維珍銀河控股公司,一家特拉華州公司(以下簡稱“權益代理”),根據本證書所載條款和條件,計劃由Jefferies LLC,作為銷售代理人和/或買方(以下簡稱“Agent”), shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “公司”),以本協議所載條款發行和出售最高為3億美元的總售價的股票。協議”).
(a)申報書公司已就表格S-3(檔案編號333-272826)向委員會準備並提交了一份可變登記聲明書,其中包含基本招股書("基本說明書)。該登記聲明書註冊了公司根據證券法發行和出售股份。公司可能不時提交一個或多個包含基本招股書和相關招股書或招股書補充資料(如適用)的額外登記聲明書。除非上下文另有要求,否則將按照證券法第430條以及不時修訂或補充的基礎上將被視為其一部分的登記聲明書的資訊,包括所有財務報表、附件和計畫以及根據表格S-3第12條的規定收入或視為收入的所有文檔,稱為““申報書,”以及構成該等登記聲明書一部分的招股書,與根據表格S-3第12條向委員會提交的根據證券法第424條(b)條的規定,有關股份特定發行的招股書補充資料,包括不時修訂或補充的視為以引用的所有文檔,皆稱為““招股書,” except that if any revised prospectus is provided to the Agent by the Company for use in connection with the offering of the Shares that is not required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, the term “招股書” shall refer to such revised prospectus from and after the time it is first provided to the Agent for such use. The Registration Statement at the time it originally became effective is herein called the “Original Registration Statement.” As used in this Agreement, the terms “amendment” or “supplement” when applied to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to include the filing by the Company with the Commission of any document under the Exchange Act after the date hereof that is or is deemed to be incorporated therein by reference.
All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (and all other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed under the Securities Act to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, as of any specified date; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include, without limitation, the filing of any document under the Exchange Act which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed under the Securities Act to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, as of any specified date.
At the time the Registration Statement was or will be originally declared effective and at the time the Company’s most recent annual report on Form 10-k was filed with the Commission, if later, the Company met the then-applicable requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act. During the Agency Period, each time the Company files an annual report on Form 10-k the Company will meet the then-applicable requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act.
當提交時,《招股書》在各方面均符合《證券法》,若通過委員會的電子數據收集、分析和檢索系統提交(“EDGAR”)(除非根據《證券法》S-t條例允許),與為用於發行和銷售股份時交給代理商的副本完全一致。每一份登記聲明、任何第462條(b)條款登記聲明和任何此後生效的修訂,在其生效時均符合《證券法》的各方面,並且在每個交割日期上都會符合《證券法》,不包含任何重要事實的虛假陳述,也不會省略應在其中陳述的重要事實或使其中的聲明具有誤導性。截至本協議簽署日期,《招股書》和任何自由書面招股說明(如下所定義)一起被視為符合(總稱為“銷售時間資訊”) did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, as of its date did not, and at each Settlement Date will not, contain any 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 representations and warranties set forth in the three immediately preceding sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or any post-effective amendment thereto, or the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Agent furnished to the Company in writing by the Agent expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Agent to the Company consists of the information described in 第6條 below. The Registration Statement and the offer and sale of the Shares as contemplated hereby meet the requirements of Rule 415 under the Securities Act and comply in all material respects with said rule.
(c)知名季節性發行人. (A) At the time of initial filing of the Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), and (C) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c)) made any offer relating to the Shares in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163, the Company was a “well known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405, including not having been at any such time an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405.
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(d)獨立會計師. The accountants who certified the financial statements and supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act, the Securities Act Regulations, the Exchange Act, the Exchange Act Regulations and the Public Accounting Oversight Board.
(e)被納入的文件. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, at the time they were filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act, as applicable, and, when read together with the other information in the Prospectus, do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(f)基本報表;非依照通常採計原則之財務措施. The financial statements of the Company included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The financial statements of the businesses or properties acquired or proposed to be acquired, if any, included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (a) present fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein, (b) except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis and (c) otherwise have been prepared in accordance with, in the case of businesses acquired or to be acquired, the applicable financial statement requirements of Rule 3-05 or, in the case of real estate operations acquired or to be acquired, Rule 3-14 of Regulation S-X. The supporting schedules, if any, present fairly in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. Any selected financial data and the summary financial information included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included therein. Any pro forma financial statements and the related notes thereto included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the information shown therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and have been properly compiled on the bases described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein. Except as included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus under the Securities Act or the Securities Act Regulations. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, if any, regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G under the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-k under the Securities Act, to the extent applicable. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting
(n)Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Shares will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as defined below) under, or result in the imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to (i) the charter or bylaws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) any statute, rule, regulation or order of any arbitrator,
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court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, assets or operations (each, a “政府實體”), or (iii) any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, as would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this subsection, a “Debt Repayment Triggering Event” means any event or condition that gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would give, the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(o)Absence of Existing Defaults and Conflicts。公司及旗下任何附屬公司均未違反各自憲章、章程或類似組織文件;未違約(或經通知或期限屆滿將違約)於任何現有義務、協議、契約或條件中所含的任何抵押契約、貸款協議、抵押貸款、租賃合同或任何其他協議或文書之下,當事方或當事方之所負有義務或當事方所負有義務,或當事方任何財產受約束或當事方任何財產對象;或違反任何法律或法規或任何法院或仲裁法官或政府或監管機關的判決、命令、規則或法規,但在上述(ii)和(iii)款情況下,除了導致可能不會在整體上造成對公司及其全部附屬公司的狀況(財務或其他狀況)、營運結果、業務、財產或前景產生實質不良影響的任何此類違約或違法重大不利影響”).
(x)會計控制和披露控制除了在登記聲明和招股書中所披露的事項外,公司及其各附屬公司均保持有效的財務報告內部控制(根據《交易法案規則》第13-a15條和第15d-15條所定義),以及足以提供合理保證的內部會計控制系統,以確保:(A)交易按照管理層的一般或特定授權進行;(B)交易按照必要的方式記錄,以便依照GAAP準備財務報表並對資產負責;(C)只有按照管理層的一般或特定授權才可存取資產;(D)將資產的記錄責任與現有資產定期進行比對,並對任何差異採取適當措施;(E)在登記聲明和招股書中包含或參考的eXtensible Business Reporting Language中的互動數據公平呈現所需信息並且依照委員會的相關規則和指引準備。除了在登記聲明和招股書中描述的事項外,自公司最近一次經過審計的財政年度結束以來,公司內部控制過財務報告中沒有重大缺陷(無論是否已補救),且公司內部控制過財務報告未發生重大影響,或者很可能會重大影響公司內部控制過財務報告的變化。除了在登記聲明和招股書中披露的事項外,公司及其各附屬公司均保持有效的披露控制和程序系統(如《交易法案規則》第13a-15條和第15d-15條所定義),旨在確保該公司在根據委員會的規則和表格要求提交的報告中所需披露的信息被記錄、處理、總結和報告,並在指定時間內积累和傳達給公司管理層,包括首席執行官或首席執行官和首席財務官,以進行及時的披露決策。
(ae)無違法支付。公司或其子公司或受控聯屬公司,或任何董事、高級職員或員工,也未,根據公司的了解,公司或其子公司的任何代理人或代表,(i)使用任何企業資金用於任何與政治活動有關的非法捐款、禮品、款待或其他違法開支;(ii)採取或將採取進一步的行動,以推動向任何政府官員,包括任何政府的官員或僱員,或任何承認政府的機構或公共國際組織,或任何代表上述人員的公職人員或代表,或任何政黨或政黨官員或政治職位的候選人(“政府官員”) in order to influence official action or secure an improper advantage; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offense under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; or (iv) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit, to any Governmental Official or other person or entity. The Company and each of its subsidiaries and controlled affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintained and will continue to maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws and with the representations and warranties contained herein and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries or controlled affiliates will use, directly or indirectly, the proceeds of the issuance and sale of the Shares in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any person in violation of any applicable anti-corruption laws.
(af)ERISA合規性. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and its subsidiaries and any “employee benefit plan” (as defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (collectively, “ERISA”)) established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or their “ERISA Affiliates” (as defined below) are in compliance in all material respects with ERISA, (ii) no “reportable event” (as defined under ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates, (iii) no “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates, if such “employee benefit plan” were terminated, would have any “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (as defined under ERISA), (iv) neither the Company, its subsidiaries nor any of their ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability under (a) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “employee benefit plan” or (b) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 49800億of the Code, and (v) each “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.
(c)費用作為提供服務的報酬,公司應在適用的結算日期向代理商支付相應的銷售佣金,包括任何暫停或終止銷售的適用發行金額。 Section 3(b)(vi) to the extent any such Shares are actually sold by the Agent) by the Agent deducting the Selling Commission from the applicable Issuance Amount.
(d)費用. The Company agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, (i) all expenses incident to the issuance and delivery of the Shares (including all printing and engraving costs); (ii) all fees and expenses of the registrar and transfer agent of the Shares; (iii) all necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares; (iv) all fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and other advisors; (v) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution of the Registration Statement (including financial statements, exhibits, schedules, consents and certificates of experts), the Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus (as
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defined below) prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company, and all amendments and supplements thereto, and this Agreement; (vi) all filing fees, attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Company or the Agent in connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of the Shares for offer and sale under the state securities or blue sky laws or the provincial securities laws of Canada, and, if requested by the Agent, preparing and printing a “藍天調查” or memorandum and a “Canadian wrapper” and any supplements thereto, advising the Agent of such qualifications, registrations, determinations and exemptions; (vii) the reasonable fees and disbursements of the Agent’s counsel, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Agent in connection with, FINRA review, if any, and approval of the Agent’s participation in the offering and distribution of the Shares; (viii) the filing fees incident to FINRA review, if any; (ix) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Shares; and (x) the fees and expenses associated with listing the Shares on the Principal Market. The fees and disbursements of Agent’s counsel pursuant to subsections (vi) and (vii) above shall not exceed (A) $75,000 in connection with the execution of this Agreement; (B) $25,000 in connection with each Triggering Event Date (as defined below) on which the Company is required to provide a certificate pursuant to Section 4(o)(ii) and (C) $15,000 in connection with each Triggering Event Date on which the Company is required to provide a certificate pursuant to Sections 4(o)(iii) and/or (iv).
第4節 ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
The Company covenants and agrees with the Agent as follows, in addition to any other covenants and agreements made elsewhere in this Agreement:
(a)交易所法案遵從. During the Agency Period, the Company shall (i) file, on a timely basis, with the Commission all reports and documents required to be filed under Section 13, 14 or 15 of the Exchange Act in the manner and within the time periods required by the Exchange Act; and (ii) either (A) include in its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and its annual reports on Form 10-k, a summary detailing, for the relevant reporting period, (1) the number of Shares sold through the Agent pursuant to this Agreement and (2) the net proceeds received by the Company from such sales or (B) prepare a prospectus supplement containing, or include in such other filing permitted by the Securities Act or Exchange Act (each an “臨時說明書補充”), such summary information and, at least once a quarter and subject to this Section 4, file such Interim Prospectus Supplement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (and within the time periods required by Rule 424(b) and Rule 4300億under the Securities Act).
(a)代理商的補償。公司同意賠償並使代理商、其官員和員工,以及控制代理商的人士,根據證券法或交易法意義上的「控制」,免於因發生的損失、索賠、損壞、責任或支出,在證券法、交易法、其他聯邦或州法律或法規,或已在授權銷售的海外司法管轄區的法律或法規下,以及普通法中或其他方面(包括解決任何訴訟),在此期間,損失、索賠、損害、責任或支出(或所述行動如下所述)起因於或基於(i) 註冊聲明中任何不真實或被宣稱不真實的重要事實陳述或疑似陳述,或根據證券法第430條下的規定視為其中的一部分的信息,或其中需要被陳述或為使其中的陳述不具誤導性所遺漏的任何重要事實; (ii) 公司已使用、參照或提交的任何自由書面計劃書中的任何不真實或疑似不真實的重要事實陳述,或根據證券法第433(d)條的規定或說明書(或其任何修正或補充),或其中需要被陳述以使陳述不具誤導性的任何重要事實如遺漏或疑似遺漏。
(d)結算。根據本 第6條 shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by 在任何情況下,任何銷售持有人根據本文承擔的責任金額均不得超過其出售可登記證券所獲得的淨收益金額。 hereof, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request; and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding.
(e)貢獻. If the indemnification provided for in this 第6條 is for any reason held to be unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified party, as incurred, as a result of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Agent, on the other hand, from the offering of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement; or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Agent, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Agent, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total gross proceeds from the offering of the Shares (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total commissions received by the Agent. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Agent, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, on the one hand, or the Agent, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(f)部分強制力
. The invalidity or unenforceability of any Article, Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other Article, Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Article, Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.
(g)管轄法律規定. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in such state. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York (collectively, the “指定法院”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court, as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
(h)一般條款. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument, and may be delivered by electronic delivery of a portable document format (PDF) file. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. The Article and Section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.