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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 28, 2010
OMEROS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Washington
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91-1663741 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer
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1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2600
Seattle, Washington 98101
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(206) 676-5000
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Common Stock Purchase Agreement
On July 28, 2010, we entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement (the Purchase Agreement)
with Azimuth Opportunity, Ltd. (Azimuth) pursuant to which we may, subject to certain customary
conditions, require Azimuth to purchase up to $40.0 million of our shares of common stock over the
24-month term following the effectiveness of the resale registration statement described below.
Such arrangement is sometimes referred to as a committed equity line financing facility.
From time to time over the 24-month term, and in our sole discretion, we may present Azimuth with
draw-down notices requiring Azimuth to purchase a specified dollar amount of shares of our common
stock, based on the price per share over 10 consecutive trading days (the Draw Down Period), with
the total dollar amount of each draw down subject to certain agreed-upon limitations based on the
market price of our common stock at the time of the draw down. In addition, in our sole discretion,
but subject to certain limitations, we may require Azimuth to purchase a percentage of the daily
trading volume of our common stock for each trading day during the Draw Down Period. We are allowed
to present Azimuth with up to 24 draw-down notices during the 24-month term, with only one such
draw-down notice allowed per Draw Down Period and a minimum of five trading days required between
each Draw Down Period.
Once presented with a draw-down notice, Azimuth is required to purchase a pro-rata portion of the
shares on each trading day during the trading period on which the daily volume-weighted average
price for our common stock exceeds a threshold price determined solely by us for such draw down.
The per share purchase price for these shares equals the daily volume-weighted average price of our
common stock on each date during the Draw Down Period on which shares are purchased, less a
discount ranging from 4.00% to 7.00%, based on a minimum price that we solely specify. If the daily
volume-weighted average price of our common stock falls below the threshold price on any trading
day during a Draw Down Period, the Purchase Agreement provides that Azimuth will not be required to
purchase the pro-rata portion of shares of common stock allocated to that day. We may not issue
more than 4,297,495 shares in connection with the committed equity line financing facility.
In partial consideration for Azimuths execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement, we paid
to Azimuth upon the execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement $100,000 in cash. We
have also agreed to pay $35,000 of Azimuths legal fees and expenses. No additional legal fees
incurred by Azimuth are payable by us in connection with any sale of shares to Azimuth.
We have agreed to indemnify Azimuth and its affiliates for losses related to a breach of the
representations and warranties by the Company under the Purchase Agreement or the other transaction
documents or any action instituted against Azimuth or its affiliates due to the transactions
contemplated by the Purchase Agreement or other transaction documents, subject to certain
limitations. Azimuth has agreed to indemnify us and our affiliates for losses under securities laws
for any material omissions or misstatements with respect to information provided by Azimuth for
inclusion in the registration statement covering the resale by Azimuth of shares sold to it under the
Purchase Agreement, subject to certain limitations.
Azimuth is an underwriter within the meaning of Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act. Azimuth
shall use an unaffiliated broker-dealer to effectuate all sales, if any, of common stock that it
may purchase from us pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
Registration Rights Agreement
In connection with the Purchase Agreement, on July 28, 2010, we entered into a Registration
Rights Agreement (the Registration Rights Agreement) with Azimuth, pursuant to which we granted to
Azimuth certain registration rights related to the shares issuable in accordance with the Purchase
Agreement. Under the Registration Rights Agreement, we agreed to use our commercially reasonable
efforts to prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) one or more
registration statements for the purpose of registering the resale of the maximum shares of common
stock issuable pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (the Registrable Securities). We agreed to
file the initial
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registration statement with the SEC within 60 days of the Purchase Agreement and
to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 120 days of the Purchase
Agreement (180 days if the registration statement is reviewed by the SEC). We are also required to
use our reasonable efforts to amend such registration statement or file with the SEC such
additional registration statement(s) as necessary to allow the continued registered resale of all
of the Registrable Securities.
We also agreed to indemnify Azimuth and its affiliates against certain liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act. Azimuth has agreed to indemnify us and our affiliates for losses
under securities laws for any material omissions or misstatements with respect to information
provided by Azimuth for inclusion in the registration statement covering the resale by Azimuth of shares
sold to it under the Purchase Agreement, subject to certain limitations.
Placement Agent Engagement Letter
Reedland Capital Partners, an Institutional Division of Financial West Group, member
FINRA/SIPC (Reedland), served as our placement agent in connection with the financing arrangement
contemplated by the Purchase Agreement. We have agreed to pay Reedland, upon each sale of our
common stock to Azimuth under the Purchase Agreement, a fee equal to 0.5% of the aggregate dollar
amount of common stock purchased by Azimuth upon settlement of each such sale. We have agreed to
indemnify and hold harmless Reedland against certain liabilities, including certain liabilities
under the Securities Act.
The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the
Engagement Letter is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of
such agreements, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 10.1, 4.1 and 10.2, respectively, to this
Current Report on Form 8-K and which are incorporated herein by reference. On July 29, 2010, we
issued a press release announcing the financing arrangement described in Item 1.01 of this Current
Report on Form 8-K. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is
incorporated by reference herein.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The information called for by this item is contained in Item 1.01, which is incorporated
herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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4.1
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2010, by and between Omeros
Corporation and Azimuth |
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10.1
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Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2010, by and between Omeros
Corporation and Azimuth |
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10.2
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Engagement Letter, dated as of July 28, 2010, by and between Omeros Corporation and Reedland |
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99.1
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Press release, dated July 29, 2010 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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OMEROS CORPORATION
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/s/ Gregory A. Demopulos, M.D.
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Gregory A. Demopulos, M.D. |
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President, Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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Date: July 29, 2010
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit Number |
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4.1
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2010, by and between Omeros
Corporation and Azimuth |
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10.1
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Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2010, by and between Omeros
Corporation and Azimuth |
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10.2
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Engagement Letter, dated as of July 28, 2010, by and between Omeros Corporation and Reedland |
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99.1
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Press release, dated July 29, 2010 |
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Exhibit 4.1
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this Agreement), dated as of July 28, 2010, is by and
between Omeros Corporation, a Washington corporation (the
Company), and Azimuth Opportunity, Ltd., an
international business company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (the
Investor).
RECITALS
A. The Company and the Investor have entered into that certain Common Stock Purchase
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the Purchase Agreement), pursuant to which the Company
may issue, from time to time, to the Investor up to the lesser of (i) $40,000,000 of newly issued
shares of the Companys common stock, $0.01 par value (Common Stock), and (ii) the Trading Market
Limit (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), as provided for therein.
B. Pursuant to the terms of, and in consideration for the Investor entering into, the Purchase
Agreement, and to induce the Investor to execute and deliver the Purchase Agreement, the Company
has agreed to provide the Investor with certain registration rights with respect to the Registrable
Securities (as defined herein) as set forth herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the representations, warranties, covenants
and agreements contained herein and in the Purchase Agreement, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, intending to be legally
bound hereby, the Company and the Investor hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective
meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:
(a) Business Day means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which
commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
(b) Closing Date shall mean the date of this Agreement.
(c) Effective Date means the date that the applicable Registration Statement has been
declared effective by the SEC.
(d) Effectiveness Deadline means (i) with respect to the initial Registration Statement
required to be filed to pursuant to Section 2(a), the earlier of (A) the 120th calendar
day after the Closing Date (or the 180th calendar day after the Closing Date if such
Registration Statement is subject to review by the SEC) and (B) the fifth Business Day after the
date the
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Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that such
Registration Statement will not be reviewed or will not be subject to further review and (ii) with
respect to any additional Registration Statements that may be required to be filed by the Company
pursuant to this Agreement, the earlier of (A) the 120th calendar day following the date
on which the Company was required to file such additional Registration Statement (or the
180th calendar day after such date if such Registration Statement is subject to review
by the SEC) and (B) the fifth Business Day after the date the Company is notified (orally or in
writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that such Registration Statement will not be reviewed or
will not be subject to further review.
(e) Filing Deadline means (i) with respect to the initial Registration Statement required to
be filed to pursuant to Section 2(a), the 60th calendar day after the Closing Date and (ii) with
respect to any additional Registration Statements that may be required to be filed by the Company
pursuant to this Agreement, the later of (A) the 60th calendar day following the sale of
substantially all of the Registrable Securities included in the initial Registration Statement or
the most recent prior additional Registration Statement, as applicable, and (B) six months
following the Effective Date of the initial Registration Statement or the most recent prior
additional Registration Statement, as applicable, or such earlier date as permitted by the SEC.
(f) Person means any person or entity, whether a natural person, trustee, corporation,
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization,
business association, firm, joint venture, governmental agency or authority.
(g) register, registered, and registration refer to a registration effected by preparing
and filing one or more Registration Statements in compliance with the Securities Act and pursuant
to Rule 415 and the declaration of effectiveness of such Registration Statement(s) by the SEC.
(h) Registrable Securities means 4,297,495 Shares and any capital stock of the Company
issued or issuable with respect to such Shares, including, without limitation, (i) as a result of
any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise and (ii)
shares of capital stock of the Company into which the shares of Common Stock are converted or
exchanged and shares of capital stock of a successor entity into which the shares of Common Stock
are converted or exchanged.
(i) Registration Statement means a registration statement or registration statements of the
Company filed under the Securities Act covering the resale by the Investor of Registrable
Securities, as such registration statement or registration statements may be amended and
supplemented from time to time (including pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act),
including all documents filed as part thereof or incorporated by reference therein.
(j) Rule 144 means Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act, as such rule
may be amended from time to time, or any other similar or successor rule or regulation of the SEC
that may at any time permit the Investor to sell securities of the Company to the public without
registration.
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(k) Rule 415 means Rule 415 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act, as such rule
may be amended from time to time, or any other similar or successor rule or regulation of the SEC
providing for offering securities on a delayed or continuous basis.
(l) SEC means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor entity.
2. Registration.
(a) Mandatory Registration. The Company shall prepare and, as soon as practicable,
but in no event later than the Filing Deadline, file with the SEC an initial Registration Statement
on Form S-1, or such other form reasonably acceptable to the Investor and Legal Counsel, covering
the resale by the Investor of Registrable Securities in an amount equal to 4,297,495 shares of
Common Stock. Such initial Registration Statement shall contain (except if otherwise directed by
the Investor) the Selling Shareholder and Plan of Distribution sections in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. The Company shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to have such initial Registration Statement, and each other Registration
Statement required to be filed pursuant to the terms hereof, declared effective by the SEC as soon
as practicable, but in no event later than the applicable Effectiveness Deadline.
(b) Legal Counsel. Subject to Section 5 hereof, the Investor shall have the right to
select one legal counsel to review and oversee, solely on its behalf, any registration pursuant to
this Section 2 (Legal Counsel), which shall be Greenberg Traurig, LLP or such other counsel as
thereafter designated by the Investor. Except as provided under Section 10.1 of the Purchase
Agreement, the Company shall have no obligation to reimburse the Investor for any and all legal
fees and expenses of the Legal Counsel incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(c) Intentionally Omitted.
(d) Sufficient Number of Shares Registered. If at any time all Registrable Securities
are not covered by the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) as a result of
Section 2(h) or otherwise, the Company shall file with the SEC one or more additional Registration
Statements (on the short form available therefor, if applicable), so as to cover all of the
Registrable Securities not covered by such initial Registration Statement, in each case, as soon as
practicable (taking into account any Staff position with respect to date on which the Staff will
permit such additional Registration Statement(s) to be filed with the SEC), but in no event later
than the applicable Filing Deadline for such additional Registration Statement(s). The Company
shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such additional Registration Statement(s) to
become effective as soon as practicable following the filing thereof with the SEC, but in no event
later than the applicable Effectiveness Deadline for such Registration Statement.
(e) Piggyback Registrations. Without limiting any of the Companys obligations
hereunder or under the Purchase Agreement, if there is not an effective Registration Statement
covering all of the Registrable Securities and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with
the SEC a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of
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others under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities (other than on Form S-4 or
Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the Securities Act) or their then equivalents relating to
equity securities to be issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business
or equity securities issuable in connection with the Companys stock option or other employee
benefit plans), then the Company shall deliver to the Investor a written notice of such
determination and, if within five (5) days after the date of the delivery of such notice, the
Investor shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such registration statement all
or any part of such Registrable Securities the offer and sale of which the Investor requests to be
registered; provided, however, the Company shall not be required to register the
offer and sale of any Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2(e) that are eligible for
resale pursuant to Rule 144 without restriction (including, without limitation, volume
restrictions) and without the need for current public information required by Rule 144(c)(1) (or
Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable) or that are the subject of a then-effective Registration Statement.
(f) No Inclusion of Other Securities. In no event shall the Company include any
securities other than Registrable Securities on any Registration Statement without the prior
written consent of the Investor. Subject to the proviso in Section 2(e), in connection with any
offering involving an underwriting of shares, the Company shall not be required under this Section
2 or otherwise to include the Registrable Securities of any Investor therein unless such Investor
accepts and agrees to the terms of the underwriting, which shall be reasonable and customary, as
agreed upon between the Company and the underwriters selected by the Company.
(g) Offering. If the staff of the SEC (the Staff) or the SEC seeks to characterize
any offering pursuant to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement as constituting
an offering of securities that does not permit such Registration Statement to become effective and
be used for resales by the Investor on a delayed or continuous basis under Rule 415 at
then-prevailing market prices (and not fixed prices) (or as otherwise may be acceptable to the
Investor), or if after the filing of the initial Registration Statement with the SEC pursuant to
Section 2(a), the Company is otherwise required by the Staff or the SEC to reduce the number of
Registrable Securities included in such initial Registration Statement, then the Company shall
reduce the number of Registrable Securities to be included in such Registration Statement (with the
prior consent of the Investor and Legal Counsel as to the specific Registrable Securities to be
removed therefrom) until such time as the Staff and the SEC shall so permit such Registration
Statement to become effective and be used as aforesaid. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement
to the contrary, if after giving effect to the actions referred to in the immediately preceding
sentence, the Staff or the SEC does not permit such Registration Statement to become effective and
be used for resales by the Investor on a delayed or continuous basis under Rule 415 at
then-prevailing market prices (and not fixed prices) (or as otherwise may be acceptable to the
Investor), the Company shall not request acceleration of the Effective Date of such Registration
Statement, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than 48 hours) request the withdrawal
of such Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 477 under the Securities Act, and the Effectiveness
Deadline shall automatically be deemed to have elapsed with respect to such Registration Statement
at such time as the Staff or the SEC has made a final and non-appealable determination that the SEC
will not permit such Registration Statement to be so utilized (unless prior to such time the
Company and the Investor have received assurances from the Staff or the SEC reasonably acceptable
to Legal Counsel that a new Registration Statement filed by the Company with the SEC promptly
thereafter may be so utilized). In the event of any reduction in
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Registrable Securities pursuant to this paragraph, the Company shall file additional
Registration Statements in accordance with Section 2(d) until such time as all Registrable
Securities have been included in Registration Statements that have been declared effective and the
prospectus contained therein is available for use by the Investor.
3. Related Obligations.
The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration of the
Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof, and, pursuant
thereto, the Company shall have the following obligations:
(a) The Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with
respect to the Registrable Securities (but in no event later than the applicable Filing Deadline)
and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become
effective as soon as practicable after such filing (but in no event later than the applicable
Effectiveness Deadline). Subject to Allowable Grace Periods, the Company shall keep each
Registration Statement effective (and the prospectus contained therein available for use) pursuant
to Rule 415 for resales by the Investor on a delayed or continuous basis at then-prevailing market
prices (and not fixed prices) at all times until the earlier of (i) the date as of which the
Investor may sell all of the Registrable Securities required to be covered by such Registration
Statement (disregarding any reduction pursuant to Section 2(g)) without restriction pursuant to
Rule 144 and without the need for current public information as required by Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule
144(i)(2), if applicable) and (ii) the date on which the Investor shall have sold all of the
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (the Registration Period).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement (but subject to the provisions
of Section 3(q) hereof), the Company shall ensure that, when filed and at all times while
effective, each Registration Statement (including, without limitation, all amendments and
supplements thereto) and the prospectus (including, without limitation, all amendments and
supplements thereto) used in connection with such Registration Statement (1) shall not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein,
or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of prospectuses, in the light of the
circumstances in which they were made) not misleading and (2) will disclose (whether directly or
through incorporation by reference to other SEC filings to the extent permitted) all material
information regarding the Company and its securities. The Company shall submit to the SEC, within
two (2) Business Days after the later of the date that (i) the Company learns that no review of a
particular Registration Statement will be made by the Staff or that the Staff has no further
comments on a particular Registration Statement (as the case may be) and (ii) the approval of Legal
Counsel is obtained pursuant to Section 3(c) (which approval shall be promptly sought), a request
for acceleration of effectiveness of such Registration Statement to a time and date not later than
forty-eight (48) hours after the submission of such request.
(b) Subject to Section 3(q) of this Agreement, the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC
such amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments) and supplements to each
Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection with each such Registration Statement,
which prospectus is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act, as may
be necessary to keep each such Registration Statement effective (and the prospectus contained
therein current and available for use) at all times during the
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Registration Period for such Registration Statement, and, during such period, comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities of
the Company required to be covered by such Registration Statement until such time as all of such
Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of
disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in such Registration Statement. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company covenants and agrees that (i) at or before
8:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following each Effective Date, the
Company shall file with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act the final
prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement,
and (ii) if the transactions contemplated by any Fixed Request (as defined in the Purchase
Agreement) are material to the Company (individually or collectively with all other prior Fixed
Requests, the consummation of which have not previously been reported in any prospectus supplement
filed with the SEC under Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act or in any periodic report filed by
the Company with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange
Act)), or if otherwise required under the Securities Act, in each case as reasonably determined by
the Company or the Investor, then, on the first Trading Day immediately following the last Trading
Day of the Pricing Period with respect to such Fixed Request, the Company shall file with the SEC a
prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act with respect to the
applicable Fixed Request(s), disclosing the total Fixed Amount Requested or the Alternative Fixed
Amount Requested (as applicable) pursuant to such Fixed Request(s), the total number of Shares that
have been (or are to be) issued and sold to the Investor pursuant to such Fixed Request(s), the
total purchase price for the Shares subject to such Fixed Request(s), the applicable Discount
Price(s) for such Shares and the net proceeds that have been (or are to be) received by the Company
from the sale of such Shares. To the extent not previously disclosed in the prospectus or a
prospectus supplement, the Company shall disclose in its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and in its
Annual Reports on Form 10-K the information described in the immediately preceding sentence
relating to any Fixed Request(s) consummated during the relevant fiscal quarter. In the case of
amendments and supplements to any Registration Statement or prospectus which are required to be
filed pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, pursuant to this Section 3(b)) by
reason of the Company filing a report on Form 8-K, Form 10-Q or Form 10-K or any analogous report
under the Exchange Act, the Company shall have incorporated such report by reference into such
Registration Statement and prospectus, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements
to the Registration Statement or prospectus with the SEC on the same day on which the Exchange Act
report is filed which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement such
Registration Statement or prospectus, for the purpose of including or incorporating such report
into such Registration Statement and prospectus. The Company consents to the use of the prospectus
(including, without limitation, any supplement thereto) included in each Registration Statement in
accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act and with the securities or Blue Sky laws of
the jurisdictions in which the Registrable Securities may be sold by the Investor, in connection
with the resale of the Registrable Securities and for such period of time thereafter as such
prospectus (including, without limitation, any supplement thereto) (or in lieu thereof, the notice
referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required by the Securities Act to be
delivered in connection with resales of Registrable Securities.
(c) The Company shall (A) permit Legal Counsel to review and comment upon (i) each
Registration Statement at least five (5) Business Days prior to its filing with the SEC (or
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such shorter period as may be agreed to by the Investor and Legal Counsel) and (ii) all
amendments and supplements to each Registration Statement (including, without limitation, the
prospectus contained therein) (except for Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and any similar or successor reports or prospectus supplements
the contents of which is limited to that set forth in such reports) within a reasonable number of
days prior to their filing with the SEC, and (B) not file any Registration Statement or amendment
or supplement thereto or to any prospectus contained therein in a form to which Legal Counsel
reasonably objects. The Company shall not submit a request for acceleration of the effectiveness of
a Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto without the prior consent of Legal
Counsel, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company shall promptly furnish to
Legal Counsel, without charge, (i) electronic copies of any correspondence from the SEC or the
Staff to the Company or its representatives relating to each Registration Statement (which
correspondence shall be redacted to exclude any material, non-public information regarding the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries), (ii) after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, one
(1) electronic copy of each Registration Statement and any amendment(s) and supplement(s) thereto,
including, without limitation, financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated
therein by reference, if requested by the Investor, and all exhibits and (iii) upon the
effectiveness of each Registration Statement, one (1) electronic copy of the prospectus included in
such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto. The Company shall
reasonably cooperate with Legal Counsel in performing the Companys obligations pursuant to this
Section 3.
(d) Without limiting any obligation of the Company under the Purchase Agreement, the Company
shall promptly furnish to the Investor, without charge, (i) after the same is prepared and filed
with the SEC, at least one (1) electronic copy of each Registration Statement and any amendment(s)
and supplement(s) thereto, including, without limitation, financial statements and schedules, all
documents incorporated therein by reference, if requested by the Investor, all exhibits and each
preliminary prospectus, (ii) upon the effectiveness of each Registration Statement, ten (10) copies
of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements
thereto (or such other number of copies as the Investor may reasonably request from time to time)
and (iii) such other documents, including, without limitation, copies of any preliminary or final
prospectus, as the Investor may reasonably request from time to time in order to facilitate the
disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by the Investor.
(e) The Company shall take such action as is necessary to (i) register and qualify, unless an
exemption from registration and qualification applies, the resale by the Investor of the
Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement under such other securities or Blue
Sky laws of all applicable jurisdictions in the United States, (ii) prepare and file in those
jurisdictions, such amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments) and
supplements to such registrations and qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the
effectiveness thereof during the Registration Period, (iii) take such other actions as may be
necessary to maintain such registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during the
Registration Period, and (iv) take all other actions reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify
the Registrable Securities for sale in such jurisdictions; provided, however, the
Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (x) qualify to
do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this
Section 3(e), (y)
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subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (z) file a general consent to
service of process in any such jurisdiction. The Company shall promptly notify Legal Counsel and
the Investor of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of
the registration or qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of any jurisdiction in the United States or its receipt of actual
notice of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.
(f) The Company shall notify Legal Counsel and the Investor in writing of the happening of any
event, as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event, as a result of which the
prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of
a material fact or omission 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 (provided that in no event shall such notice contain any material, non-public
information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), and, subject to Section 3(q),
promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such Registration Statement and such prospectus
contained therein to correct such untrue statement or omission and deliver ten (10) copies of such
supplement or amendment to Legal Counsel and the Investor (or such other number of copies as Legal
Counsel or the Investor may reasonably request). The Company shall also promptly notify Legal
Counsel and the Investor in writing (i) when a prospectus or any prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment has been filed, when a Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment has become effective (notification of such effectiveness shall be delivered to Legal
Counsel and the Investor by facsimile or e-mail on the same day of such effectiveness and by
overnight mail), and when the Company receives written notice from the SEC that a Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment will be reviewed by the SEC, (ii) of any request by the
SEC for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related prospectus or related
information, (iii) of the Companys reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to a
Registration Statement would be appropriate and (iv) of the receipt of any request by the SEC or
any other federal or state governmental authority for any additional information relating to the
Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto or any related prospectus. The
Company shall respond as promptly as practicable to any comments received from the SEC with respect
to a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto. Nothing in this Section 3(f) shall limit any
obligation of the Company under the Purchase Agreement.
(g) The Company shall (i) use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop
order or other suspension of effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the use of any prospectus
contained therein, or the suspension of the qualification, or the loss of an exemption from
qualification, of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction and, if such an
order or suspension is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of such order or suspension at the earliest
possible time and (ii) notify Legal Counsel and the Investor of the issuance of such order and the
resolution thereof or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding
for such purpose.
(h) Upon the written request of the Investor, the Company shall make available for inspection
during normal business hours by (i) the Investor, (ii) legal counsel for the Investor and (iii) one
(1) firm of accountants or other agents retained by such Investor (collectively, the Inspectors),
all pertinent financial and other records, and pertinent corporate documents and
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properties of the Company (collectively, the Records), as shall be reasonably deemed
necessary by each Inspector, and cause the Companys officers, directors and employees to supply
all information which any Inspector may reasonably request; provided, however, each
Inspector shall agree in writing to hold in strict confidence and not to make any disclosure
(except to the Investor) or use of any Record or other information which the Companys board of
directors determines in good faith to be confidential, and of which determination the Inspectors
are so notified, unless (a) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a
misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement or is otherwise required under the
Securities Act, (b) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a final, non-appealable
subpoena or order from a court or government body of competent jurisdiction, or (c) the information
in such Records has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in
violation of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (as defined in the Purchase
Agreement). The Investor agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is
sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give
prompt notice to the Company and allow the Company, at its expense, to undertake appropriate action
to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, the Records deemed confidential.
Nothing herein (or in any other confidentiality agreement between the Company and the Investor, if
any) shall be deemed to limit the Investors ability to sell Registrable Securities in a manner
which is otherwise consistent with applicable laws and regulations.
(i) The Company shall hold in confidence and not make any disclosure of information concerning
the Investor provided to the Company unless (i) disclosure of such information is necessary to
comply with federal or state securities laws, (ii) the disclosure of such information is necessary
to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement or is otherwise
required to be disclosed in such Registration Statement pursuant to the Securities Act, (iii) the
release of such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other final, non-appealable order
from a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction, or (iv) such information has been made
generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document. The Company agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such
information concerning the Investor is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent
jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt written notice to the Investor and allow the
Investor, at the Investors expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or
to obtain a protective order for, such information.
(j) Without limiting any obligation of the Company under the Purchase Agreement, the Company
shall use its reasonable best efforts either to (i) cause all of the Registrable Securities covered
by each Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange on which securities of the
same class or series issued by the Company are then listed, if any, if the listing of such
Registrable Securities is then permitted under the rules of such exchange or (ii) secure
designation and quotation of all of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration
Statement on the OTC Bulletin Board, or (iii) if, despite the Companys reasonable best efforts to
satisfy the preceding clauses (i) or (ii) the Company is unsuccessful in satisfying the preceding
clauses (i) or (ii), without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to use its reasonable best
efforts to arrange for at least two market makers to register with the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority (f/k/a the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.) (FINRA) as such
with respect to such Registrable Securities. In addition, the Company shall cooperate with
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the Investor and any Broker-Dealer through which the Investor proposes to sell its Registrable
Securities in effecting a filing with FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 as requested by the
Investor. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligation
under this Section 3(j).
(k) The Company shall cooperate with the Investor and, to the extent applicable, facilitate
the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legend)
representing the Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant to a Registration Statement and
enable such certificates to be in such denominations or amounts (as the case may be) as the
Investor may reasonably request from time to time and registered in such names as the Investor may
request. Certificates for Registrable Securities free from all restrictive legends may be
transmitted by the transfer agent to the Investor by crediting an account at DTC as directed by the
Investor.
(l) If requested by the Investor, the Company shall as soon as practicable after receipt of
notice from the Investor and subject to Section 3(q) hereof, (i) incorporate in a prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the Investor reasonably requests to be
included therein relating to the sale and distribution of Registrable Securities, including,
without limitation, information with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being offered
or sold, the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the
Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering; (ii) make all required filings of such
prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment after being notified of the matters to be
incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; and (iii) supplement or
make amendments to any Registration Statement or prospectus contained therein if reasonably
requested by the Investor.
(m) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities
covered by a Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental
agencies or authorities as may be necessary to consummate the disposition of such Registrable
Securities.
(n) The Company shall make generally available to its security holders as soon as practical,
but not later than ninety (90) days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings
statement (in form complying with, and in the manner provided by, the provisions of Rule 158 under
the Securities Act) covering a twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the
Companys fiscal quarter next following the applicable Effective Date of each Registration
Statement.
(o) The Company shall otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable
rules and regulations of the SEC in connection with any registration hereunder.
(p) Within one (1) Business Day after each Registration Statement which covers Registrable
Securities is declared effective by the SEC, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal
counsel for the Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for such Registrable Securities (with
copies to the Investor) confirmation that such Registration Statement has been declared effective
by the SEC in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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(q) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein (but subject to the last sentence of this
Section 3(q)), at any time after the Effective Date of a particular Registration Statement, the
Company may delay the disclosure of material, non-public information concerning the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries the disclosure of which at the time is not, in the good faith opinion of the
board of directors of the Company, in the best interest of the Company and, in the opinion of
counsel to the Company, otherwise required (a Grace Period), provided that the Company shall
promptly, but in no event later than 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Trading Day
immediately prior to the commencement of any Grace Period (except for such case where it is
impossible to provide such two-Trading Day advance notice, in which case the Company shall provide
such notice as soon as possible), notify the Investor in writing of the (i) existence of material,
non-public information giving rise to a Grace Period (provided that in each such notice the Company
shall not disclose the content of such material, non-public information to the Investor) and the
date on which such Grace Period will begin and (ii) date on which such Grace Period ends, provided
further that (I) no Grace Period shall exceed 20 consecutive Trading Days and during any 365-day
period all such Grace Periods shall not exceed an aggregate of 60 Trading Days; provided,
further, that the Company shall not register any securities for the account of itself or
any other shareholder during any such Grace Period (other than pursuant to a registration statement
on Form S-4 or S-8), (II) the first day of any Grace Period must be at least three Trading Days (or
such shorter period as may be agreed by the parties) after the last day of any prior Grace Period
and (III) no Grace Period may exist during (A) the first 10 consecutive Trading Days after the
Effective Date of the particular Registration Statement or (B) the five-Trading Day period
following each Settlement Date (each, an Allowable Grace Period). For purposes of determining the
length of a Grace Period above, such Grace Period shall begin on and include the date set forth in
the notice referred to in clause (i) above, provided that such notice is received by the Investor
not later than 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Trading Day immediately prior to such
commencement date (except for such case where it is impossible to provide such two-Trading Day
advance notice, in which case the Company shall provide such notice as soon as possible) and shall
end on and include the later of the date the Investor receives the notice referred to in clause
(ii) above and the date referred to in such notice. The provisions of Section 3(l) hereof shall not
be applicable during the period of any Allowable Grace Period. Upon expiration of each Grace
Period, the Company shall again be bound by the first sentence of Section 3(f) with respect to the
information giving rise thereto unless such material, non-public information is no longer
applicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3(q), the Company
shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to a transferee of the
Investor in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of
Registrable Securities with respect to which the Investor has entered into a contract for sale, and
delivered a copy of the prospectus included as part of the particular Registration Statement to the
extent applicable, prior to the Investors receipt of the notice of a Grace Period and for which
the Investor has not yet settled.
(r) The Company shall take all other reasonable actions necessary to expedite and facilitate
disposition by the Investor of its Registrable Securities pursuant to each Registration Statement.
4. Obligations of the Investor.
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(a) At least five Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of each
Registration Statement (or such shorter period to which the parties agree), the Company shall
notify the Investor in writing of the information the Company requires from the Investor with
respect to such Registration Statement. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the
Company to complete the registration pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Registrable
Securities of the Investor that the Investor shall furnish to the Company such information
regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of
the Registrable Securities held by it, as shall be reasonably required to effect and maintain the
effectiveness of the registration of such Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents
in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request.
(b) The Investor, by its acceptance of the Registrable Securities, agrees to cooperate with
the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of
each Registration Statement hereunder, unless the Investor has notified the Company in writing of
the Investors election to exclude all of the Investors Registrable Securities from such
Registration Statement.
(c) The Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of
any event of the kind described in Section 3(g) or the first sentence of 3(f), the Investor will
immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration
Statement(s) covering such Registrable Securities until the Investors receipt of the copies of the
supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3(g) or the first sentence of Section
3(f) or receipt of notice that no supplement or amendment is required. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Section 4(c), the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended
shares of Common Stock to a transferee of the Investor in accordance with the terms of the Purchase
Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which the Investor
has entered into a contract for sale prior to the Investors receipt of a notice from the Company
of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(g) or the first sentence of
Section 3(f) and for which the Investor has not yet settled.
(d) The Investor covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery and
other requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it in connection with sales of
Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.
5. Expenses of Registration.
All reasonable expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, incurred in
connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Sections 2 and 3, including,
without limitation, all registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers and accounting
fees, FINRA filing fees (if any) and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company shall be
paid by the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not be responsible for any fees
of counsel to the Investor, except as explicitly set forth in Article IX and 10.01(i) of the
Agreement and Section 6 hereof.
6. Indemnification.
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(a) In the event any Registrable Securities are included in any Registration Statement under
this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company will, and hereby does,
indemnify, hold harmless and defend the Investor, each of its directors, officers, shareholders,
members, partners, employees, agents, advisors, representatives (and any other Persons with a
functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding the lack of such title
or any other title) and each Person, if any, who controls the Investor within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act and each of the directors, officers, shareholders, members,
partners, employees, agents, advisors, representatives (and any other Persons with a functionally
equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding the lack of such title or any other
title) of such controlling Persons (each, an Investor Party and collectively, the Investor
Parties), against any losses, obligations, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines,
penalties, charges, costs (including, without limitation, court costs, reasonable attorneys fees,
costs of defense and investigation), amounts paid in settlement or expenses, joint or several,
(collectively, Claims) incurred in investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim, suit,
inquiry, proceeding, investigation or appeal taken from the foregoing by or before any court or
governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or the SEC, whether pending or
threatened, whether or not an Investor Party is or may be a party thereto (Indemnified Damages),
to which any of them may become subject insofar as such Claims (or actions or proceedings, whether
commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in a Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto or in any filing made in connection with the qualification of the
offering under the securities or other Blue Sky laws of any jurisdiction in which Registrable
Securities are offered (Blue Sky Filing), or the omission or alleged omission to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or
(ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
prospectus (as amended or supplemented) or in any prospectus supplement or the omission or alleged
omission to state therein any material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in light
of the circumstances under which the statements therein were made, not misleading (the matters in
the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being, collectively, Violations). Subject to Section 6(c), the
Company shall reimburse the Investor Parties, promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due
and payable, for any legal fees or other reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with
investigating or defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(a): (i) shall not apply to a
Claim by an Investor Party arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon
and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such Investor Party for
such Investor Party expressly for use in connection with the preparation of such Registration
Statement, prospectus or prospectus supplement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto;
(ii) shall not be available to the Investor to the extent such Claim is based on a failure of the
Investor to deliver or to cause to be delivered the prospectus (as amended or supplemented) made
available by the Company (to the extent applicable), including, without limitation, a corrected
prospectus, if such prospectus (as amended or supplemented) or corrected prospectus was timely made
available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(d) and then only if, and to the extent that,
following the receipt of the corrected prospectus no grounds for such Claim would have existed; and
(iii) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected
without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld
or
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delayed. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation
made by or on behalf of the Investor Party and shall survive the transfer of any of the Registrable
Securities by the Investor pursuant to Section 9.
(b) In connection with any Registration Statement in which the Investor is participating, the
Investor agrees to severally and not jointly indemnify, hold harmless and defend, to the same
extent and in the same manner as is set forth in Section 6(a), the Company, each of its directors,
each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each, an Company Party),
against any Claim or Indemnified Damages to which any of them may become subject, under the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such Claim or Indemnified Damages arise
out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case, to the extent, and only to the extent, that
such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information relating to the
Investor furnished to the Company by the Investor expressly for use in connection with such
Registration Statement; and, subject to Section 6(c) and the below provisos in this Section 6(b),
the Investor will reimburse a Company Party any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
Company Party in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim; provided,
however, the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b) and the agreement with
respect to contribution contained in Section 7 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any
Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Investor, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, provided further that the Investor shall be
liable under this Section 6(b) for only that amount of a Claim or Indemnified Damages as does not
exceed the net proceeds to the Investor as a result of the applicable sale of Registrable
Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and
effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Company Party and shall survive
the transfer of any of the Registrable Securities by the Investor pursuant to Section 9.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an Investor Party or Company Party (as the case may be) under
this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including, without
limitation, any governmental action or proceeding) involving a Claim, such Investor Party or
Company Party (as the case may be) shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any
indemnifying party under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the
commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to
the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly
noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the
indemnifying party and the Investor Party or the Company Party (as the case may be);
provided, however, an Investor Party or Company Party (as the case may be) shall
have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of such counsel to be paid by
the indemnifying party if: (i) the indemnifying party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and
expenses; (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such
Claim and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Investor Party or Company Party (as the
case may be) in any such Claim; or (iii) the named parties to any such Claim (including, without
limitation, any impleaded parties) include both such Investor Party or Company Party (as the case
may be) and the indemnifying party, and such Investor Party or such Company Party (as the case may
be) shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same
counsel were to represent such Investor Party or such Company
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Party and the indemnifying party (in which case, if such Investor Party or such Company Party
(as the case may be) notifies the indemnifying party in writing that it elects to employ separate
counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, then the indemnifying party shall not have the
right to assume the defense thereof on behalf of the indemnified party and such counsel shall be at
the expense of the indemnifying party, provided further that in the case of clause (iii) above the
indemnifying party shall not be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one
(1) separate legal counsel for all Investor Parties or Company Parties (as the case may be). The
Company Party or Investor Party (as the case may be) shall reasonably cooperate with the
indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or Claim by the
indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available
to the Company Party or Investor Party (as the case may be) which relates to such action or Claim.
The indemnifying party shall keep the Company Party or Investor Party (as the case may be)
reasonably apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations
with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action, claim
or proceeding effected without its prior written consent; provided, however, the
indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the Company Party or Investor Party
(as the case may be), consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other
compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or
plaintiff to such Company Party or Investor Party (as the case may be) of a release from all
liability in respect to such Claim or litigation, and such settlement shall not include any
admission as to fault on the part of the Company Party. For the avoidance of doubt, the immediately
preceding sentence shall apply to Sections 6(a) and 6(b) hereof. Following indemnification as
provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the Company
Party or Investor Party (as the case may be) with respect to all third parties, firms or
corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver
written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such
action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the Investor Party or Company
Party (as the case may be) under this Section 6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party
is materially and adversely prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.
(d) No Person involved in the sale of Registrable Securities who is guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) in connection with
such sale shall be entitled to indemnification from any Person involved in such sale of Registrable
Securities who is not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation.
(e) The indemnification required by this Section 6 shall be made by periodic payments of the
amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or
Indemnified Damages are incurred; provided that the Investor shall promptly reimburse the
Company for all such payments to the extent a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any
Investor Party was not entitled to such payments.
(f) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained herein shall be in addition to (i) any
cause of action or similar right of the Company Party or Investor Party against the indemnifying
party or others, and (ii) any liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to the
law.
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7. Contribution.
To the extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party is prohibited or limited by law,
the indemnifying party agrees to make the maximum contribution with respect to any amounts for
which it would otherwise be liable under Section 6 to the fullest extent permitted by law;
provided, however: (i) no contribution shall be made under circumstances where the
maker would not have been liable for indemnification under the fault standards set forth in Section
6 of this Agreement, (ii) no Person involved in the sale of Registrable Securities which Person is
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act)
in connection with such sale shall be entitled to contribution from any Person involved in such
sale of Registrable Securities who was not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation; and (iii)
contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities shall be limited in amount to the amount of
net proceeds received by such seller from the applicable sale of such Registrable Securities
pursuant to such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, the
Investor shall not be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount
by which the net proceeds actually received by the Investor from the applicable sale of the
Registrable Securities subject to the Claim exceeds the amount of any damages that the Investor has
otherwise been required to pay, or would otherwise be required to pay under Section 6(b), by reason
of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
8. Reports Under the Exchange Act.
With a view to making available to the Investor the benefits of Rule 144, the Company agrees
to:
(a) use its reasonable best efforts to make and keep public information available, as those
terms are understood and defined in Rule 144;
(b) use its reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and
other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act so long as
the Company remains subject to such requirements (it being understood that nothing herein shall
limit any of the Companys obligations under the Purchase Agreement) and the filing of such reports
and other documents is required for the applicable provisions of Rule 144;
(c) furnish to the Investor so long as the Investor owns Registrable Securities, promptly upon
request, (i) a written statement by the Company, if true, that it has complied with the reporting,
submission and posting requirements of Rule 144 and the Exchange Act, (ii) a copy of the most
recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by
the Company with the SEC if such reports are not publicly available via EDGAR, and (iii) such other
information as may be reasonably requested to permit the Investor to sell such securities pursuant
to Rule 144 without registration; and
(d) take such additional action as is reasonably requested by the Investor to enable the
Investor to sell the Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144, including, without limitation,
delivering all such legal opinions, consents, certificates, resolutions and instructions to the
Companys Transfer Agent as may be reasonably requested from time to time by the Investor
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and otherwise fully cooperate with Investor and Investors broker to effect such sale of
securities pursuant to Rule 144.
9. Assignment of Registration Rights.
All or any portion of the rights under this Agreement shall be automatically assignable by the
Investor to any transferee or assignee of all or any portion of the Investors Registrable
Securities if: (i) the Investor agrees in writing with such transferee or assignee to assign all or
any portion of such rights, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company within a
reasonable time after such assignment; (ii) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such
transfer or assignment, furnished with written notice of (a) the name and address of such
transferee or assignee, and (b) the securities with respect to which such registration rights are
being transferred or assigned; (iii) immediately following such transfer or assignment the further
disposition of such securities by such transferee or assignee is restricted under the Securities
Act or applicable state securities laws if so required; (iv) at or before the time the Company
receives the written notice contemplated by clause (ii) of this sentence such transferee or
assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein;
(v) such transfer or assignment shall have been made in accordance with the applicable requirements
of the Purchase Agreement; and (vi) such transfer or assignment shall have been conducted in
accordance with all applicable federal and state securities laws. The term Investor in this
Agreement shall also include all such transferees and assignees.
10. Amendment of Registration Rights.
Provisions of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either
generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the
written consent of the Company and the Investor, provided that the Investor may give a waiver in
writing as to itself. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 10 shall be
binding upon the Investor and the Company. No such amendment or waiver (unless given pursuant to
the foregoing proviso in the case of a waiver) shall be effective to the extent that it applies to
less than all of the holders of the Registrable Securities. No consideration shall be offered or
paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this
Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.
11. Miscellaneous.
(a) Solely for purposes of this Agreement, a Person is deemed to be a holder of Registrable
Securities whenever such Person owns or is deemed to own of record such Registrable Securities. If
the Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or elections from two or more Persons with
respect to the same Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis of instructions,
notice or election received from such record owner of such Registrable Securities.
(b) Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given
under the terms of this Agreement shall be given in accordance with Section 10.4 of the Purchase
Agreement.
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(c) Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement or otherwise, or
delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy, shall not operate as a waiver thereof. The
Company and the Investor acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event
that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific
terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that either party shall be entitled to
an injunction or injunctions to prevent or cure breaches of the provisions of this Agreement by the
other party and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof (without the necessity of
showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required), this being in
addition to any other remedy to which either party may be entitled by law or equity.
(d) All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of
this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving
effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York
or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other
than the State of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of
the federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of
any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or
discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or
proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that
such suit, action or proceeding is 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 to such party at the address for such 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. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability
of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any
provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY
RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE
HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
(e) The Transaction Documents set forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties
solely with respect to the subject matter thereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous
agreements, negotiations and understandings between the parties, both oral and written, solely with
respect to such matters. There are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by
either party relative to subject matter hereof not expressly set forth in the Transaction
Documents. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and without implication that
the contrary would otherwise be true, nothing contained in this Agreement shall limit, modify or
affect in any manner whatsoever (i) the conditions precedent to a Fixed Request contained in
Article VII of the Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, the condition precedent
contained in Section 7.2(iii) thereof or (ii) any of the Companys obligations under the Purchase
Agreement.
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(f) Subject to compliance with Section 9, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the permitted successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto. This Agreement is
not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any Person, other than the
parties hereto, their respective permitted successors and assigns and the Persons referred to in
Sections 6 and 7 hereof.
(g) The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit
or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, each
pronoun herein shall be deemed to include the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular and plural
forms thereof. The terms including, includes, include and words of like import shall be
construed broadly as if followed by the words without limitation. The terms herein,
hereunder, hereof and words of like import refer to this entire Agreement instead of just the
provision in which they are found.
(h) This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which shall
be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been
signed by each party and delivered to the other party. If any signature is delivered by facsimile
transmission or by an e-mail which contains a portable document format (.pdf) file of an executed
signature page, such signature page shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party
executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such
signature page were an original thereof.
(i) Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts
and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and
documents as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish
the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(j) The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the
parties to express their mutual intent and no rules of strict construction will be applied against
any party.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Investor and the Company have caused their respective signature page to
this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
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COMPANY:
OMEROS CORPORATION
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Investor and the Company have caused their respective signature page to
this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Attention:
Re: Omeros Corporation
Ladies and Gentlemen:
[We are][I am] counsel to Omeros Corporation, a Washington corporation (the Company), and
have represented the Company in connection with that certain Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated
as of July 28, 2010 (the Purchase Agreement), entered into by and among the Company and the
Investor named therein (the Holder) pursuant to which the Company will issue to the Holder from
time to time shares of the Companys common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the Common Stock).
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company also has entered into a Registration Rights
Agreement with the Holder (the Registration Rights Agreement) pursuant to which the Company
agreed, among other things, to register the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act). In connection with the Companys obligations under the Registration Rights
Agreement, on , 2010, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File
No. 333- ) (the Registration Statement) with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the SEC) relating to the Registrable Securities which names the Holder as an underwriter and a
selling shareholder thereunder.
In connection with the foregoing, based solely upon oral advice from the staff of the SEC, the
Registration Statement was declared effective under the Securities Act on [ENTER DATE OF
EFFECTIVENESS], and no stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued and no proceedings
for that purpose have been instituted or overtly threatened.
This letter shall serve as our standing opinion to you that the shares of Common Stock are
freely transferable by the Holder pursuant to the Registration Statement, provided the Registration
Statement remains effective.
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[ISSUERS COUNSEL]
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EXHIBIT B
SELLING SHAREHOLDER
This prospectus relates to the possible resale from time to time by the selling shareholder of
any or all of the shares of common stock that may be issued by us to Azimuth under the Purchase
Agreement. For additional information regarding the issuance of common stock covered by this
prospectus, see Prospectus SummaryCommitted Equity Line Financing With Azimuth above. We are
registering the shares of common stock pursuant to the provisions of the Registration Rights
Agreement we entered into with Azimuth on July 28, 2010 in order to permit the selling shareholder to
offer the shares for resale from time to time. Except for the transactions contemplated by the
Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, Azimuth has not had any material
relationship with us within the past three years.
The table below presents information regarding the selling shareholder and the shares of
common stock that it may offer from time to time under this prospectus. This table is prepared
based on information supplied to us by the selling shareholder, and reflects holdings as of
, 2010. As used in this prospectus, the term selling shareholder includes Azimuth and any
donees, pledgees, transferees or other successors in interest selling shares received after the
date of this prospectus from the selling shareholder as a gift, pledge, or other non-sale related
transfer. The number of shares in the column Maximum Number of Shares of Common Stock to be
Offered Pursuant to this Prospectus represents all of the shares of common stock that the selling
shareholder may offer under this prospectus. The selling shareholder may sell some, all or none of
its shares in this offering. We do not know how long the selling shareholder will hold the shares
before selling them, and we currently have no agreements, arrangements or understandings with the
selling shareholder regarding the sale of any of the shares. Because the purchase price of the
shares of common stock issuable under the Purchase Agreement is determined on each settlement date,
the number of shares that may actually be sold by the Company under the Purchase Agreement may be
fewer than the number of shares being offered by this prospectus. The fourth column assumes the
sale of all of the shares offered by the selling shareholder pursuant to this prospectus.
Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3(d) promulgated by the SEC
under the Exchange Act, and includes shares of common stock with respect to which the selling
shareholder has voting and investment power.
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In accordance with Rule 13d-3(d) under the Exchange Act, we have excluded from the number
of shares beneficially owned prior to the offering all of the shares that Azimuth may be required
to purchase under the Purchase Agreement because the issuance of such shares is solely at our
discretion and is subject to certain conditions, the satisfaction of all of which are outside
of Azimuths control, including the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part
becoming and remaining effective. Furthermore, the maximum dollar value of each put of common
stock to Azimuth under the Purchase Agreement is subject to certain agreed upon threshold
limitations set forth in the Purchase Agreement, which are based on the market price of our
common stock at the time of the draw down and, if we determine in our sole discretion, a
percentage of the daily trading volume of our common stock during the Draw Down Period as
well. Also, under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, we may not issue shares of our common
stock to Azimuth to the extent that Azimuth or any of its affiliates would, at any time,
beneficially own more than 9.9% of our outstanding common stock. This beneficial ownership
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The business address of Azimuth is c/o Folio Administrators Limited, Folio House, P.O. Box 800, Road Town, Tortola VG1110, British Virgin Islands. Azimuths principal
business is that of an international business company. We have been advised that Azimuth is not
a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, or an independent
broker-dealer, and that neither Azimuth nor any of its affiliates is an affiliate or an
associated person of any FINRA member or independent broker-dealer.
Peter W. Poole and Graham J. Farinha are the directors of Azimuth and consequently
may be deemed to have shared voting control and investment discretion over securities
owned by Azimuth. The foregoing should not be construed in and of itself as an admission
by Mr. Poole or Mr. Farinha as to the beneficial ownership of the securities owned by Azimuth.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We are registering shares of common stock that may be issued by us from time to time to Azimuth
under the Purchase Agreement to permit the resale of these shares of common stock after the
issuance thereof by the selling shareholder from time to time after the date of this prospectus. We
will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling shareholder of the shares of
common stock. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our obligation to register the shares
of common stock.
The selling shareholder may decide not to sell any shares of common stock. The selling
shareholder may sell all or a portion of the shares of common stock beneficially owned by it and
offered hereby from time to time directly or through one or more underwriters, broker-dealers or
agents, who may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the
selling shareholder and/or the purchasers of the shares of common stock for whom they may act as
agent. In effecting sales, broker-dealers that are engaged by the selling shareholder may arrange
for other broker-dealers to participate. Azimuth is an underwriter within the meaning of the
Securities Act. Any brokers, dealers or agents who participate in the distribution of the shares of
common stock by the selling shareholder may also be deemed to be underwriters, and any profits on
the sale of the shares of common stock by them and any discounts, commissions or concessions
received by any such brokers, dealers or agents may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and
commissions under the Securities Act. Azimuth has advised us that it will use an unaffiliated
broker-dealer to effectuate all resales of our common stock. To our knowledge, Azimuth has not entered
into any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any particular broker-dealer or market maker
with respect to the shares of common stock offered hereby, nor do we know the identity of the
broker-dealers or market makers that may participate in the resale of the shares. Because Azimuth is,
and any other selling shareholder, broker, dealer or agent may be deemed to be, an underwriter
within the meaning of the Securities Act, Azimuth will (and any other selling shareholder, broker,
dealer or agent may) be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and
may be subject to certain statutory liabilities of the Securities Act (including, without
limitation, Sections 11, 12 and 17 thereof) and Rule 10b-5 under the Exchange Act.
The selling shareholder will act independently of us in making decisions with respect to the
timing, manner and size of each sale. The shares of common stock may be sold in one or more
transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying
prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. These sales may be effected in
transactions, which may involve crosses or block transactions, pursuant to one or more of the
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The selling shareholder may also sell shares of common stock covered by this prospectus
pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this
prospectus. In addition, the selling shareholder may transfer the shares of common stock by other
means not described in this prospectus.
Any broker-dealer participating in such transactions as agent may receive commissions from the
selling shareholder (and, if they act as agent for the purchaser of such shares, from such
purchaser). Azimuth has informed us that each such broker-dealer will receive commissions from Azimuth
which will not exceed customary brokerage commissions. Broker-dealers may agree with the selling
shareholder to sell a specified number of shares at a stipulated price per share, and, to the
extent such a broker-dealer is unable to do so acting as agent for the selling shareholder, to
purchase as principal any unsold shares at the price required to fulfill the broker-dealer
commitment to the selling shareholder. Broker-dealers who acquire shares as principal may
thereafter resell such shares from time to time in one or more transactions (which may involve
crosses and block transactions and which may involve sales to and through other broker-dealers,
including transactions of the nature described above and pursuant to the one or more of the methods
described above) at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying
prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices, and in
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connection with such resales may pay to or receive from the purchasers of such shares
commissions computed as described above. To the extent required under the Securities Act, an
amendment to this prospectus or a supplemental prospectus will be filed, disclosing:
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Azimuth has informed us that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding,
directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the common stock. Pursuant to a requirement
of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, the maximum commission or discount and
other compensation to be received by any FINRA member or independent broker-dealer shall not be
greater than eight percent (8%) of the gross proceeds received by us for the sale of any securities
being registered pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act.
Under the securities laws of some states, the shares of common stock may be sold in such
states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the
shares of common stock may not be sold unless such shares have been registered or qualified for
sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied
with.
There can be no assurance that the selling shareholder will sell any or all of the shares of
common stock registered pursuant to the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a
part.
Underwriters and purchasers that are deemed underwriters under the Securities Act may engage
in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of the common stock,
including the entry of stabilizing bids or syndicate covering transactions or the imposition of
penalty bids. The selling shareholder and any other person participating in the sale or
distribution of the shares of common stock will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange
Act and the rules and regulations thereunder (including, without limitation, Regulation M of the
Exchange Act), which may restrict certain activities of, and limit the timing of purchases and
sales of any of the shares of common stock by, the selling shareholder and any other participating
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extent applicable, Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the
distribution of the shares of common stock to engage in market-making and certain other activities
with respect to the shares of common stock. In addition, the anti-manipulation rules under the
Exchange Act may apply to sales of the shares of common stock in the market. All of the foregoing
may affect the marketability of the shares of common stock and the ability of any person or entity
to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of common stock.
We have agreed to pay all expenses of the registration of the shares of common stock pursuant
to the registration rights agreement, estimated to be $[ ] in total, including, without
limitation, Securities and Exchange Commission filing fees and expenses of compliance with state
securities or Blue Sky laws; provided, however, Azimuth will pay all selling commissions,
concessions and discounts, and other amounts payable to underwriters, dealers or agents, if any, as
well as transfer taxes and certain other expenses associated with the sale of the shares of common
stock. We have agreed to indemnify Azimuth and certain other persons against certain liabilities in
connection with the offering of shares of common stock offered hereby, including liabilities
arising under the Securities Act or, if such indemnity is unavailable, to contribute amounts
required to be paid in respect of such liabilities. Azimuth has agreed to indemnify us against
liabilities under the Securities Act that may arise from any written information furnished to us by
Azimuth specifically for use in this prospectus or, if such indemnity is unavailable, to contribute
amounts required to be paid in respect of such liabilities.
At any time a particular offer of the shares of common stock is made by the selling
shareholder, a revised prospectus or prospectus supplement, if required, will be distributed. Such
prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment will be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission to reflect the disclosure of any required additional information with respect to the
distribution of the shares of common stock. We may suspend the sale of shares by the selling
shareholder pursuant to this prospectus for certain periods of time for certain reasons, including
if the prospectus is required to be supplemented or amended to include additional material
information.
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exv10w1
Exhibit 10.1
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of July 28, 2010
by and between
OMEROS CORPORATION
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AZIMUTH
OPPORTUNITY, LTD.
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Annex I. Definitions
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COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of July 28, 2010 (this
Agreement), by and between Azimuth
Opportunity, Ltd., an international business company incorporated under
the laws of the British Virgin Islands (the Investor), and Omeros Corporation, a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Washington (the Company).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the parties desire that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations
set forth herein, the Company may issue and sell to the Investor, from time to time as provided
herein, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, up to the lesser of (i) $40,000,000 of
newly issued shares of the Companys common stock, $0.01 par value (Common Stock), and (ii) the
Trading Market Limit; and
WHEREAS, such investments will be made in reliance upon the provisions of Section 4(2) of the
Securities Act (Section 4(2)) and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated by the Commission under
the Securities Act (Regulation D), and upon such other exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act as may be available with respect to any or all of the
investments in Common Stock to be made hereunder; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto are concurrently entering into a Registration Rights Agreement in
the form of Exhibit A hereto (the Registration Rights Agreement), pursuant to which the
Company shall register the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein; and
WHEREAS, in consideration for the Investors execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
Company is concurrently paying to the Investor the Structuring Fee, upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in
Annex I hereto, and hereby made a part hereof, or as otherwise set forth in this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE OF COMMON STOCK
Section 2.1. Purchase and Sale of Stock. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions
of this Agreement, during the Investment Period, the Company in its discretion may issue and sell
to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, up to the lesser of (i)
$40,000,000 (the Total Commitment) of duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Common Stock and (ii) the Trading Market Limit (the Aggregate
Limit), by the delivery to the Investor of not more than 24 separate Fixed Request Notices as
provided in Article III hereof.
Section 2.2. Closing Date; Settlement Dates. This Agreement shall become effective and
binding (the Closing) upon payment of the Structuring Fee and Document Preparation Fee on or
prior to the Closing Date pursuant to Sections 7.1 and 10.1, the delivery of counterpart signature
pages of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement executed by each of the parties
hereto and thereto, and the delivery of all other documents, instruments and writings required to
be delivered at the Closing, in each case as provided in Section 7.1, to the offices of Greenberg
Traurig, LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
Closing Date. In consideration of and in express reliance upon the representations, warranties and
covenants contained in, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions of, this Agreement, during
the Investment Period the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall
purchase from the Company, the Shares in respect of each Fixed Request. The issuance and sale of
Shares to the Investor pursuant to any Fixed Request shall occur on the applicable Settlement Date
in accordance with Section 3.7, provided that all of the conditions precedent thereto set forth in
Article VII theretofore shall have been fulfilled on or prior to such Settlement Date.
Section 2.3. Initial Public Announcements and Required Filings. The Company shall, at
or before 8:30 a.m., New York City time, on the first Trading Day after the Closing Date, issue a
press release (the Press Release) reasonably acceptable to the Investor disclosing the execution
of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement by the Company and the Investor and briefly
describing the transactions contemplated thereby. At or before 8:30 a.m., New York City time, on
the second Trading Day following the Closing Date, the Company shall file a Current Report on Form
8-K describing all the material terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents
in the form required by the Exchange Act and attaching copies of each of this Agreement, the
Registration Rights Agreement and the Press Release as exhibits thereto (including all exhibits
thereto, the Current Report). The Company heretofore has provided the Investor a reasonable
opportunity to comment on a draft of such Current Report and has given due consideration to such
comments. From and after the issuance of the Press Release and the filing of the Current Report,
the Company shall have disclosed all material, nonpublic information delivered to the Investor (or
the Investors representatives or agents) by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of
their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives (if any) in connection
with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Investor covenants that until
such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company
as described in this Section 2.3, the Investor will maintain the confidentiality of all disclosures
made to it in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (including
the existence and terms of the transactions), except that the Investor may disclose the terms of
such transactions to its financial, accounting, legal and other advisors (provided that the
Investor directs such Persons to maintain the confidentiality of such information). Not later than
15 calendar days following the Closing Date, the Company shall file a Form D with respect to the
Shares in accordance with Regulation D and shall provide a copy thereof to the Investor promptly
after such filing. The Company shall prepare and file with the Commission the Registration
Statement (including the Prospectus) covering only the resale by the Investor of the Registrable
Securities in accordance with the Securities Act and the Registration Rights
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Agreement. At or before 8:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately
following the Effective Date, the Company shall file with the Commission in accordance with Rule
424(b) under the Securities Act the final Prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant
to the Registration Statement. If the transactions contemplated by any Fixed Request are material
to the Company (individually or collectively with all other prior Fixed Requests, the consummation
of which have not previously been reported in any Prospectus Supplement filed with the Commission
under Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act or in any periodic report filed by the Company with the
Commission under the Exchange Act), or if otherwise required under the Securities Act, in each case
as reasonably determined by the Company or the Investor, then, on the first Trading Day immediately
following the last Trading Day of the Pricing Period with respect to such Fixed Request, the
Company shall file with the Commission a Prospectus Supplement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act with respect to the applicable Fixed Request(s), disclosing the total Fixed Amount
Requested or the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested (as applicable) pursuant to such Fixed
Request(s), the total number of Shares that have been (or are to be) issued and sold to the
Investor pursuant to such Fixed Request(s), the total purchase price for the Shares subject to such
Fixed Request(s), the applicable Discount Price(s) for such Shares and the net proceeds that have
been (or are to be) received by the Company from the sale of such Shares. To the extent not
previously disclosed in the Prospectus or a Prospectus Supplement, the Company shall disclose in
its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and in its Annual Reports on Form 10-K the information described
in the immediately preceding sentence relating to any Fixed Request(s) consummated during the
relevant fiscal quarter.
ARTICLE III
FIXED REQUEST TERMS
Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the parties agree
as follows:
Section 3.1. Fixed Request Notice. From time to time during the Investment Period,
the Company may, in its sole discretion, no later than 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the first
Trading Day of the Pricing Period, provide to the Investor a Fixed Request Notice, substantially in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the Fixed Request Notice), which Fixed Request Notice
shall become effective at 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the first Trading Day of the Pricing
Period specified in the Fixed Request Notice; provided, however, that if the
Company delivers the Fixed Request Notice to the Investor later than 9:30 a.m. (New York City time)
on a Trading Day, then the first Trading Day of such Pricing Period shall not be the Trading Day on
which the Investor received such Fixed Request Notice, but rather shall be the immediately
following Trading Day (unless a subsequent Trading Day is therein specified). The Fixed Request
Notice shall specify the Fixed Amount Requested (up to the Maximum Fixed Amount Requested) or the
number of Shares cap for the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested (as applicable), establish the
Threshold Price for such Fixed Request and designate the first and last Trading Day of the Pricing
Period. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the Investor is obligated
to accept each Fixed Request Notice prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement.
Section 3.2. Fixed Requests. From time to time during the Investment Period, the
Company may, in its sole discretion, deliver to the Investor a Fixed Request Notice for a
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specified Fixed Amount Requested (up to the Maximum Fixed Amount Requested) or for the
Alternative Fixed Amount Requested, and the applicable discount price (the Discount Price) shall
be determined, in accordance with the price and share amount parameters as set forth in the below
pricing grid, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the Investor
shall purchase from the Company the Shares subject to such Fixed Request Notice at the Discount
Price; provided, however, that (i) if an ex-dividend date is established by the
Trading Market in respect of the Common Stock on or between the first Trading Day of the applicable
Pricing Period and the applicable Settlement Date, the Discount Price shall be reduced by the per
share dividend amount and (ii) if the Company does not elect the Alternative Fixed Amount
Requested, the Company may not deliver any single Fixed Request Notice for a specified Fixed Amount
Requested in excess of the specific dollar amount in the applicable Fixed Amount
Requested/Alternative Fixed Amount Requested column below (the Maximum Fixed Amount Requested).
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Threshold Price |
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Fixed Amount Requested |
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Discount Price |
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Equal to or greater than $35.00
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Not to exceed, at the Companys option,
the greater of (i) $7,000,000 and (ii)
the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested
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96.000% of the VWAP |
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Equal to or greater than
$30.00 and less than $35.00
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Not to exceed, at the Companys option,
the greater of (i) $6,000,000 and (ii)
the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested
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95.750% of the VWAP |
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Equal to or greater than
$25.00 and less than $30.00
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Not to exceed, at the Companys option,
the greater of (i) $5,000,000 and (ii)
the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested
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95.500% of the VWAP |
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Equal to or greater than
$20.00 and less than $25.00
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Not to exceed, at the Companys option,
the greater of (i) $4,000,000 and (ii)
the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested
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95.250% of the VWAP |
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Equal to or greater than
$15.00 and less than $20.00
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Not to exceed, at the Companys option,
the greater of (i) $3,000,000 and (ii)
the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested
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95.000% of the VWAP |
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Equal to or greater than
$10.50 and less than $15.00
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Not to exceed, at the Companys option,
the greater of (i) $2,100,000 and (ii)
the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested
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94.800% of the VWAP |
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Equal to or greater than $9.50
and less than $10.50
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Not to exceed, at the Companys option,
the greater of (i) $1,900,000 and (ii)
the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested
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94.700% of the VWAP |
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Equal to or greater than $8.50
and less than $9.50
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Not to exceed, at the Companys option,
the greater of (i) $1,700,000 and (ii)
the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested
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94.600% of the VWAP |
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Equal to or greater than $7.50
and less than $8.50
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the greater of (i) $1,500,000 and (ii)
the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested
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94.500% of the VWAP |
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Equal to or greater than $6.50
and less than $7.50
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the greater of (i) $1,300,000 and (ii)
the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested
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94.250% of the VWAP |
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Equal to or greater than $5.50
and less than $6.50
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the greater of (i) $1,100,000 and (ii)
the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested
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94.000% of the VWAP |
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Equal to or greater than $4.50
and less than $5.50
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the greater of (i) $1,000,000 and (ii)
the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested
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93.500% of the VWAP |
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Equal to or greater than $3.00
and less than $4.50
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the greater of (i) $750,000 and (ii)
the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested
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93.000% of the VWAP |
Anything to the contrary in this Agreement notwithstanding, at no time shall the Investor be
required to purchase more than the greater of (i) the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested (assuming
for this purpose the election of the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested for each Trading Day during
the applicable Pricing Period) and (ii) the Maximum Fixed Amount Requested, in each case in respect
of any Pricing Period (subject in all cases to the provisions of Section 3.10 and 6.6 of this
Agreement).
For purposes of this Agreement, Alternative Fixed Amount Requested shall mean a dollar amount
equal to the aggregate sum of each product (calculated for each Trading Day during the applicable
Pricing Period for which (i) the Company has notified the Investor in writing that the Alternative
Fixed Amount Requested shall apply to such Trading Day and (ii) the VWAP equals or exceeds the
Threshold Price) determined pursuant to the following equation (rounded to the nearest cent):
DAFAR = A x B x C, where:
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applicable Trading Day during the applicable Pricing Period, |
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the trading volume of the Common Stock for the applicable Trading Day during the applicable
Pricing Period, as reported by Bloomberg L.P. using the AQR function (excluding block trades
of 25,000 shares or more), and |
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provided, however, that the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested shall not exceed the
dollar amount cap therefor to be specified by the Company in the applicable Fixed Request Notice
(and shall in all cases be subject to the provisions of Section 3.10 and 6.6 of this Agreement).
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) if the Company has specified a dollar amount
of Fixed Amount Requested pursuant to the above pricing grid in a Fixed Request Notice, the Company
may, in its sole discretion, no later than 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day of the
Pricing Period, provide to the Investor written notice of its election of the
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Alternative Fixed Amount Requested with respect to the remaining Trading Days of the applicable
Pricing Period, and (ii) if the Company has elected the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested in a
Fixed Request Notice, the Company may, in its sole discretion, no later than 9:30 a.m. (New York
City time) on any Trading Day of the Pricing Period, provide to the Investor written notice of its
election of a specific dollar amount of Fixed Amount Requested pursuant to the above pricing grid
with respect to the remaining Trading Days of the applicable Pricing Period, in the case of each of
clauses (i) and (ii) above, which election shall become effective at 9:30 a.m. (New York City time)
on the Trading Day on which the Investor received such notice; provided, however,
that if the Company delivers such notice to the Investor later than 9:30 a.m. (New York City time)
on a Trading Day, then the first Trading Day of such Pricing Period on which such election shall
become effective shall not be the Trading Day on which the Investor received such notice, but
rather shall be the next Trading Day (unless a subsequent Trading Day is therein specified). The
Company shall have the right to effect such change once during any Pricing Period.
The date on which the Company delivers any Fixed Request Notice in accordance with this Section 3.2
hereinafter shall be referred to as a Fixed Request Exercise Date. The parties hereto hereby
acknowledge and agree that the provisions of this Section 3.2 shall not be amended or waived under
any circumstances.
Section 3.3. Share Calculation.
(a) If, with respect to any Trading Day during the applicable Pricing Period, the Company has
not elected the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.2
hereof, then, with respect to such Trading Days during the applicable Pricing Period for which the
VWAP equals or exceeds the Threshold Price, the number of Shares to be issued by the Company to the
Investor pursuant to a Fixed Request shall equal the aggregate sum of each quotient (calculated for
each Trading Day during the applicable Pricing Period for which (i) the Company has not elected the
Alternative Fixed Amount Requested and (ii) the VWAP equals or exceeds the Threshold Price)
determined pursuant to the following equation (rounded to the nearest whole Share):
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the number of Shares to be issued by the Company to the Investor in respect of a Trading
Day during the applicable Pricing Period for which (i) the Company has not elected the
Alternative Fixed Amount Requested and (ii) the VWAP equals or exceeds the Threshold Price, |
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(b) If, with respect to any Trading Day during the applicable Pricing Period, the Company has
elected the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.2
hereof, then, with respect to each such Trading Day during the
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applicable Pricing Period for which the VWAP equals or exceeds the Threshold Price, the number
of Shares to be issued by the Company to the Investor pursuant to a Fixed Request shall equal the
aggregate sum of each product (calculated for each Trading Day during the applicable Pricing Period
for which (i) the Company has elected the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested and (ii) the VWAP
equals or exceeds the Threshold Price) determined pursuant to the following equation (rounded to
the nearest whole Share):
N = |
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the number of Shares to be issued by the Company to the Investor in respect of a Trading
Day during the applicable Pricing Period for which (i) the Company has elected the Alternative
Fixed Amount Requested and (ii) the VWAP equals or exceeds the Threshold Price, |
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the trading volume of the Common Stock for the applicable Trading Day during the applicable
Pricing Period, as reported by Bloomberg L.P. using the AQR function (excluding block trades
of 25,000 shares or more). |
Section 3.4. Limitation of Fixed Requests. The Company shall not make more than one
Fixed Request in each Pricing Period. Not less than five Trading Days shall elapse between the end
of one Pricing Period and the commencement of any other Pricing Period during the Investment
Period. There shall be permitted a maximum of 24 Fixed Requests during the Investment Period. Each
Fixed Request automatically shall expire immediately following the last Trading Day of each Pricing
Period.
Section 3.5. Reduction of Commitment. On each Settlement Date, the Investors Total
Commitment under this Agreement automatically (and without the need for any amendment to this
Agreement) shall be reduced, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, by the total amount of the Fixed Request
Amount for the portion of such Pricing Period paid to the Company on such Settlement Date.
Section 3.6. Below Threshold Price.
(a) With respect to each Trading Day (if any) during the applicable Pricing Period with
respect to which the Company has not elected the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested in accordance
with the provisions of Section 3.2 hereof, if the VWAP on such Trading Day in a Pricing Period is
lower than the Threshold Price, then for each such Trading Day the Fixed Amount Requested shall be
reduced, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, by an amount equal to the product of (x) the Multiplier and
(y) the total Fixed Amount Requested, and no Shares shall be purchased or sold with respect to such
Trading Day. If trading in the Common Stock on the Trading Market is suspended for any reason for
more than three hours on any Trading Day, then for each such Trading Day the Fixed Amount Requested
shall be reduced, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, as provided in the immediately preceding sentence,
and no Shares shall be purchased or sold with respect to such Trading Day.
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(b) With respect to each Trading Day (if any) during the applicable Pricing Period with
respect to which the Company has elected the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested in accordance with
the provisions of Section 3.2 hereof, if the VWAP on such Trading Day in a Pricing Period is lower
than the Threshold Price, then for each such Trading Day no Shares shall be purchased or sold with
respect to such Trading Day. If trading in the Common Stock on the Trading Market is suspended for
any reason for more than three hours on any Trading Day, then for each such Trading Day no Shares
shall be purchased or sold with respect to such Trading Day.
Section 3.7. Settlement. The payment for, against simultaneous delivery of, Shares in
respect of each Fixed Request shall be settled on the second Trading Day next following the last
Trading Day of each Pricing Period (the Settlement Date). On each Settlement Date, the Company
shall, or shall cause its transfer agent to, electronically transfer the Shares purchased by the
Investor by crediting the Investors or its designees account (provided the Investor shall have
given the Company written notice of such designee prior to the Settlement Date) at DTC through its
Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian (DWAC) system, which Shares shall be freely tradable and
transferable and without restriction on resale, against simultaneous payment therefor to the
Companys designated account by wire transfer of immediately available funds; provided that
if the Shares are received by the Investor later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, payment
therefor shall be made with next day funds. As set forth in Section 3.9, a failure by the Company
or its transfer agent (if applicable) to deliver such Shares on the applicable Settlement Date
shall result in the payment of liquidated damages by the Company to the Investor.
Section 3.8. Reduction of Pricing Period; End of Pricing Period If Alternative Fixed
Amount Requested.
(a) If during a Pricing Period the Company elects to reduce the number of Trading Days in such
Pricing Period, the Company shall so notify the Investor before 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on
any Trading Day during a Pricing Period (a Reduction Notice) and the last Trading Day of such
Pricing Period shall be the Trading Day immediately preceding the Trading Day on which the Investor
received such Reduction Notice; provided, however, that (i) the Company may not
elect to reduce the number of Trading Days in any such Pricing Period to less than two Trading Days
and (ii) if the Company delivers the Reduction Notice later than 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on
a Trading Day during a Pricing Period, then the last Trading Day of such Pricing Period instead
shall be the Trading Day on which the Investor received such Reduction Notice. Upon receipt of a
Reduction Notice, the Investor shall purchase the Shares in respect of each Trading Day in such
reduced Pricing Period for which the VWAP equals or exceeds the Threshold Price in accordance with
Section 3.3 hereof.
(b) If, with respect to any Fixed Request Notice, an election by the Company of the
Alternative Fixed Amount Requested in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.2 hereof is in
then effect, the last Trading Day of the applicable Pricing Period shall be the earliest of: (i)
the Trading Day on which the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested (calculated in accordance with
Section 3.2 hereof) shall have reached the dollar amount cap therefor specified by the Company in
the applicable Fixed Request Notice, (ii) the last Trading Day of the Pricing Period, if such
Pricing Period is reduced by the Company pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 3.8, and (iii) the
10th Trading Day of the Pricing Period.
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Section 3.9. Failure to Deliver Shares. If the Company issues a Fixed Request Notice
and fails to deliver the Shares to the Investor on the applicable Settlement Date and such failure
continues for 10 Trading Days, the Company shall pay the Investor, in cash, in addition to all
other remedies available to the Investor, as partial damages for such failure and not as a penalty,
an amount equal to 2.0% of the payment required to be paid by the Investor on such Settlement Date
for the initial 30 days following such Settlement Date until the Shares have been delivered, and an
additional 2.0% for each additional 30-day period thereafter until the Shares have been delivered,
which amount shall be prorated for such periods less than 30 days (the Make Whole Amount). If the
Make Whole Amount is not paid within two Trading Days following a demand therefor from the
Investor, the Make Whole Amount shall accrue annual interest (on the basis of the 365 day year)
compounded daily at a rate equal to the greater of (i) the prime rate of interest then in effect as
published by the Wall Street Journal plus 3.0% and (ii) 10.0%, up to and including the date on
which the Make Whole Amount is actually paid.
Section 3.10. Certain Limitations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in this Agreement, in no event may the Company issue a Fixed Request Notice to the extent that (i)
the Fixed Amount Requested in such Fixed Request Notice exceeds the Maximum Fixed Amount Requested
determined in accordance with Section 3.2 (if the Company has not elected the Alternative Fixed
Amount Requested in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.2 hereof), (ii) the sale of Shares
pursuant to such Fixed Request Notice would cause the Company to sell or the Investor to purchase
(A) a dollar value of shares Common Stock which, when aggregated with all Fixed Request Amounts
paid by the Investor pursuant to all prior Fixed Request Notices issued under this Agreement, would
exceed the Aggregate Limit or (B) a number of shares of Common Stock which, when aggregated with
all Shares purchased by the Investor pursuant to all prior Fixed Request Notices issued under this
Agreement, would exceed the Aggregate Limit, as the case may be, or (iii) the sale of Shares
pursuant to such Fixed Request Notice would cause the Company to sell or the Investor to purchase a
number of shares of Common Stock which, when aggregated with all other shares of Common Stock then
beneficially owned (as calculated pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Rule 13d-3
promulgated thereunder) by the Investor and its Affiliates, would result in the beneficial
ownership by the Investor or any of its Affiliates of more than 9.9% of the then issued and
outstanding shares of Common Stock (the Ownership Limitation). If the Company issues a Fixed
Request Notice in which the Fixed Amount Requested exceeds the Maximum Fixed Amount Requested
determined in accordance with Section 3.2 (if the Company has not elected the Alternative Fixed
Amount Requested in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.2 hereof), such Fixed Request
Notice shall be void ab initio to the extent the Fixed Amount Requested exceeds the Maximum Fixed
Amount Requested. If the Company issues a Fixed Request Notice that otherwise would require the
Investor to purchase shares of Common Stock which would cause the aggregate purchases of Common
Stock by the Investor under this Agreement to exceed the Aggregate Limit, such Fixed Request Notice
shall be void ab initio to the extent of (x) the amount by which the dollar value of shares of
Common Stock otherwise issuable pursuant to such Fixed Request Notice, together with all Fixed
Request Amounts paid by the Investor pursuant to all prior Fixed Request Notices issued under this
Agreement, would exceed the Aggregate Limit, or (y) the amount by which the number of shares of
Common Stock otherwise issuable pursuant to such Fixed Request Notice, together with all Shares
purchased by the Investor pursuant to all prior Fixed Request Notices issued under this Agreement,
would exceed the Aggregate Limit, as the case may be. If the Company issues a Fixed Request Notice
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that otherwise would require the Investor to purchase shares of Common Stock which would cause
the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then beneficially owned (as calculated pursuant to
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Rule 13d-3 promulgated thereunder) by the Investor and its
Affiliates to exceed the Ownership Limitation, such Fixed Request Notice shall be void ab initio to
the extent of the amount by which the number of shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable pursuant
to such Fixed Request Notice, together with all shares of Common Stock then beneficially owned by
the Investor and its Affiliates, would exceed the Ownership Limitation. The Company hereby
represents, warrants and covenants that neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries (1) has effected any
transaction or series of transactions, (2) is a party to any pending transaction or series of
transactions or (3) shall enter into any contract, agreement, agreement-in-principle, arrangement
or understanding with respect to, or shall effect, any Alternate Transaction which, in any of such
cases, may be aggregated with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement for purposes of
determining whether approval of the Companys shareholders is required under any bylaw, listed
securities maintenance standards or other rules of the Trading Market; provided,
however, that the Company shall be permitted to take any action referred to in clause (3)
above if (x) the Company has timely provided the Investor with an Aggregation Notice as provided in
Section 6.7(ii) hereof and (y) unless the Investor has previously terminated this Agreement
pursuant to Section 8.2, the Company obtains the requisite shareholder approval prior to the
closing of such Alternate Transaction. The parties hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that the
provisions of this Section 3.10 shall not be amended or waived under any circumstances.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE INVESTOR
The Investor hereby makes the following representations, warranties and covenants to the
Company:
Section 4.1.
Organization and Standing of the Investor. The
Investor is an international business
company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the British Virgin
Islands.
Section 4.2. Authorization and Power. The Investor has the requisite corporate power
and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Registration
Rights Agreement and to purchase the Shares in accordance with the terms hereof. The execution,
delivery and performance by the Investor of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement
and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action, and no further consent or authorization of the
Investor, its Board of Directors or its shareholders is required. Each of this Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Investor and constitutes
a valid and binding obligation of the Investor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, liquidation, conservatorship, receivership, or similar laws relating to, or affecting
generally the enforcement of, creditors rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of
general application (including any limitation of equitable remedies).
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Section 4.3. No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Investor of
this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the consummation by the Investor of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and shall not (i) result in a violation of such
Investors charter documents, bylaws or other applicable organizational instruments, (ii) conflict
with, constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a
default) under, or give rise to any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation
of, any material agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, indenture, note, bond, license, lease
agreement, instrument or obligation to which the Investor is a party or is bound, (iii) create or
impose any lien, charge or encumbrance on any property of the Investor under any agreement or any
commitment to which the Investor is party or under which the Investor is bound or under which any
of its properties or assets are bound, or (iv) result in a violation of any federal, state, local
or foreign statute, rule, or regulation, or any order, judgment or decree of any court or
governmental agency applicable to the Investor or by which any of its properties or assets are
bound or affected, except, in the case of clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv), for such conflicts,
defaults, terminations, amendments, acceleration, cancellations and violations as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, prohibit or otherwise interfere with, in any material respect,
the ability of the Investor to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement. The Investor is not required under any applicable federal, state,
local or foreign law, rule or regulation to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make
any filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency in order for it to execute,
deliver or perform any of its obligations under this Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement or to purchase the Shares in accordance with the terms hereof; provided,
however, that for purposes of the representation made in this sentence, the Investor is
assuming and relying upon the accuracy of the relevant representations and warranties and the
compliance with the relevant covenants and agreements of the Company in the Transaction Documents
to which it is a party.
Section 4.4. Investment Purpose. The Investor is acquiring the Shares for its own
account, for investment purposes and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the
public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered under or exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act; provided, however, that by making
the representations herein, the Investor does not agree, or make any representation or warranty, to
hold any of the Shares for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of
the Shares at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption
under the Securities Act. The Investor does not presently have any agreement or understanding,
directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of the Shares.
Section 4.5. Accredited Investor Status. The Investor is an accredited investor as
that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(3) of Regulation D.
Section 4.6. Reliance on Exemptions. The Investor understands that the Shares are
being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements
of U.S. federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth
and accuracy of, and the Investors compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements,
acknowledgments and understandings of the Investor set forth herein in order to determine the
availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Investor to acquire the Shares.
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Section 4.7. Information. All materials relating to the business, financial
condition, management and operations of the Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of
the Shares which have been requested by the Investor have been furnished or otherwise made
available to the Investor or its advisors, including, without limitation, the Commission Documents.
The Investor understands that its investment in the Shares involves a high degree of risk. The
Investor is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Shares and has such knowledge
and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of a proposed investment in the Shares. The Investor and its advisors have been afforded the
opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from representatives of the Company concerning
the financial condition and business of the Company and other matters relating to an investment in
the Shares. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by the
Investor or its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect the
Investors right to rely on the Companys representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement or in any other Transaction Document to which the Company is a party or the Investors
right to rely on any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this
Agreement or the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby (including, without
limitation, the opinions of the Companys counsel delivered pursuant to Sections 7.1(iv) and
7.2(xiv)). The Investor has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered
necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Shares.
The Investor understands that it (and not the Company) shall be responsible for its own tax
liabilities that may arise as a result of this investment or the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
Section 4.8. No Governmental Review. The Investor understands that no United States
federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any
recommendation or endorsement of the Shares or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the
Shares nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Shares.
Section 4.9. No General Solicitation. The Investor is not purchasing the Shares as a
result of any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation
D) in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares.
Section 4.10. Not an Affiliate. The Investor is not an officer, director or an
Affiliate of the Company.
Section 4.11. Statutory Underwriter Status. The Investor acknowledges that it will be
disclosed as an underwriter and a selling shareholder in the Registration Statement and in any
Prospectus contained therein to the extent required by applicable law and to the extent the
Prospectus is related to the resale of Registrable Securities.
Section 4.12. Resales of Shares. The Investor represents, warrants and covenants that
unless the Shares are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144, it will resell such Shares only
pursuant to the Registration Statement, in a manner described under the caption Plan of
Distribution in the Registration Statement, and in a manner in compliance with all applicable U.S.
federal and state securities laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, any
applicable prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
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ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Except as set forth in the disclosure schedule delivered by the Company to the Investor (which
is hereby incorporated by reference in, and constitutes an integral part of, this Agreement) (the
Disclosure Schedule), the Company hereby makes the following representations, warranties and
covenants to the Investor:
Section 5.1. Organization, Good Standing and Power. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has the requisite corporate power and authority to
own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to conduct its business as it is now being
conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. The Company and each Subsidiary is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in
which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification
necessary, except for any jurisdiction in which the failure to be so qualified would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.2. Authorization, Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate
power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under each of the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party and to issue the Shares in accordance with the terms hereof and
thereof. Except for approvals of the Companys Board of Directors or a committee thereof as may be
required in connection with any issuance and sale of Shares to the Investor hereunder (which
approvals shall be obtained prior to the delivery of any Fixed Request Notice), the execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party
and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and
validly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and no further consent or authorization of
the Company, its Board of Directors or its shareholders is required. Each of the Transaction
Documents to which the Company is a party has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and
constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation, conservatorship, receivership or similar laws
relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors rights and remedies or by other
equitable principles of general application (including any limitation of equitable remedies).
Section 5.3. Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of the Company and the
shares thereof issued and outstanding were as set forth in the Commission Documents as of the dates
reflected therein. All of the outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and
validly issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable. Except as set forth in the Commission
Documents, this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, there are no agreements or
arrangements under which the Company is obligated to register the sale of any securities under the
Securities Act. Except as set forth in the Commission Documents, no shares of Common Stock are
entitled to preemptive rights and there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to
subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights
convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock of the Company, other than as may
have been issued or became issuable subsequent to the last filed
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Commission Document pursuant to the terms of an equity incentive plan maintained by the
Company. Except as set forth in the Commission Documents, there are no outstanding debt securities
and no contracts, commitments, understandings, or arrangements by which the Company is or may
become bound to issue additional shares of the capital stock of the Company or options, warrants,
scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or
securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock of the
Company other than those issued or granted in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the
Companys equity incentive and/or compensatory plans or arrangements. Except for customary transfer
restrictions contained in agreements entered into by the Company to sell restricted securities or
as set forth in the Commission Documents, the Company is not a party to, and it has no Knowledge
of, any agreement restricting the voting or transfer of any shares of the capital stock of the
Company. Except as set forth in the Commission Documents, the offer and sale of all capital stock,
convertible or exchangeable securities, rights, warrants or options of the Company issued prior to
the Closing Date complied with all applicable federal and state securities laws, and no shareholder
has any right of rescission or damages or any put or similar right with respect thereto that
would have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the Commission Documents, there are no
securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by
this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or the consummation of the transactions
described herein or therein. The Company has furnished or made available to the Investor via EDGAR
true and correct copies of the Companys Articles of Incorporation as in effect on the Closing Date
(the Charter), and the Companys Bylaws as in effect on the Closing Date (the Bylaws).
Section 5.4. Issuance of Shares. The Shares to be issued under this Agreement have
been or will be (prior to the delivery of any Fixed Request Notice to the Investor hereunder) duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. The Shares, when paid for
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, shall be validly issued and outstanding, fully paid
and nonassessable and free from all liens, charges, taxes, security interests, encumbrances, rights
of first refusal, preemptive or similar rights and other encumbrances with respect to the issue
thereof.
Section 5.5. No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of
each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and shall not (i) result in a violation of any
provision of the Companys Charter or Bylaws, (ii) conflict with, constitute a default (or an event
which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default) under, or give rise to any
rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any material agreement,
mortgage, deed of trust, indenture, note, bond, license, lease agreement, instrument or obligation
to which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is a party or is bound, (iii) create or
impose a lien, charge or encumbrance on any property or assets of the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries under any agreement or any commitment to which the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries
is bound or to which any of their respective properties or assets is subject, or (iv) result in a
violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, rule, regulation, order, judgment or
decree applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are bound or affected (including federal and state
securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of the Trading Market), except, in
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the case of clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv), for such conflicts, defaults, terminations,
amendments, acceleration, cancellations, liens, charges, encumbrances and violations as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as specifically
contemplated by this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement and as required under the
Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws, the Company is not required under any
federal, state, local or foreign law, rule or regulation to obtain any consent, authorization or
order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency (including,
without limitation, the Trading Market) in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its
obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, or to issue the Shares to the
Investor in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof (other than such consents, authorizations,
orders, filings or registrations as have been obtained or made prior to the Closing Date);
provided, however, that, for purposes of the representation made in this sentence,
the Company is assuming and relying upon the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the
Investor in this Agreement and the compliance by it with its covenants and agreements contained in
this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.
Section 5.6. Commission Documents, Financial Statements. (a) Except as disclosed in
the Disclosure Schedule, the Company has timely filed (giving effect to permissible extensions in
accordance with Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act) all Commission Documents. The Company has
delivered or made available to the Investor via EDGAR or otherwise true and complete copies of the
Commission Documents filed with or furnished to the Commission prior to the Closing Date
(including, without limitation, the 2009 Form 10-K). No Subsidiary of the Company is required to
file or furnish any report, schedule, registration, form, statement, information or other document
with the Commission. As of its filing date, each Commission Document filed with or furnished to the
Commission prior to the Closing Date (including, without limitation, the 2009 Form 10-K) complied
in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as
applicable, and other federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations applicable to it, and,
as of its filing date (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the Closing Date, on the
date of such amended or superseded filing), such Commission Document did not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading. The Registration Statement, on the date it is filed with the Commission,
on the date it is declared effective by the Commission, on each Fixed Request Exercise Date and on
each Settlement Date, shall comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities
Act (including, without limitation, Rule 415 under the Securities Act) and shall not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, except that this
representation and warranty shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration
Statement made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Investor
furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of the Investor expressly for use therein. The
Prospectus and each Prospectus Supplement required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement or the
Registration Rights Agreement after the Closing Date, when taken together, on its date, on each
Fixed Request Exercise Date and on each Settlement Date, shall comply in all material respects with
the requirements of the Securities Act (including, without limitation, Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act) and shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in
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light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that this
representation and warranty shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Prospectus or
any Prospectus Supplement made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the
Investor furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of the Investor expressly for use
therein. Each Commission Document (other than the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any
Prospectus Supplement) to be filed with or furnished to the Commission after the Closing Date and
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Prospectus
Supplement required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement
(including, without limitation, the Current Report), when such document is filed with or furnished
to the Commission and, if applicable, when such document becomes effective, as the case may be,
shall comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange
Act, as applicable, and other federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations applicable to
it, and shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has delivered or made
available to the Investor via EDGAR or otherwise true and complete copies of all comment letters
and substantive correspondence received by the Company from the Commission relating to the
Commission Documents filed with or furnished to the Commission as of the Closing Date, together
with all written responses of the Company thereto in the form such responses were filed via EDGAR.
There are no outstanding or unresolved comments or undertakings in such comment letters received by
the Company from the Commission. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order
suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company under the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
(b) The financial statements, together with the related notes and schedules, of the Company
included in the Commission Documents comply as to form in all material respects with all applicable
accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the Commission and all other
applicable rules and regulations with respect thereto. Such financial statements, together with the
related notes and schedules, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent
basis during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial
statements or the notes thereto or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent
they may not include footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements), and fairly present in
all material respects the financial condition of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as
of the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended
(subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments).
(c) The Company has timely filed with the Commission and made available to the Investor via
EDGAR or otherwise all certifications and statements required by (x) Rule 13a-14 or Rule 15d-14
under the Exchange Act or (y) 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(SOXA)) with respect to all relevant Commission Documents. The Company is in compliance in all
material respects with the provisions of SOXA applicable to it as of the date hereof. The Company
maintains disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15 or Rule 15d-15 under the
Exchange Act; and, except as set forth in the Commission Documents, such controls and procedures
are effective to ensure that all material information concerning the Company and its Subsidiaries
is made known on a timely basis to the individuals responsible for the timely and accurate
preparation of the Companys Commission
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filings and other public disclosure documents. As used in this Section 5.6(c), the term
file shall be broadly construed to include any manner in which a document or information is
furnished, supplied or otherwise made available to the Commission.
(d) Ernst & Young LLP, who shall express their opinion on the audited financial statements and
related schedules to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus are, with respect to the Company, independent public accountants as required by the
Securities Act and is an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of SOXA
as required by the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
Section 5.7. Subsidiaries. Exhibit 21.1 to the 2009 Form 10-K sets forth each
Subsidiary of the Company as of the Closing Date, showing its jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization, and the Company does not have any other Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date.
Section 5.8. No Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in any Commission
Documents filed since December 31, 2009, or which may be deemed to have resulted from the Companys
continued losses from operations, since December 31, 2009, the Company has not experienced or
suffered any Material Adverse Effect, and there exists no current state of facts, condition or
event which would have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.9. No Undisclosed Liabilities. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has any liabilities, obligations, claims or losses (whether liquidated or
unliquidated, secured or unsecured, absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) that would be
required to be disclosed on a balance sheet of the Company or any Subsidiary (including the notes
thereto) in conformity with GAAP and are not disclosed in the Commission Documents, other than
those incurred in the ordinary course of the Companys or its Subsidiaries respective businesses
since December 31, 2009 and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.10. No Undisclosed Events or Circumstances. No event or circumstance has
occurred or information exists with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or
their business, properties, liabilities, operations (including results thereof) or conditions
(financial or otherwise), which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public
disclosure or announcement by the Company at or before the Closing but which has not been so
publicly announced or disclosed, except for events or circumstances which, individually or in the
aggregate, do not or would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.11. Indebtedness; Solvency. The Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
its fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2010 sets forth, as of March 31, 2010, all outstanding secured
and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any
Subsidiary has commitments through such date. For the purposes of this Agreement, Indebtedness
shall mean (a) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $10,000,000 (other
than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b) all guaranties,
endorsements, indemnities and other contingent obligations in respect of Indebtedness of others in
excess of $10,000,000, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Companys balance
sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by
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endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the
ordinary course of business; and (c) the present value of any lease payments in excess of
$10,000,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. There is no
existing or continuing default or event of default in respect of any Indebtedness of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries. The Company has not taken any steps, and does not currently expect to take
any steps, to seek protection pursuant to Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar federal
or state bankruptcy law or law for the relief of debtors, nor does the Company have any Knowledge
that its creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
liquidation proceedings or other proceedings for relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or
any other federal or state bankruptcy law or any law for the relief of debtors. The Company is
financially solvent and is generally able to pay its debts as they become due.
Section 5.12. Title To Assets. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has good and
valid title to, or has valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all of their respective real and
personal property reflected in the Commission Documents, free of mortgages, pledges, charges,
liens, security interests or other encumbrances, except for those indicated in the Commission
Documents and those that would not have a Material Adverse Effect. All real property and facilities
held under lease by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting
and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use
made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
Section 5.13. Actions Pending. There is no action, suit, claim, investigation or
proceeding pending, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the Company or any
Subsidiary which questions the validity of the Transaction Documents or the transactions
contemplated thereby or any action taken or to be taken pursuant thereto. Except as set forth in
the Commission Documents, there is no action, suit, claim, investigation or proceeding pending, or
to the Knowledge of the Company threatened, against or involving the Company, any Subsidiary or any
of their respective properties or assets, or involving any officers or directors of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, any securities class action lawsuit or
shareholder derivative lawsuit related to the Company, in each case which, if determined adversely
to the Company, its Subsidiary or any officer or director of the Company or its Subsidiaries, would
have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the Commission Documents, no judgment,
order, writ, injunction or decree or award has been issued by or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
requested of any court, arbitrator or governmental agency which would be reasonably expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.14. Compliance With Law. The business of the Company and the Subsidiaries
has been and is presently being conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, local
and foreign governmental laws, rules, regulations and ordinances, except as set forth in the
Commission Documents and except for such non-compliance which, individually or in the aggregate,
would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in
violation of any judgment, decree or order or any statute, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable
to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will
conduct its business in violation of any of the foregoing, except in all cases for possible
violations which could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as disclosed in the
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Commission Documents, the Company has maintained all requirements for the continued listing or
quotation of its Common Stock on the Trading Market, and the Company is not in violation of any of
the rules, regulations or requirements of the Trading Market and has no Knowledge of any facts or
circumstances that could reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock by the
Trading Market in the foreseeable future.
Section 5.15. Certain Fees. Except for the placement fee payable by the Company to
Reedland Capital Partners, an Institutional Division of Financial West Group, Member FINRA/SIPC
(Reedland), which shall be set forth in a separate engagement letter between the Company and
Reedland (a true and complete fully executed copy of which has heretofore been provided to the
Investor) (the Placement Agent Engagement Letter), no brokers, finders or financial advisory fees
or commissions shall be payable by the Company or any Subsidiary (or any of their respective
Affiliates) with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
Section 5.16. Disclosure. The Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person
acting on its behalf has provided the Investor or any of its agents, advisors or counsel with any
information that constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute material, nonpublic
information concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than the existence of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Company understands and confirms that
the Investor will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of
the Company. All disclosure provided to Investor regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their
businesses and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (including, without
limitation, the representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party (as modified by the Disclosure Schedule)) furnished by or on
behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is true and correct and does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. Each press release issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during the 12
months preceding the Closing Date did not at the time of release (or, if amended or superseded by a
later dated press release issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the Closing
Date, at the time of such later dated press release) contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not
misleading.
Section 5.17. Operation of Business. (a) The Company or one or more of its
Subsidiaries possesses such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations
(including licenses, accreditation and other similar documentation or approvals of any local health
departments) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or
bodies, including, without limitation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as are
necessary to conduct the business now operated by it (collectively, Governmental Licenses),
except where the failure to possess such Governmental Licenses, individually or in the aggregate,
would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with
the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses and all applicable FDA rules and
regulations, guidelines and policies, and all applicable rules and regulations, guidelines and
policies of any governmental authority exercising authority comparable to that of
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the FDA (including any non-governmental authority whose approval or authorization is required
under foreign law comparable to that administered by the FDA), except where the failure to so
comply, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect or except as
otherwise disclosed in the Commission Documents. All of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in
full force and effect, except where the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of
such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect, individually or in the aggregate, would
not have a Material Adverse Effect or except as otherwise disclosed in the Commission Documents.
As to each product that is subject to FDA regulation or similar legal provisions in any foreign
jurisdiction that is developed, manufactured, tested, packaged, labeled, marketed, sold,
distributed and/or commercialized by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, each such product is
being developed, manufactured, tested, packaged, labeled, marketed, sold, distributed and/or
commercialized in compliance with all applicable requirements of the FDA (and any non-governmental
authority whose approval or authorization is required under foreign law comparable to that
administered by the FDA), including, but not limited to, those relating to investigational use,
premarket approval, good clinical practices, good manufacturing practices, record keeping, filing
of reports, and patient privacy and medical record security, except where such non-compliance,
individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect or except as otherwise
disclosed in the Commission Documents. As to each product or product candidate of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries subject to FDA regulation or similar legal provision in any foreign
jurisdiction, all manufacturing facilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries are operated in
compliance with the FDAs Good Manufacturing Practices requirements at 21 C.F.R. Part 210 and 211,
as applicable, except where such non-compliance, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a
Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the Commission Documents, neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice of proceedings relating to the revocation
or modification of any such Governmental Licenses or relating to a potential violation of or
failure to comply with any FDA rules and regulations, guidelines or policies which, if the subject
of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, individually or in the aggregate, would have a
Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the Commission Documents, neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has received any correspondence, notice or request from the FDA, including,
without limitation, notice that any one or more products or product candidates of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries failed to receive approval from the FDA for use for any one or more
indications that, individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect. This
Section 5.17 does not relate to environmental matters, such items being the subject of Section
5.18.
(b) The Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries owns or possesses adequate patents, patent
applications, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets
and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or
procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress, logos, copyrights and other
intellectual property, including, without limitation, all of the intellectual property described in
the Commission Documents as being owned or licensed by the Company (collectively, Intellectual
Property), necessary to carry on the business now operated by it. Except as set forth in the
Commission Documents, there are no actions, suits or judicial proceedings pending, or to the
Companys Knowledge threatened, relating to patents or proprietary information to which the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is subject, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any
notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or
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conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any
facts or circumstances which could render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to
protect the interest of the Company and its Subsidiaries therein, and which infringement or
conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or
inadequacy, individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Certain clinical trials conducted by, or on behalf of, the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has participated that are
described in the Commission Documents, or the results of which are referred to in the Commission
Documents, if any, are the only clinical trials currently being conducted by or on behalf of the
Company and its Subsidiaries. All clinical trials conducted, supervised or monitored by, or on
behalf of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (whether or not described in the Commission
Documents) have been conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign
laws, and the regulations and requirements of any applicable governmental entity, including, but
not limited to, FDA good clinical practice and good laboratory practice requirements, except where
the failure to so comply, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse
Effect or except as otherwise disclosed in the Commission Documents. Except as set forth in the
Commission Documents, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written
notices or correspondence from the FDA or any other governmental agency requiring the termination
or suspension of any clinical trials conducted by, or on behalf of, the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has participated that are described
in the Commission Documents, if any, or the results of which are referred to in the Commission
Documents. All clinical trials previously conducted by, or on behalf of, the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries while conducted by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, were
conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, and the
regulations and requirements of any applicable governmental entity, including, but not limited to,
FDA good clinical practice and good laboratory practice requirements, except where the failure to
so comply, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect or except as
otherwise disclosed in the Commission Documents.
Section 5.18. Environmental Compliance. Except as disclosed in the Commission
Documents, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have obtained all material approvals,
authorization, certificates, consents, licenses, orders and permits or other similar authorizations
of all governmental authorities, or from any other person, that are required under any
Environmental Laws, except for any approvals, authorization, certificates, consents, licenses,
orders and permits or other similar authorizations the failure of which to obtain does not or would
not have a Material Adverse Effect. Environmental Laws shall mean all applicable laws relating
to the protection of the environment including, without limitation, all requirements pertaining to
reporting, licensing, permitting, controlling, investigating or remediating emissions, discharges,
releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, chemical substances, pollutants,
contaminants or toxic substances, materials or wastes, whether solid, liquid or gaseous in nature,
into the air, surface water, groundwater or land, or relating to the manufacture, processing,
distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of hazardous substances,
chemical substances, pollutants, contaminants or toxic substances, material or wastes, whether
solid, liquid or gaseous in nature. Except for such instances as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, to the Companys Knowledge,
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there are no past or present events, conditions, circumstances, incidents, actions or
omissions relating to or in any way affecting the Company or its Subsidiaries that violate or could
reasonably be expected to violate any Environmental Law after the Closing Date or that could
reasonably be expected to give rise to any environmental liability, or otherwise form the basis of
any claim, action, demand, suit, proceeding, hearing, study or investigation (i) under any
Environmental Law, or (ii) based on or related to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use,
treatment, storage (including without limitation underground storage tanks), disposal, transport or
handling, or the emission, discharge, release or threatened release of any hazardous substance.
Section 5.19. Material Agreements. Except as set forth in the Commission Documents,
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company is a party to any written or oral contract,
instrument, agreement commitment, obligation, plan or arrangement, a copy of which would be
required to be filed with the Commission as an exhibit to an annual report on Form 10-K
(collectively, Material Agreements). Except as set forth in the Commission Documents, the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries have performed in all material respects all the obligations
required to be performed by them under the Material Agreements, have received no notice of default
or an event of default by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries thereunder and are not aware of
any basis for the assertion thereof, and neither the Company or any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the
Knowledge of the Company, any other contracting party thereto are in default under any Material
Agreement now in effect, the result of which would have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set
forth in the Commission Documents, each of the Material Agreements is in full force and effect, and
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with its terms against
the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries and, to the Knowledge of the Company, each other
contracting party thereto, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation, conservatorship, receivership or similar laws
relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors rights and remedies or by other
equitable principles of general application.
Section 5.20. Transactions With Affiliates. Except as set forth in the Commission
Documents, there are no loans, leases, agreements, contracts, royalty agreements, management
contracts, service arrangements or other continuing transactions exceeding $120,000 between (a) the
Company or any Subsidiary, on the one hand, and (b) any person or entity who would be covered by
Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K, on the other hand. Except as disclosed in the Commission Documents,
there are no outstanding amounts payable to or receivable from, or advances by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries to, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is otherwise a creditor
of or debtor to, any beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or
any director, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than (i)
reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or (ii) as part of the normal and customary terms of such persons employment or service as a
director with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Section 5.21. Employees. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has
any collective bargaining arrangements or agreements covering any of its employees, except as set
forth in the Commission Documents. Except as disclosed in the Commission Documents, no officer,
consultant or key employee of the Company or any Subsidiary whose termination, either individually
or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
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Effect, has terminated or, to the Knowledge of the Company, has any present intention of
terminating his or her employment or engagement with the Company or any Subsidiary.
Section 5.22. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds from the sale of the Shares shall be used
by the Company and its Subsidiaries as set forth in the Prospectus and any Prospectus Supplement
filed pursuant to Section 2.3 of this Agreement and pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
Section 5.23. Investment Company Act Status. The Company is not, and as a result of
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the application
of the proceeds from the sale of the Shares as set forth in the Prospectus and any Prospectus
Supplement shall not be required to be registered as, an investment company or a company
controlled by an investment company, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.
Section 5.24. ERISA. No liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has
been incurred with respect to any Plan by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which has had or
would have a Material Adverse Effect. No prohibited transaction (as defined in Section 406 of
ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) or accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in Section 302
of ERISA) or any of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) of ERISA has occurred with respect to
any Plan which has had or would have a Material Adverse Effect, and the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Shares hereunder shall not result in any of the
foregoing events. Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with applicable law,
including ERISA and the Code; the Company has not incurred and does not expect to incur liability
under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of, or withdrawal from, any Plan; and each
Plan for which the Company would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section
401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by
action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualifications. As used in this
Section 5.24, the term Plan shall mean an employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section
3 of ERISA) which is or has been established or maintained, or to which contributions are or have
been made, by the Company or any Subsidiary or by any trade or business, whether or not
incorporated, which, together with the Company or any Subsidiary, is under common control, as
described in Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code.
Section 5.25. Taxes. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) has filed all
federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns or has duly requested extensions
thereof, except for those the failure of which to file would not have a Material Adverse Effect,
(ii) has paid all federal, state, local and foreign taxes due and payable for which it is liable,
except to the extent that any such taxes are being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings, except for such taxes the failure of which to pay would not have a Material Adverse
Effect, and (iii) does not have any tax deficiency or claims outstanding or assessed or, to the
Companys Knowledge, proposed against it which would have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no
unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction,
and the officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries know of no basis for any such claim. The
Company is not operated in such a manner as to qualify as a passive foreign
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investment company, as defined in Section 1297 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
Section 5.26. Insurance. The Company and its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of
recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management
of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and its
Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has been refused any
insurance coverage sought or applied for, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has any
reason to believe that it will be unable to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such
coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to
continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.27. U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation. Neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries is, or has ever been, and so long as any of the Shares are held by the Investor,
shall become a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the
Code.
Section 5.28. Exemption from Registration; Valid Issuances. Subject to, and in
reliance on, the representations, warranties and covenants made herein by the Investor, the offer
and sale of the Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement is exempt from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(2) and Rule 506 of
Regulation D; provided, however, that at the request of and with the express
agreement of the Investor, the Shares will be delivered to the Investor via book entry through DTC
and will not bear legends noting restrictions as to resale of such securities under federal or
state securities laws, nor will any such securities be subject to stop transfer instructions.
Neither the offer or sale of the Shares pursuant to, nor the Companys performance of its
obligations under, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party shall (i) result in the
creation or imposition of any liens, charges, claims or other encumbrances upon the Shares, or (ii)
entitle the holders of any outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company to preemptive or
other rights to subscribe to or acquire the shares of Common Stock or other securities of the
Company.
Section 5.29. No General Solicitation or Advertising. Neither the Company, nor any of
its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any
form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in
connection with the offer or sale of the Shares.
Section 5.30. No Integrated Offering. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of
their Affiliates, nor any Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any
offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances
that would require registration of the issuance of any of the Shares under the Securities Act,
whether through integration with prior offerings or otherwise, or cause this offering of the Shares
to require approval of shareholders of the Company under any applicable shareholder approval
provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.
None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, their Affiliates nor any Person acting on their behalf will
take any action or steps referred to in the preceding sentence that would require registration of
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the issuance of any of the Shares under the Securities Act or cause the offering of any of the
Shares to be integrated with other offerings.
Section 5.31. Dilutive Effect. The Company is aware and acknowledges that issuance of
the Shares could cause dilution to existing shareholders and could significantly increase the
outstanding number of shares of Common Stock.
Section 5.32. Manipulation of Price. Neither the Company nor any of its officers,
directors or Affiliates has, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no Person acting on their behalf
has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed or intended to cause or to result in
the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company, or which caused or
resulted in, or which would in the future reasonably be expected to cause or result in, the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company, in each case to
facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any
compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Shares, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any
person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company,
other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to Reedland on the Closing
Date in connection with the placement of the Shares pursuant to the Placement Agent Engagement
Letter. Except as customary and required in connection with an Acceptable Transaction, neither the
Company nor any of its officers, directors or Affiliates will during the term of this Agreement,
and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no Person acting on their behalf will during the term of this
Agreement, take any of the actions referred to in clauses (i) through (iii) of the immediately
preceding sentence, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to
Reedland in connection with the settlement of each Fixed Request pursuant to the Placement Agent
Engagement Letter.
Section 5.33. Securities Act. The Company has complied and shall comply with all
applicable federal and state securities laws in connection with the offer, issuance and sale of the
Shares hereunder, including, without limitation, the applicable requirements of the Securities Act.
The Registration Statement, upon filing with the Commission and at the time it is declared
effective by the Commission, shall satisfy all of the requirements of the Securities Act to
register the resale of the Registrable Securities by the Investor in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement on a delayed or continuous basis under Rule 415 under the Securities
Act at then-prevailing market prices, and not fixed prices. The Company is not, and has not
previously been at any time, an issuer identified in, or subject to, Rule 144(i).
Section 5.34. Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Companys Common Stock is
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no
action designed to, or which to its Knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the
registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act, nor has the Company received any
notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. Except as
disclosed in the Commission Documents, the Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the Closing
Date, received notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or
quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance
requirements of such Trading Market. As of the Closing Date, the Company is in compliance with all
such listing and maintenance requirements.
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Section 5.35. Application of Takeover Protections. The Company and its Board of
Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control
share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights
agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Companys Charter or the laws of its
state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Investor as a result of the
Investor and the Company fulfilling their respective obligations or exercising their respective
rights under the Transaction Documents (as applicable), including, without limitation, as a result
of the Companys issuance of the Shares and the Investors ownership of the Shares.
Section 5.36. Acknowledgement Regarding Investors Acquisition of Shares. The Company
acknowledges and agrees that the Investor is acting solely in the capacity of an arms length
purchaser with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. The Company further acknowledges that the Investor is not acting as a financial advisor
or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and any advice given by the Investor or any
of its representatives or agents in connection therewith is merely incidental to the Investors
acquisition of the Shares. The Company further represents to the Investor that the Companys
decision to enter into the Transaction Documents to which it is a party has been based solely on
the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated thereby by the Company and its
representatives. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Investor has not made and does not
make any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents other than those specifically set forth in Article IV of this Agreement.
ARTICLE VI
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
The Company covenants with the Investor, and the Investor covenants with the Company, as
follows, which covenants of one party are for the benefit of the other party, during the Investment
Period:
Section 6.1. Securities Compliance. The Company shall notify the Commission and the
Trading Market, if and as applicable, in accordance with their respective rules and regulations, of
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and shall take all necessary action,
undertake all proceedings and obtain all registrations, permits, consents and approvals for the
legal and valid issuance of the Shares to the Investor in accordance with the terms of the
Transaction Documents, as applicable.
Section 6.2. Reservation of Common Stock. The Company has available and the Company
shall reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive and other similar rights of
shareholders, the requisite aggregate number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to
enable the Company to timely effect the issuance, sale and delivery in full to the Investor of all
Shares to be issued and delivered in respect of all Fixed Requests under this Agreement, in any
case prior to the issuance to the Investor of such Shares. The number of shares of Common Stock so
reserved from time to time, as theretofore increased or reduced as hereinafter provided, may be
reduced by the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered pursuant to this Agreement.
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Section 6.3. Registration and Listing. The Company shall take all action necessary to
cause the Common Stock to continue to be registered as a class of securities under Sections 12(b)
or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, shall comply with its reporting and filing obligations under the
Exchange Act, and shall not take any action or file any document (whether or not permitted by the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act) to terminate or suspend such registration or to terminate or
suspend its reporting and filing obligations under the Exchange Act or Securities Act, except as
permitted herein. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to continue the listing and
trading of its Common Stock and the listing of the Shares purchased by the Investor hereunder on
the Trading Market, and shall comply with the Companys reporting, filing and other obligations
under the bylaws, listed securities maintenance standards and other rules and regulations of the
Trading Market. The Company shall not take any action which could be reasonably expected to result
in the delisting or suspension (other than any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to
by the Company, which suspension shall be terminated prior to any Fixed Request Exercise Date or
Settlement Date) of the Common Stock on the Trading Market.
Section 6.4. Compliance with Laws.
(i) The Company shall comply, and cause each Subsidiary to comply, (a) with all laws, rules,
regulations and orders applicable to the business and operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect and (b) with all applicable
provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Trading
Market.
(ii) The Investor shall comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders applicable to the
performance by it of its obligations under this Agreement and its investment in the Shares, except
as would not, individually or in the aggregate, prohibit or otherwise interfere with the ability of
the Investor to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement in any material
respect. Without limiting the foregoing, the Investor shall comply with all applicable provisions
of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
Section 6.5. Keeping of Records and Books of Account; Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
(i) The Company shall keep and cause each Subsidiary to keep adequate records and books of
account, in which complete entries shall be made in accordance with GAAP consistently applied,
reflecting all financial transactions of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and in which, for each
fiscal year, all proper reserves for depreciation, depletion, obsolescence, amortization, taxes,
bad debts and other purposes in connection with its business shall be made. The Company shall
maintain a system of internal accounting controls that (a) pertain to the maintenance of records
that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the
assets of the Company; (b) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary
to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance
with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and (c) provide reasonable
assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition
of the Companys assets that could have a material
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effect on the Companys financial statements (it being acknowledged and agreed that the
identification by the Company and/or its independent registered public accounting firm of any
significant deficiencies or material weaknesses (each as defined by the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board) in the Companys internal controls over its financial reporting shall
not, in and of itself, constitute a breach of this Section 6.5(i)).
(ii) Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor to the Knowledge of the Company,
any of their respective directors, officers, agents, employees or any other persons acting on their
behalf shall, in connection with the operation of the Companys and its Subsidiaries respective
businesses, (a) use any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, payments, gifts or
entertainment or to make any unlawful expenditures relating to political activity to government
officials, candidates or members of political parties or organizations, (b) pay, accept or receive
any unlawful contributions, payments, expenditures or gifts, or (c) violate or operate in
noncompliance with any export restrictions, anti-boycott regulations, embargo regulations or other
applicable domestic or foreign laws and regulations.
(iii) Subject to the requirements of Section 6.16 of this Agreement, from time to time from
and after the Closing Date, the Company shall make available for inspection and review by the
Investor during normal business hours and after reasonable notice, customary documentation
reasonably requested by the Investor and/or its appointed counsel or advisors to conduct due
diligence; provided, however, that after the Closing Date, the Investors continued
due diligence shall not be a condition to the issuance of any Fixed Request Notice or the
settlement of any Fixed Request.
Section 6.6. Limitations on Holdings and Issuances. The Company shall not be
obligated to issue and the Investor shall not be obligated to purchase any shares of Common Stock
which would cause the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then beneficially owned (as
calculated pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Rule 13d-3 promulgated thereunder) by
the Investor and its Affiliates to exceed the Ownership Limitation. Promptly following any request
by the Company, the Investor shall inform the Company of the number of shares of Common Stock then
beneficially owned by the Investor and its Affiliates. The parties hereto hereby acknowledge and
agree that the provisions of this Section 6.6 shall not be amended or waived under any
circumstances.
Section 6.7. Other Agreements and Alternate Transactions.
(i) The Company shall not enter into, announce or recommend to its shareholders any agreement,
plan, arrangement or transaction in or of which the terms thereof would restrict, materially delay,
conflict with or impair the ability or right of the Company to perform its obligations under the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party, including, without limitation, the obligation of the
Company to deliver the Shares to the Investor in respect of a Fixed Request on the applicable
Settlement Date. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 6.7(i) shall in any way limit
the Companys right to terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.1 (subject in all
cases to Section 8.3).
(ii) If the Company enters into any agreement, plan, arrangement or transaction with a third
party, the principal purpose of which is to implement, effect or
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consummate, at any time during the period beginning on the first Trading Day of any Pricing
Period and ending on the second Trading Day next following the applicable Settlement Date (the
Reference Period), an Alternate Transaction that does not constitute an Acceptable Transaction,
the Company shall provide prompt notice thereof (an Alternate Transaction Notice) to the
Investor; provided, however, that such Alternate Transaction Notice must be
received by the Investor not later than the earlier of (a) 48 hours after the Companys
execution of any agreement, plan, arrangement or transaction relating to such Alternate Transaction
and (b) the second Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable Settlement Date with respect to
the applicable Fixed Request Notice; provided, further, that the Company shall
notify the Investor within 24 hours (an Aggregation Notice) if it enters into any agreement,
plan, arrangement or transaction with a third party, the principal purpose of which is to
implement, effect or consummate at any time during the Investment Period an Alternate Transaction
that the Company reasonably believes, upon advice of legal counsel, may be aggregated with the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents for purposes of determining whether approval
of the Companys shareholders is required under any bylaw, listed securities maintenance standards
or other rules of the Trading Market. If required under applicable law, including, without
limitation, Regulation FD promulgated by the Commission, or under the applicable rules and
regulations of the Trading Market, the Company shall simultaneously publicly disclose the
information included in any Alternate Transaction Notice or any Aggregation Notice, as applicable,
in accordance with Regulation FD and the applicable rules and regulations of the Trading Market.
For purposes of this Section 6.7(ii), any press release issued by, or Commission Document filed by,
the Company shall constitute sufficient notice, provided that it is issued or filed, as the case
may be, within the time requirements set forth in the first sentence (including the provisos
thereto) of this Section 6.7(ii) for an Alternate Transaction Notice or an Aggregation Notice, as
applicable. With respect to any Reference Period for which the Company is required to provide an
Alternate Transaction Notice pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 6.7(ii), the Investor
shall purchase the Shares subject to the applicable Fixed Request at the lower of (x) the
price therefor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or (y) the third partys per share
purchase price (or exercise or conversion price, as the case may be) in connection with the
Alternate Transaction, net of such third partys discounts, Warrant Value and fees.
(iii) For all purposes of this Agreement, an Alternate Transaction shall mean (w) the
issuance of Common Stock for a purchase price less than, or the issuance of securities convertible
into or exchangeable for Common Stock at an exercise or conversion price (as the case may be) less
than, the then Current Market Price of the Common Stock (including, without limitation, pursuant to
any equity line or other financing that is substantially similar to the financing provided for
under this Agreement, or pursuant to any other transaction in which the purchase, conversion or
exchange price for such Common Stock is determined using a floating discount or other post-issuance
adjustable discount to the then Current Market Price (any such transaction, a Similar
Financing)), in each case, after all fees, discounts, Warrant Value and commissions associated
with the transaction (a Below Market Offering); (x) an at-the-market offering of Common Stock
or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock pursuant to Rule 415(a)(4) under
the Securities Act (an ATM); (y) the implementation by the Company of any mechanism in respect of
any securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock for the reset of the purchase
price of the Common Stock to below the then Current Market Price of the Common Stock (including,
without limitation, any antidilution or
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similar adjustment provisions in respect of any Company securities, but specifically excluding
customary antidilution adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations,
recapitalizations, reclassifications and similar events) (a Price Reset Provision); or (z) the
issuance of options, warrants or similar rights of subscription or the issuance of convertible
equity or debt securities, in each case not constituting an Acceptable Transaction. For all
purposes of this Agreement, an Acceptable Transaction shall mean the issuance by the Company of:
(1) debt securities or any class or series of preferred stock of the Company, in each case that are
not convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for Common Stock; (2) shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for Common Stock other than in connection with a Below Market Offering or an ATM, and
the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof; (3)
shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock in
connection with an underwritten public offering of equity securities of the Company or a registered
direct public offering of equity securities of the Company, in each case where the price per share
of such Common Stock (or the conversion or exercise price of such securities, as applicable) is
fixed concurrently with the execution of definitive documentation relating to such offering, and
the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof; (4)
shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock in
connection with awards under the Companys benefit and equity plans and arrangements or shareholder
rights plan (as applicable), and the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion,
exercise or exchange thereof; (5) shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion, exercise or
exchange of equity awards or convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of the Closing
Date; (6) shares of Common Stock in connection with stock splits, stock dividends, stock
combinations, recapitalizations, reclassifications and similar events; (7) shares of Common Stock
or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock issued in connection
with the acquisition, license or sale of one or more other companies, equipment, technologies,
other assets or lines of business, and the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion,
exercise or exchange thereof; (8) shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or similar rights to subscribe for the purchase of
shares of Common Stock in connection with technology sharing, collaboration, partnering, licensing,
research and joint development agreements (or amendments thereto) with third parties, and the
issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof (including,
for the avoidance of doubt, any such securities issued to Patobios Limited); (9) shares of Common
Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock to employees, consultants
and/or advisors as consideration for services rendered or to be rendered, and the issuance of
shares of Common Stock upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof; and (10) shares of Common
Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock issued in connection with
capital or equipment financings and/or real property lease arrangements, and the issuance of shares
of Common Stock upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof.
Section 6.8. Corporate Existence. The Company shall take all steps necessary to
preserve and continue the corporate existence of the Company; provided, however,
that, except as provided in Section 6.9, nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit the
Company from engaging in any Fundamental Transaction with another Person. For the avoidance of
doubt,
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nothing in this Section 6.8 shall in any way limit the Companys right to terminate this
Agreement in accordance with Section 8.1 (subject in all cases to Section 8.3).
Section 6.9. Fundamental Transaction. If a Fixed Request Notice has been delivered to
the Investor and the transactions contemplated therein have not yet been fully settled in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company shall not effect any
Fundamental Transaction until the expiration of five Trading Days following the Settlement Date
with respect to such Fixed Request Notice.
Section 6.10. Delivery of Registration Statement and Prospectus; Subsequent Changes.
In accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall deliver or make available
to the Investor and its counsel, without charge, an electronic copy of the Registration Statement,
the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus that
are filed with the Commission during any period in which a Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the
notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required by the Securities Act to be
delivered in connection with resales of the Registrable Securities, in each case as soon as
reasonably practicable after the filing thereof with the Commission. The Company shall provide the
Investor a reasonable opportunity to comment on a draft of each such document and shall give due
consideration to all such comments. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus (and of any
Prospectus Supplement thereto) in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act and with the
securities or Blue Sky laws of the jurisdictions in which the Registrable Securities may be sold
by the Investor, in connection with the resale of the Registrable Securities and for such period of
time thereafter as the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under
the Securities Act) is required by the Securities Act to be delivered in connection with resales of
the Registrable Securities. If during such period of time any event shall occur that in the
reasonable judgment of the Company and its counsel is required to be set forth in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement or should be set forth therein in order to
make the statements made therein (in the case of the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, or if it is necessary to
amend the Registration Statement or supplement or amend the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement
to comply with the Securities Act or any other applicable law or regulation, the Company shall
forthwith (i) notify the Investor to suspend the resale of Registrable Securities during such
period and (ii) prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate amendment to the Registration
Statement or Prospectus Supplement to the Prospectus, and shall expeditiously furnish or make
available to the Investor an electronic copy thereof, so as to correct such statement or omission
or effect such compliance.
Section 6.11. Amendments to the Registration Statement; Prospectus Supplements.
Except as provided in this Agreement and other than periodic reports required to be filed pursuant
to the Exchange Act, the Company shall not file with the Commission any amendment to the
Registration Statement that relates to the Investor, the Transaction Documents or the transactions
contemplated thereby or file with the Commission any Prospectus Supplement that relates to the
Investor, the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby with respect to which
(a) the Investor shall not previously have been advised, (b) the Company shall not have given due
consideration to any comments thereon received from the Investor or its counsel, or (c) the
Investor shall reasonably object after being so advised, unless it is necessary
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to amend the Registration Statement or make any supplement to the Prospectus to comply with
the Securities Act or any other applicable law or regulation, in which case the Company shall
promptly so inform the Investor, the Investor shall be provided with a reasonable opportunity to
review and comment upon any disclosure relating to the Investor and the Company shall expeditiously
furnish to the Investor an electronic copy thereof. In addition, for so long as, in the reasonable
opinion of counsel for the Investor, the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in
Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required to be delivered in connection with any sales of
Registrable Securities by the Investor, the Company shall not file any Prospectus Supplement
without delivering or making available a copy of such Prospectus Supplement to the Investor
promptly.
Section 6.12. Stop Orders. The Company shall notify the Investor as soon as possible
(but in no event later than 24 hours), and confirm in writing, upon its becoming aware of the
occurrence of any of the following events in respect of the Registration Statement or related
Prospectus or Prospectus Supplement relating to an offering of Registrable Securities: (i) receipt
of any request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority for any
additional information relating to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Prospectus
Supplement, or for any amendment of or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or
any Prospectus Supplement; (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 prohibiting or suspending the use of the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement, or of the
suspension of qualification or exemption from qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in
any jurisdiction, or the initiation or contemplated initiation of any proceeding for such purpose;
and (iii) any event or the existence of any condition or state of facts, which makes any statement
of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement
untrue or which requires the making of any additions to or changes to the statements then made in
the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement in order to state a
material fact required by the Securities Act to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements then made therein (in the case of the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement, in light
of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, or which requires an amendment to
the Registration Statement or a supplement to the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement to comply
with the Securities Act or any other law (other than the transactions contemplated by any Fixed
Request Notice and the settlement thereof). The Company shall not be required to disclose to the
Investor the substance or specific reasons of any of the events set forth in clauses (i) through
(iii) of the immediately preceding sentence, but rather, shall only be required to disclose that
the event has occurred. The Company shall not issue any Fixed Request during the continuation of
any of the foregoing events. If at any time the Commission or any other federal or state
governmental authority shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or prohibiting or suspending the use of the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement, the
Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the
earliest possible time.
Section 6.13. Selling Restrictions.
(i) Except as expressly set forth below, the Investor covenants that from and after the
Closing Date through and including the Trading Day next following the expiration or
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termination of this Agreement (the Restricted Period), neither the Investor nor any of its
Affiliates nor any entity managed or controlled by the Investor (collectively, the Restricted
Persons and each of the foregoing is referred to herein as a Restricted Person) shall, directly
or indirectly, (x) engage in any Short Sales involving the Companys securities or (y) grant any
option to purchase, or acquire any right to dispose of or otherwise dispose for value of, any
shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any
shares of Common Stock, or enter into any swap, hedge or other similar agreement that transfers, in
whole or in part, the economic risk of ownership of the Common Stock. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, it is expressly understood and agreed that nothing contained herein shall (without
implication that the contrary would otherwise be true) prohibit any Restricted Person during the
Restricted Period from: (1) selling the Shares long (as defined under Rule 200 promulgated under
Regulation SHO); or (2) selling a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Shares
that such Restricted Person is or may be obligated to purchase under a pending Fixed Request Notice
but has not yet taken possession of so long as such Restricted Person (or the Broker-Dealer, as
applicable) delivers the Shares purchased pursuant to such Fixed Request Notice to the purchaser
thereof or the applicable Broker-Dealer; provided, however, such Restricted Person
(or the applicable Broker-Dealer, as applicable) shall not be required to so deliver any such
Shares subject to such Fixed Request Notice if the Company fails for any reason to deliver such
Shares to the Investor on the applicable Settlement Date upon the terms and subject to the
provisions of this Agreement.
(ii) In addition to the foregoing, in connection with any sale of Shares (including any sale
permitted by paragraph (i) above), the Investor shall comply in all respects with all applicable
laws, rules, regulations and orders, including, without limitation, the requirements of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
Section 6.14. Effective Registration Statement. During the Investment Period, the
Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the continuous effectiveness of
the Registration Statement under the Securities Act.
Section 6.15. Blue Sky. The Company shall take such action, if any, as is necessary
in order to obtain an exemption for or to qualify the Shares for sale to the Investor pursuant to
the Transaction Documents, at the request of the Investor, and the subsequent resale of Registrable
Securities by the Investor, in each case, under applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws and
shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the Investor from time to time following the
Closing Date; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in
connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (x) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction
where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 6.15, (y) subject itself
to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (z) file a general consent to service of process
in any such jurisdiction.
Section 6.16. Non-Public Information. Neither the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents shall disclose any material
non-public information about the Company to the Investor, unless a simultaneous public announcement
thereof is made by the Company in the manner contemplated by Regulation FD. In the event of a
breach of the foregoing covenant by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their
respective directors, officers, employees and agents (as determined
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in the reasonable good faith judgment of the Investor), in addition to any other remedy
provided herein or in the other Transaction Documents, the Investor shall have the right to make a
public disclosure, in the form of a press release, public advertisement or otherwise, of such
material, non-public information without the prior approval by the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries, or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents; provided
that the Company shall have failed to publicly disclose such material, non-public information prior
to the earlier of (i) two hours following demand therefor by the Investor and (ii) 3:00 p.m. (New
York City time) on the Trading Day on which such information is disclosed to the Investor. The
Investor shall not have any liability to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their
respective directors, officers, employees, shareholders or agents, for any such disclosure.
Section 6.17. Broker/Dealer. The Investor shall use one or more broker-dealers to
effectuate all sales, if any, of Shares that it may purchase or otherwise acquire from the Company
pursuant to the Transaction Documents, as applicable, which (or whom) shall be unaffiliated with
the Investor and Reedland and not then currently engaged or used by the Company (collectively, the
Broker-Dealer). The Investor shall, from time to time, provide the Company with all information
regarding the Broker-Dealer reasonably requested by the Company. The Investor shall be solely
responsible for all fees and commissions of the Broker-Dealer, which shall not exceed customary
brokerage fees and commissions.
Section 6.18. Disclosure Schedule.
(i) The Company may, from time to time, update the Disclosure Schedule as may be required to
satisfy the condition set forth in Section 7.2(i). For purposes of this Section 6.18, any
disclosure made in a schedule to the Compliance Certificate substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit D shall be deemed to be an update of the Disclosure Schedule.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no update to the Disclosure Schedule
pursuant to this Section 6.18 shall cure any breach of a representation or warranty of the Company
contained in this Agreement and shall not affect any of the Investors rights or remedies with
respect thereto.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Disclosure Schedule or in this
Agreement, the information and disclosure contained in any Schedule of the Disclosure Schedule
shall be deemed to be disclosed and incorporated by reference in any other Schedule of the
Disclosure Schedule as though fully set forth in such Schedule for which applicability of such
information and disclosure is readily apparent on its face. The fact that any item of information
is disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule shall not be construed to mean that such information is
required to be disclosed by this Agreement. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, such
information and the thresholds (whether based on quantity, qualitative characterization, dollar
amounts or otherwise) set forth herein shall not be used as a basis for interpreting the terms
material or Material Adverse Effect or other similar terms in this Agreement.
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ARTICLE VII
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING AND CONDITIONS TO THE SALE AND
PURCHASE OF THE SHARES
Section 7.1. Conditions Precedent to Closing. The Closing is subject to the
satisfaction of each of the conditions set forth in this Section 7.1.
(i) Accuracy of the Investors Representations and Warranties. The representations
and warranties of the Investor contained in this Agreement (a) that are not qualified by
materiality shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date, except to
the extent such representations and warranties are as of another date, in which case, such
representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such other
date and (b) that are qualified by materiality shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date,
except to the extent such representations and warranties are as of another date, in which case,
such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such other date.
(ii) Accuracy of the Companys Representations and Warranties. The representations
and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement (a) that are not qualified by
materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all material respects as of
the Closing Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties are as of another date,
in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material
respects as of such other date and (b) that are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse
Effect shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date, except to the extent such representations
and warranties are as of another date, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be
true and correct as of such other date.
(iii) Payment of Structuring Fee and Document Preparation Fee. On or prior to the
Closing Date, the Company shall have paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds (a) to an
account designated by the Investor, the Structuring Fee in accordance with Section 10.1 hereof and
(b) to an account designated by the Investors counsel, the Document Preparation Fee in accordance
with Section 10.1 hereof, in each case all of which fees shall be non-refundable regardless of
whether any Fixed Requests are issued by the Company or settled hereunder.
(iv) Closing Deliverables. At the Closing, counterpart signature pages of this
Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement executed by each of the parties hereto shall be
delivered as provided in Section 2.2. Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, the Investors counsel shall have received (a) an
opinion of outside counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date, in the form mutually agreed to
by the parties hereto, (b) a certificate from the Company, dated the Closing Date, in the form of
Exhibit C hereto, and (c) a copy of the Placement Agent Engagement Letter executed by each
of the parties thereto.
Section 7.2. Conditions Precedent to a Fixed Request. The right of the Company to
deliver a Fixed Request Notice and the obligation of the Investor to accept a Fixed Request Notice
and to acquire and pay for the Shares in accordance therewith is subject to the
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satisfaction, at each Fixed Request Exercise Date and at each Settlement Date (except as
otherwise expressly set forth below), of each of the conditions set forth in this Section 7.2.
(i) Accuracy of the Companys Representations and Warranties. The representations and
warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement (a) that are not qualified by materiality
or Material Adverse Effect shall have been true and correct in all material respects when made
and shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the applicable Fixed Request Exercise
Date and the applicable Settlement Date with the same force and effect as if made on such dates,
except to the extent such representations and warranties are as of another date, in which case,
such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such
other date and (b) that are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall have been
true and correct when made and shall be true and correct as of the applicable Fixed Request
Exercise Date and the applicable Settlement Date with the same force and effect as if made on such
dates, except to the extent such representations and warranties are as of another date, in which
case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such other date.
(ii) Performance of the Company. The Company shall have performed, satisfied and
complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this
Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the
Company at or prior to the applicable Fixed Request Exercise Date and the applicable Settlement
Date. The Company shall have delivered to the Investor on the applicable Settlement Date the
Compliance Certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.
(iii) Registration Statement Effective. The Registration Statement covering the resale
by the Investor of the Registrable Securities shall have been declared effective under the
Securities Act by the Commission and shall remain effective, and the Investor shall be permitted to
utilize the Prospectus therein to resell (a) all of the Shares issued pursuant to all prior Fixed
Request Notices and (b) all of the Shares issuable pursuant to the applicable Fixed Request Notice.
(iv) No Material Notices. None of the following events shall have occurred and be
continuing: (a) receipt of any request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental
authority for any additional information relating to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or
any Prospectus Supplement, or for any amendment of or supplement to the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, or any Prospectus Supplement; (b) 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 prohibiting or suspending the use of the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement, or
of the suspension of qualification or exemption from qualification of the Shares for offering or
sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or contemplated initiation of any proceeding for such
purpose; or (c) the occurrence of any event or the existence of any condition or state of facts,
which makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or
any Prospectus Supplement untrue or which requires the making of any additions to or changes to the
statements then made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement in
order to state a material fact required by the Securities Act to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the
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statements then made therein (in the case of the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, or which requires an
amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the Prospectus or any Prospectus
Supplement to comply with the Securities Act or any other law (other than the transactions
contemplated by the applicable Fixed Request Notice and the settlement thereof). The Company shall
have no Knowledge of any event that could reasonably be expected to have the effect of causing the
suspension of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the prohibition or suspension of
the use of the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement in connection with the resale of the
Registrable Securities by the Investor.
(v) Other Commission Filings. The Current Report and the Form D shall have been filed
with the Commission as required pursuant to Section 2.3, and the final Prospectus and all other
Prospectus Supplements required to have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 2.3 and
pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement shall have been filed with the Commission in
accordance with Section 2.3 and the Registration Rights Agreement. All reports, schedules,
registrations, forms, statements, information and other documents required to have been filed by
the Company with the Commission pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act,
including all material required to have been filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, shall have been filed with the Commission and, if any Registrable Securities are
covered by a Registration Statement on Form S-3, such filings shall have been made within the
applicable time period prescribed for such filing under the Exchange Act.
(vi) No Suspension of Trading in or Delisting of Common Stock. Trading in the Common
Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission, the Trading Market or the FINRA (except for
any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the Company, which suspension shall be
terminated prior to the applicable Fixed Request Exercise Date and the applicable Settlement Date),
the Company shall not have received any final and non-appealable notice that the listing or
quotation of the Common Stock on the Trading Market shall be terminated on a date certain, and, at
any time prior to the applicable Fixed Request Exercise Date and applicable Settlement Date,
trading in securities generally as reported on the Trading Market shall not have been suspended or
limited, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the U.S. or New York State
authorities, nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or
other national or international calamity or crisis of such magnitude in its effect on, or any
material adverse change in, any financial, credit or securities market.
(vii) Compliance with Laws. The Company shall have complied with all applicable
federal, state and local governmental laws, rules, regulations and ordinances in connection with
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to
which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
including, without limitation, the Company shall have obtained all permits and qualifications
required by any applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws for the offer and sale of the Shares
by the Company to the Investor and the subsequent resale of the Registrable Securities by the
Investor (or shall have the availability of exemptions therefrom).
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(viii) No Injunction. No statute, regulation, order, decree, writ, ruling or
injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated, threatened or endorsed by any court or
governmental authority of competent jurisdiction which prohibits the consummation of or which would
materially modify or delay any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(ix) No Proceedings or Litigation. No action, suit or proceeding before any
arbitrator or any court or governmental authority shall have been commenced or threatened, and no
inquiry or investigation by any governmental authority shall have been commenced or threatened,
against the Company or any Subsidiary, or any of the officers, directors or affiliates of the
Company or any Subsidiary, seeking to restrain, prevent or change the transactions contemplated by
the Transaction Documents, or seeking damages in connection with such transactions.
(x) Aggregate Limit. The issuance and sale of the Shares issuable pursuant to such
Fixed Request Notice shall not violate Sections 3.2, 3.10 and 6.6 hereof.
(xi) Shares Authorized and Delivered. The Shares issuable pursuant to such Fixed
Request Notice shall have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company.
The Company shall have delivered all Shares relating to all prior Fixed Request Notices, as
applicable.
(xii) Listing of Shares. The Company shall have submitted to the Trading Market, at
or prior to the applicable Fixed Request Exercise Date, a notification form of listing of
additional shares related to the Shares issuable pursuant to such Fixed Request, in accordance with
the bylaws, listed securities maintenance standards and other rules of the Trading Market and,
prior to the applicable Settlement Date, such Shares shall have been approved for listing or
quotation on the Trading Market, subject only to notice of issuance.
(xiii) No Material Adverse Effect. No condition, occurrence, state of facts or event
constituting a Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred and be continuing.
(xiv) Opinion of Counsel; Bring-Down. Prior to the first Fixed Request Exercise Date,
the Investor shall have received an opinion from outside counsel to the Company, in the form
mutually agreed to by the parties hereto. On each Settlement Date, the Investor shall have received
an opinion bring down from outside counsel to the Company, dated the applicable Settlement Date,
in the form mutually agreed to by the parties hereto.
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION
Section 8.1. Termination. Unless earlier terminated as provided hereunder, this
Agreement shall terminate automatically on the earlier to occur of (i) the first day of the month
next following the 24-month anniversary of the Effective Date (it being hereby acknowledged and
agreed that such term may not be extended by the parties hereto) and (ii) the date on which the
Investor shall have purchased the Aggregate Limit. Subject to Section 8.3, the Company may
terminate this Agreement effective upon one Trading Days prior written notice to the Investor in
accordance with Section 10.4; provided, however, that (A) the Company shall have
paid all fees
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and amounts owed to the Investor or its counsel, as applicable, pursuant to Section 10.1 of
this Agreement prior to such termination, and (B) prior to issuing any press release, or making
any public statement or announcement, with respect to such termination, the Company shall consult
with the Investor and shall obtain the Investors consent to the form and substance of such press
release or other disclosure, which consent shall not be unreasonably delayed or withheld. Subject
to Section 8.3, this Agreement may be terminated at any time by the mutual written consent of the
parties, effective as of the date of such mutual written consent unless otherwise provided in such
written consent.
Section 8.2. Other Termination. Subject to Section 8.3, the Investor shall have the
right to terminate this Agreement effective upon one Trading Days prior written notice to the
Company in accordance with Section 10.4, if: (i) any condition, occurrence, state of facts or event
constituting a Material Adverse Effect has occurred and is continuing; (ii) the Company shall have
provided the Investor an Aggregation Notice pursuant to Section 6.7(ii), or the Company shall have
entered into any agreement, plan, arrangement or transaction with a third party, the principal
purpose of which is to implement, effect or consummate at any time during the Investment Period a
Similar Financing, an ATM or a Price Reset Provision; (iii) a Fundamental Transaction shall have
occurred; (iv) the Registration Statement is not filed by the Filing Deadline (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement) or declared effective by the Effectiveness Deadline (as defined in
the Registration Rights Agreement), or the Company is otherwise in breach or default in any
material respect under any of the other provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, and, if
such failure, breach or default is capable of being cured, such failure, breach or default is not
cured within 10 Trading Days after notice of such failure, breach or default is delivered to the
Company pursuant to Section 10.4; (v) while the Registration Statement is required to be maintained
effective pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement and the Investor holds any
Registrable Securities, the effectiveness of the Registration Statement lapses for any reason
(including, without limitation, the issuance of a stop order) or the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement is otherwise unavailable to the Investor for the resale of
all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights
Agreement, and such lapse or unavailability continues for a period of 20 consecutive Trading Days
or for more than an aggregate of 60 Trading Days in any 365-day period, other than due to acts of
the Investor (unless all of such Registrable Securities may be resold by the Investor without
registration and without any time, volume or manner of sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144); (vi)
trading in the Common Stock on the Trading Market shall have been suspended or the Common Stock
shall have failed to be listed or quoted on the Trading Market, and such suspension or failure
continues for a period of 20 consecutive Trading Days or for more than an aggregate of 60 Trading
Days in any 365-day period; (vii) the Company has filed for and/or is subject to any bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings for relief under any
bankruptcy law or any law for the relief of debtors instituted by or against the Company or (viii)
the Company is in material breach or default of this Agreement, and, if such breach or default is
capable of being cured, such breach or default is not cured within 10 Trading Days after notice of
such breach or default is delivered to the Company pursuant to Section 10.4. Unless notification
thereof is required elsewhere in this Agreement (in which case such notification shall be provided
in accordance with such other provision), the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than 24
hours) notify the Investor (and, if required under applicable law, including, without limitation,
Regulation FD promulgated by the Commission, or
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under the applicable rules and regulations of the Trading Market, the Company shall publicly
disclose such information in accordance with Regulation FD and the applicable rules and regulations
of the Trading Market) upon becoming aware of any of the events set forth in the immediately
preceding sentence.
Section 8.3. Effect of Termination. In the event of termination by the Company or the
Investor pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2, as applicable, written notice thereof shall forthwith be
given to the other party as provided in Section 10.4 and the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall be terminated without further action by either party. If this Agreement is
terminated as provided in Section 8.1 or 8.2 herein, this Agreement shall become void and of no
further force and effect, except that (i) the provisions of Article V (Representations and
Warranties of the Company), Article IX (Indemnification), Article X (Miscellaneous) and this
Article VIII (Termination) shall remain in full force and effect indefinitely notwithstanding such
termination, and, (ii) so long as the Investor owns any Shares, the covenants and agreements of the
Company contained in Article VI (Additional Covenants) shall remain in full force and
notwithstanding such termination for a period of six months following such termination.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no termination of this Agreement by any
party shall (i) become effective prior to the first Trading Day immediately following the
Settlement Date related to any pending Fixed Request Notice that has not been fully settled in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement (it being hereby acknowledged and agreed
that no termination of this Agreement shall limit, alter, modify, change or otherwise affect any of
the Companys or the Investors rights or obligations under the Transaction Documents with respect
to any pending Fixed Request, and that the parties shall fully perform their respective obligations
with respect to any such pending Fixed Request under the Transaction Documents, provided all of the
conditions to the settlement thereof set forth in Article VII are timely satisfied), (ii) limit,
alter, modify, change or otherwise affect the Companys or the Investors rights or obligations
under the Registration Rights Agreement, all of which shall survive any such termination, or (iii)
affect any cash fees paid to the Investor or its counsel pursuant to Section 10.1 (including,
without limitation, the Structuring Fee and the Document Preparation Fee), in each case all of
which fees shall be non-refundable regardless of whether any Fixed Requests are issued by the
Company or settled hereunder. Nothing in this Section 8.3 shall be deemed to release the Company or
the Investor from any liability for any breach or default under this Agreement or any of the other
Transaction Documents to which it is a party, or to impair the rights of the Company and the
Investor to compel specific performance by the other party of its obligations under the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party.
ARTICLE IX
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 9.1. Indemnification of Investor. In consideration of the Investors execution
and delivery of this Agreement and acquiring the Shares hereunder and in addition to all of the
Companys other obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, subject to the
provisions of this Section 9.1, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Investor, each of
its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives, agents and
advisors (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles
notwithstanding the lack of such title or any other title), each Person, if any, who controls the
Investor (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section
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20(a) of the Exchange Act), and the respective directors, officers, shareholders, members,
partners, employees, representatives, agents and advisors (and any other Persons with a
functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding the lack of such title
or any other title) of such controlling Persons (each, an Investor Party), from and against all
losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, damages, costs and expenses (including all judgments,
amounts paid in settlement, court costs, reasonable attorneys fees and costs of defense and
investigation) (collectively, Damages) that any Investor Party may suffer or incur as a result of
or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements
made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party
or (b) any action, suit, claim or proceeding (including for these purposes a derivative action
brought on behalf of the Company) instituted against such Investor Party arising out of or
resulting from the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of the Transaction Documents,
other than claims for indemnification within the scope of Section 6 of the Registration Rights
Agreement; provided, however, that (x) the foregoing indemnity shall not apply to
any Damages to the extent, but only to the extent, that such Damages resulted directly and
primarily from a breach of any of the Investors representations, warranties, covenants or
agreements contained in this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement, and (y) the Company
shall not be liable under subsection (b) of this Section 9.1 to the extent, but only to the extent,
that a court of competent jurisdiction shall have determined by a final judgment (from which no
further appeals are available) that such Damages resulted directly and primarily from any acts or
failures to act, undertaken or omitted to be taken by such Investor Party through its fraud, bad
faith, gross negligence, or willful or reckless misconduct.
The Company shall reimburse any Investor Party promptly upon demand (with accompanying
presentation of documentary evidence) for all legal and other costs and expenses reasonably
incurred by such Investor Party in connection with (i) any action, suit, claim or proceeding,
whether at law or in equity, to enforce compliance by the Company with any provision of the
Transaction Documents or (ii) any other any action, suit, claim or proceeding, whether at law or in
equity, with respect to which it is entitled to indemnification under this Section 9.1;
provided that the Investor shall promptly reimburse the Company for all such legal and
other costs and expenses to the extent a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any
Investor Party was not entitled to such reimbursement.
An Investor Partys right to indemnification or other remedies based upon the representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements of the Company set forth in the Transaction Documents shall
not in any way be affected by any investigation or knowledge of such Investor Party. Such
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements shall not be affected or deemed waived by
reason of the fact that an Investor Party knew or should have known that any representation or
warranty might be inaccurate or that the Company failed to comply with any agreement or covenant.
Any investigation by such Investor Party shall be for its own protection only and shall not affect
or impair any right or remedy hereunder.
To the extent that the foregoing undertakings by the Company set forth in this Section 9.1 may
be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and
satisfaction of each of the Damages which is permissible under applicable law.
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Section 9.2. Indemnification Procedures. Promptly after an Investor Party receives
notice of a claim or the commencement of an action for which the Investor Party intends to seek
indemnification under Section 9.1, the Investor Party will notify the Company in writing of the
claim or commencement of the action, suit or proceeding; provided, however, that
failure to notify the Company will not relieve the Company from liability under Section 9.1, except
to the extent it has been materially prejudiced by the failure to give notice. The Company will be
entitled to participate in the defense of any claim, action, suit or proceeding as to which
indemnification is being sought, and if the Company acknowledges in writing the obligation to
indemnify the Investor Party against whom the claim or action is brought, the Company may (but will
not be required to) assume the defense against the claim, action, suit or proceeding with counsel
satisfactory to it. After the Company notifies the Investor Party that the Company wishes to
assume the defense of a claim, action, suit or proceeding, the Company will not be liable for any
further legal or other expenses incurred by the Investor Party in connection with the defense
against the claim, action, suit or proceeding except that if, in the opinion of counsel to the
Investor Party, it would be inappropriate under the applicable rules of professional responsibility
for the same counsel to represent both the Company and such Investor Party. In such event, the
Company will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one separate counsel for all such
Investor Parties promptly as such fees and expenses are incurred. Each Investor Party, as a
condition to receiving indemnification as provided in Section 9.1, will cooperate in all reasonable
respects with the Company in the defense of any action or claim as to which indemnification is
sought. The Company will not be liable for any settlement of any action effected without its prior
written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. The
Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Investor Party, effect any settlement of
a pending or threatened action with respect to which an Investor Party is, or is informed that it
may be, made a party and for which it would be entitled to indemnification, unless the settlement
includes an unconditional release of the Investor Party from all liability and claims which are the
subject matter of the pending or threatened action.
The remedies provided for in this Article IX are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights
or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Investor Party at law or in equity.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.1. Fees and Expenses. Each party shall bear its own fees and expenses
related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, that
the Company (A) shall have paid on or prior to the Closing Date by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to an account designated by the Investors counsel, a non-accountable and
non-refundable document preparation fee of up to $35,000, exclusive of disbursements and
out-of-pocket expenses (the Document Preparation Fee), in connection with the preparation,
negotiation, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and legal due diligence of the
Company, and (B) shall pay by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated
by the Investor, a non-accountable and non-refundable structuring expense fee of $100,000 (the
Structuring Fee), which shall be paid concurrently with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement on the Closing Date, in consideration for the Investors preparation and negotiation of
the Transaction Documents and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Registration
Rights Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Document Preparation
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Fee and the Structuring Fee shall be non-refundable, regardless of whether any Fixed Requests
are issued by the Company or settled hereunder, and the parties agree that, unless otherwise agreed
by the Company, no additional legal fees that are substantially similar to such fees or are related
to the Investors due diligence investigation of the Company shall be payable by the Company to the
Investor in connection with any sale of shares of Common Stock by the Company to the Investor. In
addition, the Company shall pay all U.S. federal, state and local stamp and other similar transfer
and other taxes and duties levied in connection with issuance of the Shares pursuant hereto.
Section 10.2. Specific Enforcement, Consent to Jurisdiction, Waiver of Jury Trial.
(i) The Company and the Investor acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in
the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their
specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that either party shall be
entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent or cure breaches of the provisions of this
Agreement by the other party and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof (without
the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required), this
being in addition to any other remedy to which either party may be entitled by law or equity.
(ii) Each of the Company and the Investor (a) hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction
of the U.S. District Court and other courts of the United States sitting in the State of New York
for the purposes of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement,
and (b) hereby waives, and agrees not to assert in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim
that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such court, that the suit, action or
proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding
is improper. Each of the Company and the Investor consents to process being served in any such
suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof 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 in this Section 10.2 shall affect or
limit any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
(iii) EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE INVESTOR HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR DISPUTES RELATING HERETO. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE INVESTOR (A) CERTIFIES
THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR
OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE
FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN TO ENTER INTO
THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 10.2.
Section 10.3. Entire Agreement; Amendment. The Transaction Documents set forth the
entire agreement and understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof
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and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, negotiations and understandings
between the parties, both oral and written, with respect to such matters. There are no promises,
undertakings, representations or warranties by either party relative to subject matter hereof not
expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents. No provision of this Agreement may be amended
other than by a written instrument signed by both parties hereto. The Disclosure Schedule and all
exhibits to this Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference in, and made a part of, this
Agreement as if set forth in full herein.
Section 10.4. Notices. Any notice, demand, request, waiver or other communication
required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be effective (a) upon
hand delivery or facsimile (with facsimile machine confirmation of delivery received) at the
address or number designated below (if delivered on a business day during normal business hours
where such notice is to be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if
delivered other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be
received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing by express courier
service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon actual receipt of such mailing,
whichever shall first occur. The address for such communications shall be:
If to the Company:
Omeros Corporation
1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2600
Seattle, Washington 98101
Telephone Number: (206) 676-5000
Fax: (206) 676-5005
Attention: Gregory A. Demopulos, M.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Attention: Marcia S. Kelbon, Esq.
General Counsel
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,
Professional Corporation
701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5100
Seattle, Washington 98104
Telephone Number: (206) 883-2500
Fax: (206) 883-2699
Attention: Craig E. Sherman, Esq.
Michael Nordtvedt, Esq.
If to the Investor:
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Azimuth Opportunity, Ltd.
c/o Folio Administrators Limited
Folio House
P.O. Box 800
Road Town, Tortola VG1110
British Virgin Islands
Telephone Number: (284) 494-7065 Ext. 250
Fax: (284) 494-8356/7422
Attention: Tamara Singh
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
The MetLife Building
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166
Telephone Number: (212) 801-9200
Fax: (212) 801-6400
Attention: Anthony J. Marsico, Esq.
Either party hereto may from time to time change its address for notices by giving at least 10 days
advance written notice of such changed address to the other party hereto.
Section 10.5. No Waivers. No failure or delay in the exercise of any power, right or
privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of
any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercises thereof or of any other
right, power or privilege.
Section 10.6. Headings. The article, section and subsection headings in this
Agreement are for convenience only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other
purpose and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. Unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise, each pronoun herein shall be deemed to include the masculine,
feminine, neuter, singular and plural forms thereof. The terms including, includes, include
and words of like import shall be construed broadly as if followed by the words without
limitation. The terms herein, hereunder, hereof and words of like import refer to this
entire Agreement instead of just the provision in which they are found.
Section 10.7. Construction. The parties agree that each of them and their respective
counsel has reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the
normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the
drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents. In
addition, each and every reference to share prices and shares of Common Stock in any Transaction
Document shall be subject to adjustment for any stock splits, stock combinations, stock dividends,
recapitalizations and other similar transactions that occur on or after the date of this Agreement
Section 10.8. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns. The Company may
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not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder to any Person without the
prior written consent of the Investor, which may be withheld or delayed in the Investors sole
discretion, including by any Fundamental Transaction. The Investor may not assign its rights or
obligations under this Agreement.
Section 10.9. No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as expressly provided in Article
IX, this Agreement is intended only for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be
enforced by, any other Person.
Section 10.10. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the internal procedural and substantive laws of the State of New York, without
giving effect to the choice of law provisions of such state that would cause the application of
the laws of any other jurisdiction.
Section 10.11. Survival. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of
the Company and the Investor contained in this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery
hereof until the termination of this Agreement; provided, however, that (i) the
provisions of Article V (Representations and Warranties of the Company), Article VIII
(Termination), Article IX (Indemnification) and this Article X (Miscellaneous) shall remain in full
force and effect indefinitely notwithstanding such termination, and, (ii) so long as the Investor
owns any Shares, the covenants and agreements of the Company contained in Article VI (Additional
Covenants), shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination for a period of
six months following such termination.
Section 10.12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of
which taken together shall constitute one and the same original and binding instrument and shall
become effective when all counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other
parties hereto, it being understood that all parties hereto need not sign the same counterpart. In
the event any signature is delivered by facsimile, digital or electronic transmission, such
transmission shall constitute delivery of the manually executed original and the party using such
means of delivery shall thereafter cause four additional executed signature pages to be physically
delivered to the other parties within five days of the execution and delivery hereof. Failure to
provide or delay in the delivery of such additional executed signature pages shall not adversely
affect the efficacy of the original delivery.
Section 10.13. Publicity. The Investor shall have the right to approve before the
issuance of any press release, Commission filing or any other public disclosure made by or on
behalf of the Company relating to the Investor, its purchases hereunder or any aspect of the
Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby; provided, however,
that the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of the Investor, to make any press
release or other public disclosure (including any filings with the Commission) with respect thereto
as is required by applicable law and regulations (including the regulations of the Trading Market),
so long as prior to making any such press release or other public disclosure, if reasonably
practicable, the Company and its counsel shall have provided the Investor and its counsel with a
reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon, and shall have consulted with the Investor and
its counsel on the form and substance of, such press release or other disclosure. For the
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avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not be required to submit for review any such disclosure
(i) contained in periodic reports filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act if it shall have
previously provided the same disclosure for review in connection with a previous filing or (ii) any
Prospectus Supplement if it contains disclosure that does not reference the Investor, its purchases
hereunder or any aspect of the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby.
Section 10.14. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement are severable and, in
the event that any court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that any one or more of the
provisions or part of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall, for any reason, be held to
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or part of a provision of this Agreement, and
this Agreement shall be reformed and construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable
provision, or part of such provision, had never been contained herein, so that such provisions
would be valid, legal and enforceable to the maximum extent possible.
Section 10.15. Further Assurances. From and after the Closing Date, upon the request
of the Investor or the Company, each of the Company and the Investor shall execute and deliver such
instrument, documents and other writings as may be reasonably necessary or desirable to confirm and
carry out and to effectuate fully the intent and purposes of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their
respective authorized officer as of the date first above written.
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(Signature Page to Common Stock Purchase Agreement)
ANNEX I TO THE
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
DEFINITIONS
Acceptable Transaction shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.7(iii)
hereof.
Affiliate means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and
construed under Rule 144. With respect to the Investor, without limitation, any Person owning,
owned by, or under common ownership with the Investor, and any investment fund or managed account
that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as the Investor will be
deemed to be an Affiliate.
Aggregate Limit shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1 hereof.
Aggregation Notice shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.7(ii) hereof.
Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereof.
Alternate Transaction shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.7(iii)
hereof.
Alternate Transaction Notice shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.7(ii)
hereof.
Alternative Fixed Amount Requested shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.2 hereof.
ATM shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.7(iii) hereof.
Below Market Offering shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.7(iii)
hereof.
Broker-Dealer shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.17 hereof.
Bylaws shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.3 hereof.
Charter shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.3 hereof.
Closing shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.2 hereof.
Closing Date means the date of this Agreement.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Commission means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor entity.
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Commission Documents shall mean (1) all reports, schedules, registrations, forms,
statements, information and other documents filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
Company pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, including all material filed or
furnished pursuant to Section 13(a), 14(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, which have been filed or
furnished by the Company since December 31, 2009, including, without limitation, the Annual Report
on Form 10-K filed by the Company for the year ended December 31, 2009 (the 2009 Form 10-K), and
which hereafter shall be filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company, including,
without limitation, the Current Report, (2) the Registration Statement, as the same may be amended
from time to time, the Prospectus and each Prospectus Supplement and (3) all information contained
in such filings and all documents and disclosures that have been and heretofore shall be
incorporated by reference therein.
Common Stock shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereof.
Company shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereof.
Current Market Price means, with respect to any particular measurement date, the closing
price of a share of Common Stock as reported on the Trading Market for the Trading Day immediately
preceding such measurement date.
Current Report shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.3 hereof.
Damages shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.1 hereof.
Disclosure Schedule shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to Article
V hereof.
Discount Price shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.2 hereof.
Document Preparation Fee shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.1
hereof.
DTC means The Depository Trust Company, or any successor thereto.
EDGAR means the Commissions Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System.
Effective Date means the first Trading Day immediately following the date on which the
initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement
is declared effective by the Commission.
Environmental Laws shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.18 hereof.
ERISA shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
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Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.
FDA shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.17 hereof.
FINRA means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Fixed Amount Requested shall mean the specific dollar amount of a Fixed Request requested by
the Company in a Fixed Request Notice delivered pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 3.2 hereof (assuming
the Alternative Fixed Amount Requested is not then applicable to such Fixed Request).
Fixed Request means the transactions contemplated in Article III of this Agreement with
respect to any Fixed Request Notice delivered by the Company in accordance with Article III of this
Agreement.
Fixed Request Amount means the actual amount of proceeds received by the Company pursuant to
a Fixed Request under this Agreement.
Fixed Request Exercise Date shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.2
hereof.
Fixed Request Notice shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1 hereof.
Fundamental Transaction means that (i) the Company shall, directly or indirectly, in one or
more related transactions, (1) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the
surviving corporation) another Person, with the result that the holders of the Companys capital
stock immediately prior to such consolidation or merger together beneficially own less than 50% of
the outstanding voting power of the surviving or resulting corporation, or (2) sell, lease,
license, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the
properties or assets of the Company to another Person, or (3) take action to facilitate a purchase,
tender or exchange offer by another Person that is accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the Person or
Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such
purchase, tender or exchange offer), or (4) consummate a stock or share purchase agreement or other
business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off
or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of
the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other
Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons
making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination), or (5)
reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock, or (ii) any person or group (as these
terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or shall become the
beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock.
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GAAP shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as
applied by the Company.
Governmental Licenses shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.17 hereof.
Indebtedness shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11 hereof.
Intellectual Property shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.17(b)
hereof.
Investment Period means the period commencing on the Effective Date and expiring on the date
this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Article VIII hereof.
Investor shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereof.
Investor Party shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.1 hereof.
Knowledge means the actual knowledge of the Companys Chief Executive Officer or Principal
Financial Officer, after reasonable inquiry of all officers, directors and employees of the Company
who could reasonably be expected to have knowledge or information with respect to the matter in
question.
Make Whole Amount shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.9 hereof.
Material Adverse Effect means (i) any condition, occurrence, state of facts or event having,
or insofar as reasonably can be foreseen would likely have, any material adverse effect on the
legality, validity or enforceability of the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated
thereby, (ii) any condition, occurrence, state of facts or event having, or insofar as reasonably
can be foreseen would likely have, any effect on the business, operations, properties or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Company that is material and adverse to the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and/or (iii) any condition, occurrence, state of facts or event
that would, or insofar as reasonably can be foreseen would likely, prohibit or otherwise materially
interfere with or delay the ability of the Company to perform any of its obligations under any of
the Transaction Documents to which it is a party; provided, however, that none of
the following, individually or in the aggregate, shall be taken into account in determining whether
a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or insofar as reasonably can be foreseen would likely occur:
(a) changes in conditions in the U.S. or global capital, credit or financial markets generally,
including changes in the availability of capital or currency exchange rates, provided such changes
shall not have affected the Company in a materially disproportionate manner as compared to other
similarly situated companies; (b) changes generally affecting the biotechnology or pharmaceutical
industries, provided such changes shall not have affected the Company in a materially
disproportionate manner as compared to other similarly situated companies; (c) any effect of the
announcement of, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents on the Companys relationships, contractual or otherwise, with
customers, suppliers, vendors, bank lenders, strategic venture partners or employees; and (d) the
receipt of any notice that the
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Common Stock may be ineligible to continue listing or quotation on the Trading Market, other
than a final and non-appealable notice that the listing or quotation of the Common Stock on the
Trading Market shall be terminated on a date certain.
Material Agreements shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.19 hereof.
Maximum Fixed Amount Requested shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.2
hereof.
Multiplier shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.3(a) hereof.
Ownership Limitation shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.10 hereof.
Person means any person or entity, whether a natural person, trustee, corporation,
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization,
business association, firm, joint venture, governmental agency or authority.
Placement Agent Engagement Letter shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
5.15 hereof.
Plan shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.24 hereof.
Press Release shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.3 hereof.
Price Reset Provision shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.7(iii)
hereof.
Pricing Period shall mean, with respect to each Fixed Request, a period of 10 consecutive
Trading Days commencing on the Pricing Period start date set forth in the Fixed Request Notice, or
such shorter period of Trading Days as determined in accordance with Section 3.8.
Prospectus means the prospectus in the form included in the Registration Statement, as
supplemented from time to time by any Prospectus Supplement, including the documents incorporated
by reference therein.
Prospectus Supplement means any prospectus supplement to the Prospectus filed with the
Commission from time to time pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, including the
documents incorporated by reference therein.
Reduction Notice shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.8(a) hereof.
Reedland shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.15 hereof.
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Reference Period shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.7(ii) hereof.
Registrable Securities shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Registration
Rights Agreement.
Registration Rights Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals
hereof.
Registration Statement shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Registration
Rights Agreement.
Regulation D shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereof.
Restricted Period shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.13(i) hereof.
Restricted Person shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.13(i) hereof.
Restricted Persons shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.13(i) hereof.
Rule 144 means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as
such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by
the Commission having substantially the same effect.
Section 4(2) shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereof.
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Settlement Date shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.7 hereof.
Shares shall mean the shares of Common Stock that are and/or may be purchased by the
Investor under this Agreement pursuant to one or more Fixed Requests.
Short Sales shall mean short sales as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO
under the Exchange Act.
Significant Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Company that would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X of the
Commission.
Similar Financing shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.7(iii) hereof.
SOXA shall mean the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder.
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Structuring Fee shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.1 hereof.
Subsidiary shall mean any corporation or other entity of which at least a majority of the
securities or other ownership interest having ordinary voting power for the election of directors
or other persons performing similar functions are at the time owned directly or indirectly by the
Company and/or any of its other Subsidiaries.
Threshold Price is the lowest price at which the Company may sell Shares during the
applicable Pricing Period as set forth in a Fixed Request Notice (not taking into account the
applicable percentage discount during such Pricing Period determined in accordance with Section
3.2); provided, however, that at no time shall the Threshold Price be lower than
$1.00 per share.
Total Commitment shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1 hereof.
Trading Day shall mean a full trading day (beginning at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, and
ending at 4:00 p.m., New York City time) on the Trading Market.
Trading Market means the NASDAQ Capital Market, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ
Global Market, the NYSE Amex Equities, or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of
the foregoing), whichever is at the time the principal trading exchange or market for the Common
Stock.
Trading Market Limit means 4,297,495 shares of duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (as adjusted for any stock splits, stock combinations,
stock dividends, recapitalizations and other similar transactions that occur on or after the date
of this Agreement); provided, however, that the Trading Market Limit shall not
exceed under any circumstances that number of shares of Common Stock that the Company may issue
pursuant to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby without (a) breaching the
Companys obligations under the rules and regulations of the Trading Market or (b) obtaining
shareholder approval under the applicable rules and regulations of the Trading Market.
Transaction Documents means, collectively, this Agreement (as qualified by the Disclosure
Schedule) and the exhibits hereto, the Registration Rights Agreement and each of the other
agreements, documents, certificates and instruments entered into or furnished by the parties hereto
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
VWAP means the volume weighted average price (the aggregate sales price of all trades of
Common Stock during a Trading Day divided by the total number of shares of Common Stock traded
during such Trading Day) of the Common Stock during any Trading Day as reported by Bloomberg L.P.
using the AQR function.
Warrant Value shall mean the fair value of all warrants, options and other similar rights
issued to a third party in connection with an Alternate Transaction, determined by using a standard
Black-Scholes option-pricing model using a reasonable and appropriate expected volatility
percentage based on applicable volatility data from an investment banking firm of nationally
recognized reputation.
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EXHIBIT A TO THE
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
[See Exhibit 4.1]
EXHIBIT B TO THE
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
FORM OF FIXED REQUEST NOTICE
Reference is made to the Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of July 28, 2010, (the
Purchase Agreement) between Omeros Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Washington (the
Company), and Azimuth Opportunity, Ltd., an
international business
company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands. Capitalized terms used and not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement. In
accordance with and pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Purchase Agreement, the Company hereby issues
this Fixed Request Notice to exercise a Fixed Request for the Fixed Amount Requested indicated
below.
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On behalf of the Company, the undersigned hereby certifies to the Investor that (i) the above
Fixed Amount Requested does not exceed the Maximum Fixed Amount Requested determined in accordance
with Section 3.2 of the Purchase Agreement, (ii) the sale of Shares pursuant to this Fixed Request
Notice shall not cause the Company to sell or the Investor to purchase shares of Common Stock
which, when aggregated with all purchases made by the Investor pursuant to all prior Fixed Request
Notices issued under the Purchase Agreement, would exceed the Aggregate Limit, and (iii) to the
Companys Knowledge, the sale of Shares pursuant to this Fixed Request Notice shall not cause the
Company to sell or the Investor to purchase shares of Common Stock which would cause the aggregate
number of shares of Common Stock then beneficially owned (as calculated pursuant to Section 13(d)
of the Exchange Act and Rule 13d-3 promulgated thereunder) by the Investor and its Affiliates to
exceed the Ownership Limitation.
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EXHIBIT C TO THE
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
CERTIFICATE OF THE COMPANY
CLOSING CERTIFICATE
[ ], 2010
The undersigned, the [ ] of Omeros Corporation, a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Washington (the Company), delivers this certificate in connection
with the Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2010 (the Agreement), by and
between the Company and Azimuth Opportunity, Ltd., an
international business company incorporated under the
laws of the British Virgin Islands (the Investor), and hereby certifies on the date hereof that
(capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings assigned to them in the
Agreement):
1. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true, complete and correct copy of the Articles of
Incorporation of the Company as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Washington. The Articles of Incorporation of the Company have not been further amended or
restated, and no document with respect to any amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the
Company has been filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Washington
since the date shown on the face of the state certification relating to the Companys Articles of
Incorporation, which is in full force and effect on the date hereof, and no action has been taken
by the Company in contemplation of any such amendment or the dissolution, merger or consolidation
of the Company.
2. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and complete copy of the Bylaws of the Company, as
amended and restated through, and as in full force and effect on, the date hereof, and no proposal
for any amendment, repeal or other modification to the Bylaws of the Company has been taken or is
currently pending before the Board of Directors or shareholders of the Company.
3. The Board of Directors of the Company has approved the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents; said approval has not been amended, rescinded or modified and remains in
full force and effect as of the date hereof.
4. Each person who, as an officer of the Company, or as attorney-in-fact of an officer of the
Company, signed the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, was duly elected,
qualified and acting as such officer or duly appointed and acting as such attorney-in-fact, and the
signature of each such person appearing on any such document is his genuine signature.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed my name as of the date first above written.
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EXHIBIT D TO THE
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
In connection with the issuance
of shares of common stock of Omeros Corporation, a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Washington (the Company),
pursuant to the Fixed Request Notice, dated [
], delivered by the Company to Azimuth Opportunity, Ltd. (the Investor) pursuant to Article III of the Common Stock Purchase
Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2010, by and between the Company and the Investor (the
Agreement), the undersigned hereby certifies to the Investor as follows:
1. The undersigned is the duly appointed [ ] of the Company.
2. Except as set forth in the attached Disclosure Schedule, the representations and warranties
of the Company set forth in Article V of the Agreement (i) that are not qualified by materiality
or Material Adverse Effect are true and correct in all material respects as of [insert Fixed
Request Exercise Date] and as of the date hereof with the same force and effect as if made on such
dates, except to the extent such representations and warranties are as of another date, in which
case, such representations and warranties are true and correct in all material respects as of such
other date and (ii) that are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect are true and
correct as of [insert Fixed Request Exercise Date] and as of the date hereof with the same force
and effect as if made on such dates, except to the extent such representations and warranties are
as of another date, in which case, such representations and warranties are true and correct as of
such other date.
3. The Company has performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all
covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to [insert Fixed
Request Exercise Date] and the date hereof.
4. The Shares issuable on the date hereof in respect of the Fixed Request Notice referenced
above shall be delivered electronically by crediting the Investors or its designees account at
DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian (DWAC) system, and shall be freely tradable and
transferable and without restriction on resale.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Agreement.
The undersigned has executed this Certificate this [ ] day of [ ], 20[ ].
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DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
RELATING TO THE COMMON STOCK
PURCHASE AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JULY 28, 2010
BETWEEN OMEROS CORPORATION AND AZIMUTH OPPORTUNITY, LTD.
This disclosure schedule is made and given pursuant to Article V of the Common Stock Purchase
Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2010 (the Agreement), by and between Omeros
Corporation, a Washington corporation (the Company), and Azimuth Opportunity, Ltd., an international
business company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands. Unless the context
otherwise requires, all capitalized terms are used herein as defined in the Agreement. The numbers
below correspond to the section numbers of representations and warranties in the Agreement most
directly modified by the below exceptions.
NO DISCLOSURES
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Exhibit 10.2
July 28, 2010
Omeros Corporation
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Gentlemen:
This letter (this Engagement Letter) will confirm our agreement with Omeros Corporation (the
Company) with respect to the engagement of Reedland Capital Partners, an Institutional Division
of Financial West Group (FWG/Reedland) as the Companys placement agent, solely in connection
with the placement of the Companys common stock to Azimuth Opportunity, Ltd. (collectively
with its affiliated funds, the Investor), as more fully described herein. FWG/Reedland hereby
agrees, on a best efforts basis and subject to the satisfactory completion of our continuing due
diligence, to place up to Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000) of the Companys authorized but
unissued common stock (the Common Stock or Common Shares) with the Investor, as more
particularly set forth below and subject to the terms and conditions of this Engagement Letter.
The Common Stock will be offered and sold on such terms as the Company and the Investor may agree
upon in that certain Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated July 28, 2010, by and between the
Company and the Investor (the Purchase Agreement) and the offering and sale of such Common Stock
shall be made in reliance upon the provisions of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the
Securities Act) and Regulation D promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as amended
(Regulation D). FWG/Reedland will use no offering materials other than the Companys publicly
filed reports and such other materials, including the Purchase Agreement and a registration rights
agreement, as the Company will have approved prior to their use. The parties hereto agree that the
Common Shares will be offered and sold by the Company in compliance with all applicable federal and
state securities laws and regulations, including but not limited to Regulation D. The Investor
shall certify to the Company in writing in the Purchase Agreement that it is an accredited
investor as that term is defined by Rule 501(c) of Regulation D. The placement of the Common Stock
by FWG/Reedland to the Investor as contemplated hereby may be referred to herein as the Offering.
The term of FWG/Reedlands engagement (the Engagement Period) as placement agent for the offer
and sale of the Common Stock to the Investor will commence on the
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date of actual receipt by FWG/Reedland of an executed copy of this Engagement Letter from the
Company and, unless extended pursuant to the further written agreement of the parties, will expire
upon the earlier of (i) August 1, 2012, (ii) the date that all the shares of Common Stock under the
Purchase Agreement have been issued and sold, (iii) the date that the Investor has purchased an
aggregate of $40,000,000 of shares of Common Stock, or that number of shares which is one share
less than twenty percent (20.0%) of the total issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock as of
the effective date of the Purchase Agreement, whichever occurs first, pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement, (iv) the date that the Offering is terminated by the Company or the Investor or (v) the
date that FWG/Reedland breaches any representation or covenant in this Engagement Letter. To the
extent the Company so requests, FWG/Reedland will assist with each settlement of the purchase of
the Common Stock pursuant to the Offering (each, a Closing). There may be multiple Closings of
the Offering during the Engagement Period.
Upon the date of each Closing of the purchase of the Common Shares, the Company hereby agrees to
pay FWG/Reedland a cash commission equal to one-half of one percent (0.50%) of the aggregate dollar
amount paid to the Company for the Common Shares purchased by the Investor in connection therewith.
Such cash commission(s) shall be payable to FWG/Reedland at the direction of the Company via wire
transfer in accordance with the wiring instructions annexed hereto as Exhibit B.
This Engagement Letter is for the confidential use of the Company and FWG/Reedland only, and may
not be disclosed by the Company or by FWG/Reedland (in whole or in part) for any reason to any
person other than their respective Board of Directors, executive management or its attorneys,
accountants or financial advisors, and then only on a confidential basis in connection with the
proposed Offering, except where disclosure is required by applicable law, stock exchange rule or
regulation, or is previously agreed to in writing to by the Company and FWG/Reedland. The parties
hereto acknowledge and agree that, notwithstanding the preceding sentence, (i) the arrangement
contemplated hereby will be disclosed by the Company in its SEC filings and this Engagement Letter
may be filed with the SEC and (ii) the arrangement contemplated hereby may also be disclosed by the
Company in its reports filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
The terms of this Engagement Letter will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws
of the State of California, and any disputes arising hereunder shall be exclusively and finally
settled by an arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with
its Commercial Arbitration Rules in San Francisco, California. The arbitration shall be conducted
by a single arbitrator mutually agreed upon by the parties. The determination, finding, judgment,
and/or award made by the arbitrator shall be made in writing, shall state the basis for such
determination, shall be signed by the arbitrator and shall be final and binding on all parties, and
there shall be no appeal or reexamination thereof, except for fraud, perjury, evident partiality,
or misconduct by an arbitrator prejudicing the rights of any party and to correct manifest clerical
errors. The arbitrator shall award to the prevailing party, if any, as determined by the
arbitrator, its reasonable attorneys fees and costs.
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During the Engagement Period and for 60 days thereafter, the Company agrees that any reference
to FWG/Reedland in any press release or other communications issued by the Company to the public
relating to the Offering will refer to FWG/Reedland as Reedland Capital Partners, an Institutional
Division of Financial West Group. Additionally, the Company acknowledges that FWG/Reedland may at
its option and expense (and only after the first public disclosure or announcement of the Offering
by the Company) place announcements and advertisements or otherwise publicize FWG/Reedlands role
in facilitating the Offering (which may include the reproduction of the Companys logo), stating
that FWG/Reedland acted as placement agent in connection with such transaction; provided, however,
that FWG/Reedland shall first submit a copy of any such announcement or advertisement to the
Company for its approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
The Company hereby agrees that: (1) within three (3) days of each date that the Company provides
the Investor with a Fixed Notice Request (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) it will provide
FWG/Reedland with a copy of such Fixed Notice Request by facsimile to (415) 383-4799 (Attn: Jason
Cohen), and (2) it will comply in all material respects with all applicable federal and state
securities laws and regulations with respect to the Offering.
FWG/Reedland hereby agrees and represents and warrants that: (1) FWG/Reedland is an institutional
division of Financial West Group (member FINRA/SIPC), which is a broker/dealer registered by FINRA
in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations in each jurisdiction in which FWG/Reedland
intends to use its best efforts to place the Offering, including, without limitation, in the State
of Washington and payment of the commission contemplated under this agreement will not jeopardize
the Companys compliance with Regulation D and applicable federal and state securities laws; (2)
FWG/Reedland shall not make any representations to the Investor about the Company other than
information included in the Companys public filings or otherwise conveyed to FWG/Reedland by the
Company in writing for use in connection with the Offering; (3) FWG/Reedland will not do any
advertising or make any general solicitation on behalf of the Company in connection with the
Offering; (4) FWG/Reedland shall comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws and
regulations with respect to the Offering; (5) FWG/Reedland is not affiliated with the Investor or
the Company; and (6) FWG/Reedland shall keep confidential any nonpublic material information about
the Company conveyed to FWG/Reedland by the Company. In further consideration of FWG/Reedlands
placement of the Common Shares, the Company and FWG/Reedland agree to be fully bound by all of the
indemnification provisions set forth on Exhibit A, a copy of which is attached hereto and is fully
incorporated herein by this reference.
The parties acknowledge and agree that nothing contained herein shall modify or affect the rights
or obligations of the Company and the Investor under the Purchase Agreement.
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If the foregoing is acceptable, please sign and return to us a copy of this Engagement Letter,
which will represent the entire agreement between the Company and FWG/Reedland with respect to the
matters addressed herein and will supersede all previous oral or written agreements or
understandings of any nature whatsoever between the parties. We look forward to working with you.
Sincerely,
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Exhibit A to Engagement Letter
Company Indemnification Provisions
Omeros Corporation (the Company) agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Reedland Capital Partners,
an Institutional Division of Financial West Group (FWG/Reedland), and its directors, officers,
and each person, if any, who controls FWG/Reedland within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Section 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (collectively, the Indemnitees and each individually an Indemnitee), to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all claims, demands, causes of action,
obligations, losses, damages, liabilities, costs or expenses arising in law, equity or otherwise,
of any nature whatsoever, including without limitation, any and all reasonable legal, accounting
and other professional fees and related costs and disbursements and other costs, expenses, or
disbursements relating thereto (collectively, the Liabilities), directly or indirectly, based
upon or arising out of, or in connection with:
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any act or omission of the Company (or any affiliate thereof) in violation of
the Engagement Letter between FWG/Reedland and the Company to which this Exhibit A is
an integral part (the Engagement Letter) or the transactions contemplated thereby,
including, without limitation, any violation of applicable laws or regulations by the
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Registration Statement (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
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any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in the Prospectus, (as amended or supplemented) or the omission or alleged omission to
state therein any material facts necessary to make the statements made therein, in
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any breach by the Company (or any affiliate thereof) of any of the terms of the
Engagement Letter between FWG/Reedland and the Company, or any purchase and sale
agreement, registration rights agreement, or other agreement between the Company and
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The Company may, at its own expense, seek reimbursement of amounts already paid to such Indemnitee
once and to the extent the relevant Liabilities are determined in a final judgment by court of
competent jurisdiction (not subject to further appeal) to have resulted from any Indemnitees gross
negligence, bad faith or willful or reckless misconduct. These indemnification provisions are in
addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have to any Indemnitee or the Investor.
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The Company further agrees that no Indemnitee will have any liability for any Liabilities for
matters described in the preceding paragraph (whether direct or indirect, in contract or tort or
otherwise) to the Company (or any affiliate thereof), or to any person (including, without
limitation, Company shareholders) claiming through the Company (or any affiliate thereof) in
connection with the engagement of FWG/Reedland or for or in connection with the acts or omissions
of any such Indemnitee or any other Indemnitee, except to the extent that any such Liabilities are
found in final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction (not subject to further appeal) to
have resulted primarily and proximately from the gross negligence or willful misconduct (including
a breach of any of the representations, warranties, agreements and covenants of Reedland in the
Engagement Letter) of the Indemnitee seeking indemnification.
In order to provide for just and equitable contribution, if a claim for indemnification pursuant to
these indemnification provisions is made but it is found in final judgment by a court of competent
jurisdiction (not subject to further appeal) that such indemnification may not be enforced in such
case, then the Company, on the one hand, and the claiming Indemnitees on the other hand, will
contribute to the losses, claims, damages, obligations, penalties, judgments, awards, liabilities,
costs, expenses and disbursements (collectively, the Losses) to which such Indemnitees may be
subject. Said contribution will be made in accordance with all relative benefits received by, and
the fault of, the Company on the one hand, and such Indemnitees on the other hand, in connection
with the statements, acts or omissions which resulted in such Losses, together with the relevant
equitable considerations and will be determined pursuant to the arbitration provisions set forth in
the Engagement Letter. No person found liable for fraudulent misrepresentation will be entitled to
contribution from any person who is not also found liable for such fraudulent misrepresentation.
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, the Indemnitees will not be obligated to contribute in the
aggregate for all of the Losses in any amount that exceeds the aggregate amount of fees actually
received by FWG/Reedland pursuant to the Engagement Letter.
If any action, suit, proceeding, or investigation commenced which gives rise to a claim for
indemnification and which, in any Indemnitees reasonable judgment upon written advice of counsel,
gives rise to a conflict of interest between the Company and the Indemnitees, then the Indemnitees
will have the right to retain legal counsel of their own choice to represent and advise them, and
the Company will pay the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of no more than one (1) law
firm for all Indemnitees incurred from time to time in the manner set forth above. Such law firm
will, to the extent consistent with their professional responsibilities, cooperate with the Company
and any counsel designated by the Company. Neither the Company nor any affiliate thereof will,
without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee seeking indemnification, settle or compromise
any actual, potential or threatened claim for which indemnification is sought hereunder, or permit
a default or consent to the entry of any judgment in respect thereof, unless such settlement,
compromise or consent includes, as an unconditional term thereof, the giving by the claimant to the
Indemnitees of an unconditional release from all liability in respect of such claim.
Neither termination nor completion of the engagement of FWG/Reedland pursuant to the Engagement
Letter will affect these indemnification provisions, which will survive
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any such termination or completion and remain operative and in full force and effect. If any
term, provision, covenant or restriction contained in the Engagement Letter or this Exhibit A is
held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void, unenforceable or
against its regulatory policy, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions
contained herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or
invalidated.
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Exhibit B to Engagement Letter
FWG/Reedland Wiring Instructions
(Financial West Group)
exv99w1
Exhibit 99.1
OMEROS SECURES $40 MILLION
COMMITTED EQUITY FINANCING FACILITY
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON July 29, 2010 Omeros Corporation (NASDAQ: OMER) today announced that
it has secured a committed equity financing facility under which it may sell up to $40 million of
its shares of common stock to Azimuth Opportunity, Ltd. (the investor) over a 24-month period.
Omeros is not obligated to use the facility and remains free to enter into and consummate other
equity, debt and non-dilutive financing transactions. Omeros intends to use the proceeds from
future sales of securities under the facility, if any, for general corporate purposes.
We are pleased to partner with Azimuth, stated Gregory A. Demopulos, M.D., chairman and chief
executive officer of Omeros. This financing vehicle provides flexibility and potentially
strengthens our position as we pursue strategic opportunities.
Omeros will determine, at its sole discretion, the timing, dollar amount and floor price per share
for any draw under this facility, subject to certain limitations. When and if Omeros elects to use
the facility, the number and price of shares sold in each draw will be determined by a contractual
formula and the investor will purchase shares at a pre-negotiated discount to the volume-weighted
average price of Omeros common stock over a multi-day pricing period. The actual amount of funds
that can be raised under this facility will depend on the number of shares sold under the agreement
and the market value of Omeros stock during the pricing period of each sale. Omeros may not issue
more than 4,297,495 shares in connection with the facility. In partial consideration for Azimuths
execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement, Omeros paid to Azimuth upon the execution and
delivery of the Purchase Agreement $100,000 in cash.
The issuance of these securities is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the Securities Act), pursuant to the exemption for transactions by an issuer not
involving any public offering under Section 4(2) and Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities
Act.
Reedland Capital Partners, an Institutional Division of Financial West Group, member FINRA/SIPC,
will act as placement agent and receive a fee for its services equal to 0.5% of the aggregate
dollar amount of common stock purchased by Azimuth upon settlement of each draw under the facility.
The offer and sale of the shares of Omeros common stock issuable under the facility have not been
registered under the Securities Act. Accordingly, these securities may not be offered or sold in
the United States except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Omeros has agreed to file within 60 days
a registration statement on Form S-1, covering the resale of the common stock issued and issuable
in accordance with the terms of the facility.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy
these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which an
offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of such jurisdiction.
About Omeros Corporation
Omeros is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and
commercializing products focused on inflammation and disorders of the central nervous system.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined within the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are subject to the safe harbor created by those sections,
including Omeros expectations regarding the use of the facility, planned use of proceeds, if any,
from sales of its common stock in connection with the facility, the flexibility that the facility
provides as well as its ability to strengthen Omeros position as it pursues strategic
opportunities and the anticipated filing of a registration statement on Form S-1 to cover the
resale of shares issued to the investor. These forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties, many of which are beyond Omeros control. These risks, uncertainties and other
factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking
statements. For a detailed description of risks and uncertainties faced by Omeros, you are
encouraged to review the official corporate documents filed with the securities regulators in the
United States on EDGAR. Omeros does not undertake any obligation to publicly update its
forward-looking statements based on events or circumstances after the date hereof.
Additional Information
Additional
information relating to Omeros can be found at www.omeros.com or on U.S. EDGAR at
www.sec.gov.
Contact:
Jennifer Cook Williams
Cook Williams Communications, Inc.
Investor and Media Relations
360.668.3701
jennifer@cwcomm.org
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