STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Mr. Marc Oczachowski Chief Executive Officer EDAP TMS SA 4-6, rue du Dauphine 69120 Vaulx-en-Velin France Dear Mr. Oczachowski:
Exhibit 1.1
February 17, 2012
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
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Chief Executive Officer
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Dear ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇:
This letter agreement (this “Agreement”) amends and restates the Letter Agreement, dated October 18, 2010, between EDAP TMS SA (the “Company”) and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, LLC (“▇▇▇▇▇▇”) (the “Prior Agreement”).
The Company and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ agree that ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall serve as the exclusive (i) placement agent for the Company (“Direct Placement”) on a reasonable best efforts basis or (ii) underwriter for the Company on a firm commitment basis (“Underwritten Placement”), in connection with the proposed transaction, or series of transactions, to occur during the term of this Agreement (each, a “Placement”). A Placement shall consist of registered or unregistered securities (the “Securities”) of the Company, which Securities may include one or any combination of the following: the ordinary shares of the Company (the “Ordinary Shares”), warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares (“Warrants”) or securities of the Company convertible into Ordinary Shares (“Convertible Securities”). The terms of such Placement and the Securities issued in connection therewith shall be mutually agreed upon by the Company, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and, if a Direct Placement, the purchasers (each, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”) and nothing herein implies that ▇▇▇▇▇▇ would have the power or authority to bind the Company or any Purchaser, and the Company shall not, and nothing herein implies that the Company shall, have an obligation to issue any Securities or complete a Direct Placement. This Agreement and the documents executed and delivered by the Company and the Purchasers in connection with a Placement shall be collectively referred to herein as the “Transaction Documents.” The date of a closing (“Closing”) of a Placement (including any subsequent closings that occur pursuant to a Placement, whether at the discretion of the Company, the Purchasers (through additional investment rights or otherwise), milestones or otherwise) shall be referred to herein as a “Closing Date.” The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that the execution of this Agreement does not constitute a commitment by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ or any Purchaser to purchase the Securities and does not ensure the successful placement of the Securities or any portion thereof or the success of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ with respect to securing any other financing on behalf of the Company. In the event a Placement will consist of unregistered securities of the Company, Sections 2 and 3 (unless otherwise indicated) of Annex A will apply in addition to the provisions set forth herein and in the event that a Placement will consist of registered securities of the Company, Sections 1, 2 and 3 of Annex A will apply in addition to the provisions set forth herein. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, at the request of ▇▇▇▇▇▇, the Company shall agree to amend this Agreement in writing to reduce the compensation payable hereunder to the extent and as necessary, in ▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ sole discretion, in order to comply with the rules and regulations of
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the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”); provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to enter into any agreement that results in terms or conditions less favorable to the Company.
In the event that a Placement is an Underwritten Placement, prior to the commencement of the Underwritten Placement, the Company shall negotiate the terms of an underwriting agreement with ▇▇▇▇▇▇ containing such terms, covenants, conditions, representations, warranties, and providing for the delivery of legal opinions, comfort letters and officer’s certificates, all in form and substance satisfactory to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and its counsel and the Company.
In the event that a Placement is a Direct Placement, the sale of Securities to any Purchaser will be evidenced by a purchase agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) between the Company and such Purchaser in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and ▇▇▇▇▇▇. Prior to the signing of any Purchase Agreement, officers of the Company with responsibility for financial affairs will be available to answer inquiries from prospective Purchasers.
A. Fees and Expenses. In connection with the Services described above, the Company shall pay to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ the following compensation:
1. Placement Agent’s Fee. The Company shall pay to Rodman a cash placement fee (the “Placement Agent’s Closing Fee”) on each Closing Date equal to 6% of the aggregate purchase price paid by each purchaser of Securities that are placed in a Placement on each Closing Date during the Term, other than those purchasers listed on Annex B attached hereto pertain to investors that have been referred by the Company and approved by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ (which list may be amended from time to time to include additions by the Company after prior written approval of ▇▇▇▇▇▇, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided, however, that the aggregate purchase price by each purchaser of Securities listed on Annex B shall in no event be in excess of 10% of the total aggregate purchase price paid by all Purchasers of Securities in such Placement. Other than through an Underwritten Placement, the Placement Agent’s Closing Fee shall be paid at the Closing of a Placement through a third party escrow agent from the gross proceeds of the Securities sold. Additionally, a cash fee shall be payable to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ within 48 hours of (but only in the event of) the receipt by the Company of any proceeds from the exercise of any warrants sold in a Placement equal to the 6% of the aggregate cash exercise price received by the Company upon such exercise, if any (together with the Placement Agent’s Closing Fee, the “Placement Agent’s Fee”).
2. Warrants. As additional compensation for the services performed hereunder, the Company shall issue to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ or its designees at a Closing warrants (the “▇▇▇▇▇▇ Warrants”) to purchase that number of Ordinary Shares (“Shares”) equal to 6% of the aggregate number of Shares placed in such Placement (or, if Convertible Securities, Ordinary Shares underlying any Convertible Securities sold in such Placement to such Purchasers, but excluding Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of any Warrants issued to Purchasers in such Placement). The ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Warrants shall have the same terms as the warrants issued to investors (“Investors”) in such Placement, except that, in a Placement of registered securities, the exercise price shall be 125% of the public offering price per share, the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Warrants shall have an exercise period of five years from the effective date of the shelf registration statement referred to in Section 1.A of Annex A, the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Warrants shall not be transferable, except as permitted by FINRA Rule 5110 and the number of Ordinary Shares underlying the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Warrants shall be reduced if necessary to comply with FINRA rules and regulations. If no warrants are issued to Investors (and such Placement is unregistered securities and is not subject to FINRA Rule 5510), the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Warrants shall have an exercise price equal to 110% of the price at which Shares are issued to Investors.
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3. Expenses. In addition to any fees payable to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ hereunder, the Company hereby agrees to reimburse ▇▇▇▇▇▇ for all reasonable travel and other out-of pocket expenses incurred in connection with ▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ engagement, including the reasonable fees and expenses of ▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ counsel. Such reimbursement shall be limited to $50,000 for each Placement without prior written approval by the Company and shall be paid at each Closing from the gross proceeds of the Securities sold (provided, however, that such expense cap in no way limits or impairs the indemnification and contribution provisions of this Agreement).
B. Term and Termination of Engagement. The term (the “Term”) of ▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ engagement will begin on the date hereof and end two business days after the receipt by either party hereto of written notice of termination; provided that no such notice may be given by the Company until February 17, 2013. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the provisions concerning confidentiality, indemnification and contribution contained herein and the Company’s obligations to pay fees and reimburse expenses actually incurred and reimbursable pursuant to Section A hereof will survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement, and the Company’s obligation to pay fees actually earned and payable and to reimburse expenses actually incurred and reimbursable pursuant to Section A hereof, if any, will survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement, as permitted by FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(d). Upon any expiration or termination of this Agreement, the Company's obligation to reimburse ▇▇▇▇▇▇ for out of pocket accountable expenses actually incurred by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and reimbursable upon closing of such Placement pursuant to Section A, if any, or otherwise due under Section A hereof, will survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement, as permitted by FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(d).
C. Fee Tail. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall be entitled to the Placement Agent’s Fee and the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Warrants, calculated in the manner provided in Paragraph A, with respect to any public or private offering or other financing or capital-raising transaction of any kind (“Tail Financing”) to the extent that such financing or capital is provided to the Company (i) by investors whom ▇▇▇▇▇▇ had introduced, directly or indirectly, to the Company during the Term or (ii) by investors directly introduced to the Company by, or investing jointly with, any investor whom ▇▇▇▇▇▇ had introduced, directly or indirectly, to the Company during the Term if such Tail Financing is consummated at any time within the 12-month period following the termination of this Agreement (the “Tail Period”).
D. Future Transactions. If during the Term hereof or within the 12-month period following the expiration or termination of this Agreement, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries decides to dispose of or acquire business units or acquire any of its outstanding securities or make any exchange or tender offer or enter into a merger, consolidation or other business combination or any recapitalization, reorganization, restructuring or other similar transaction, including, without limitation, an extraordinary dividend or distributions or a spin-off or split-off, and the Company decides to retain a financial advisor for such transaction, the Company agrees to consider hiring ▇▇▇▇▇▇ (or any affiliate designated by ▇▇▇▇▇▇) to act as one of the Company’s financial advisors for any such transaction, but shall not be obligated to hire ▇▇▇▇▇▇ for such role. If the Company seeks to hire ▇▇▇▇▇▇ for such engagement and if ▇▇▇▇▇▇ or one of its affiliates decides to accept any such engagement, the agreement governing such engagement will contain, among other things, provisions for customary fees for transactions of similar size and nature and the provisions of this Agreement, including indemnification, which are appropriate to such a transaction.
E. Use of Information. The Company will furnish Rodman such written information as ▇▇▇▇▇▇ reasonably requests in connection with the performance of its services hereunder. The Company understands, acknowledges and agrees that, in performing its services hereunder, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ will use and rely entirely upon such information as well as publicly available information regarding the
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Company and other potential parties to an Placement and that ▇▇▇▇▇▇ does not assume responsibility for independent verification of the accuracy or completeness of any information, whether publicly available or otherwise furnished to it, concerning the Company or otherwise relevant to an Placement, including, without limitation, any financial information, forecasts or projections considered by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ in connection with the provision of its services.
F. Publicity. In the event of the consummation or public announcement of any Placement, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall have the right to disclose its participation in such Placement, including, without limitation, the placement at its cost of “tombstone” advertisements in financial and other newspapers and journals.
G. Securities Matters. The Company shall be responsible for any and all compliance with the securities laws applicable to it, including Regulation D and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, and unless otherwise agreed in writing, all state securities (“blue sky”) laws. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ agrees to cooperate with counsel to the Company in that regard.
H. Company Acknowledgement. The Company acknowledges that a Placement of Convertible Securities may create significant risks, including the risk that the Company may have insufficient cash resources and/or registered shares to timely meet its payment and conversion obligations. The Company further acknowledges that, depending on the number and price of new shares issued, such transaction may result in substantial dilution which could adversely affect the market price of the Company’s shares. The Company agrees that it will perform and comply with the covenants and other obligations set forth in the Transaction Documents and that ▇▇▇▇▇▇ will be entitled to rely on the representations, warranties, agreements and covenants of the Company contained in such Transaction Documents as if such representations, warranties, agreements and covenants were made directly to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ by the Company hereunder.
I. Indemnity.
1. In connection with the Company’s engagement of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ as placement agent, the Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and its affiliates, and the respective controlling persons, directors, officers, members, shareholders, agents and employees of any of the foregoing (collectively the “Indemnified Persons”), from and against any and all claims, actions, suits, proceedings (including those of shareholders), damages, liabilities and expenses incurred by any of them (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel), as incurred, (collectively a “Claim”), that are (A) related to or arise out of (i) any actions taken or omitted to be taken (including any untrue statements made or any statements omitted to be made) by the Company, or (ii) any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any Indemnified Person in connection with the Company’s engagement of ▇▇▇▇▇▇, or (B) otherwise relate to or arise out of ▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ activities on the Company’s behalf under ▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ engagement, and the Company shall reimburse any Indemnified Person for all expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) as incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any such claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether or not in connection with pending or threatened litigation in which any Indemnified Person is a party. The Company will not, however, be responsible for any Claim that is finally judicially determined to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any person seeking indemnification for such Claim. The Company further agrees that no Indemnified Person shall have any liability to the Company for or in connection with the Company’s engagement of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ except for any Claim incurred by the Company as a result of such Indemnified Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
2. The Company further agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of Rodman, settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened Claim
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3. Promptly upon receipt by an Indemnified Person of notice of any complaint or the assertion or institution of any Claim with respect to which indemnification is being sought hereunder, such Indemnified Person shall notify the Company in writing of such complaint or of such assertion or institution but failure to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company from any obligation it may have hereunder, except and only to the extent such failure results in the forfeiture by the Company of substantial rights and defenses. If the Company so elects or is requested by such Indemnified Person, the Company will assume the defense of such Claim, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person and the payment of the fees and expenses of such counsel. In the event, however, that legal counsel to such Indemnified Person reasonably determines that having common counsel would present such counsel with a conflict of interest or if the defendant in, or target of, any such Claim, includes an Indemnified Person and the Company, and legal counsel to such Indemnified Person reasonably concludes that there may be legal defenses available to it or other Indemnified Persons different from or in addition to those available to the Company, then such Indemnified Person may employ its own separate counsel to represent or defend him, her or it in any such Claim and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Company fails timely or diligently to defend, contest, or otherwise protect against any Claim, the relevant Indemnified Party shall have the right, but not the obligation, to defend, contest, compromise, settle, assert crossclaims, or counterclaims or otherwise protect against the same, and shall be fully indemnified by the Company therefor, including without limitation, for the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and all amounts paid as a result of such Claim or the compromise or settlement thereof. In addition, with respect to any Claim in which the Company assumes the defense, the Indemnified Person shall have the right to participate in such Claim and to retain his, her or its own counsel therefor at his, her or its own expense.
4. The Company agrees that if any indemnity sought by an Indemnified Person hereunder is held by a court to be unavailable for any reason then (whether or not ▇▇▇▇▇▇ is the Indemnified Person), the Company and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall contribute to the Claim for which such indemnity is held unavailable in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits to the Company, on the one hand, and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ on the other, in connection with ▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ engagement referred to above, subject to the limitation that in no event shall the amount of ▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ contribution to such Claim exceed the amount of fees actually received by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ from the Company pursuant to ▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ engagement. The Company hereby agrees that the relative benefits to the Company, on the one hand, and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ on the other, with respect to ▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ engagement shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as (a) the total value paid or proposed to be paid or received by the Company or its shareholders, as the case may be, pursuant to a Placement (whether or not consummated) for which ▇▇▇▇▇▇ is engaged to render services bears to (b) the fee paid or proposed to be paid to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ in connection with such engagement.
5. The Company’s indemnity, reimbursement and contribution obligations under this Agreement (a) shall be in addition to, and shall in no way limit or otherwise adversely affect any rights that any Indemnified Party may have at law or at equity and (b) shall be effective whether or not the Company is at fault in any way.
J. Limitation of Engagement to the Company. The Company acknowledges that ▇▇▇▇▇▇ has been retained only by the Company, that ▇▇▇▇▇▇ is providing services hereunder as an independent contractor (and not in any fiduciary or agency capacity) and that the Company’s engagement of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ is not deemed to be on behalf of, and is not intended to confer rights upon, any shareholder, owner or
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partner of the Company or any other person not a party hereto as against ▇▇▇▇▇▇ or any of its affiliates, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, controlling persons (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), employees or agents. Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing by ▇▇▇▇▇▇, no one other than the Company is authorized to rely upon this Agreement or any other statements or conduct of ▇▇▇▇▇▇, and no one other than the Company is intended to be a beneficiary of this Agreement. The Company acknowledges that any recommendation or advice, written or oral, given by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ to the Company in connection with ▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ engagement is intended solely for the benefit and use of the Company’s management and directors in considering a possible Placement, and any such recommendation or advice is not on behalf of, and shall not confer any rights or remedies upon, any other person or be used or relied upon for any other purpose. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall not have the authority to make any commitment binding on the Company. The Company, in its sole discretion, shall have the right to reject any investor introduced to it by ▇▇▇▇▇▇. The Company agrees that it will perform and comply with the covenants and other obligations set forth in the Transaction Documents and that ▇▇▇▇▇▇ will be entitled to rely on the representations, warranties, agreements and covenants of the Company contained in such Transaction Documents as if such representations, warranties, agreements and covenants were made directly to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ by the Company.
K. Limitation of ▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Liability to the Company. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the Company further agree that neither ▇▇▇▇▇▇ nor any of its affiliates or any of its their respective officers, directors, controlling persons (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act), employees or agents shall have any liability to the Company, its security holders or creditors, or any person asserting claims on behalf of or in the right of the Company (whether direct or indirect, in contract, tort, for an act of negligence or otherwise) for any losses, fees, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses or equitable relief arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Services rendered hereunder, except for losses, fees, damages, liabilities, costs or expenses that arise out of or are based on any action of or failure to act by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and that are finally judicially determined to have resulted solely from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of ▇▇▇▇▇▇.
L. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be fully performed therein. Any disputes that arise under this Agreement, even after the termination of this Agreement, will be heard only in the state or federal courts located in the City of New York, State of New York. The parties hereto expressly agree to submit themselves to the jurisdiction of the foregoing courts in the City of New York, State of New York. The parties hereto expressly waive any rights they may have to contest the jurisdiction, venue or authority of any court sitting in the City and State of New York. In the event of the bringing of any action, or suit by a party hereto against the other party hereto, arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the party in whose favor the final judgment or award shall be entered shall be entitled to have and recover from the other party the costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith, including its reasonable attorneys’ fees. Any rights to trial by jury with respect to any such action, proceeding or suit are hereby waived by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the Company.
M. Notices. All notices hereunder will be in writing and sent by certified mail, hand delivery, overnight delivery or fax, if sent to ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, LLC, 1251 Avenue of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, fax number (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇, Attention: General Counsel, and if sent to the Company, to the address set forth on the first page hereof, fax number (___) ___-____, Attention: ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Chief Executive Officer. Notices sent by certified mail shall be deemed received five days thereafter, notices sent by hand delivery or overnight delivery shall be deemed received on the date of the relevant written record of receipt, and notices delivered by fax shall be deemed received as of the date and time printed thereon by the fax machine.
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N. Miscellaneous. The Company represents that it is free to enter this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, that it will act in good faith, and that it will not hinder ▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ efforts hereunder. This Agreement shall not be modified or amended except in writing signed by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the Company. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of both ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the Company and their respective assigns, successors, and legal representatives. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the Company with respect to the Placement and supersedes any prior agreements with respect to the subject matter hereof. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, such determination will not affect such provision in any other respect, and the remainder of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (including facsimile or .pdf counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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In acknowledgment that the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding reached by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the Company, please sign in the space provided below, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding Agreement as of the date indicated above.
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Annex A
SECTION 1. REGISTRATION STATEMENT
As of the date of each Placement and as of each Closing Date, the Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ that:
(A) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form F-3 (Registration File No. 333-169793) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), which became effective on October 20, 2010, for the registration under the Securities Act of the Securities. At the time of such filing, the Company met the requirements of Form F-3 under the Securities Act. Such registration statement meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x) under the Securities Act and complies with said Rule. The Company will file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, and the rules and regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Commission promulgated thereunder, a supplement to the form of prospectus included in such registration statement relating to the placement of the Securities and the plan of distribution thereof and has advised ▇▇▇▇▇▇ of all further information (financial and other) with respect to the Company required to be set forth therein. Such registration statement, including the exhibits thereto, as amended at the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called the “Registration Statement”; such prospectus in the form in which it appears in the Registration Statement is hereinafter called the “Base Prospectus”; and the supplemented form of prospectus, in the form in which it will be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (including the Base Prospectus as so supplemented) is hereinafter called the “Prospectus Supplement.” Any reference in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein (the “Incorporated Documents”) pursuant to Item 6 of Form F-3 which were filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), on or before the date of this Agreement, or the issue date of the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be; and any reference in this Agreement to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the date of this Agreement, or the issue date of the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included,” “described,” “referenced,” “set forth” or “stated” in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement (and all other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be. For purposes of this Agreement, “free writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act and the “Time of Sale Prospectus” means the preliminary prospectus, if any, together with the free writing prospectuses, if any, used in connection with a Placement, including any documents incorporated by reference therein. The Securities are being issued pursuant to the Registration Statement and the issuance of the Securities has been registered by the Company under the Securities Act. The Registration Statement is effective and available for the issuance of the Securities thereunder and the Company has not received any notice that the Commission has issued or intends to issue a stop-order with respect to the Registration Statement or that the Commission otherwise has suspended or withdrawn the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, either temporarily or permanently,
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or intends or has threatened in writing to do so. The "Plan of Distribution" section under the Registration Statement permits the issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder.
(B) The Registration Statement (and any further documents to be filed with the Commission) contains all exhibits and schedules as required by the Securities Act. The Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations and did not and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, if any, and the Prospectus Supplement, each as of its respective date, comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations. Each of the Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, if any, and the Prospectus Supplement, as amended or supplemented, did not and will not contain as of the date thereof any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Incorporated Documents, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations, and none of such documents, when they were filed with the Commission, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein (with respect to Incorporated Documents incorporated by reference in the Base Prospectus or Prospectus Supplement), in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, if any, or Prospectus Supplement, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations, as applicable, and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. No post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement reflecting any facts or events arising after the date thereof which represent, individually or in the aggregate, a fundamental change in the information set forth therein is required to be filed with the Commission. There are no documents required to be filed with the Commission in connection with the transaction contemplated hereby that (x) have not been filed as required pursuant to the Securities Act or (y) will not be filed within the requisite time period. There are no contracts or other documents required to be described in the Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, if any, or Prospectus Supplement, or to be filed as exhibits or schedules to the Registration Statement, which have not been described or filed as required.
(C) The Company is eligible to use free writing prospectuses in connection with a Placement pursuant to Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act. Any free writing prospectus that the Company is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will be, filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that was prepared by or behalf of or used by the Company complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The Company will not, without the prior consent of ▇▇▇▇▇▇, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus.
(D) The Company has delivered, or will as promptly as practicable deliver, to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ complete conformed copies of the Registration Statement and of each consent and certificate of experts, as applicable, filed as a part thereof, and conformed copies of the Registration Statement (without exhibits), the Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, if any, and the Prospectus Supplement, as amended or supplemented, in such quantities and at such places as ▇▇▇▇▇▇ reasonably requests. Neither the Company nor any of its directors and officers has distributed and none of them will distribute, prior
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to the Closing Date, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, if any, the Prospectus Supplement, the Registration Statement, copies of the documents incorporated by reference therein and any other materials permitted by the Securities Act.
In the event that a Direct Placement occurs off a registration statement other than the Registration Statement, prior to the commencement of any such Placement, the Company shall make written representations, warranties and covenants to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ as to such subsequent registration statement (and other offering documents) that are substantially the same as the representations, warranties and covenants made under this Section 1, which representations, warranties and covenants shall be reasonably satisfactory to ▇▇▇▇▇▇.
SECTION 2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement or Prospectus Supplement or under the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof, the Company hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth below to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ as of the date of a Placement and as of the Closing Date. “Disclosure Documents” means, in the event the Placement will consist of unregistered securities of the Company, the SEC Reports has defined in Section 2(G), and in the event the Placement will consist of registered securities of the Company, the Base Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement.
(A) Organization and Qualification. All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries (individually, a “Subsidiary”) of the Company are set forth in the Disclosure Documents. Except as described in the Disclosure Documents, the Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any “Liens” (which for purposes of this Agreement shall mean a lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction), and all the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (as applicable), with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation or default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”) and no “Proceeding” (which for purposes of this Agreement shall mean any action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened) has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.
(B) Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the
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Company, its board of directors or its shareholders in connection therewith other than in connection with the “Required Approvals” (as defined in subsection 2(D) below). The Transaction Documents have been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies.
(C) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of association, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any lien, charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction (each a “Lien”) upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(D) Filings, Consents and Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person, except as has been waived by the holders of the Company’s convertible debentures and warrants parties to the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of October 29, 2007, by and among the Company and the investors signatory thereto, in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, other than: (i) the filing required pursuant to Section 4(I), (ii) the filing with the Commission of the Prospectus Supplement, (iii) application(s) to each applicable market or exchange on which the American Depositary Receipts (the “ADRs”) are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Global Market (each a “Trading Market”), except as has been waived by former and existing holders of the Company’s convertible bonds, for the listing of the Securities issued in a Placement for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby and (iv) such filings as are required to be made under applicable U.S. Federal and state and French securities laws, including acceptance of listing by and notification to the NASDAQ Global Market (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).
(E) Issuance of the Securities; Registration. The Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number of Ordinary Shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents. The issuance by the Company of the Securities has been registered under the Securities Act and all of the Securities are freely transferable and tradable by the Purchasers without restriction (other than any restrictions arising solely from an act or omission of a Purchaser). Upon receipt of the Securities, the
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Purchasers will have good and marketable title to such Securities and, as of a Closing Date, the Shares will be freely tradable on the Nasdaq Global Market.
(F) Capitalization. The shares capital of the Company is described in the Prospectus Supplement. Except as described in the SEC Reports (as defined below), the Company has not issued any ordinary shares since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of Ordinary Shares to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plan pursuant to the issuance of Ordinary Shares in payment of interest on convertible notes and pursuant to the conversion or exercise of securities exercisable, exchangeable or convertible into Ordinary Shares or outstanding warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares (“Ordinary Share Equivalents”). No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except as has been waived by existing convertible note holders. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities, and for options outstanding under the Company’s Stock Option Plan and for the outstanding 2007 convertible debentures, as described in the Prospectus Supplement, there are no other outstanding options, warrants, script rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any Ordinary Shares, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Share Equivalents. Except as described in the Prospectus Supplement or as have been waived, the issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue Ordinary Shares or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under such securities. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all U.S. Federal and state and French securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. Other than Required Approvals, no further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors of the Company or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party.
(G) SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, together with the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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 were made, not misleading. The Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly
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present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for 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, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
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(H) Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the date hereof, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement, no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, prospects, properties, operations, assets or financial condition that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1 Trading Day (as defined herein) prior to the date that this representation is made. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.
(I) Litigation. There is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, Proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”) which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act. Except as described in the Disclosure Documents, none of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company, and neither the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their employees are good. No executive officer, to the knowledge of the Company, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(J) Labor Relations. No material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(K) Compliance. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(L) Regulatory Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
(M) Title to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries do not own any real property. Except as described in the Disclosure Documents, the Company and the Subsidiaries and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries and Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases of which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.
(N) Patents and Trademarks. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights necessary or required for use in connection with their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the failure to so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”). None of, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of, the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, a written notice of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as could not have or reasonably be expected to not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(O) Insurance. The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires
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or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a significant increase in cost.
(P) Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of money to or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.
(Q) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇. The Company is in material compliance with all provisions of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 2002 which are applicable to it as of the date hereof and of the closing date of a Placement.
(R) Certain Fees. Except as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement, no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiary to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Investors shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(S) Trading Market Rules. Subject to acceptance of the notice of the Offering by the NASDAQ Global Market on or before the Closing, the issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.
(T) Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not a Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act (an “Affiliate”) of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(U) Registration Rights. No Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company.
(V) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The ADRs are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) 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 ADRs under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which the ADRs are or have been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is, and has no reason to
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believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements.
(W) 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 Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Investors as a result of the Investors and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Investors’ ownership of the Securities.
(X) Solvency. Based on the financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder, the Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business for the current fiscal year as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, and projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof. The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date. The SEC Reports set forth as of the dates thereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness” shall mean (a) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of Indebtedness of others, except guaranties by 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 $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.
(Y) Tax Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries each (i) has made or filed all United States federal, state and local income and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. 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 or of any Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.
(Z) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
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(AA) Accountants. The Company’s accountants are set forth on the Prospectus Supplement. To the knowledge of the Company, such accountants are a registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act.
(BB) Regulation M Compliance. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities (other than for ▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ placement of the Securities), or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company.
(CC) Approvals. The issuance and listing on the NASDAQ Global Market of the Securities requires no further approvals, including but not limited to, the approval of shareholders.
(DD) FINRA Affiliations. There are no affiliations with any FINRA member firm among the Company’s officers, directors or, to the knowledge of the Company, any five percent (5%) or greater stockholder of the Company, except as set forth in the Disclosure Documents.
SECTION 3. CLOSING. The obligations of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the Purchasers, and the closing of the sale of the Securities under the Transaction Documents are subject to the accuracy, when made and on the Closing Date, of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and its Subsidiaries contained herein, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and its Subsidiaries of their obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional terms and conditions:
(A) [REGISTERED OFFERINGS ONLY] No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission, and any request for additional information on the part of the Commission (to be included in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of ▇▇▇▇▇▇.
(B) [REGISTERED OFFERINGS ONLY] ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall not have discovered and disclosed to the Company on or prior to the Closing Date that the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a fact which, in the opinion of counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇, is material or omits to state any fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(C) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization, form, execution, delivery and validity of each Transaction Document, and the Securities, and, if the Securities are registered, the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, and all other legal matters relating to the Transaction documents and the transactions contemplated thereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(D) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall have received from outside counsel to the Company such counsel’s written opinion, addressed to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the Purchasers dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to ▇▇▇▇▇▇.
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(E) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements, any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood, terrorist act or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth in or contemplated by the Base Prospectus and (ii) since such date there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the business, general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is, in the judgment of ▇▇▇▇▇▇, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated under the Transaction Documents or, if pursuant to an Underwritten Placement, pursuant to the Prospectus Supplement.
(F) The Securities are registered under the Exchange Act and, as of the Closing Date, the Securities shall have been conditionally accepted for listing and authorized for trading on the Nasdaq Global Market, and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the Placement Agent. The Company shall have taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of terminating the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act or delisting or suspending from trading the Ordinary Shares from the NASDAQ Global Market, nor has the Company received any information suggesting that the Commission or the NASDAQ Global Market is contemplating terminating such registration or listing.
(G) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on the NASDAQ Global Market shall have been suspended or minimum or maximum prices or maximum ranges for prices shall have been established on any such exchange or such market by the Commission, by such exchange or by any other regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or state authorities or a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, (iii) the United States shall have become engaged in hostilities in which it is not currently engaged, the subject of an act of terrorism, there shall have been an escalation in hostilities involving the United States, or there shall have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States, or (iv) there shall have occurred any other calamity or crisis or any change in general economic, political or financial conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event in clause (iii) or (iv) makes it, in the sole judgment of the Placement Agent, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplements.
(H) No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency or body which would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities or materially and adversely affect or potentially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company; and no injunction, restraining order or order of any other nature by any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction shall have been issued as of the Closing Date which would prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities or materially and adversely affect or potentially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company.
(I) The Company shall have prepared and filed with the Commission a Current Report on Form 6-K with respect to a Placement, including as an exhibit thereto this Agreement.
(J) If a Direct Placement, the Company shall have entered into subscription agreements with each of the Purchasers and such agreements shall be in full force and effect and shall contain representations and warranties of the Company as agreed between the Company and the Purchasers.
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(K) FINRA shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the terms and arrangements of this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall, if requested by ▇▇▇▇▇▇, make or authorize ▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ counsel to make on the Company’s behalf, an Issuer Filing with FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 with respect to the Registration Statement and pay all filing fees required in connection therewith.
(L) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ such further information, certificates and documents as ▇▇▇▇▇▇ may reasonably request.
All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇.
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Annex B
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