Exhibit 1.1
FLUX POWER HOLDINGS, INC.
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
[●] Shares of Common Stock
________, 2019
Roth Capital Partners, LLC
Maxim Group LLC
As the Representatives of the
Several Underwriters Named on Schedule I
hereto]
c/o Roth Capital Partners, LLC
888 San Clemente Drive, Suite 400
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Flux Power Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
“Company”),
proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to
issue and sell to the underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the
“Underwriters,”
or each, an “Underwriter”),
for whom Roth Capital Partners, LLC and Maxim Group LLC are acting
as the representatives (the “Representatives”),
an aggregate of [●] authorized but unissued shares (the
“Firm
Shares”) of common stock,
par value $0.001 per share (the “Common
Stock”),
of the Company. The Company
also proposes to sell to the Underwriters, upon the terms and
conditions set forth in Section 4 hereof, up to an additional
[●] shares of Common Stock (the “Option
Shares”). The Firm Shares
and the Option Shares are hereinafter collectively referred to as
the “Shares”.
The Shares, the Representatives’ Warrants (as defined below) and the Representatives’
Warrant Shares (as defined below) are collectively referred
to as the “Securities.”
The Company and the several Underwriters hereby confirm their
agreement as follows:
1. Registration
Statement and Prospectus.
The Company has prepared and filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
a registration statement covering the Securities on Form S-1 (File
No. 333-231766) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities
Act”), and the rules and
regulations (the “Rules and
Regulations”) of the
Commission thereunder, and such amendments to such registration
statement (including post effective amendments) as may have been
required to the date of this Agreement. Such registration
statement, as amended (including any post effective amendments),
has been declared effective by the Commission. Such registration
statement, including amendments thereto (including post effective
amendments thereto) and all documents and information deemed
to be a part of the Registration Statement through incorporation by
reference or otherwise at the time of
effectiveness thereof (the “Effective
Time”), the exhibits and
any schedules thereto at the Effective Time or thereafter during
the period of effectiveness and the documents and information
otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by the
Securities Act or otherwise pursuant to the Rules and Regulations
at the Effective Time or thereafter during the period of
effectiveness, is herein called the “Registration
Statement.” If the
Company has filed or files an abbreviated registration statement
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the
“Rule 462
Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to
the term Registration Statement shall include such Rule 462
Registration Statement. Any preliminary prospectus included in the
Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act is hereinafter called a
“Preliminary
Prospectus.” The Preliminary Prospectus relating to
the Securities that was included in the Registration Statement
immediately prior to the pricing of the offering contemplated
hereby is hereinafter called the “Pricing
Prospectus.”
The
Company is filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under
the Securities Act a final prospectus covering the Securities,
which includes the information permitted to be omitted therefrom at
the Effective Time by Rule 430A under the Securities Act. Such
final prospectus, as so filed, is hereinafter called the
“Final
Prospectus.” The Final Prospectus, the Pricing
Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus in the form in which they
were included in the Registration Statement or filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act is
hereinafter called a “Prospectus.”
2. Representations
and Warranties of the Company Regarding the
Offering.
(a) The
Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several
Underwriters, as of the date hereof, as of the Closing Date (as
defined in Section 4(d) below) and as of each Option Closing Date
(as defined in Section 4(b) below), as follows:
(i) No
Material Misstatements or Omissions. At the Effective Time, at the date hereof, at
the Closing Date, and at each Option Closing Date, if any, the
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto
complied or will comply in all material respects with the
requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations
and did not, does not, and will not, as the case may be, 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 Time of Sale Disclosure
Package (as defined in Section 2(a)(iii)(A)(1) below) as of
[●] (Eastern time) (the “Applicable
Time”) on the date
hereof, at the Closing Date and on each Option Closing Date, if
any, and the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, as of
its date, at the time of filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act, at the Closing Date and at each Option Closing
Date, if any, when considered together with the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, did not, does not
and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
representations and warranties set forth in the two immediately
preceding sentences shall not apply to statements in or omissions
from the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package or any Prospectus in reliance upon, and in conformity with,
written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter
specifically for use in the preparation thereof, which written
information is described in Section 7(f). The Registration
Statement contains all exhibits and schedules required to be filed
by the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations. No order preventing or suspending the
effectiveness or use of the Registration Statement or any
Prospectus is in effect and no proceedings for such purpose have
been instituted or are pending, or, to the knowledge of the
Company, are contemplated or threatened by the
Commission.
(ii) Marketing
Materials. The Company has not distributed any prospectus or
other offering material in connection with the offering and sale of
the Shares other than the Time
of Sale Disclosure Package and the roadshow or investor presentations delivered to
and approved by the Representatives for use in connection with the
marketing of the offering of the Shares (the
“Marketing
Materials”).
(iii) Accurate
Disclosure. (A) The Company has provided a copy to the
Underwriters of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined
below) used in the sale of the Shares. The Company has filed all Issuer
Free Writing Prospectuses required to be so filed with the
Commission, and no order preventing or
suspending the effectiveness or use of any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus is in effect and no proceedings for such purpose have
been instituted or are pending, or, to the knowledge of the
Company, are contemplated or threatened by the
Commission. When taken together with the rest of the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, no
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all
subsequent times though the completion of the public offer and sale
of the Shares, has, does or
will include (1) any untrue statement of a material fact or
omission to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading, or (2) information
that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the
information contained in the Registration Statement or the Final
Prospectus. The representations and
warranties set forth in the immediately preceding sentence shall
not apply to statements in or omissions from the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written
information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter
specifically for use in the preparation thereof, which written
information is described in Section 7(f). As used in this
paragraph and elsewhere in this Agreement:
(1) “Time
of Sale Disclosure Package” means the
Prospectus most recently filed with the Commission before the
time of this Agreement, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,
and the description of the transaction provided by the
Underwriters included on Schedule
II.
(2) “Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus”
means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined
in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, relating to the Shares that
(A) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, or
(B) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) or (d)(8)
under the Securities Act, in each case in the form filed or
required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be
filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant
to Rule 433(g) under the Securities Act.
(B)
At the time of filing of the
Registration Statement and at the date hereof, the Company was not
and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule
405 under the Securities Act or an “excluded issuer” as
defined in Rule 164 under the Securities Act.
(C)
Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
listed on Schedule III satisfied, as of its issue date and at all
subsequent times through the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined
below), all other conditions as may be applicable to its use as set
forth in Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act, including any
legend, record-keeping or other
requirements.
(iv)
Financial
Statements. The financial
statements of the Company, together with the related notes and
schedules, included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus comply in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange
Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, and
fairly present the financial condition of the Company as of the
dates indicated and the results of operations and changes in cash
flows for the periods therein specified in conformity with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles
(“GAAP”)
consistently applied throughout the periods involved. No other
financial statements or schedules are required under the Securities
Act, the Exchange Act, or the Rules and Regulations to be included
in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package
or the Final Prospectus.
(v)
Independent
Accountants. To the
Company’s knowledge, Squar Milner LLP, which has expressed
its opinion with respect to the financial statements included as a
part of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package and the Final Prospectus, is an independent registered
public accounting firm with respect to the Company within the
meaning of the Securities Act and the Rules and
Regulations.
(vi)
Accounting
and Disclosure Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries
maintain systems of “internal control over financial
reporting” (as defined under Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under
the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange
Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their
respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or
persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with GAAP, including, but not limited to, internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii)
access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization; (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences; and (v) the interactive data in
eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by
references in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final
Prospectus fairly present the information called for in all
material respects and are prepared in accordance with the
Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
Since the date of the latest audited
financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there has
been no change in the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control
over financial reporting.
The
Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that have been
designed to ensure that material information relating to the
Company and any subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s
principal executive officer and principal financial officer by
others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and
procedures are effective.
(vii)
Forward-Looking Statements.
The Company had a reasonable basis for, and made in good faith,
each “forward-looking statement” (within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act or Section 21E of the Exchange
Act) contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Final
Prospectus or the Marketing Materials.
(viii) Statistical and Marketing-Related Data.
All statistical or market-related data included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, or included in the
Marketing Materials, are based on or derived from sources that the
Company reasonably believes to be reliable and accurate, and the
Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such data
from such sources, to the extent required.
(ix)
Trading
Market. The Common Stock is
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is
approved for listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market
(“Nasdaq”).
There is no action pending by the
Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, the Nasdaq to
delist the Common Stock from the Nasdaq, nor has the Company received any
notification that the Nasdaq is
contemplating terminating such listing. When issued, the Shares
will be listed on the Nasdaq.
The Company has taken all actions it deems reasonably necessary or
advisable to take on or prior to the date of this Agreement to
assure that it will be in compliance in all material respects with
all applicable corporate governance requirements set forth in the
rules of the Nasdaq that are
then in effect and will take all action it deems reasonably
necessary or advisable to assure that it will be in compliance in
all material respects with other applicable corporate governance
requirements set forth in the Nasdaq rules not currently in effect upon
and all times after the effectiveness of such
requirements.
(x)
Absence of Manipulation. The
Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action that is
designed to or that has constituted or that would reasonably be
expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of
the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or
resale of the Shares.
(xi) Investment Company
Act. The Company is not and,
after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the
application of the net proceeds thereof, will not be an
“investment company,” as such term is defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
3. Representations
and Warranties Regarding the Company.
(a) The
Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several
Underwriters, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date and
as of each Option Closing Date, as follows:
(i) Good
Standing. Each of the Company
and its subsidiaries has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a corporation or other entity in good standing under
the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation. Each of the Company
and its subsidiaries has the power and authority (corporate or
otherwise) to own its properties and conduct its business as
currently being carried on and as described in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or
other entity in good standing in each jurisdiction in which it owns
or leases real property or in which the conduct of its business
makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to so
qualify would not have or be reasonably likely to result in a
material adverse effect upon the business, prospects, properties,
operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
or in its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement
(“Material Adverse
Effect”).
(ii)
Authorization.
The Company has the power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and the
Representatives’ Warrants and to authorize, issue and sell the Shares, the
Representatives’ Warrants and the
Representatives’ Warrant Shares as contemplated by this Agreement and the
Representatives’ Warrants. This Agreement and the
Representatives’ Warrants have been duly authorized by the Company, and when
executed and delivered by the Company, and assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto,
as applicable, will constitute the valid, legal and binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their respective terms, except as rights to
indemnity hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities
laws and except as such enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting
the rights of creditors generally and subject to general principles
of equity.
(iii)
Contracts. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the
Representatives’ Warrants and the consummation of the transactions herein
contemplated will not (A) result in a breach or violation of any of
the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any
law, order, rule or regulation to which the Company or any
subsidiary is subject, or by which any property or asset of the
Company or any subsidiary is bound or affected, (B) conflict with,
result in any violation or breach of, or constitute a default (or
an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a
default) under, or give to others any right of termination,
amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice,
lapse of time or both) (a “Default Acceleration
Event”) of, any
agreement, lease, credit facility, debt, note, bond, mortgage,
indenture or other instrument (the “Contracts”)
or obligation 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, except to the
extent that such conflict, default, or Default Acceleration Event
not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or
(C) result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and
provisions of, or constitute a default under, the Company’s
Articles of Incorporation, as amended, or its amended and restated
by-laws.
(iv) No
Violations of Governing Documents. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
is in violation, breach or default under its articles of
incorporation, by-laws or other equivalent organizational or
governing documents.
(v) Consents.
No consents, approvals, orders, authorizations or filings are
required on the part of the Company in connection with the
execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement and the
Representatives’ Warrants and the issue and sale of the
Securities, except (A) the registration under the Securities Act of
the Securities, which has been effected, (B) the necessary filings
and approvals from the Nasdaq to list the Shares and the
Representatives’ Warrant Shares, (C) such consents,
approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may
be required under state or foreign securities or Blue Sky laws and
the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
(“FINRA”) in connection
with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the several
Underwriters, (D) such consents and approvals as have been obtained
and are in full force and effect, and (E) such consents, approvals,
orders, authorizations and filings the failure of which to make or
obtain is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(vi) Capitalization.
The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in
the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and
the Final Prospectus. All of the issued and outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company are duly authorized and validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and have been issued in
compliance with all applicable securities laws, and conform to the description thereof in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the
Final Prospectus. All of the issued shares of capital stock
of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly
authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and,
except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, are owned directly or
indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, equities or claims. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement,
the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and
except for the issuances of options or restricted stock in the
ordinary course of business, since the respective dates as of which
information is provided in the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, the Company has
not entered into or granted any convertible or exchangeable
securities, options, warrants, agreements, contracts or other
rights in existence to purchase or acquire from the Company any
shares of the capital stock of the Company. The Shares, when issued
and paid for as provided herein, will be duly authorized and
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, will be issued in
compliance with all applicable securities laws, and will be free of
preemptive, registration or similar rights and will conform to
the description of the capital stock of the Company contained in
the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and
the Final Prospectus. The
shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the
Representatives’ Warrants (the “Representatives’
Warrant Shares”), when issued, paid for and
delivered upon due exercise of the Warrants or the
Representatives’ Warrants, as applicable, will be duly
authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, will
be issued in compliance with all applicable securities laws, and
will be free of preemptive, registration or similar rights. The
Representatives’ Warrant Shares have been
reserved for issuance. The Representatives’ Warrants, when
issued, will conform in all material respects to the descriptions
thereof set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(vii)
Taxes. The Company and each of its subsidiaries has (a)
filed all foreign, federal, state and local tax returns (as
hereinafter defined) required to be filed with taxing authorities
prior to the date hereof or has duly obtained extensions of time
for the filing thereof and (b) paid all taxes (as hereinafter
defined) shown as due and payable on such returns that were filed
and has paid all taxes imposed on or assessed against the Company
or such respective subsidiary. The provisions for taxes payable, if
any, shown on the financial statements included in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus are sufficient
for all accrued and unpaid taxes, whether or not disputed, and for
all periods to and including the dates of such consolidated
financial statements. To the knowledge of the Company, no issues
have been raised (and are currently pending) by any taxing
authority in connection with any of the returns or taxes asserted
as due from the Company or its subsidiaries, and no waivers of
statutes of limitation with respect to the returns or collection of
taxes have been given by or requested from the Company or its
subsidiaries. The term “taxes” means all federal,
state, local, foreign, and other net income, gross income, gross
receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, profits,
license, lease, service, service use, withholding, payroll,
employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium,
property, windfall profits, customs, duties or other taxes, fees,
assessments, or charges of any kind whatever, together with any
interest and any penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts
with respect thereto. The term “returns” means all
returns, declarations, reports, statements, and other documents
required to be filed in respect to taxes.
(viii)
Material
Change. Since the respective
dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Final
Prospectus, (a) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
incurred any material liabilities or obligations, direct or
contingent, or entered into any material transactions other than in
the ordinary course of business, (b) the Company has not declared
or paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind with
respect to its capital stock; (c) there has not been any change in
the capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other
than a change in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock
due to the issuance of shares upon the exercise of outstanding
options or warrants, upon the conversion of outstanding
shares of preferred stock or other convertible securities or the
issuance of restricted stock awards or restricted stock units under
the Company’s existing stock
awards plan, or any new grants
thereof in the ordinary course of business), (d) there has not been any material change in
the Company’s long-term or short-term debt, and (e) there has
not been the occurrence of any Material Adverse
Effect.
(ix)
Absence of
Proceedings. There is not
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, any
action, suit or proceeding to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject before or by any
court or governmental agency, authority or body, or any arbitrator
or mediator, which is reasonably likely to result in a Material
Adverse Effect
(x)
Permits. The Company and each of its subsidiaries holds,
and is in compliance with, all franchises, grants, authorizations,
licenses, permits, easements, consents, certificates and orders
(“Permits”)
of any governmental or self-regulatory agency, authority or body
required for the conduct of its business as currently carried on as described in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the
Final Prospectus, and all such Permits are in full force and
effect, in each case except where the failure to hold, or
comply with, any of them is not reasonably likely to result in a
Material Adverse Effect or adversely affect the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(xi)
Good
Title. The Company and each of
its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all property
(whether real or personal) described in the Registration Statement,
the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus as
being owned by them that are material to the business of the
Company, in each case free and clear of all liens, claims, security
interests, other encumbrances or defects, except those that are
disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and those that are not
reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The
property held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries is
held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with
only such exceptions with respect to any particular lease as do not
interfere in any material respect with the conduct of the business
of the Company and its subsidiaries.
(xii) Intellectual
Property. The Company and each
of its subsidiaries owns or possesses or has valid right to use all
patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade
names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations,
copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets and similar rights
(“Intellectual
Property”) necessary for
the conduct of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as
currently carried on and as described in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final
Prospectus. To the knowledge of the Company, no action or use by
the Company or any of its subsidiaries involves or gives rise to
any infringement of, or license or similar fees for, any
Intellectual Property of others, except where such action, use,
license or fee is not reasonably likely to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
received any notice alleging any such infringement or fee. To the
Company’s knowledge, none of the technology employed by the
Company or any subsidiary has been obtained or is being used by the
Company or such subsidiary in violation of any contractual
obligation binding on the Company or such subsidiary or, to the
Company’s knowledge, any of the officers, directors or
employees of the Company or any subsidiary, or, to the
Company’s knowledge, otherwise in violation of the rights of
any persons, except in each case for such violations as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(xiii)
Employment Matters. There is
(A) no unfair labor practice complaint pending against the Company,
or any of its subsidiaries, nor to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened against it or any of its subsidiaries, before the
National Labor Relations Board, any state or local labor relation
board or any foreign labor relations board, and no grievance or
arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective
bargaining agreement is so pending against the Company or any of
its subsidiaries, or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened
against it and (B) no labor disturbance by the employees of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the
Company’s knowledge, is imminent, and the Company is not
aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the
employees of any of its or its subsidiaries, principal suppliers,
manufacturers, customers or contractors, that could reasonably be
expected, singularly or in the aggregate, to have a Material
Adverse Effect. The Company is not aware that any key employee or
significant group of employees of the Company or any subsidiary
plans to terminate employment with the Company or any such
subsidiary.
(xiv)
ERISA Compliance. No
“prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder
(“ERISA”), or Section 4975
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time
(the “Code”)) or
“accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section
302 of ERISA) or any of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) of
ERISA (other than events with respect to which the thirty (30)-day
notice requirement under Section 4043 of ERISA has been waived) has
occurred or could reasonably be expected to occur with respect to
any employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
which would reasonably be expected to, singularly or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Each employee benefit
plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in compliance in
all material respects with applicable law, including ERISA and the
Code. The Company and its subsidiaries have not incurred and could
not reasonably be expected to incur liability under Title IV of
ERISA with respect to the termination of, or withdrawal from, any
pension plan (as defined in ERISA). Each pension plan for which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries would have any liability that is
intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so
qualified, and to the Company’s knowledge nothing has
occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which could,
singularly or in the aggregate, cause the loss of such
qualification.
(xv) Environmental
Matters. The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance
with all foreign, federal, state and local rules, laws and
regulations relating to the use, treatment, storage and disposal of
hazardous or toxic substances or waste and protection of health and
safety or the environment which are applicable to their businesses
(“Environmental
Laws”), except where the failure to comply has not had
and would not reasonably be expected to have, singularly or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no storage,
generation, transportation, handling, treatment, disposal,
discharge, emission, or other release of any kind of toxic or other
wastes or other hazardous substances by, due to, or caused by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries (or, to the Company’s
knowledge, any other entity for whose acts or omissions the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is or may otherwise be liable) upon any
of the property now or previously owned or leased by the Company or
any of its subsidiaries, or upon any other property, in violation
of any law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment,
decree or permit or which would, under any law, statute, ordinance,
rule (including rule of common law), regulation, order, judgment,
decree or permit, give rise to any liability, except for any
violation or liability which has not had and would not reasonably
be expected to have, singularly or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect; and there has been no disposal, discharge, emission
or other release of any kind onto such property or into the
environment surrounding such property of any toxic or other wastes
or other hazardous substances with respect to which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries has knowledge.
(xvi)
SOX Compliance. The Company
is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable
provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and all rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder or implementing the provisions
thereof.
(xvii)
Money Laundering Laws. The
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been
conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial
recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and
Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money
laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations
thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or
guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental
Entity (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”);
and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental
Entity involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with
respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened. “Governmental Entity”
shall be defined as any arbitrator,
court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or
other authority, body or agency (whether foreign or domestic)
having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
any of their respective properties, assets or
operations.
(xviii)
Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act. Neither the Company nor ,any of its subsidiaries, nor
any director or officer of the Company or any subsidiary, nor, to
the knowledge of the Company, any employee, representative, agent,
affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any other
person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that
would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder (the “FCPA”), including,
without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or
instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of
an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment
of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or
authorization of the giving of anything of value to any
“foreign official” (as such term is defined in the
FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any
candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the
FCPA and the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, its
affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the
FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures
designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue
to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
(xix)
OFAC. Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries nor any director or officer of the Company or any
subsidiary, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any employee,
representative, agent or affiliate of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any other person acting on behalf of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions
administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S.
Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company
will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of
the Shares contemplated hereby, or lend, contribute or otherwise
make available such proceeds to any person or entity, for the
purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject
to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(xx) Insurance.
The Company and each of its subsidiaries carries, or is covered by,
insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as is adequate
for the conduct of its business and the value of its properties and
as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in
similar industries.
(xxi)
Books and Records. The
minute books of the Company and each of its subsidiaries from and
after January 1, 2013 have been made available to the Underwriters
and counsel for the Underwriters, and such books (i) contain a
complete summary of all meetings and actions of the board of
directors (including each board committee) and shareholders of the
Company (or analogous governing bodies and interest holders, as
applicable) since January 1, 2013, and each of its subsidiaries
since January 1, 2013 through the date of the latest meeting and
action, and (ii) accurately in all material respects reflect all
transactions referred to in such minutes.
(xxii)
No Undisclosed
Contracts. There is no Contract
or document required by the Securities Act or by the Rules and
Regulations to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time
of Sale Disclosure Package or in the Final Prospectus or to be
filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statements which is not so
described or filed therein as required; and all descriptions of any
such Contracts or documents contained in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Final
Prospectus are accurate and complete descriptions of such documents
in all material respects. Other than as described in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the
Final Prospectus, no such Contract has been suspended or terminated
for convenience or default by the Company or any subsidiary party
thereto or any of the other parties thereto, and neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice, and the
Company has no knowledge, of any such pending or threatened
suspension or termination.
(xxiii)
No Undisclosed
Relationships. No relationship,
direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of
its subsidiaries on the one hand, and the directors, officers,
stockholders (or analogous interest holders), customers or
suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries on the other
hand, which is required to be described in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Final
Prospectus and which is not so described.
(xxiv)
Insider
Transactions. All transactions
by the Company with office holders or control persons of the
Company have been duly approved by the board of directors of the
Company, or duly appointed committees or officers thereof, if and
to the extent required under applicable law.
(xxv) No
Registration Rights. No person
or entity has the right to require registration of shares of Common
Stock or other securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
within 90 days of the date hereof because of the filing or
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or otherwise, except
for persons and entities who have expressly waived such right in
writing or who have been given timely and proper written notice and
have failed to exercise such right within the time or times
required under the terms and conditions of such right. Except as
described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there are no persons
with registration rights or similar rights to have any securities
registered by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under the
Securities Act.
(xxvi)
Continued Business. No
supplier, customer, distributor or sales agent of the Company
or any subsidiary has notified the Company or any subsidiary
that it intends to discontinue or decrease the rate of
business done with the Company or any subsidiary, except
where such discontinuation or decrease has not resulted in and
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(xxvii)
No Finder’s Fee. There
are no claims, payments, issuances, arrangements or understandings
for services in the nature of a finder’s, consulting or
origination fee with respect to the introduction of the Company to
any Underwriter or the sale of the Shares hereunder or any other
arrangements, agreements, understandings, payments or issuances
with respect to the Company that may affect the Underwriters’
compensation, as determined by FINRA.
(xxviii)
No Fees. Except as disclosed
to the Representatives in writing, the Company has not made any
direct or indirect payments (in cash, securities or otherwise) to
(i) any person, as a finder’s fee, investing fee or
otherwise, in consideration of such person raising capital for the
Company or introducing to the Company persons who provided capital
to the Company, (ii) any FINRA member, or (iii) any person or
entity that has any direct or indirect affiliation or association
with any FINRA member within the 12-month period prior to the date
on which the Registration Statement was filed with the Commission
(“Filing
Date”) or thereafter.
(xxix)
Proceeds. None of the net
proceeds of the offering will be paid by the Company to any
participating FINRA member or any affiliate or associate of any
participating FINRA member, except as specifically authorized
herein.
(xxx)
No FINRA Affiliations. To
the Company’s knowledge, no (i) officer or director of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) owner of 5% or more of any
class of the Company’s securities or (iii) owner of any
amount of the Company’s unregistered securities acquired
within the 180-day period prior to the Filing Date, has any direct
or indirect affiliation or association with any FINRA member. The
Company will advise the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters if it
becomes aware that any officer, director of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries or any owner of 5% or more of any class of the
Company’s securities is or becomes an affiliate or associated
person of a FINRA member participating in the
offering.
(xxxi)
No Financial Advisor. Other
than the Underwriters, no person has the right to act as an
underwriter or as a financial advisor to the Company in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby.
(xxxii)
Certain Statements. The
statements set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions
“Business – Government Regulations,” insofar as
they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents
referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair in all
material respects, and under the caption “Description of
Capital Stock” insofar as they purport to constitute a
summary of (i) the terms of the Company’s outstanding
securities, (ii) the terms of the Shares, and (iii) the terms of
the documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair
in all material respects.
(xxxiii)
Prior Sales of Securities.
Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the Company has not
sold or issued any shares of Common Stock during the six-month
period preceding the date hereof, including any sales pursuant to
Rule 144A under, or Regulations D or S of, the Securities Act,
other than shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, stock
option plans or other employee compensation plans or pursuant to
outstanding preferred stock, options, rights or warrants or other
outstanding convertible securities.
(b) Any
certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to
the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters or to counsel for
the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by
the Company to the Underwriters as to the matters covered
thereby.
4. Purchase,
Sale and Delivery of Shares.
(a) On
the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein
contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set
forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Firm Shares to the
several Underwriters, and the several Underwriters agree, severally
and not jointly, to purchase the Firm Shares set forth opposite the
names of the Underwriters in Schedule I hereto. The
purchase price to be paid
by the Underwriters to the Company for each Firm Share shall be
$[●] per share.
(b) The
Company hereby grants to the Underwriters the option to purchase
some or all of the Option Shares and, upon the basis
of the warranties and representations
and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the
Underwriters shall have the right, severally and not jointly, to
purchase at the purchase price set forth in Section 4(a) all or any
portion of the Option Shares as may be necessary to cover
over-allotments made in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby. This option may be exercised by the
Underwriters at any time and from time to time on or before the
thirtieth (30th)
day following the date hereof, by written notice to the Company
(the “Option
Notice”). The Option
Notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Option Shares as to
which the option is being exercised, and the date and time when the
Option Shares are to be delivered (such date and time being herein
referred to as the “Option Closing
Date”);
provided, however, that the Option Closing Date shall not be
earlier than the Closing Date (as defined below) nor earlier than
the first business day after the date on which the option shall
have been exercised nor later than the fifth business day after the
date on which the option shall have been exercised unless the
Company and the Representatives otherwise agree. If the
Underwriters elect to purchase less than all of the Option Shares,
the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter the number of
Option Shares obtained by multiplying the number of Option Shares specified in such notice by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Option Shares set
forth opposite the name of the Underwriter in Schedule I hereto
under the caption “Number of Option Shares to be Sold” and the
denominator of which is the total number of Option Shares.
(c)
Payment of the purchase price for and
delivery of the Option Shares shall be made on an Option Closing
Date in the same manner and at the same office as the payment for
the Firm Shares as set forth in subparagraph (d)
below.
(d)
The Firm Shares will be delivered by
the Company to the Representatives, for the respective accounts of
the several Underwriters, against payment of the purchase price
therefor by wire transfer of same day funds payable to the order of
the Company at the offices of Roth Capital Partners, LLC, 888 San
Clemente Drive, Suite 400, Newport Beach, CA 92660, or such other
location as may be mutually acceptable, at 6:00 a.m. Pacific Time,
on the date specified for regular way settlement in Rule 15c6-1(a)
under the Exchange Act (or if the Firm Shares are priced
after 4:30 p.m. Eastern time, the date
specified therein), or at such other time and date as the
Representatives and the Company determine pursuant to Rule
15c6-1(a) under the Exchange Act, or, in the case of the Option
Shares, at such date and time set forth in the Option Notice. The
time and date of delivery of the Firm Shares is referred to herein
as the “Closing
Date.” On the
Closing Date, the Company shall deliver the Firm Shares, which
shall be registered in the name or names and shall be in such
denominations as the Representatives may request on behalf of the
Underwriters at least one (1) business day before the Closing Date,
to the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, which
delivery shall be made through the facilities of the Depository
Trust Company’s DWAC system.
(e)
It is understood that each of the Representatives
has been authorized, for its own account and the accounts of the
several Underwriters, to accept delivery of and receipt for, and
make payment of the purchase price for, the Firm Shares the
Underwriters have agreed to purchase. Each Representative,
individually and not as the Representative of the Underwriters, may
(but shall not be obligated to) make payment for any Shares to be
purchased by any Underwriter whose funds shall not have been
received by such Representative by the Closing Date or any Option
Closing Date, as the case may be, for the account of such
Underwriter, but any such payment shall not relieve such
Underwriter from any of its obligations under this
Agreement.
(f)
On the Closing Date, the Company shall issue to the Representatives
(and/or their designees), warrants (the “Representatives’
Warrants”), in form and substance acceptable to the
Representatives, for the purchase of an aggregate of [●]
shares of Common Stock, which shall be registered in the name or
names and shall be in such denominations as the Representatives may
request at least one (1) business day before the Closing Date. The
Representatives shall allocate the Representatives Warrants among
them as they determine in their sole discretion.
5. Covenants.
(a) The
Company covenants and agrees with the Underwriters as
follows:
(i) The
Company shall prepare the Final Prospectus in a form approved by
the Representatives and file such Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Securities Act not later than the Commission's
close of business on the second business day following the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if applicable, such
earlier time as may be required by the Rules and
Regulations.
(ii) During
the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of
the Closing Date or such date as determined by the Representatives
the Final Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered
in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the
“Prospectus Delivery
Period”), prior to
amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, including any
Rule 462 Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package or the Final Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the
Representatives for review and comment a copy of each such proposed
amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such
proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives
reasonably object.
(iii) From
the date of this Agreement until the end of the Prospectus Delivery
Period, the Company shall promptly advise the Representatives in
writing (A) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for
additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (B) of
the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to
the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, (C) of the time and date that any
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes
effective and (D) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or
of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend
or terminate from listing or quotation the Common Stock from any
securities exchange upon which it is listed for trading or included
or designated for quotation, or of the threatening or initiation of
any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall
enter any such stop order at any time during the Prospectus
Delivery Period, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to
obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment.
Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the
provisions of Rules 424(b) or 430A
as applicable, under the Securities
Act and will use its reasonable efforts to confirm that any filings
made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in
a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule
424(b)(8) or 164(b) of the Securities Act).
(iv)
(A) During the Prospectus Delivery
Period, the Company will comply with all requirements imposed upon
it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the
Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the
Exchange Act, as now and hereafter amended, so far as necessary to
permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Shares as
contemplated by the provisions hereof, the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package, the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus. If
during the Prospectus Delivery Period any event occurs the result
of which would cause the Final Prospectus (or if the Final
Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the Time
of Sale Disclosure Package ) to include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then
existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary
or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the
Representatives or counsel to the Underwriters to amend the
Registration Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus (or if
the Final Prospectus is not yet available to prospective
purchasers, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package ) to comply
with the Securities Act, the Company will promptly notify the
Representatives, allow the
Representatives the opportunity
to provide reasonable comments on such amendment, prospectus
supplement or document, and will amend the Registration Statement
or supplement the Final Prospectus (or if the Final Prospectus is not yet available to
prospective purchasers, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package) or
file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct
such statement or omission or effect such
compliance.
(B) If
at any time during the Prospectus Delivery Period there occurred or
occurs an event or development the result of which such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the
information contained in the Registration Statement or any
Prospectus or included or would include, when taken together with
the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not
misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives
and will promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement, at
its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate
or correct such conflict, untrue statement or
omission.
(v)
The Company shall take or cause to be
taken all necessary action to qualify the Securities for sale under
the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives
reasonably designate and to continue such qualifications in effect
so long as required for the distribution of the Securities, except
that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith to
qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in
any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified, to execute a
general consent to service of process in any state or to subject
itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction
in which it is not otherwise subject.
(vi)
The Company will furnish to the
Underwriters and counsel to the Underwriters copies of the
Registration Statement, each Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements to such documents,
in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as the
Underwriters may from time to time reasonably
request.
(vii)
The Company will make generally
available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in
any event not later than 15 months after the end of the
Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement
(which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period that shall
satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and
Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations.
(viii)
The Company, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereunder
are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, will pay or cause
to be paid (A) all expenses (including transfer taxes allocated to
the respective transferees) incurred in connection with the
delivery to the Underwriters of the Securities (including all fees
and expenses of the registrar and transfer agent of the Shares and
the registrar and transfer agent of the Representatives’
Warrants (if other than the Company), and the cost of preparing and
printing stock certificates and warrant certificates, if any), (B)
all expenses and fees (including, without limitation, fees and
expenses of the Company’s counsel) in connection with the
preparation, printing, filing, delivery, and shipping of the
Registration Statement (including the financial statements therein
and all amendments, schedules, and exhibits thereto), the
Securities, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, any Prospectus,
the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto, (C) all reasonable filing
fees and reasonable fees and disbursements of the
Underwriters’ counsel incurred in connection with the
qualification of the Securities for offering and sale by the
Underwriters or by dealers under the securities or blue sky laws of
the states and other jurisdictions that the Representatives shall designate, (D) the
reasonable filing fees and reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel to the Underwriters incident to any required review and
approval by FINRA, of the terms of the sale of the Shares, (F)
listing fees, if any, and (G) all other costs and expenses incident
to the performance of its obligations hereunder that are not
otherwise specifically provided for herein. The Company will
reimburse the Representatives for the Underwriters’
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including legal fees and
disbursements, in connection with the purchase and sale of the
Shares contemplated hereby up to an aggregate of $75,000 (including
amounts payable pursuant to clauses (C) and (D) above). If this
Agreement is terminated by the Representatives in accordance with
the provisions of Section 6, Section 9 or Section 10, the Company
will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket disbursements
(including, but not limited to, reasonable fees and disbursements
of counsel, travel expenses, postage, facsimile and telephone
charges) incurred by the Underwriters in connection with their
investigation, preparing to market and marketing the Shares or in
contemplation of performing their obligations
hereunder.
(ix)
The Company intends to apply the net
proceeds from the sale of the Shares to be sold by it hereunder for
the purposes set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the heading
“Use of Proceeds”.
(x) The
Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly,
during the Prospectus Delivery Period, any action designed to or
which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that
has constituted, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of
any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Shares.
(xi)
The Company represents and agrees
that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the
Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally, and not jointly,
represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written
consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer
relating to the Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus; provided that the prior written consent of the parties
hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the free
writing prospectuses included in Schedule III. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by
the Company and the Representatives is hereinafter referred to as a
“Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus.” The Company
represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing
prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied or will
comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission
filing where required, legending and
record-keeping.
(xii)
The Company hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent
of the Representatives, it will
not, during the period ending ninety (90) days after the date
hereof (“Lock-Up
Period”), (i) offer, pledge, issue, sell, contract to
sell, purchase, contract to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer
or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock
or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable
for Common Stock; or (ii) enter into
any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole
or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the
Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in
clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of
Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise; or
(iii) file any registration statement with the Commission relating
to the offering of any shares of Common Stock or any securities
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.
The restrictions contained in the preceding sentence shall not
apply to (1) the Securities to be sold hereunder, (2) the issuance
of Common Stock upon the exercise of options or warrants or the
conversion of outstanding preferred stock or other outstanding
convertible securities disclosed as outstanding in the Registration
Statement (excluding exhibits thereto), the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package, and the Final Prospectus, or (3) the issuance of employee
stock options not exercisable during the Lock-Up Period and the
grant of restricted stock awards or restricted stock units or
shares of Common Stock pursuant to equity incentive plans described
in the Registration Statement (excluding exhibits thereto), the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package, and the Final
Prospectus.
(xiii)
The Company hereby agrees, during a
period of three years from the effective date of the Registration
Statement, to furnish to the Representatives copies of all reports
or other communications (financial or other) furnished to
shareholders, and to deliver to the Representatives as soon as
reasonably practicable upon availability, copies of any reports and
financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or
any national securities exchange on which any class of securities
of the Company is listed; provided, that any information or
documents available on the Commission’s Electronic Data
Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System shall be considered
furnished for purposes of this Section
5(a)(xiii).
(xiv)
The Company hereby agrees to engage
and maintain, at its expense, a registrar and transfer agent for
the Common Stock and a registrar and transfer agent for the
Representatives’ Warrants (if other than the
Company).
(xv)
The Company hereby agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to
obtain approval to list the Shares and the Representatives’
Warrant Shares on the Nasdaq.
(xvi)
The Company hereby agrees not to take, directly or indirectly, any
action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or
might reasonably be expected to constitute, under the Exchange Act
or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Shares.
6. Conditions
of the Underwriters’ Obligations. The respective obligations of the several
Underwriters hereunder to purchase the Shares are subject to the accuracy, as of the date hereof
and at all times through the Closing Date, and on each
Option Closing Date (as if made on the Closing Date or such Option
Closing Date, as applicable), of and
compliance with all representations, warranties and agreements of
the Company contained herein, the performance by the Company of its
obligations hereunder and the following additional
conditions:
(a) If
filing of the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, is required under
the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations, the Company shall
have filed the Final Prospectus (or such amendment or supplement)
or such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus with the Commission in the
manner and within the time period so required (without reliance on
Rule 424(b)(8) or 164(b) under the Securities Act); the
Registration Statement shall remain effective; no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any
part thereof, any Rule 462 Registration Statement, or any amendment
thereof, nor suspending or preventing the use of the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package, any Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been issued; no
proceedings for the issuance of such an order shall have been
initiated or threatened by the Commission; any request of the
Commission or the Representatives for additional information (to be
included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package, any Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to
the satisfaction of the Representatives.
(b) The
Shares and the Representatives’ Warrant Shares, shall be
approved for listing on the Nasdaq, subject to official notice of
issuance.
(c) FINRA
shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness
of the underwriting terms and arrangements.
(d)
The Representatives shall not
have reasonably determined,
and advised the
Company, that the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, any Prospectus, the
Final Prospectus, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto,
or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, contains an untrue statement
of fact which, in the
reasonable opinion of the Representatives, is material, or omits to state a fact
which, in the reasonable
opinion of the Representatives, is material and is required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading.
(e)
On the Closing Date and on each Option Closing Date, there shall
have been furnished to the Representatives, for the benefit of the
Underwriters, the opinion and negative assurance letters of Lewis
Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, counsel to the Company, each
dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as applicable,
and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Representatives.
(f)
On the Closing Date and on each Option Closing Date, there shall
have been furnished to the Representatives, for the benefit of the
Underwriters, the negative assurance letter of Lowenstein Sandler
LLP, counsel to the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date or the
Option Closing Date, as applicable, and addressed to the
Underwriters, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(g)
The Representatives, for the benefit of the Underwriters,
shall have received a letter of Squar
Milner LLP, on the date hereof and on the Closing Date and on each
Option Closing Date, addressed to the Underwriters, confirming that
they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the
Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable
requirements relating to the qualifications of accountants under
Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, and confirming, as
of the date of each such letter (or, with respect to matters
involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of
which specified financial information is given in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final
Prospectus, as of a date not prior to the date hereof or more than
five days prior to the date of such letter), the conclusions and
findings of said firm with respect to the financial information and
other matters required by the Underwriters.
(h)
On the Closing Date and on each Option
Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to the
Representatives, for the benefit of the Underwriters, a certificate, dated the Closing Date and on each
Option Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, signed by the
chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of the
Company, in their capacity as officers of the Company, to the
effect that:
(i)
The representations and warranties of
the Company in this Agreement that are qualified by materiality or
by reference to any Material Adverse Effect are true and correct in
all respects, and all other representations and warranties of the
Company in this Agreement are true and correct, in all material
respects, as if made at and as of the Closing Date and on the
Option Closing Date, and the Company has complied in all material
respects with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions
on its part required to be performed or satisfied at or prior to
the Closing Date or on the Option Closing Date, as
applicable;
(ii) No
stop order or other order (A) suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or any part thereof or any amendment
thereof, (B) suspending the qualification of the
Securities for
offering or sale, or (C) suspending or preventing the use of the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package, any Prospectus, the Final
Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, has been issued,
and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to their
knowledge, is contemplated by the Commission or any state or
regulatory body; and
(iii) There
has been no occurrence of any event resulting or reasonably likely
to result in a Material Adverse Effect during the period from and
after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date
or on the Option Closing Date, as
applicable.
(i) On
or before the date hereof, the Representatives shall have received
duly executed lock-up agreements (each a “Lock-Up Agreement”)
in the form set forth on
Exhibit A
hereto, by and between the
Representatives and each of the parties specified in
Schedule
IV.
(j) The
Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters and their counsel
such additional documents, certificates and evidence as the
Representatives or counsel to the Underwriters may have reasonably
requested.
If any condition
specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and
as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by
the Representatives by notice to the Company at any time at or
prior to the Closing Date or on the
Option Closing Date, as applicable, and such termination
shall be without liability of any party to any other party, except
that Section 5(a)(viii), Section 7 and Section 9 shall survive any
such termination and remain in full force and effect.
7. Indemnification
and Contribution.
(a) The
Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each
Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and employees,
and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, from and against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities to which such party may become subject, under the
Securities Act or otherwise (including in settlement of any
litigation if such settlement is effected with the written consent
of the Company), insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are
based upon (i) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement, including
the information deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement
at the time of effectiveness and at any subsequent time pursuant to
Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, or arise out of or are
based upon the omission from the Registration Statement, or alleged
omission to state therein, a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading
(ii) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, any
Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or the Marketing
Materials or in any other materials used in connection with the
offering of the Shares, or arise out of or are based upon the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading, (iii) in whole or in part, any inaccuracy in the
representations and warranties of the Company contained herein, or
(iv) in whole or in part, any failure of the Company to perform its
obligations hereunder or under law, and will reimburse such party
for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such party
in connection with evaluating, investigating or defending against
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided,
however, that such indemnity
shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter (or any person
controlling such Underwriter) in any such case to the extent that
any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of or
is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement,
the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, any Prospectus, the Final
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto or any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by the related
Underwriter specifically for use in the preparation thereof, which
written information is described in Section
7(f).
(b) Each
Underwriter, severally and not jointly, will indemnify, defend and
hold harmless the Company, its directors and each officer of the
Company who signs the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section
20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities to which such party may become subject,
under the Securities Act or otherwise (including in settlement of
any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written
consent of such Underwriter), insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of
or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package, any Prospectus, the Final
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto or any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the
extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, any Prospectus, the
Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto or any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by such
Underwriter specifically for use in the preparation thereof, which
written information is described in Section 7(f), and will
reimburse such party for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such party in connection with evaluating,
investigating, and defending against any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action. The
obligation of each Underwriter to indemnify the Company (including
any controlling person, director or officer thereof) shall be
limited to the amount of the underwriting discount applicable to
the Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter hereunder actually
received by such Underwriter.
(c) Promptly
after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b)
above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified
party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against
the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the
indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the
failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve the
indemnifying party from any liability that it may have to any
indemnified party except to the extent such indemnifying party has
been materially prejudiced by such failure. In case any such action
shall be brought against any indemnified party, and it shall notify
the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in, and, to the
extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying
party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with
counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after notice
from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of the
indemnifying party’s election so to assume the defense
thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such
indemnified party under such subsection for any legal or other
expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with the defense thereof; provided, however, that if (i) the indemnified party has reasonably
concluded (based on advice of counsel) that there may be legal
defenses available to it or other indemnified parties that are
different from or in addition to those available to the
indemnifying party, (ii) a conflict or potential conflict exists
(based on advice of counsel to the indemnified party) between the
indemnified party and the indemnifying party (in which case the
indemnifying party will not have the right to direct the defense of
such action on behalf of the indemnified party), or (iii) the
indemnifying party has not in fact employed counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnified party to assume the defense of such
action within a reasonable time after receiving notice of the
commencement of the action, the indemnified party shall have the
right to employ a single counsel to represent it in any claim in
respect of which indemnity may be sought under subsection (a) or
(b) of this Section 7, in which event the reasonable fees and
expenses of such separate counsel shall be borne by the
indemnifying party or parties and reimbursed to the indemnified
party as incurred.
The
indemnifying party under this Section 7 shall not be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent,
but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment
for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the
indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or
expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying
party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of
judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in
respect of which any indemnified party is a party or could be named
and indemnity was or would be sought hereunder by such indemnified
party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (a) includes
an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all
liability for claims that are the subject matter of such action,
suit or proceeding and (b) does not include a statement as to or an
admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf
of any indemnified party.
(d) If
the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is unavailable
or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
subsection (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party
as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred
to in subsection (a) or (b) above, (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the
offering and sale of the Shares or
(ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)
above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand
and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements
or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on
the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to
be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the
offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear
to the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, in
each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Final
Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the
Underwriters and the parties’ relevant intent, knowledge,
access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
untrue statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters
agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions
pursuant to this subsection (d) were to be determined by pro rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take
account of the equitable considerations referred to in the first
sentence of this subsection (d). The amount paid by an indemnified
party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities
referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be
deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or
defending against any action or claim that is the subject of this
subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection
(d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any
amount in excess of the amount of the of the underwriting discount
applicable to the Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter
hereunder actually received by such Underwriter. No person guilty
of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ respective obligations
to contribute as provided in this Section 7 are several in
proportion to their respective underwriting commitments and not
joint.
(e) The
obligations of the Company under this Section 7 shall be in
addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have and
the benefits of such obligations shall extend, upon the same terms
and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act
or Section 20 of the Exchange Act; and the obligations of each
Underwriter under this Section 7 shall be in addition to any
liability that each Underwriter may otherwise have and the benefits
of such obligations shall extend, upon the same terms and
conditions, to the Company’s directors, the officers of the
Company signing the Registration Statement, and each person who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act.
(f) For
purposes of this Agreement, each Underwriter severally confirms,
and the Company acknowledges, that there is no information
concerning such Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by
such Underwriter specifically for preparation of or inclusion in
the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package,
any Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, other than the statement set forth in the last
paragraph on the cover page of the Prospectus, the marketing and
legal names of each Underwriter, and the statements set forth in
the “Underwriting” section of the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, and the Final
Prospectus only insofar as such statements relate to the amount of
selling concession and re-allowance, if any, or to over-allotment,
stabilization and related activities that may be undertaken by such
Underwriter.
8.
Representations
and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties, and agreements
of the Company contained herein or in certificates delivered pursuant
hereto, including, but not limited to, the agreements of the
several Underwriters and the Company contained in Section
5(a)(viii) and Section 7 hereof, shall remain operative and in full
force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on
behalf of the several Underwriters or any controlling person
thereof, or the Company, its directors, the officers of the Company signing
the Registration Statement, or any of its controlling persons, and
shall survive delivery of, and payment for, the Shares
to and by the Underwriters
hereunder.
9. Termination
of this Agreement.
(a) The
Representatives shall have the right to terminate this Agreement
by giving notice to the Company as hereinafter specified at any
time at or prior to the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date (as
to the Option Shares to be purchased on such Option Closing Date
only), if in the discretion of the
Representatives, (i) there has
occurred any material adverse change in the securities markets or
any event, act or occurrence that has materially disrupted, or in
the opinion of the Representatives, will in the future materially disrupt, the
securities markets or there shall be such a material adverse change
in general financial, political or economic conditions or the
effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the
United States is such as to make it, in the judgment of the
Representatives, inadvisable or
impracticable to market the Shares or
enforce contracts for the sale of the Shares, (ii)
trading in the Company’s Common Stock shall have been
suspended by the Commission, the Nasdaq or the OTCQB or trading in
securities generally on the Nasdaq Stock Market, the NYSE or the
NYSE American shall have been suspended, (iii) minimum or maximum
prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for
prices for securities shall have been required, on the Nasdaq Stock
Market, the NYSE or the NYSE American, by such exchange or by order
of the Commission or any other governmental authority having
jurisdiction, (iv) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by
federal or state authorities, (v) there shall have occurred any
attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of
terrorism involving the United States, any declaration by the
United States of a national emergency or war, any substantial
change or development involving a prospective substantial change in
United States or international political, financial or economic
conditions or any other calamity or crisis, or (vi) the Company
suffers any loss by strike, fire, flood, earthquake, accident or
other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or (vii) in
the judgment of the Representatives, there has been, since the time of execution of
this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, any material
adverse change in the assets, properties, condition, financial or
otherwise, or in the results of operations, business affairs or
business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered
as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of
business. Any such termination shall be without liability of any
party to any other party except that the provisions of Section
5(a)(viii) and Section 7 hereof shall at all times be effective and
shall survive such termination.
(b) If
the Representatives elect to
terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section, the Company
and the other Underwriters shall be notified promptly by the
Representatives by telephone,
confirmed by letter.
10.
Substitution of
Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters shall
default in its or their obligations to purchase Shares hereunder on
the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date and the aggregate
number of Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters
agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed ten percent (10%) of
the total number of Shares to be purchased by all Underwriters on
such Closing Date or Option Closing Date, the other Underwriters
shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective
commitments hereunder, to purchase the Shares which such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such
Closing Date or Option Closing Date. If any Underwriter or
Underwriters shall so default and the aggregate number of Shares
with respect to which such default or defaults occur is more than
ten percent (10%) of the total number of Shares to be purchased by
all Underwriters on such Closing Date or Option Closing Date and
arrangements satisfactory to the remaining Underwriters and the
Company for the purchase of such Shares by other persons are not
made within forty-eight (48) hours after such default, this
Agreement shall terminate.
If the
remaining Underwriters or substituted Underwriters are required
hereby or agree to take up all or part of the Shares of a
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters on such Closing Date or
Option Closing Date as provided in this Section 10, (i) the Company
shall have the right to postpone such Closing Date or Option
Closing Date for a period of not more than five (5) full business
days in order to permit the Company to effect whatever changes in
the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus, or in any other
documents or arrangements, which may thereby be made necessary, and
the Company agrees to promptly file any amendments to the
Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus which may thereby be
made necessary, and (ii) the respective numbers of Shares to be
purchased by the remaining Underwriters or substituted Underwriters
shall be taken as the basis of their underwriting obligation for
all purposes of this Agreement. Nothing herein contained shall
relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability to the Company
or any other Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default
hereunder. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this
Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of any
non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company, except that the
representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities, agreements and
other statements set forth in Section 2 and 3, the obligations with
respect to expenses to be paid or reimbursed pursuant to Section 5
and the provisions of Section 5(a)(viii) and Section 9 and Sections
11 through 18, inclusive, shall not terminate and shall remain in
full force and effect.
As used
in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” shall be
deemed to include any person substituted for a defaulting
Underwriter under this Section 10. Any action taken under this
Section 10 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from
liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this
Agreement.
11.
Notices.
Except as otherwise provided herein, all communications hereunder
shall be in writing and, if to the Representatives, shall be
mailed, delivered or telecopied to Roth Capital Partners, LLC, 888
San Clemente Drive, Suite 400, Newport Beach, CA 92660, telecopy
number: (949) 720-7227, Attention: Managing Director and Maxim
Group LLC, 405 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10174, telecopy
number: [●], Attention: [●]; and if to the Company,
shall be mailed, delivered or telecopied to it at 2685 S. Melrose
Drive, Vista, CA 92081, telecopy number: (760) 741-3535, Attention:
Ronald F. Dutt; or in each case to such other address as the person
to be notified may have requested in writing. Any party to this
Agreement may change such address for notices by sending to the
parties to this Agreement written notice of a new address for such
purpose.
12.
Persons
Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and
be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors
and assigns and the controlling persons, officers and directors
referred to in Section 7. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or
shall be construed to give to any other person, firm or corporation
any legal or equitable remedy or claim under or in respect of this
Agreement or any provision herein contained. The term
“successors and assigns” as herein used shall not
include any purchaser, as such purchaser, of any of the Shares from
any Underwriter.
13.
Absence of
Fiduciary Relationship. The
Company acknowledges and agrees that: (a) each Underwriter has been
retained solely to act as underwriter in connection with the sale
of the Shares and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency
relationship between the Company and any Underwriter has been
created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, irrespective of whether the Underwriter has advised or
is advising the Company on other matters; (b) the price and other
terms of the Shares set forth in this Agreement were established by
the Company following discussions and arms-length negotiations with
the Underwriters and the Company is capable of evaluating and
understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and
conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (c)
it has been advised that the Underwriters and their affiliates are
engaged in a broad range of transactions that may involve interests
that differ from those of the Company and that no Underwriter has
any obligation to disclose such interest and transactions to the
Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency
relationship; and (d) it has been advised that each Underwriter is
acting, in respect of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, solely for the benefit of such Underwriter, and not on
behalf of the Company.
14.
Amendments
and Waivers. No supplement,
modification or waiver of this Agreement shall be binding unless
executed in writing by the party to be bound thereby. The failure
of a party to exercise any right or remedy shall not be deemed or
constitute a waiver of such right or remedy in the future. No
waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed
or shall constitute a waiver of any other provision hereof
(regardless of whether similar), nor shall any such waiver be
deemed or constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise expressly
provided.
15.
Partial
Unenforceability. The
invalidity or unenforceability of any section, paragraph, clause or
provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any other section, paragraph, clause or
provision.
16.
Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of New York.
17.
Submission
to Jurisdiction. The Company
irrevocably (a) submits to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of
the State of New York, Borough of Manhattan or the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York for the
purpose of any suit, action, or other proceeding arising out of
this Agreement, or any of the agreements or transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package, any Prospectus and the Final
Prospectus (each a “Proceeding”),
(b) agrees that all claims in respect of any Proceeding may be
heard and determined in any such court, (c) waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, any immunity from jurisdiction of any such
court or from any legal process therein, (d) agrees not to commence
any Proceeding other than in such courts, and (e) waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, any claim that such Proceeding is
brought in an inconvenient forum. THE COMPANY (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF
AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS
RESPECTIVE EQUITY HOLDERS AND CREDITORS) HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT
MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM BASED UPON,
ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT, THE TIME OF SALE DISCLOSURE PACKAGE, ANY PROSPECTUS AND
THE FINAL PROSPECTUS.
18.
Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed and
delivered (including by facsimile transmission or electronic mail)
in one or more counterparts and, if executed in more than one
counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be
an original and all such counterparts shall together constitute one
and the same instrument.
[Signature
Page Follows]
Please
sign and return to the Company the enclosed duplicates of this
letter whereupon this letter will become a binding agreement
between the Company and the several Underwriters in accordance with
its terms.
Very
truly yours,
FLUX POWER HOLDINGS, INC.
Title: Chief
Executive Officer
Confirmed as of the date first above-mentioned
by the Representatives of the several Underwriters.
ROTH CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC
Title: Head
of Equity Capital Markets
MAXIM GROUP LLC
Title: Head
of Investment Banking