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CRINETICS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Stock Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement") is made as of July 28, 2021 (the "Effective Date"), by and among Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and the purchasers whose names and addresses are set forth on the signature pages hereof (each, a "Purchaser" and, collectively, the "Purchasers").
Whereas, in furtherance of such desire, the Purchasers desire to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell 851,306 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), for a purchase price of $17.62 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $15,000,011.72.
In consideration of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Purchasers hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF SALE OF SECURITIES.
The Company has authorized the sale and issuance of shares of its Common Stock to the Purchasers on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. The shares of Common Stock that may be sold to the Purchasers hereunder at the Closing (as defined in Section 3.1) shall be referred to as the "Shares."
SECTION 2. AGREEMENT TO SELL AND PURCHASE THE SHARES.
2.1 Purchase. At the Closing, the Company will issue, sell and deliver to each Purchaser, and such Purchaser will purchase from the Company (the "Purchase"), that number of shares of Common Stock (the "Shares") set forth opposite such Purchaser's name on Schedule A hereto, for the purchase price set forth therein (the "Purchase Price").
2.2 Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Business Day" means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of business.
(b) "Knowledge of the Company" shall mean, with respect to the Company, the knowledge of any of R. Scott Struthers, Ph.D., Marc Wilson and Garlan Adams. Such individuals will be deemed to have "knowledge" of a particular fact or other matter if (i) such individual has or at any time had actual knowledge of such fact or other matter or (ii) a prudent individual would be expected to discover or otherwise become aware of such fact or other matter in the course of conducting a reasonably diligent review concerning the existence thereof.
(c) "Governmental Entity" means any nation, federal, state, county municipal, local or foreign government, or other political subdivision thereof or any other governmental, administrative, judicial, arbitral, legislative, executive, regulatory or self-regulatory authority, instrumentality, agency, commission or body and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory, taxing or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
(d) "Law" means any federal, state, local or foreign law (including common law), statute, code, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, writ, stipulation, award, injunction, decree, arbitration award or finding or any other legally enforceable requirement.
(e) "Material Adverse Effect" means any change, event, development, condition, occurrence or effect that (a) is, or would reasonably be expected to be, materially adverse to the business, financial condition, prospects, assets, liabilities or results of operations of the Company, or (b) materially impairs the ability of the Company to comply, or prevents the Company from complying, with its material obligations with respect to the Closing or would reasonably be expected to do so; provided, however, that none of the following will be deemed in themselves, either alone or in combination, to constitute, and that none of the following will be taken into account in determining whether there has been or will be, a Material Adverse Effect under subclause (a) of this definition:
(f) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, governmental authority or any other form of entity not specifically listed herein.
(g) "Trading Market" means the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
SECTION 3. CLOSING, CLOSING CONDITIONS AND CLOSING DELIVERIES.
3.1 Closing. The closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement (the "Closing") shall occur no later than 5:00 p.m., Pacific time, on August 2, 2021, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of all of conditions set forth in Section 3.2 and the delivery of all of the closing deliveries set forth in Section 3.3 (such date, the "Closing Date"), at the offices of Latham & Watkins LLP, 12670 High Bluff Drive, San Diego, CA, 92130, or at such other time and place as may be agreed to by the Company and the Purchasers. At or prior to the Closing, each of the Company and the Purchasers shall execute any related agreements or other documents required to be executed as of the Closing hereunder, each dated as of the date of the Closing.
3.2 Closing Conditions.
(a) Mutual Closing Condition. There shall have been no Law enacted, entered, promulgated, enforced or deemed applicable by any Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction that is in effect and makes illegal or otherwise prohibits or materially delays the consummation of the Closing.
(b) Conditions to Purchaser's Obligations. Each Purchaser's obligation to purchase the Shares at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment, on or before the Closing, of each of the following conditions, unless waived:
(c) Conditions to the Company's Obligations. The Company's obligation to issue and sell the Shares at the Closing to a Purchaser is subject to the fulfillment, on or before the Closing, of each of the following conditions, unless waived:
3.3 Closing Deliveries.
(a) Payment of the Purchase Price at Closing. At the Closing, each Purchaser shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Company, an amount equal to the Purchase Price by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Company's account pursuant to wire instructions provided by the Company to the Purchasers prior to the Closing. Each Purchaser's obligations to pay the Purchase Price shall be several and not joint.
(b) Issuance of the Shares at the Closing. At the Closing, the Company shall issue, or cause the Company's transfer agent to issue, to each Purchaser in global form through a book-entry account
maintained by the Company's transfer agent the number of Shares purchased by such Purchaser, as set forth in Schedule A hereto, at the Closing against payment by such Purchaser of the Purchase Price (including providing a copy of the irrevocable instructions delivered by the Company to the Company's transfer agent instructing the transfer agent to issue the Shares to the Purchasers by crediting the Shares to the respective accounts of the Purchasers on the transfer agent's book-entry system on the Closing Date and confirmation from the transfer agent that such Shares were so issued on the date thereof). Such Shares shall be appropriately legended as set forth in Section 5.4 herein.
(c) Secretary's Certificate. At the Closing, the Purchasers shall have received a certificate signed by the Secretary of the Company, certifying the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company approving this Agreement and all of the transactions contemplated hereunder.
(d) Compliance Certificate. At the Closing, the Purchasers shall have received a certificate signed by the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company certifying to the fulfillment of the conditions set forth in Section 3.2(b).
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.
Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents (as defined below) and publicly available prior to the date of this Agreement and only as and to the extent disclosed therein, the Company hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Purchasers as follows:
4.1 Organization and Standing. The Company has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, has full corporate or other power and authority necessary to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and in good standing in all jurisdictions in which the character of the property owned or leased or the nature of the business transacted by it makes qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.2 Corporate Power; Authorization. The Company has all requisite corporate power, and the Company and its Board of Directors have taken all requisite corporate action, to authorize, execute and deliver this Agreement, to consummate the transactions contemplated herein and therein, including to sell, issue and deliver the Shares to the Purchasers, and to carry out and perform all of the Company's obligations hereunder and thereunder. This Agreement constitutes the legal, 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 or similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and (ii) as limited by equitable principles generally, including any specific performance.
4.3 Issuance and Delivery of the Shares. The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The issuance and delivery of the Shares is not subject to preemptive, co-sale, right of first refusal or any other similar rights of the stockholders of the Company or any other Person or any liens or encumbrances. Assuming the accuracy of the representations made by the Purchasers in Section 5, the offer and issuance by the Company of the Shares is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
4.4 SEC Documents; Financial Statements. The Company is not an "ineligible issuer" (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act). The Company is subject to the reporting requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and has filed or will file in a timely manner all documents that the Company was or is required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under Sections 13, 14(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, since becoming subject to the requirements of the Exchange Act (the foregoing documents (together with any documents filed by the Company under the Exchange Act, whether or not required) being collectively referred to herein as the "SEC Documents"). As of their respective filing dates (or, if amended prior to the date of this Agreement, when amended), all SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder. None of the SEC Documents as of their respective filing dates contained any untrue statement of material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company set forth in the SEC Documents (the "Financial Statements") comply as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and with the published rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto. The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied and fairly present the financial position of the Company at the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, recurring adjustments).
4.5 Capitalization. As set forth in the SEC Documents as of the date set forth therein, all of the Company's outstanding shares of capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and were not issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive right or other rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. There are no existing options, warrants, calls, subscriptions or other rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character, relating to the issued or unissued capital stock of the Company, obligating the Company to issue, transfer, sell, redeem, purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire or cause to be issued, transferred, sold, redeemed, purchased, repurchased or otherwise acquired any capital stock or voting debt of, or other equity interest in, the Company or securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for such shares or equity interests or obligations of the Company to grant, extend or enter into any such option, warrant, call, subscription or other right, agreement, arrangement or commitment. Neither the execution of this Agreement nor the issuance of Common Stock or other securities pursuant to any provision of this Agreement will give rise to any preemptive rights or rights of first refusal on behalf of any Person or result in the triggering of any anti-dilution or other similar rights. There are no other shares of any other class or series of capital stock of the Company issued or outstanding. The Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the "Certificate of Incorporation") or the Company's Bylaws, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the "Bylaws"), are included in the SEC Documents, and the Company shall not amend or otherwise modify the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws prior to the Closing.
4.6 Litigation. There are no legal or governmental actions, suits or other proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company before or by any court, regulatory body or administrative agency or any other governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, which actions, suits or proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to (a) challenge this Agreement or prohibit or delay the transactions contemplated herein or (b) have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not a party to or subject to the provisions of any injunction, judgment, decree or order of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental agency or body that might have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.7 Governmental Consents. No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, qualification, designation, declaration or filing with, any federal, state, or local governmental authority or the Trading Market on the part of the Company is required in connection with the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement except for the filing of a Form D with the Commission under the Securities Act and compliance with the securities and blue sky laws in the states and other jurisdictions in which shares of Common Stock are offered and/or sold, which compliance will be effected by the Company in accordance with such laws.
4.8 No Default or Consents. The Company is not in violation or default under its organizational documents. Neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the Company nor the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the issuance, sale and delivery by the Company of the Shares) will: (i) give rise to a right to terminate or accelerate the due date of any payment due under, or conflict with or result in the breach of any term or provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default) under, or require any consent or waiver under, or result in the execution or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any properties or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its properties or businesses is bound, or any franchise, license, permit, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation (including federal and state securities laws and regulations) and the rules and regulations, assuming the correctness of the representations and warranties made by the Purchasers herein, of any self-regulatory organization to which the Company or its securities are subject) applicable to the Company, or (ii) violate or conflict with any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, except in the case of clause (i) as would not cause, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and except for such consents or waivers which have already been obtained and are in full force and effect.
4.9 No Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 2020, except as specifically disclosed in the SEC Documents, there have been no events, occurrences or developments that have had or would reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Except for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no event, liability or development has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its business, properties, operations or financial conditions that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the Effective Date that has not been publicly disclosed at least one Trading Market trading day prior to the Effective Date.
4.10 No General Solicitation. Neither the Company, nor any of its 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 promulgated under the Securities Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares.
4.11 No Integrated Offering. None of the Company or any of its affiliates, or 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 any of the Shares under the Securities Act or cause this offering of the Shares to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act or any applicable stockholder approval provisions, including under the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.
4.12 Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company is in material compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective and applicable to the Company as of the date hereof, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective and applicable to the Company as of the date hereof.
4.13 Intellectual Property. To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company owns, possesses, licenses or has rights to use, on terms that the Company believes to be reasonable, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses, trade
secrets, know-how and other similar rights that are necessary or material for use in connection with its business as described in the SEC Documents (collectively, the "Intellectual Property Rights"). The Company has not received a written notice that the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person. 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 has taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy and confidentiality of the Intellectual Property Rights (excluding any patents or patent applications that have or will become public), except where the failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.14 Disclosure. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the representations, warranties and covenants set forth in this Section 4 in effecting the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. To the Knowledge of the Company, all due diligence materials regarding the Company and its business and the transactions contemplated hereby (including the information referred to in Section 5.8 hereof), furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers upon their request are, when taken together with the SEC Documents, true and correct in all material respects and do not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, misleading.
(a) Each indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan or other agreement or instrument of a character that is required to be described or summarized in the SEC Documents or to be filed as an exhibit to the SEC Documents under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the "Material Contracts") is so described, summarized or filed.
(b) The Material Contracts to which the Company is a party have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitute the legal, valid and binding agreements of the Company, enforceable by and against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws relating to enforcement of creditors' rights generally, and general equitable principles relating to the availability of remedies, except as rights to indemnity or contribution may be limited by federal or state securities laws.
4.16 Properties and Assets. The Company has good and marketable title to all the properties and assets described as owned by it in the latest Financial Statements set forth in the SEC Documents, free and clear of all liens, mortgages, pledges or encumbrances of any kind except (a) those, if any, reflected in such Financial Statements or (b) those that are not material in amount and do not adversely affect the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company. The Company holds its leased properties under valid and binding leases. The Company owns or leases all such properties as are necessary to its operations as now conducted.
4.17 Compliance and Regulatory. The Company has not been advised, nor does the Company have any reason to believe, that has not conducted or it is not conducting its business in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the jurisdictions in which it is conducting business, including all applicable local, state and federal environmental laws and regulations, and all applicable rules and regulations of the Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA"), and all applicable laws, statutes, ordinances, rule or regulations (including the Federal Food, Drug And Cosmetic Act of 1938, as amended, and similar foreign laws and regulations) enforced by the FDA or equivalent foreign authorities, except where failure
to be so in compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Any human studies or tests and preclinical and clinical trials conducted by or, to the Company's Knowledge, on behalf of or otherwise relied upon by the Company, were and, if still pending, are being, conducted in all material respects in accordance with the protocols submitted to the FDA and all applicable laws and regulations. The Company has not received any notices or correspondence from the FDA or any foreign, state or local governmental body exercising comparable authority requiring the termination, suspension, or clinical hold of any pending studies, tests or preclinical or clinical trials, or such written notice or correspondence from any Institutional Review Board or comparable authority requiring the termination or suspension of a clinical study, conducted by or on behalf of the Company, which termination, suspension or clinical hold would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.18 Taxes. The Company has filed on a timely basis (giving effect to extensions) all required federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and has timely paid or accrued all taxes shown as due thereon, including interest and penalties, and to the Knowledge of the Company there is no tax deficiency that has been or might be asserted or threatened against it that could have a Material Adverse Effect. All tax liabilities accrued through the date hereof have been adequately provided for on the books of the Company.
4.19 Investment Company. The Company is not, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Shares will not be, an "investment company" or an "affiliated person" of, or "promoter" or "principal underwriter" for an investment company, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
4.20 Insurance. The Company maintains insurance underwritten by insurers of recognized financial responsibility, of the types and in the amounts that the Company reasonably believes is adequate for businesses, including directors' and officers' liability insurance and insurance covering all real and personal property owned or leased by the Company against theft, damage, destruction, acts of vandalism and all other risks customarily insured against, with such deductibles as are customary for companies in the same or similar business, all of which insurance is in full force and effect.
4.21 Price of Common Stock. The Company has not taken, and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or that might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the shares of the Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
4.22 Governmental Permits, Etc. The Company has all franchises, licenses, permits, certificates and other authorizations from such federal, state or local government or governmental agency, department or body that are currently necessary for the operation of the business of the Company as currently conducted, including, without limitation, all such certificates, approvals, authorizations, licenses and permits required by the FDA or any other federal, state or foreign agencies or bodies engaged in the regulation of pharmaceuticals or biohazardous materials, except where the failure to possess currently such franchises, licenses, permits, certificates and other authorizations is not reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not received any written notice regarding any revocation or material modification of any such franchise, license, permit, certificate or other authorization.
4.23 Internal Control over Financial Reporting. The Company maintains internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in paragraph (f) of Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act) as required by Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act. To the Knowledge of the Company, since the end of the Company's most recent audited fiscal year, there has been no material weakness in the design or operation of the Company's internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information.
4.24 Foreign Corrupt Practices. None of the Company or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf of the Company, has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company (a) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (b) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (c) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (d) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee.
4.25 Employee Relations. The Company believes that its relations with its employees are good. No executive officer of the Company (as defined in Rule 501(f) promulgated under the Securities Act) has notified the Company that such officer intends to leave the Company or otherwise terminate such officer's employment with the Company. To the Knowledge of the Company, no executive officer 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, non-competition agreement, or any other agreement or any restrictive covenant involving or otherwise affecting such executive officer's relationship with the Company, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company to any material liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters.
4.26 ERISA. The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder ("ERISA"); no "reportable event" (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to any "pension plan" (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company would have any material liability; the Company has not incurred or expects to incur material liability under (a) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any "pension plan" or (b) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the "Code"); and each "Pension Plan" for which the Company would have liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and to the Knowledge of the Company, nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.
4.27 Registration Rights and Other Stockholder Agreements. No Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act covering the transfer of any securities of the Company and there are no other stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company's capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the Company's Knowledge, between or among any of the Company's stockholders.
4.28 Trading Market Compliance. The Company has not, in the previous twelve (12) months, received (i) written notice from the Trading Market that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of Trading Market that would result in immediate delisting or (ii) any notification, Staff Delisting Determination, or Public Reprimand Letter (as such terms are defined in applicable listing rules of the Trading Market) that requires a public announcement by the Company of any noncompliance or deficiency with respect to such listing or maintenance requirements. The Company is in compliance with all listing and maintenance requirements of the Trading Market on the date hereof.
4.29 No "Bad Actor" Disqualification. No "bad actor" disqualifying event described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i)-(viii) of the Securities Act (a "Disqualification Event") is applicable to the Company or, to
the Knowledge of the Company, any Company Covered Person (as defined below), except for a Disqualification Event to which Rule 506(d)(2)(ii-iv) or (d)(3) is applicable. "Company Covered Person" means, with respect to the Company as an "issuer" for purposes of Rule 506 promulgated under the Securities Act, any person listed in the first paragraph of Rule 506(d)(1).
SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE PURCHASERS.
Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to and covenant with the Company that:
5.1 Risk. Such Purchaser, taking into account the personnel and resources it can practically bring to bear on the purchase of the Shares contemplated hereby, is knowledgeable, sophisticated and experienced in making, and is qualified to make, decisions with respect to investments in securities presenting an investment decision like that involved in the purchase of the Shares, including investments in securities issued by the Company, and has requested, received, reviewed and considered all information the Purchasers know about and deem relevant (including the SEC Documents) in making an informed decision to purchase the Shares.
5.2 Purchase for Investment. Purchaser is acquiring the Shares pursuant to this Agreement for its own account for investment only and with no present intention of distributing any of such Shares or any arrangement or understanding with any other Persons regarding the distribution of such Shares, except in compliance with Section 5.4.
5.3 Reliance. Such Purchaser understands that the Shares are being offered and sold to it in reliance upon specific exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, the Rules and Regulations and state securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Purchaser's compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Purchaser to acquire the Shares. If any of the representations deemed to have been made by it by its purchase of the Shares are no longer accurate prior to Closing, the Investor shall promptly notify the Company. If such Purchaser is acquiring the Shares as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, it represents that it has sole investment discretion with respect to each such account and it has full power to make the foregoing representations, acknowledgements and agreements on behalf of such account.
5.4 Compliance with the Securities Act. Such Purchaser will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose of (or solicit any offers to buy, purchase or otherwise acquire or take a pledge of) any of the securities purchased hereunder except in compliance with the Securities Act, applicable blue sky laws, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
5.5 Accredited Investor. Such Purchaser is an "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act or a Qualified Institutional Buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
5.6 Power and Authority. Such Purchaser has all requisite corporate power, and has taken all requisite corporate action, to authorize, execute and deliver this Agreement and each of the other agreements and instruments contemplated herein to which the Purchaser is a party, to consummate the transactions contemplated herein and therein and to carry out and perform all of such Purchaser's obligations hereunder and thereunder. Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, this Agreement
shall constitute a valid and binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and (ii) as limited by equitable principles generally, including any specific performance.
5.7 Broker Dealer. Such Purchaser is not a broker or dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Exchange Act (a "Registered Broker Dealer") and is not an affiliate of a Registered Broker Dealer.
5.8 Sophisticated Investor. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it is a sophisticated investor engaged in the business of assessing and assuming investment risks with respect to securities, including securities such as the Shares, and further acknowledges that the Company is entering into this Agreement in reliance on this acknowledgment and such Purchaser's understanding, acknowledgment and agreement that the Company has disclosed certain confidential matters to such Purchaser as part of its due diligence review that may represent material, non-public information of the Company. Such Purchaser further acknowledges that it is aware of the restrictions imposed by United States securities laws on the purchase or sale of securities by any Person who has received material, non-public information from the issuer of such securities and on the communication of such information to any other Person when it is reasonably foreseeable that such other Person is likely to purchase or sell such securities in reliance upon such information. Such Purchaser hereby waives any claim, or potential claim, it has or may have against the Company relating to the Company's confidential disclosure, and the Purchaser's receipt and possession, of such information.
5.9 Other Securities Transactions. Such Purchaser has not, either directly or indirectly through an affiliate, agent or representative of the Company, engaged in any transaction in the securities of the Company other than with respect to the transactions contemplated herein, since the time that the Purchaser was first contacted by the Company or any other Person regarding the transactions contemplated hereby until the date hereof, except as set forth in filings made with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act.
5.10 Independent Advice. Such Purchaser understands that nothing in this Agreement or any other materials presented to such Purchaser in connection with the purchase and sale of the Shares constitutes legal, tax or investment advice. Such Purchaser has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors as it, in its sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with its purchase of the Shares.
5.11 Legends. Such Purchaser understands that, until such time as the Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144, any certificates representing the Shares, whether maintained in a book entry system or otherwise, will bear one or more legends in substantially the following form and substance:
"THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS AND HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO A TRANSACTION WHICH IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS, AND, IN THE CASE OF A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION, THE HOLDER WILL NOTIFY ANY
SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE FROM IT OF SUCH RESALE RESTRICTIONS."
"ANY TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF A LOCK-UP AGREEMENT, A COPY OF WHICH IS AVAILABLE FROM THE COMPANY."
In addition any stock certificates, whether maintained in a book entry system or otherwise, representing the Shares may contain any legend required by the blue sky laws of any state to the extent such laws are applicable to the sale of such Shares hereunder. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to help facilitate the removal of such legend when it is legally permitted to do so under Rule 144, or to facilitate any transfer of the Shares under Rule 144 that may be requested by Purchasers, but shall not be obligated to incur any material costs or expenses in making such efforts.
5.12 Restricted Securities. Such Purchaser understands that the Shares are characterized as "restricted securities" under the federal securities laws inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving a public offering and that under such laws and applicable regulations such Shares may be resold without registration under the Securities Act only in certain limited circumstances. Accordingly, such Purchaser represents that it is familiar with Rule 144 of the Securities Act, as presently in effect, and understands the resale limitations imposed thereby and by the Securities Act.
SECTION 6. REGISTRATION OF THE SHARES AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.
6.1 Registration Procedures and Expenses.
(a) Piggyback Rights. In the event that the Company, in its sole discretion, shall determine to prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-3, or any other appropriate form on which the Shares may be registered for resale (each of the Shares, together with any shares of capital stock issued or issuable, from time to time, upon any reclassification, share combination, share subdivision, stock split, share dividend or similar transaction or event or otherwise as a distribution on, in exchange for or with respect to any of the foregoing, in each case held at the relevant time by a Purchaser, the "Registrable Securities") by the Purchasers, whether or not on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, which such registration statement may include shares that may be offered by the Company (the "Subsequent Registration Statement"), and has not previously filed a Secondary Registration Statement (as defined below), the Company shall: (i) notify each Purchaser of such determination; and (ii) if, within ten (10) days after receipt of such notice, any Purchaser requests in writing to include all or any part of its Registrable Securities in such Subsequent Registration Statement, include the Registrable Securities as so requested by the applicable Purchaser. Notwithstanding the foregoing and for avoidance of doubt, the Company may, but shall not be required to, file a Subsequent Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) Secondary Registration Statement. If the Company has not previously filed a Subsequent Registration Statement, the Company shall, on or before the date that is forty-five (45) days after the Closing (the "Filing Deadline"), use its best efforts to prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-1 or S-3, as appropriate (the "Secondary Registration Statement"; where used hereafter, "Registration Statement" shall mean either a Subsequent Registration Statement which includes the Registrable Securities, or the Secondary Registration Statement, as applicable), relating to the resale of the Shares by the Purchasers on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act.
(c) The Company shall use its best efforts, subject to receipt of necessary information from the Purchasers, to cause the Commission to declare a Registration Statement covering the Shares effective as soon as practicable after the date of the filing thereof and in any event no later than ninety (90) days after such filing if the Registration Statement has been filed on Form S-3, and no later than one hundred twenty (120) days after such filing if such Registration Statement has been filed on Form S-1 (in either case, such date, the "Effectiveness Deadline").
(d) The Company shall promptly prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective until the earliest of (i) the third anniversary of the effective date of the Registration Statement, (ii) such time as all of the Shares purchased by the Purchasers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement have been sold pursuant to the Registration Statement, or (iii) such time as the Shares become eligible for resale by non-affiliates without any volume limitations or other restrictions pursuant to Rule 144(b)(1)(i) under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing obligations, the Company may, upon written notice to the Purchasers, for a reasonable period of time, not to exceed forty-five (45) days in the case of clauses (A) and (B) below, or thirty (30) days in the case of clause (C) below (each, a "Blackout Period"), delay the filing of a Secondary Registration Statement or a request for acceleration of the effective date, or suspend the effectiveness of any Registration Statement, in the event that (A) the Company is engaged in any activity or transaction or preparations or negotiations for any activity or transaction that the Company desires to keep confidential for business reasons, if the Company determines in good faith that the public disclosure requirements imposed on the Company under the Securities Act in connection with the Registration Statement would require at that time disclosure of such activity, transaction, preparations or negotiations and such disclosure could result in material harm to the Company or its business transactions or activities, (B) the Company does not yet have appropriate financial statements of any acquired or to be acquired entities necessary for filing, or (C) any other event occurs that makes any statement of a material fact made in such Registration Statement, including any document incorporated by reference therein, untrue or that requires the making of any additions or changes in the Registration Statement in order to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that in the case of a Blackout Period pursuant to clause (A) above, the Blackout Period shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) such forty-five (45) day or thirty (30) day period, as applicable or (ii) the completion, resolution or public announcement of the relevant transaction or event. If the Company suspends the effectiveness of a Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 6.1(e), the Company shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable following the termination of the circumstance which entitled the Company to do so, take such actions as may be necessary to reinstate the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and give written notice to the Purchasers authorizing the Purchasers to resume offerings and sales pursuant to such Registration Statement. If as a result thereof the prospectus included in such Registration Statement has been amended or supplemented to comply with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company shall enclose such revised prospectus with the notice to Investor given pursuant to this Section 6. The Company shall be entitled to exercise its rights under this Section 6.1(e) not more than once in any six (6) month period; provided, however, that the aggregate number of days of all Blackout Periods hereunder shall not exceed seventy-five (75) days in any twelve (12) month period. After the expiration of any Blackout Period and without further request from the Investor, the Company shall effect the filing (or if required amendment or supplement) of the Registration Statement, or the filing of other documents, as necessary to allow the Investor to resell the Registrable Securities as set forth herein.
(f) The Company shall furnish to the Purchasers with respect to the Shares registered under any Registration Statement (and to each underwriter, if any, of such Shares) such number of copies of
prospectuses and such other documents as the Purchaser may reasonably request, in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of all or any of the Shares by the Purchaser.
(g) The Company shall bear all expenses in connection with the procedures in paragraphs (a) through (f) of this Section 6.1 and the registration of the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement, other than fees and expenses, if any, of counsel or other advisers to the Purchasers or underwriting discounts, brokerage fees and commissions incurred by the Purchaser, if any in connection with the offering of the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement.
(h) In order to enable the Purchasers to sell the Shares under Rule 144 to the Securities Act, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the requirements of Rule 144, including without limitation, use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the requirements of Rule 144(c)(1) with respect to public information about the Company and to timely file all reports required to be filed by the Company under the Exchange Act.
(i) The Company shall provide the Purchasers an opportunity to review and comment on all disclosures regarding the Purchasers and any plan of distribution proposed by them in connection with the preparation of any Registration Statement.
6.2 Restrictions on Transfer. Each Purchaser agrees that it will not effect any disposition of the Shares that would constitute a sale within the meaning of the Securities Act or pursuant to any applicable state securities laws, unless and until (1) there is then in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act covering such proposed disposition and such disposition is made in accordance with such registration statement or (2) such disposition is otherwise permitted by law. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, no restriction shall apply to a transfer by a Purchaser that is a partnership transferring to its partners or former partners in accordance with partnership interests.
6.3 Indemnification. For the purpose of this Section 6.3: (i) the term "Purchaser/Affiliate" shall mean any affiliate of the Purchaser, including, without limitation, any general partner or managing member of the Purchaser, any investment adviser of the Purchaser, or any transferee who is an affiliate of the Purchaser, and any person who controls the Purchaser or any affiliate of the Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act; and (ii) the term "Registration Statement" shall include any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus (the "Prospectus"), free writing prospectus, exhibit, supplement or amendment included in or relating to, and any document incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement referred to in Section 6.1.