creditor and will be able to substantially influence us and exert control over matters subject to stockholder approval and the election of directors. The Chairman of our Board of Directors is the Chief Executive Officer of Juvenescence.

 

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  A Secured Convertible Facility Agreement, or the 2020 Loan Agreement, between AgeX and Juvenescence provides that the aggregate principal cash amount outstanding under the 2020 Loan Agreement may be converted, in whole or in part, into shares of AgeX common stock at any time at Juvenescence’s election. The 2020 Loan Agreement and the Warrants issued in conjunction with the 2020 Loan Agreement contain a “change of control blocker” provision intended to prevent Juvenescence from converting an amount of the outstanding loan balance or exercising an amount of Warrants that would result in Juvenescence holding 50% or more of the outstanding shares of AgeX common stock without approval by the AgeX stockholders. As required by the 2020 Loan Agreement, at the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders AgeX submitted to its stockholders a proposal to permit Juvenescence to convert loans outstanding under the 2020 Loan Agreement and to exercise Warrants issued in conjunction with the 2020 Loan Agreement even if the conversion or exercise would result in Juvenescence holding 50% or more of the outstanding shares of AgeX common stock. AgeX stockholders approved that proposal and as a result of that approval, Juvenescence may, through the exercise of Warrants that it holds or through the conversion of outstanding loans to AgeX into shares of AgeX common stock, acquire additional shares of AgeX common stock that would increase Juvenescence’s holdings to more than 50% of the outstanding shares of AgeX common stock. As a controlling stockholder, Juvenescence would have the power to elect all directors of AgeX and to approve or reject all matters submitted for stockholder approval by the AgeX Board of Directors, by Juvenescence, or by other stockholders, including but not limited to: equity compensation plans for employees, officers, and directors; mergers, acquisitions, and consolidations; sales of AgeX assets; and amendments of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws. Furthermore, upon Juvenescence holding more than 50% the outstanding AgeX common stock, AgeX would qualify as a “controlled company” as defined by the NYSE American Company Guide. Being a “controlled company” would entitle AgeX to exempt itself from the requirement that a majority of its directors be “independent” directors as defined in the NYSE American Company Guide, and that the Compensation Committee and the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee be comprised entirely of independent directors.

 

Risks Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic

 

  The ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic and the worldwide attempts to contain it could harm our business and our results of operations and financial condition could be adversely impacted by such pandemic.

 

Corporate Information

 

We were incorporated in 2017 in the state of Delaware and were formerly a majority-owned subsidiary of Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (formerly known as BioTime, Inc.) (“Lineage”), a publicly-traded biotechnology company. Since December 28, 2018, we ceased to be a subsidiary of Lineage for financial reporting purposes when Lineage’s percentage ownership of our outstanding common stock declined below 50%. As of the date of this prospectus, Lineage’s ownership interest in our common stock has decreased to below 5%, and Lineage no longer exercises significant influence over our operations and management. Our principal executive offices are located at 1101 Marina Village Parkway, Suite 201, Alameda, California 94501. Our telephone number is (510) 671-8370. Our website is www.agexinc.com. Information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website, is not, and shall not be considered part of, or deemed to be incorporated in, this prospectus.

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk and uncertainty. Before making an investment decision with respect to our securities, we urge you to carefully consider the risks, uncertainties and assumptions described in this prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement and the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein, including the risks described in the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2020, June 30, 2020, and September 30, 2020, which are incorporated by reference into this prospectus. We expect to update these risk factors from time to time in the periodic and current reports that we file with the SEC after the date of this prospectus, which will be incorporated by reference into this prospectus. In connection with any specific offering, we also expect to provide risk factors and other information in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

If one or more of the adverse events relevant to these risks and uncertainties actually occurs, our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or prospects could be materially adversely affected. This could cause the trading price of our securities to decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial also may have similar adverse effects on us.

 

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This prospectus and the documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus contain “forward-looking statements” that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including but not limited to those regarding our strategy, plans, objectives, expectations, prospects, future operations, capital resources, financial position, projected costs of and progress with development of our product candidates, regulatory requirements and approvals, commercialization of our product candidates, collaborations, competition, market exclusivity, and intellectual property, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the “Securities Act”, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of words such as, but not limited to, “anticipate,” “believe,” “can,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “strategy,” “target,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions or variations intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of our management based on information currently available to management but such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results and the timing of certain events to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These important factors include but are not limited to those discussed under the “Risk Factors” sections of this prospectus, our Annual Report on Form 10-K, and the other periodic reports and other filings that we file from time to time with the SEC. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee that we actually will achieve the plans, intentions or expectations expressed in our forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Furthermore, such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this prospectus. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements.

 

Please consider our forward-looking statements in light of those risks as you read this prospectus. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

 

You should not assume that the information contained in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than as of the date of this prospectus, or that any information incorporated by reference into this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date of the document so incorporated by reference. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements publicly, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future. Thus, you should not assume that our silence over time means that actual events are bearing out as expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements.

 

If one or more of these or other risks or uncertainties materializes, or if our underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual results may vary materially from what we anticipate. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or individuals acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by this note. Before purchasing any securities offered by this prospectus, you should consider carefully all of the factors set forth or referred to in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference that could cause actual results to differ.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

 

Except as described in any prospectus supplement in connection with a specific offering, we intend to use the net proceeds from our sale of the securities offered under this prospectus for working capital and general corporate purposes. The principal purposes for which we intend to use the net proceeds from a specific offering and the approximate amounts intended to be used for each such purpose will be set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to that offering. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of Resale Shares by the Selling Securityholder but we would receive the exercise price of any Warrants that are exercised by the Selling Securityholder.

 

MARKET, INDUSTRY AND OTHER DATA

 

This prospectus contains or incorporates by reference estimates, projections and other information concerning our industry, our business and the markets for our product candidates, including data regarding the estimated size of those markets and their projected growth rates We obtained the industry, market and other data from our own internal estimates and research, as well as from independent industry publications and other publicly available information, including information from government agencies. Although we believe that these sources are reliable, we do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of third-party information and we have not independently verified that information. Although we are not aware of any misstatements regarding the market and industry data presented in this prospectus and the documents incorporated herein by reference, estimates, forecasts, projections, market research or similar data is inherently subject to uncertainties and actual events or circumstances may differ materially from events and circumstances that are assumed in that data and are subject to change based on various factors, including those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in this prospectus and under similar headings in the other documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus. Accordingly, investors should not place undue reliance on this information.

 

DIVIDEND POLICY

 

We have never paid cash dividends on our capital stock and we do not anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future, but intend to retain our capital resources for reinvestment in our business. Any future determination to pay cash dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will be dependent upon our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, requirements of our then-existing credit agreements and other factors as our board of directors deems relevant.

 

SECURITIES THAT MAY BE OFFERED

 

We may offer shares of common stock, shares of preferred stock, warrants, units consisting of a combination of the foregoing securities or any other combination of the foregoing. We may offer up to $50.0 million of securities under this prospectus. The prices and terms of any offering will be determined by market conditions at the time of offering. We may issue preferred stock that is exchangeable for or convertible into common stock or any of the other securities that may be sold under this prospectus. Each time we offer securities under this prospectus, we will provide offerees with a prospectus supplement that will describe the specific amounts, prices and other important terms of the securities being offered.

 

The summaries below provide a general description of the securities we may offer and are not intended to be complete. The particular terms of any security will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

  

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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

 

The following description of our common stock and preferred stock, together with any additional information we include in any applicable prospectus supplement, documents incorporated by reference or any related free writing prospectus, summarizes the material terms and provisions of our common stock that we may offer, and the preferred stock that we may offer, under this prospectus. We will describe the particular terms of any class or series of these securities in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement. The description of our capital stock below is summarized from, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, our Certificate of Incorporation and our bylaws, in each case, as amended and as in effect on the date of this prospectus, each of which has been publicly filed with the SEC. Certain terms of our capital stock described below are also based on the Delaware General Corporation Law as in existence on the date of this prospectus, and may be affected by future amendments to such code.

 

General

 

Our Certificate of Incorporation currently authorizes the issuance of up to 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

 

Common Stock

 

Each holder of record of common stock is entitled to one vote for each outstanding share owned, on every matter properly submitted to the shareholders for their vote. Subject to any dividend rights of holders of any of the preferred stock that we may issue from time to time, holders of common stock are entitled to any dividend declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available for that purpose.

 

Subject to the prior payment of any liquidation preference to holders of any preferred stock that we may issue from time to time, holders of common stock are entitled to receive on a pro rata basis all of our remaining assets available for distribution to the holders of common stock in the event of the liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of our operations. Holders of our common stock do not have any preemptive, subscription, or redemption rights. All of the outstanding shares of our common stock are fully paid and non-assessable.

 

Preferred Stock

 

We may issue preferred stock in one or more series, at any time, with such rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions as our board of directors may determine, all without further action of our shareholders. Any series of preferred stock which may be authorized by our board of directors in the future may be senior to and have greater rights and preferences than our common stock. There are no shares of preferred stock presently outstanding and we have no present plan, arrangement, or commitment to issue any preferred stock.

 

The rights, privileges, preferences and restrictions of any class or series of preferred stock may be subordinated to, pari passu with or senior to any of those of any present or future class or series of preferred stock or common stock. Our board of directors is also expressly authorized to increase or decrease the number of shares of any series subsequent to the issue of that series, but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding. The issuance of preferred stock may have the effect of decreasing the market price of our common stock and may adversely affect the voting power of holders of our common stock and reduce the likelihood that holders of our common stock will receive dividend payments and payments upon liquidation. In addition, the issuance of preferred stock could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in our control or other corporate action.

 

The particular terms of each class or series of preferred stock that we may offer under this prospectus, including redemption privileges, liquidation preferences, voting rights, dividend rights or conversion rights, will be more fully described in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to the preferred stock offered thereby. The applicable prospectus supplement will specify the terms of the class or series of preferred stock we may offer, including:

 

  the distinctive designation and the maximum number of shares in the class or series;
     
  the number of shares we are offering and the purchase price per share;

 

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  the liquidation preference, if any;
     
  the terms on which dividends, if any, will be paid;
     
  the voting rights, if any;
     
  the terms and conditions, if any, on which the shares of the class or series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or series of authorized capital stock;
     
  the terms on which the shares may be redeemed, if at all;
     
  any listing of the preferred stock on any securities exchange or market;
     
  a discussion of any material or special U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to the preferred stock; and
     
  any or all other preferences, rights, restrictions, including restrictions on transferability and qualifications of shares of the class or series.

 

NYSE American Listing

 

Our common stock is listed on the NYSE American under the symbol “AGE.”

 

Transfer agent and registrar

 

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11219.

 

DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

 

General

 

We may offer warrants for the purchase of shares of common stock, shares of preferred stock or the other securities registered hereby, in one or more series. We may issue the warrants by themselves or together with common stock, preferred stock, other warrants or units, and the warrants may be attached to or separate from any offered securities. While the terms we have summarized below will apply generally to any warrants that we may offer under this prospectus, we will describe in particular the terms of any series of warrants that we may offer in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement and any applicable free writing prospectus. The terms of any warrants offered by a prospectus supplement may differ from the terms described below.

 

We will file as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, or will incorporate by reference from another report that we file with the SEC, the form of warrant or warrant agreement, which may include a form of warrant certificate, as applicable, that describes the terms of the particular series of warrants we may offer before the issuance of the related series of warrants. We may issue the warrants under a warrant agreement that we will enter into with a warrant agent to be selected by us. The warrant agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the warrants and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any registered holders of warrants or beneficial owners of warrants. The following summary of material provisions of the warrants and warrant agreements are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the form of warrant or warrant agreement and warrant certificate applicable to a particular series of warrants. We urge you to read the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, as well as the complete form of warrant or the warrant agreement and warrant certificate, as applicable, that contain the terms of the warrants.

 

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The particular terms of any issue of warrants will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to the issue. Those terms may include:

 

  the title of such warrants;
     
  the aggregate number of such warrants;
     
  the price or prices at which such warrants will be issued;
     
  the currency or currencies (including composite currencies) in which the price of such warrants may be payable;
     
  the terms of the securities purchasable upon exercise of such warrants and the procedures and conditions relating to the exercise of such warrants;
     
  the price at which the securities purchasable upon exercise of such warrants may be purchased;
     
  the date on which the right to exercise such warrants will commence and the date on which such right shall expire;
     
  any provisions for adjustment of the number or amount of securities receivable upon exercise of the warrants or the exercise price of the warrants;
     
  if applicable, the minimum or maximum amount of such warrants that may be exercised at any one time;
     
  if applicable, the designation and terms of the securities with which such warrants are issued and the number of such warrants issued with each such security;
     
  if applicable, the date on and after which such warrants and the related securities will be separately transferable;
     
  information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any;
     
  the terms of any rights to redeem or call the warrants;
     
  U.S. federal income tax consequences of holding or exercising the warrants, if material; and
     
  any other terms of such warrants, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange or exercise of such warrants.

 

Each warrant will entitle its holder to purchase the number of securities at the exercise price set forth in, or calculable as set forth in, the applicable prospectus supplement. The warrants may be exercised as set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to the warrants offered. Unless we otherwise specify in the applicable prospectus supplement, warrants may be exercised at any time up to the close of business on the expiration date set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to the warrants offered thereby. After the close of business on the expiration date, unexercised warrants will become void.

 

We will specify the place or places where, and the manner in which, warrants may be exercised in the form of warrant, warrant agreement or warrant certificate and applicable prospectus supplement. Upon receipt of payment and the warrant or warrant certificate, as applicable, properly completed and duly executed at the designated office of any warrant agent, or any other office (including ours) indicated in the prospectus supplement, we will, as soon as practicable, issue and deliver the securities purchasable upon such exercise. If less than all of the warrants (or the warrants represented by such warrant certificate) are exercised, a new warrant or a new warrant certificate, as applicable, will be issued for the remaining amount of warrants. If we so indicate in the applicable prospectus supplement, holders of the warrants may surrender securities as all or part of the exercise price for warrants.

 

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Prior to the exercise of any warrants to purchase common stock or preferred stock, holders of the warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of common stock or preferred stock purchasable upon exercise, including the right to vote or to receive any payments of dividends or payments upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up on the common stock or preferred stock purchasable upon exercise, if any.

 

DESCRIPTION OF UNITS

 

The following description, together with the additional information we may include in any applicable prospectus supplement, summarizes the material terms and provisions of the units that we may offer under this prospectus. While the terms we have summarized below will apply generally to any units that we may offer under this prospectus, we will describe the particular terms of any series of units in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus. The terms of any units offered by a prospectus supplement may differ from the terms described in this prospectus.

 

We will file as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, or will incorporate by reference from another report we file with the SEC, the form of unit agreement that describes the terms of the series of units we may offer under this prospectus, and any supplemental agreements, before the issuance of the related series of units. The following summaries of material terms and provisions of the units are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the unit agreement and any supplemental agreements applicable to a particular series of units. We urge you to read the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, as well as the complete unit agreement and any supplemental agreements that contain the terms of the units.

 

General

 

We may offer units comprised of any combination of our common stock, preferred stock, warrants or other units, in one or more series. Each unit will be issued so that the holder of the unit is also the holder of each security included in the unit. Thus, the holder of a unit will have the rights and obligations of a holder of each included security. The unit agreement under which a unit is issued may provide that the securities included in the unit may not be held or transferred separately, at any time or at any time before a specified date.

 

We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement the terms of the series of units, including:

 

  the designation and terms of the units and of the securities comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances those securities may be held or transferred separately;
     
  any provisions of the governing unit agreement that differ from those described in this prospectus; and
     
  any provisions for the issuance, payment, settlement, transfer or exchange of the units or of the securities comprising the units.

 

The provisions described in this section, as well as those described in the sections of this prospectus titled “Description of Capital Stock” and “Description of Warrants” will apply to each unit and to any common stock, preferred stock or warrant included in each unit, respectively.

 

Enforceability of Rights by Holders of Units

 

Each unit agent will act solely as our agent under the applicable unit agreement and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust with any holder of any unit. A single bank or trust company or other institution may act as unit agent for more than one series of units. A unit agent will have no duty or responsibility in case of any default by us under the applicable unit agreement or unit, including any duty or responsibility to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise, or to make any demand upon us. Any holder of a unit may, without the consent of the related unit agent or the holder of any other unit, enforce by appropriate legal action its rights as holder under any security included in the unit.

 

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We and any unit agent (including any of its agents) may treat the registered holder of any unit certificate as an absolute owner of the units evidenced by that certificate for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights attaching to the units so requested, despite any notice to the contrary.

 

AGEX PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

We may sell our securities directly to one or more investors. We may also sell our securities through agents designated from time to time or to or through underwriters or dealers. The applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus will describe the terms of the offering of the securities, including, to the extent applicable:

 

  the name or names of any agents, underwriters or dealers;
     
  the purchase price of the securities being offered and the net proceeds we will receive from the sale;
     
  any over-allotment options under which underwriters may purchase additional securities from us;
     
  any agency fees or underwriting discounts and other items constituting agents’ or underwriters’ compensation;
     
  any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers; and
     
  any securities exchanges or markets on which such securities may be listed.

 

We may distribute our securities from time to time in one or more transactions at:

 

  a fixed price or prices, which may be changed from time to time;
     
  market prices prevailing at the time of sale;
     
  prices related to such prevailing market prices; or
     
  negotiated prices.

 

Agents

 

We may designate agents who agree to use their reasonable efforts to solicit purchases of our securities for the period of their appointment or to sell our securities on a continuing basis. We will name any agent involved in the offering and sale of securities and we will describe any fees or commissions we will pay the agent in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

Underwriters

 

If we use underwriters for a sale of securities, the underwriters will acquire the securities for their own account. The underwriters may resell the securities in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. The obligations of the underwriters to purchase the securities will be subject to the conditions set forth in the applicable underwriting agreement. Subject to certain conditions, the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the securities of the series offered if they purchase any of the securities of that series. We may change from time to time any public offering price and any discounts or concessions the underwriters allow or reallow or pay to dealers. We may use underwriters with whom we have a material relationship. We will name any underwriter involved in the offering and sale of securities, describe any discount or other compensation and describe the nature of any material relationship in any applicable prospectus supplement. Only underwriters we name in the prospectus supplement will be underwriters of the securities offered by that prospectus supplement.

 

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Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the distribution of the securities may be underwriters as defined in the Securities Act, and any discounts or commissions they receive from us and any profit on their resale of the securities may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. We will identify in the applicable prospectus supplement any underwriters, dealers or agents and will describe their compensation. We may have agreements with the underwriters, dealers and agents to indemnify them against specified civil liabilities related to offerings under this prospectus, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or contribution with respect to payments that the agents or underwriters may make with respect to these liabilities. Underwriters, dealers and agents may engage in transactions with or perform services for us in the ordinary course of their businesses.

 

Trading Markets and Listing of Securities

 

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, each class or series of securities will be a new issue with no established trading market, other than our common stock, which is currently listed on the NYSE American. We may elect to list or qualify for trading any other class or series of securities on any securities exchange or other market, but we are not obligated to do so. It is possible that one or more underwriters may make a market in a class or series of securities, but the underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. We cannot give any assurance as to the liquidity of the trading market for any of the securities.

 

Stabilization Activities

 

Any underwriter may engage in overallotment, stabilizing transactions, short covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act. Overallotment involves sales in excess of the offering size, which create a short position. Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum. Short covering transactions involve purchases of the securities in the open market after the distribution is completed to cover short positions. Penalty bids permit the underwriters to reclaim a selling concession from a dealer when the securities originally sold by the dealer are purchased in a covering transaction to cover short positions. Those activities may cause the price of the securities to be higher than it would otherwise be. If commenced, the underwriters may discontinue any of these activities at any time.

 

Passive Market Making

 

Any underwriter who is a qualified market maker on the NYSE American may engage in passive market making transactions in securities listed on the NYSE American in accordance with Rule 103 of Regulation M, during the business day prior to the pricing of the offering, before the commencement of offers or sales of the securities. A passive market maker must comply with applicable volume and price limitations and must be identified as a passive market maker. In general, a passive market maker must display its bid at a price not in excess of the highest independent bid for such security. If all independent bids are lowered below the passive market maker’s bid, however, the passive market maker’s bid must then be lowered when certain purchase limits are exceeded.

 

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SELLING SECURITYHOLDER

 

This prospectus also relates to the offer and resale of up to an aggregate of 19,366,799 shares of our common stock, or the Resale Shares, by Juvenescence Limited as the Selling Securityholder. The Resale Shares are comprised of: (i) 16,447,500 shares held by the Selling Securityholder as of the date of this prospectus, and (ii) 2,919,299 shares issuable upon the exercise of Warrants held by the Selling Securityholder as of the date of this prospectus.

 

Selling Securityholder Table

 

The following table and accompanying footnotes, which were prepared based on information furnished to us by or on behalf of the Selling Securityholder and information filed with the SEC, set forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of shares of our common stock owned by the Selling Securityholder as of January 5, 2021. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with rules of the SEC, and the information is not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose. Under the rules of the SEC, a person is deemed to be a “beneficial owner” of a security if that person has or shares “voting power,” which includes the power to vote or to direct the voting of such security, or “investment power,” which includes the power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of such security. A person is also deemed to be a beneficial owner of a security if that person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership of such security within 60 days. The potential acquisition of additional shares of common stock by the Selling Securityholder through the conversion of the principal balances of loans outstanding under the 2019 Loan Agreement and 2020 Loan Agreement is discussed below under the caption “Certain Transactions and Relationships Between AgeX and the Selling Securityholder.” Shares of common stock that may be issued to the Selling Securityholder upon the conversion of future loans that may be made under the 2020 Loan Agreement or upon the exercise of any Warrants that may be issued to the Selling Securityholder in the future if additional loans are made under the 2020 Loan Agreement, are not included as shares beneficially owned because the amount of those shares will depend on future lending events and market prices for AgeX common stock which are not presently determinable.

 

The percentage of shares beneficially owned is based on 37,691,047 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding as of January 5, 2021. Shares of our common stock that the Selling Securityholder has the right to acquire within 60 days of the filing date of this prospectus are deemed outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage ownership of the Selling Securityholder’s holdings. The number of shares and percentage of our outstanding common stock to be beneficially owned after completion of this offering assumes that the Selling Securityholder will sell all the Resale Shares offered hereby. The Selling Securityholder may offer all, some, or none of the Resale Shares. The Selling Securityholder may have sold, transferred, otherwise disposed of or purchased, or may sell, transfer, otherwise dispose of or purchase, at any time and from time to time, shares of our common stock in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, or in the open market after the date on which they provided the information set forth in the table below. As discussed above, the Selling Securityholder may also acquire additional shares of AgeX common stock through the conversion of the principal balance of future loans to AgeX and the exercise of any additional Warrants that may be issued in connection with any such future loans.

 

Information concerning the Selling Securityholder may change over time. Any changed information will be set forth in amendments to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part or in supplements to this prospectus, if and when necessary or as otherwise required by law.

 

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    Beneficial Ownership of     Common Stock     Beneficial Ownership  
    Common Stock Prior     Saleable     of Common Stock  
    to the Offering     Pursuant     After the Offering (2)  
    Number of     Percent of     to This     Number of     Percent of  
Name of Selling Stockholder   Shares(1)     Class     Prospectus     Shares(2)     Class (2)  
                               
Juvenescence Limited     23,354,529       52.37 %     19,366,799       3,987,730       8.94 %

 

(1) The Selling Securityholder beneficially owns an aggregate of 23,354,529 shares of common stock, representing (i) 16,447,500 shares of common stock held directly, (ii) 150,000 shares of common stock that may be acquired on exercise of the 2019 Warrants, (iii) 2,769,299 shares of common stock that may be acquired on exercise of New Warrants issued connection with advances under the 2020 Loan Agreement, and (iv) an additional 3,987,730 shares the Selling Securityholder may acquire through the conversion of the principal balance of the current amounts outstanding under the 2020 Loan Agreement that may be issued as of January 5, 2021 (based upon the last closing price of the common stock on that date) and assuming exercise of all Warrants. In connection with AgeX’s receipt of $1.0 million on January 4, 2021 through a draw under the 2020 Loan Agreement, additional New Warrants to purchase 328,947 shares of common stock will be issued to Juvenescence upon approval of an additional listing application by the NYSE American. The shares issuable upon the exercise of those New Warrants are not included herein.

 

(2) Assumes that all of the Resale Shares held by the Selling Securityholder covered by this prospectus are sold and that the Selling Securityholder acquires no additional shares of common stock before the completion of this offering. However, as the Selling Securityholder can offer all, some, or none of their Resale Shares, no definitive estimate can be given as to the number of Resale Shares that the Selling Securityholder will ultimately offer or sell under this prospectus.

 

Certain Transactions and Relationships Between AgeX and the Selling Securityholder

 

Board of Directors Representation

 

Although there presently are no agreements entitling Juvenescence to appoint any person to AgeX’s Board of Directors, Gregory Bailey who is the Chief Executive Officer of Juvenescence and a member of its board of directors, is the Chairman of AgeX’s Board of Directors and serves as a member of the Compensation Committee and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee of the AgeX Board of Directors.

 

Compensation of Our Chief Operating Officer

 

Since October 2018, AgeX’s Chief Operating Officer, Nafees Malik, who is an employee of Juvenescence, has been devoting a majority of his time to AgeX’s operations for which AgeX reimburses Juvenescence for his services on an agreed upon fixed annual rate of $272,000 from October 18, 2018 through March 10, 2019 and $283,000 from March 11, 2019 through December 31, 2019. Additionally, Dr. Malik received a $50,000 bonus in March 2019. As of December 31, 2019, AgeX had accrued approximately $71,000 payable to Juvenescence for Dr. Malik’s services rendered.

 

2019 Loan Agreement and Warrant Agreement

 

On August 13, 2019 AgeX and Juvenescence entered into a Loan Facility Agreement (the “2019 Loan Agreement”) pursuant to which Juvenescence provided AgeX a $2.0 million line of credit for a period of 18 months. As of March 30, 2020, AgeX had drawn all of the $2.0 million.

 

In lieu of interest, AgeX issued to Juvenescence 19,000 shares of AgeX common stock concurrently with the first draw down of funds under the 2019 Loan Agreement. However, if AgeX fails to repay the loan when due, interest at the rate of 10% per annum, compounded daily, will accrue on the unpaid balance from the date the payment was due.

 

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In lieu of repayment of funds borrowed, AgeX may convert the loan balance (including principal and accrued interest, if any) into AgeX common stock or “units” if AgeX consummates a “Qualified Offering” which means a sale of common stock (or common stock paired with warrants or other convertible securities in “units”) in which the gross sale proceeds are at least $7.5 million.

 

Events of Default under the 2019 Loan Agreement include: (i) AgeX fails to pay any amount in the manner and at the time provided in the 2019 Loan Agreement and the failure to pay is not remedied within 10 business days; (ii) AgeX fails to perform any of its obligations under the 2019 Loan Agreement and if the failure can be remedied it is not remedied to the satisfaction of Juvenescence within 10 business days after notice to AgeX; (iii) other indebtedness for money borrowed in excess of $100,000 becomes due and payable or can be declared due and payable prior to its due date or if indebtedness for money borrowed in excess of $25,000 is not paid when due; (iv) AgeX stops payment of its debts generally or discontinues its business or becomes unable to pay its debts as they become due or enters into any arrangement with creditors generally, (v) AgeX becomes insolvent or begins liquidation or administration or other insolvency procedures, or a receiver, trustee or similar officer is appointed in respect of all or any part of its assets and such appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for sixty days, (vi) it becomes illegal for AgeX to perform its obligations under the 2019 Loan Agreement or any governmental permit, license, consent, exemption or similar requirement for AgeX to perform its obligations under the 2019 Loan Agreement or to carry out its business is not obtained or ceases to remain in effect; (vii) the issuance or levy of any judgment, writ, warrant of attachment or execution or similar process against all or any material part of the property or assets of AgeX if such process is not released, vacated or fully bonded within sixty calendar days after its issue or levy; (viii) any injunction, order or judgement of any court is entered or issued which in the opinion of Juvenescence materially and adversely affects the ability of AgeX to carry out its business or to pay amounts owed to Juvenescence under the 2019 Loan Agreement, and (ix) there is a change in AgeX’s financial condition that in the opinion of Juvenescence materially and adversely affects, or is likely to so affect, its ability to perform any of its obligations under the 2019 Loan Agreement.

 

As consideration for the line of credit under the 2019 Loan Agreement, AgeX issued to Juvenescence warrants to purchase 150,000 shares of AgeX common stock (the 2019 Warrants”). The exercise price of the 2019 Warrants is $2.60 per share, which was the volume weighted average price on the NYSE American (VWAP) of AgeX common stock over the twenty trading days prior to the date the 2019 Warrants were issued. The 2019 Warrants will expire at 5:00 p.m. New York Time three years after the date of issue. The number of shares issuable upon exercise of the 2019 Warrants and the exercise price per share are subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events such as a stock split or reverse split or combination of the common stock, stock dividend, recapitalization or reclassification of the common stock, and similar events.

 

AgeX has entered into a Registration Rights Agreement to register the 19,000 shares issuable under the 2019 Loan Agreement and the 150,000 2019 Warrants and underlying shares for resale under the Securities Act, and those shares are included in this prospectus as Resale Shares.

 

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2020 Loan Agreement and New Warrant Agreement

 

On March 30, 2020, AgeX and Juvenescence entered into a new Secured Convertible Facility Agreement (the “2020 Loan Agreement”) pursuant to which Juvenescence has agreed to provide to AgeX an $8.0 million line of credit for a period of 18 months on substantially the same terms as the 2019 Loan Agreement, except that (a) all loans to AgeX under the 2020 Loan Agreement in excess of an initial $500,000 advance are subject to Juvenescence’s discretion, (b) AgeX may not draw more than $1.0 million in any single draw, (c) in lieu of accrued interest, AgeX will issue to Juvenescence 28,500 shares of AgeX common stock when AgeX has borrowed an aggregate of $3.0 million under the 2020 Loan Agreement, (d) AgeX will issue to Juvenescence warrants to purchase shares of AgeX common stock (“New Warrants”) in amounts determined by the warrant formula described below, (e) the Repayment Date for outstanding principal balance of the loan under the 2020 Loan Agreement will be March 30, 2023, (f) before Juvenescence funds additional loans after the first two draws of funds under the 2020 Loan Agreement, a Security and Pledge Agreement (the “Security Agreement”) will go into effect granting Juvenescence a security interest in all of the assets of AgeX and AgeX’s subsidiaries ReCyte Therapeutics and Reverse Bioengineering, Inc. (the “Guarantor Subsidiaries” or each a “Guarantor Subsidiary”) (g) the Guarantor Subsidiaries will guarantee AgeX’s obligations under the 2020 Loan Agreement if AgeX makes more than two draws of funds under the 2020 Loan Agreement and (h) Juvenescence has the right to convert the principal amount of outstanding loans under the 2020 Loan Agreement into shares of AgeX common stock at the Market Price as defined in the 2020 Loan Agreement. Further, in addition to the Events of Default described herein, additional Events of Default will arise under the 2020 Loan Agreement if (i) AgeX or any of the Guarantor Subsidiaries sells, leases, licenses, consigns, transfers, or otherwise disposes of a material part of its assets other than inventory in the ordinary course of business or certain intercompany transactions, or certain other limited permitted transactions, unless Juvenescence approves, (ii) the security interests under the Security Agreement, if in effect, are not valid or perfected, or AgeX or a Guarantor Subsidiary contests the validity of its obligations under the 2020 Loan Agreement or Security Agreement or other related agreement with Juvenescence, or there is a loss, theft, damage or destruction of a material portion of the collateral, (iii) any representation, warranty, or other statement made by AgeX or a Guarantor Subsidiary under the 2020 Loan Agreement is incomplete, untrue, incorrect, or misleading, or (iv) AgeX or a Guarantor Subsidiary suspends or ceases to carry on all or a material part of its business or threatens to do so.

 

Each time AgeX receives an advance of funds under the 2020 Loan Agreement, AgeX will issue to Juvenescence a number of New Warrants equal to 50% of the number determined by dividing the amount of the advance by the applicable Market Price. The Market Price will be the closing price per share of AgeX common stock on the NYSE American or other national securities exchange on the date of the applicable notice from AgeX requesting a draw of funds that triggers the obligation to issue New Warrants; provided, however that if AgeX common stock is not traded on a national securities exchange the Market Price shall be determined with reference to closing prices quoted or bid and asked prices on the OTC Bulletin Board or similar quotation system averaged over twenty consecutive trading days. The exercise price of the New Warrants will be the applicable Market Price. The New Warrants will expire at 5:00 p.m. New York time three years after the date of issue.

 

The 2020 Loan Agreement was amended during July 2020. The amendment waived (i) the provisions requiring that, as a condition to the funding of a third draw of funds, AgeX and the Guarantor Subsidiaries execute a Security Agreement and related documents pledging certain assets as collateral, and (ii) certain provisions providing that the Guarantor Subsidiaries guarantee AgeX’s obligations under the 2020 Loan Agreement, in each case subject to an acknowledgement by AgeX and the Guarantor Subsidiaries that Juvenescence may, in its discretion, condition any advances under the 2020 Loan Agreement subsequent to the third draw of funds on the receipt of such collateral agreements and guarantees. In addition, the 2020 Loan Agreement and the related Warrant Agreement were amended to place certain limits on the number of shares that may be issued to Juvenescence upon conversion of outstanding loan amounts or exercise of the warrants, in order to comply with applicable NYSE American listing requirements. The 2020 Loan Agreement provided that no more than 19.9% of the shares outstanding at March 30, 2020 may be issued upon conversion of any advance outstanding under the 2020 Loan Agreement at a conversion price that is lower than the market price of AgeX common stock at the time the applicable advance being converted was made, and no advances may be converted into common stock and no New Warrants may be exercised, in an amount that would cause Juvenescence’s ownership to equal or exceed 50% of the number of shares of AgeX common stock outstanding (the “50% cap”), in each case without the approval of AgeX’s stockholders. As required by the 2020 Loan Agreement, at the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders AgeX submitted to its stockholders a proposal to permit Juvenescence to convert loans outstanding under the 2020 Loan Agreement and to exercise warrants without regard to the 19.9% and 50% cap limitations. The stockholders approved that proposal.

 

Through January 4, 2021, AgeX drew a total of $6.5 million against the $8.0 million line of credit under the 2020 Loan Agreement. AgeX may draw additional funds from time to time subject to Juvenescence’s discretion, prior to the Repayment Date on March 30, 2023. AgeX may not draw down funds if an “Event of Default” under the 2020 Loan Agreement has occurred and is continuing and AgeX may not draw down more than $1.0 million in any single draw. In lieu of accrued interest, AgeX issued to Juvenescence 28,500 shares of AgeX common stock when AgeX borrowed an aggregate of $3.0 million under the 2020 Loan Agreement on July 27, 2020. AgeX issued New Warrants to purchase 2,769,299 shares of AgeX common stock for the $6.5 million of loans drawn through January 4, 2021. In connection with AgeX’s receipt of $1.0 million on January 4, 2021 through a draw under the 2020 Loan Agreement, additional New Warrants to purchase 328,947 shares of common stock will be issued to Juvenescence upon approval of an additional listing application by the NYSE American.

 

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AgeX has entered into an amendment to the Registration Rights Agreement to include as registrable securities under the Registration Rights Agreement the 28,500 shares of common stock issued under the 2020 Loan Agreement, and the New Warrants and shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the New Warrants. As of January 4, 2021, the 28,500 shares of common stock and 2,769,299 New Warrants had been issued and are included in this prospectus. Additional New Warrants that may be issued under the 2020 Loan Agreement are not included in this prospectus as Resale Shares.

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION FOR THE SELLING SECURITYHOLDER

 

The Selling Shareholder and any of its pledgees, donees, transferees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their Resale Shares on the NYSE American or any other securities exchange, market or trading facility on which shares of our common stock are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. The Selling Shareholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling Resale Shares:

 

  ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;
     
  sales by a broker-dealer of a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share, pursuant to agreements between the Selling Shareholder and broker-dealer;
     
  block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the Resale Shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;
     
  purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;
     
  an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;
     
  privately negotiated transactions;
     
  settlement of short sales, loans or pledges entered into after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part;
     
  writing or settlement of options, derivative securities or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;
     
  a combination of any such methods of sale; or
     
  any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

 

The Selling Securityholder may also sell the Resale Shares under Rule 144 under the Securities Act, if available, rather than pursuant to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

 

Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Securityholder may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Securityholder (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission, and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown, in each case in compliance with Rule 2121 of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

 

In connection with any permitted short sale, loan, pledge, option, derivative or hedging transaction, the Selling Securityholder may enter into agreements with broker-dealers or other financial institution that in turn engage in short sales of our common stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume. If any Resale Shares are delivered to a broker-dealer or other financial institution in connection with any such transaction, the broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell the Resale Shares pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction, including, if necessary, updates to the list of Selling Securityholder to include such broker-dealer or financial institution).

 

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The Selling Securityholder may also transfer and donate the Resale Shares in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors-in-interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.

 

The Selling Securityholder and any brokers, dealers or agents that are involved in selling the Resale Shares may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such brokers, dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of any Resale Shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The Selling Shareholder has advised us that it does not have any written or oral agreement, understanding or arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any broker, dealer, agent or other person regarding the sale of the Resale Shares. There are no underwriters or coordinating brokers acting in connection with the proposed sale of the Resale Shares by the Selling Securityholder.

 

Because the Selling Securityholder may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act, it may be subject to the requirements of the Securities Act to deliver this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale. We have informed the Selling Securityholder of this requirement, and we will make copies of this prospectus available to them.

 

Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the Resale Shares may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to our common stock for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the Selling Securityholder will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of shares of our common stock by the Selling Securityholder or any other person.

 

We will pay certain fees and expenses incurred by us incident to the registration of the Resale Shares, including SEC filing fees, fees and expenses of compliance with securities laws, and various related expenses. The Selling Securityholder is responsible for all discounts, selling commissions and other costs related to their offer and sale of the Resale Shares.

 

Under the Registration Rights Agreement, as amended, between AgeX and the Selling Securityholder, we have agreed to indemnify each other from certain liabilities, including those arising under the Securities Act, in connection with the registration of the Resale Shares for sale, and the offer and sale of Resale Shares, through this prospectus.

 

LEGAL MATTERS

 

Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the validity of the securities offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Thompson Welch Soroko & Gilbert LLP, San Rafael and San Francisco, California. Additional legal matters may be passed upon for us or any underwriters, dealers or agents, by counsel that we will name in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

EXPERTS

 

The balance sheets of AgeX, Inc. as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the related statements of operations, comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2019, have been incorporated by reference into this prospectus and the registration statement in reliance on the report of OUM & Co. LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, upon the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

 

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

This prospectus is part of a registration statement we filed with the SEC. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement and the exhibits to the registration statement. For further information with respect to us and the securities we are offering under this prospectus, we refer you to the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules filed as a part of the registration statement. Neither we nor any agent, underwriter or dealer has authorized any person to provide you with different information. We are not making an offer of these securities in any state where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front page of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of the securities offered by this prospectus.

 

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The SEC maintains an internet website that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers, including us, that file electronically with the SEC. The address for the SEC’s website is www.sec.gov.

 

Our website address is www.agexinc.com. Information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website, is not, and shall not be deemed to be, incorporated in this prospectus or considered a part thereof.

 

We make available, free of charge, through the “Investors” section of our website, our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, statements of changes in beneficial ownership of securities and amendments to those reports and statements as soon as reasonably practicable after they are filed or furnished with the SEC.

 

INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document that we have filed separately with the SEC. You should read the information incorporated by reference because it is an important part of this prospectus. We incorporate by reference the following information or documents that we have filed with the SEC (excluding those portions of any Form 8-K that are not deemed “filed” pursuant to the General Instructions of Form 8-K):

 

● Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2020, as amended by Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on March 31, 2020, and Amendment No. 2 on Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on May 22, 2020;

 

● Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2020, June 30, 2020, and September 30, 2020, as filed with the SEC on May 14, 2020, August 14, 2020, and November 16, 2020, respectively;

 

● Our Current Reports on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on January 6, March 16, April 30, May 21, June 5, June 12, July 30, September 18, November 10, and December 29, 2020; and January 5 and January 7, 2021; and

 

● The description of our common stock included in Exhibit 4.3 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2020.

 

All reports and other documents we subsequently file pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the termination of this offering (excluding those portions of such reports and documents furnished to, rather than filed with, the SEC) will also be incorporated by reference into this prospectus and deemed to be part of this prospectus from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.

 

Any statement contained in any document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.

 

We will provide without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request, a copy of any or all documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus, but not delivered with the prospectus, other than exhibits to such documents unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into the documents that this prospectus incorporates. You should direct any requests to:

 

AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.

1101 Marina Village Parkway

Suite 201

Alameda, California 94501

(510) 671-8370

 

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The information in this prospectus supplement is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell nor does it seek an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

Subject to Completion, dated January 8, 2021.

 

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

 

 

Up to $12,600,000

 

COMMON STOCK

 

We have entered into a sales agreement, with Chardan Capital Markets LLC, or Chardan, dated January 8, 2021, relating to the sale of our shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, offered by this prospectus supplement. In accordance with the terms of the sales agreement, we may offer and sell shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $12.6 million from time to time through Chardan, acting as our sales agent.

 

Our common stock is listed on the NYSE American under the symbol “AGE.” The last reported sale price of our common stock on January 5, 2021 was $1.63 per share.

 

The aggregate market value of AgeX’s outstanding voting and nonvoting common equity held by non-affiliates determined in accordance with General Instruction I.B.6 to Form S-3 is $37,903,811, based on 20,712,465 shares of common stock held by non-affiliates and a $1.83 closing price of the common stock on the NYSE American on a date within 60 days prior to the date of this prospectus supplement. No securities have been sold by AgeX pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6. of Form S-3 during the prior 12 calendar month period that ends on, and includes, the date of this prospectus. While the aggregate market value of AgeX’s outstanding voting and nonvoting common equity held by non-affiliates computed in accordance with General Instruction I.B.6 to Form S-3 is less than $75.0 million, the maximum amount of common stock that we may sell through this prospectus supplement may not exceed one-third of the aggregate market value of our outstanding voting and nonvoting common equity held by non-affiliates determined in accordance with General Instruction I.B.6 to Form S-3 on the date of sale.

 

Sales of our common stock, if any, under this prospectus supplement will be made by any method permitted that is deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act. Chardan is not required to sell any specific amount of securities, but will act as our sales agent using commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices, on mutually agreed terms between the sales agent and us. There is no arrangement for funds to be received in any escrow, trust or similar arrangement.

 

The compensation to Chardan for sales of common stock sold pursuant to the sales agreement will be equal to 3.0% of the gross sales price of our common stock sold pursuant to the sales agreement. See “Plan of Distribution” beginning on page S-10 for additional information regarding the compensation to be paid to Chardan. In connection with the sale of the common stock on our behalf, Chardan will be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and the compensation of Chardan will be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts. We have also agreed to provide indemnification and contribution to Chardan with respect to certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. See the risk factors listed in the “Summary” beginning on page S-3 and the risk factors explained in “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-6 of this prospectus supplement, as well as those contained in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

 

 

Chardan

 

The date of this prospectus supplement is         , 2021

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT S-1
   
MARKET, INDUSTRY AND OTHER DATA S-2
   
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS S-2
   
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT SUMMARY S-3
   
THE OFFERING S-5
   
RISK FACTORS S-6
   
USE OF PROCEEDS S-8
   
DVIDEND POLICY S-8
   
DILUTION S-9
   
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION S-10
   
LEGAL MATTERS S-11
   
EXPERTS S-11
   
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION S-11
   
INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE S-11

 

 

 

 

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

 

This prospectus supplement is part of a registration statement that we have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, utilizing a “shelf” registration process. Under the shelf registration process, we may offer shares of our common stock and other securities having an aggregate offering price of up to $50,000,000 under the accompanying prospectus. Under this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, we may offer shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $12.6 million from time to time at prices and on terms to be determined by market conditions at the time of offering.

 

We are providing information to you about this offering of shares of our common stock in two separate documents that are bound together: (1) this prospectus supplement, which describes the specific details regarding this offering; and (2) the accompanying prospectus, which provides general information, some of which may not apply to this offering. Generally, when we refer to this “prospectus,” we are referring to both documents combined.

 

If information in this prospectus supplement is inconsistent with the accompanying prospectus or with any document incorporated by reference that was filed with the SEC before the date of this prospectus supplement, you should rely on this prospectus supplement. Any statement so modified will be deemed to constitute a part of this prospectus only as so modified, and any statement so superseded will be deemed not to constitute a part of this prospectus. However, if any statement in one of these documents is inconsistent with a statement in another document having a later date—for example, a document incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, the statement in the document having the later date modifies or supersedes the earlier statement as our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since the earlier dates.

 

This prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated into each by reference include important information about us, the securities being offered and other information you should know before investing in our securities. You should also read and consider information in the documents we have referred you to in the section of this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus entitled “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Information Incorporated By Reference.”

 

You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus and any free writing prospectus we may provide to you in connection with this offering and the information incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. We have not, and Chardan has not, authorized anyone to provide you with information that is in addition to or different from that contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We are not, and the sales agent is not, offering to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should not assume that the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement or the accompanying base prospectus is accurate as of any date other than as of the date of this prospectus supplement or the accompanying base prospectus, as the case may be, or in the case of the documents incorporated by reference, the date of such documents regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus or any sale of our securities. Our business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.

 

We further note that the representations, warranties and covenants made by us in any agreement that is filed as an exhibit to any document that is incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement were made solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement, including, in some cases, for the purpose of allocating risk among the parties to such agreements, and should not be deemed to be a representation, warranty or covenant to you. Moreover, such representations, warranties or covenants were accurate only as of the date when made. Accordingly, such representations, warranties and covenants should not be relied on as accurately representing the current state of our affairs.

 

We are offering to sell, and are seeking offers to buy, the common stock only in jurisdictions where such offers and sales are permitted. No action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction by us or Chardan that would permit a public offering of the common stock or the possession or distribution of this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus in any jurisdiction, other than in the United States. Persons outside the United States who come into possession of this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus must inform themselves about, and observe any restrictions relating to, the offering of the common stock and the distribution of this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus outside the United States. This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus do not constitute, and may not be used in connection with, an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities offered by this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus by any person in any jurisdiction in which it is unlawful for such person to make such an offer or solicitation.

 

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MARKET, INDUSTRY AND OTHER DATA

 

This prospectus supplement contains and incorporates by reference estimates, projections and other information concerning our industry, our business and the markets for our product candidates, including data regarding the estimated size of those markets and their projected growth rates We obtained the industry, market and other data from our own internal estimates and research, as well as from independent industry publications and other publicly available information, including information from government agencies. Although we believe that these sources are reliable, we do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of third-party information and we have not independently verified that information. Although we are not aware of any misstatements regarding the market and industry data presented in this prospectus and the documents incorporated herein by reference, estimates, forecasts, projections, market research or similar data is inherently subject to uncertainties and actual events or circumstances may differ materially from events and circumstances that are assumed in that data and are subject to change based on various factors, including those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in this prospectus supplement and under similar headings in the other documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus. Accordingly, investors should not place undue reliance on this information.

 

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus, and the documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, contain “forward-looking statements” that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, including but not limited to those regarding our strategy, plans, objectives, expectations, prospects, future operations, capital resources, financial position, projected costs of and progress with development of our diagnostic test, regulatory requirements and approvals, commercialization of our product candidates, collaborations, competition, market exclusivity, and intellectual property, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the “Securities Act”, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of words such as, but not limited to, “anticipate,” “believe,” “can,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “strategy,” “target,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions or variations intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of our management based on information currently available to management but such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results and the timing of certain events to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These important factors include but are not limited to those discussed under the “Risk Factors” sections of this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus, and our Annual Report on Form 10-K and the other periodic reports and other filings that we file from time to time with the SEC. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee that we actually will achieve the plans, intentions or expectations expressed in our forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Furthermore, such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this prospectus supplement. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements.

 

Please consider our forward-looking statements in light of those risks as you read this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

 

You should not assume that the information contained in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus is accurate as of any date other than as of the date of this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus, as the case may be, or that any information incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date of the document so incorporated by reference. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements publicly, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future. Thus, you should not assume that our silence over time means that actual events are bearing out as expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements.

 

If one or more of these or other risks or uncertainties materializes, or if our underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual results may vary materially from what we anticipate. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or individuals acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by this note. Before purchasing any shares of common stock, you should consider carefully all of the factors set forth or referred to in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference that could cause actual results to differ.

 

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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT SUMMARY

 

This summary highlights selected information about us, this offering and information appearing elsewhere in this prospectus supplement, in the accompanying prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference. This summary is not complete and does not contain all the information you should consider before investing in our common stock pursuant to this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. Before making an investment decision, to fully understand this offering and its consequences to you, you should carefully read this entire prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, including “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-6 of this prospectus supplement, the financial statements and related notes, and the other information incorporated by reference herein, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, that we file from time to time.

 

Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this prospectus to “AgeX,” “we,” “us,” “our,” or similar words refer to AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. together with our consolidated subsidiaries.

 

Overview

 

We are a biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics targeting human aging and degenerative diseases. Our mission is to apply our comprehensive experience in fundamental biological processes of human aging to a broad range of age-associated medical conditions. We believe that demand for therapeutics addressing such conditions is on the rise, commensurate with the demographic shift of aging in the United States and many other industrialized countries.

 

Our proprietary technology, based on telomerase-mediated cellular immortality and regenerative biology, allows us to utilize telomerase-expressing regenerative pluripotant stem cells (“PSCs”) for the manufacture of cell-based therapies to regenerate tissues afflicted with age-related chronic degenerative disease. Our main technology platforms and product candidates are:

 

  PureStem® PSC-derived clonal embryonic progenitor cell lines that may be capable of generating a broad range of cell types for use in cell-based therapies;
     
  UniverCyte™ which uses the HLA-G gene to suppress rejection of transplanted cells and tissues to confer low immune observability to cells;
     
  AGEX-BAT1 using adipose brown fat cells for metabolic diseases such as Type II diabetes;
     
  AGEX-VASC1 using vascular progenitor cells to treat tissue ischemia; and
     
  Induced tissue regeneration or iTR technology to regenerate or rejuvenate cells to treat a variety of degenerative diseases including those associated with aging, as well as other potential tissue regeneration applications such as scarless wound repair.

 

We own or have licenses to a number of patents and patent applications used in the generation of these technologies and product candidates, as well as a license to use patented HyStem® delivery matrices for the transplant of therapeutic cells.

 

AgeX plans to use or license its patented UniverCyte™ technology to produce HLA-G-modified pluripotent stem cells that may be used by AgeX or potential licensees such as other biotechnology or pharma companies to derive universally transplantable specific cell types suitable for use in cellular transplant therapies.

 

AgeX’s other product candidates and its iTR technology are in the discovery stage. The next steps in the development pathway for those product candidates, including any product candidates developed with iTR technology, is the performance of proof-of-concept studies in animal models, potentially followed by further pre-clinical lab and animal studies needed to prepare an investigational new drug or IND submission to the United States Food and Drug Administration or FDA, or a comparable foreign regulatory agency, for permission to commence clinical trials.

 

We are also sponsoring a research program to derive neural stem cells from PSCs to treat Huntington’s Disease, for which proof of concept studies in animal models have already been conducted at a California university. These neural stem cells may also have applications in other neurological diseases and disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease and stroke.

 

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Corporate Information

 

We were incorporated in 2017 in the state of Delaware and were formerly a majority-owned subsidiary of Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (formerly known as BioTime, Inc.) (“Lineage”), a publicly-traded biotechnology company. Since December 28, 2018, we ceased to be a subsidiary of Lineage for financial reporting purposes when Lineage’s percentage ownership of our outstanding common stock declined below 50%. As of the date of this prospectus supplement, Lineage’s ownership interest in our common stock has decreased to below 5%, and Lineage no longer exercises significant influence over our operations and management. Our principal executive offices are located at 1101 Marina Village Parkway, Suite 201, Alameda, California 94501. Our telephone number is (510) 671-8370. Our website is www.agexinc.com. Information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website, is not, and shall not be considered part of, or deemed to be incorporated in, this prospectus.

 

Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company

 

We qualify as an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. As an emerging growth company, we intend to take advantage of specified reduced disclosure and other requirements that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies. These provisions include:

 

  allowance to provide only two years of audited financial statements in addition to any required unaudited interim financial statements with correspondingly reduced “Management’ s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” disclosure;
     
  reduced disclosure about our executive compensation arrangements;
     
  exemption from the requirements of holding non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation or golden parachute arrangements; and
     
  exemption from the auditor attestation requirement in the assessment of our internal control over financial reporting.

 

We may take advantage of these provisions for up to five years or such earlier time that we are no longer an emerging growth company. We would cease to be an emerging growth company on the date that is the earliest of: (i) the last day of the fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenues of $1.07 billion or more; (ii) the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the completion of our initial public offering; (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1.07 billion in nonconvertible debt during the previous three years; or (iv) the date on which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer under the rules of the SEC. We have taken advantage of reduced reporting requirements in this prospectus supplement. Accordingly, the information contained herein may be different than the information you receive from other public companies in which you have beneficial ownership.

 

 

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THE OFFERING

 

Common stock offered by us   Shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $12,600,000.
     
Common stock to be outstanding immediately after this offering(1)   Up to 45,419,064 shares of common stock will be outstanding, assuming sales of 7,730,061 shares of our common stock in this offering at an assumed public offering price of $1.63 per share, which was the last reported sale price of our common stock on the NYSE American on January 5, 2021, and assuming that no outstanding stock options or warrants are exercised and none of the loans to us from Juvenescence Limited or Juvenescence are converted into shares of our common stock. The actual number of shares sold will vary depending on the sales price under this offering and the number of authorized but unissued shares we have available for sale.
     
Plan of Distribution   “At the market offering” that may be made from time to time through Chardan. See “Plan of Distribution” on page S-10 of this prospectus supplement.
     
Use of Proceeds   We currently intend to use the net proceeds from this offering, if any, for research and product development, and for general corporate and working capital purposes. We may also use net proceeds to invest in or acquire businesses or technologies that we believe are complementary to our own, although we have no binding agreements with respect to any acquisitions as of the date of this prospectus supplement. See “Use of Proceeds” beginning on page S-8 of this prospectus supplement.
     
Risk Factors   Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-6 of this prospectus supplement and page 6 of the accompanying prospectus, and more particularly the risk factors discussed in the documents and other information incorporated by reference in or included in this prospectus supplement, for a discussion of the risks you should carefully consider before investing in our common stock. See “RISK FACTORS.”
     
NYSE American symbol   “AGE”

 

(1)The number of shares of our common stock to be outstanding immediately after this offering as shown above is based on 37,689,003 shares of our common stock outstanding as of September 30, 2020, and excludes:

 

  2,638,401 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants outstanding as of September 30, 2020 and 609,845 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants issued after September 30, 2020; with exercise prices ranging from $0.70 to $2.60 per share;
     
 

2,853,479 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of options outstanding under our Equity Incentive Plan as of September 30, 2020, with a weighted-average exercise price of $2.51 per share;

 

 

31,250 restricted stock units issued to our executive officers under our Equity Incentive Plan;

 

  1,046,521 shares of our common stock available for future grants under our Equity Incentive Plan as of September 30, 2020; and
     
  Shares that may be issued upon the conversion of loans to us from Juvenescence.

 

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk and uncertainty. You should carefully consider these risk factors, together with all of the other information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, as modified and superseded, before you decide to invest in our securities, including without limitation the risk factors listed under Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, as filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on April 1, 2020 and in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC. The occurrence of any of the following risks could harm our business. In that case, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our operations. You should also refer to the other information contained in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, including our financial statements and the notes to those statements and the information set forth in the section entitled “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

 

Risks Related to this Offering

 

We do not meet the NYSE American (the “Exchange”) $2,000,000 minimum stockholders equity requirement for continued listing of our common stock on the Exchange, and as a result our common stock could be delisted if we do not meet the Exchange’s continued listing standards by December 1, 2021 or if prior to that date we do not make progress toward compliance, satisfactory to the Exchange, under a compliance plan we submitted to the Exchange.

 

On June 1, 2020 we received a letter (the “Deficiency Letter”) from the staff of the Exchange indicating that AgeX does not meet certain of the Exchange’s continued listing standards as set forth in Section 1003(a)(i) of the Exchange Company Guide in that we have stockholders equity of less than $2,000,000 and have incurred losses from continuing operations and/or net losses during our two most recent fiscal years. Pursuant to Section 1009 of the Exchange Company Guide and as provided in the Deficiency Letter provided the Exchange staff with a plan (the “Compliance Plan”) advising the Exchange staff of action we have taken and will take that would bring AgeX into compliance with the Exchange’s continued listing standards by December 1, 2021. The Exchange staff has accepted our Compliance Plan. The Exchange staff will review AgeX’s compliance with the Compliance Plan on a quarterly basis and if AgeX does not show progress consistent with the Compliance Plan or is not in compliance with the Exchange’s continued listing standards by December 1, 2021, the Exchange will commence delisting procedures. If the Exchange staff determines that AgeX is not in compliance with the Compliance Plan at any time, the Exchange staff will promptly initiate delisting proceedings.

 

AgeX intends to make arrangements to have its common stock quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board if its common stock is delisted from the Exchange.

 

If we are unable to maintain the listing of our common stock on the Exchange or another national securities exchange, our common stock could become subject to the so-called “penny stock” rules if the shares have a market value of less than $5.00 per share. The SEC has adopted regulations that define a penny stock to include any stock that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions, including an exception for stock traded on a national securities exchange. The SEC regulations impose restrictive sales practice requirements on broker-dealers who sell penny stocks to persons other than established customers and accredited investors. An accredited investor generally is a person whose individual annual income exceeded $200,000, or whose joint annual income with a spouse exceeded $300,000 during the past two years and who expects their annual income to exceed the applicable level during the current year, or a person with net worth in excess of $1.0 million, not including the value of the investor’s principal residence and excluding mortgage debt secured by the investor’s principal residence up to the estimated fair market value of the home, except that any mortgage debt incurred by the investor within 60 days prior to the date of the transaction shall not be excluded from the determination of the investor’s net worth unless the mortgage debt was incurred to acquire the residence. For transactions covered by this rule, the broker-dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchaser and must have received the purchaser’s written consent to the transaction prior to sale. This means that if we are unable maintain the listing of our common stock on a national securities exchange, the ability of stockholders to sell their AgeX common stock in the secondary market could be adversely affected.

 

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If a transaction involving a penny stock is not exempt from the SEC’s rule, a broker-dealer must deliver a disclosure schedule relating to the penny stock market to each investor prior to a transaction. The broker-dealer also must disclose the commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and its registered representative, current quotations for the penny stock, and, if the broker-dealer is the sole market-maker, the broker-dealer must disclose this fact and the broker- dealer’s presumed control over the market. Finally, monthly statements must be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the customer’s account and information on the limited market in penny stocks.

 

We have broad discretion in the use of our available cash and other sources of funding, including the net proceeds we receive from this offering, and may not use them effectively.

 

Our management has broad discretion in the use of our available cash and other sources of funding, including the net proceeds we receive in this offering, and could spend those resources for purposes other than those described in the “Use of Proceeds” portion of this prospectus supplement, and in ways that do not improve our results of operations or enhance the value of our common stock. The failure by our management to apply these funds effectively could result in financial losses that could have a material adverse effect on our business, cause the price of our common stock to decline and delay the development of our product candidates. Pending their use, we may invest our available cash, including the net proceeds we receive in this offering, in a manner that does not produce income or that loses value.

 

If you purchase shares of our common stock sold in this offering, you will experience immediate and substantial dilution in the net tangible book value of your shares. In addition, we may issue additional equity or convertible debt securities in the future, which may result in additional dilution to investors.

 

The price per share of our common stock being offered may be higher than the net tangible book value per share of our outstanding common stock prior to this offering. Assuming that an aggregate of 7,730,061 shares of our common stock are sold at a price of $1.63 per share, the last reported sale price of our common stock on the Exchange on January 5, 2021, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $12.6 million and after deducting commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, new investors in this offering will incur immediate dilution of $1.49 per share. For a more detailed discussion of the foregoing, see the section entitled “Dilution” on page S-9 of this prospectus supplement. To the extent outstanding stock options or warrants are exercised, there will be further dilution to new investors.

 

You may experience future dilution as a result of future equity offerings.

 

In order to raise additional capital, we may in the future offer additional shares of our common stock or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock at prices that may not be the same as the price per share in this offering. We may sell shares or other securities in any other offering at a price per share that is less than the price per share paid by any investors in this offering, and investors purchasing shares or other securities in the future could have rights superior to existing stockholders. The price per share at which we sell additional shares of our common stock, or securities convertible or exchangeable into common stock, in future transactions may be higher or lower than the price per share paid by any investors in this offering.

 

The actual number of shares we will issue under the Sales Agreement, at any one time or in total, is uncertain.

 

Subject to certain limitations in the Sales Agreement with Chardan and compliance with applicable law, we have the discretion to deliver placement notices to Chardan at any time throughout the term of the Sales Agreement. The number of shares that are sold by Chardan after our delivering a placement notice will fluctuate based on the market price of the common stock during the sales period and limits we set with Chardan.

 

The shares of common stock offered under this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may be sold in “at the market” offerings, and investors who buy shares at different times will likely pay different prices.

 

Investors who purchase shares under this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus at different times will likely pay different prices, and so may experience different outcomes in their investment results. We will have discretion, subject to market demand, to vary the timing, prices, and numbers of shares sold, and there is no minimum or maximum sales price. Investors may experience declines in the value of their shares as a result of share sales made at prices lower than the prices they paid.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We may issue and sell shares of our common stock having aggregate gross proceeds of up to $12.6 million from time to time under this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. Because there is no minimum offering amount required as a condition to close this offering, the actual total offering amount, commissions and proceeds to us, if any, are not determinable at this time. The amount of proceeds from this offering will depend upon the number of shares of our common stock sold and the market price at which they are sold. There can be no assurance that we will be able to sell any shares under or fully utilize the Sales Agreement with Chardan as a source of financing.

 

We currently intend to use the net proceeds from this offering primarily for research and product development, and for general corporate and working capital purposes. We expect to use proceeds of the offering to advance research and development of our main technology and product candidate platforms:

 

  UniverCyte™;
     
  AGEX-BAT1;
     
   AGEX-VASC1; and
     
  Induced tissue regeneration or iTR technology.

 

We have not earmarked specific amounts of proceeds to the foregoing uses at this time, and our decision on the application of funds to those programs will depend on a variety of factors, including but not limited to the total amount of funds available to us and progress made in research and development.

 

We may contribute proceeds to one or more of our current subsidiaries or subsidiaries that we organize in the future for research and product development and commercialization of products and technologies. We may sponsor research and product development at universities or other academic institutions, with the goal of obtaining rights to license inventions, patents, and rights to manufacture or have manufactured, and to sell or otherwise commercialize any products that may be developed under such arrangements, and we may use proceeds of this offering for those purposes. We may also enter into contracts with third parties to perform research or laboratory or manufacturing services for us and we may use proceeds for those purposes.

 

In addition, as part of our strategic business planning, we regularly research and evaluate opportunities to acquire businesses or technologies that we believe are complementary to our own product development efforts and fields of interest. We may use net proceeds from the offering to invest in or acquire businesses or assets, including also licensing rights to use technologies. However, we have no binding agreements with respect to any such acquisitions in place as of the date of this prospectus supplement.

 

We have broad discretion in determining how the proceeds of this offering will be used, and our discretion is not limited by the aforementioned possible uses. For example, we may determine to abandon the development of one or more of our product candidates or technologies, or we may prioritize the development of one or more product candidates or technologies, and we may select or acquire and prioritize the development of new product candidates and technologies. You will be relying on the judgment of our management with regard to the use of these net proceeds, and you will not have the opportunity, as part of your investment decision, to assess whether the proceeds are being used appropriately. Our board of directors believes the flexibility in application of the net proceeds is prudent.

 

Pending application of the net proceeds as described above, we may temporarily invest the net proceeds in a variety of capital preservation instruments, including short-term, investment-grade, interest-bearing instruments and U.S. government securities.

 

DIVIDEND POLICY

 

We have never paid cash dividends on our capital stock and we do not anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future, but intend to retain our capital resources for reinvestment in our business. Any future determination to pay cash dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will be dependent upon our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements and other factors as our board of directors deems relevant.

 

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DILUTION

 

If you invest in our common stock in this offering, your ownership interest will be diluted immediately to the extent of the difference between the price per share you pay in this offering and the net tangible book value per share of our common stock immediately after this offering.

 

Our net tangible book value as of September 30, 2020 was approximately $(5.5) million, or $(0.15) per share. Our net tangible book value is the amount of our total tangible assets less our total liabilities. Net tangible book value per share represents net tangible book value divided by the total number of shares of our common stock outstanding as of September 30, 2020. Dilution with respect to net tangible book value per share represents the difference between the amount per share paid by purchasers of shares of common stock in this offering and the net tangible book value per share of our common stock immediately after this offering.

 

After giving effect to the issuance and sale of 7,730,061 shares of common stock in this offering at an assumed offering price of $1.63 per share, the last reported sale price of our common stock on the Exchange on January 5, 2021, and after deducting estimated offering commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, our as adjusted net tangible book value as of September 30, 2020 would have been approximately $6.6 million, or $0.14 per share. This represents an immediate increase in as adjusted net tangible book value of $0.29 per share to existing stockholders and an immediate dilution of $1.49 per share to new investors purchasing securities in this offering.

 

The following table illustrates this per share dilution:

 

Public offering price per share         $ 1.63  
Net tangible book value per share as of September 30, 2020   $ (0.15 )        
Increase in net tangible book value per share attributable to this offering   $ 0.29          
As adjusted net tangible book value per share as at September 30, 2020, after
giving effect to this offering
          $ 0.14  
Dilution per share to new investors participating in this offering           $ 1.49  

 

The above discussion and table are based on 37,689,003 shares of our common stock outstanding as of September 30, 2020, and excludes:

 

  2,638,401 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants outstanding as of September 30, 2020, with exercise prices ranging from $0.70 to $2.60 per share;
     
  2,853,479 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of options outstanding under our Equity Incentive Plan as of September 30, 2020, with a weighted-average exercise price of $2.51 per share;
     
  31,250 restricted stock units issued to our executive officers under our Equity Incentive Plan;
     
  1,046,521 shares of our common stock available for future grants under our Equity Incentive Plan as of September 30, 2020; and
     
  Shares that may be issued upon the conversion of loans to us from Juvenescence.

 

To the extent that any outstanding options or warrants are exercised, new options, restricted stock or restricted stock units are issued under our equity incentive plan, shares of common stock are sold under our employee stock purchase plan or we otherwise issue additional shares of common stock or other equity or convertible debt securities in the future, you will experience further dilution.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

We have entered into a Sales Agreement with Chardan, under which we may issue and sell our shares of common stock from time to time up to an aggregate sales price of $12,600,000 through Chardan. The Sales Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to our Registration Statement on Form S-3 of which this prospectus supplement forms a part, and is incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement. Sales of our shares of common stock, if any, under this prospectus supplement will be made at market prices by any method that is deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act, including sales made directly on or through the Exchange or any other existing trading market for our shares of common stock. If authorized by us in writing, Chardan may purchase our shares of common stock as principal.

 

When requested by us, Chardan will offer shares of common stock subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement, which may be on a daily basis for periods of time, or as otherwise agreed upon by us and Chardan. We will designate the maximum amount of common stock to be sold through Chardan when we request Chardan to do so. Chardan has agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement, to use commercially reasonable efforts to execute our orders to sell, as our sales agent and on our behalf, our shares of common stock submitted to Chardan from time to time by us, consistent with its normal sales and trading practices on mutually agreed terms between the sales agent and us. We may instruct Chardan not to sell shares of common stock if the sales cannot be effected at or above a price designated by us in any such instruction. We or Chardan may suspend the offering of shares of common stock under the Sales Agreement upon proper notice to the other party. Chardan and we each have the right, by giving written notice as specified in the Sales Agreement, to terminate the sales agreement in each party’s sole discretion at any time.

 

The aggregate compensation payable to Chardan as sales agent is equal to 3.0% of the gross sales price of the our shares of common stock sold through it pursuant to the Sales Agreement, and we will, subject to the terms of any additional agreements between us and Chardan, reimburse Chardan for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by Chardan, up to a maximum aggregate amount of $75,000. The remaining sales proceeds, after deducting any expenses payable by us and any transaction fees imposed by a governmental, regulatory, or self-regulatory organization in connection with the sales, will equal our net proceeds from the sale of such shares.

 

Chardan will provide written confirmation to us following the close of trading on the Exchange each day on which shares of common stock are sold under the Sales Agreement. Each confirmation will include the number of shares of common stock sold through Chardan as sales agent on that day, the volume weighted average price of the shares of common stock sold and the net proceeds to us. Settlement for sales of shares of common stock will occur, unless the parties agree otherwise, on the second business day that is also a trading day following the date on which any sales were made in return for payment of the net proceeds to us. There is no arrangement for funds to be received in an escrow, trust or similar arrangement.

 

We will report at least quarterly the number of shares of our common stock sold through Chardan under the Sales Agreement, and the net proceeds to us and the compensation paid by us in connection with such sales.

 

In connection with the sale of our common stock on our behalf, Chardan will be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and the compensation paid to Chardan will be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts.

 

We have agreed in the Sales Agreement to provide indemnification and contribution to Chardan against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. As a sales agent, Chardan will not engage in any transactions that stabilizes our shares of common stock.

 

Our common stock is listed on the Exchange and trades under the symbol “AGE.” The transfer agent of our common stock is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC.

 

The offering of shares of common stock pursuant to the Sales Agreement will terminate upon the earliest of (i) the sale of all common stock subject to the Sales Agreement and this prospectus supplement, and (ii) the termination of the Sales Agreement according to its terms by either Chardan or us.

 

Chardan has provided, and may in the future provide, various investment banking, commercial banking, financial advisory and other financial services to us and our affiliates for which services they have received, and may in the future receive, customary fees. In the course of their respective businesses, Chardan may actively trade our securities for their own respective accounts or for the accounts of customers, and, accordingly, Chardan may at any time hold long or short positions in such securities.

 

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This prospectus in electronic format may be made available on a website maintained by Chardan and Chardan may distribute this prospectus electronically.

 

LEGAL MATTERS

 

The validity of the shares of common stock offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Thompson Welch Soroko & Gilbert LLP, San Rafael and San Francisco, California. Chardan Capital Markets LLC is being represented in connection with this offering by Cooley LLP, New York, New York.

 

EXPERTS

 

The balance sheets of AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the related statements of operations, comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2019, have been incorporated by reference into this prospectus and the registration statement in reliance on the report of OUM & Co. LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, upon the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

This prospectus supplement is part of a registration statement we filed with the SEC. This prospectus supplement does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement and the exhibits to the registration statement. For further information with respect to us and the securities we are offering under this prospectus supplement, we refer you to the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules filed as a part of the registration statement. Neither we nor any agent, underwriter or dealer has authorized any person to provide you with different information. We are not making an offer of these securities in any state where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus supplement is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front page of this prospectus supplement, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus supplement or any sale of the securities offered by this prospectus supplement.

 

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The SEC maintains an Internet website that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers, including us, that file electronically with the SEC. The address for the SEC’s website is www.sec.gov.

 

Our website address is www.agexinc.com. Information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website, is not, and shall not be deemed to be, incorporated in this prospectus supplement or considered a part thereof.

 

We make available, free of charge, through the “Investors” section of our website, our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, statements of changes in beneficial ownership of securities and amendments to those reports and statements as soon as reasonably practicable after they are filed or furnished with the SEC.

 

INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document that we have filed separately with the SEC. You should read the information incorporated by reference because it is an important part of this prospectus supplement. We incorporate by reference the following information or documents that we have filed with the SEC (excluding those portions of any Form 8-K that are not deemed “filed” pursuant to the General Instructions of Form 8-K):

 

  Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2020, as amended by Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on March 31, 2020, and Amendment No. 2 on Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on May 22, 2020;
     
  Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2020, June 30, 2020, and September 30, 2020, as filed with the SEC on May 14, 2020, August 14, 2020, and November 16, 2020, respectively;

 

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  Our Current Reports on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on January 6, March 16, April 30, May 21, June 5, June 12, July 30, September 18, November 10, and December 29, 2020; and January 5 and January 7, 2021; and
     
  The description of our common stock included in Exhibit 4.3 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2020.

 

All reports and other documents we subsequently file pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the termination of this offering (excluding those portions of such reports and documents furnished to, rather than filed with, the SEC) will also be incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and deemed to be part of this prospectus supplement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.

 

Any statement contained in any document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus supplement to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus supplement or any additional prospectus supplements modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus supplement.

 

We will provide without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this prospectus supplement is delivered, upon written or oral request, a copy of any or all documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement, but not delivered with the prospectus supplement, other than exhibits to such documents unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into the documents that this prospectus supplement incorporates. You should direct any requests to:

 

AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.

1101 Marina Village Parkway, Suite 201

Alameda, California 94501

(510) 671-8370

 

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Up to $12,600,000

 

Common Stock

 

 

 

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

 

 

 

Chardan

 

           , 2021

 

 

 

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

 

The following table sets forth an estimate of the fees and expenses relating to the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered hereby, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, all of which shall be borne by the selling stockholders. All of such fees and expenses, except for the SEC Registration Fee and the FINRA filing fee, are estimated:

 

SEC registration fee   $ 9,082.39  
FINRA filing fee   $ 8,000.00  
Stock exchange listing fee   $ *  
Transfer agent’s fees and expenses   $ *  
Legal fees and expenses   $ *  
Printing fees and expenses   $ *  
Accounting fees and expenses   $ *  
Miscellaneous fees and expenses   $ *  
         
Total   $ *  

 

* To be filed by amendment.

 

Item 15. Indemnification of Officers and Directors.

 

The registrant’s Certificate of Incorporation provides that the liability of the directors to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director is eliminated to the fullest extent permissible under Delaware law, except for the liability of a director: (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) under §174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The corporation is authorized to indemnify directors, officers, and agents to the fullest extent permissible under Delaware law.

 

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to indemnify any director or officer of the corporation against expenses (including attorney’s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if he or she had no reason to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. In a derivative action, (i.e., one brought by or on behalf of the corporation), indemnification may be provided only for expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any director or officer in connection with the defense or settlement of such an action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be provided if such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought shall determine that the defendant is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses despite such adjudication of liability.

 

The foregoing summary is subject to the complete text of the applicable statutes and the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the registrant and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such documents.

 

The registrant also maintains directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage and may enter into indemnification agreements with its officers and directors.

 

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Item 16. Exhibits.

 

a) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

Numbers

  Exhibit Description
1.1*   Sales Agreement, dated January 8, 2021, by and between AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. and Chardan Capital Markets LLC
     
3.1   Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.’s Form 10-12(b) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 8, 2018)
     
3.2   Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.’s Form 10-12(b) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 8, 2018)
     
4.1   Specimen common stock certificate (Incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 2 to AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.’s Form 10-12(b) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 30, 2018)
     
4.2   Warrant Agreement, dated August 13, 2019, by and between AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. and Juvenescence Limited (Incorporated by reference to AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2019)
     
4.3   Form of Warrant (included in Exhibit 4.2)
     
4.4   Warrant Agreement, dated March 30, 2020, between AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. and Juvenescence Limited (Incorporated by reference to AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2020)
     
4.5   First Amendment to Warrant Agreement, dated July 21, 2020, between AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. and Juvenescence Limited (Incorporated by reference to AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2020)
     
4.6   Form of Warrant (Included in Exhibit 4.4)
     
4.7**   Form of Warrants
     
4.8**   Form of Unit Agreement
     
5.1*   Opinion of Thompson Welch Soroko & Gilbert LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered
     
23.1*   Consent of OUM & Co., LLP
     
23.2*   Consent of Thompson Welch Soroko & Gilbert LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
     
24.1*  

Power of Attorney (included on signature pages to the registration statement).

 

* Filed herewith.

** To be filed by amendment or incorporated by reference in connection with the offering of the offered securities.

 

Item 17. Undertakings.

 

(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

 

  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

 

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  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
     
  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

 

provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i), (1)(ii) and (1)(iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

 

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

 

(A) each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) as part of a registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement.

 

(B) each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

 

(5) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

 

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

 

(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

 

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

 

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

 

(6) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act, and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Alameda, California, on January 8, 2021.

 

  AGEX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Michael D. West
   

Michael D. West

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Andrea Park, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any or all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, any related registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any or all pre- or post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute or substitutes for him, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated

 

Signature   Title   Date
         
/s/ Michael D. West   Chief Executive Officer and Director   January 8, 2021
Michael D. West   (Principal Executive Officer)    
         
/s/ Andrea Park   Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer   January 8, 2021
Andrea Park   (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)    
         
/s/ Gregory Bailey       January 8, 2021
Gregory Bailey   Director    
         
/s/ Annalisa Jenkins       January 8, 2021
Annalisa Jenkins   Director    
         
/s/ Michael May       January 8, 2021
Michael May   Director    

 

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Exhibit 1.1

 

AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.
Common Stock

(par value $0.0001 per share)

 

At-the-Market Offering

 

Sales Agreement

 

January 8, 2021

 

Chardan Capital Markets, LLC

17 State Street, Suite 1600

New York, New York 10004

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

AgeX Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement (this “Agreement”) with Chardan Capital Markets, LLC (the “Agent”), as follows:

 

1. Issuance and Sale of Shares. The Company agrees that, from time to time during the term of this Agreement, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, it may issue and sell through the Agent, shares of common stock (the “Placement Shares”) of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Shares”); provided, however, that in no event shall the Company issue or sell through the Agent such number or dollar amount of Placement Shares that would exceed (a) the number or dollar amount of Common Shares registered on the effective Registration Statement (as defined below) pursuant to which the offering is being made, (b) the number of authorized but unissued Common Shares (less Common Shares issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of any outstanding securities of the Company or otherwise reserved from the Company’s authorized capital stock), (c) the number or dollar amount of Common Shares permitted to be sold under Form S-3 (including General Instruction I.B.6 thereof, if applicable) or (d) the number or dollar amount of Common Shares for which the Company has filed a Prospectus Supplement (as defined below) (the lesser of (a), (b), (c) and (d), the “Maximum Amount”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the parties hereto agree that compliance with the limitations set forth in this Section 1 on the amount of Placement Shares issued and sold under this Agreement shall be the sole responsibility of the Company and that the Agent shall have no obligation in connection with such compliance. The offer and sale of Placement Shares through the Agent will be effected pursuant to the Registration Statement filed by the Company and which will be declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), although nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as requiring the Company to use the Registration Statement to issue Common Shares.

 

 
 

 

The Company has filed or will file, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “Securities Act Regulations”), with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-3, including a base prospectus, relating to certain securities, including the Placement Shares to be issued from time to time by the Company, and which incorporates by reference documents that the Company has filed or will file in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations thereunder. The Company has prepared a prospectus or a prospectus supplement to the base prospectus included as part of the registration statement, which prospectus or prospectus supplement relates to the Placement Shares to be issued from time to time by the Company (the “Prospectus Supplement”). The Company will furnish to the Agent, for use by the Agent, copies of the prospectus included as part of such registration statement, as supplemented, by the Prospectus Supplement, relating to the Placement Shares to be issued from time to time by the Company. The Company may file one or more additional registration statements from time to time that will contain a base prospectus and related prospectus or prospectus supplement, if applicable (which shall be a Prospectus Supplement), with respect to the Placement Shares. Except where the context otherwise requires, such registration statement(s), including all documents filed as part thereof or incorporated by reference therein, and including any information contained in a Prospectus (as defined below) subsequently filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act Regulations or deemed to be a part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B of the Securities Act Regulations, is herein called the “Registration Statement.” The base prospectus or base prospectuses, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, included in the Registration Statement, as it may be supplemented, if necessary, by the Prospectus Supplement, in the form in which such prospectus or prospectuses and/or Prospectus Supplement have most recently been filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act Regulations, together with the then issued Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below), is herein called the “Prospectus.”

 

Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, any Prospectus Supplement, Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein (the “Incorporated Documents”), including, unless the context otherwise requires, the documents, if any, filed as exhibits to such Incorporated Documents. Any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act on or after the most-recent effective date of the Registration Statement, or the date of the Prospectus Supplement, Prospectus or such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, and incorporated therein by reference. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or to any amendment or supplement thereto shall be deemed to include the most recent copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval system, or if applicable, the Interactive Data Electronic Application system when used by the Commission (collectively, “EDGAR”).

 

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2. Placements. Each time that the Company wishes to issue and sell Placement Shares hereunder (each, a “Placement”), it will notify the Agent by email notice (or other method mutually agreed to by the parties) of the number of Placement Shares to be issued, the time period during which sales are requested to be made, any limitation on the number of Placement Shares that may be sold in any one day and any minimum price below which sales may not be made (a “Placement Notice”), the form of which is attached hereto as Schedule 1. The Placement Notice shall originate from any of the individuals from the Company set forth on Schedule 3 (with a copy to each of the other individuals from the Company listed on such schedule), and shall be addressed to each of the individuals from the Agent set forth on Schedule 3, as such Schedule 3 may be amended from time to time. The Placement Notice shall be effective unless and until (i) the Agent declines to accept the terms contained therein for any reason, in its sole discretion, which declination must occur within two (2) Business Days (as defined below) of the receipt of the Placement Notice, (ii) the entire amount of the Placement Shares thereunder have been sold, (iii) the Company suspends or terminates the Placement Notice or (iv) this Agreement has been terminated under the provisions of Section 12. The amount of any discount, commission or other compensation to be paid by the Company to Agent in connection with the sale of the Placement Shares shall be calculated in accordance with the terms set forth in Schedule 2. It is expressly acknowledged and agreed that neither the Company nor the Agent will have any obligation whatsoever with respect to a Placement or any Placement Shares unless and until the Company delivers a Placement Notice to the Agent and the Agent does not decline such Placement Notice pursuant to the terms set forth above, and then only upon the terms specified therein and herein. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of a Placement Notice, the terms of the Placement Notice will control.

 

3. Sale of Placement Shares by the Agent. Subject to the provisions of Section 5(a), the Agent, for the period specified in the Placement Notice, will use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations and the rules of the NYSE American (the “Exchange”), to sell the Placement Shares up to the amount specified in, and otherwise in accordance with the terms of, such Placement Notice. The Agent will provide written confirmation to the Company no later than the opening of the Trading Day (as defined below) immediately following the Trading Day on which it has made sales of Placement Shares hereunder setting forth the number of Placement Shares sold on such day, the compensation payable by the Company to the Agent pursuant to Section 2 with respect to such sales, and the Net Proceeds (as defined below) payable to the Company, with an itemization of the deductions made by the Agent (as set forth in Section 5(b)) from the gross proceeds that it receives from such sales. Subject to the terms of the Placement Notice, the Agent may sell Placement Shares by any method permitted by law deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) of the Securities Act Regulations, including sales made directly on or through the Exchange or any other existing trading market for the Common Shares, in negotiated transactions at market prices prevailing at the time of sale or at prices related to such prevailing market prices and/or any other method permitted by law. “Trading Day” means any day on which Common Shares are traded on the Exchange.

 

4. Suspension of Sales. The Company or the Agent may, upon notice to the other party in writing (including by email correspondence to each of the individuals of the other party set forth on Schedule 3, if receipt of such correspondence is actually acknowledged by any of the individuals to whom the notice is sent, other than via auto-reply) or by telephone (confirmed immediately by verifiable facsimile transmission or email correspondence to each of the individuals of the other party set forth on Schedule 3), suspend any sale of Placement Shares (a “Suspension”); provided, however, that such Suspension shall not affect or impair any party’s obligations with respect to any Placement Shares sold hereunder prior to the receipt of such notice. While a Suspension is in effect any obligation under Sections 7(l), 7(m), and 7(n) with respect to the delivery of certificates, opinions, or comfort letters to the Agent, shall be waived. Each of the parties agrees that no such notice under this Section 4 shall be effective against any other party unless it is made to one of the individuals named on Schedule 3 hereto, as such Schedule may be amended from time to time. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, during any period in which the Company is in possession of material non-public information required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement in order to make the statements contained therein not misleading, the Company and the Agent agree that (i) no sale of Placement Shares will take place, (ii) the Company shall not request the sale of any Placement Shares, and (iii) the Agent shall not be obligated to sell or offer to sell any Placement Shares. If either the Agent or the Company has reason to believe that the exemptive provisions set forth in Rule 101(c)(1) of Regulation M under the Exchange Act are not satisfied with respect to the Common Shares, it shall promptly notify the other party, and the Agent may, at its sole discretion, suspend sales of the Placement Shares under this Agreement.

 

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5. Sale and Delivery to the Agent; Settlement.

 

(a) Sale of Placement Shares. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, upon the Agent’s acceptance of the terms of a Placement Notice, and unless the sale of the Placement Shares described therein has been declined, suspended, or otherwise terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Agent, for the period specified in the Placement Notice, will use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable law and regulations to sell such Placement Shares up to the amount specified, and otherwise in accordance with the terms of such Placement Notice. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) there can be no assurance that the Agent will be successful in selling Placement Shares, (ii) the Agent will incur no liability or obligation to the Company or any other person or entity if it does not sell Placement Shares for any reason other than a failure by the Agent to use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable law and regulations to sell such Placement Shares as required under this Agreement and (iii) the Agent shall be under no obligation to purchase Placement Shares on a principal basis pursuant to this Agreement, except as otherwise agreed by the Agent and the Company.

 

(b) Settlement of Placement Shares. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Placement Notice, settlement for sales of Placement Shares will occur on the second (2nd) Trading Day (or such earlier day as is industry practice for regular-way trading) following the date on which such sales are made (each, a “Settlement Date”). The Agent shall notify the Company of each sale of Placement Shares no later than the opening of the Trading Day immediately following the Trading Day on which it has made sales of Placement Shares hereunder. The amount of proceeds to be delivered to the Company on a Settlement Date against receipt of the Placement Shares sold (the “Net Proceeds”) will be equal to the aggregate sales price received by the Agent, after deduction for (i) the Agent’s commission, discount or other compensation for such sales payable by the Company pursuant to Section 2 hereof, and (ii) any transaction fees imposed by any Governmental Authority (as defined below) in respect of such sales.

 

(c) Delivery of Placement Shares. On or before each Settlement Date, the Company will, or will cause its transfer agent to, electronically transfer the Placement Shares being sold by crediting the Agent’s or its designee’s account (provided the Agent shall have given the Company written notice of such designee at least one Trading Day prior to the Settlement Date) at The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit and Withdrawal at Custodian System or by such other means of delivery as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto which in all cases shall be freely tradable, transferable, registered shares in good deliverable form. On each Settlement Date, the Agent will deliver the related Net Proceeds in same day funds to an account designated by the Company on, or prior to, the Settlement Date. The Company agrees that if the Company, or its transfer agent (if applicable), defaults in its obligation to deliver Placement Shares on a Settlement Date, the Company agrees that in addition to and in no way limiting the rights and obligations set forth in Section 10(a) hereto, it will (i) hold the Agent harmless against any loss, claim, damage, or expense (including reasonable and documented legal fees and expenses), as incurred, arising out of or in connection with such default by the Company or its transfer agent (if applicable) and (ii) pay to the Agent any commission, discount, or other compensation to which it would otherwise have been entitled absent such default.

 

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(d) Denominations; Registration. Certificates for the Placement Shares, if any, shall be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Agent may request in writing at least one full Business Day before the Settlement Date. The certificates for the Placement Shares, if any, will be made available by the Company for examination and packaging by the Agent in The City of New York not later than noon (New York time) on the Business Day prior to the Settlement Date.

 

(e) Limitations on Offering Size. Under no circumstances shall the Company cause or request the offer or sale of any Placement Shares if, after giving effect to the sale of such Placement Shares, the aggregate gross sales proceeds of Placement Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement would exceed the lesser of (A) together with all sales of Placement Shares under this Agreement, the Maximum Amount and (B) the amount authorized from time to time to be issued and sold under this Agreement by the Company’s board of directors, a duly authorized committee thereof or a duly authorized executive committee, and notified to the Agent in writing. Under no circumstances shall the Company cause or request the offer or sale of any Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement at a price lower than the minimum price authorized from time to time by the Company’s board of directors, a duly authorized committee thereof or a duly authorized executive committee. Further, under no circumstances shall the Company cause or permit the aggregate offering amount of Placement Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement to exceed the Maximum Amount.

 

6. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with Agent that as of the date of this Agreement and as of each Applicable Time (as defined below), unless such representation, warranty or agreement specifies a different time:

 

(a) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement meet the requirements for and comply with the applicable conditions set forth in Form S-3 (including General Instructions I.A and I.B) under the Securities Act. The Registration Statement has been or will be filed with the Commission and will be declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act prior to the issuance of any Placement Notice by the Company. The Prospectus Supplement will name the Agent as the agent in the section entitled “Plan of Distribution.” The Company has not received, and has no notice of, any order of the Commission preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, or threatening or instituting proceedings for that purpose. The Registration Statement and the offer and sale of Placement Shares as contemplated hereby meet the applicable requirements of Rule 415 under the Securities Act and comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of said Rule. Any contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement have been so described or filed. Copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and any such amendments or supplements and all documents incorporated by reference therein that were filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement have been delivered, or are available through EDGAR, to Agent and its counsel. The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of each Settlement Date and completion of the distribution of the Placement Shares, will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering or sale of the Placement Shares other than the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to which the Agent has consented. The Common Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is currently listed on the Exchange under the trading symbol “AGE.” 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, delisting the Common Shares from the Exchange, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or the Exchange is contemplating terminating such registration or listing except as disclosed in the Registration Statement. To the Company’s knowledge, it is in compliance with all applicable listing requirements of the Exchange except as disclosed in the Registration Statement.

 

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(b) No Misstatement or Omission. The Registration Statement, when it became or becomes effective, and the Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, on the date of such Prospectus or amendment or supplement, conformed and will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act. At each Settlement Date, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as of such date, will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act. The Registration Statement, when it became or becomes effective, did not, and will not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus and any amendment and supplement thereto, on the date thereof and at each Applicable Time (defined below), did not or will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Incorporated Documents did not, and any further Incorporated Documents will not, when filed with the Commission, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated in such document or necessary to make the statements in such document, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The foregoing shall not apply to statements in, or omissions from, any such document made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, information furnished to the Company by Agent specifically for use in the preparation thereof.

 

(c) Conformity with Securities Act and Exchange Act. The Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, and the Incorporated Documents, when such documents were or are filed with the Commission under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or became or become effective under the Securities Act, as the case may be, conformed or will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable.

 

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(d) Financial Information. The consolidated financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, 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 stockholders’ equity of the Company for the periods specified (subject, in the case of unaudited financial statements to normal year-end adjustments) and have been prepared in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act and Exchange Act and in conformity with GAAP (as defined below) applied on a consistent basis (subject, in the case of unaudited financial statements to normal year-end adjustments) during the periods presented; the other financial and statistical data with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, are accurately and fairly presented and prepared on a basis consistent with the financial statements and books and records of the Company; there are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, or the Prospectus that are not included or incorporated by reference as required; the Company and the Subsidiaries 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), and the Prospectus; and all disclosures contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, 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 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.

 

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

 

(f) Organization. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or organization. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly registered 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 and the Prospectus, except where the failure to be so registered or qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on or affecting the assets, business, operations, earnings, properties, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, stockholders’ 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”).

 

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(g) Subsidiaries. The subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 4 (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 and in 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 held by the Company are validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive and similar rights. No Subsidiary is currently contractually 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.

 

(h) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar 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, 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, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s knowledge, no other party under any material contract or other material agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party is in default in any respect thereunder where such default would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(i) No Material Adverse Change. Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, there has not been (i) any Material Adverse Effect, or the occurrence of any development that the Company reasonably expects will result in 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.

 

(j) Capitalization. The issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and, other than as disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights. The Company has authorized, issued and outstanding shares of capital stock as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as of the dates referred to therein, and such authorized capital stock conforms to the description thereof set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Except as disclosed in or contemplated by the Registration Statement 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.

 

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(k) 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 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.

 

(l) Authorization of Placement Shares. The Placement Shares, when issued and delivered pursuant to the terms approved by the board of directors of the Company or a duly authorized committee thereof, or a duly authorized executive committee, against payment therefor as provided herein, will be duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of any pledge, 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 Placement Shares, when issued, will conform to the description thereof set forth in the Prospectus.

 

(m) 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 of this Agreement by the Company, or for the issuance and sale of the Placement Shares by the Company, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under the Securities Act, applicable state securities laws, by the by-laws and rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) or by the Exchange, in connection with the sale of the Placement Shares by the Agent.

 

(n) No Preferential Rights. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement 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 (other than pursuant to options, other equity awards or warrants granted subsequent to the end of the period covered by the most recent periodic report included within the Incorporated Documents that are not required to be disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K pursuant to applicable Commission rules and regulations), (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 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 Placement Shares as contemplated thereby or otherwise.

 

(o) Independent Public Accounting Firm. OUM & Co., LLP (the “Accountant”), whose report on the consolidated financial statements of the Company is 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 an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). To the Company’s knowledge, the Accountant is not in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) with respect to the Company.

 

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(p) Enforceability of Agreements. To the Company’s knowledge, 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 or state securities laws or public policy considerations in respect thereof.

 

(q) No Litigation. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement 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, would 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 or investigations, actions, suits or proceedings by or before any Governmental Authority that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the 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.

 

(r) Consents and Permits. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement 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 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 Governmental 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 their respective its businesses as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (collectively, “Permits”), except for such Permits the failure of which to possess, obtain or make the same would not 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 would not 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, would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 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, would 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. To the extent required by applicable laws and regulations of the FDA, the Company or the applicable Subsidiary has submitted to the FDA an Investigational New Drug 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 with respect to any such submissions.

 

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(s) Regulatory Filings. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has failed to file with the applicable Governmental Authorities (including, without limitation, the FDA, 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, would not have a Material Adverse Effect; except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, all such filings, declarations, listings, registrations, reports or submissions were in 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, all applicable rules and regulations of the FDA and other federal, state, local and foreign Governmental Authority exercising comparable authority.

 

(t) Intellectual Property. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and to the Company’s knowledge, the Company and its Subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use 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 and the Prospectus (i) to the Company’s knowledge, there are no rights of third parties to any such Intellectual Property owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries other than pursuant to licenses or sublicenses from the Company that the Company reasonably expects would interfere with the use of such Intellectual Property in the operation of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses; (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) has been commenced against any patent or patent application described in the Prospectus as being owned by or licensed to the Company; and (vii) the Company and its Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects 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 would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(u) Clinical Studies. To the Company’s knowledge, the preclinical studies and tests and clinical trials described in 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 Prospectus are accurate and complete in all material respects; the Company is not aware of any tests, studies or trials not described in the Prospectus, the results of which reasonably call into question the results of the tests, studies and trials described in the Prospectus; and the Company has not received any written notice or correspondence from the FDA or any foreign, state 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.

 

(v) Market Capitalization. At the time the Registration Statement was or will be originally declared effective, and at the time the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K was filed with the Commission, the Company met or will meet 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 or I.B.6 of Form S-3, as applicable. The aggregate market value of the outstanding voting and non-voting common equity (as defined in Securities Act Rule 405) of the Company held by persons other than affiliates of the Company (pursuant to Securities Act Rule 144, those that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, control, or are controlled by, or are under common control with, the Company) (the “Non-Affiliate Shares”), was equal to $37.9 million (calculated by multiplying (x) the highest price at which the common equity of the Company closed on the Exchange within 60 days of the date of this Agreement times (y) the number of Non-Affiliate Shares). The Company is not a shell company (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) and has not been a shell company for at least 12 calendar months previously and if it has been a shell company at any time previously, has filed current Form 10 information (as defined in Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3) with the Commission at least 12 calendar months previously reflecting its status as an entity that is not a shell company.

 

(w) 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, would have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not filed a report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the filing of its last Annual Report on Form 10-K, indicating that it (i) has failed to pay any dividend or sinking fund installment on preferred stock or (ii) 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, would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(x) Certain Market Activities. Neither the Company, nor any of the Subsidiaries, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any of their respective directors, officers or controlling persons has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Placement Shares.

 

(y) 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 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).

 

(z) No Reliance. The Company has not relied upon the Agent or legal counsel for the Agent for any legal, tax or accounting advice in connection with the offering and sale of the Placement Shares.

 

(aa) Taxes. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns which have been required to be filed as of the date of the filing of the Registration Statement and have paid all taxes shown thereon, 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 would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed in or contemplated by the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which has had, or would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has no knowledge of any federal, state or other governmental tax deficiency, penalty or assessment which has been or might be asserted or threatened against it which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(bb) Title to Real and Personal Property. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement 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, if any, good and valid title to all personal property described in the Registration Statement or 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 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) would 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 or 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) would not be reasonably expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(cc) Environmental Laws. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, 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 and 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 would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(dd) Disclosure Controls. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain systems of internal accounting controls designed to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f)) 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 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 Prospectus). The Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e)) 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 disclosure controls and procedures or, to the Company’s knowledge, in other factors that could reasonably be expected to significantly affect the Company’s internal controls (other than as set forth in the Prospectus).

 

(ee) 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.

 

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(ff) Finder’s Fees. 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 Agent pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(gg) Labor Disputes. 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 would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(hh) Investment Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is or, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Placement Shares, will be 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”).

 

(ii) Operations. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record keeping and reporting requirements of 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.

 

(jj) Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements. There are no transactions, arrangements and other relationships between and/or among the Company, and/or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of its affiliates and any unconsolidated entity, 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.

 

(kk) Underwriter Agreements. The Company is not a party to any agreement with an agent or underwriter for any other “at-the-market” or continuous equity transaction.

 

(ll) 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.

 

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

 

(nn) Agent Purchases. The Company acknowledges and agrees that Agent has informed the Company that the Agent may, to the extent permitted under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, purchase and sell Common Shares for its own account while this Agreement is in effect, provided, that the Company shall not be deemed to have authorized or consented to any such purchases or sales by the Agent.

 

(oo) Margin Rules. Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Placement 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.

 

(pp) 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 properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries.

 

(qq) 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, 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 stockholders of the Company or any Subsidiary, on the other hand, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement 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 stockholders 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 and the Prospectus that is not so described; (iv) except as described in the Registration Statement and in 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, 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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(rr) Status Under the Securities Act. The Company was not and is not an ineligible issuer as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act at the times specified in Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Placement Shares.

 

(ss) No Misstatement or Omission in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and as of each Applicable Time, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any Incorporated Document deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Agent specifically for use therein.

 

(tt) No Conflicts. Neither the execution of this Agreement, nor the issuance, offering or sale of the Placement 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 would not 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 material 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.

 

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(uu) Sanctions. (i) The Company represents that, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Entity”) or, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or representative of the Entity, is a government, individual, or entity (in this paragraph (uu), “Person”) that is, or is controlled or 50% or more owned in the aggregate by or is acting on behalf of, one or more Persons 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”), or other relevant sanctions authorities, including, without limitation, designation on OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List or OFAC’s Foreign Sanctions Evaders List (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 (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).

 

(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 knowingly engaged in, is not now knowingly engaging in, and will not knowingly 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.

 

(vv) Stock Transfer Taxes. On each Settlement Date, all stock transfer or other taxes (other than income taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the sale and transfer of the Placement Shares to be sold hereunder will be, or will have been, fully paid or provided for by the Company and all laws imposing such taxes will be or will have been fully complied with.

 

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(ww) Compliance with Laws. To the Company’s knowledge, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations and statutes in the jurisdictions in which it carries on business; and the Company has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations and statutes; in each case that would materially adversely affect the business of the Company or the business or legal environment under which the Company operates. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries: (A) is and at all times has been in compliance with all applicable 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 result in a Material Adverse Effect; (B) has not received any FDA Form 483, notice of adverse finding, warning letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or notice from the FDA 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”); (C) 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; (D) 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; (E) 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; (F) 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 (G) 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.

 

(xx) Statistical and Market-Related Data. The statistical, demographic and market-related data included in the Registration Statement and 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.

 

(yy) Cybersecurity. The Company and each Subsidiary’s information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively, “IT Systems”) are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted, and to the Company’s knowledge free and clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants. The Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable physical, technical and administrative controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and data, including all Personal Data (as defined below) and all sensitive, confidential or regulated data (“Confidential Data”) used in connection with their businesses. “Personal Data” means (i) a natural person’s name, street address, telephone number, e-mail address, photograph, social security number or tax identification number, driver’s license number, passport number, credit card number, bank information, or customer or account number; (ii) any information which would qualify as “personally identifying information” under the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended; (iii) “personal data” as defined by GDPR (as defined below); (iv) any “personal information” as defined by the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”); and (v) any other piece of information that allows the identification of such natural person, or his or her family, or permits the collection or analysis of any data related to an identified person’s health or sexual orientation. To the Company’s knowledge, there have been no material breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to IT Systems and Confidential Data, except for those that have been remedied without material cost or liability or the duty to notify any other person, nor any material incidents under internal review or investigations relating to the same.

 

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(zz) Compliance with Data Privacy Laws. The Company and each Subsidiary is, and at all relevant times were, in material compliance with all applicable state and federal data privacy and security laws and regulations, including without limitation CCPA (collectively, the “Privacy Laws”). To ensure compliance with the Privacy Laws, the Company has in place, complies with, and takes appropriate steps to ensure compliance in all material respects with their policies and procedures relating to data privacy and security and the collection, storage, use, processing, disclosure, handling, and analysis of Personal Data and Confidential Data (the “Policies”). Except as would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company has at all times made all disclosures to users or customers required by applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements, and none of such disclosures made or contained in any Policy have been inaccurate or in violation of any applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements in any material respect. The Company further certifies that neither it nor any Subsidiary: (i) has received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to, or actual or potential violation of, any of the Privacy Laws, and has no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice; (ii) is currently conducting or paying for, in whole or in part, any investigation, remediation, or other corrective action pursuant to any Privacy Law; or (iii) is a party to any order, decree, or agreement that imposes any obligation or liability under any Privacy Law.

 

Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to the Agent or to counsel for the Agent pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company, as applicable, to the Agent as to the matters set forth therein.

 

7. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with Agent that:

 

(a) Registration Statement Amendments. After the date of this Agreement and during any period in which a Prospectus relating to any Placement Shares is required to be delivered by Agent under the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act or similar rule), (i) the Company will notify the Agent promptly of the time when any subsequent amendment to the Registration Statement, other than Incorporated Documents, has been filed with the Commission and/or has become effective or any subsequent supplement to the Prospectus with respect to the offering of Placement Shares conducted pursuant to this Agreement has been filed; (ii) the Company will notify the Agent of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information with respect to the offering of Placement Shares conducted pursuant to this Agreement; (iii) the Company will prepare and file with the Commission, promptly upon the Agent’s request, any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus that, in such Agent’s reasonable opinion, may be necessary or advisable in connection with the distribution of the Placement Shares by the Agent (provided, however, that the failure of the Agent to make such request shall not relieve the Company of any obligation or liability hereunder, or affect the Agent’s right to rely on the representations and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement and provided, further, that the only remedy the Agent shall have with respect to the failure to make such filing shall be to cease making sales under this Agreement until such amendment or supplement is filed); (iv) the Company will not file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares or a security convertible into the Placement Shares unless a copy thereof has been submitted to Agent within a reasonable period of time before the filing and the Agent has not objected thereto (provided, however, that the failure of the Agent to make such objection shall not relieve the Company of any obligation or liability hereunder, or affect the Agent’s right to rely on the representations and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement and provided, further, that the only remedy the Agent shall have with respect to the failure by the Company to obtain such consent shall be to cease making sales under this Agreement) and the Company will furnish to the Agent at the time of filing thereof a copy of any document that upon filing is deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement or Prospectus, except for those documents available via EDGAR; and (v) the Company will cause each amendment or supplement to the Prospectus to be filed with the Commission as required pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act or, in the case of any document to be incorporated therein by reference, to be filed with the Commission as required pursuant to the Exchange Act, within the time period prescribed (the determination to file or not file any amendment or supplement with the Commission under this Section 7(a), based on the Company’s reasonable opinion or reasonable objections, shall be made exclusively by the Company).

 

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(b) Notice of Commission Stop Orders. The Company will advise the Agent promptly after it receives notice or obtains knowledge thereof, of the issuance or threatened issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, of the suspension of the qualification of the Placement Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose; and it will promptly use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such a stop order should be issued. The Company will advise the Agent promptly after it receives any request by the Commission for any amendments to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplements to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information related to the offering of the Placement Shares or for additional information related to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

 

(c) Delivery of Prospectus; Subsequent Changes. During any period in which a Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares is required to be delivered by the Agent under the Securities Act with respect to the offer and sale of the Placement Shares, (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act or similar rule), the Company will comply with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as from time to time in force, and to file on or before their respective due dates all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, 15(d) or any other provision of or under the Exchange Act. If the Company has omitted any information from the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act, it will use its best efforts to comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430B and to notify the Agent promptly of all such filings. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an 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 then existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act, the Company will promptly notify the Agent to suspend the offering of Placement Shares during such period and the Company will promptly amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; provided, however, that the Company may delay any such amendment or supplement if, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, it is in the interests of the Company to do so. Until such time as the Company shall have corrected such misstatement or omission or effected such compliance, the Company shall not notify the Agent to resume the offering of Placement Shares.

 

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(d) Listing of Placement Shares. Prior to the date of the first Placement Notice, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Placement Shares to be listed on the Exchange.

 

(e) Delivery of Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company will furnish to the Agent and its counsel (at the expense of the Company) copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (including all Incorporated Documents) and all amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus that are filed with the Commission during any period in which a Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities Act (including all Incorporated Documents filed with the Commission during such period), in each case as soon as reasonably practicable and in such quantities as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request and, at the Agent’s request, will also furnish copies of the Prospectus to each exchange or market on which sales of the Placement Shares may be made; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to furnish any document (other than the Prospectus) to the Agent to the extent such document is available on EDGAR.

 

(f) Earnings Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement covering a 12-month period that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) and Rule 158 of the Securities Act.

 

(g) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the Net Proceeds as described in the Prospectus in the section entitled “Use of Proceeds.”

 

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(h) Notice of Other Sales. Without the prior written consent of the Agent, the Company will not, directly or indirectly, offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to sell or otherwise dispose of any Common Shares (other than (i) the Placement Shares offered pursuant to this Agreement, and (ii) Permitted Securities as defined below) or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares, warrants or any rights to purchase or acquire, Common Shares during the period beginning on the fifth (5th) Trading Day immediately prior to the date on which any Placement Notice is delivered to Agent hereunder and ending on the fifth (5th) Trading Day immediately following the final Settlement Date with respect to Placement Shares sold pursuant to such Placement Notice (or, if the Placement Notice has been terminated or suspended prior to the sale of all Placement Shares covered by a Placement Notice, the date of such suspension or termination); and will not directly or indirectly in any other “at-the-market” or continuous equity transaction offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to sell or otherwise dispose of any Common Shares (other than the Placement Shares offered pursuant to this Agreement) or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares, warrants or any rights to purchase or acquire, Common Shares prior to the sixtieth (60th) day immediately following the termination of this Agreement; provided, however, that such restrictions will not be required in connection with the Company’s issuance or sale of (i) Common Shares, options to purchase Common Shares, restricted stock units or other awards, or Common Shares issuable upon the exercise or settlement of options, restricted stock units or other awards pursuant to any employee or director stock option or benefits plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan (but not Common Shares subject to a waiver to exceed plan limits in its dividend reinvestment plan) of the Company whether now in effect or hereafter implemented, (ii) Common Shares issuable upon conversion of securities or obligations with respect to indebtedness or the exercise of warrants, options or other rights in effect or outstanding, and disclosed in filings by the Company available on EDGAR or otherwise in writing to the Agent and (iii) Common Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares as consideration for mergers, acquisitions, other business combinations or strategic alliances occurring after the date of this Agreement which are not issued for capital raising purposes (“Permitted Shares”).

 

(i) Change of Circumstances. The Company will, at any time during the pendency of a Placement Notice advise the Agent promptly after it shall have received notice or obtained knowledge thereof, of any information or fact that would alter or affect in any material respect any opinion, certificate, letter or other document required to be provided to the Agent pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(j) Due Diligence Cooperation. The Company will cooperate with any reasonable due diligence review conducted by the Agent or its representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, providing information and making available documents and senior corporate officers, during regular business hours and at the Company’s principal offices, as the Agent may reasonably request.

 

(k) Required Filings Relating to Placement of Placement Shares. The Company shall disclose, in its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and in its annual report on Form 10-K to be filed by the Company with the Commission from time to time, the number of the Placement Shares sold through the Agent under this Agreement, and the net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement during the relevant quarter or, in the case of an Annual Report on Form 10-K, during the fiscal year covered by such Annual Report and the fourth quarter of such fiscal year. The Company agrees that on such dates as the Securities Act shall require, the Company will (i) file a prospectus supplement with the Commission under the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (each and every filing date under Rule 424(b), a “Filing Date”), which prospectus supplement will set forth, within the relevant period, the amount of Placement Shares sold through the Agent, the Net Proceeds to the Company and the compensation payable by the Company to the Agent with respect to such Placement Shares, and (ii) deliver such number of copies of each such prospectus supplement to each exchange or market on which such sales were effected as may be required by the rules or regulations of such exchange or market.

 

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(l) Representation Dates; Certificate. (1) Prior to the date of the first Placement Notice and (2) each time the Company:

 

(i) files the Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares or amends or supplements (other than a prospectus supplement relating solely to an offering of securities other than the Placement Shares) the Registration Statement or the Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares by means of a post-effective amendment, sticker, or supplement but not by means of incorporation of documents by reference into the Registration Statement or the Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares;

 

(ii) files an annual report on Form 10-K under the Exchange Act (including any Form 10-K/A containing amended financial information or a material amendment to the previously filed Form 10-K);

 

(iii) files its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act; or

 

(iv) files a current report on Form 8-K containing amended financial information (other than information “furnished” pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K or to provide disclosure pursuant to Item 8.01 of Form 8-K relating to the reclassification of certain properties as discontinued operations in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144) under the Exchange Act (each date of filing of one or more of the documents referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) shall be a “Representation Date”);

 

the Company shall furnish the Agent (but in the case of clause (iv) above only if the Agent reasonably determines that the information contained in such Form 8-K is material) with a certificate dated the Representation Date, in the form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel, substantially similar to the form previously provided to the Agent and its counsel, modified, as necessary, to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented. The requirement to provide a certificate under this Section 7(l) shall be waived for any Representation Date occurring at a time a Suspension is in effect or there is no Placement Notice in effect, which waiver shall continue until the earlier to occur of the date the Company delivers instructions for the sale of Placement Shares hereunder (which for such calendar quarter shall be considered a Representation Date) and the next occurring Representation Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company subsequently decides to sell Placement Shares following a Representation Date when a Suspension was in effect or there was no Placement Notice in effect and did not provide the Agent with a certificate under this Section 7(l), then before the Company delivers the instructions for the sale of Placement Shares or the Agent sells any Placement Shares pursuant to such instructions, the Company shall provide the Agent with a certificate in conformity with this Section 7(l) dated as of the date that the instructions for the sale of Placement Shares are issued.

 

(m) Legal Opinion. (1) Prior to the date of the first Placement Notice and (2) within five (5) Trading Days of each Representation Date with respect to which the Company is obligated to deliver a certificate pursuant to Section 7(l) for which no waiver is applicable and excluding the date of this Agreement, the Company shall cause to be furnished to the Agent a written opinion of Thompson Welch Soroko & Gilbert LLP (“Company Counsel”), or other counsel satisfactory to the Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and its counsel, substantially similar to the form previously provided to the Agent and its counsel, modified, as necessary, to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented; provided, however, the Company shall be required to furnish to Agent no more than one opinion hereunder per calendar quarter; provided, further, that in lieu of such opinions for subsequent periodic filings under the Exchange Act, counsel may furnish the Agent with a letter (a “Reliance Letter”) to the effect that the Agent may rely on a prior opinion delivered under this Section 7(m) to the same extent as if it were dated the date of such letter (except that statements in such prior opinion shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented as of the date of the Reliance Letter).

 

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(n) Comfort Letter. (1) Prior to the date of the first Placement Notice and (2) within five (5) Trading Days of each Representation Date with respect to which the Company is obligated to deliver a certificate pursuant to Section 7(l) for which no waiver is applicable and excluding the date of this Agreement, the Company shall cause its independent registered public accounting firm to furnish the Agent letters (the “Comfort Letters”), dated the date the Comfort Letter is delivered, which shall meet the requirements set forth in this Section 7(n); provided, that if reasonably requested by the Agent, the Company shall cause a Comfort Letter to be furnished to the Agent within ten (10) Trading Days of the date of occurrence of any material transaction or event, including the restatement of the Company’s financial statements. The Comfort Letter from the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm shall be in a form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, (i) confirming that they are an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act and the PCAOB, (ii) stating, as of such date, the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters ordinarily covered by accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters in connection with registered public offerings (the first such letter, the “Initial Comfort Letter”) and (iii) updating the Initial Comfort Letter with any information that would have been included in the Initial Comfort Letter had it been given on such date and modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as amended and supplemented to the date of such letter.

 

(o) Market Activities. The Company will not, directly or indirectly, (i) take any action designed to cause or result in, or that constitutes or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of Common Shares or (ii) sell, bid for, or purchase Common Shares in violation of Regulation M, or pay anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of the Placement Shares other than the Agent.

 

(p) Investment Company Act. The Company will conduct its affairs in such a manner so as to reasonably ensure that neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries will be or become, at any time prior to the termination of this Agreement, required to register as an “investment company,” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act.

 

(q) No Offer to Sell. Other than an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus approved in advance by the Company and the Agent in its capacity as agent hereunder, neither the Agent nor the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Agent in its capacity as such) will make, use, prepare, authorize, approve or refer to any written communication (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), required to be filed with the Commission, that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy Placement Shares hereunder.

 

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(r) Blue Sky and Other Qualifications. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Agent, to qualify the Placement Shares for offering and sale, or to obtain an exemption for the Placement Shares to be offered and sold, under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Agent may designate and to maintain such qualifications and exemptions in effect for so long as required for the distribution of the Placement Shares (but in no event for less than one year from the date of this Agreement); provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. In each jurisdiction in which the Placement Shares have been so qualified or exempt, the Company will file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of such jurisdiction to continue such qualification or exemption, as the case may be, in effect for so long as required for the distribution of the Placement Shares (but in no event for less than one year from the date of this Agreement).

 

(s) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company and the Subsidiaries will maintain and keep accurate books and records reflecting their assets and maintain internal accounting controls in a manner designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP and including those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company, (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP, (iii) that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with management’s and the Company’s directors’ authorization, and (iv) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on its financial statements. The Company and the Subsidiaries will maintain such controls and other procedures, including, without limitation, those required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the applicable regulations thereunder that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to ensure that material information relating to the Company or the Subsidiaries is made known to them by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which such periodic reports are being prepared.

 

(t) Secretary’s Certificate; Further Documentation. Prior to the date of the first Placement Notice, the Company shall deliver to the Agent a certificate of the Secretary of the Company and attested to by an executive officer of the Company, dated as of such date, certifying as to (i) the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, (ii) the Bylaws of the Company, (iii) the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the issuance of the Placement Shares and (iv) the incumbency of the officers duly authorized to execute this Agreement and the other documents contemplated by this Agreement. Within five (5) Trading Days of each Representation Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Agent such further information, certificates and documents as the Agent may reasonably request.

 

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8. Payment of Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, including any fees required by the Commission, and the printing or electronic delivery of the Prospectus as originally filed and of each amendment and supplement thereto, in such number as the Agent shall deem necessary, (ii) the printing and delivery to the Agent of this Agreement and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Placement Shares, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates, if any, for the Placement Shares to the Agent, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any capital duties, stamp duties or other duties or taxes payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Placement Shares to the Agent, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the counsel, accountants and other advisors to the Company, (v) the fees and expenses of Agent including but not limited to the fees and expenses of the counsel to the Agent, payable upon the execution of this Agreement, in an amount not to exceed $75,000, (vi) the qualification or exemption of the Placement Shares under state securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 7(r) hereof, including filing fees, but excluding fees of the Agent’s counsel, (vii) the printing and delivery to the Agent of copies of any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto in such number as the Agent shall deem necessary, (viii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Agent of copies of the blue sky survey, (ix) the fees and expenses of the transfer agent and registrar for the Common Shares, (x) the filing and other fees incident to any review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Placement Shares including the fees of the Agent’s counsel (subject to the cap, set forth in clause (v) above), and (xi) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Placement Shares on the Exchange.

 

9. Conditions to Agent’s Obligations. The obligations of the Agent hereunder with respect to a Placement will be subject to the continuing accuracy and completeness of the representations and warranties made by the Company herein, to the due performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, to the completion by the Agent of a due diligence review satisfactory to it in its reasonable judgment, and to the continuing satisfaction (or waiver by the Agent in its sole discretion) of the following additional conditions:

 

(a) Registration Statement Effective. The Registration Statement shall have become effective and shall be available for the (i) resale of all Placement Shares issued to the Agent and not yet sold by the Agent and (ii) sale of all Placement Shares contemplated to be issued by any Placement Notice.

 

(b) No Material Notices. None of the following events shall have occurred and be continuing: (i) receipt by the Company of any request for additional information from the Commission or any other federal or state Governmental Authority during the period of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the response to which would require any post-effective amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus; (ii) the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state Governmental Authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; (iii) receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Placement Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; or (iv) the occurrence of any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and, that in the case of the Prospectus, it will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

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(c) No Misstatement or Material Omission. Agent shall not have advised the Company that the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, contains an untrue statement of fact that in the Agent’s reasonable opinion is material, or omits to state a fact that in the Agent’s reasonable opinion is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

(d) Material Changes. Except as contemplated in the Prospectus, or disclosed in the Company’s reports filed with the Commission, there shall not have been 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, or a downgrading in or withdrawal of the rating assigned to any of the Company’s securities (other than asset backed securities) by any rating organization or a public announcement by any rating organization that it has under surveillance or review its rating of any of the Company’s securities (other than asset backed securities), the effect of which, in the case of any such action by a rating organization described above, in the reasonable judgment of the Agent (without relieving the Company of any obligation or liability it may otherwise have), is so material as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering of the Placement Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.

 

(e) Legal Opinions. The Agent shall have received the opinions of Company Counsel required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(m) on or before the date on which such delivery of such opinions is required pursuant to Section 7(m).

 

(f) Comfort Letter. The Agent shall have received the Comfort Letter required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(n) on or before the date on which such delivery of such Comfort Letter is required pursuant to Section 7(n).

 

(g) Representation Certificate. The Agent shall have received the certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(l) on or before the date on which delivery of such certificate is required pursuant to Section 7(l).

 

(h) No Suspension. Trading in the Common Shares shall not have been suspended on the Exchange and the Common Shares shall not have been delisted from the Exchange.

 

(i) Other Materials. On each date on which the Company is required to deliver a certificate pursuant to Section 7(l), the Company shall have furnished to the Agent such appropriate further information, opinions, certificates, letters and other documents as the Agent may reasonably request. All such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents will be in compliance with the provisions hereof.

 

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(j) Securities Act Filings Made. All filings with the Commission with respect to the Placement Shares required by Rule 424 under the Securities Act to have been filed prior to the issuance of any Placement Notice hereunder shall have been made within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 424.

 

(k) Approval for Listing. The Placement Shares shall either have been (i) approved for listing on the Exchange, subject only to notice of issuance, or (ii) the Company shall have filed an application for listing of the Placement Shares on the Exchange at, or prior to, the issuance of any Placement Notice and the Exchange shall have reviewed such application and not provided any objections thereto.

 

(l) FINRA. If applicable, FINRA shall have raised no objection to the terms of this offering and the amount of compensation allowable or payable to the Agent as described in the Prospectus.

 

(m) No Termination Event. There shall not have occurred any event that would permit the Agent to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 12(a).

 

10. Indemnification and Contribution.

 

(a) Company Indemnification. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent, its affiliates and their respective partners, members, directors, officers, employees and agents and each person, if any, who controls the Agent or any affiliate within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act as follows:

 

(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, joint or several, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), 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 arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any related Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), 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;

 

(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, joint or several, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any Governmental Authority, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 10(d) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be delayed or withheld; and

 

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(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any Governmental Authority, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission (whether or not a party), to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above,

 

provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made solely in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Agent expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or in any related Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto. The Company hereby acknowledges that the only information that the Agent has furnished to the Company expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) are the statements set forth in the tenth and eleventh paragraphs under the caption “Plan of Distribution” in the Prospectus (the “Agent Information”).

 

(b) Agent Indemnification. Agent agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its directors and each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in Section 10(a), as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendments thereto), the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with Agent Information.

 

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(c) Procedure. Any party that proposes to assert the right to be indemnified under this Section 10 will, 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 10, 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 will not relieve the indemnifying party from (i) any liability that it might have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 10 and (ii) any liability that it may have to any indemnified party under the foregoing provision of this Section 10 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 other legal 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 (1) the employment of counsel by the indemnified party has been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (2) 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, (3) 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 will not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party) or (4) the indemnifying party has not in fact employed counsel to assume the defense of such action or counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, in each case, 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 will 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 (plus local counsel) admitted to practice in such jurisdiction at any one time for all such indemnified party or parties. All such fees, disbursements and other charges will be reimbursed by the indemnifying party promptly as they are incurred. An indemnifying party will not, in any event, be liable for any settlement of any action or claim effected without its written consent. 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 10 (whether or not any indemnified party is a party thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (1) includes an express and unconditional release of each indemnified party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (2) 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.

 

(d) Settlement Without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 10(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (1) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (2) 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 (3) 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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(e) Contribution. In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in the foregoing paragraphs of this Section 10 is applicable in accordance with its terms but for any reason is held to be unavailable or insufficient from the Company or the Agent, the Company and the Agent will 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) to which the Company and the Agent 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 Agent on the other hand. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Agent on the other hand shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the sale of the Placement Shares (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total compensation received by the Agent from the sale of Placement Shares on behalf of the Company. 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 Agent, on the other hand, with respect to the statements or omission that 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, among other things, 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 the Agent, 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 Agent agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 10(e) were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that 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(e) shall be deemed to include, for the purpose of this Section 10(e), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim to the extent consistent with Section 10(c) hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10(e), the Agent shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the commissions received by it under this Agreement and no person found guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 10(e), any person who controls a party to this Agreement within the meaning of the Securities Act, any affiliates of the Agent and any officers, directors, partners, employees or agents of the Agent or any of its affiliates, will have the same rights to contribution as that party, and each director of the Company and each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement will have the same rights to contribution as the Company, 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(e), will notify any such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify will not relieve that party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any other obligation it or they may have under this Section 10(e) except to the extent that the failure to so notify such other party materially prejudiced the substantive rights or defenses of the party from whom contribution is sought. Except for a settlement entered into pursuant to the last sentence of Section 10(c) hereof, no party will be liable for contribution with respect to any action or claim settled without its written consent if such consent is required pursuant to Section 10(c) hereof.

 

11. Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in Section 10 of this Agreement and all representations and warranties of the Company herein or in certificates delivered pursuant hereto shall survive, as of their respective dates, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Agent, any controlling persons, or the Company (or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or controlling persons), (ii) delivery and acceptance of the Placement Shares and payment therefor or (iii) any termination of this Agreement.

 

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12. Termination.

 

(a) The Agent may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, as hereinafter specified at any time (1) if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the date as of which information is given in the Prospectus, any change, or any development or event involving a prospective 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, which individually or in the aggregate, in the sole judgment of the Agent is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to market the Placement Shares or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Placement Shares, (2) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Agent, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Placement Shares or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Placement Shares, (3) if trading in the Common Shares has been suspended or limited by the Commission or the Exchange, or if trading generally on the Exchange has been suspended or limited, or minimum prices for trading have been fixed on the Exchange, (4) if any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market shall have occurred and be continuing, (5) if a major disruption of securities settlements or clearance services in the United States shall have occurred and be continuing, or (6) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either U.S. Federal or New York authorities. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 8 (Payment of Expenses), Section 10 (Indemnification and Contribution), Section 11 (Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery), Section 17 (Governing Law and Time; Waiver of Jury Trial) and Section 18 (Consent to Jurisdiction) hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination. If the Agent elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 12(a), the Agent shall provide the required notice as specified in Section 13 (Notices).

 

(b) The Company shall have the right, by giving ten (10) days’ notice as hereinafter specified to terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time after the date of this Agreement. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 8, Section 10, Section 11, Section 17 and Section 18 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.

 

(c) The Agent shall have the right, by giving ten (10) days’ notice as hereinafter specified to terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time after the date of this Agreement. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 8, Section 10, Section 11, Section 17 and Section 18 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.

 

(d) This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless terminated pursuant to Sections 12(a), (b), or (c), above or otherwise by mutual agreement of the parties; provided, however, that any such termination by mutual agreement shall in all cases be deemed to provide that Section 8, Section 10, Section 11, Section 17 and Section 18 shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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(e) Any termination of this Agreement shall be effective on the date specified in such notice of termination; provided, however, that such termination shall not be effective until the close of business on the date of receipt of such notice by the Agent or the Company, as the case may be. If such termination shall occur prior to the Settlement Date for any sale of Placement Shares, such Placement Shares shall settle in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

13. Notices. All notices or other communications required or permitted to be given by any party to any other party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing, unless otherwise specified, and if sent to the Agent, shall be delivered to:

 

Chardan Capital Markets, LLC

17 State Street, Suite 1600

New York, New York 10004

Attention: Shai Gerson

Email: sgerson@chardancm.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Cooley LLP

55 Hudson Yards

New York, NY 10001-2157

Attention: Daniel I. Goldberg, Esq.

Facsimile: (212) 479-6275

 

and if to the Company, shall be delivered to:

 

AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.

1101 Marina Village Parkway, Suite 201

Alameda, California 94501

Attention: Andrea Park, CFO

Email: apark@agexinc.com

 

With a copy to:

 

Thompson Welch Soroko & Gilbert LLP

3950 Civic Center Drive, Suite 300

San Rafael, California 94903

Attention: Richard S. Soroko, Esq.

Email: rsoroko@twsglaw.com

 

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 next Business Day 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.

 

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An electronic communication (“Electronic Notice”) shall be deemed written notice for purposes of this Section 13 if sent to the electronic mail address specified by the receiving party under separate cover or as set forth in this Section 13. Electronic Notice shall be deemed received at the time the party sending Electronic Notice receives verification of receipt by the receiving party (with an automatic “read receipt” not constituting verification of receipt for the purposes of this section). 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.

 

14. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and the Agent and their respective successors and the affiliates, controlling persons, officers and directors referred to in Section 10 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 the Agent may assign its rights and obligations hereunder to an affiliate thereof without obtaining the Company’s consent.

 

15. Adjustments for Stock Splits. The parties acknowledge and agree that all share-related numbers contained in this Agreement shall be adjusted to take into account any stock split, stock dividend or similar event effected with respect to the Placement Shares.

 

16. Entire Agreement; Amendment; Severability; Waiver. This Agreement (including all schedules and exhibits attached hereto and Placement Notices 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 Agent. 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.

 

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17. 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.

 

18. 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.

 

19. 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 by electronic delivery of a portable document format (PDF) file (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com).

 

20. Construction. The section and exhibit headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. 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.

 

21. Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company represents, warrants and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Agent, and the Agent represents, warrants and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Placement Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Agent or by the Company, as the case may be, is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents and warrants that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. For the purposes of clarity, the parties hereto agree that all free writing prospectuses, if any, listed in Exhibit 22 hereto are Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses.

 

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22. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that:

 

(a) the Agent is acting solely as agent in connection with the public offering of the Placement Shares and in connection with each transaction contemplated by this Agreement and the process leading to such transactions, and no fiduciary or advisory relationship between the Company or any of its respective affiliates, stockholders (or other equity holders), creditors or employees or any other party, on the one hand, and the Agent, on the other hand, has been or will be created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective of whether or not the Agent has advised or is advising the Company on other matters, and the Agent has no obligation to the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement;

 

(b) it is capable of evaluating and understanding, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(c) neither the Agent nor its affiliates have provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and it has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate;

 

(d) it is aware that the Agent and its affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and the Agent and its affiliates have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship or otherwise; and

 

(e) it waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against the Agent or its affiliates for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the sale of Placement Shares under this Agreement and agrees that the Agent and its affiliates shall not have any liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract, tort or otherwise) to it in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on its behalf or in right of it or the Company, employees or creditors of Company.

 

23. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

Applicable Time” means (i) each Representation Date, (ii) the time of each sale of any Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement and (iii) each Settlement Date.

 

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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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; or (iii) any political subdivision of any of the foregoing.

 

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, relating to the Placement Shares that (1) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (2) is a “road show” that is a “written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (3) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Placement Shares or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the Securities Act Regulations.

 

Rule 164,” “Rule 172,” “Rule 405,” “Rule 415,” “Rule 424,” “Rule 424(b),” “Rule 430B,” and “Rule 433” refer to such rules under the Securities Act Regulations.

 

All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information that is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement 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 that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be.

 

All references in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR; all references in this Agreement to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (other than any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses that, pursuant to Rule 433, are not required to be filed with the Commission) shall be deemed to include the copy thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR; and all references in this Agreement to “supplements” to the Prospectus shall include, without limitation, any supplements, “wrappers” or similar materials prepared in connection with any offering, sale or private placement of any Placement Shares by the Agent outside of the United States.

 

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

  

  Very truly yours,
   
  AGEX Therapeutics, Inc.
   
  By: /s/ Michael D. West
  Name: Michael D. West
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

  ACCEPTED as of the date first-above written:
   
  CHARDAN CAPITAL MARKETS LLC
   
  By: /s/ Shai Gerson
  Name: Shai Gerson
  Title: Managing Partner

 

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 1

 

 

 

Form of Placement Notice

 

 

 

From: AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.
   
To: Chardan Capital Markets, LLC.
  Attention: [●]
   
Subject: Placement Notice
   
Date: [●], 202[●]

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the Sales Agreement between AgeX Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Chardan Capital Markets, LLC (“Agent”), dated January 8, 2021 the Company hereby requests that the Agent sell up to [●] of the Company’s Common Shares, par value $0.0001 per share, at a minimum market price of $[●] per share, during the time period beginning [month, day, time] and ending [month, day, time].

 

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 2

 

 

 

Compensation

 

 

 

The Company shall pay to the Agent in cash, upon each sale of Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement, an amount equal to 3.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds from each sale of Placement Shares.

 

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 3

 

 

 

Notice Parties

 

 

 

The Company

 

Michael D. West, CEO  
Andrea Park, CFO  

 

The Agent

 

Shai Gerson  
David Lederman  

 

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 4

 

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

 

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 of the Company’s most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

 
 

 

Exhibit 21

 

Permitted Free Writing Prospectus

 

None.

 

 

 

 

exhibit 5.1

 

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January 8, 2021

 

AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.

965 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 101

Alameda, California 94501

 

Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as counsel to AgeX Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with its filing, on the date hereof, of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), including a base prospectus, which provides that it will be supplemented by one or more prospectus supplements, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Registration Statement relates to the issuance and sale from time to time in one or more primary offerings by the Company of up to $50,000,000 in aggregate offering price of (a) shares of the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share of the Company (the “Common Stock”), (b) shares of the preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Preferred Stock”), (c) warrants to purchase Common Stock or Preferred Stock (the “Warrants”), and (d) units comprised of one or more of Common Stock, Preferred Stock, or Warrants in any combination (the “Units”). The Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Warrants, Units, and any shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock included in Units or issuable upon exercise of Warrants or conversion of convertible Preferred Stock, are collectively referred to as the “Primary Offering Securities”.

 

Also included in the Registration Statement is a prospectus supplement for the offer and sale of up to $12,600,000 of shares of Common Stock from the Primary Offering Securities, which may be offered and sold from time to time in “at the market” transactions within the meaning of Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act pursuant to a Sales Agreement with Chardan Capital Markets LLC acting as sales agent for the Company (the “ATM Offering”).

 

The Registration Statement also pertains to shares of Common Stock (the “Resale Shares”) that are being registered for resale by a securityholder referenced in the base prospectus as the Selling Securityholder. The Resale Shares include 16,447,500 shares of Common Stock that are issued and outstanding and held by the Selling Securityholder as of the date of this opinion, and 2,919,299 shares that are issuable upon the exercise of certain Common Stock purchase warrants (“Resale Warrants”) that are held by the Selling Securityholder as of the date of this opinion.

 

This opinion is being delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.

 

We have been advised by the Company that, and for purposes of this opinion we have assumed, the following:

 

  1. The powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of any series of Preferred Stock, including voting rights, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges and liquidation privileges of each series of Preferred Stock, and the number of shares of each series of Preferred Stock, will be set forth in a certificate of designation to be approved by the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”), or in an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) to be approved by the Board and the Company’s stockholders, and that one or both of those documents will be filed either as an exhibit to an amendment to the Registration Statement to be filed after the date of this opinion or as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed after the Registration Statement has become effective, and the particular terms of any series of Preferred Stock offered pursuant to the Registration Statement will be set forth in a supplement to the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement;

 

 

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  2. Any series of Warrants may be issued pursuant to a form of warrant and/or a warrant agreement to be entered into by the Company and a transfer agent or other financial institution as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agreement”). The Warrant Agreement will be filed either as an exhibit to an amendment to the Registration Statement to be filed after the date of this opinion or as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed after the Registration Statement has become effective, and the particular terms of any series of Warrants offered pursuant to the Registration Statement will be set forth in a supplement to the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement; and
     
  3. The Units may be issued pursuant to one or more unit agreements to be entered into by the Company, a transfer agent or other financial institution as unit agent and the holders from time to time of the Units (each such unit agreement, a “Unit Agreement”), and the Unit Agreement will be filed either as an exhibit to an amendment to the Registration Statement to be filed after the date of this opinion or as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed after the Registration Statement has become effective, and the particular terms of any series of Units offered pursuant to the Registration Statement will be set forth in a supplement to the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement.

 

In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have further assumed that (i) all information contained in all documents reviewed by us is true and correct; (ii) all signatures on all documents examined by us are genuine; (iii) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and all documents submitted to us as copies conform to the originals of those documents; (iv) each natural person signing any document reviewed by us had the legal capacity to do so; (v) the Registration Statement, and any further amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) will have become effective and comply with all applicable laws; (vi) to the extent necessary, a prospectus supplement will have been prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) describing the Primary Offering Securities, other than the ATM Offering shares as to which a prospectus supplement is included in the Registration Statement; (vii) all Primary Offering Securities and Resale Shares will be issued and sold in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and in the manner stated in the Registration Statement; (viii) a definitive purchase, underwriting agreement, sales agency agreement, or similar agreement with respect to any Primary Offering Securities, including the Sales Agreement with respect to the ATM Offering, will have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the other parties thereto; (ix) the Company will have available from its authorized capital stock, a number of shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock sufficient to issue all Primary Offering Securities offered for sale pursuant to the Registration Statement, and those Resale Shares that are issuable upon the exercise of the warrants held by the Selling Securityholder and included in the Registration Statement; (x) while the Company’s offer and sale of securities under the Registration Statement is subject to General Instruction I.B.6 to Form S-3: (a) the amount of Primary Offering Securities sold by the Company in any 12 month period shall not exceed the amount permitted by such instruction; (b) the Company shall not be a shell company defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; and (c) the Company shall have at least one class of common equity securities listed and registered on a national securities exchange; (xi) any certificates representing the Primary Offering Securities or Resale Shares will be duly executed and delivered by the Company and a duly appointed transfer agent and registrar, and (xii) each Warrant Agreement or Unit Agreement governing Warrants or Units that may be issued will be duly authorized, executed, and delivered by all parties thereto, including any warrant agent or unit agent, all of whom will have the legal capacity so to do.

 

We have examined the Registration Statement, including the exhibits thereto. We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Company and such agreements, certificates and receipts of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company and others, and such other documents, certificates and records as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions set forth herein.

 

 

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We do not express any opinion with respect to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of California and the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Federal laws of the United States of America. The Primary Offering Securities and the Resale Shares may be offered and sold, on a delayed or continuous basis, and this opinion is limited to the laws, including applicable rules and regulations under the Securities Act, as in effect on the date hereof, which laws are subject to change with possible retroactive effect.

 

Based upon such examination and subject to the further assumptions, qualifications and limitations contained herein, we are of the following opinion:

 

  1. The Common Stock included in the Primary Offering Securities, other than those shares issuable in the ATM Offering, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, assuming that (i) the Board or an authorized committee thereof will have specifically authorized the issuance of such Common Stock in exchange for consideration that the Board or such committee determines as adequate, (ii) the Company has received the consideration for the issuance of the Common Stock provided for in the applicable authorizing resolutions of the Board or an authorized committee thereof, and (iii) the consideration received by the Company for the issuance of the Common Stock is valid consideration for the issuance of shares of capital stock under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
     
  2. The shares of Common Stock included in the ATM Offering, when offered and sold pursuant to the Sales Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable upon the Company’s receipt of payment of the purchase price of such shares as provided in the Sales Agreement.
     
  3. The Preferred Stock included in the Primary Offering Securities will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, assuming that (i) the Board or an authorized committee thereof will have specifically authorized the issuance of such Preferred Stock in exchange for consideration that the Board or such committee determines as adequate, (ii) the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of the Preferred Stock have been duly established in conformity with applicable law, (iii) an appropriate certificate of designation approved by the Board, or an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation approved by the Board and the Company’s stockholders, has been filed with the State of Delaware, (iv) the terms of the offer, issuance and sale of shares of such class or series of Preferred Stock have been duly established in conformity with the Certificate of Incorporation and the bylaws of the Company, and do not violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, (v) the Company has received the consideration for issuance of the Preferred Stock provided for in the applicable authorizing resolutions; and (vi) the consideration received by the Company for the issuance of the Preferred Stock is valid consideration for the issuance of shares of capital stock under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

 

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  4. Any series of Warrants included in the Primary Offering Securities to be offered pursuant to the Registration Statement will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms under the laws of the State of Delaware, assuming that (i) the Board or an authorized committee thereof will have specifically authorized the issuance of the Warrants in exchange for consideration that the Board or such committee determines as adequate, and such authorization includes the terms upon which such Warrants are to be issued, the form and content of the Warrant certificates, and the consideration for which shares are to be issued upon exercise of the Warrants, (ii) the Warrant Agreement relating to the Warrants has been duly authorized by the Board or an authorized committee thereof, and has been duly executed and delivered by the Company, by any warrant agent named therein, and by any other party to the Warrant Agreement; (iii) the terms of the offer, issuance and sale of the Warrants have been duly established in conformity with the Warrant Agreement, (iv) the Warrant Agreement and the offer, issuance and sale of the Warrants do not violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, (v) the Warrants have been duly executed and countersigned in accordance with the Warrant Agreement and offered, issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement, the applicable authorizing resolutions, and the applicable Warrant Agreement and the applicable underwriting agreement, if any, or any other duly authorized, executed and delivered valid and binding agreement, (vi) the Company has received for the issuance of the Warrants the consideration authorized by the Board or an authorized committee thereof; and (vii) the consideration to be received by the Company for the issuance of shares upon the exercise of the Warrants is valid consideration for the issuance of shares of capital stock under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
     
  5. Any Units included in the Primary Offering Securities to be offered pursuant to the Registration Statement (the “Units”) will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms under the laws of the State of Delaware, assuming that (i) the Board or an authorized committee thereof will have specifically authorized the issuance of the Units in exchange for consideration that the Board or such committee determines as adequate, and such authorization includes the terms upon which the Units are to be issued, the form and content of Unit certificates, if any, and the consideration for which the Units are to be issued, (ii) a Unit Agreement, if any, relating to the Units has been duly authorized, executed and delivered has been duly authorized by the Board or an authorized committee thereof, by any unit agent named therein, and by any other party to the Unit Agreement; (iii) the terms of the offer, issuance and sale of the Units have been duly established in conformity with the Unit Agreement, if any, (iv) the Unit Agreement, if any, and the offer, issuance and sale of the Units do not violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, (v) the Units, if issued in certificated form, have been duly executed and countersigned in accordance with the Unit Agreement and offered, issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement, the applicable authorizing resolutions, and the Unit Agreement, if any, and the applicable underwriting agreement, if any, or any other duly authorized, executed and delivered valid and binding agreement, (vi) the Company has received the consideration for the issuance of the Units provided for in the applicable authorizing resolutions; and (vii) the consideration to be received by the Company for the issuance of shares upon the exercise of the Units is valid consideration for the issuance of shares of capital stock under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
     
  6. The shares of Common Stock that are outstanding and held by the Selling Securityholder as of the date of this opinion and included in the Resale Shares are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
     
  7. The Resale Warrants held by the Selling Securityholder as of the date of this opinion are valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms under the laws of the State of California.
     
  8. When issued and sold upon exercise of the Resale Warrants pursuant to the terms and conditions of the warrant agreements governing the Resale Warrants, including payment of the purchase price for such shares, the Resale Shares issued upon such exercise shall be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
     
  The opinions stated herein are subject to the following qualifications:
     
  (a) the enforceability of any Primary Offering Securities (including but not limited to any Warrant Agreement and any Unit Agreement) and Resale Warrants may be limited by or subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer or conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, and general equitable or public policy principles;

 

 

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  (b) we do not express any opinion other than the opinions expressly stated above with respect to any agreement, including but not limited to (i) any underwriting agreement or sales agency agreement, (ii) any Warrant Agreement, and (iii) any Unit Agreement, into which the Company may in the future enter in connection with the offer and sale of Primary Offering Securities;
     
  (c) we have assumed that the laws of the State of Delaware will be chosen to govern the Warrant Agreements, Warrants, Unit Agreements, if any, and Units, and that such choice of law is and will be a valid and legal provision; and
     
  (d) references to authorizing resolutions are references to resolutions duly adopted by the Board or an authorized committee of the Board with respect to the issuance, offer, and sale of the applicable Primary Offering Securities.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and the reference to us under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. This opinion is expressed as of the date hereof and we disclaim any undertaking to advise you of any subsequent changes in the facts stated or assumed herein or of any subsequent changes in applicable laws.

 

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 Primary Offering Securities, the Resale Shares, the Resale Warrants, or the Registration Statement.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  /s/ Thompson Welch Soroko & Gilbert LLP

 

 

 

 

exhibit 23.1

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus constituting a part of this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated March 30, 2020 relating to the consolidated financial statements of AgeX Therapeutics, Inc., appearing in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

 

We also consent to the reference to us under the caption “Experts” in the Prospectus.

 

/s/ OUM & CO. LLP  
   
San Francisco, California  
January 8, 2021