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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): August 1, 2024 (July 31, 2024)
Lipella
Pharmaceuticals Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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005-93847 |
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20-2388040 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) |
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(Commission File Number) |
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
7800
Susquehanna St., Suite 505
Pittsburgh,
PA |
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15208 |
(Address
of registrant’s principal executive office) |
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(Zip
code) |
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (412) 894-1853
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)) |
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title
of each class |
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Trading
Symbol(s) |
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Name
of each exchange on which
registered |
Common
Stock, par value $0.0001 per share |
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LIPO |
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The
Nasdaq Capital Market |
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405
of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging
growth company ☒
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Item 1.01. |
Entry into
a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On
July 31, 2024, Lipella Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into a securities purchase agreement
(the “Purchase Agreement”) with an institutional investor (the “Investor”), pursuant to which the Company agreed
to issue and sell to the Investor in a registered direct offering (the “Offering”), priced at-the-market under the rules
of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, 399,000 shares (the “Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common
Stock”), of the Company, at an offering price of $0.62 per share, and a pre-funded warrant (the “Pre-Funded Warrant”)
to purchase up to 1,667,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Pre-Funded Warrant Shares”) at an offering price of $0.619 per Pre-Funded
Warrant, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $1.28 million assuming full exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrant and before deducting
placement agent fees and related offering expenses.
The
Pre-Funded Warrant was sold, in lieu of shares of Common Stock, to the Investor whose purchase of shares of Common Stock in the Offering
would otherwise result in such Investor, together with its affiliates and certain related parties, beneficially owning more than 4.99%
of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock immediately following the consummation of the Offering. Each Pre-Funded Warrant represents
the right to purchase one (1) share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.001 per share. The Pre-Funded Warrant is exercisable immediately
and may be exercised at any time until the Pre-Funded Warrant is exercised in full. A holder (together with its affiliates) may not exercise
any portion of the Pre-Funded Warrant to the extent that the holder would own more than 9.99% of the outstanding Common Stock immediately
after exercise.
The
Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, obligations, indemnification rights and agreements of the Company
and the Investor. Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed, subject to certain exceptions, (i) not to
offer for sale, issue, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of any of its shares of Common Stock or securities convertible
into Common Stock until thirty (30) days after the closing date of the Offering, and (ii) not to issue certain securities if the issuance
would constitute a Variable Rate Transaction (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement) for a period of one (1) year from the
closing date of the Offering.
The
Shares and the Pre-Funded Warrant were offered by the Company pursuant to a prospectus supplement, dated July 31, 2024 (the “Prospectus
Supplement”), to the registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-276815), initially filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on February 1, 2024 and declared
effective on February 8, 2024 (the “Registration Statement”).
On July 31, 2024 and in connection with the Offering, the Company entered into an engagement letter (the “Engagement Letter”)
with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (the “Placement Agent”), pursuant to which the Placement Agent agreed to serve as the
exclusive placement agent for the issuance and sale of securities of the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. As compensation
for such placement agent services, the Company has agreed to pay the Placement Agent an aggregate cash fee equal to 7.5% of the gross
proceeds received by the Company from the Offering and a management fee equal to 1.0% of the gross proceeds received by the Company from
the Offering, and agreed to reimburse the Placement Agent for $10,000 of non-accountable expenses, up
to $35,000 for fees and expenses of the Placement Agent’s legal counsel and $15,950 for clearing expenses. Pursuant
to the Engagement Letter, the Company has also agreed to issue to the Placement Agent or its designees warrants (the “Placement
Agent Warrants” and together with the Pre-Funded Warrant, the “Warrants”) to purchase up to 154,950 shares of Common
Stock (the “Placement Agent Warrant Shares”) in connection with the closing of the Offering. The Placement Agent Warrants
are immediately exercisable, expire on July 29, 2029 and have an exercise price of $0.775 per share. Further, pursuant to the Engagement
Letter, the Placement Agent (i) is entitled to the cash fee and warrant compensation described above with respect to any financing or
capital-raising transaction of the Company occurring within twelve (12) months of the termination of the Engagement Letter when such
financing or capital is provided by investors whom the Placement Agent introduced to the Company during the term of the Engagement Letter
and (ii) has a right of first refusal to act as sole book-running manager, sole underwriter or sole placement agent for each and every
future debt financing or refinancing, public or private equity offering, or acquisition or disposition by the Company commencing July
31, 2024 and ending during the twelve-month period following the termination of the Engagement Letter. The Engagement Letter also includes
indemnification obligations of the Company and other provisions customary for transactions of this nature.
Neither
the Placement Agent Warrants nor the Placement Agent Warrant Shares are registered on the Prospectus Supplement and such securities
were issued in reliance on the exemptions from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act.
The
Offering closed on August 1, 2024 and the Company received approximately $1.28 million in gross proceeds, assuming
full exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrant, pursuant to which the Shares and the Pre-Funded Warrant were issued to the Investor
and the Placement Agent Warrants were issued to the Placement Agent and its designees. The Company currently intends to use the net proceeds
from this Offering for working capital and general corporate purposes.
The foregoing does not purport to be a complete description of each of the forms of Purchase Agreement, Pre-Funded
Warrant, Placement Agent Warrants and Engagement Agreement, and each are qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of each
such document, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1, 4.1, 4.2 and 10.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Form
8-K”) and incorporated herein by reference.
The
Company is filing an opinion of its counsel, Sullivan & Worcester LLP, relating to the legality of the issuance of the Shares,
the Pre-Funded Warrant and the Pre-Funded Warrant Shares offered and sold to the Investor pursuant to the Prospectus Supplement, as Exhibit
5.1 to this Form 8-K and such opinion is incorporated herein by reference and to the Registration Statement and Prospectus Supplement.
Item
3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The
applicable information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Form 8-K with respect to the issuance of the Placement Agent Warrants and the Placement
Agent Warrant Shares is incorporated herein by reference.
Item
8.01. Other Events.
On
August 1, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the Offering and a press release announcing the closing
of the Offering, copies of each which are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein
by reference.
This
Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements that express the
Company’s intentions, beliefs, expectations, strategies, predictions or any other statements related to the Company’s future
activities, or future events or conditions. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the Company’s
business based, in part, on assumptions made by its management. These statements are not guarantees of future performances and involve
risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from
what is expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements due to numerous factors, including those risks discussed in the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K, and in other documents that the Company files from time to time with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements
speak only as of the date on which they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to
reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Form 8-K, except as required by law.
Item 9.01. |
Financial
Statements and Exhibits. |
(d)
Exhibits
Exhibit
No. |
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Description |
4.1 |
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Form
of Pre-Funded Warrant. |
4.2 |
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Form of Placement Agent Warrant. |
5.1 |
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Opinion of Sullivan & Worcester LLP. |
10.1 |
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Form
of Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2024, by and between the Company and the Investor. |
10.2 |
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Engagement Agreement, dated July 31, 2024, by and between the Company and the Placement Agent. |
23.1 |
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Consent of Sullivan & Worcester LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 above). |
99.1 |
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Pricing Press Release, dated August 1, 2024. |
99.2 |
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Closing Press Release, dated August 1, 2024. |
104 |
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Cover Page Interactive
Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document.). |
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.
Date: August 1, 2024 |
Lipella Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
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By: |
/s/ Jonathan
Kaufman |
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Name:
Jonathan Kaufman
Title:
Chief Executive Officer |
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Exhibit 4.1
PREFUNDED
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
lipella
pharmaceuticals inc.
Warrant Shares: |
Initial Exercise Date: August , 2024 |
THIS PREFUNDED COMMON STOCK
PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, _________ or its assigns (the “Holder”)
is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after
the date set forth above (the “Initial Exercise Date”) until this Warrant is exercised in full (the “Termination
Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Lipella Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
up to ______ shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock. The purchase price
of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).
Section 1.
Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Securities
Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated July 31, 2024, among the Company and the purchasers signatory
thereto.
Section
2. Exercise.
a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any
time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly
executed PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto (the “Notice
of Exercise”). Within the earlier of (i) one (1) Trading Day and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard
Settlement Period (as defined in Section 2(d)(i) herein) following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver
the aggregate Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s
check drawn on a United States bank unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is specified in the
applicable Notice of Exercise. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other
type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant
Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant
to the Company for cancellation within five (5) Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to
the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available
hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal
to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of
Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within
one (1) Trading Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and
agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder,
the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face
hereof.
b) Exercise Price. The aggregate exercise price of this Warrant, except for a nominal exercise price of $0.001 per Warrant
Share, was pre-funded to the Company on or prior to the Initial Exercise Date and, consequently, no additional consideration (other
than the nominal exercise price of $0.001 per Warrant Share) shall be required to be paid by the Holder to any Person to effect
any exercise of this Warrant. The Holder shall not be entitled to the return or refund of all, or any portion, of such pre-paid
aggregate exercise price under any circumstance or for any reason whatsoever. The remaining unpaid exercise price per share of
Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $0.001, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).
c) Cashless Exercise. 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 number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by
dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:
(A)
= as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice
of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both
executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours”
(as defined in Rule 600(b) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option
of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (z)
the Bid Price of the Common Stock on the principal Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (“Bloomberg”)
as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during
“regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2)
hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP
on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise
is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such
Trading Day;
(B)
= the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and
(X)
= the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant
if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.
If
Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9)
of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the registered characteristics of the Warrants being exercised. The
Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c).
“Bid
Price” 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 bid price of the Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest
preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (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 OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading
Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX
as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common
Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (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 Holders of a majority
in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall
be paid by the Company.
“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 (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 OTCQB Venture Market (“OTCQB”)
or the OTCQX Best Market (“OTCQX”) is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common
Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed
or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on the Pink Open Market (“Pink
Market”) operated by the 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 Holders of a majority
in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall
be paid by the Company.
i.
Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted
by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with
The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company
is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the
Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by Holder or (B) this Warrant is being exercised via cashless exercise, and
otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or
its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified
by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the earlier of (i) one (1) Trading Day after the delivery to the Company
of the Notice of Exercise, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the instance of a cashless exercise)
is received by the Company on or prior to such first Trading Day after delivery of the Notice of Exercise, and (ii) the number
of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, provided
that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the instance of a cashless exercise) is received by the Company on
or prior to such Standard Settlement Period (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). For purposes of
Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act, upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes
to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective
of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of
a cashless exercise) is received by the Warrant Share Delivery Date. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder
the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in
cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP
of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day
on the third (3rd) Trading Day after the Warrant Share Delivery Date) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share
Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer
agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard
Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s
primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, with respect to any Notice(s) of Exercise delivered on or prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Initial
Exercise Date, which may be delivered at any time after the time of execution of the Purchase Agreement, the Company agrees to
deliver the Warrant Shares subject to such notice(s) by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Initial Exercise Date and the Initial
Exercise Date shall be the Warrant Share Delivery Date for purposes hereunder.
ii.
Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall,
at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares,
deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for
by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.
iii.
Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant
to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.
iv.
Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available
to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with
the provisions of Section 2(d)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such
date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage
firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which
the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to
the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any)
for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that
the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell
order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion
of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall
be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company
timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having
a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of this Warrant to purchase shares of
Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately
preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice
indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount
of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law
or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s
failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
v.
No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be
issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to
purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final
fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.
vi.
Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer
tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid
by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed
by the Holder; provided, however, that, in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the
name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly
executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for
any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice
of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions)
required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.
vii.
Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise
of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.
| e) | Holder’s
Exercise Limitations. 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, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving
effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s
Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution
Parties”)), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of
the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties
shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is
being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised
portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion
of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other Common Stock
Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the
Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section
2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance
with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith.
To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in
relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant
is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s
determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates
and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation,
and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination, and a submission of a Notice of Exercise
shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Holder of the foregoing determination. In addition, a determination as to any group
status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the
number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with
the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company
or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder,
the Company shall within one (1) Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.
In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of
securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such
number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be [4.99] [9.99]%
of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions
of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common
Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant held by the
Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be
effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed
and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any
portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes
or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply
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Section
3. Certain Adjustments.
a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or
otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities
payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company
upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines
(including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by
reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price
shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares,
if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted
such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a)
shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend
or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.
b) [RESERVED]
c) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time the Company
grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata
to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will
be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could
have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without
regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before
the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the
date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase
Rights (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase
Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate
in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right
to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its
right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).
d) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend
or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of
capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options
by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction)
(except to the extent an adjustment was already made pursuant to Section 3(a)) (a “Distribution”), at any time
after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution
to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock
acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation,
the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such
record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation
in such Distribution (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder's right to participate in any such
Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to
participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such
Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until
such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).
e) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in
one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company
or any Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition
of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect,
purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders
of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted
by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock or 50% or more of the voting power of the common equity of the Company,
(iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or
recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted
into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions
consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization,
recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person
or group acquires 50% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock or 50% or more of the voting power of the common equity
of the Company (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the
Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior
to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e)
on the exercise of this Warrant), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company,
if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable
as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable
immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant).
For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate
Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental
Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting
the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice
as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice
as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company
shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor
Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents
in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(e) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the
option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written
instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares
of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable
upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction,
and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account
the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital
stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of
this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form
and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall be added to the
term “Company” under this Warrant (so that from and after the occurrence or consummation of such Fundamental Transaction,
each and every provision of this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer
instead to each of the Company and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally), and the Successor Entity
or Successor Entities, jointly and severally with the Company, may exercise every right and power of the Company prior thereto
and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities shall assume all of the obligations of the Company prior thereto under this Warrant
and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if the Company and such Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly
and severally, had been named as the Company herein. For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder shall be entitled to the benefits
of the provisions of this Section 3(e) regardless of (i) whether the Company has sufficient authorized shares of Common Stock
for the issuance of Warrant Shares and/or (ii) whether a Fundamental Transaction occurs prior to the Initial Exercise Date.
f) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share,
as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as
of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
g) Notice to Holder.
i.
Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the
Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any
resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
ii.
Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever
form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common
Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or
purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall
be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company (or
any of its Subsidiaries) is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of its assets, or any compulsory share exchange
whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary
or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause
to be delivered by email to the Holder at its last email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company,
at least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the
date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a
record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions,
redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the
Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable
upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such
notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified
in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information
regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant
to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the
date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.
Section
4. Transfer of Warrant.
a) Transferability. This Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable,
in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with
a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney
and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required,
such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable,
and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant
evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder
has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading
Days of the date on which the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant in full. The Warrant, if
properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a
new Warrant issued.
b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office
of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued,
signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved
in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or
Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated
the Initial Exercise Date of this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable
pursuant thereto.
c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose
(the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and
treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution
to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.
Section
5. Miscellaneous.
a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise; No Settlement in Cash. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting
rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i),
except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting any rights of a Holder to receive Warrant Shares on a “cashless
exercise” pursuant to Section 2(c) or to receive cash payments pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) and Section 2(d)(iv) herein,
in no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Warrant.
b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant
Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case
of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate,
if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation,
in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.
c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right
required or granted herein shall not be a Trading Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next
succeeding Trading Day.
d) Authorized Shares.
The
Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common
Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights
under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers
who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant.
The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided
herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common
Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights
represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant
Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens
and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously
with such issue).
Except
and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation,
amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution,
issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the
terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all
such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above
the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may
be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares
upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions
or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform
its obligations under this Warrant.
Before
taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or
in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be
necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.
e) Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall
be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered,
and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities
laws.
g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder
shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. Without limiting
any other provision of this Warrant, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant,
which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to
cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings,
incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies
hereunder.
h) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company
shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant
to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability
of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted
by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
j) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages,
will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not
be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees
to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby
shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted
assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant
and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.
l) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company,
on the one hand, and the Holder of this Warrant, on the other hand.
m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective
and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such
provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions
or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.
n) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be
deemed a part of this Warrant.
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WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first
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To: lipella
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The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant
(only if exercised in full), 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):
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to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure
set forth in subsection 2(c).
(3)
Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
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The
Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:
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Exhibit 4.2
NEITHER
THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE 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 AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY AND
THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN
SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
PLACEMENT
AGENT COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
lipella
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THIS
PLACEMENT AGENT COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, _________
or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the
conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date set forth above (the “Initial Exercise Date”)
and on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on July 31, 2029 (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter,
to subscribe for and purchase from Lipella Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), up
to ______ shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock. The purchase price
of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b). This Warrant
is issued pursuant to that certain engagement letter, dated as of July 31, 2024, as amended, by and between the Company and H.C.
Wainwright & Co., LLC.
Section
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that
certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated July 31, 2024, among the Company and
the purchasers signatory thereto.
Section
2. Exercise.
a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any
time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly
executed PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto (the “Notice
of Exercise”). Within the earlier of (i) one (1) Trading Day and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard
Settlement Period (as defined in Section 2(d)(i) herein) following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver
the aggregate Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s
check drawn on a United States bank unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is specified in the
applicable Notice of Exercise. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other
type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant
Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant
to the Company for cancellation as soon as reasonably practicable following the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is
delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant
Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in
an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing
the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of
Exercise within one (1) Trading Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant,
acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant
Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount
stated on the face hereof.
b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $0.775, subject to adjustment
hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).
c) Cashless Exercise. If at any time after ninety (90) days of the Closing Date, at the time of exercise hereof there is no
effective registration statement registering, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for the resale of the Warrant
Shares by the Holder, then 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 number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing
[(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:
(A)
= as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice
of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both
executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours”
(as defined in Rule 600(b) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option
of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (z)
the Bid Price of the Common Stock on the principal Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (“Bloomberg”)
as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during
“regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2)
hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP
on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise
is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such
Trading Day;
(B)
= the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and
(X)
= the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant
if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.
“Bid
Price” 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 bid price of the Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest
preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (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 OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading
Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX
as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common
Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (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 Holders of a majority
in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall
be paid by the Company.
“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 (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 OTCQB Venture Market (“OTCQB”)
or the OTCQX Best Market (“OTCQX”) is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common
Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed
or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on the Pink Open Market (“Pink
Market”) operated by the 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 Holders of a majority
in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall
be paid by the Company.
If
Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9)
of the Securities Act, the holding period of the Warrant Shares being issued may be tacked on to the holding period of this Warrant.
The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c).
i.
Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted
by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with
The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company
is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the
Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder
without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the Warrants), and otherwise
by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee,
for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder
in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the earlier of (i) one (1) Trading Day after the delivery to the Company of the
Notice of Exercise, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the instance of a cashless exercise)
is received by the Company on or prior to such first Trading Day after delivery of the Notice of Exercise, and (ii) the number
of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, provided
that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the instance of a cashless exercise) is received by the Company on
or prior to such Standard Settlement Period (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). For purposes of
Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act, upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes
to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective
of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of
a cashless exercise) is received by the Warrant Share Delivery Date. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver or cause the
delivery to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall
pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise
(based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20
per Trading Day on the third (3rd) Trading Day after the Warrant Share Delivery Date) for each Trading Day after such
Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain
a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used
herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading
Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the
Notice of Exercise.
ii.
Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request
of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder
a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which
new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.
iii.
Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant
to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.
iv.
Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available
to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with
the provisions of Section 2(d)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such
date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage
firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which
the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to
the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any)
for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that
the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell
order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion
of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall
be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company
timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having
a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of this Warrant to purchase shares of
Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately
preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice
indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount
of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law
or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s
failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
v.
No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise
of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the
Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction
multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.
vi.
Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer
tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid
by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed
by the Holder; provided, however, that, in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the
name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly
executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for
any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice
of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions)
required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.
vii.
Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise
of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.
| e) | Holder’s
Exercise Limitations. 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, pursuant
to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after
exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with
the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with
the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution
Parties”)), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation
(as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares
of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties
shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant
with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number
of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining,
nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates
or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted
portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other
Common Stock Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous
to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates
or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes
of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section
13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being
acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such
calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is
solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To
the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination
of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the
Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of
this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission
of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether
this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together
with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is
exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company
shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination, and
a submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed a representation and warranty by
the Holder of the foregoing determination. In addition, a determination as to any group
status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of
this Section 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a
Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A)
the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission,
as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more
recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder,
the Company shall within one (1) Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder
the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number
of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the
conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder
or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation”
shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after
giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial
Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding
immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise
of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue
to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until
the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions
of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict
conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion
hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership
Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable
to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph
shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant. |
Section
3. Certain Adjustments.
a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or
otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities
payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company
upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines
(including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by
reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price
shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares,
if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted
such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a)
shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend
or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.
b) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time the Company
grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata
to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will
be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could
have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without
regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before
the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the
date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase
Rights (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase
Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate
in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right
to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its
right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).
c) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time
as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights
to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise, other than cash (including,
without limitation, any distribution of stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification,
corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (except to the extent an adjustment was already made
pursuant to Section 3(a)) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each
such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated
therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without
regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before
the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders
of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, that,
to the extent that the Holder's right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial
Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial
ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution
shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the
Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).
d) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in
one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company
(or any Subsidiary), directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition
of all or substantially all of the Company's assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect,
purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders
of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted
by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding Common Stock or more than 50% of the voting power of the common equity of the
Company, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization
or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted
into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions
consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization,
recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person
or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock or more than 50% of the voting power of the common equity
of the Company (each a "Fundamental Transaction"), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder
shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to
the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e)
on the exercise of this Warrant), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company,
if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the "Alternate Consideration") receivable
as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable
immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant).
For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate
Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental
Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting
the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice
as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice
as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction, the Company or any Successor Entity (as defined below) shall,
at the Holder's option, exercisable at any time concurrently with, or within 30 days after, the consummation of the Fundamental
Transaction (or, if later, the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction), purchase this Warrant
from the Holder by paying to the Holder an amount of cash equal to the Black Scholes Value (as defined below) of the remaining
unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction; provided, however, that,
if the Fundamental Transaction is not within the Company's control, including not approved by the Company's Board of Directors,
the Holder shall only be entitled to receive from the Company or any Successor Entity the same type or form of consideration (and
in the same proportion), at the Black Scholes Value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant, that is being offered and paid
to the holders of Common Stock of the Company in connection with the Fundamental Transaction, whether that consideration be in
the form of cash, stock or any combination thereof, or whether the holders of Common Stock are given the choice to receive from
among alternative forms of consideration in connection with the Fundamental Transaction; provided, further, that if holders of
Common Stock of the Company are not offered or paid any consideration in such Fundamental Transaction, such holders of Common
Stock will be deemed to have received common stock of the Successor Entity (which Entity may be the Company following such Fundamental
Transaction) in such Fundamental Transaction. "Black Scholes Value" means the value of this Warrant based on
the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the "OV" function on Bloomberg determined as of the day of consummation
of the applicable Fundamental Transaction for pricing purposes and reflecting (A) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the
U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental
Transaction and the Termination Date, (B) an expected volatility equal to the greater of (1) the 30 day volatility, (2) the 100
day volatility or (3) the 365 day volatility, each of clauses (1)-(3) as obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg (determined
utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable
contemplated Fundamental Transaction, (C) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the highest VWAP during
the period beginning on the Trading Day immediately preceding the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental
Transaction (or the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, if earlier) and ending on the Trading Day of the Holder's
request pursuant to this Section 3(d) and (D) a remaining option time equal to the time between the date of the public announcement
of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date and (E) a zero cost of borrow. The payment of
the Black Scholes Value will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds (or such other consideration) within the
later of (i) five Business Days of the Holder's election and (ii) the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction. The
Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor
Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents
in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(d) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the
option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written
instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares
of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable
upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction,
and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account
the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital
stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of
this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form
and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall be added to the
term “Company” under this Warrant (so that from and after the occurrence or consummation of such Fundamental Transaction,
each and every provision of this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer
instead to each of the Company and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally), and the Successor Entity
or Successor Entities, jointly and severally with the Company, may exercise every right and power of the Company prior thereto
and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities shall assume all of the obligations of the Company prior thereto under this Warrant
and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if the Company and such Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly
and severally, had been named as the Company herein. For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder shall be entitled to the benefits
of the provisions of this Section 3(d) regardless of (i) whether the Company has sufficient authorized shares of Common Stock
for the issuance of Warrant Shares and/or (ii) whether a Fundamental Transaction occurs prior to the Initial Exercise Date.
e) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share,
as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as
of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
f) Notice to Holder.
i.
Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the
Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any
resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
ii.
Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever
form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common
Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or
purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall
be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company (or
any of its Subsidiaries) is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of its assets, or any compulsory share exchange
whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary
or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause
to be delivered by email to the Holder at its last email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company,
at least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the
date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a
record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions,
redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the
Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable
upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such
notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified
in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information
regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant
to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the
date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.
Section
4. Transfer of Warrant.
a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d)
hereof and to the provisions of Section 4.1 of the Purchase Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without
limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office
of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached
hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making
of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants
in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument
of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this
Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned
this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the
date on which the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant in full. The Warrant, if
properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a
new Warrant issued.
b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office
of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued,
signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved
in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or
Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated
the Initial Exercise Date of this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable
pursuant thereto.
c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose
(the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and
treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution
to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.
d) Transfer Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant,
the transfer of this Warrant shall not be either (i) registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions
or current public information requirements pursuant to Rule 144, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer,
that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, comply with the provisions of Section 5.7 of the Purchase Agreement.
e) Representation by the Holder. The Holder, by the acceptance hereof, represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant
and, upon any exercise hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, for its own account and not with a
view to or for distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable
state securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.
Section
5. Miscellaneous.
a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise; No Settlement in Cash. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting
rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i),
except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting any rights of a Holder to receive Warrant Shares on a “cashless
exercise” pursuant to Section 2(c) or to receive cash payments pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) and Section 2(d)(iv) herein,
in no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Warrant.
b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant
Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case
of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate,
if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation,
in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.
c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right
required or granted herein shall not be a Trading Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next
succeeding Trading Day.
d) Authorized Shares.
The
Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common
Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights
under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers
who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant.
The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided
herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common
Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights
represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant
Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens
and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously
with such issue).
Except
and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation,
amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution,
issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the
terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all
such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above
the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may
be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares
upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions
or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform
its obligations under this Warrant.
Before
taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or
in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be
necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.
e) Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall
be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered,
and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities
laws.
g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder
shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies, notwithstanding
the fact that the right to exercise this Warrant terminates on the Termination Date. Without limiting any other provision of this
Warrant, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material
damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses
including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder
in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.
h) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company
shall be delivered to the address for the Holder that appears in the Company's Warrant Register.
i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant
to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability
of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted
by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
j) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages,
will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not
be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees
to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby
shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted
assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant
and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.
l) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company,
on the one hand, and the Holder of this Warrant, on the other hand.
m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective
and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such
provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions
or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.
n) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be
deemed a part of this Warrant.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first
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NOTICE
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The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant
(only if exercised in full), 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):
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subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless
exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).
(3)
Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:
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The
Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:
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(4)
Accredited Investor. The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under
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to purchase shares.)
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Exhibit 5.1

August 1, 2024
Lipella Pharmaceuticals Inc.
7800 Susquehanna St., Suite 505
Pittsburgh, PA
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to
Lipella Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with a prospectus supplement,
dated July 31, 2024 (the “Prospectus Supplement”), to the base prospectus forming a part of the registration statement
on Form S-3 (File No. 333-276815), as supplemented or amended from time to time (the “Registration Statement”), filed
by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “Securities Act”), on February 1, 2024 and declared effective on February 8, 2024 relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of (i) 399,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par
value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and (ii) a pre-funded warrant of the Company (the “Pre-Funded
Warrant”) to purchase up to 1,667,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Pre-Funded Warrant Shares”). The Shares,
the Pre-Funded Warrant and the Pre-Funded Warrant Shares are referred to herein collectively as the “Securities.”
The Securities are to be sold pursuant to a securities purchase agreement, dated as of July 31, 2024, by and among the Company and the
purchaser identified on the signature pages thereto (the “Purchase Agreement”).
In connection with this opinion, we have examined
and relied upon the originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of (i) the Company’s second amended
and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, (ii) the Company’s second amended and restated by-laws, (iii) the Registration
Statement, including all exhibits filed therewith, (iv) the Prospectus Supplement, (v) the Purchase Agreement and all schedules and exhibits
thereto, (vi) the Pre-Funded Warrant, (vii) that certain engagement agreement, dated July 31, 2024, by and between the Company and H.C.
Wainwright & Co., LLC (the “Engagement Agreement”), and have also examined and relied upon minutes of meetings
and/or resolutions of the board of directors of the Company as provided to us by the Company, and such other documents as we have deemed
necessary for purposes of rendering the opinion hereinafter set forth.
In addition to the foregoing, we have relied as
to matters of fact upon the representations made by the Company and its representatives and we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures,
the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us
as copies, the legal competence of all signatories to such documents and that each signatory to such document has or will have sufficient
legal capacity to execute such document. Other than our examination of the documents indicated above, we have made no other examination
in connection with this opinion.
We are members of the Bar of the State of New
York. We do not hold ourselves out as being conversant with, or expressing any opinion with respect to, the laws of any jurisdiction other
than the federal laws of the United States of America, the laws of the State of New York, and the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware (the “DGCL”). Accordingly, the opinions expressed herein are expressly limited to the laws of the State
of New York and the DGCL. Our opinion is based on these laws as in effect on the date hereof. We express no opinion as to whether the
laws of any other jurisdiction are applicable to the subject matter hereof.
Our opinions set forth below with respect to the
validity or binding effect of any security or obligation may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance,
marshaling, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement generally of the rights and remedies of creditors and secured parties
or the obligations of debtors, (ii) general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), including but
not limited to principles limiting the availability of specific performance or injunctive relief, and concepts of materiality, reasonableness,
good faith and fair dealing, (iii) the possible unenforceability under certain circumstances of provisions providing for indemnification,
contribution, exculpation, release or waiver that may be contrary to public policy or violative of federal or state securities laws, rules
or regulations, and (iv) the effect of course of dealing, course of performance, oral agreements or the like that would modify the terms
of an agreement or the respective rights or obligations of the parties under an agreement.
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Based upon the foregoing and in reliance thereon,
and subject to the qualifications, limitations, exceptions and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that (i) the Securities
have been duly authorized for issuance by all necessary corporate action by the Company; (ii) the Shares, when issued by the Company,
will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, (iii) provided that the Pre-Funded Warrant has been duly executed and delivered
by the Company and duly delivered to the purchaser thereof against payment therefor, such Pre-Funded Warrant, when sold and issued as
contemplated in the Prospectus Supplement, the Purchase Agreement and Engagement Agreement, as applicable, will be valid and binding obligations
of the Company, and (iv) the Pre-Funded Warrant Shares issuable pursuant to the Pre-Funded Warrant upon payment to the Company of the
required consideration, and when issued and sold by the Company and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Pre-Funded Warrant, and
as described in the Prospectus Supplement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
This opinion letter speaks only as of the date
hereof and we assume no obligation to update or supplement this opinion letter if any applicable laws change after the date of this opinion
letter or if we become aware after the date of this opinion letter of any facts, whether existing before or arising after the date hereof,
that might change the opinions expressed above.
This opinion letter is furnished in connection
with the Prospectus Supplement and may not be relied upon for any other purpose without our prior written consent in each instance. Further,
no portion of this letter may be quoted, circulated or referred to in any other document for any other purpose without our prior written
consent.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion
as Exhibit 5.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August 1, 2024, incorporated by reference
into the Registration Statement and to the use of our name as it appears under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus
Supplement. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of
the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
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Exhibit 10.1
SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of July 31, 2024, between Lipella Pharmaceuticals
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each,
including its successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and collectively the “Purchasers”).
WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act (as defined below), the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and
not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration
the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1
Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following
terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:
“Acquiring
Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.4.
“Action”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).
“Affiliate”
means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common
control with a Person as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“Board
of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.
“Business
Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized
or required by law to remain closed; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed
to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential
employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction
of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks
in The City of New York generally open for use by customers on such day.
“Closing”
means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.1.
“Closing
Date” means the Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable
parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii)
the Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities, in each case, have been satisfied or waived, but in no event later
than the first (1st) Trading Day following the date hereof (or the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date hereof
if this Agreement is signed on a day that is not a Trading Day or after 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) and before midnight (New
York City time) on a Trading Day).
“Commission”
means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common
Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, and any other class of securities into which
such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
“Common
Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to
acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument
that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive,
Common Stock.
“Company
Counsel” means Sullivan & Worcester LLP, with offices located at 1633 Broadway, 32nd Floor, New York, New York 10019.
“Disclosure
Time” means, (i) if this Agreement is signed on a day that is not a Trading Day or after 9:00 a.m. (New York City time)
and before midnight (New York City time) on any Trading Day, 9:01 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following
the date hereof, unless otherwise instructed as to an earlier time by the Placement Agent, and (ii) if this Agreement is signed
between midnight (New York City time) and 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, no later than 9:01 a.m. (New York
City time) on the date hereof, unless otherwise instructed as to an earlier time by the Placement Agent.
“EGS”
means Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, with offices located at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105-0302.
“Evaluation
Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(s).
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Exempt
Issuance” means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or equity awards to employees, officers or directors of the
Company pursuant to any stock or equity incentive plan duly adopted for such purpose, by a majority of the non-employee members
of the Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose for
services rendered to the Company, (b) warrants to the Placement Agent in connection with the transactions pursuant to this Agreement
and any shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the warrants to the Placement Agent, if applicable, and/or shares of Common Stock
upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities issued hereunder and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable
for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such securities
have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price,
exchange price or conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with stock splits or combinations) or to extend
the term of such securities, and (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority
of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that such securities are issued as “restricted securities”
(as defined in Rule 144) and carry no registration rights that require or permit the filing of any registration statement in connection
therewith during the prohibition period in Section 4.11(a) herein, and provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person
(or to the equityholders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset
in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to
the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose
of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities.
“FCPA”
means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
“FDA”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(hh).
“FDCA”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(hh).
“GAAP”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Indebtedness”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(aa).
“Intellectual
Property Rights” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(p).
“Liens”
means a lien, charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
“Material
Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).
“Material
Permits” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(n).
“Per
Share Purchase Price” equals $0.62, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock
combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing
Date, provided that the purchase price per Pre-Funded Warrant shall be the Per Share Purchase Price minus $0.001.
“Person”
means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability
company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“Pharmaceutical
Product” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(hh).
“Placement
Agent” means H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC.
“Pre-Funded
Warrants” means, collectively, the pre-funded Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the Purchasers at the Closing
in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof, which Pre-Funded Warrants shall be exercisable immediately and will expire when exercised
in full, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.
“Pre-Funded
Warrant Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants.
“Proceeding”
means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial
proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
“Prospectus”
means the final prospectus filed for the Registration Statement.
“Prospectus
Supplement” means the supplement to the Prospectus complying with Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act that is filed with
the Commission and delivered by the Company to each Purchaser at the Closing.
“Purchaser
Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.7.
“Registration
Statement” means the effective registration statement with Commission file No. 333-276815 which registers the sale of
the Shares, Pre-Funded Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrant Shares to the Purchasers.
“Required
Approvals” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).
“Rule
144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted
from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose
and effect as such Rule.
“Rule
424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted
from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose
and effect as such Rule.
“SEC
Reports” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Securities”
means the Shares, the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrant Shares.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Shares”
means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to each Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, but excluding the Pre-Funded
Warrant Shares.
“Short
Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall
not be deemed to include locating and/or borrowing shares of Common Stock).
“Subscription
Amount” means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants (if applicable)
purchased hereunder as specified below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading
“Subscription Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately available funds (excluding for the avoidance of
doubt, if applicable, a Purchaser’s aggregate exercise price of the Pre-Funded Warrants, which amounts shall be paid as
and when such Pre-Funded Warrants are exercised for cash).
“Subsidiary”
means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth in the SEC Reports, and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect
subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.
“Trading
Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.
“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 American, 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).
“Transaction
Documents” means this Agreement, the Pre-Funded Warrants, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other
documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
“Transfer
Agent” means Nevada Agency and Transfer Company, the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of
50 West Liberty Street, Suite 880, Reno NV 89501 and a email address of tiffany@natco.com, and any successor transfer agent of
the Company.
“Variable
Rate Transaction” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.11(b).
ARTICLE
II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1
Closing. On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell,
and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, an aggregate of approximately $1,280,920 of Shares; provided,
however, that to the extent that a Purchaser determines, in its sole discretion, that such Purchaser (together with such Purchaser's
Affiliates, and any Person acting as a group together with such Purchaser or any of such Purchaser's Affiliates) would beneficially
own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, or as such Purchaser may otherwise choose, in lieu of purchasing Shares,
such Purchaser may elect, by so indicating such election prior to their issuance, to purchase Pre-Funded Warrants in lieu of Shares
in such manner to result in the same aggregate purchase price being paid by such Purchaser to the Company. The "Beneficial
Ownership Limitation" shall be 4.99% (or, with respect to each Purchaser, at the election of such Purchaser at Closing,
9.99%) of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of the Shares on
the Closing Date. In each case, the election to receive Pre-Funded Warrants is solely at the option of the Purchaser. Each Purchaser’s
Subscription Amount as set forth on the signature page hereto executed by such Purchaser shall be made available for “Delivery
Versus Payment” settlement with the Company or its designee. The Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its respective
Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants, as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the
other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in
Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall take place remotely by electronic transfer of the Closing documentation. Unless otherwise
directed by the Placement Agent, settlement of the Shares shall occur via “Delivery Versus Payment” (“DVP”)
(i.e., on the Closing Date, the Company shall issue the Shares registered in the Purchasers’ names and addresses and released
by the Transfer Agent directly to the account(s) at the Placement Agent identified by each Purchaser; upon receipt of such Shares,
the Placement Agent shall promptly electronically deliver such Shares to the applicable Purchaser, and payment therefor shall
be made by the Placement Agent (or its clearing firm) by wire transfer to the Company). Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, if at any time on or after the time of execution of this Agreement by the Company and an applicable Purchaser, through,
and including the time immediately prior to the Closing (the “Pre-Settlement Period”), such Purchaser sells
to any Person all, or any portion, of the Shares to be issued hereunder to such Purchaser at the Closing (collectively, the “Pre-Settlement
Shares”), such Purchaser shall, automatically hereunder (without any additional required actions by such Purchaser or
the Company), be deemed to be unconditionally bound to purchase, such Pre-Settlement Shares at the Closing; provided, that the
Company shall not be required to deliver any Pre-Settlement Shares to such Purchaser prior to the Company’s receipt of the
purchase price of such Pre-Settlement Shares hereunder; and provided further that the Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that
the forgoing shall not constitute a representation or covenant by such Purchaser as to whether or not during the Pre-Settlement
Period such Purchaser shall sell any shares of Common Stock to any Person and that any such decision to sell any shares of Common
Stock by such Purchaser shall solely be made at the time such Purchaser elects to effect any such sale, if any. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, with respect to any Notice(s) of Exercise (as defined in the Pre-Funded Warrants) delivered on or prior to 12:00
p.m. (New York City time) on the Closing Date, which may be delivered at any time after the time of execution of this Agreement,
the Company agrees to deliver the Warrant Shares subject to such notice(s) by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Closing Date
and the Closing Date shall be the Warrant Share Delivery Date (as defined in the Pre-Funded Warrants) for purposes hereunder.
2.2 Deliveries.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following:
(i) this Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a legal opinion of Company Counsel, directed to the Placement Agent and the Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably acceptable
to the Placement Agent and Purchasers;
(iii)
subject to Section 2.1, the Company shall have provided each Purchaser with the Company’s wire instructions, on Company
letterhead and executed by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer;
(iv)
subject to Section 2.1, a copy of the irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent instructing the Transfer Agent to deliver
on an expedited basis via The Depository Trust Company Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) Shares
equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price (minus the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of such Purchaser’s Pre-Funded Warrant, if applicable), registered in the name of such Purchaser;
(v) if applicable, for each Purchaser of Pre-Funded Warrants pursuant to Section 2.1, a Pre-Funded Warrant registered in the name
of such Purchaser to purchase up to a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the portion of such Purchaser’s Subscription
Amount applicable to Pre-Funded Warrant divided by the Per Share Purchase Price minus $0.001, with an exercise price equal to
$0.001, subject to adjustment therein; and
(vi)
the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement (which may be delivered in accordance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).
(b) On or prior to the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:
(i) this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser; and
(ii) such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount, which shall be made available for “Delivery Versus Payment” settlement
with the Company or its designee.
2.3
Closing Conditions.
(a) The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material
Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained
herein (unless such representation or warranty is as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate in all material
respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects)
as of such date);
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have
been performed; and
(iii)
the delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement.
(b)
The respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions
being met:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material
Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained
herein (unless such representation or warranty is as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate in all material
respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects)
as of such date);
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been
performed;
(iii)
the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement;
(iv)
there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company;
(v) from the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s
principal Trading Market, and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg
L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are
reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States
or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national
or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in
each case, in the reasonable judgment of such Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at the
Closing.
ARTICLE
III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to
each Purchaser:
(a) Subsidiaries. All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth in the SEC Reports. The Company
owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens,
and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable
and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. If the Company has no subsidiaries, all other
references to the Subsidiaries or any of them in the Transaction Documents shall be disregarded.
(b) Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite
power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation,
bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business
and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted
or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as
the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity
or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business,
prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse
effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction
Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”) and no Proceeding has been instituted in
any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.
(c) Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations
hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents by the Company
and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action
on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the Company’s stockholders
in connection herewith or therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals. This Agreement and each other Transaction
Document to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in
accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against
the Company in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii)
as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii)
insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company's or any Subsidiary's certificate or
articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default
(or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon
any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, anti-dilution
or similar adjustments, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit
facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the
Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected,
or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment,
injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject
(including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary
is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Filings, Consents and Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of,
give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority
or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other
than: (i) the filings required pursuant to Section 4.3 of this Agreement, (ii) the filing with the Commission of the Prospectus
Supplement, (iii) the notice and/or application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the issuance and sale of the Securities
and the listing of the Shares and Pre-Funded Warrant Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby and (iv)
such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).
(f) Issuance of the Securities; Registration. The Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance
with the applicable Transaction Documents, the Shares will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and
clear of all Liens imposed by the Company. The Pre-Funded Warrant Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Pre-Funded
Warrants, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company. The Company
has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement
and the Pre-Funded Warrants. The Company has prepared and filed the Registration Statement in conformity with the requirements
of the Securities Act, which became effective on February 8, 2024, including the Prospectus, and such amendments and supplements
thereto as may have been required to the date of this Agreement. The Registration Statement is effective under the Securities
Act and no stop order preventing or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or suspending or preventing the
use of the Prospectus has been issued by the Commission and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the knowledge
of the Company, are threatened by the Commission. The Company, if required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, shall
file the Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b). At the time the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto
became effective, at the date of this Agreement and at the Closing Date, the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto
conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and did not and will not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading; and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time the Prospectus
or any amendment or supplement thereto was issued and at the Closing Date, conformed and will conform in all material respects
to the requirements of the Securities Act and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. The Company was at the time of the filing of the Registration Statement eligible to use Form S-3. The Company
is eligible to use Form S-3 under the Securities Act and it meets the transaction requirements with respect to the aggregate market
value of securities being sold pursuant to this offering and during the twelve (12) months prior to this offering, as set forth
in General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3.
(g) Capitalization. The capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the SEC Reports. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports,
the Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than
pursuant to the exercise, vesting or settlement of equity awards under the Company's equity incentive plans, the issuance of shares
of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company's employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise
of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. No Person
has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities and as set forth in the
SEC Reports, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever
relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any
right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock or the capital stock of any Subsidiary, or contracts, commitments,
understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common
Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or capital stock of any Subsidiary. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate
the Company or any Subsidiary to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers). There
are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary with any provision that adjusts the exercise, conversion,
exchange or reset price of such security or instrument upon an issuance of securities by the Company or any Subsidiary. There
are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary that contain any redemption or similar provisions,
and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become
bound to redeem a security of the Company or such Subsidiary. The Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or "phantom
stock" plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities
laws, and none of such outstanding shares were issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for
or purchase securities. There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the
Company's capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company's
stockholders.
(h)
SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents
required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation
to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein,
together with the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”)
on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration
of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement
of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has never been an issuer subject
to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material
respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect
at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting
principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified
in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes
required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries
as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case
of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
(i) Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements
included within the SEC Reports, except as set forth in the SEC Reports, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development
that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any
liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company's financial statements pursuant
to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the
Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed
or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities
to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company equity compensation plans. The Company does not have
pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Securities
contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth in the SEC Reports, no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development
has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective
businesses, prospects, properties, operations, assets or financial condition that would be required to be disclosed by the Company
under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at
least one (1) Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.
(j) Litigation. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, there is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding
or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any
of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority
(federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an "Action"). None of the Actions set forth in the SEC Reports,
(i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities
or (ii) would, if there were an unfavorable decision, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of
violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and
to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company
or any current or former director or officer of the Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending
the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities
Act.
(k) Labor Relations. No labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees
of the Company, which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company's or its Subsidiaries'
employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee's relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries
believe that their relationships with their employees are good. To the knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company
or any Subsidiary, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality,
disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive
covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are
in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices,
terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance would not, individually or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(l) Compliance. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred
that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary
under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation
of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any
of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree
or order of any court, arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance
or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating
to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters,
except in each case as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Environmental Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign
laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater,
land surface or subsurface strata), including laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals,
pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”)
into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport
or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands, or demand letters, injunctions, judgments,
licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations, issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder
(“Environmental Laws”); (ii) have received all permits licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable
Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such
permit, license or approval where in each clause (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply would be reasonably expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) Regulatory Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the
appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described
in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
(o) Title to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned
by them and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and
the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for (i) Liens as do not materially affect the value of such
property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries
and (ii) Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, for which appropriate reserves have been made therefor in accordance
with GAAP and, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property and facilities held under
lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company
and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.
(p) Intellectual Property. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications,
trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual
property rights and similar rights necessary or required for use in connection with their respective businesses as described in
the SEC Reports and which the failure to so have would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (collectively,
the "Intellectual Property Rights"). None of, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written
or otherwise) that any of, the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire
or terminate or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement except as would not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received, since the date of the latest audited
financial statements included within the SEC Reports, a written notice of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge that the Intellectual
Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing
infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable
security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure
to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has
no knowledge of any facts that would preclude it from having valid license rights or clear title to the Intellectual Property
Rights. The Company has no knowledge that it lacks or will be unable to obtain any rights or licenses to use all Intellectual
Property Rights that are necessary to conduct its business.
(q) Insurance. The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such
losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries
are engaged, including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires
or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a significant increase
in cost.
(r) Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of
the Company or any Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is
presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors),
including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental
of real or personal property to or from, providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of money to or otherwise requiring
payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer,
director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, member or partner,
in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement
for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any
stock option plan of the Company.
(s) Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with any and all applicable
requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date,
and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof
and as of the Closing Date. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations,
(ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain
asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization,
and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action
is taken with respect to any differences. The Company and the Subsidiaries have established disclosure controls and procedures
(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls
and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the
Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules
and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures
of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange
Act (such date, the “Evaluation Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under
the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures
based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the internal control
over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) of the Company and its Subsidiaries that have materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(t) Certain Fees. Except for compensation payable by the Company to the Placement Agent, no brokerage or finder’s fees
or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiary to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder,
placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons
for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
(u) Investment Company. The Company is not, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants,
will not be, required to register as an "investment company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become an "investment company" subject
to registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(v) Registration Rights. No Person has any right to cause the Company or any Subsidiary to effect the registration under the
Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary.
(w) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange
Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the
registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating
terminating such registration. The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading
Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the
listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the
foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements. The Common Stock is currently
eligible for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation and the Company
is current in payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company (or such other established clearing corporation) in connection
with such electronic transfer.
(x)
Application of Takeover Protections. The Company and the Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in
order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under
a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s certificate of incorporation (or similar
charter documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a result
of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including
without limitation as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers’ ownership of the Securities.
(y) Disclosure. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or
their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, non-public information
which is not otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus Supplement. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers will rely
on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All of the disclosure furnished by or
on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their respective businesses and the transactions
contemplated hereby is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. The press releases disseminated by the Company during the twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement taken
as a whole do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made and when made,
not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any representations or warranties with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.
(z) No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers' representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2,
neither the Company, nor to the Company's knowledge, any Person acting on its behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers
or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the
Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of any applicable shareholder approval provisions
of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.
(aa) Solvency. Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the
receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder, (i) the fair saleable value of the Company’s
assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities
(including known contingent liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small
capital to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account
the particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, consolidated and projected capital requirements
and capital availability thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would
receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient
to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company does not intend
to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable
on or in respect of its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will
file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the
Closing Date. The SEC Reports set forth as of the date thereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company
or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness”
means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred
in the ordinary course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness
of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet (or the notes
thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the
ordinary course of business; and (z) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to
be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.
(bb)
Tax Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries each (i) has made or filed all United States federal, state and local
income and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is
subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined
to be due on such returns, reports and declarations and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the
payment of all material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There
are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of
the Company or of any Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.
(cc)
Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary,
any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for
unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii)
made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties
or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company or any Subsidiary (or made
by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) violated in any material
respect any provision of FCPA.
(dd)
Accountants. The Company’s accounting firm is set forth in the SEC Reports. To the knowledge and belief of the Company,
such accounting firm (i) is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act and (ii) shall express its opinion
with respect to the financial statements to be included in the Company’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ending December
31, 2024.
(ee)
Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the
Purchasers is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary
of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby
and any advice given by any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities.
The Company further represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company
and its representatives.
(ff)
Acknowledgment Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything
in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except for Sections 3.2(f) and 4.13 hereof), it is understood
and acknowledged by the Company that: (i) none of the Purchasers has been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Purchaser
agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities
based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for
any specified term; (ii) past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser, specifically including, without limitation,
Short Sales or “derivative” transactions, before or after the closing of this or future private placement transactions,
may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities; (iii) any Purchaser, and counter-parties
in “derivative” transactions to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a
“short” position in the Common Stock, and (iv) each Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or
control over any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The Company further
understands and acknowledges that (y) one or more Purchasers may engage in hedging activities at various times during the period
that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the value of the Pre-Funded Warrant
Shares deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined, and (z) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the
value of the existing stockholders' equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging activities are being
conducted. The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any of the
Transaction Documents.
(gg)
Regulation M Compliance. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly
or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of
the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation
for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting
another to purchase any other securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid
to the Placement Agent in connection with the placement of the Securities.
(hh)
FDA. As to each product subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") under the
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended, and the regulations thereunder ("FDCA") that is manufactured, packaged,
labeled, tested, distributed, sold, and/or marketed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each such product, a "Pharmaceutical
Product"), such Pharmaceutical Product is being manufactured, packaged, labeled, tested, distributed, sold and/or marketed
by the Company in compliance with all applicable requirements under FDCA and similar laws, rules and regulations relating to registration,
investigational use, premarket clearance, licensure, or application approval, good manufacturing practices, good laboratory practices,
good clinical practices, product listing, quotas, labeling, advertising, record keeping and filing of reports, except where the
failure to be in compliance would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no pending, completed
or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened, action (including any lawsuit, arbitration, or legal or administrative or regulatory
proceeding, charge, complaint, or investigation) against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and none of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries has received any notice, warning letter or other communication from the FDA or any other governmental entity,
which (i) contests the premarket clearance, licensure, registration, or approval of, the uses of, the distribution of, the manufacturing
or packaging of, the testing of, the sale of, or the labeling and promotion of any Pharmaceutical Product, (ii) withdraws its
approval of, requests the recall, suspension, or seizure of, or withdraws or orders the withdrawal of advertising or sales promotional
materials relating to, any Pharmaceutical Product, (iii) imposes a clinical hold on any clinical investigation by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) enjoins production at any facility of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (v) enters or proposes
to enter into a consent decree of permanent injunction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (vi) otherwise alleges
any violation of any laws, rules or regulations by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and which, either individually or in
the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The properties, business and operations of the
Company have been and are being conducted in all material respects in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations
of the FDA. The Company has not been informed by the FDA that the FDA will prohibit the marketing, sale, license or use in the
United States of any product proposed to be developed, produced or marketed by the Company nor has the FDA expressed any concern
as to approving or clearing for marketing any product being developed or proposed to be developed by the Company.
(ii)
Stock Option Plans. Each stock option granted by the Company under the Company’s stock option plan was granted (i)
in accordance with the terms of the Company’s stock option plan and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair
market value of the Common Stock on the date such stock option would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock
option granted under the Company’s stock option plan has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there
is no and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate
the grant of stock options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its
Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.
(jj)
Cybersecurity. (i)(x) There has been no security breach or other compromise of or relating to any of the Company’s
or any Subsidiary’s information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data (including the data
of its respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained by or on behalf of it), equipment
or technology (collectively, “IT Systems and Data”) and (y) the Company and the Subsidiaries have not been
notified of, and has no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any security breach
or other compromise to its IT Systems and Data; (ii) the Company and the Subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable
laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority,
internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection
of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification, except as would not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) the Company and the Subsidiaries
have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable safeguards to maintain and protect its material confidential information
and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and Data; and (iv) the Company and the Subsidiaries
have implemented backup and disaster recovery technology consistent with industry standards and practices.
(kk)
Office of Foreign Assets Control. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company's knowledge, any director,
officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered
by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”).
(ll)
U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation
within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon Purchaser’s
request.
(mm)
Bank Holding Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding
Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (the “Federal Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates owns or controls,
directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent
or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank
or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.
(nn)
Money Laundering. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance
with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of
1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money
Laundering Laws”), and no Action or Proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any
arbitrator involving the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of
the Company or any Subsidiary, threatened.
3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser, for itself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents
and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows (unless as of a specific date therein,
in which case they shall be accurate as of such date):
(a)
Organization; Authority. Such Purchaser is either an individual or an entity duly incorporated or formed, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation with full right, corporate, partnership
limited liability company or similar power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction
Documents and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized
by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the part of such Purchaser.
Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser
in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii)
as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii)
insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
(b)
Understandings or Arrangements. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and has no
direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities
(this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant to the Registration
Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities
hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.
(c)
Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, and on
each date on which it exercises any Pre-Funded Warrants, it will be either: (i) an "accredited investor" as defined
in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7), (a)(8), (a)(9), (a)(12), or (a)(13) under the Securities Act or (ii) a "qualified
institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.
(d)
Experience of Such Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication
and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment
in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk
of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.
(e)
Access to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents
(including all exhibits and schedules thereto) and the SEC Reports and has been afforded, (i) the opportunity to ask such questions
as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions
of the offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information about the
Company and its financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable
it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can
acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment.
Such Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that neither the Placement Agent nor any Affiliate of the Placement Agent has provided
such Purchaser with any information or advice with respect to the Securities nor is such information or advice necessary or desired.
Neither the Placement Agent nor any Affiliate has made or makes any representation as to the Company or the quality of the Securities
and the Placement Agent and any Affiliate may have acquired non-public information with respect to the Company which such Purchaser
agrees need not be provided to it. In connection with the issuance of the Securities to such Purchaser, neither the Placement
Agent nor any of its Affiliates has acted as a financial advisor or fiduciary to such Purchaser.
(f)
Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser
has not, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser, directly or indirectly executed
any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during the period commencing as of the time
that such Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any other Person representing the Company
setting forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio
managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the
investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the representation
set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment
decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement or to such
Purchaser’s representatives, including, without limitation, its officers, directors, partners, legal and other advisors,
employees, agents and Affiliates, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection
with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance
of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to locating
or borrowing shares in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in this Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect such
Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any representations
and warranties contained in any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection
with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance
of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to locating
or borrowing shares in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.
ARTICLE
IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1
[Reserved]
4.2
Furnishing of Information. Until the earlier of the time that (i) no Purchaser owns Securities and (ii) the Pre-Funded
Warrants have been exercised in full, the Company covenants to maintain the registration of the Common Stock under Section 12(b)
or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace
period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act even if the Company
is not then subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.
4.3
Integration. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any
security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for
purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require shareholder approval prior to the closing
of such other transaction unless shareholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.
4.4
Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall (a) by the Disclosure Time, issue a press release disclosing the
material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including the Transaction Documents
as exhibits thereto, with the Commission within the time required by the Exchange Act. From and after the issuance of such press
release, the Company represents to the Purchasers that it shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information delivered
to any of the Purchasers by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees
or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In addition, effective upon the issuance
of such press release, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement,
whether written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents,
employees or Affiliates on the one hand, and any of the Purchasers or any of their Affiliates on the other hand, shall terminate
and be of no further force or effect. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing
covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with each other
in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser
shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company, with
respect to any press release of any Purchaser, or without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with respect to any press release
of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in
which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser
in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser,
except (a) as required by federal securities law in connection with the filing of final Transaction Documents with the Commission
and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide
the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (b) and reasonably cooperate with such Purchaser
regarding such disclosure.
4.5
Shareholder Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other
Person, that any Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination,
poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter
adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue
of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and the Purchasers.
4.6
Non-Public Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents, which shall be disclosed pursuant to Section 4.4, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor
any other Person acting on its behalf will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that constitutes,
or the Company reasonably believes constitutes, material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have
consented in writing to the receipt of such information and agreed in writing with the Company to keep such information confidential.
The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions
in securities of the Company. To the extent that the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors,
agents, employees or Affiliates delivers any material, non-public information to a Purchaser without such Purchaser's consent,
the Company hereby covenants and agrees that such Purchaser shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of
its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates, or a duty to the Company, any
of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates not to trade on the basis
of, such material, non-public information, provided that the Purchaser shall remain subject to applicable law. To the extent that
any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding
the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously with the delivery of such notice file such notice with the Commission
pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing
covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.
4.7
Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder for working capital purposes
and shall not use such proceeds: (a) for the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt (other than payment of trade
payables in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and prior practices), (b) for the redemption of any Common Stock
or Common Stock Equivalents, (c) for the settlement of any outstanding litigation or (d) in violation of FCPA or OFAC regulations.
4.8
Indemnification of Purchasers. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.8, the Company will indemnify and hold each
Purchaser and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally
equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls
such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors,
officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a
Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a "Purchaser
Party") harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including
all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of investigation that any such
Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants
or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against
the Purchaser Parties in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is
not an Affiliate of such Purchaser Party, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless
such action is solely based upon a material breach of such Purchaser Party's representations, warranties or covenants under the
Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser Party may have with any such stockholder or any violations
by such Purchaser Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser Party which is finally judicially
determined to constitute fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct). If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser
Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company
in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable
to the Purchaser Party. Any Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate
in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party except to the
extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed
after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable
opinion of counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser
Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel.
The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (y) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected
without the Company's prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (z) to the extent, but only
to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party's breach of any of the representations,
warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents. The
indemnification required by this Section 4.8 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the
investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or are incurred; provided, that if any Purchaser Party is finally judicially
determined not to be entitled to indemnification or payment under this Section 4.8, such Purchaser Party shall promptly reimburse
the Company for any payments that are advanced under this sentence. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition
to any cause of action or similar right of any Purchaser Party against the Company or others and any liabilities the Company may
be subject to pursuant to law.
4.9 Reservation of Common Stock. As of the date hereof, the Company has reserved and the Company shall continue to reserve
and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling
the Company to issue Shares pursuant to this Agreement and Pre-Funded Warrant Shares pursuant to any exercise of the Pre-Funded
Warrants.
4.10
Listing of Common Stock. The Company hereby agrees to use reasonable best efforts to maintain the listing or quotation
of the Common Stock on the Trading Market on which it is currently listed, and concurrently with the Closing, the Company shall
apply to list or quote all of the Shares and Pre-Funded Warrant Shares on such Trading Market and promptly secure the listing
of all of the Shares and Pre-Funded Warrant Shares on such Trading Market. The Company further agrees, if the Company applies
to have the Common Stock traded on any other Trading Market, it will then include in such application all of the Shares and Pre-Funded
Warrant Shares, and will take such other action as is necessary to cause all of the Shares and Pre-Funded Warrant Shares to be
listed or quoted on such other Trading Market as promptly as possible. The Company will then take all action reasonably necessary
to continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock on a Trading Market and will comply in all respects with the Company’s
reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Trading Market. The Company agrees to maintain the eligibility
of the Common Stock for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation,
including, without limitation, by timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust Company or such other established clearing corporation
in connection with such electronic transfer.
4.11
Subsequent Equity Sales.
(a)
From the date hereof until thirty (30) days following the Closing Date, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall (i) issue,
enter into any agreement to issue or announce the issuance or proposed issuance of any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents or (ii) file any registration statement or amendment or supplement thereto, other than the Prospectus Supplement or
filing a registration statement on Form S-8 in connection with any employee compensation plan.
(b)
From the date hereof until the one (1) year anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company shall be prohibited from effecting or
entering into an agreement to effect any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents
(or a combination of units thereof) involving a Variable Rate Transaction. "Variable Rate Transaction" means
a transaction in which the Company (i) issues or sells any debt or equity securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or
exercisable for, or include the right to receive additional shares of Common Stock either (A) at a conversion price, exercise
price or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the shares
of Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity securities, or (B) with a conversion, exercise or
exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security or
upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market
for the Common Stock or (ii) enters into, or effects a transaction under, any agreement, including, but not limited to, an equity
line of credit or an "at-the-market" facility, whereby the Company may issue securities at a future determined price,
regardless of whether shares pursuant to such agreement have actually been issued and regardless of whether such agreement is
subsequently canceled; provided, however, that, following the expiration of the restrictive period set forth in
Section 4.11(a) above, the entry into and/or issuance of shares of Common Stock in an "at-the-market" facility with
the Placement Agent as sales agent shall not be deemed a Variable Rate Transaction. Any Purchaser shall be entitled to obtain
injunctive relief against the Company to preclude any such issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect
damages.
(c)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4.11 shall not apply in respect of an Exempt Issuance, except that no Variable Rate
Transaction shall be an Exempt Issuance.
4.12
Equal Treatment of Purchasers. No consideration (including any modification of this Agreement) shall be offered or paid
to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration
is also offered to all of the parties to this Agreement. For clarification purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right
granted to each Purchaser by the Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for the Company to treat
the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect
to the purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.
4.13
Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants
that neither it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or
sales, including Short Sales of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this
Agreement and ending at such time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to
the initial press release as described in Section 4.4. Each Purchaser, severally
and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are
publicly disclosed by the Company pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4, such Purchaser will maintain
the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction (other than as disclosed to its legal and other representatives).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the
contrary, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby
that it will not engage in effecting transactions in any securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4, (ii) no Purchaser
shall be restricted or prohibited from effecting any transactions in any securities of the Company in accordance with applicable
securities laws from and after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant
to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4 and (iii) no Purchaser shall have any duty of confidentiality or duty
not to trade in the securities of the Company to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors,
employees, Affiliates or agent, including without limitation, the Placement Agent, after the issuance of the initial press release
as described in Section 4.4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment
vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers
have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s
assets, the covenant set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that
made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement.
4.14
Exercise Procedures. The form of Notice of Exercise included in the Warrants set forth
the totality of the procedures required of the Purchasers in order to exercise the Warrants. No additional legal opinion, other
information or instructions shall be required of the Purchasers to exercise their Warrants. Without limiting the preceding sentences,
no ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization)
of any Notice of Exercise form be required in order to exercise the Warrants. The Company shall honor exercises of the Warrants
and shall deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in the Transaction Documents.
ARTICLE
V.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1
Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s obligations hereunder
only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the
other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before the fifth (5th) Trading Day following the date
hereof; provided, however, that no such termination will affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by
any other party (or parties).
5.2
Fees and Expenses. Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the
fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party
incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer
Agent fees (including, without limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the
Company and any exercise notice delivered by a Purchaser), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the
delivery of any Securities to the Purchasers.
5.3
Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, the Prospectus and the Prospectus
Supplement, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede
all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been
merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
5.4
Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall
be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the time of transmission, if such notice or communication
is delivered via email attachment at the email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto at or prior to 5:30
p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the time of transmission, if such notice or communication
is delivered via email attachment at the email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not
a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second (2nd) Trading Day following
the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to
whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature
pages attached hereto. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material,
non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission
pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K.
5.5
Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written
instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and Purchasers which purchased at least 50.1% in interest of the
Shares and the Pre-Funded Warrants based on the initial Subscription Amounts hereunder (or, prior to the Closing, the Company
and each Purchaser) or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought,
provided that if any amendment, modification or waiver disproportionately and adversely impacts a Purchaser (or multiple Purchasers),
the consent of such disproportionately impacted Purchaser (or at least 50.1% in interest of such multiple Purchasers) shall also
be required. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed
to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or
requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise
of any such right. Any proposed amendment or waiver that disproportionately, materially and adversely affects the rights and obligations
of any Purchaser relative to the comparable rights and obligations of the other Purchasers shall require the prior written consent
of such adversely affected Purchaser. Any amendment effected in accordance with this Section 5.5 shall be binding upon each Purchaser
and holder of Securities and the Company.
5.6
Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed
to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
5.7
Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors
and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of each Purchaser (other than by merger). Any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any
Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be bound,
with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the “Purchasers.”
5.8
No Third-Party Beneficiaries. The Placement Agent shall be the third party beneficiary of the representations and warranties
of the Company in Section 3.1, the covenants of the Company in Article 4 and the representations and warranties of the Purchasers
in Section 3.2. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted
assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set
forth in Section 4.8 and this Section 5.8.
5.9
Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents
shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard
to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal Proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement
and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a
party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be
commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to
the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication
of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including
with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert
in any Action or Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such Action
or Proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such Proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service
of process and consents to process being served in any such Action or Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified
mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement
and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein
shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If any party shall commence
an Action or Proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then, in addition to the obligations of the Company
under Section 4.8, the prevailing party in such Action or Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the non-prevailing party for its reasonable
attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such Action
or Proceeding.
5.10
Survival. The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Securities.
5.11
Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered
one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to each other
party, it being understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by
e-mail delivery (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions
Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method,
such signature shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and shall create a valid and binding obligation of the
party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such ".pdf" signature
page were an original thereof.
5.12
Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein
shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use
their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result
as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention
of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any
of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
5.13
Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar
provisions of) any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under
a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then
such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant
notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights; provided, however,
that, in the case of a rescission of an exercise of a Pre-Funded Warrant, the applicable Purchaser shall be required to return
any shares of Common Stock subject to any such rescinded exercise notice concurrently with the return to such Purchaser of the
aggregate exercise price paid to the Company for such shares and the restoration of such Purchaser’s right to acquire such
shares pursuant to such Purchaser’s Pre-Funded Warrant (including, issuance of a replacement warrant certificate evidencing
such restored right).
5.14
Replacement of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed,
the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation),
or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory
to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances
shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement
Securities.
5.15
Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of
damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The
parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations
contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and not to assert in any Action for specific performance of any
such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
5.16
Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction
Document or a Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement
or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered
from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other
Person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of
action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be
revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
5.17
Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction
Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way
for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained
herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed
to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption
that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights including, without
limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary
for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any Proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented
by its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. For reasons of administrative convenience
only, each Purchaser and its respective counsel have chosen to communicate with the Company through EGS. EGS does not represent
any of the Purchasers and only represents the Placement Agent. The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same
terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any
of the Purchasers. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement and in each other Transaction
Document is between the Company and a Purchaser, solely, and not between the Company and the Purchasers collectively and not between
and among the Purchasers.
5.18
Liquidated Damages. The Company’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts owing under
the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated
damages and other amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such partial
liquidated damages or other amounts are due and payable shall have been canceled.
5.19
Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any
right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on
the next succeeding Business Day.
5.20
Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel have reviewed and had an opportunity
to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to
be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments
thereto. In addition, each and every reference to share prices and shares of Common Stock in any Transaction Document shall be
subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions
of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement.
5.21
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER
PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY,
IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.
(Signature
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized
signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Lipella Pharmaceuticals
Inc.
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[PURCHASER
SIGNATURE PAGES TO LIPO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized
signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: ________________________________________________________
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser:
____________________________________
Name of Authorized Signatory: ______________________________________
Title of Authorized Signatory: _______________________________________
Email Address of Authorized Signatory:_______________________________
Address for Notice to Purchaser: ____________________________________
Address for Delivery of Pre-Funded Warrants to Purchaser (if not same
as address for notice):
Subscription Amount: $_________________
Shares: _________________
Pre-Funded Warrant Shares: _____________ Beneficial Ownership Blocker
☐ 4.99% or ☐ 9.99%
EIN Number: ___________
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Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, by checking this box (i) the obligations of the above-signed
to purchase the securities set forth in this Agreement to be purchased from the Company by the above-signed, and the obligations
of the Company to sell such securities to the above-signed, shall be unconditional and all conditions to Closing shall be disregarded,
(ii) the Closing shall occur on the first (1st) Trading Day following the date of this Agreement and (iii) any condition
to Closing contemplated by this Agreement (but prior to being disregarded by clause (i) above) that required delivery by the Company
or the above-signed of any agreement, instrument, certificate or the like or purchase price (as applicable) shall no longer be
a condition and shall instead be an unconditional obligation of the Company or the above-signed (as applicable) to deliver such
agreement, instrument, certificate or the like or purchase price (as applicable) to such other party on the Closing Date.
[SIGNATURE
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Exhibit 10.2

July 31, 2024
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
Lipella Pharmaceuticals Inc.
7800 Susquehanna St., Suite 505
Pittsburgh, PA 15208
Attn: Jonathan Kaufman, President and Chief
Executive Officer
Dear Dr. Kaufman:
This letter agreement (this “Agreement”)
constitutes the agreement between Lipella Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Company”) and H.C. Wainwright & Co.,
LLC (“Wainwright”), that Wainwright shall serve as the exclusive underwriter, agent or advisor in any proposed
offering of securities of the Company (the “Securities”) during the Term (as hereinafter defined) of this Agreement,
including, but not limited to, the restructuring, inducement, exercise solicitation and/or renegotiating the terms of certain
warrants to purchase shares of common stock of the Company and a so-called at-the-market facility (“ATM”) (each,
an “Offering”). The terms of each Offering and the Securities issued in connection therewith shall be mutually
agreed upon by the Company and Wainwright and nothing herein implies that Wainwright would have the power or authority to bind
the Company and nothing herein implies that the Company shall have an obligation to issue any Securities. It is understood that
Wainwright’s assistance in an Offering will be subject to the satisfactory completion of such investigation and inquiry
into the affairs of the Company as Wainwright deems appropriate under the circumstances and to the receipt of all internal approvals
of Wainwright in connection with an Offering. The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that Wainwright’s involvement
in an Offering is strictly on a reasonable best efforts basis and that the consummation of an Offering will be subject to, among
other things, market conditions. The execution of this Agreement does not constitute a commitment by Wainwright to purchase the
Securities and does not ensure a successful Offering of the Securities or the success of Wainwright with respect to securing any
other financing on behalf of the Company. Wainwright may retain other underwriters, brokers, dealers or agents on its behalf in
connection with an Offering.
A. Compensation; Reimbursement. At
the closing of each Offering (each, a “Closing”), the Company shall compensate Wainwright as follows:
| 1. | Cash Fee. The Company shall pay to Wainwright a cash fee, or as to an underwritten Offering
an underwriter discount, equal to 7.5% of the aggregate gross proceeds raised in each Offering. In addition, upon any exercise
for cash of any unregistered warrants issued to investors in a private placement, the Company shall pay Wainwright, within five
(5) business days of the Company’s receipt of the exercise price, (i) a cash fee of 7.5% of the aggregate gross exercise
price paid in cash with respect thereto and (ii) a management fee of 1.0% of the aggregate gross exercise price paid in cash with
respect thereto. |
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Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary included in the preceding paragraph, the cash fee for an ATM shall equal 3.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds raised
in each takedown pursuant to an ATM.
| 2. | Warrant Coverage. The Company shall issue to Wainwright or its designees at each Closing,
warrants (the “Wainwright Warrants”) to purchase that number of shares of common stock of the Company equal
to 7.5% of the aggregate number of shares of common stock (or common stock equivalent, if applicable) placed in each Offering (and
if an Offering includes a “greenshoe” or “additional investment” component, such number of shares of common
stock underlying such “greenshoe” or “additional investment” component, with the Wainwright Warrants issuable
upon the exercise of such component); provided, however, that no warrants will be issued to Wainwright in connection with an ATM.
If the Securities included in an Offering are convertible, the Wainwright Warrants shall be determined by dividing the gross proceeds
raised in such Offering by the Offering Price (as defined hereunder). The Wainwright Warrants shall be in a customary form reasonably
acceptable to Wainwright, have a term of five (5) years and an exercise
price equal to 125% of the offering price per share (or unit, if applicable) in the applicable Offering and if such offering price
is not available, the market price of the common stock on the date an Offering is commenced (such price, the “Offering
Price”). If warrants are issued to investors in an Offering, the Wainwright Warrants shall have the same terms as the
warrants issued to investors in the applicable Offering, except that such Wainwright Warrants shall have an exercise price equal
to 125% of the Offering Price. In addition, upon any exercise for cash of any unregistered warrants issued to investors in a private
placement, the Company shall issue to Wainwright (or its designees), within five (5) business days of the Company’s receipt
of the exercise price, the Wainwright Warrants to purchase that number of shares of common stock of the Company equal to 7.5% of
the aggregate number of such shares of common stock underlying such warrants that have been so exercised and such Wainwright Warrants
will be in the same form and terms as the Wainwright Warrants originally issued at the applicable Offering. |
| 3. | Expense Allowance. Out of the proceeds of each Closing, the Company also agrees to pay Wainwright
(a) a management fee equal to 1.0% of the gross proceeds raised in each Offering; (b) $35,000 for non-accountable expenses (to
be increased to $50,000 in case a public
Offering is contemplated or consummated); (c) up to $50,000 for fees and expenses of legal counsel and other out-of-pocket expenses
(to be increased to $100,000 in case a public Offering is contemplated or consummated); plus the additional amount payable by the
Company pursuant to Paragraph D.4 hereunder and, if applicable, the costs associated with the use of a third-party electronic road
show service (such as NetRoadshow); provided, however, that such amount in no way limits or impairs the indemnification and contribution
provisions of this Agreement. |
Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary included in the preceding paragraph, in connection with an ATM, the Company shall pay Wainwright up to $100,000
for fees and expenses of its legal counsel in addition to any other out-of-pocket expenses that will be incurred by the Company and Wainwright
in connection with the set-up, execution, performance and maintenance of the ATM.
| 4. | Tail. Wainwright shall be entitled to compensation under clauses (1)
and (2) hereunder, calculated in the manner set forth therein, with respect to any public or private offering or other financing
or capital-raising transaction of any kind (“Tail Financing”) to the extent that any capital or funds in such
Tail Financing is provided to the Company directly or indirectly by investors whom Wainwright had contacted during the Term or
introduced to the Company during the Term, if such Tail Financing is consummated at any time within the 12-month period following
the expiration or termination of this Agreement. Upon the Company’s request, as promptly as practicable following the expiration
or termination of this Agreement, Wainwright shall provide the Company a list of all parties contacted by Wainwright or introduced
by Wainwright to the Company. |
| 5. | Right of First Refusal. If, from the date hereof until the 12-month
anniversary following consummation of each Offering (subject to FINRA Rule 5110(g)(6)(A)), the Company or any of its subsidiaries
(a) decides to dispose of or acquire business units or acquire any of its outstanding securities or make any exchange or tender
offer or enter into a merger, consolidation or other business combination or any recapitalization, reorganization, restructuring
or other similar transaction, including, without limitation, an extraordinary dividend or distributions or a spin-off or split-off,
Wainwright (or any affiliate designated by Wainwright) shall have the right to act as the Company’s exclusive financial advisor
for any such transaction; or (b) decides to finance or refinance any indebtedness, Wainwright (or any affiliate designated by Wainwright)
shall have the right to act as sole book-runner, sole manager, sole placement agent or sole agent with respect to such financing
or refinancing; or (c) decides to raise funds by means of a public offering (including ATMs) or a private placement or any other
capital-raising financing of equity, equity-linked or debt securities, Wainwright (or any affiliate designated by Wainwright) shall
have the right to act as sole book-running manager, sole underwriter or sole placement agent for such financing. If Wainwright
or one of its affiliates decides to accept any such engagement, the agreement governing such engagement will contain, among other
things, provisions for customary fees for transactions of similar size and nature and the provisions of this Agreement, including
indemnification, which are appropriate to such a transaction. |
B. Term
and Termination of Engagement; Exclusivity. The term of Wainwright’s exclusive engagement will begin on the date hereof
and end ninety (90) days thereafter (to be increased to be increased to twenty-four (24) months from the date hereof for an ATM)
(the “Initial Term”); provided, however, that if an Offering is consummated within the Initial Term, the term
of this Agreement shall be extended by an additional ninety (90) day period (the “Extension Term,” and together
with the Initial Term, the “Term”). For clarity, the term “Term” shall mean the Initial Term if
there is no Extension Term. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company agrees that the provisions relating
to the payment of fees, reimbursement of expenses, right of first refusal, tail, indemnification and contribution, confidentiality,
conflicts, independent contractor and waiver
of the right to trial by jury will survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the Company has the right to terminate the Agreement for Cause in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(5)(B)(i).
“Cause” shall mean a material breach by Wainwright of this Agreement. The exercise of such right of termination for
Cause eliminates the Company’s obligations with respect to the provisions relating to the tail fees and right of first refusal.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in the event that an Offering pursuant to this Agreement
shall not be carried out for any reason whatsoever during the Term, the Company shall be obligated to pay to Wainwright its actual
and accountable out-of-pocket expenses related to an Offering (including the fees and disbursements of Wainwright’s legal
counsel) and, if applicable, for electronic road show service used in connection with an Offering. During Wainwright’s engagement
hereunder: (i) the Company will not, and will not permit its representatives to, other than in coordination with Wainwright, contact
or solicit institutions, corporations or other entities or individuals as potential purchasers of the Securities or investment
banks in connection with an Offering, except as agreed upon by Wainwright and (ii) the Company will not pursue any financing transaction
which would be in lieu of an Offering. Furthermore, the Company agrees that during Wainwright’s engagement hereunder, all
inquiries from prospective investors will be referred to Wainwright. Additionally, except as set forth hereunder, the Company
represents, warrants and covenants that no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company
or any subsidiary of the Company to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank
or other third-party with respect to any Offering.
C. Information;
Reliance. The Company shall furnish, or cause to be furnished, to Wainwright all information reasonably requested by Wainwright
for the purpose of rendering services hereunder and conducting due diligence (all such information being the “Information”).
In addition, the Company agrees to make available to Wainwright upon request from time to time the officers, directors, accountants,
counsel and other advisors of the Company. The Company recognizes and confirms that Wainwright (a) will use and rely on the Information,
including any documents provided to investors in each Offering (the “Offering Documents”) which shall include
any Purchase Agreement (as defined hereunder), and on information available from generally recognized public sources in performing
the services contemplated by this Agreement without having independently verified the same; (b) does not assume responsibility
for the accuracy or completeness of the Offering Documents or the Information and such other information; and (c) will not make
an appraisal of any of the assets or liabilities of the Company. Upon reasonable request, the Company will meet with Wainwright
or its representatives to discuss all information relevant for disclosure in the Offering Documents and will cooperate in any investigation
undertaken by Wainwright thereof, including any document included or incorporated by reference therein. At each Offering, at the
request of Wainwright, the Company shall deliver such legal letters (including, without limitation, negative assurance letters),
opinions, comfort letters, officers’ and secretary certificates and good standing certificates, all in form and substance
satisfactory to Wainwright and its counsel as is customary for such Offering. Wainwright shall be a third party beneficiary of
any representations, warranties, covenants, closing conditions and closing deliverables made by the Company in any Offering Documents, including
representations, warranties, covenants, closing conditions and closing deliverables made to any investor in an Offering.
D. Related
Agreements. At each Offering, the Company shall enter into the following additional agreements, as applicable:
| 1. | Underwritten Offering. If an Offering is an underwritten Offering, the Company and Wainwright
shall enter into a customary underwriting agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Wainwright and its counsel. |
| 2. | Best Efforts Offering. If an Offering is on a best efforts basis, the sale of Securities
to the investors in the Offering will be evidenced by a purchase agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) between the
Company and such investors in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and Wainwright. Wainwright shall be a third party beneficiary
with respect to the representations, warranties, covenants, closing conditions and closing deliverables included in the Purchase
Agreement. Prior to the signing of any Purchase Agreement, officers of the Company with responsibility for financial affairs will
be available to answer inquiries from prospective investors. |
| 3. | ATM Offering. If an Offering is an ATM, the Company and Wainwright shall enter into a customary
at-the-market sales agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Wainwright and its counsel. |
| 4. | Escrow, Settlement and Closing. If each Offering is not settled via
delivery versus payment (“DVP”), the Company and Wainwright shall enter into an escrow agreement with a third
party escrow agent pursuant to which Wainwright’s compensation and expenses shall be paid from the gross proceeds of the
Securities sold. If the Offering is settled in whole or in part via DVP, Wainwright shall arrange for its clearing agent to provide
the funds to facilitate such settlement; provided, however, if the clearing firm provides the funds in a best efforts offering
and subsequent to such delivery an investor fails to provide the necessary funds to the clearing agent for such purchase of Securities,
Wainwright shall instruct the clearing agent to promptly return any such Securities to the Company and the Company shall promptly
return such investor’s purchase price to the clearing agent. The Company shall pay Wainwright closing costs, which shall
also include the reimbursement of the out-of-pocket cost of the escrow agent or clearing agent, as applicable, which closing costs
shall not exceed $15,950. |
| 5. | FINRA Amendments. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that
Wainwright determines that any of the terms provided for hereunder shall not comply with a FINRA rule, including but not
limited to FINRA Rule 5110, then the Company shall agree to amend this Agreement (or include such revisions in the final
underwriting agreement) in writing upon the request
of Wainwright to comply with any such rules; provided that any such amendments shall not provide for terms that are less favorable
to the Company than are reflected in this Agreement. |
E. Confidentiality.
In the event of the consummation or public announcement of any Offering, Wainwright shall have the right to disclose its participation
in such Offering, including, without limitation, the Offering at its cost of “tombstone” advertisements in financial
and other newspapers and journals.
F. Indemnity.
| 1. | In connection with the Company’s engagement of Wainwright hereunder, the Company hereby agrees
to indemnify and hold harmless Wainwright and its affiliates, and the respective controlling persons, directors, officers, members,
shareholders, agents and employees of any of the foregoing (collectively the “Indemnified Persons”), from and
against any and all claims, actions, suits, proceedings (including those of shareholders), damages, liabilities and expenses incurred
by any of them (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel), as incurred, whether or not the Company is a party thereto
(collectively a “Claim”), that are (A) related to or arise out of (i) any actions taken or omitted to be taken
(including any untrue statements made or any statements omitted to be made) by the Company, or (ii) any actions taken or omitted
to be taken by any Indemnified Person in connection with the Company’s engagement of Wainwright as contemplated by this Agreement,
or (B) otherwise relate to or arise out of Wainwright’s activities on the Company’s behalf under Wainwright’s
engagement, and the Company shall reimburse any Indemnified Person for all expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses
of counsel) as incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any such claim, action,
suit or proceeding, whether or not in connection with pending or threatened litigation in which any Indemnified Person is a party.
The Company will not, however, be responsible for any Claim that is finally judicially determined to have resulted from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of any such Indemnified Person for such Claim. The Company further agrees that no Indemnified
Person shall have any liability to the Company for or in connection with the Company’s engagement of Wainwright except for
any Claim incurred by the Company as a result of such Indemnified Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. |
| 2. | The Company further agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of Wainwright, settle,
compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened Claim in respect of which indemnification may be
sought hereunder (whether or not any Indemnified Person is an actual or potential party to such Claim), unless such settlement,
compromise or consent includes an unconditional, irrevocable release of each Indemnified Person from any and
all liability arising out of such Claim. |
| 3. | Promptly upon receipt by an Indemnified Person of notice of any complaint
or the assertion or institution of any Claim with respect to which indemnification is being sought hereunder, such Indemnified
Person shall notify the Company in writing of such complaint or of such assertion or institution but failure to so notify the Company
shall not relieve the Company from any obligation it may have hereunder, except and only to the extent such failure results in
the forfeiture by the Company of substantial rights and defenses. If the Company is requested by such Indemnified Person, the Company
will assume the defense of such Claim, including the employment of counsel for such Indemnified Person and the payment of the fees
and expenses of such counsel, provided, however, that such counsel shall be satisfactory to the Indemnified Person and provided
further that if the legal counsel to such Indemnified Person reasonably determines that the use of counsel chosen by the Company
to represent such Indemnified Person would present such counsel with a conflict of interest or if the defendant in, or target of,
any such Claim, includes an Indemnified Person and the Company, and legal counsel to such Indemnified Person reasonably concludes
that there may be legal defenses available to it or other Indemnified Persons different from or in addition to those available
to the Company, such Indemnified Person will employ its own separate counsel (including local counsel, if necessary) to represent
or defend him, her or it in any such Claim and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. If such
Indemnified Person does not request that the Company assume the defense of such Claim, such Indemnified Person will employ its
own separate counsel (including local counsel, if necessary) to represent or defend him, her or it in any such Claim and the Company
shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Company fails
timely or diligently to defend, contest, or otherwise protect against any Claim, the relevant Indemnified Person shall have the
right, but not the obligation, to defend, contest, compromise, settle, assert crossclaims, or counterclaims or otherwise protect
against the same, and shall be fully indemnified by the Company therefor, including without limitation, for the reasonable fees
and expenses of its counsel and all amounts paid as a result of such Claim or the compromise or settlement thereof. In addition,
with respect to any Claim in which the Company assumes the defense, the Indemnified Person shall have the right to participate
in such Claim and to retain his, her or its own counsel therefor at his, her or its own expense. |
| 4. | The Company agrees that if any indemnity sought by an Indemnified Person hereunder is held by
a court to be unavailable for any reason then (whether or not Wainwright is the Indemnified Person), the Company and
Wainwright shall contribute to the Claim for which such indemnity is held unavailable in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits to the Company,
on the one hand, and Wainwright on the other, in connection with Wainwright’s engagement referred to above, subject to the
limitation that in no event shall the amount of Wainwright’s contribution to such Claim exceed the amount of fees actually
received by Wainwright from the Company pursuant to Wainwright’s engagement. The Company hereby agrees that the relative
benefits to the Company, on the one hand, and Wainwright on the other, with respect to Wainwright’s engagement shall be deemed
to be in the same proportion as (a) the total value paid or proposed to be paid or received by the Company pursuant to the applicable
Offering (whether or not consummated) for which Wainwright is engaged to render services bears to (b) the fee paid or proposed
to be paid to Wainwright in connection with such engagement. |
| 5. | The Company’s indemnity, reimbursement and contribution obligations under this Agreement
shall be in addition to, and shall in no way limit or otherwise adversely affect any rights that any Indemnified Person may have
at law or at equity. |
G. Limitation
of Engagement to the Company. The Company acknowledges that Wainwright has been retained only by the Company, that Wainwright
is providing services hereunder as an independent contractor (and not in any fiduciary or agency capacity) and that the Company’s
engagement of Wainwright is not deemed to be on behalf of, and is not intended to confer rights upon, any shareholder, owner or
partner of the Company or any other person not a party hereto as against Wainwright or any of its affiliates, or any of its or
their respective officers, directors, controlling persons (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), employees or agents. Unless otherwise
expressly agreed in writing by Wainwright, no one other than the Company is authorized to rely upon this Agreement or any other
statements or conduct of Wainwright, and no one other than the Company is intended to be a beneficiary of this Agreement. The Company
acknowledges that any recommendation or advice, written or oral, given by Wainwright to the Company in connection with Wainwright’s
engagement is intended solely for the benefit and use of the Company’s management and directors in considering a possible
Offering, and any such recommendation or advice is not on behalf of, and shall not confer any rights or remedies upon, any other
person or be used or relied upon for any other purpose. Wainwright shall not have the authority to make any commitment binding
on the Company. The Company, in its sole discretion, shall have the right to reject any investor introduced to it by Wainwright.
H. Limitation
of Wainwright’s Liability to the Company. Wainwright and the Company further agree that neither Wainwright nor any of
its affiliates or any of its or their respective officers, directors, controlling persons (within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act), employees or agents shall have any liability to the Company, its security
holders or creditors, or any person asserting claims on behalf of or in the right of the Company (whether direct or indirect, in
contract, tort, for an act of negligence or otherwise) for any losses, fees, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses or equitable
relief arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the services rendered hereunder, except for
losses, fees, damages, liabilities, costs or expenses that arise out of or are based on any action of or failure to act by Wainwright
and that are finally judicially determined to have resulted solely from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Wainwright.
I. Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements
made and to be fully performed therein. Any disputes that arise under this Agreement, even after the termination of this Agreement,
will be heard only in the state or federal courts located in the City of New York, State of New York. The parties hereto expressly
agree to submit themselves to the jurisdiction of the foregoing courts in the City of New York, State of New York. The parties
hereto expressly waive any rights they may have to contest the jurisdiction, venue or authority of any court sitting in the City
and State of New York. In the event Wainwright or any Indemnified Person is successful in any action, or suit against the Company,
arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the final judgment or award entered shall be entitled to have and recover from the
Company the costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith, including its reasonable attorneys’ fees. Any rights to
trial by jury with respect to any such action, proceeding or suit are hereby waived by Wainwright and the Company.
J. Notices.
All notices hereunder will be in writing and sent by certified mail, hand delivery, overnight delivery or e-mail, if sent to Wainwright,
at the address set forth on the first page hereof, e-mail: notices@hcwco.com, Attention: Head of Investment Banking, and if sent to the
Company, to the address set forth on the first page hereof, e- mail: , Attention: Chief Executive Officer. Notices sent by certified
mail shall be deemed received five days thereafter, notices sent by hand delivery or overnight delivery shall be deemed received on the
date of the relevant written record of receipt, notices sent by e-mail shall be deemed received as of the date and time they were sent.
K. Conflicts.
The Company acknowledges that Wainwright and its affiliates may have and may continue to have investment banking and other relationships
with parties other than the Company pursuant to which Wainwright may acquire information of interest to the Company. Wainwright
shall have no obligation to disclose such information to the Company or to use such information in connection with any contemplated
transaction.
L. Anti-Money
Laundering. To help the United States government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, the federal laws of the
United States require all financial institutions to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each person with whom
they do business. This means Wainwright must ask the Company for certain identifying information, including a government-issued
identification number (e.g., a U.S. taxpayer identification number) and such other information or documents that Wainwright considers
appropriate to verify the Company’s identity, such as certified articles of incorporation, a government-issued business license,
a partnership agreement or a trust instrument.
M. Miscellaneous.
The Company represents and warrants that it has all requisite power and authority to enter into and carry out the terms and provisions
of this Agreement and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement does not breach or conflict with any agreement,
document or instrument to which it is a party or bound. This Agreement shall not be modified or amended except in writing signed
by Wainwright and the Company. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of both Wainwright and the Company
and their respective assigns, successors, and legal representatives. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid
or unenforceable in any respect, such determination will not affect such provision in any other respect, and the remainder of the
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (including electronic counterparts),
each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Signatures to
this Agreement transmitted by electronic mail in “portable document format” (.pdf) form, or by any other electronic
means intended to preserve the original graphic and pictorial appearance of a document, will have the same effect as physical delivery
of the paper document bearing the original signature. The undersigned hereby consents to receipt of this Agreement in electronic
form and understands and agrees that this Agreement may be signed electronically. In the event that any signature is delivered
by electronic mail (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions
Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com) or otherwise by electronic transmission
evidencing an intent to sign this Agreement, such electronic mail or other electronic transmission shall create a valid and binding
obligation of the undersigned with the same force and effect as if such signature were an original. Execution and delivery of this
Agreement by electronic mail or other electronic transmission is legal, valid and binding for all purposes.
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acknowledgment that the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding reached by Wainwright and the Company, please sign in
the space provided below, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding Agreement as of the date indicated above.
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Exhibit 99.1
Lipella Pharmaceuticals Announces $1.28
Million Registered Direct Offering of Common Stock Priced At-the-Market Under Nasdaq Rules
PITTSBURGH, PA, August 1, 2024 (PRNEWSWIRE)
– Lipella Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Lipella” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: LIPO), a clinical-stage biotechnology
company addressing serious diseases with significant unmet need, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement
for the purchase and sale of an aggregate of 2,066,000 shares of common stock (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof) at a purchase
price of $0.62 per share (or pre-funded warrant in lieu thereof) in a registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq
rules. The offering is expected to close on or about August 1, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
H.C. Wainwright & Co. is acting as
the exclusive placement agent for the offering.
The gross proceeds to Lipella from the
offering are expected to be approximately $1.28 million, before deducting the placement agent’s fees and other offering expenses
payable by the Company. Lipella currently intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for working capital and general corporate
purposes.
The securities described above are being
offered and sold by the Company pursuant to a “shelf” registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-276815),
including a base prospectus, previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 1, 2024
and declared effective by the SEC on February 8, 2024. The offering of the securities is being made only by means of a prospectus
supplement that forms a part of such registration statement. A prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating
to the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website located at http://www.sec.gov.
Electronic copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus may also be obtained, when available, by contacting
H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC at 430 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by phone at (212) 856-5711 or e-mail at placements@hcwco.com.
This press release shall not constitute
an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any
state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under
the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Lipella Pharmaceuticals
Lipella is a clinical-stage biotechnology
company focused on developing new drugs by reformulating the active agents in existing generic drugs and optimizing these reformulations
for new applications. Additionally, Lipella maintains a therapeutic focus on diseases with significant, unaddressed morbidity
and mortality where no approved drug therapy currently exists. Lipella completed its initial public offering in December 2022.
For more information, please visit www.lipella.com or LinkedIn.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain “forward-looking
statements.” All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this press release regarding, among other
things, the satisfaction of the closing conditions of this registered direct offering, our strategy, future operations, financial
position, prospects, pipeline and opportunities, sources of growth, successful implementation of our proprietary technology, plans
and objectives are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as “may,”
“will,” “could,” “continue,” “would,” “should,” “potential,”
“target,” “goal,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “seeks,”
“believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “expects,” “projects” and similar
references to future periods. Forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions regarding future
events and financial trends that we believe may affect among other things, the completion of the offering, the satisfaction of
customary closing conditions related to the offering, the anticipated use of proceeds from offering, our financial condition, results
of operations, business strategy, short- and long-term business operations and objectives, and financial needs. Because forward-looking
statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult
to predict. Our actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. We caution you,
therefore, against relying on any of these forward-looking statements. They are neither statements of historical fact nor guarantees
or assurances of future performance. There are risks, uncertainties and other factors, both known and unknown, that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements which include, but are not limited to, regional,
national or global political, economic, business, competitive, market and regulatory conditions, and other factors. Any forward-looking
statement made by us is based upon the reasonable judgment of our management at the time such statement is made and speaks only
as of the date on which it is made. Factors or events that could cause our actual results to differ may emerge from time to time,
and it is not possible for us to predict all of them. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether
as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable law. Nothing contained
herein is, or shall be relied upon as, a promise or representation as to the past or future. In addition, the information contained
in this press release is as of the date hereof, and the Company has no obligation to update such information, including in the
event that such information becomes inaccurate. You should not construe the contents of this press release as legal, tax and financial
advisors as to legal and related matters concerning the matters described herein.
CONTACT
Dr. Jonathan Kaufman,
CEO
Lipella Pharmaceuticals
Info@Lipella.com
1-412-894-1853
Jeff Ramson
PCG Advisory
jramson@pcgadvisory.com
Exhibit 99.2
Lipella Pharmaceuticals Announces Closing
of $1.28 Million Registered Direct Offering of Common Stock Priced At-the-Market Under Nasdaq Rules
PITTSBURGH, PA, August 1, 2024 (PRNEWSWIRE) –
Lipella Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Lipella” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: LIPO), a clinical-stage biotechnology company
addressing serious diseases with significant unmet need, today announced that it has closed its previously announced registered direct
offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules for the purchase and sale of an aggregate of 2,066,000 shares of common stock (or pre-funded
warrants in lieu thereof) at a purchase price of $0.62 per share (or pre-funded warrant in lieu thereof).
H.C. Wainwright & Co. acted as the exclusive
placement agent for the offering.
The gross proceeds to Lipella from the offering
were approximately $1.28 million, before deducting the placement agent’s fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company.
Lipella currently intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for working capital and general corporate purposes.
The securities described above were offered and
sold by the Company pursuant to a “shelf” registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-276815), including a base
prospectus, previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 1, 2024 and declared effective
by the SEC on February 8, 2024. The offering of the securities was made only by means of a prospectus supplement that forms a part of
such registration statement. A prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering was filed with the SEC
and is available on the SEC’s website located at http://www.sec.gov. Electronic copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying
base prospectus may also be obtained by contacting H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC at 430 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by
phone at (212) 856-5711 or e-mail at placements@hcwco.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer
to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction
in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any
such state or jurisdiction.
About Lipella Pharmaceuticals
Lipella is a clinical-stage biotechnology company
focused on developing new drugs by reformulating the active agents in existing generic drugs and optimizing these reformulations for new
applications. Additionally, Lipella maintains a therapeutic focus on diseases with significant, unaddressed morbidity and mortality where
no approved drug therapy currently exists. Lipella completed its initial public offering in December 2022. For more information, please
visit www.lipella.com or LinkedIn .
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain “forward-looking
statements.” All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this press release regarding, among other things,
our strategy, future operations, financial position, prospects, pipeline and opportunities, sources of growth, successful implementation
of our proprietary technology, plans and objectives are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words
such as “may,” “will,” “could,” “continue,” “would,” “should,”
“potential,” “target,” “goal,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,”
“seeks,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “expects,” “projects”
and similar references to future periods. Forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions regarding future
events and financial trends that we believe may affect among other things, the anticipated use of proceeds from offering, our financial
condition, results of operations, business strategy, short- and long-term business operations and objectives, and financial needs. Because
forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are
difficult to predict. Our actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. We caution you,
therefore, against relying on any of these forward-looking statements. They are neither statements of historical fact nor guarantees or
assurances of future performance. There are risks, uncertainties and other factors, both known and unknown, that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements which include, but are not limited to, regional, national or global
political, economic, business, competitive, market and regulatory conditions, and other factors. Any forward-looking statement made by
us is based upon the reasonable judgment of our management at the time such statement is made and speaks only as of the date on which
it is made. Factors or events that could cause our actual results to differ may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us
to predict all of them. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future
developments or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable law. Nothing contained herein is, or shall be relied upon as, a promise
or representation as to the past or future. In addition, the information contained in this press release is as of the date hereof, and
the Company has no obligation to update such information, including in the event that such information becomes inaccurate. You should
not construe the contents of this press release as legal, tax and financial advisors as to legal and related matters concerning the matters
described herein.
CONTACT
Dr. Jonathan Kaufman,
CEO
Lipella Pharmaceuticals
Info@Lipella.com
1-412-894-1853
Jeff Ramson
PCG Advisory
jramson@pcgadvisory.com
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