UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 8, 2009
NEUROMETRIX, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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62 Fourth Avenue
Waltham, Massachusetts 02451
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(781) 890-9989
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
The response to this item is included in Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and is incorporated herein in its entirety.
Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
As reported in the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1, on September 8, 2009, the Company entered into securities purchase agreements in connection with a private placement of its securities to certain institutional and other accredited investors pursuant to which NeuroMetrix agreed to sell and issue (i) an aggregate of 8,816,521 newly issued shares of its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share and (ii) warrants to purchase an aggregate of 8,375,695 shares of common stock. The sale of securities was consummated on September 10, 2009 resulting in aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $18.68 million. The net proceeds, after deducting offering expenses (including fees to the placement agent and co-agent of 6.5%), are expected to be approximately $17.3 million.
The common stock and warrants were sold as a unit for a price of $2.12, with each unit comprised of one share of common stock and a warrant to purchase 0.95 shares of common stock. The warrants are exercisable at any time six months after the closing date through the fifth anniversary of the closing date. The warrants have an exercise price of $2.20 per share, reflecting a 10% premium over the consolidated closing bid price for the Companys common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market on September 4, 2009. The warrants contain certain limitations that prevent the holder of any warrants from acquiring shares upon exercise of a warrant that would result in the number of shares beneficially owned by it and its affiliates to exceed 19.9% of the total number of shares of our common stock then issued and outstanding (with a separate threshold of 9.99% of the total number of shares outstanding for any shareholder who has not exceeded that threshold as of the date of closing). The number of shares for which the warrants are exercisable and the associated exercise prices are subject to certain adjustments as set forth in the warrants. The holder has the right to net exercise any outstanding warrants for shares of our common stock. In addition, upon certain changes in control of NeuroMetrix, to the extent the warrants are not assumed by the acquiring entity, the holder can elect to receive, subject to certain limitations and assumptions, cash equal to the Black-Scholes value of the outstanding warrants.
Pursuant to the terms of the securities purchase agreement, NeuroMetrix granted to the investors certain registration rights related to the shares of common stock sold in the private placement, including the shares to be acquired upon exercise of the warrants (and certain shares currently owned by one of the Companys significant stockholders who invested in the private placement). The Company is required to file a registration statement for the resale of the shares of common stock issued pursuant to the securities purchase agreement within 45 days following the closing date of the private placement and to use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 60 days following the closing date (or 120 days following the closing date if the Securities and Exchange Commission determines to review the registration statement). NeuroMetrix may incur liquidated damages if it does not meet its registration obligations under the securities purchase agreement. NeuroMetrix also agreed to other customary obligations regarding registration, including indemnification and maintenance of the registration statement.
Canaccord Adams Inc. acted as placement agent and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. (NYSE:LTS) acted as co-agent for the transaction and, in such capacity are entitled to warrants to purchase an aggregate of 207,188 shares of common stock. The placement agents warrants are in the same form as that issued to participants in the private placement but the shares acquired upon exercise are not entitled to registration rights.
The Company claims an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the private placement of the shares of common stock and warrants pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder because, among other things, the transaction did not involve a public offering, the investors were accredited investors and/or qualified institutional buyers, the investors took the securities for investment and not resale, and the Company took appropriate measures to restrict the transfer of the securities.
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The foregoing is only a brief description of the material terms of the securities purchase agreement and the warrants, does not purport to be a complete description of the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the securities purchase agreement and form of warrant, which are filed as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 4.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference herein.
Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
On September 8, 2009, NeuroMetrix Inc. issued a press release to announce that in connection with a private placement of its securities, it has amended its shareholders rights agreement to provide that the acquisition of beneficial ownership in excess of 15% of its common stock pursuant to the securities purchase agreement and the warrants by Deerfield Special Situations Fund, L.P. and Deerfield Special Situations Fund International Limited would not create a triggering event as defined in the shareholders rights agreement. A copy of the first amendment is furnished herewith as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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Amendment to Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated September 8, 2009. |
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Form of warrant to purchase shares of common stock. |
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Press Release, dated September 10, 2009, titled NeuroMetrix Completes Private Placement. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
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Dated: September 14, 2009 |
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/s/ Shai N. Gozani, M.D., Ph.D. |
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Shai N. Gozani, M.D., Ph.D. |
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Chief Executive Officer and President |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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First Amendment to Shareholder Rights Plan, dated September 8, 2009. |
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Press Release, dated September 10, 2009, titled NeuroMetrix Completes Private Placement. |
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EXHIBIT 4.1
AMENDMENT TO
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT TO SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this Amendment) is entered into as of September 8, 2009, by and between NEUROMETRIX, INC., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, a New York corporation (the Rights Agent).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company and the Rights Agent are parties to that certain Shareholder Rights Agreement dated March 7, 2007 (the Rights Agreement); and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to enter into Securities Purchase Agreements with investors under which the Company will issue and sell up to 8,816,521 shares of the common stock of the Company and warrants to purchase up to 8,375,695 shares of common stock of the Company in a private placement; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 27 of the Rights Agreement, the Company and the Rights Agent may from time to time supplement or amend the Rights Agreement subject to the terms of the Rights Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has determined that an amendment to the Rights Agreement as set forth herein is necessary and desirable in connection with the foregoing and the Company and the Rights Agent desire to evidence such amendment in writing.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and mutual agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:
1. Amendment of Section 1. Section 1 of the Rights Agreement, Certain Definitions is supplemented to add the following definitions in the appropriate locations:
Investor shall mean Deerfield Special Situations Fund, L.P. and Deerfield Special Situations Fund International Limited.
Securities Purchase Agreement shall mean the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated September 8, 2009, by and between the Company and the Investor that incorporates the Securities Purchase Agreement Standard Terms.
Transactions shall mean the issuance of (x) 2,548,673 shares of Common Stock, and (y) the Warrant, in each case, and the exercise of the Warrant in accordance with its terms.
Warrant shall mean the warrant to purchase 2,421,239 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.
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2. Amendment of the definition of Acquiring Person. The definition of Acquiring Person in Section 1 of the Rights Agreement is amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof:
Notwithstanding anything in this Rights Agreement to the contrary, neither Investor nor any of its Affiliates or Associates shall be deemed to be an Acquiring Person solely as a result of (i) the execution of the Securities Purchase Agreement or the Warrant or (ii) the consummation of the Transactions or any other transaction contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement or the Warrant.
3. Amendment of the definition of Section 11(a)(ii) Event. The definition of Section 11(a)(ii) Event in Section 1 of the Rights Agreement is amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof:
Notwithstanding anything in this Rights Agreement to the contrary, a Section 11(a)(ii) Event shall not be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of (i) the execution of the Securities Purchase Agreement or the Warrant or (ii) the consummation of the Transactions or any other transaction contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement or the Warrant.
4. Amendment of the definition of Stock Acquisition Date. The definition of Stock Acquisition Date in Section 1 of the Rights Agreement is amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof:
Notwithstanding anything in this Rights Agreement to the contrary, a Stock Acquisition Date shall not be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of (i) the execution of the Securities Purchase Agreement or the Warrant or (ii) the consummation of the Transactions or any other transaction contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement or the Warrant.
5. Amendment to Section 30. Section 30 of the Rights Agreement is amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof:
Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give any holder of Rights or any other Person any legal or equitable rights, remedies or claims under this Agreement by virtue of (i) the execution of the Securities Purchase Agreement or the Warrant or (ii) the consummation of the Transactions or any other transaction contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement or the Warrant.
6. The Rights Agreement, as supplemented and modified by this Amendment, which such Amendment shall be deemed effective as of the date first written above, as if executed on such date, together with the other writings referred to in the Rights Agreement or delivered pursuant thereto which form a part thereof, contain the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter thereof and amend, restate and supersede all prior and contemporaneous arrangements or understandings with respect thereto.
7. Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, on and after the date hereof, each reference in the Rights Agreement to this Agreement, hereunder, hereof, or words of like import, shall mean and be a reference to the Rights Agreement, as amended hereby. Except as
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specifically amended above, the Rights Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed.
8. This Amendment shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts to be made and to be performed entirely within the State.
9. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, and each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one agreement.
SIGNATURES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Amendment to be duly executed as an instrument under seal and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
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EXHIBIT 4.2
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT OR PURSUANT TO A PRIVATE SALE EFFECTED UNDER APPLICABLE FORMAL OR INFORMAL SEC INTERPRETATION OR GUIDANCE, SUCH AS A SO-CALLED 4(1) AND A HALF SALE. THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
TO SUBSCRIBE FOR AND PURCHASE COMMON STOCK OF
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THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received, , or registered assigns, (herein referred to as the Purchaser or holder), is entitled to subscribe for and purchase from NEUROMetrix, Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein called the Company), at the exercise price specified below (subject to adjustment as noted below) at any time beginning on the date that is the earlier of (x) (1) and (y) immediately prior to consummation of a Change of Control (as defined below) to, and including , 2014(2) (subject to extension as provided below, the Expiration Date), ( ) fully paid and nonassessable shares (Shares) of common stock, par value $.0001 per share (herein the Common Stock) (subject to adjustment as noted below). This Stock Purchase Warrant (this Warrant) has been issued pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of September , 2009 (the Agreement), between the Purchaser and the Company.
The warrant exercise price (subject to adjustment as noted below) shall be $ per Share (the Warrant Purchase Price).
This Warrant is subject to the following provisions, terms and conditions:
(1) Insert date that is 180 days after the date hereof.
(2) Insert date that is five years from the date hereof.
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VWAP means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a trading day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time), (b) if the OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin Board, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the Pink Sheets published by Pink OTC Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company and the holders of a majority in interest of the Warrants being exercised for which the calculation of VWAP is required in order to determine the exercise price of such Warrants.
Trading Market means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE AMEX, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
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then, in any one or more of said cases, the Company shall give written notice, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the registered holder of this Warrant at the address of such holder as shown on the books of the Company, of the date on which (aa) the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken for such dividend, distribution or subscription rights, or (bb) such reorganization or reclassification, as the case may be. Such notice shall also specify the date as of which the holders of capital stock of record shall participate in such dividend, distribution or subscription rights, or shall be entitled to exchange their capital stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization or reclassification, as the case may be. Such written notice shall be given at least twenty (20) days prior to the action in question and not less than twenty (20) days prior to the record date or the date on which the Companys transfer books are closed in respect thereto. In each such case, upon exercise of this Warrant the holder hereof shall be entitled to a proportionate share of any such distribution as though such holder was the holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which this Warrant may be exercised as of the record date fixed for the determination of the holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such distribution.
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NOTICE OF EXERCISE
To: NEUROMETRIX, INC.
1. The undersigned hereby elects to purchase Shares of NEUROMETRIX, INC. pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
2. Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):
o in lawful money of the United States; or
o the cancellation of such number of Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in Section 2 of the Warrant, to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in Section 2 of the Warrant.
3. Please issue a certificate or certificates representing such Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
The Shares shall be delivered to the following:
4. The undersigned is (i) an accredited investor as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and/or (ii) a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to:
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NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever. Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Warrant.
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EXHIBIT 10.1
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
NEUROMetrix, Inc.
62 Fourth Avenue
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The undersigned (the Investor) hereby confirms its agreement with you as follows:
1. This Securities Purchase Agreement is made as of the date set forth below between NEUROMetrix, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and the Investor.
2. The Company has authorized the sale and issuance of (i) up to 8,816,521 shares (the Shares) of the common stock of the Company, $.0001 par value per share (the Common Stock), and (ii) warrants to purchase up to 8,375,695 shares of Common Stock (the Warrants), to certain investors in a private placement (the Offering).
3. The Company and the Investor agree that the Investor will purchase from the Company and the Company will issue and sell to the Investor Shares at a purchase price of $2.00 per Share (the Share Purchase Price) and Warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock (which Warrant shall be exercisable for 95% of the number of Shares that are purchased under this Agreement by the Investor at an exercise price per share equal to $2.20 per share and at a purchase price of $0.125 per share of Common Stock underlying the Warrant (the Warrant Purchase Price)), for an aggregate purchase price of $ (the Purchase Price), subject to the Terms and Conditions for Purchase of Shares attached hereto as Annex I and incorporated herein by this reference as if fully set forth herein. Unless otherwise requested by the Investor in EXHIBIT A, certificates representing the Shares purchased by the Investor will be registered in the Investors name and address as set forth below.
4. The Investor represents that, except as set forth below, (a) it has had no position, office or other material relationship, other than as a shareholder of the Company, within the past three years with the Company or its affiliates, (b) neither it, nor any group of which it is a member or to which it is related, beneficially owns (including the right to acquire or vote) any securities of the Company other than as set forth below and (c) it has no direct or indirect affiliation or association with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member. Exceptions (if no exceptions, write none. If left blank, response will be deemed to be none):
No. of shares of Common Stock of the Company held by Investor and its affiliates (please break out by holder):
Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between us by signing in the space provided below for that purpose.
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ANNEX I
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PURCHASE OF SHARES
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The Companys obligation to issue and sell the Securities to the Investor shall be subject to the following conditions, any one or more of which may be waived by the Company: (a) prior receipt by the Company of an executed copy of this Agreement; (b) the accuracy of the representations and warranties made by the Investor in this Agreement and the fulfillment of the obligations of the Investor to be fulfilled by it under this Agreement on or prior to the Closing; (c) the absence of any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree that questions the validity of the Agreements or prohibits the right of the Company to enter into such Agreements or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and (d) completion of purchases and sales under the Agreements in the same form as this Agreement with Other Investors for an aggregate stock price of not less then eleven-million and five hundred thousand dollars ($11,500,000), provided that the Company shall have used its best efforts to consummate such purchases and sales.
Each Investors obligation to purchase the Securities shall be several and not joint, and shall be subject to the following conditions, any one or more of which may be waived by the Investor: (a) the delivery of the Legal Opinion to the Investor by counsel to the Company; (b) the accuracy in all material respects of the representations and warranties (except with respect to such representations and warranties which are qualified by words such as material, Material Adverse Effect or words of similar meaning, which shall be accurate in all respects) by the Company in this Agreement on the date hereof and on the Closing Date; (c) the fulfillment of the obligations of the Company to be fulfilled by it under this Agreement on or prior to the Closing; (d) the absence of any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree that questions the validity of the Agreements or prohibits the right of the Company to enter into such Agreements or to
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consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; and (e) the delivery to the Investor by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company of a certificate stating that the conditions specified in subsections (b) and (c) of this paragraph have been fulfilled.
For purposes of this Agreement, Business Day shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which the Nasdaq Global Market or commercial banks located in Boston, Massachusetts are permitted or required by law to close.
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3.29 SEC Documents. The Company has filed in a timely manner all documents that the Company was required to file under the Exchange Act during the 12 months preceding the date of this Agreement. As of their respective filing dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, as applicable, and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and to the knowledge of the Company none of the SEC Documents contained or will contain, and none of the Transaction Documents contain, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, as of their
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respective filing dates or as of the Closing Date, as the case may be, except to the extent with respect to the SEC Documents corrected by a SEC Document filed prior to the date of this Agreement. From and after the date hereof the Company currently expects to meet each of the eligibility requirements for the use of Form S-3 in connection with the resale registration of the Securities and the Warrant Shares as contemplated under Section 6 of this Agreement.
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(o) notify the Investor, at any time during which a prospectus relating to such registration statement is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in or relating to the registration statement contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and, thereafter, the Company will promptly prepare (and, when completed, give notice and provide a copy thereof to Investor) a supplement
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or amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Shares, such prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to this Section 6.1 that the Investor shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities to be sold by Investor, and the intended method of disposition of such securities as shall reasonably be required to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities.
The Company understands that the Investor disclaims being an underwriter, but acknowledges that a determination by the SEC that the Investor is deemed an underwriter shall not relieve the Company of any obligations it has hereunder.
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with any registration under this Section 6.2(g), the Company shall comply with Sections 6.1(e) through (h), and Sections 6.1(k) through (o), as if such registration is a registration pursuant to Section 6.1.
The Company shall cause its transfer agent to issue a certificate without any restrictive legend to a purchaser of any Securities from the Investor, if (a) the sale of such Registrable Securities is registered under the Registration Statement (including registration pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act) and the Investor has delivered a Certificate of Subsequent Sale to the Transfer Agent; (b) the holder has provided the Company with an opinion of counsel, in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions, to the effect that a public sale or transfer of such Securities may be made without registration under the Securities Act; or (c) such Securities are sold in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act. In addition, the Company shall, at the request of the Investor, remove the restrictive legend from any Shares held by the Investor following the first date on which such Investor may sell such Shares pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule without limitations on volume or manner of sales. Each Investor, severally and not jointly with the Other Investors, agrees that such Investor will sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if Securities are Registrable Securities held by an Investor that are sold pursuant to the Registration Statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein, and acknowledges that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities as set forth in this Section 6.2 is predicated upon the Companys reliance upon this understanding.
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
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EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT OR PURSUANT TO A PRIVATE SALE EFFECTED UNDER APPLICABLE FORMAL OR INFORMAL SEC INTERPRETATION OR GUIDANCE, SUCH AS A SO-CALLED 4(1) AND A HALF SALE. THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that an Investor may from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial institution that is an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and who agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, such Investor may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further, no notice shall be required of such pledge. At the appropriate Investors expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities, including, if the Securities are subject to registration rights with the SEC, the preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of Selling Stockholders thereunder.
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(ii) The Investor, severally and not jointly with the Other Investors, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company (and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, each officer of the Company who signs the Registration Statement and each director of the Company) from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company (or any such officer, director or controlling person) may become subject (under the Securities Act or otherwise), insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, if, and only if, such untrue statement was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by or on behalf of the Investor specifically for use in preparation of the Registration Statement, and the Investor will reimburse the Company (or such officer, director or controlling person), as the case may be, for any reasonable legal expense or other actual accountable out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, defending or preparing to defend any such action, proceeding or claim. The obligation to indemnify shall be limited to the net amount of the proceeds received by the Investor from the sale of the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement. The indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6.4(d)(ii) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Investor(s) against which the request for indemnity is being made (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).
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(iii) Promptly after receipt by any indemnified person of a notice of a claim or the beginning of any action in respect of which indemnity is to be sought against an indemnifying person pursuant to this Section 6.4, such indemnified person shall notify the indemnifying person in writing of such claim or of the commencement of such action, but the omission to so notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party under this Section 6.4 (except to the extent that such omission materially and adversely affects the indemnifying partys ability to defend such action) or from any liability otherwise than under this Section 6.4. Subject to the provisions hereinafter stated, in case any such action shall be brought against an indemnified person, the indemnifying person shall be entitled to participate therein, and, to the extent that it shall elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified person. After notice from the indemnifying person to such indemnified person of its election to assume the defense thereof (unless it has failed to assume the defense thereof and appoint counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party), such indemnifying person shall not be liable to such indemnified person for any legal expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified person in connection with the defense thereof; provided, however, that if there exists or shall exist a conflict of interest that would make it inappropriate, in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the indemnified person, for the same counsel to represent both the indemnified person and such indemnifying person or any affiliate or associate thereof, the indemnified person shall be entitled to retain its own counsel at the expense of such indemnifying person; provided, however, that no indemnifying person shall be responsible for the fees and expenses of more than one separate counsel (together with appropriate local counsel) for all indemnified parties. All indemnified amounts shall be reimbursed as incurred. In no event shall any indemnifying person be liable in respect of any amounts paid in settlement of any action unless the indemnifying person shall have approved the terms of such settlement; provided that such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No indemnifying person shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified person is or could reasonably have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified person, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified person from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
(iv) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6.4 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (d)(i) or (d)(ii) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Investor on the other in connection with the statements or omissions or other matters which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, in the case of an untrue statement, whether the untrue statement relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or the Investor on the other and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement. The Company and the
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Investor agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (iv) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Investor and the Other Investors were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (e). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in 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 any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), the Investor shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the gross amount received by the Investor from the sale of the Shares to which such loss relates exceeds the amount of any damages which the Investor has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue statement. 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 Investors obligations in this subsection to contribute are several in proportion to their sales of Shares to which such loss relates and not joint.
The parties to this Agreement hereby acknowledge that they are sophisticated business persons who were represented by counsel during the negotiations regarding the provisions hereof including, without limitation, the provisions of this Section 6.4, and are fully informed regarding said provisions. They further acknowledge that the provisions of this Section 6.4 fairly allocate the risks in light of the ability of the parties to investigate the Company and its business in order to assure that adequate disclosure is made in the Registration Statement as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
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NEUROMetrix, Inc.
62 Fourth Avenue
Waltham, MA 02451
Attention: Shai Gozani, MD, Ph.D., Chairman, President & CEO
Telephone: (781) 890-9989
Facsimile: (781) 891-1556
with a copy to:
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
444 West Michigan Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Attention: Phillip D. Torrence, Esq.
Telephone: (269) 337-7702
Facsimile: (269) 337-7701
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13. RIGHTS CUMULATIVE. Each and all of the various rights, powers and remedies of the parties shall be considered to be cumulative with and in addition to any other rights, powers and remedies which such parties may have at law or in equity in the event of the breach of any of the terms of this Agreement. The exercise or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy shall neither constitute the exclusive election thereof nor the waiver of any other right, power or remedy available to such party.
14. SEVERABILITY. Should any part or provision of this Agreement be held unenforceable or in conflict with the applicable laws or regulations of any jurisdiction, the invalid or unenforceable part or provisions shall be replaced with a provision which accomplishes, to the extent possible, the original business purpose of such part or provision in a valid and enforceable manner, and the remainder of this Agreement shall remain binding upon the parties hereto.
15. REMEDIES. Each of the parties acknowledges and agrees that damages will not be an adequate remedy for any material breach or violation of this Agreement if such material breach or violation would cause immediate and irreparable harm (an Irreparable Breach). Accordingly, in the event of a threatened or ongoing Irreparable Breach, each party shall be entitled to seek equitable relief of a kind appropriate in light of the nature of the ongoing or threatened Irreparable Breach, which relief may include, without limitation, specific performance or injunctive relief. Such remedies shall not be the parties exclusive remedies, but shall be in addition to all other remedies provided in this Agreement.
16. WAIVER. No waiver of any term, provision or condition of this Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be, or be construed as, a further or continuing waiver of any such term, provision or condition or as a waiver of any other term, provision or condition of this Agreement.
17. INDEPENDENT NATURE OF INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS. The obligations of the Investor under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any Other Investor, and Investor shall in no way be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any Other Investor. Nothing contained herein, and no action taken by Investor, shall be deemed to constitute the Investor, the Other Investors and/or the Company as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Investor and the Other Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transaction contemplated hereby. Investor and each Other Investor shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation with respect to the Investor the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be
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EXHIBIT A
NEUROMetrix, Inc.
SECURITIES CERTIFICATE QUESTIONNAIRE
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EXHIBIT B
NEUROMetrix, Inc.
INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE
(All information will be treated confidentially)
To: NEUROMetrix, Inc.,
This Investor Questionnaire (Questionnaire) must be completed by each potential investor in connection with the offer and sale of the shares of the common stock, par value $.0001 per share (the Shares), and warrants to purchase common stock (the Warrants and, together with the Shares, the Securities), of NEUROMetrix, Inc. (the Company). The Securities are being offered and sold by the Company without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and the securities laws of certain states, in reliance on the exemptions contained in Section 4 of the Securities Act and on Regulation D promulgated thereunder and in reliance on similar exemptions under applicable state laws. The Company must determine that a potential investor meets certain suitability requirements before offering or selling Securities to such investor. The purpose of this Questionnaire is to assure the Company that each investor will meet the applicable suitability requirements. The information supplied by you will be used in determining whether you meet such criteria, and reliance upon the private offering exemption from registration is based in part on the information herein supplied.
This Questionnaire does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security. Your answers will be kept strictly confidential. However, by signing this Questionnaire you will be authorizing the Company to provide a completed copy of this Questionnaire to such parties as the Company deems appropriate in order to ensure that the offer and sale of the Securities will not result in a violation of the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state and that you otherwise satisfy the suitability standards applicable to purchasers of the Shares. All potential investors must answer all applicable questions and complete, date and sign this Questionnaire. Please print or type your responses and attach additional sheets of paper if necessary to complete your answers to any item.
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The undersigned is an accredited investor as such term is defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act, because at the time of the sale of the Securities the undersigned falls within one or more of the following categories (Please initial one or more, as applicable):
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The undersigned hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
1. The overall commitment of the undersigned to investments which are not readily marketable is not excessive in view of the undersigneds net worth and financial circumstances, and any purchase of the Securities will not cause such commitment to become excessive. The undersigned is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities.
2. The undersigned has carefully considered the potential risks relating to the Company and a purchase of the Securities and fully understands that the Securities are speculative investments which involve a high degree of risk of loss of the undersigneds entire investment. Among others, the undersigned has carefully considered each of the risks described in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.
3. The following is a list of all states and other jurisdictions in which blue sky or similar clearance will be required in connection with the undersigneds purchase of the Securities:
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Questionnaire this day of , 2009, and declares under oath that it is truthful and correct.
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EXHIBIT C
NEUROMetrix, Inc.
CERTIFICATE OF SUBSEQUENT SALE
[Transfer Agent]
RE: Sale of Shares of Common Stock of NEUROMetrix, Inc. (the Company) pursuant to the Companys Prospectus dated , 2009 (the Prospectus)
Dear Sir/Madam:
The undersigned hereby certifies, in connection with the sale of shares of Common Stock of the Company included in the table of Selling Shareholders in the Prospectus, that the undersigned has sold the Shares pursuant to the Prospectus and in a manner described under the caption Plan of Distribution in the Prospectus and that such sale complies with all applicable securities laws, including, without limitation, the Prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF LEGAL OPINION
September , 2009
To: Each of the Investors listed on
Exhibit A hereto
Re: Issuance and Sale of Common Stock and Warrants by NEUROMetrix, Inc.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to NEUROMetrix, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), in connection with the issuance and sale of shares (the Shares) of common stock, $.0001 par value per share (the Common Stock), and warrants to purchase up to million shares of Common Stock (the Warrants) to the Investors identified as such pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated August , 2009 (the Purchase Agreement) among the Company and the Investors party thereto. This opinion letter is provided to you at the request of the Company pursuant to Section 2 of the Purchase Agreement. Except as otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this opinion letter are defined as set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
In so acting, we have reviewed the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws (collectively, the Organizational Documents) of the Company, and the Purchase Agreement and the Warrants (together the Financing Agreements), and have considered such matters of law and of fact, and relied upon such certificates and other information furnished to us, as we have deemed appropriate as a basis for our opinions set forth below. As to matters involving facts relevant to the opinions stated in this opinion letter, we have relied, without independent investigation or verification, solely upon (a) representations made in the Financing Agreements, (b) certificates of officers of the Company, and (c) certificates of government officials.
The law covered by the opinions expressed in this opinion letter is limited to the Law (as defined in paragraph C below) of the State of Michigan, the Delaware General Corporation Law and the federal Law of the United States. We are not admitted to practice in the State of Delaware and, with respect to the opinions set forth below, insofar as they relate to any Delaware law, with your permission, we (i) have limited our review to standard compilations available to us of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which we have assumed to be accurate and complete, and (ii) have not reviewed case law.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Company is (a) duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware, and (b) duly qualified to transact business as a foreign corporation and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver, and to perform
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its obligations under, the Financing Agreements. The execution, delivery and performance of the Financing Agreements by the Company have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on behalf of the Company.
2. Each of the Financing Agreements (a) has been duly executed and delivered by the Company(3) and (b) constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally, and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity. The opinion in clause (b) of this paragraph 2 is given as if the Law of the State of Michigan governs the Financing Agreements, without regard to whether the Financing Agreements so provide, and does not include an opinion as to what law governs.
3. The Companys execution and delivery of the Financing Agreements and the issuance of the Common Stock, Warrants and Warrant Shares pursuant thereto do not violate (i) the Companys Organizational Documents, or (ii) any Law which, to our Actual Knowledge (as to factual matters only), is applicable to the Company.
4. The Shares have been duly authorized, and upon issuance and delivery against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The Warrant Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered against payment therefor upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with their terms, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The Warrant Shares have been duly reserved for issuance pursuant to the exercise of the Warrants.
5. All consents, approvals, authorizations, or orders of, and filings, registrations, and qualifications with, any U.S. Federal regulatory authority or U.S. Federal governmental body required for the issuance of the Shares and the Warrants have been made or obtained, except (a) for the filing of a Form D pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation D, and (b) for an application to the Nasdaq Global Market for the listing of the Shares.
6. Assuming the accuracy of the representations in the Purchase Agreement, the offering, sale and issuance of the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares under the Financing Agreements do not require registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), subject to the timely filing of a Form D pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation D; it being understood that no opinion is expressed as to any subsequent resale of such shares.
The foregoing opinions are subject to the following (in addition to the qualifications and other limitations set forth above):
A. The opinion as to enforceability of the Financing Agreements and the rights and remedies set forth in the Financing Agreements, and the compliance with law of the execution, delivery and performance of the Financing Agreements, are subject to established and evolving
(3) We will need to see the executed warrants.
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principles of equity, commercial reasonableness and conscionability, and to the limitations imposed by applicable law on (i) the enforceability of purported waivers or rights and defenses, (ii) the granting of rights, remedies, covenants or security in excess of those available under applicable law, and (iii) the exercise and availability of remedies and defenses generally, including the availability or non-availability of the remedy of specific performance.
B. We express no opinion as to the enforceability of the indemnification and contribution provisions of the Financing Agreements, or any provisions exculpating you or any of your representatives from any liability, in each case insofar as such provisions might require indemnification or exculpation with respect to any violations of securities laws or relating to any litigation by any party determined adversely to any party other than the Company.
C. For purposes of this opinion letter, Law means the statutes, and, other than with respect to Delaware laws, the judicial and administrative decisions, and the rules and regulations of the governmental agencies of the applicable jurisdiction, but excluding the statutes and ordinances, the administrative decisions, and the rules and regulations of counties, towns, municipalities, and special political subdivisions (whether created or enabled through legislative action at the Federal, state or regional level), and judicial decisions to the extent that they deal with any of the foregoing.
D. We have only considered the applicability of Laws that a lawyer in the State of Michigan exercising customary professional diligence would reasonably recognize as being directly applicable to the Company, the transactions described in the Financing Agreements, or both. We disclaim any opinion with respect to specialized laws that are not customarily covered in opinion letters of this kind, such as tax, securities (except as specified in paragraphs 5 and 6), insolvency, bankruptcy, antitrust, pension, employee benefit, environmental, intellectual property, bank regulatory, usury, insurance, labor, and health and safety laws or any laws, rules or regulations relating to the United States Food and Drug Administration or any federal, state or foreign agencies or bodies engaged in the regulation of pharmaceutical products or the bylaws, rules or regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. Furthermore, we express no opinion with respect to compliance with antifraud laws, rules or regulations relating to securities or the offer and sale thereof, compliance with fiduciary duties by the Companys Board of Directors or stockholders; compliance with safe harbors for disinterested Board of Director or stockholder approvals; or compliance with state securities or blue sky laws.
E. Our Actual Knowledge or a phrase having similar wording means the conscious awareness of facts or other information by Barbara A. Kaye, Phillip D. Torrence and Kara L. Hoorn (the Designated Attorneys). Except as described in this opinion letter, the Designated Attorneys have not undertaken any investigation or made inquiry of other attorneys or employees of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP to determine the existence or absence of such facts.
F. In rendering this opinion, we have assumed: the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals; the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as copies; the accuracy, completeness and authenticity of certificates of public officials; the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents (except the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company of the Financing Agreements), where authorization, execution and
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delivery are prerequisites to the effectiveness of such documents; and the genuineness and authenticity of all signatures on original documents. We have also assumed: that all individuals executing and delivering documents had the legal capacity to so execute and deliver; that the Financing Agreements are obligations binding upon the parties thereto other than the Company; and that there are no extrinsic agreements or understandings among the parties to the Financing Agreements that would modify or interpret the terms of any documents or the respective rights or obligations of the parties thereunder.
G. With regard to our opinion in paragraph 4 with respect to the Warrant Shares, we express no opinion as to the authorization or valid issuance of shares to the extent that, notwithstanding its current reservation of shares of Common Stock, future issuance of securities of the Company and/or antidilution adjustments to outstanding securities of the Company may cause the Warrants to be issuable for more shares of Common Stock than the number that then remain authorized but unissued.
H. With regard to our opinion in paragraph 6 concerning no registration required, our opinion is expressed only with respect to the offer and sale of the Shares and the Warrants without regard to any offers or sales of other securities occurring prior to or subsequent to the date hereof.
I. No opinion is given with respect to any late charges, penalties, liquidated or other pre-measured damages or limitations thereon.
J. The opinion set forth in item 5 above is qualified by the fact that the Company did not provide notice to NASDAQ 15 calendar days prior to the issuance of the Shares and the Warrants as required by Rule 5250(e)(2).
This opinion letter may be relied upon by you only in connection with the transactions described in the Financing Agreements. This opinion letter may not be used or relied upon by any other person or for any other purpose whatsoever without, in each instance, our prior written consent.
This opinion letter speaks only as of its date. We do not undertake any obligation to advise you or any other party of changes of law or fact that occur after the date of this opinion letter even though the change may affect the legal analysis, a legal conclusion or an information confirmation in this opinion letter.
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF WARRANT
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT OR PURSUANT TO A PRIVATE SALE EFFECTED UNDER APPLICABLE FORMAL OR INFORMAL SEC INTERPRETATION OR GUIDANCE, SUCH AS A SO-CALLED 4(1) AND A HALF SALE. THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
TO SUBSCRIBE FOR AND PURCHASE COMMON STOCK OF
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THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received, , or registered assigns, (herein referred to as the Purchaser or holder), is entitled to subscribe for and purchase from NEUROMetrix, Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein called the Company), at the exercise price specified below (subject to adjustment as noted below) at any time beginning on the date that is the earlier of (x) (4) and (y) immediately prior to consummation of a Change of Control (as defined below) to, and including , 2014(5) (subject to extension as provided below, the Expiration Date), ( ) fully paid and nonassessable shares (Shares) of common stock, par value $.0001 per share (herein the Common Stock) (subject to adjustment as noted below). This Stock Purchase Warrant (this Warrant) has been issued pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of September , 2009 (the Agreement), between the Purchaser and the Company.
The warrant exercise price (subject to adjustment as noted below) shall be $ per Share (the Warrant Purchase Price).
(4) Insert date that is 180 days after the date hereof.
(5) Insert date that is five years from the date hereof.
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This Warrant is subject to the following provisions, terms and conditions:
1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT. The rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised by the holder hereof, in whole or in part, by written notice of exercise delivered to the Company and by the surrender of this Warrant (properly endorsed if required) at the principal office of the Company and upon payment to it by check of the Warrant Purchase Price for such Shares, or if available, pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2 below; provided, however, that any such exercise made in connection with a Change in Control, may be conditioned upon the consummation of such Change in Control and payment with respect to such exercise shall be made at the time of the consummation of such Change in Control.
2. NET EXERCISE OF WARRANT. This Warrant may also be exercised in whole or in part, at such time by means of a cashless exercise in which the holder shall be entitled to receive a certificate for the number of Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B)(X)] by (A), where:
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VWAP means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a trading day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time), (b) if the OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin Board, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the Pink Sheets published by Pink OTC Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company and the holders of a majority in interest of the Warrants being exercised for which the calculation of VWAP is required in order to determine the exercise price of such Warrants.
Trading Market means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE AMEX, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
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3. BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Warrant (other than the provisions of Section 3(b) below), the Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant to the extent (but only to the extent) that, after giving effect to such issuance after exercise, the holder (together with any person acting as a group with the holder or the holders affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 9.99% (the Maximum Percentage) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. To the extent the above limitation applies, the determination of whether this Warrant shall be exercisable (vis-à-vis other convertible, exercisable or exchangeable securities owned by the holder) and of which warrants shall be exercisable (as among all warrants owned by the holder) shall, subject to such Maximum Percentage limitation, be determined on the basis of the first submission to the Company for conversion, exercise or exchange (as the case may be). No prior inability to exercise this Warrant pursuant to this paragraph shall have any effect on the applicability of the provisions of this paragraph with respect to any subsequent determination of exercisability. For the purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership and all determinations and calculations (including, without limitation, with respect to calculations of percentage ownership and as to the determination of any group) shall be determined by the holder in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The provisions of this paragraph shall be implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this paragraph to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Maximum Percentage beneficial ownership limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such Maximum Percentage limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the holder, the Company shall within one (1) business day confirm orally and in writing to the holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding, including by virtue of any prior conversion or exercise of convertible or exercisable securities into Common Stock, including, without limitation, pursuant to this Warrant or securities issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement. Each delivery of an Exercise Notice by the holder will constitute a representation by the holder that it has evaluated the limitation set forth in this paragraph and determined that issuance of the full number of Shares requested by the holder in such Exercise Notice is permitted under this paragraph.
(b) The provisions of Section 3(a) above shall not apply to any exercise by any holder whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock immediately prior to the issuance of this Warrant (together with any person acting as a group with the holder and the holders affiliates) exceeds the Maximum Percentage (an Existing MP Holder), provided, however, if at any time after the date hereof an Existing MP Holder and its affiliates and any other persons or entities whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with such Holders for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (including shares held by any group of which the holder is a member, but excluding shares beneficially owned by virtue of the ownership of securities or rights to acquire securities that have limitations on the right to convert, exercise or purchase similar to the limitation set forth herein) shall collectively beneficially own the Maximum Percentage or less, then such holder may deliver a written notice to the Company
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(an MP Notice) providing that such holder irrevocably elects to be subject to the provisions of Section 3(a).
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Warrant, the Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant (including if held by an Existing MP Holder that has not delivered an MP Notice), and a holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant to the extent (but only to the extent) that, after giving effect to such issuance after exercise, the holder (together with any person acting as a group with the holder or the holders affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 19.99% (the Applicable Percentage) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. To the extent the above limitation applies, the determination of whether this Warrant shall be exercisable (vis-à-vis other convertible, exercisable or exchangeable securities owned by the holder) and of which warrants shall be exercisable (as among all warrants owned by the holder) shall, subject to such Applicable Percentage limitation, be determined on the basis of the first submission to the Company for conversion, exercise or exchange (as the case may be). No prior inability to exercise this Warrant pursuant to this paragraph shall have any effect on the applicability of the provisions of this paragraph with respect to any subsequent determination of exercisability. For the purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership and all determinations and calculations (including, without limitation, with respect to calculations of percentage ownership and as to the determination of any group) shall be determined by the holder in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The provisions of this paragraph shall be implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this paragraph to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Applicable Percentage beneficial ownership limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such Applicable Percentage limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the holder, the Company shall within one (1) business day confirm orally and in writing to the holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding, including by virtue of any prior conversion or exercise of convertible or exercisable securities into Common Stock, including, without limitation, pursuant to this Warrant or securities issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement. Each delivery of an Exercise Notice by the holder will constitute a representation by the holder that it has evaluated the limitation set forth in this paragraph and determined that issuance of the full number of Shares requested by the holder in such Exercise Notice is permitted under this paragraph.
4. ISSUANCE OF THE SHARES. The Company agrees that the Shares so purchased shall be and are deemed to be issued to the holder hereof as the record owner of such Shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered and payment made for such Shares as aforesaid. Subject to the provisions of the preceding Section, within 3 business days after the rights represented by this Warrant shall have been exercised, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to issue the Shares so purchased to Purchaser in book-entry format and deliver evidence of such issuance to Purchaser, and, unless this Warrant has expired, a new Warrant representing the number of Shares, if any, with respect to which this Warrant shall not then have been exercised shall also be delivered to the holder hereof within such time. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event of an exercise of this
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Warrant effective immediately prior to a Change of Control (as defined below), the Shares purchased upon such exercise shall be deemed issued and shall be issued immediately prior to consummation of the Change of Control.
5. AUTHORIZATION OF SHARES. The Company represents and warrants that this Warrant has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, has been duly executed and delivered and is a legal and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, except to the extent such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors and contracting parties rights generally. The Company covenants and agrees that all Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant according to the terms hereof or represented by the Common Stock will, upon issuance and payment therefor, be duly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The Company further covenants and agrees that during the period within which the rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issue or transfer upon exercise of the subscription rights evidenced by this Warrant, a sufficient number of shares of its Common Stock to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant, free from preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other contingent purchase rights other than those held by a holder of this Warrant (as a result of holding this Warrant).
6. CHARGES, TAXES AND EXPENSES. The Company will pay any documentary stamp taxes attributable to the issuance of Shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant.
7. ADJUSTMENTS OF WARRANT PURCHASE PRICE AND NUMBER OF SHARES; STOCK SPLITS, ETC. The above provisions are, however, subject to the following:
(a) The Warrant Purchase Price shall, from and after the date of issuance of this Warrant, be subject to adjustment from time to time as hereinafter provided. Upon each adjustment of the Warrant Purchase Price, the holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be entitled to purchase, at the Warrant Purchase Price resulting from such adjustment, the number of Shares obtained by multiplying the Warrant Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of Shares purchasable pursuant hereto immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the product thereof by the Warrant Purchase Price resulting from such adjustment.
(b) In case the Company shall (i) declare a dividend upon the Common Stock payable in Common Stock (other than a dividend declared to effect a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, as described in Subsection (c) below) or in any obligations or any shares of stock of the Company which are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (such obligations or shares of stock being hereinafter referred to as Convertible Securities), or in any rights or options to purchase any Common Stock or Convertible Securities, or (ii) declare any other dividend or make any other distribution upon the Common Stock payable otherwise than out of net profits or surplus, then thereafter the holder of this Warrant upon the exercise hereof will be entitled to receive the number of shares of Common
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Stock to which such holder shall be entitled upon such exercise, and, in addition and without further payment therefor, such number of shares of Common Stock, such that upon exercise hereof, such holder would receive such number of shares of Common Stock as a result of each dividend described in clause (i) above and each dividend or distribution described in clause (ii) above which such holder would have received by way of any such dividend or distribution if continuously since the record date for any such dividend or distribution such holder (x) had been the record holder of the number of shares of Common Stock then received, and (y) had retained all dividends or distributions in stock or securities (including Common Stock or Convertible Securities, or in any rights or options to purchase any Common Stock or Convertible Securities) payable in respect of such Common Stock or in respect of any stock or securities paid as dividends or distributions and originating directly or indirectly from such Common Stock.
(c) In case the Company shall at any time subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Warrant Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision shall be proportionately reduced, and conversely, in case the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be combined into a smaller number of shares, the Warrant Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased.
(d) If any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock of the Company shall be effected in such a way that holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock or securities with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock, then, as a condition of such reorganization or reclassification, lawful and adequate provision shall be made whereby the holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified in this Warrant and in lieu of the Shares of the Common Stock of the Company immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby, such shares of stock or securities as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Common Stock equal to the number of shares of such stock immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby had such reorganization or reclassification not taken place, and in any such case appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including without limitation provisions for adjustments of the Warrant Purchase Price and of the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock or securities thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.
(e) Upon any adjustment of the Warrant Purchase Price or any adjustment of any material terms hereof, then and in each such case an officer of the Company shall, promptly after the occurrence of any event that requires an adjustment or readjustment, give signed written notice thereof, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the registered holder of this Warrant at the address of such holder as shown on the books of the Company, which notice shall state the Warrant Purchase Price resulting from such adjustment, any material change in the terms of the Warrant, and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of Shares purchasable at such price upon the exercise of this Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based.
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(f) In case any time:
then, in any one or more of said cases, the Company shall give written notice, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the registered holder of this Warrant at the address of such holder as shown on the books of the Company, of the date on which (aa) the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken for such dividend, distribution or subscription rights, or (bb) such reorganization or reclassification, as the case may be. Such notice shall also specify the date as of which the holders of capital stock of record shall participate in such dividend, distribution or subscription rights, or shall be entitled to exchange their capital stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization or reclassification, as the case may be. Such written notice shall be given at least twenty (20) days prior to the action in question and not less than twenty (20) days prior to the record date or the date on which the Companys transfer books are closed in respect thereto. In each such case, upon exercise of this Warrant the holder hereof shall be entitled to a proportionate share of any such distribution as though such holder was the holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which this Warrant may be exercised as of the record date fixed for the determination of the holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such distribution.
8. TREATMENT OF WARRANT UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL OF COMPANY.
(a) Change in Control. For the purpose of this Warrant, Change in Control means (A) a consolidation, merger, exchange of shares, recapitalization, reorganization, business combination or other similar event, (1) following which the holders of Common Stock immediately preceding such consolidation, merger, exchange, recapitalization, reorganization, combination or event either (a) no longer hold a majority of the shares of Common Stock or (b) no longer have the ability to elect a majority of the board of directors of the Company or (2) as a result of which shares of Common Stock shall be changed into (or the shares of Common Stock become entitled to receive) the same or a different number of shares of the same or another class or classes of stock or securities of the Company or another entity and the holders of Common Stock immediately preceding such event no longer hold a majority of such shares of the Company or another entity following such reclassification; or (B) the sale or transfer in one transaction or in a series of related transactions of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (an Asset Sale). The Company shall provide the holder with written notice of any Change of Control at least twenty (20) days prior to the consummation of a Change of Control via facsimile or overnight courier.
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9. NO STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS. This Warrant shall not entitle the holder hereof to any voting rights or other rights as a stockholder of the Company.
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10. REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION REQUIRED. This Warrant has been issued in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act) by virtue of Regulation D and exempt from state registration under applicable state laws. The Warrant and the Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant may not be pledged, transferred, sold or assigned except pursuant to an effective registration statement, pursuant to Rule 144 or after receipt by the Company of an opinion of counsel for the holder that any such pledge, transfer, sale or assignment shall be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including, without limitation, a so-called 4(1) and a half transaction.
11. TRANSFER OF WARRANTS. Subject to compliance with the second sentence of Section 10 above, the holder may sell, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise dispose of this Warrant, in whole or in part. The holder shall deliver a written notice to Company, indicating the person or persons to whom the Warrant shall be assigned and the respective number of warrants to be assigned to each assignee. The Company shall effect the assignment within three (3) business days of its receipt of a notice of assignment and, if required by this Warrant, receipt by the Company of an opinion of counsel (the Transfer Delivery Period), and shall deliver to the assignee(s) designated by holder a Warrant or Warrants of like tenor and terms for the appropriate number of shares. This Warrant and the rights evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of the holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of all holders from time to time of this Warrant, and shall be enforceable by any such holder. For avoidance of doubt, in the event holder notifies the Company that such sale or transfer is a so called 4(1) and half transaction, the parties hereto agree that a legal opinion from outside counsel for the holder in reasonable form delivered to counsel for the Company shall be the only requirement to satisfy an exemption from registration under the Securities Act to effectuate such 4(1) and half transaction.
12. SURRENDER. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the holder hereof at the principal office of the Company, for new Warrants of like tenor representing in the aggregate the right to subscribe for and purchase the number of Shares which may be subscribed for and purchased hereunder, each of such new Warrants to represent the right to subscribe for and purchase such number of shares as shall be designated by said holder hereof at the time of such surrender.
13. RESTRICTED SECURITIES. The holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that this Warrant constitutes a restricted security under applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws and that, pursuant to these laws, the holder may only transfer this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant, including Sections 10 and 11 hereof. The holder acknowledges that the Company has no obligation to register or qualify the Warrant for resale. This Warrant and the Shares shall be imprinted with a legend in substantially the form set forth in Section 6.3(b) of the Agreement unless such Shares are theretofore registered for resale.
14. GOVERNING LAW. All questions concerning this Warrant will be governed and interpreted and enforced in accordance with the internal law, not the law of conflicts, of the State of Delaware.
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15. MISCELLANEOUS. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and, in the case of any such loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, on delivery of an indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory in form to the Company or, in the case of mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of such Warrant, the Company at its expense will execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall be a Saturday or Sunday, or shall be a legal U.S. or New York state holiday, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day not a Saturday, Sunday or holiday. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Warrant shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provisions of this Warrant, or the Agreement.
16. NOTICES. All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder shall be in writing, shall be delivered (A) if within the United States, by first-class registered or certified airmail, or nationally recognized overnight express courier, postage prepaid, or by facsimile, or (B) if from outside the United States, by International Federal Express (or comparable service) or facsimile, and shall be deemed given (i) if delivered by first-class registered or certified mail domestic, upon the business day received, (ii) if delivered by nationally recognized overnight carrier, one (1) business day after timely delivery to such carrier, (iii) if delivered by International Federal Express (or comparable service), two (2) business days after so mailed, (iv) if delivered by facsimile, upon electric confirmation of receipt. Notices to the Company pursuant to this Warrant shall be delivered to the address set forth on the signature page hereof, until another address is designated in writing by the Company. Notices to the holder pursuant to this Warrant shall be delivered to the address set forth in the Companys records, until another address is designated in writing by the holder.
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NOTICE OF EXERCISE
To: NEUROMETRIX, INC.
1. The undersigned hereby elects to purchase Shares of NEUROMETRIX, INC. pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
2. Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):
o in lawful money of the United States; or
o the cancellation of such number of Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in Section 2 of the Warrant, to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in Section 2 of the Warrant.
3. Please issue a certificate or certificates representing such Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
The Shares shall be delivered to the following:
4. The undersigned is (i) an accredited investor as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and/or (ii) a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
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(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)
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EXHIBIT E-1
FORM OF AGENT WARRANT
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6.5% of the gross proceeds received by the Company in connection with the sale of the Securities in the Transaction, plus a warrant to purchase shares of the Common Stock equal to 2.35% of the Shares sold by the Company to the Investors in the Transaction.
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SELLING SECURITYHOLDER NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE
The undersigned beneficial owner of common stock (the Registrable Securities) of NEUROMetrix, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) a registration statement (the Registration Statement) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), of the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement (the Securities Purchase Agreement) to which this document is annexed. A copy of the Securities Purchase Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling securityholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling securityholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
NOTICE
The undersigned beneficial owner (the Selling Securityholder) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the Registrable Securities owned by it in the Registration Statement.
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The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate:
QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Name.
(a) Full Legal Name of Selling Securityholder
(b) Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities are held:
(c) Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by the questionnaire):
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Except as set forth below in this Item 4, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the securities issuable pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.
(a) Type and amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling Securityholder:
5. Relationships with the Company:
Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.
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By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 5 and the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
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62 Fourth Avenue
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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
(Dated September 8, 2009)
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NeuroMetrix Completes Private Placement raising $18.7 million
Waltham, MA September 10, 2009, NeuroMetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq:NURO), today announced that is has completed its private placement of common stock and warrants. Gross proceeds from the offering were approximately $18.7 million. The primary use of the capital will be to expand its direct US sales force, increase its international presence, fund certain clinical outcome studies, advance its lead potassium channel blocker compound to a Phase I milestone, as well as for other general working capital purposes
The company issued an aggregate of 8,816,521 newly-issued shares of common stock and warrants to purchase up to 8,792,726 additional shares of common stock (including warrants issued to the placement agents). NeuroMetrix expects to receive net proceeds of approximately $17.3 million after deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses.
The financing was led by Deerfield Management, an existing investor, with participation by Cummings Bay Advisors, Delphi Ventures, Great Point Partners, Gruber & McBaine Capital Management, New Enterprise Associates, and Symmetry Capital Management.
In connection with the financing, NeuroMetrix has agreed, subject to certain terms and conditions, to file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the common stock and warrants acquired at closing within 45 days after closing.
Canaccord Adams Inc. acted as placement agent and Ladenburg Thalmann (NYSE Amex: LTS) acted as co-agent for the transaction. Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP served as legal advisor to NeuroMetrix in the transaction.
This press release does not and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy any of the securities.
For additional information, please refer to NeuroMetrixs current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to this transaction.
About NeuroMetrix
NeuroMetrix is a science-based health care company transforming patient care through neurotechnology. We provide innovative products for preservation and restoration of nerve and spinal cord function, and pain control. To date, our focus has been primarily on the assessment of neuropathies. Neuropathies affect the peripheral nerves and parts of the spine and are frequently caused by or associated with carpal tunnel syndrome, diabetes, sciatica, and other clinical disorders. We market systems for the performance of nerve conduction studies and needle electromyography procedures. Our product pipeline includes a system designed to deliver pharmacologic agents such as anesthetics and corticosteroids in close proximity to nerves for regional anesthesia, pain control and the treatment of focal neuropathies. We are also developing devices and pharmaceutical agents to treat spinal cord injuries. For more information, visit http://www.neurometrix.com.
The statements contained in this press release include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including, without limitation, statements regarding NeuroMetrixs or its managements expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. The words believe, may, will, estimate, continue, anticipate, intend, expect, plan, hope and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on NeuroMetrixs current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on it. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting NeuroMetrix will be those that NeuroMetrix has anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond NeuroMetrixs control) or other assumptions that may
cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks associated with: reimbursement by third party payers to the Companys customers for procedures performed using the NC-stat System and the ADVANCE System, including the AMA CPT Editorial Panel process and the risk that the reimbursement amount under any new CPT code for nerve conduction studies performed with pre-configured electrode arrays may be lower than the reimbursement amount under existing CPT codes for nerve conduction studies; obtaining necessary regulatory approvals or clearances, including the pending 510(k) filing with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) relating to portions of the onCall Information System that are currently in use for the NC-stat System; plus factors described under the heading Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 or described in the Companys other public filings. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of NeuroMetrixs assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. NeuroMetrix undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.
Contact:
NeuroMetrix, Inc.
Joseph A. Calo, Acting CFO
781-314-2775
neurometrix.ir@neurometrix.com
Source: NeuroMetrix