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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-11-158864
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20110603
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110606
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110606

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CERUS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001020214
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		IRS NUMBER:				680262011
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-21937
		FILM NUMBER:		11893896

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2550 STANWELL DRIVE
		CITY:			CONCORD
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94520
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9252886000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2550 STANWELL DRIVE
		STREET 2:		STE 300
		CITY:			CONCORD
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94520

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CERUS TECHNOLOGIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960731
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<P STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Securities Exchange Act of
1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June&nbsp;3, 2011 </B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>CERUS CORPORATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(IRS Employer</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Identification No.)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2550 Stanwell Drive
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Concord, California 94520 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Registrant&#146;s
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On June&nbsp;3, 2011, we entered into an At-The-Market Issuance Sales Agreement (the &#147;Sales Agreement&#148;) with McNicoll, Lewis&nbsp;&amp; Vlak LLC
(&#147;MLV&#148;), pursuant to which we may issue and sell shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $20.0 million from time to time through MLV as our sales agent. The issuance and sale of these shares by us under the
Sales Agreement, if any, is subject to the effectiveness of our shelf registration statements on Form S-3, File Nos. 333-154842 and 333-161214, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;30, 2008 and August&nbsp;10,
2009, respectively. We make no assurance as to the continued effectiveness of these shelf registration statements. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Sales of our common stock
through MLV, if any, will be made on The NASDAQ Global Market by means of ordinary brokers&#146; transactions at market prices, in block transactions or as otherwise agreed by us and MLV. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement,
MLV will use commercially reasonable efforts to sell our common stock from time to time, based upon our instructions (including any price, time or size limits or other customary parameters or conditions we may impose). We are not obligated to make
any sales of common stock under the Sales Agreement. The offering of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock pursuant to the Sales Agreement will terminate upon the earlier of (1)&nbsp;the sale of all common stock subject to the Sales Agreement
and (2)&nbsp;termination of the Sales Agreement. The Agreement may be terminated by MLV or the Company at any time upon 10 days notice to the other party, or by MLV at any time in certain circumstances, including the occurrence of a material adverse
change in the Company. We will pay MLV an aggregate commission rate equal to 3.0% of the gross proceeds of the sales price per share of any common stock sold through MLV under the Sales Agreement. We have also provided MLV with customary
indemnification rights. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The foregoing description of the Sales Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
full text of such agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. This Current Report on Form 8-K also incorporates by reference the Sales Agreement into our
above-referenced shelf registration statements on Form S-3. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy the securities discussed herein, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation, or sale of the securities in any State in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification
under the securities laws of any such state. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. </B></FONT></P>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">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. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Kevin D. Green</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Cerus Corporation </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Ladies and Gentlemen:
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">You have requested our opinion with respect to certain matters in connection with the offering by Cerus Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the &#147;<B><I>Company</I></B>&#148;), of up to $20,000,000 of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.001 (the &#147;<B><I>Shares</I></B>&#148;) and the preferred stock purchase rights (the &#147;<B><I>Rights</I></B>&#148;)
associated with the Shares to be issued pursuant to that certain Rights Agreement, dated as of November&nbsp;3, 1999 (the &#147;<B><I>Rights Agreement</I></B>&#148;), between the Company and Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A. as rights agent (the
&#147;<B><I>Rights Agent</I></B>&#148;), pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-154842) (the <I>&#147;</I><B><I>Initial Registration Statement</I></B><I>&#148;</I>), filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the <I>&#147;</I><B><I>Commission</I></B><I>&#148;</I>) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the <B><I>&#147;Act</I></B><I>&#148;</I>), as amended and supplemented by subsequent filings, including the Registration
Statement on Form S-3 filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Act (Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-161214) (together with the Initial Registration Statement, the &#147;<B><I>Registration Statements</I></B>&#148;), the
prospectus, dated December&nbsp;17, 2008, included in the Initial Registration Statement (the &#147;<B><I>Base Prospectus</I></B>&#148;), and the prospectus supplement dated June&nbsp;6, 2011, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the
rules and regulations of the Act (the &#147;<B><I>Prospectus Supplement</I></B>&#148;). (The Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement are collectively referred to as the &#147;<B><I>Prospectus</I></B>.&#148;) The Shares are to be sold by the
Company in accordance with the At-The-Market Issuance Sales Agreement (the &#147;<B><I>Agreement</I></B>&#148;), dated June&nbsp;3, 2011, between the Company and McNichol, Lewis&nbsp;&amp; Vlak LLC (&#147;<B><I>MLV</I></B>&#148;), as described in
the Prospectus. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In connection with this opinion, we have examined and relied upon the Registration Statements, the Prospectus, the
Company&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, Amended and Restated Bylaws and the Rights Agreement, each as currently in effect, and the originals or copies certified to our satisfaction of such records, documents, certificates,
memoranda and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinion expressed below. We have assumed the genuineness and authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity to
originals of all documents submitted to us as copies thereof and the due execution and delivery of all documents where due execution and delivery are a prerequisite to the effectiveness thereof. We have also assumed that the Rights Agreement has
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Rights Agent and that the members of the Board of Directors of the Company have acted in a manner consistent with their fiduciary duties as required under applicable law in adopting the Rights
Agreement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Further, we have assumed (i)&nbsp;that no more than 7,017,544 Shares will be sold, based on a sale price of $2.85 per share,
representing the last reported sale price of the Company&#146;s common stock on the NASDAQ Global Market on June&nbsp;3, 2011 and (ii)&nbsp;that no Shares will be sold that would cause the Company to not satisfy the eligibility requirements for use
of Form S-3 (including Instruction I.B.6. thereof). </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">With respect to securities of the Company to be issued after the date hereof, we express no opinion to
the extent that, notwithstanding its current reservation of shares of common stock, future issuances of securities of the Company and/or antidilution adjustments to outstanding securities of the Company cause outstanding securities to be convertible
for more shares of common stock than the number that remain authorized but unissued. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our opinion is limited to the matters stated herein and
no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated. Our opinion herein is expressed solely with respect to the federal laws of the United States and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Our opinion is based
on these laws as in effect on the date hereof, and we disclaim any obligation to advise you of facts, circumstances, events or developments which hereafter may be brought to our attention and which may alter, affect or modify the opinion expressed
herein. We express no opinion as to whether the laws of any particular jurisdiction other than those identified above are applicable to the subject matter hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On the basis of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, we are of the opinion that the Shares and the associated Rights, when sold and issued against payment therefor in accordance with the Agreement, the
Registration Statements and the Prospectus, will be validly issued, and the Shares fully paid and nonassessable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This opinion assumes, with
your consent, that the Rights Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Rights Agent, and that the Company&#146;s Board of Directors (the &#147;<B><I>Board</I></B>&#148;) has acted in accordance with its fiduciary duties in
adopting the Rights Agreement. This opinion does not address the determination a court of competent jurisdiction may make regarding whether the Board may be required to redeem or terminate, or take other action with respect to, the Rights in the
future based on the facts and circumstances then existing. Moreover, this opinion addresses corporate procedures in connection with the issuance of the Rights associated with the Shares, and not any particular provision of the Rights or the Rights
Agreement. It should be understood that it is not settled whether the invalidity of any particular provision of a rights agreement or purchase rights issued thereunder would invalidate such rights in their entirety. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption &#147;Legal Matters&#148; in the Prospectus included in the Registration Statements and to the
filing of this opinion as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CERUS CORPORATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Common Stock </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(par value $0.001 per share) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>At the Market Issuance Sales Agreement </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">June&nbsp;3, 2011 </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1251 Avenue of the Americas, 41</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">st</SUP></FONT><FONT
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">New York, NY 10020</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Ladies and Gentlemen: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Cerus Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), confirms its agreement (this &#147;<U>Agreement</U>&#148;)
with McNicoll, Lewis&nbsp;&amp; Vlak LLC (&#147;<U>MLV</U>&#148;), as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1. <U>Issuance and Sale of Shares</U>. The
Company agrees that, from time to time during the term of this Agreement and on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, it may issue and sell through MLV, shares (the &#147;<U>Placement Shares</U>&#148;) of the Company&#146;s
common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &#147;<U>Common Stock</U>&#148;) up to an aggregate offering price of $20,000,000;<I> provided, however</I>, that in no event shall the Company issue or sell through MLV such number of Placement Shares
that (a)&nbsp;would cause the Company not to satisfy the eligibility requirements for use of Form S-3 (including instruction I.B.6 thereof), (b)&nbsp;exceeds the number of shares of Common Stock registered on the effective Registration Statement (as
defined below) pursuant to which the offering is being made, or (c)&nbsp;exceeds the number of authorized but unissued shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock (the lesser of (a), (b)&nbsp;or (c), the &#147;<U>Maximum Amount</U>&#148;).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the parties hereto agree that compliance with the limitations set forth in this <U>Section&nbsp;1</U> on the amount of Placement Shares issued and sold under this Agreement shall be the sole
responsibility of the Company and that MLV shall have no obligation in connection with such compliance. The issuance and sale of Placement Shares through MLV will be effected pursuant to the Registration Statement (as defined below) filed by the
Company and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;), although nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as requiring the Company to use the Registration Statement to issue any Placement
Shares. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company has filed with the Commission, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;<U>Securities Act</U>&#148;) and the rules and regulations thereunder (the &#147;<U>Securities Act Regulations</U>&#148;), a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No.&nbsp;333-154842) (the &#147;<U>Initial Registration
Statement</U>&#148;), including a base prospectus, relating to certain securities, including the Placement Shares to be issued from time to time by the Company. The Company has also filed with the Commission a related registration statement on Form
S-3 (File No.&nbsp;333-161214) (the &#147;<U>Subsequent Registration Statement</U>&#148;) pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act registering the offer and sale of the Company&#146;s Series C junior participating preferred stock purchase
rights (the &#147;<U>Rights</U>&#148;) attached to the Common Stock, the offer and sale of which Common Stock was registered by the Initial Registration Statement. </FONT></P>

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Each of the Initial Registration Statement and the Subsequent Registration Statement incorporates by reference documents that the Company has filed or will file in accordance with the provisions
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#148;), and the rules and regulations thereunder (the &#147;<U>Exchange Act Regulations</U>&#148;). The Company has prepared a prospectus supplement to the base
prospectus included as part of the Initial Registration Statement specifically relating to the Placement Shares (the &#147;<U>Prospectus Supplement</U>&#148;). The Company will furnish to MLV, for use by MLV, copies of the prospectus included as
part of such Initial Registration Statement, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement, relating to the Placement Shares. Except where the context otherwise requires, the Initial Registration Statement and the Subsequent Registration Statement,
including all documents filed as part thereof or incorporated by reference therein, and including any information contained in a Prospectus (as defined below) subsequently filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) under the Securities
Act Regulations and deemed to be a part of such registration statements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;430B of the Securities Act Regulations, are herein collectively called the &#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>.&#148; The base prospectus, including all
documents incorporated therein by reference, included in the Initial Registration Statement, as it may be supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement, in the form in which such prospectus and/or Prospectus Supplement have most recently been filed by
the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) under the Securities Act Regulations is herein called the &#147;<U>Prospectus</U>.&#148; Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein, and any reference herein to the terms &#147;amend,&#148; &#147;amendment&#148; or &#147;supplement&#148; with respect to the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing after the execution hereof of any document with the Commission deemed to be incorporated by reference therein (the &#147;<U>Incorporated Documents</U>&#148;). </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or to any amendment or supplement thereto
shall be deemed to include the most recent copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System, or if applicable, the Interactive Data Electronic Application system when used by the Commission
(collectively, &#147;<U>EDGAR</U>&#148;). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2. <U>Placements</U>. Each time that the Company wishes to issue and sell Placement
Shares hereunder (each, a &#147;<U>Placement</U>&#148;), it will notify MLV by email notice (or other method mutually agreed to in writing by the Parties), a form of which notice is attached hereto as <U>Schedule 1</U> (a &#147;<U>Placement
Notice</U>&#148;) of the proposed terms of such Placement, which shall at a minimum include the number of Placement Shares, the time period during which sales are requested to be made, any limitation on the number of Placement Shares that may be
sold in any one day and any minimum price below which sales may not be made. The Placement Notice shall originate from any of the individuals from the Company set forth on <U>Schedule 3</U> (with a copy to each of the other individuals from the
Company listed on such schedule), and shall be addressed to each of the individuals from MLV set forth on <U>Schedule 3</U>, as such <U>Schedule 3</U> may be amended from time to time. The Placement Notice shall be effective unless and until
(i)&nbsp;MLV declines to accept the terms contained therein within one business day from the time the Placement Notice is received for any reason, in its sole discretion, (ii)&nbsp;the entire amount of the Placement Shares thereunder have been sold,
(iii)&nbsp;the Company suspends or terminates the Placement Notice or (iv)&nbsp;the Agreement has been terminated under the provisions of <U>Section</U>&nbsp;13. </FONT></P>
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The amount of any discount, commission or other compensation to be paid by the Company to MLV in connection with the sale of the Placement Shares shall be calculated in accordance with the terms
set forth in <U>Schedule 2</U>. It is expressly acknowledged and agreed that neither the Company nor MLV will have any obligation whatsoever with respect to a Placement or any Placement Shares unless and until the Company delivers a Placement Notice
to MLV and MLV does not decline such Placement Notice pursuant to the terms set forth above, and then only upon the terms specified therein and herein. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of a Placement
Notice, the terms of the Placement Notice will control. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3. <U>Sale of Placement Shares by MLV</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, MLV, for the period specified in the Placement Notice, will use its
commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations and the rules of the NASDAQ Global Market (the &#147;<U>Exchange</U>&#148;), to sell the Placement
Shares up to the amount specified, and otherwise in accordance with the terms of such Placement Notice. MLV will provide written confirmation to the Company no later than the opening of the Trading Day (as defined below) immediately following the
Trading Day on which it has made sales of Placement Shares hereunder setting forth the number of Placement Shares sold on such day, the compensation payable by the Company to MLV pursuant to <U>Schedule&nbsp;2</U> with respect to such sales, and the
Net Proceeds (as defined below) payable to the Company, with an itemization of the deductions made by MLV (as set forth in <U>Section&nbsp;5(b)</U>) from the gross proceeds that it receives from such sales. Subject to the terms of the Placement
Notice, MLV agrees that all sales of Placement Shares by MLV will be made only by methods deemed to be an &#147;at the market&#148; offering as defined in Rule&nbsp;415 of the Securities Act Regulations, including without limitation sales made
directly on the Exchange, on any other existing trading market for the Common Stock or to or through a market maker. Subject to the terms of a Placement Notice, MLV may also sell Placement Shares by any other method permitted by law, including but
not limited to in privately negotiated transactions, subject to prior written approval by the Company. &#147;<U>Trading Day</U>&#148; means any day on which Common Stock are purchased and sold on the Exchange. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) During the term of this Agreement, neither MLV nor any of its affiliates or subsidiaries shall engage in (i)&nbsp;any short sale of
any security of the Company, (ii)&nbsp;any sale of any security of the Company that MLV does not own or any sale which is consummated by the delivery of a security of the Company borrowed by, or for the account of, MLV or (iii)&nbsp;any market
making, bidding, stabilization or other trading activity with regard to the Common Stock if such activity would be prohibited under Regulation M or other anti-manipulation rules under the Securities Act. Neither MLV nor any of its affiliates or
subsidiaries, shall engage in any proprietary trading or trading for MLV&#146;s (or its affiliates&#146; or subsidiaries&#146;) own account. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i)&nbsp;there can be no assurance that MLV will be successful in
selling Placement Shares, (ii)&nbsp;MLV will incur no liability or obligation to the Company or any other person or entity if it does not sell Placement Shares for any reason other than a failure by MLV to use its commercially reasonable efforts
consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable law and regulations to sell such Placement Shares as required under this Agreement and (iii)&nbsp;MLV shall be under no obligation to purchase Placement Shares on a principal
basis pursuant to this Agreement, except as otherwise agreed by MLV and the Company. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4. <U>Suspension of Sales</U>. The Company or MLV may, upon notice to the other party in
writing (including by email correspondence to each of the individuals of the other Party set forth on <U>Schedule 3</U>, if receipt of such correspondence is actually acknowledged by any of the individuals to whom the notice is sent, other than via
auto-reply) or by telephone (confirmed immediately by verifiable facsimile transmission or email correspondence to each of the individuals of the other Party set forth on <U>Schedule 3</U>), suspend any sale of Placement Shares; provided, however,
that such suspension shall not affect or impair any party&#146;s obligations with respect to any Placement Shares sold hereunder prior to the receipt of such notice. Each of the parties agrees that no such notice under this <U>Section&nbsp;4</U>
shall be effective against any other party unless it is made to one of the individuals named on <U>Schedule 3</U> hereto, as such Schedule may be amended from time to time. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5. Sale and Delivery; Settlement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%;padding-bottom:0px;"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) <U>Settlement of
Placement Shares</U><I></I>. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Placement Notice, settlement for sales of Placement Shares will occur on the third (3</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">rd</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">)&nbsp;Trading Day (or such earlier day as is industry practice for regular-way trading) following the date on which
such sales are made (each, a &#147;<U>Settlement Date</U>&#148;). The amount of proceeds to be delivered to the Company on a Settlement Date against receipt of the Placement Shares sold (the &#147;<U>Net Proceeds</U>&#148;) will be equal to the
aggregate sales price received by MLV, after deduction for (i)&nbsp;MLV&#146;s commission, discount or other compensation for such sales payable by the Company pursuant to <U>Section&nbsp;2</U> hereof, and (ii)&nbsp;any transaction fees imposed by
any governmental or self-regulatory organization in respect of such sales. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) <U>Delivery of Placement Shares</U>. On or
before each Settlement Date, the Company will, or will cause its transfer agent to, electronically transfer the Placement Shares being sold by crediting MLV&#146;s or its designee&#146;s account (provided MLV shall have given the Company written
notice of such designee a reasonable period of time prior to the Settlement Date) at The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit and Withdrawal at Custodian System or by such other means of delivery as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties
hereto which in all cases shall be freely tradable, transferable, registered shares in good deliverable form. On each Settlement Date, MLV will deliver the related Net Proceeds in same day funds to an account designated by the Company on, or prior
to, the Settlement Date. The Company agrees that if the Company, or its transfer agent (if applicable), defaults in its obligation to deliver Placement Shares on a Settlement Date through no fault of MLV, the Company agrees that in addition to and
in no way limiting the rights and obligations set forth in <U>Section&nbsp;11(a)</U> hereto, it will (i)&nbsp;hold MLV harmless against any loss, claim, damage, or expense (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), as incurred, arising out of
or in connection with such default by the Company or its transfer agent (if applicable) and (ii)&nbsp;pay to MLV (without duplication) any commission, discount, or other compensation to which it would otherwise have been entitled absent such
default. </FONT></P>
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cause or request the offer or sale of any Placement Shares if, after giving effect to the sale of such Placement Shares, the aggregate gross sales proceeds of Placement Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement would exceed the lesser of
(A)&nbsp;together with all sales of Placement Shares under this Agreement, the Maximum Amount, (B)&nbsp;the amount available for offer and sale under the currently effective Registration Statement and (C)&nbsp;the amount authorized from time to time
to be issued and sold under this Agreement by the Company&#146;s board of directors, a duly authorized committee thereof or a duly authorized executive committee, and notified to MLV in writing. Under no circumstances shall the Company cause or
request the offer or sale of any Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement at a price lower than the minimum price authorized from time to time by the Company&#146;s board of directors, a duly authorized committee thereof or a duly authorized
executive committee, and notified to MLV in writing. Further, under no circumstances shall the Company cause or permit the aggregate offering amount of Placement Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement to exceed the Maximum Amount. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6. <U>Representations and Warranties of the Company</U>. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with MLV that as of the date
of this Agreement and as of each Applicable Time (as defined below), unless such representation, warranty or agreement specifies a different time: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) <U>Registration Statement and Prospectus</U>. The Company and, assuming no act or omission on the part of MLV that would make such statement untrue, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
meet the requirements for and comply with the conditions for the use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act. The Registration Statement has been filed with the Commission and has been declared effective under the Securities Act. The Prospectus
Supplement will name MLV as the agent in the section entitled &#147;Plan of Distribution.&#148; The Company has not received, and has no notice of, any order of the Commission preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, or
threatening or instituting proceedings for that purpose. The Registration Statement and the offer and sale of Placement Shares as contemplated hereby meet the requirements of Rule&nbsp;415 under the Securities Act and comply in all material respects
with said Rule. Any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement have been so described or filed.
Copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and any such amendments or supplements and all documents incorporated by reference therein that were filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement have been delivered, or
are available through EDGAR, to MLV and its counsel. The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of each Settlement Date and completion of the distribution of the Placement Shares, will not distribute any offering material in
connection with the offering or sale of the Placement Shares other than the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) to which MLV has consented, any such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed. The Common Stock is currently listed on the Exchange under the trading symbol &#147;CERS&#148;. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, including the Incorporated Documents, the Company has not, in the 12
months preceding the date hereof, received notice from the Exchange to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, including the Incorporated
Documents, or the Prospectus, the Company 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. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) <U>No Misstatement or Omission</U>. The Registration Statement, when it became
effective, and the Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, on the date of such Prospectus or amendment or supplement, conformed and will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act. At each Settlement
Date, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as of such date, will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act. The Registration Statement, when it became or becomes effective, did not, and will 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 not misleading. The Prospectus and any amendment and supplement thereto, on the date thereof and at
each Applicable Time (defined below), did not or will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement did not, and any further documents filed and incorporated by reference therein will not, when filed with the Commission, contain an untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated in such document or necessary to make the statements in such document, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The foregoing shall not apply
to statements in, or omissions from, any such document made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, information furnished to the Company by MLV expressly for use therein. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) <U>Conformity with Securities Act and Exchange Act</U>. The Registration Statement and the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, and the documents incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents were or are filed with the Commission under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or became or become effective under the Securities Act, as the case
may be, conformed or will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) <U>Financial Information</U>. The consolidated financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, together with the related
notes and schedules, complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect as of the time of filing. Such financial statements
have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (&#147;<U>GAAP</U>&#148;) consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i)&nbsp;as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes
thereto, or (ii)&nbsp;in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company
and the Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the consolidated results of operations, cash flows and changes in stockholders&#146; equity of the Company for the periods specified (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end
audit adjustments); the other financial data with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are accurately and fairly presented and prepared on a basis
consistent with the financial statements and books and records of the Company; there are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, or the Prospectus
that are not included or incorporated by reference as required; the Company and the Subsidiaries (as defined below) do not have any </FONT></P>
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material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations), not described in the Registration Statement (including the exhibits thereto and
Incorporated Documents), and the Prospectus which are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (including Exhibits thereto and Incorporated Documents); and all disclosures contained or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus regarding &#147;non-GAAP financial measures&#148; (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and
Item&nbsp;10 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, to the extent applicable; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) <U>Conformity with EDGAR Filing</U>.
The Prospectus delivered to MLV for use in connection with the sale of the Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement will be identical to the versions of the Prospectus created to be transmitted to the Commission for filing via EDGAR, except to
the extent permitted by Regulation S-T. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f) <U>Organization</U>. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are, and will be,
duly organized, validly existing as a corporation and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are, and will be, duly qualified as a foreign corporation for
transaction of business and in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all corporate power
and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such
power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect or reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the assets, business, operations, earnings, properties, condition (financial or otherwise),
prospects, stockholders&#146; equity or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries (as defined below) taken as a whole, or prevent or materially interfere with consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (a &#147;<U>Material
Adverse Effect</U>&#148;). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(g) <U>Subsidiaries</U>. The subsidiaries set forth on <U>Schedule 4</U> (collectively, the
&#147;<U>Subsidiaries</U>&#148;), are the Company&#146;s only significant subsidiaries (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission). Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and in the Prospectus,
the Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the equity interests of the Subsidiaries free and clear of any lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal or other restriction, and all the equity interests of the
Subsidiaries are validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive and similar rights. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(h) <U>No
Violation or Default</U>. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is (i)&nbsp;in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii)&nbsp;in
default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement or other 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 property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are
subject; or (iii)&nbsp;in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator </FONT></P>
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or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of each of clauses (ii)&nbsp;and (iii)&nbsp;above, for any such violation or default that would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as described in the Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the Incorporated Documents, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, no other party under any material contract or other agreement
to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is a party is in default in any respect thereunder where such default would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) <U>No Material Adverse Change</U>. Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus there has not been (i)&nbsp;any Material Adverse
Effect, (ii)&nbsp;other than this Agreement, any transaction which is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (iii)&nbsp;any obligation or liability, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations), incurred
by the Company or any Subsidiary, which is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (iv)&nbsp;any material change in the capital stock (other than (a)&nbsp;as a result of the sale of Placement Shares ,(b) as described in a
proxy statement filed on Schedule 14A or a Registration Statement on Form S-4 and otherwise publicly announced or (c)&nbsp;changes in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company due to the issuance of shares upon the exercise or
conversion of securities exercisable for, or convertible into, shares of Common Stock outstanding on the date hereof, or the vesting of restricted stock units outstanding on the date hereof) or outstanding long-term indebtedness of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or (v)&nbsp;any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made on the capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary, other than in each case above (A)&nbsp;in the ordinary course of business, (B)&nbsp;as
otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement or Prospectus (including any document deemed incorporated by reference therein) or (C)&nbsp;where such matter, item, change, or development would not make the statements in the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus 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 not misleading. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(j) <U>Capitalization</U>. The issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been validly issued, are fully paid and
non-assessable and, other than as disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights. The Company has an authorized, issued and outstanding capitalization as
set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as of the dates referred to therein (other than the grant of additional options or restricted stock units or stock awards under the Company&#146;s existing stock option plans, or changes in
the number of outstanding Common Stock of the Company due to the issuance of shares upon the exercise or conversion of securities exercisable for, or convertible into, Common Stock or as a result of the issuance of Placement Shares) and such
authorized capital stock conforms in all material respects to the description thereof set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The description of the Common Stock in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus is complete and
accurate in all material respects. Except as disclosed in or contemplated by the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as of the date referred to therein, the Company did not have outstanding any options to purchase, or any rights or warrants to
subscribe for, or any securities or obligations convertible into, or exchangeable for, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell, any shares of capital stock or other securities. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(k) <U>Authorization; Enforceability</U>. The Company has full legal right, power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and perform the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against
the Company in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that (i)&nbsp;enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors&#146; rights generally and by general equitable
principles and (ii)&nbsp;the indemnification and contribution provisions of <U>Section&nbsp;10</U> hereof may be limited by federal or state securities laws and public policy considerations in respect thereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(l) <U>Authorization of Placement Shares</U>. The Placement Shares, when issued and delivered pursuant to the terms approved by the board
of directors of the Company or a duly authorized committee thereof, or a duly authorized executive committee, against payment therefor as provided herein, will be duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and nonassessable, free and
clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, security interest or other claim (other than any pledge, lien, encumbrance, security interest or other claim arising from an act or omission of MLV or a purchaser), including any statutory or contractual
preemptive rights, resale rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights, and will be registered pursuant to <U>Section&nbsp;12</U> of the Exchange Act. The Placement Shares, when issued, will conform in all material respects to the
description thereof set forth in or incorporated into the Prospectus. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(m) <U>No Consents Required</U>. No consent, approval,
authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or any governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, or the issuance and sale by
the Company of the Placement Shares as contemplated hereby, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable state securities laws or by the by-laws and rules of the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (&#147;<U>FINRA</U>&#148;) or the Exchange in connection with the sale of the Placement Shares by MLV. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(n) <U>No Preferential Rights</U>. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (i)&nbsp;no person, as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the
Securities Act (each, a &#147;<U>Person</U>&#148;), has the right, contractual or otherwise, to cause the Company to issue or sell to such Person any Common Stock or shares of any other capital stock or other securities of the Company (other than
upon the exercise of options or warrants to purchase Common Stock or upon the exercise of options or vesting of restricted units that may be granted from time to time under the Company&#146;s stock option plans), (ii)&nbsp;no Person has any
preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or any other rights (whether pursuant to a &#147;poison pill&#148; provision or otherwise) to purchase any Common Stock or shares of any other capital stock or other securities of the Company from the
Company which have not been duly waived with respect to the offering contemplated hereby, (iii)&nbsp;except as disclosed to MLV in writing, no Person has the right to act as an underwriter or as a financial advisor to the Company in connection with
the offer and sale of the Common Stock, and (iv)&nbsp;no Person has the right, contractual or otherwise, to require the Company to register under the Securities Act any Common Stock or shares of any other capital stock or other securities of the
Company, or to include any such shares or other securities in the Registration Statement or the offering contemplated thereby, whether as a result of the filing or effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the sale of the Placement Shares as
contemplated thereby or otherwise. </FONT></P>
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&#147;<U>Accountant</U>&#148;), whose report on the consolidated financial statements of the Company is filed with the Commission as part of the Company&#146;s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission and incorporated into
the Registration Statement, are and, during the periods covered by their report, were independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). To the Company&#146;s
knowledge, the Accountant is not in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the &#147;<U>Sarbanes-Oxley Act</U>&#148;) with respect to the Company. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(p) <U>Enforceability of Agreements</U>. To the Company&#146;s knowledge, all agreements between the Company and third parties expressly
referenced in the Prospectus, other than such agreements that have expired by their terms or whose termination is disclosed in documents filed by the Company on EDGAR, are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance
with their respective terms, except to the extent that (i)&nbsp;enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors&#146; rights generally and by general equitable principles and
(ii)&nbsp;the indemnification provisions of certain agreements may be limited by federal or state securities laws or public policy considerations in respect thereof, except for any unenforceability that, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(q) <U>No Litigation</U>. Except as set forth in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings pending, nor, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, any legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, to which the Company or a Subsidiary is a
party or to which any property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect or materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement (collectively, the &#147;Actions&#148;); to the Company&#146;s knowledge, no such Actions are threatened or contemplated by
any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(i)&nbsp;there are no current or pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings or, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, investigations that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Prospectus that are not
described in the Prospectus including any Incorporated Document; and (ii)&nbsp;there are no contracts or other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not so filed.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(r) <U>Licenses and Permits</U>. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company and each of
its Subsidiaries possess or have obtained, all governmental licenses, certificates, consents, orders, approvals, permits and other authorizations necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective
businesses as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (the </FONT></P>
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&#147;<U>Permits</U>&#148;), except where the failure to possess, obtain or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have received written notice of any proceeding relating to revocation or modification of any such Permit or has any reason to
believe that such Permit will not be renewed in the ordinary course, except where the failure to obtain any such renewal would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(s) <U>Market Capitalization</U>. Based on the last sales price of the common stock as of the&nbsp;close of trading on the Exchange on
June&nbsp;3, 2011, the aggregate market value&nbsp;of the outstanding common stock held by persons other than affiliates of the Company was greater than or equal to $75.0 million. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(t) <U>No Material Defaults</U>. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has defaulted on any installment on indebtedness for
borrowed money or on any rental on one or more long-term leases, which defaults, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not filed a report pursuant to
<U>Section&nbsp;13(a)</U> or <U>15(d)</U> of the Exchange Act since the filing of its last Annual Report on Form 10-K, indicating that it (i)&nbsp;has failed to pay any dividend or sinking fund installment on preferred stock or (ii)&nbsp;has
defaulted on any installment on indebtedness for borrowed money or on any rental on one or more long-term leases, which defaults, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(u) <U>Certain Market Activities</U>. Neither the Company, nor any of the Subsidiaries, nor, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, any of
their respective directors, officers or controlling persons has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the stabilization
or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Placement Shares. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(v)
<U>Broker/Dealer Relationships</U>. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries or any related entities (i)&nbsp;is required to register as a &#147;broker&#148; or &#147;dealer&#148; in accordance with the provisions of the Exchange Act or
(ii)&nbsp;directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is a &#147;person associated with a member&#148; or &#147;associated person of a member&#148; (within the meaning set forth in the FINRA Manual). </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(w) <U>No Reliance</U>. The Company has not relied upon MLV or legal counsel for MLV for any legal, tax or accounting advice in
connection with the offering and sale of the Placement Shares. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(x) <U>Taxes</U>. Except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns which have been required to be filed and paid all taxes shown thereon through the date hereof, to the extent that such
taxes have become due and are not being contested in good faith, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed in or contemplated by the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus, no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company or any of its </FONT></P>
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Subsidiaries which has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has no knowledge of any federal, state or other
governmental tax deficiency, penalty or assessment which has been asserted or threatened against it that would have a Material Adverse Effect. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(y) <U>Title to Real and Personal Property</U>. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all
items of real property and good and valid title to all personal property (excluding Intellectual Property, which is discussed in <U>Section&nbsp;6(z)</U> below) described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus as being owned by them that are
material to the businesses of the Company or such Subsidiary, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and claims, except for any failure to have good and marketable title for any liens, encumbrances and claims that (i)&nbsp;do not
materially interfere with the use made of such property by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries or (ii)&nbsp;would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. Any real property described in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus as being leased by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries is held by them under valid, existing and enforceable leases, except those that (A)&nbsp;do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be
made of such property by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (B)&nbsp;would not be reasonably expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(z) <U>Intellectual Property</U>. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, to the Company&#146;s knowledge,
the Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks (both registered and unregistered), service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights,
licenses and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) (collectively, the &#147;<U>Intellectual Property</U>&#148;), necessary for the conduct of their
respective businesses as conducted as of the date hereof, except to the extent that the failure to own or possess adequate rights to use such Intellectual Property would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; except as disclosed in writing to MLV, the Company and any of its Subsidiaries have not received any written notice of any claim of infringement or conflict which asserted Intellectual Property rights of others, which
infringement or conflict would result in a Material Adverse Effect; there are no pending, or to the Company&#146;s knowledge, threatened judicial proceedings or interference proceedings against the Company or its Subsidiaries challenging the
Company&#146;s or its Subsidiaries&#146; rights in or to or the validity of the scope of any of the Company&#146;s or its Subsidiaries&#146; owned material patents, patent applications or proprietary information, except such proceedings that have
been disclosed in writing to MLV <U>and </U>would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No other entity or individual has any right or claim in any of the Company&#146;s or its
Subsidiaries&#146; owned material patents, patent applications or any patent to be issued therefrom by virtue of any contract, license or other agreement entered into between such entity or individual and the Company or a Subsidiary or by any
non-contractual obligation of the Company or a Subsidiary, other than by written licenses granted by the Company or a Subsidiary, except for such right or claim that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; the Company and its Subsidiaries have not received any written notice of any claim challenging the rights of the Company or a Subsidiary in or to any Intellectual Property owned, licensed or optioned by the Company or such
Subsidiary which claim would result in a Material Adverse Effect. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(aa) <U>Environmental Laws</U>. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries (i)&nbsp;are in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human health and safety, the
environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, &#147;<U>Environmental Laws</U>&#148;); (ii)&nbsp;have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them
under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; and (iii)&nbsp;have not received notice of any actual or potential liability for the investigation or
remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, except, in the case of any of clauses (i), (ii)&nbsp;or (iii)&nbsp;above, for any such failure to comply or failure to receive required
permits, licenses, other approvals or liability as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(bb) <U>Disclosure Controls</U>. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain systems of internal accounting controls designed to provide reasonable assurance that (i)&nbsp;transactions are executed
in accordance with management&#146;s general or specific authorizations; (ii)&nbsp;transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset
accountability; (iii)&nbsp;access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management&#146;s general or specific authorization; and (iv)&nbsp;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 is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting (other than as set forth in the Prospectus). Since the date of the latest audited
financial statements of the Company included in the Prospectus, there has been no change in the Company&#146;s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company&#146;s
internal control over financial reporting (other than as set forth in the Prospectus). The Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15) for the Company and designed such disclosure
controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is made known to the certifying officers by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which the Company&#146;s
Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, is being prepared. The Company&#146;s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company&#146;s controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days
prior to the filing date of the Form 10-K for the fiscal year most recently ended (such date, the &#147;<U>Evaluation Date</U>&#148;). The Company presented in its Form 10-K for the fiscal year most recently ended 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 significant changes in the Company&#146;s internal controls (as such term
is defined in Item&nbsp;307(b) of Regulation S-K under the Act) or, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, in other factors that could significantly affect the Company&#146;s internal controls. To the knowledge of the Company, the Company&#146;s
&#147;internal controls over financial reporting&#148; and &#147;disclosure controls and procedures&#148; are effective. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(cc) <U>Sarbanes-Oxley</U>. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, there is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Company&#146;s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Each of the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the Company (or each former principal executive officer of the Company and each former principal financial
officer of the Company as applicable) has made all certifications required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act with respect to all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it or furnished by it
to the Commission. For purposes of the preceding sentence, &#147;principal executive officer&#148; and &#147;principal financial officer&#148; shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(dd) <U>Finder&#146;s Fees</U>. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has incurred any liability for any finder&#146;s fees,
brokerage commissions or similar payments in connection with the transactions herein contemplated, except as may otherwise exist with respect to MLV pursuant to this Agreement. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ee) <U>Labor Disputes</U>. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, no labor disturbance by or dispute with
employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ff) <U>Investment Company Act</U>. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is or, after giving effect to the offering and sale
of the Placement Shares, will be an &#147;investment company&#148; or an entity &#147;controlled&#148; by an &#147;investment company,&#148; as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;<U>Investment Company
Act</U>&#148;). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(gg) <U>Operations</U>. 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, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions to which the Company or its
Subsidiaries are subject, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency having jurisdiction over the Company or its Subsidiaries
(collectively, the &#147;<U>Money Laundering Laws</U>&#148;), except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or
any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(hh) <U>Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements</U>. There are no transactions, arrangements and other relationships between and/or among the Company, and/or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of its affiliates
and any unconsolidated entity, including, but not limited to, any structural finance, special purpose or limited purpose entity (each, an &#147;<U>Off Balance Sheet Transaction</U>&#148;) that would reasonably be expected to affect materially the
Company&#146;s liquidity or the availability of or requirements for its capital resources, including those Off Balance Sheet Transactions described in the Commission&#146;s Statement about Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Conditions and Results of Operations (Release Nos. 33-8056; 34-45321; FR-61), in each case that are required to be described in the Prospectus which have not been described as required. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) <U>Underwriter Agreements</U>. The Company is not a party to any agreement with an
agent or underwriter for any other &#147;at-the-market&#148; or continuous equity transaction. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(jj) <U>ERISA</U>. Except as
disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, to the knowledge of the Company, (i)&nbsp;each material employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section&nbsp;3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(&#147;<U>ERISA</U>&#148;), that is maintained, administered or contributed to by the Company (other than a Multiemployer Plan, within the meaning of Section&nbsp;3(37) of ERISA) for employees or former employees of the Company and any of its
Subsidiaries has been maintained in material compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
&#147;<U>Code</U>&#148;); (ii)&nbsp;no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section&nbsp;406 of ERISA or Section&nbsp;4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any such plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or
administrative exemption; and (iii)&nbsp;for each such plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section&nbsp;412 of the Code or Section&nbsp;302 of ERISA, no &#147;accumulated funding deficiency&#148; as defined in Section&nbsp;412 of the Code
has been incurred, whether or not waived, and the fair market value of the assets of each such plan (excluding for these purposes accrued but unpaid contributions) equals or exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such plan
determined using reasonable actuarial assumptions, other than, in the case of (i), (ii)&nbsp;and (iii)&nbsp;above, as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(kk) <U>Forward Looking Statements</U>. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;27A of the Securities Act and
Section&nbsp;21E of the Exchange Act) (a &#147;<U>Forward Looking Statement</U>&#148;) contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
The Forward Looking Statements incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus from the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year most recently ended (i)&nbsp;except for any Forward Looking Statement
included in any financial statements and notes thereto, are within the coverage of the safe harbor for forward looking statements set forth in Section&nbsp;27A of the Securities Act, Rule 175(b) under the Securities Act or Rule 3b-6 under the
Exchange Act, as applicable, (ii)&nbsp;were made by the Company with a reasonable basis and in good faith and reflect the Company&#146;s good faith commercially reasonable estimate of the matters described therein, and (iii)&nbsp;have been prepared
in accordance with Item&nbsp;10 of Regulation S-K under the Act. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ll) <U>Margin Rules</U>. Neither the issuance, sale and
delivery of the Placement Shares nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or
any other regulation of such Board of Governors. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(mm) <U>Insurance</U>. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus,
the Company and each of its Subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as the Company and each of its Subsidiaries reasonably believe are adequate for their respective businesses and customary for
companies of similar size engaged in similar businesses in similar industries. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(nn) <U>No Improper Practices</U>. Except as
disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, (i)&nbsp;neither the Company nor, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, the Subsidiaries, nor to the Company&#146;s knowledge, any of their respective executive officers has, in the past five
years, made any unlawful contributions to any candidate for any political office (or failed fully to disclose any contribution in violation of law) or made any contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any federal, state,
municipal, or foreign office or other person charged with similar public or quasi-public duty in violation of any law or of the character required to be disclosed in the Prospectus; (ii)&nbsp;no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or
among the Company or, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, any Subsidiary or any affiliate of any of them, on the one hand, and the directors, officers and stockholders of the Company or, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, any Subsidiary, on the other
hand, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; (iii)&nbsp;no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any Subsidiary or any
affiliate of them, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders or directors of the Company or, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, any Subsidiary, on the other hand, that is required by the rules of FINRA to be described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; (iv)&nbsp;except as described in the Prospectus, there are no material outstanding loans or advances or material guarantees of indebtedness by the Company or, to the Company&#146;s
knowledge, any Subsidiary to or for the benefit of any of their respective officers or directors or any of the members of the families of any of them; and (v)&nbsp;the Company has not offered, or caused any placement agent to offer, Common Stock to
any person with the intent to influence unlawfully (A)&nbsp;a customer or supplier of the Company or any Subsidiary to alter the customer&#146;s or supplier&#146;s level or type of business with the Company or any Subsidiary or (B)&nbsp;a trade
journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective products or services, and, (vi)&nbsp;neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, any
employee or agent of the Company or any Subsidiary has made any payment of funds of the Company or any Subsidiary or received or retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977), which payment, receipt or retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(oo) <U>Status Under the Securities Act</U>. The Company was not and is not an ineligible issuer as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act at the times specified in Rules 164 and 433 under the
Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Placement Shares. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(pp) <U>No Misstatement or Omission in an Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus</U>. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at each Applicable Time (as defined in <U>Section&nbsp;24</U> below) through the completion of any Placement for which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is used
or deemed used, will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any incorporated document deemed to be a part thereof that has not
been superseded or modified. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by MLV expressly for use therein.
</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(qq) <U>No Conflicts</U>. Neither the execution of this Agreement by the Company, nor the
issuance, offering or sale of the Placement Shares, nor the consummation by the Company of any of the transactions contemplated herein and therein, nor the compliance by the Company with the terms and provisions hereof and thereof will conflict
with, or will result in a breach of, any of the terms and provisions of, or has constituted or will constitute a default under, or has resulted in or will result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or
assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of any contract or other agreement to which the Company is a party or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject, except (i)&nbsp;such conflicts, breaches or defaults as may have been
waived and (ii)&nbsp;such conflicts, breaches, defaults and liens, charges and encumbrances that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; nor will such action result (x)&nbsp;in any violation of the provisions of the
certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company, or (y)&nbsp;in any material violation of the provisions of any statute or any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or of any court or of any federal, state or other regulatory
authority or other government body having jurisdiction over the Company, except where such violation would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(rr) <U>Clinical Studies</U>. The clinical, pre-clinical and other studies and tests conducted by or, to the knowledge of the Company, on behalf of the Company were, and, if still pending, are being,
conducted in accordance in all material respects with all statutes, laws, rules and regulations, as applicable (including, without limitation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration&#146;s (the &#147;FDA&#148;) Good Laboratory Practices and Good
Clinical Practices as well as all other applicable rules, regulations, or requirements of the FDA or any foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA). Except as set
forth in or contemplated by the Registration Statement and Prospectus, the Company has not received any written notices or other written correspondence from the FDA or any other foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority
performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA requiring the Company to terminate or suspend any ongoing clinical or pre-clinical studies or tests. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ss) <U>Compliance Program</U>. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company has established and administers a compliance program applicable to the Company, to assist
the Company and the directors, officers and employees of the Company in complying with applicable regulatory guidelines (including, without limitation, those administered by the FDA and any other foreign, federal, state or local governmental or
regulatory authority performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA); except where such noncompliance would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(tt) <U>OFAC</U>. (i)&nbsp;Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or, to the
Company&#146;s knowledge, any director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or representative of the Entity, is a government, individual, or entity (in this paragraph (tt), &#147;<U>Person</U>&#148;) that is, or is owned or controlled by a Person
that is: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(A)&nbsp;the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of
Treasury&#146;s Office of Foreign Assets Control (&#147;<U>OFAC</U>&#148;), the United Nations Security Council (&#147;<U>UNSC</U>&#148;), the European Union (&#147;<U>EU</U>&#148;), Her Majesty&#146;s Treasury (&#147;<U>HMT</U>&#148;), or other
relevant sanctions authority (collectively, &#147;<U>Sanctions</U>&#148;), nor </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(B)&nbsp;located, organized or
resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Burma/Myanmar, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii)&nbsp;The Company will not, directly or indirectly, knowingly use the proceeds of the offering, or knowingly lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture
partner or other Person: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(A)&nbsp;to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person or in
any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions; or </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(B)&nbsp;in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person
participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii)&nbsp;Except as
disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, for the past 5 years, the Company has not knowingly engaged in, is not now knowingly engaged in, and will not knowingly engage in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any
country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(uu) <U>Stock
Transfer Taxes</U>. On each Settlement Date, all stock transfer or other taxes (other than income taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the sale and transfer of the Placement Shares to be sold hereunder will be, or will have been,
fully paid or provided for by the Company and all laws imposing such taxes will be or will have been fully complied with in all material respects. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(vv) <U>Certificates</U>. Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to MLV or to counsel for MLV pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty by the Company, as applicable, to MLV as to the matters set forth therein. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7. <U>Covenants of the
Company</U>. The Company covenants and agrees with MLV that: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) <U>Registration Statement Amendments</U>. After the date of
this Agreement and during any period in which a Prospectus relating to any Placement Shares is required to be delivered by MLV under the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under
the Securities Act) (the &#147;<U>Prospectus Delivery Period&#148;)</U>, (i)&nbsp;the Company will notify MLV promptly of the time when any subsequent amendment to the Registration Statement, other than documents incorporated by reference, has been
filed with the Commission and/or has become effective or any subsequent supplement to </FONT></P>
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the Prospectus, other than documents incorporated by reference, has been filed and of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus or
for additional information, (ii)&nbsp;the Company will not file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus (except for documents incorporated by reference) unless a copy thereof has been submitted to MLV within two
business days before the filing and MLV has not reasonably objected thereto within the two business day period (provided, however, that (A)&nbsp;the failure of MLV to make such objection shall not relieve the Company of any obligation or liability
hereunder, or affect MLV&#146;s right to rely on the representations and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement and (B)&nbsp;the Company has no obligation to provide MLV any advance copy of such filing or to provide MLV an opportunity to
object to such filing if such filing does not name MLV or does not relate to the transactions contemplated hereunder provided, further, that the only remedy MLV shall have with respect to the failure by the Company to provide MLV with such copy
shall be to cease making sales under this Agreement) and the Company will furnish to MLV at the time of filing thereof a copy of any document that upon filing is deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement or Prospectus,
except for those documents available via EDGAR; and (iii)&nbsp;the Company will cause each amendment or supplement to the Prospectus to be filed with the Commission as required pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) of the Securities
Act or, in the case of any document to be incorporated therein by reference, to be filed with the Commission as required pursuant to the Exchange Act, within the time period prescribed (the determination to file or not file any amendment or
supplement with the Commission under this <U>Section&nbsp;7(a)</U>, based on the Company&#146;s reasonable opinion or reasonable objections, shall be made exclusively by the Company). </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) <U>Notice of Commission Stop Orders</U>. The Company will advise MLV, promptly after it receives notice or obtains knowledge thereof,
of the issuance or threatened issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, of the suspension of the qualification of the Placement Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the
initiation of any proceeding for any such purpose; and it will promptly use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such a stop order should be issued. The Company will advise MLV
promptly after it receives any request by the Commission for any amendments to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplements to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information related to the offering
of the Placement Shares or for additional information related to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) <U>Delivery of Prospectus; Subsequent Changes</U>. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to comply in all material respects with all requirements
imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as from time to time in force, and to file on or before their respective due dates all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant
to <U>Sections 13(a)</U>, <U>13(c)</U>, <U>14</U>, <U>15(d)</U> or any other provision of or under the Exchange Act. If the Company has omitted any information from the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act, it will
use its best efforts to comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430A and to notify MLV promptly of all such filings. If during the Prospectus Delivery Period any event occurs as a result
of which </FONT></P>
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the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances then existing, not misleading, or if during such Prospectus Delivery Period it is necessary to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act, the Company will promptly notify MLV to
suspend the offering of Placement Shares during such period and the Company will promptly amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such
compliance; provided, however, that the Company may delay any such amendment or supplement if, in the judgment of the Company, it is in the best interests of the Company to do so. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) <U>Listing of Placement Shares</U>. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to
cause the Placement Shares to be listed on the Exchange and to qualify the Placement Shares for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as MLV reasonably designate and to continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for
the distribution of the Placement Shares; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or dealer in securities or file a general consent to service of process in any
jurisdiction. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) <U>Delivery of Registration Statement and Prospectus</U>. The Company will furnish to MLV and its counsel
(at the expense of the Company) copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference therein) and all amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus that are filed with the
Commission during the Prospectus Delivery Period (including all documents filed with the Commission during such period that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein), in each case as soon as reasonably practicable and in such quantities as
MLV may from time to time reasonably request and, at MLV&#146;s request, will also furnish copies of the Prospectus to each exchange or market on which sales of the Placement Shares may be made; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to furnish any document (other than the Prospectus) to MLV to the extent such document is available on EDGAR. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f)
<U>Earnings Statement</U>. The Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company&#146;s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement covering
a 12-month period that satisfies the provisions of Section&nbsp;11(a) and Rule 158 of the Securities Act. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(g) <U>Use of
Proceeds</U>. The Company will use the Net Proceeds as described in the Prospectus in the section entitled &#147;Use of Proceeds.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(h) <U>Notice of Other Sales</U>. Without the prior written consent of MLV, the Company will not, directly or indirectly, offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to sell or otherwise
dispose of any Common Stock (other than the Placement Shares offered pursuant to this Agreement) or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, warrants or any rights to purchase or acquire, Common Stock during the period beginning
on the fifth (5th)&nbsp;Trading Day immediately prior to the date on which any Placement Notice is delivered to MLV hereunder and ending on the fifth (5th)&nbsp;Trading Day immediately following the final Settlement Date with respect to Placement
Shares sold pursuant to such Placement Notice (or, if </FONT></P>
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the Placement Notice has been terminated or suspended prior to the sale of all Placement Shares covered by a Placement Notice, the date of such suspension or termination); and, at any time during
which a Placement Notice is pending, will not directly or indirectly in any other &#147;at-the-market&#148; or continuous equity transaction offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to sell or otherwise dispose of any Common Stock
(other than the Placement Shares offered pursuant to this Agreement) or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, warrants or any rights to purchase or acquire, Common Stock prior to the termination of this Agreement with respect
to Placement Shares sold pursuant to such Placement Notice; provided, however, that such restrictions will not be required in connection with the Company&#146;s issuance or sale of (i)&nbsp;Common Stock, options to purchase Common Stock, restricted
stock units or stock awards or Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options or vesting of restricted stock units, pursuant to any employee or director stock option or benefits plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan (but not
Common Stock subject to a waiver to exceed plan limits in its dividend reinvestment plan) of the Company whether now in effect or hereafter implemented; (ii)&nbsp;Common Stock issuable upon conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants,
options or other rights in effect or outstanding, and disclosed in filings by the Company available on EDGAR or otherwise in writing to MLV and (iii)&nbsp;Common Stock, or securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock, offered and sold
in a privately negotiated transaction to vendors, customers, investors, strategic partners or potential strategic partners who are qualified institutional buyers and not more than three persons that are &#147;accredited investors&#148; within the
meaning of such term under paragraph (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act and otherwise conducted in a manner so as not to be integrated with the offering of Common Stock hereby. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) <U>Change of Circumstances</U>. The Company will, at any time during the pendency of a Placement Notice advise MLV promptly after it
shall have received notice or obtained knowledge thereof, of any information or fact that would alter or affect in any material respect any opinion, certificate, letter or other document required to be provided to MLV pursuant to this Agreement.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(j) <U>Due Diligence Cooperation</U>. The Company will cooperate with any reasonable due diligence review conducted by MLV or
its representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, providing information and making available documents and senior corporate officers, during regular business hours and at the Company&#146;s
principal offices or such other location mutually agreed to by the parties, as MLV may reasonably request. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(k) <U>Required
Filings Relating to Placement of Placement Shares</U>. The Company agrees that on such dates as the Securities Act shall require, the Company will (i)&nbsp;file a prospectus supplement with the Commission under the applicable paragraph of Rule
424(b) under the Securities Act (the date of each and every filing under Rule 424(b), a &#147;<U>Filing Date</U>&#148;), which prospectus supplement will set forth, within the relevant period, the amount of Placement Shares sold through MLV, the Net
Proceeds to the Company and the compensation payable by the Company to MLV with respect to such Placement Shares, and (ii)&nbsp;deliver such number of copies of each such prospectus supplement to each exchange or market on which such sales were
effected as may be required by the rules or regulations of such exchange or market. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(l) <U>Representation Dates; Certificate</U>. On the date of this Agreement and each time
during the term of this Agreement the Company: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) files the Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares or amends or
supplements (other than a prospectus supplement relating solely to an offering of securities other than the Placement Shares) the Registration Statement or the Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares by means of a post-effective amendment,
sticker, or supplement but not by means of incorporation of documents by reference into the Registration Statement or the Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) files an annual report on Form 10-K under the Exchange Act (including any Form 10-K/A containing restated financial statements or a material amendment to the previously filed Form 10-K); </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii) files its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act; or </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iv) files a current report on Form 8-K containing amended audited financial information (other than information &#147;furnished&#148;
pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form&nbsp;8-K or to provide disclosure pursuant to Item&nbsp;8.01 of Form 8-K relating to the reclassification of certain properties as discontinued operations in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No.&nbsp;144) under the Exchange Act (each date of filing of one or more of the documents referred to in clauses (i)&nbsp;through (iv)&nbsp;shall be a &#147;<U>Representation Date</U>&#148;); </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the Company shall furnish MLV (but in the case of clause (iv)&nbsp;above only if MLV reasonably determines that the information contained in such Form
8-K is material) with a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7(l). <I>The requirement to provide a certificate under this Section&nbsp;7(l) shall be waived for any Representation Date occurring at a time at which no Placement Notice
is pending,</I> which waiver shall continue until the earlier to occur of the date the Company delivers a Placement Notice hereunder (which for such calendar quarter shall be considered a Representation Date) and the next occurring Representation
Date; provided, however, that such waiver shall not apply for any Representation Date on which the Company files its annual report on Form 10-K. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company subsequently decides to sell Placement Shares following a
Representation Date when the Company relied on such waiver and did not provide MLV with a certificate under this <U>Section&nbsp;7(l)</U>, then before the Company delivers the Placement Notice or MLV sells any Placement Shares, the Company shall
provide MLV with a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7(l), dated the date of the Placement Notice. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(m)
<U>Legal Opinion</U>. On or prior to the date of the first Placement Notice given hereunder, the Company shall cause to be furnished to MLV written opinions of Cooley LLP (&#147;<U>Company Counsel</U>&#148;), or other counsel reasonably satisfactory
to MLV, substantially similar to the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7(m)(1). Thereafter, within five (5)&nbsp;Trading Days of each Representation Date with respect to which the Company is obligated to deliver a certificate in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit 7(l) for which no waiver is applicable, the Company shall cause to be furnished to MLV a written letter of Company Counsel substantially similar to the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7(m)(2), modified, as necessary, to relate to
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented, and with customary assumptions and exceptions. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(n) <U>Comfort Letter</U>. On or prior to the date the first Placement Notice given
hereunder and within five (5)&nbsp;Trading Days of each Representation Date, other than pursuant to <U>Section&nbsp;7(l)(iii)</U>, with respect to which the Company is obligated to deliver a certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7(l)
for which no waiver is applicable, the Company shall cause its independent accountants to furnish a MLV letter (the &#147;<U>Comfort Letter</U>&#148;), dated the date the Comfort Letter is delivered, which shall meet the requirements set forth in
this <U>Section&nbsp;7(n)</U>; provided, that if requested by MLV, the Company shall cause a Comfort Letter to be furnished to MLV within ten (10)&nbsp;Trading Days of the date of occurrence of any material transaction or event, including the
restatement of the Company&#146;s financial statements. The Comfort Letter from the Company&#146;s independent accountants shall be in a form and substance satisfactory to MLV, (i)&nbsp;confirming that they are an independent public accounting firm
within the meaning of the Securities Act and the PCAOB, (ii)&nbsp;stating, as of such date, the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters ordinarily covered by accountants&#146; &#147;comfort
letters&#148; to underwriters in connection with registered public offerings (the first such letter, the &#147;<U>Initial Comfort Letter</U>&#148;) and (iii)&nbsp;updating the Initial Comfort Letter with any information that would have been included
in the Initial Comfort Letter had it been given on such date and modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as amended and supplemented to the date of such letter. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(o) <U>Market Activities</U>. The Company will not, directly or indirectly, (i)&nbsp;take any action designed to cause or result in, or
that constitutes or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of Placement Shares or (ii)&nbsp;sell, bid for, or purchase the Placement
Shares, or pay anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of the Placement Shares other than MLV. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(p) <U>Investment
Company Act</U>. The Company will conduct its affairs in such a manner so as to reasonably ensure that neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries will be or become, at any time prior to the termination of this Agreement, an &#147;investment
company,&#148; as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(q) <U>No Offer to Sell</U>. Other than an Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus approved in advance by the Company and MLV in its capacity as agent hereunder, neither MLV nor the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than MLV in its capacity as such) will directly or indirectly make, use,
prepare, authorize, approve or refer to any written communication (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act), required to be filed with the Commission, that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy Placement Shares to be sold by
MLV as agent hereunder. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(r) <U>Sarbanes-Oxley Act</U>. The Company and the Subsidiaries will maintain and keep accurate books
and records reflecting their assets and maintain internal accounting controls in a manner designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and including those policies and </FONT></P>
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procedures that (i)&nbsp;pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company,
(ii)&nbsp;provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of the Company&#146;s consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, (iii)&nbsp;that
receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with management&#146;s and the Company&#146;s directors&#146; authorization, and (iv)&nbsp;provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of
unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company&#146;s assets that could have a material effect on its financial statements. The Company and the Subsidiaries will maintain such controls and other procedures, including, without
limitation, those required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the applicable regulations thereunder that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits
under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission&#146;s rules and forms, including, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required
to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company&#146;s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or persons
performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to ensure that material information relating to the Company or the Subsidiaries is made known to them by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which such periodic reports are being prepared. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">8. <U>Representations and Covenants of
MLV</U>. MLV represents and warrants that it is duly registered as a broker-dealer under FINRA, the Exchange Act and the applicable statutes and regulations of each state in which the Placement Shares will be offered and sold, except such states in
which MLV is exempt from registration or such registration is not otherwise required. MLV shall continue, for the term of this Agreement, to be duly registered as a broker-dealer under FINRA, the Exchange Act and the applicable statutes and
regulations of each state in which the Placement Shares will be offered and sold, except such states in which MLV is exempt from registration or such registration is not otherwise required, during the term of this Agreement. MLV will comply with all
applicable law and regulations in connection with the Placement Shares, including but not limited to Regulation M. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">9.
<U>Payment of Expenses</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this
Agreement, including (i)&nbsp;the preparation, filing, including any fees required by the Commission, and printing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment and supplement
thereto and any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, in such number as MLV shall deem reasonably necessary, (ii)&nbsp;the printing and delivery to MLV of this Agreement and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering,
purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Placement Shares, (iii)&nbsp;the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates, if any, for the Placement Shares to MLV, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any capital duties, stamp
duties or other duties or taxes payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Placement Shares to MLV, (iv)&nbsp;the fees and disbursements of the counsel, accountants and other advisors to the Company, (v)&nbsp;the fees and expenses of the
transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock, (vi)&nbsp;the filing fees incident to any review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Placement Shares, and (vii)&nbsp;the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the
Placement Shares on the Exchange. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) If this Agreement is terminated by the MLV in accordance with the provisions of
Section&nbsp;13(c) hereof as a result of a material breach by the Company of its obligations hereunder, the Company shall reimburse the MLV for all of its out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the MLV
not to exceed $25,000. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">10. <U>Conditions to MLV&#146;s Obligations</U>. The obligations of MLV hereunder with respect to a
Placement will be subject to the continuing accuracy and completeness of the representations and warranties made by the Company herein, to the due performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, to the completion by MLV of a due diligence
review satisfactory to it in its reasonable judgment, and to the continuing satisfaction (or waiver by MLV in its sole discretion) of the following additional conditions: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) <U>Registration Statement Effective</U>. The Registration Statement shall have become effective and shall be available for the sale of all Placement Shares contemplated to be issued by any Placement
Notice. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) <U>No Material Notices</U>. None of the following events shall have occurred and be continuing: (i)&nbsp;receipt
by the Company of any request for additional information from the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority during the period of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the response to which would require any
post-effective amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus; (ii)&nbsp;the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; (iii)&nbsp;receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Placement Shares
for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; or (iv)&nbsp;any event that makes any material statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any material document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not
contain any materially 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, that in the case of the Prospectus, it will not contain any
materially 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, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) <U>No Misstatement or Material Omission</U>. MLV shall not have advised the Company that the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or
any amendment or supplement thereto, contains an untrue statement of fact that in MLV&#146;s reasonable opinion is material, or omits to state a fact that in MLV&#146;s opinion is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading. </FONT></P>
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Company&#146;s reports filed with the Commission, there shall not have been any material adverse change, on a consolidated basis, in the authorized capital stock of the Company or any Material Adverse Effect, or any development that could reasonably
be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) <U>Legal Opinion</U>. MLV shall have received the opinions of Company
Counsel required to be delivered pursuant <U>Section&nbsp;7(m)</U> on or before the date on which such delivery of such opinions are required pursuant to <U>Section&nbsp;7(m)</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f) <U>Comfort Letter</U>. MLV shall have received the Comfort Letter required to be delivered pursuant <U>Section&nbsp;7(n)</U> on or
before the date on which such delivery of such Comfort Letter is required pursuant to <U>Section&nbsp;7(n)</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(g)
<U>Representation Certificate</U>. MLV shall have received the certificate required to be delivered pursuant to <U>Section&nbsp;7(l)</U> on or before the date on which delivery of such certificate is required pursuant to <U>Section&nbsp;7(l)</U>.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(h) <U>No Suspension</U>. Trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended on the Exchange and the Common Stock
shall not have been delisted from the Exchange. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) <U>Other Materials</U>. On each date on which the Company is required to
deliver a certificate pursuant to <U>Section&nbsp;7(l)</U>, the Company shall have furnished to MLV such appropriate further information, certificates and documents as MLV may reasonably request or which are usually and customarily furnished by an
issuer of securities in connection with a securities offering. All such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents will be in compliance with the provisions hereof. The Company will furnish MLV with such conformed copies of such opinions,
certificates, letters and other documents as MLV shall reasonably request. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(j) <U>Securities Act Filings Made</U>. All
filings with the Commission required by Rule 424 under the Securities Act to have been filed prior to the issuance of any Placement Notice hereunder shall have been made within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 424.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(k) <U>Approval for Listing</U>. The Placement Shares shall either have been approved for listing on the Exchange, subject
only to notice of issuance, or the Company shall have filed an application for listing of the Placement Shares on the Exchange at, or prior to, the issuance of any Placement Notice. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(l) <U>No Termination Event</U>. There shall not have occurred any event that would permit MLV to terminate this Agreement pursuant to
<U>Section&nbsp;12(a)</U>. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">11. <U>Indemnification and Contribution</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) <U>Company Indemnification</U>. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless MLV, its partners, members, directors, officers,
employees and agents and each person, if any, who controls MLV within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the Securities Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the Exchange Act as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:13%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, joint or several, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or arising out of any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any related Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:13%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, joint or several, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any
investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to
<U>Section&nbsp;11(d)</U> below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be delayed or withheld; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:13%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation,
or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such
expense is not paid under (i)&nbsp;or (ii)&nbsp;above, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any
loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made solely in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by MLV
expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or in any related Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto). </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) <U>MLV Indemnification</U>. MLV agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its directors and each officer of the Company
who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who (i)&nbsp;controls the Company within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the Securities Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the Exchange Act or (ii)&nbsp;is controlled by or is under common
control with the Company against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in <U>Section&nbsp;11(c)</U>, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue
statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendments thereto), the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to
the Company in writing by MLV expressly for use therein. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) <U>Procedure</U>. Any party that proposes to assert the right to be indemnified under
this <U>Section&nbsp;11</U> will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against such party in respect of which a claim is to be made against an indemnifying party or parties under this <U>Section&nbsp;11</U>, notify each
such indemnifying party of the commencement of such action, enclosing a copy of all papers served, but the omission so to notify such indemnifying party will not relieve the indemnifying party from (i)&nbsp;any liability that it might have to any
indemnified party otherwise than under this <U>Section&nbsp;11</U> and (ii)&nbsp;any liability that it may have to any indemnified party under the foregoing provision of this <U>Section&nbsp;11</U> unless, and only to the extent that, such omission
results in the forfeiture or material impairment of substantive rights or defenses by the indemnifying party. If any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of its commencement, the indemnifying
party will be entitled to participate in and, to the extent that it elects by delivering written notice to the indemnified party promptly after receiving notice of the commencement of the action from the indemnified party, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense of the action, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense,
the indemnifying party will not be liable to the indemnified party for any legal or other expenses except as provided below and except for the reasonable costs of investigation subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the
defense. The indemnified party will have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action, but the fees, expenses and other charges of such counsel will be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (1)&nbsp;the employment of counsel by
the indemnified party has been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (2)&nbsp;the indemnified party has reasonably concluded (based on advice of counsel) that there may be legal defenses available to it or other indemnified parties that
are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party, (3)&nbsp;a conflict or potential conflict exists (based on advice of counsel to the indemnified party) between the indemnified party and the indemnifying party (in which
case the indemnifying party will not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party) or (4)&nbsp;the indemnifying party has not in fact employed counsel to assume the defense of such action within a reasonable
time after receiving notice of the commencement of the action, in each of which cases the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel will be at the expense of the indemnifying party or parties. It is understood that the indemnifying
party or parties shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of more than one separate firm admitted to practice in such
jurisdiction at any one time for all such indemnified party or parties. All such fees, disbursements and other charges will be reimbursed by the indemnifying party promptly after the indemnifying party receives a written invoice relating to fees,
disbursements and other charges in reasonable detail. An indemnifying party will not, in any event, be liable for any settlement of any action or claim effected without its written consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written
consent of each indemnified party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding relating to the matters contemplated by this <U>Section&nbsp;11</U> (whether or not any
indemnified party is a party thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (1)&nbsp;includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and
(2)&nbsp;does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) <U>Contribution</U>. In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in
circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in the foregoing paragraphs of this <U>Section&nbsp;11</U> is applicable in accordance with its terms but for any reason is held to be unavailable from the Company or MLV, the Company and MLV
will contribute to the total losses, claims, liabilities, expenses and damages (including any investigative, legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any
claim asserted, but after deducting any contribution received by the Company from persons other than MLV, such as persons who control the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or Exchange Act, officers of the Company who signed the
Registration Statement and directors of the Company, who also may be liable for contribution) to which the Company and MLV may be subject in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one
hand and MLV on the other hand. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and MLV on the other hand shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the sale of the Placement Shares (net of commissions
to MLV but before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total compensation received by MLV (before deducting expenses) from the sale of Placement Shares on behalf of the Company. If, but only if, the allocation provided by the
foregoing sentence is not permitted by applicable law, the allocation of contribution shall be made in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in the foregoing sentence but also the relative fault of
the Company, on the one hand, and MLV, on the other hand, with respect to the statements or omission that resulted in such loss, claim, liability, expense or damage, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations with respect to such offering. Such relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the 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 or MLV, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and MLV agree that it would not be
just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this <U>Section&nbsp;11(d)</U> were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The
amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, liability, expense, or damage, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this <U>Section&nbsp;11(d)</U> shall be deemed to include, for the purpose of this
<U>Section&nbsp;11(d)</U>, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim to the extent consistent with <U>Section&nbsp;11(c)</U> hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this <U>Section&nbsp;11(d)</U>, MLV shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the commissions received by it under this Agreement and no person found guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of <U>Section&nbsp;11(f)</U> of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this <U>Section&nbsp;11(d)</U>, any
person who controls a party to this Agreement within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any officers, directors, partners, employees or agents of MLV, will have the same rights to contribution as that party, and each officer and director of the
Company who signed the Registration Statement will have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the provisions hereof. Any party entitled to contribution, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action
against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made under this <U>Section&nbsp;11(d)</U>, will notify any such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, </FONT></P>
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but the omission to so notify will not relieve that party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any other obligation it or they may have under this <U>Section&nbsp;11(d)</U> except
to the extent that the failure to so notify such other party materially prejudiced the substantive rights or defenses of the party from whom contribution is sought. Except for a settlement entered into pursuant to the last sentence of
<U>Section&nbsp;11(c)</U> hereof, no party will be liable for contribution with respect to any action or claim settled without its written consent if such consent is required pursuant to <U>Section&nbsp;11(c)</U> hereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">12. <U>Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery</U>. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in
<U>Section&nbsp;11</U> of this Agreement and all representations and warranties of the Company herein or in certificates delivered pursuant hereto shall survive, as of their respective dates, regardless of (i)&nbsp;any investigation made by or on
behalf of MLV, any controlling persons, or the Company (or any of their respective officers, directors or controlling persons), (ii)&nbsp;delivery and acceptance of the Placement Shares and payment therefor or (iii)&nbsp;any termination of this
Agreement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">13. <U>Termination</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) MLV may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, as hereinafter specified at any time (1)&nbsp;if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the date as of which
information is given in the Prospectus, any Material Adverse Effect, or any development that has occurred that is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or in the sole judgment of MLV makes it impractical or inadvisable to
market the Placement Shares or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Placement Shares, (2)&nbsp;if trading in the Common Stock has been suspended or limited by the Commission or the Exchange, or if trading generally on the Exchange has been
suspended or limited, or minimum prices for trading have been fixed on the Exchange, (3)&nbsp;if any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market shall have occurred and be continuing for
at least ten (10)&nbsp;Trading Days, (4)&nbsp;if a major disruption of securities settlements or clearance services in the United States shall have occurred and be continuing, or (5)&nbsp;if a banking moratorium has been declared by either U.S.
Federal or New York authorities. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of <U>Section&nbsp;9</U> (Payment of Expenses), <U>Section&nbsp;11</U> (Indemnification and Contribution),
<U>Section&nbsp;12</U> (Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery), <U>Section&nbsp;18</U> (Governing Law and Time; Waiver of Jury Trial) and <U>Section&nbsp;19</U> (Consent to Jurisdiction) hereof shall remain in full force and effect
notwithstanding such termination. If MLV elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this <U>Section&nbsp;13(a)</U>, MLV shall provide the required notice as specified in <U>Section&nbsp;14</U> (Notices). </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The Company shall have the right, by giving ten (10)&nbsp;days notice as hereinafter specified to terminate this Agreement in its
sole discretion at any time after the date of this Agreement. Such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of <U>Section&nbsp;9</U>, <U>Section&nbsp;11</U>, <U>Section&nbsp;12</U>,
<U>Section&nbsp;18</U> and <U>Section&nbsp;19</U> hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) MLV shall have the right, by giving ten (10)&nbsp;days notice as hereinafter specified
to terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time after the date of this Agreement. Such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of <U>Section&nbsp;9</U>, <U>Section&nbsp;11</U>,
<U>Section&nbsp;12</U>, <U>Section&nbsp;18</U> and <U>Section&nbsp;19</U> hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) Unless earlier terminated pursuant to this <U>Section&nbsp;13</U>, this Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the earlier to occur of (i)&nbsp;the third (3rd)&nbsp;year anniversary of the date
hereof or (ii)&nbsp;issuance and sale of all of the Placement Shares through MLV on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein except that, in either such case, the provisions of <U>Section&nbsp;9</U>, <U>Section&nbsp;11</U>,
<U>Section&nbsp;11</U>, <U>Section&nbsp;12</U>, <U>Section&nbsp;18</U> and <U>Section&nbsp;19</U> hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless terminated pursuant to <U>Sections 13(a)</U>, <U>(b)</U>, <U>(c)</U>, or
<U>(d)</U>&nbsp;above or otherwise by mutual agreement of the parties; provided, however, that any such termination by mutual agreement shall in all cases be deemed to provide that <U>Section&nbsp;9</U>, <U>Section&nbsp;11</U>,
<U>Section&nbsp;12</U>, <U>Section&nbsp;18</U> and <U>Section&nbsp;19</U> shall remain in full force and effect. Upon termination of this Agreement, the Company shall not have any liability to MLVs for any discount, commission or other compensation
with respect to any Placement Shares not otherwise sold by MLVs under this Agreement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f) Any termination of this Agreement
shall be effective on the date specified in such notice of termination; provided, however, that such termination shall not be effective until the close of business on the date of receipt of such notice by MLV or the Company, as the case may be. If
such termination shall occur prior to the Settlement Date for any sale of Placement Shares, such Placement Shares shall settle in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">14. <U>Notices</U>. All notices or other communications required or permitted to be given by any party to any other party pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement shall be in writing, unless otherwise specified, and if sent to MLV, shall be delivered to: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1251 Avenue of the Americas, 41st Floor</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">New York, NY 10020</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attention: General Counsel</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Facsimile: (212)&nbsp;217-3315</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">with a copy (which shall not
constitute notice) to: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">LeClairRyan, P.C.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">830 Third Avenue</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">New York, New York 10022</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attention: James T. Seery</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attention: Chief Legal Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Telephone: (925)&nbsp;288-6000</FONT></TD></TR>
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constitute notice) to: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Cooley LLP</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Five Palo Alto Square</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3000 El Camino Real</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attention: Suzanne Sawochka Hooper, Esq.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Telephone: (650)&nbsp;843-5000</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Facsimile: (650)&nbsp;849-7400</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each party to
this Agreement may change such address for notices by sending to the parties to this Agreement written notice of a new address for such purpose. Each such notice or other communication shall be deemed given (i)&nbsp;when delivered personally or by
verifiable facsimile transmission (with an original to follow) on or before 4:30&nbsp;p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day, (ii)&nbsp;on the next Business Day after
timely delivery to a nationally-recognized overnight courier and (iii)&nbsp;on the Business Day actually received if deposited in the U.S. mail (certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid). For purposes of this
Agreement, &#147;<U>Business Day</U>&#148; shall mean any day on which the Exchange and commercial banks in the City of New York are open for business. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">An electronic communication (&#147;<U>Electronic Notice</U>&#148;) shall be deemed written notice for purposes of this <U>Section&nbsp;14</U> if sent to the electronic mail address specified by the
receiving party under separate cover. Electronic Notice shall be deemed received at the time the party sending Electronic Notice receives confirmation of receipt by the receiving party. Any party receiving Electronic Notice may request and shall be
entitled to receive the notice on paper, in a nonelectronic form (&#147;<U>Nonelectronic Notic</U>e&#148;) which shall be sent to the requesting party within ten (10)&nbsp;days of receipt of the written request for Nonelectronic Notice. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">15. <U>Successors and Assigns</U>. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and MLV and their
respective successors and the affiliates, controlling persons, officers and directors referred to in <U>Section&nbsp;11</U> hereof. References to any of the parties contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the successors and permitted
assigns of such party. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assigns any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or
by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement. Neither party may assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">16. <U>Adjustments for Stock Splits</U>. The parties acknowledge and agree that all share-related numbers contained in this Agreement
shall be adjusted to take into account any share consolidation, stock split, stock dividend, corporate domestication or similar event effected with respect to the Placement Shares. </FONT></P>
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schedules and exhibits attached hereto and Placement Notices issued pursuant hereto) constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all other prior and contemporaneous agreements and
undertakings, both written and oral, among the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter hereof. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be amended except pursuant to a written instrument executed by the Company and MLV. In the event
that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable as written by a court of competent jurisdiction, then such provision shall be given full force and
effect to the fullest possible extent that it is valid, legal and enforceable, and the remainder of the terms and provisions herein shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable term or provision was not contained herein, but only
to the extent that giving effect to such provision and the remainder of the terms and provisions hereof shall be in accordance with the intent of the parties as reflected in this Agreement. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>18. <U>GOVERNING LAW AND TIME; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL</U>. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL
BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">19.
<B><U>CONSENT TO JURISDICTION</U>. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE NON-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 WITH ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT, THAT SUCH SUIT, ACTION
OR PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM OR THAT THE VENUE OF SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS IMPROPER. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS AND CONSENTS TO PROCESS BEING SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR
PROCEEDING BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF (CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED) 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 MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.</B> </FONT></P>
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this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including due diligence, to advise any party with respect to transactions not expressly approved by the Company. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">21. <U>Counterparts</U>. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all
of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed Agreement by one party to the other may be made by electronic (pdf) facsimile transmission. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">22. <U>Effect of Headings</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The section and Exhibit&nbsp;headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">23. <U>Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company represents, warrants
and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of MLV, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, and MLV represents, warrants and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Placement Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a &#147;free writing
prospectus,&#148; as defined in Rule&nbsp;405, required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by MLV or by the Company, as the case may be, is hereinafter referred to as a &#147;Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus.&#148; The Company represents and warrants that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an &#147;issuer free writing prospectus,&#148; as defined in Rule&nbsp;433, and has complied and will
comply with the requirements of Rule&nbsp;433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. For the purposes of clarity, the parties hereto agree that
all free writing prospectuses, if any, listed in <U>Exhibit&nbsp;G</U> hereto are Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">24.
<U>Absence of Fiduciary Relationship</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company acknowledges and agrees that: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) MLV is acting solely as agent in connection with the public offering of the Placement Shares and in connection with each transaction
contemplated by this Agreement and the process leading to such transactions, and no fiduciary or advisory relationship between the Company or any of its respective affiliates, stockholders (or other equity holders), creditors or employees or any
other party, on the one hand, and MLV, on the other hand, has been or will be created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective of whether or not MLV has advised or is advising the Company on other matters,
and MLV has no obligation to the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) it is capable of evaluating and understanding, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; </FONT></P>
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transactions contemplated by this Agreement and it has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) it is aware that MLV and its affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and MLV has no obligation to disclose such
interests and transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship or otherwise; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e)
it waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against MLV for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the sale of Placement Shares under this Agreement and agrees that MLV shall not
have any liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract, tort or otherwise) to it in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on its behalf or in right of it or the Company, employees or creditors
of Company, other than in respect of MLV&#146;s obligations under this Agreement and to keep information provided by the Company to MLV and MLV&#146;s counsel confidential to the extent not otherwise publicly-available. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">25. <U>Definitions</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B>&#147;<U>Applicable Time</U>&#148; means (i)&nbsp;each Representation Date and (ii)&nbsp;the time of each sale of any Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement.<B> </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Issuer Free Writing Prospectus</U>&#148; means any &#147;issuer free writing prospectus,&#148; as defined in Rule&nbsp;433,
relating to the Placement Shares that (1)&nbsp;is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (2)&nbsp;is a &#147;road show&#148; that is a &#147;written communication&#148; within the meaning of Rule&nbsp;433(d)(8)(i) whether or not
required to be filed with the Commission, or (3)&nbsp;is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule&nbsp;433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Placement Shares or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the
form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company&#146;s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the Securities Act Regulations. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Rule 163</U>,&#148; &#147;<U>Rule 164</U>,&#148; &#147;<U>Rule 172</U>,&#148; &#147;<U>Rule 405</U>,&#148; &#147;<U>Rule
415</U>,&#148; &#147;<U>Rule 424</U>,&#148; &#147;<U>Rule&nbsp;424(b)</U>,&#148; &#147;<U>Rule&nbsp;430B</U>,&#148; and &#147;<U>Rule&nbsp;433</U>&#148; refer to such rules under the Securities Act Regulations. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information that is &#147;contained,&#148;
&#147;included&#148; or &#147;stated&#148; 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 that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All references in this
Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR; all references in this Agreement to any Issuer Free
Writing </FONT></P>
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Prospectus (other than any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses that, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;433, are not required to be filed with the Commission) shall be deemed to include the copy thereof filed
with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR; and all references in this Agreement to &#147;supplements&#148; to the Prospectus shall include, without limitation, any supplements, &#147;wrappers&#148; or similar materials prepared in connection with any
offering, sale or private placement of any Placement Shares by MLV outside of the United States. </FONT></P>
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respect to the subject matter hereof, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement between the Company and MLV. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Very truly yours,</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CERUS CORPORATION</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ William M. Greenman</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name: William M. Greenman</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title: Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>MCNICOLL, LEWIS &amp; VLAK LLC</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Patrice McNicoll</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name: Patrice McNicoll</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title: Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>

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<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>FORM OF
PLACEMENT NOTICE </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Cerus Corporation</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">McNicoll, Lewis &amp; Vlak LLC</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attention: Patrice McNicoll</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">At Market Issuance&#151;Placement Notice</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the At Market Issuance Sales
Agreement between Cerus Corp., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;) and McNicoll, Lewis&nbsp;&amp; Vlak LLC (&#147;<U>MLV</U>&#148;), dated June&nbsp;3, 2011, the Company hereby requests that MLV sell up to
<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> of the Company&#146;s Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a minimum market price of
$<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> per share, during the time period beginning [month, day, time] and ending [month, day, time]. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">[The Company may include such other sales parameters as it deems appropriate.] </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Compensation
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company shall pay to MLV in cash, upon each sale of Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement, an amount equal to 3.0% of the gross
proceeds from each sale of Placement Shares. </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Notice
Parties </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>The Company </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">William &#147;Obi&#148; Greenman </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Kevin Green </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Howard Ervin </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>MLV </U></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Randy Billhardt </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Ryan Loforte </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Patrice McNicoll </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">John Ray </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Subsidiaries
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Cerus Europe B.V.</U> </B></FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>EXHIBIT 7(l) </U></B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Form of Representation Date Certificate </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This Officers Certificate (this &#147;<U>Certificate</U>&#148;) is executed and delivered in connection with <U>Section&nbsp;7(l)</U> of the At Market Issuance Sales Agreement (the
&#147;<U>Agreement</U>&#148;), dated June&nbsp;3, 2011, and entered into between Cerus Corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;) and McNicoll, Lewis&nbsp;&amp; Vlak LLC. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
given to such terms in the Agreement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The undersigned, a duly appointed and authorized officer of the Company, having made
reasonable inquiries to establish the accuracy of the statements below and having been authorized by the Company to execute this certificate on behalf of the Company, hereby certifies as follows: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1. As of the date of this Certificate, (i)&nbsp;the Registration Statement does 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 not misleading and (ii)&nbsp;neither the Registration Statement nor the Prospectus 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 light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (iii)&nbsp;no event has occurred as a result of which it
is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not untrue or misleading for (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;to be true. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2. Each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Agreement were true and correct in all material respects, when originally made, and, except for those representations and
warranties that speak solely as of a specific date, are true and correct as of the date of this Certificate. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3. Except as
waived by MLV in writing, each of the covenants required to be performed by the Company in the Agreement on or prior to the date of the Agreement, this Representation Date, and each such other date prior to the date hereof as set forth in the
Agreement, has been duly, timely and fully performed in all material respects and each condition required to be complied with by the Company on or prior to the date of the Agreement, this Representation Date, and each such other date prior to the
date hereof as set forth in the Agreement has been duly, timely and fully complied with in all material respects. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.
Subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in the Prospectus, and except as described in the Prospectus, including Incorporated Documents, there has been no Material Adverse Change. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the (a)&nbsp;Registration Statement or of any part thereof or (b)&nbsp;the qualification
or registration of the Placement Shares under the securities or Blue Sky laws of any jurisdiction has been issued, and, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened by any
securities or other governmental authority (including, without limitation, the Commission). </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the qualification
or registration of the Placement Shares under the securities or Blue Sky laws of any jurisdiction are in effect and no proceeding for such purpose is pending before, or threatened, to the Company&#146;s knowledge or in writing by, any securities or
other governmental authority (including, without limitation, the Commission). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The undersigned has executed this
Officer&#146;s Certificate on behalf of the Company as of the date written below. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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