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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-17-014837
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		9
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170302
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170307
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170307

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AXT INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001051627
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		IRS NUMBER:				943031310
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-24085
		FILM NUMBER:		17671961

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4281 TECHNOLOGY DR.
		CITY:			FREMONT
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94538
		BUSINESS PHONE:		510.438.4734

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4281 TECHNOLOGY DR.
		CITY:			FREMONT
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94538

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AMERICAN XTAL TECHNOLOGY
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19971217
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4281 Technology Drive, <br> Fremont, California 94538</font></b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 1.01.</font></b>  <b>Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.</b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On March&nbsp;2, 2017, AXT,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;<u>Company</u>&#148;) entered into an underwriting agreement (the &#147;<u>Underwriting Agreement</u>&#148;) with Needham&nbsp;&amp; Company, LLC, as representative of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto (collectively, the &#147;<u>Underwriters</u>&#148;) relating to the public offering (the &#147;<u>Offering</u>&#148;) of 4,615,385 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), at a price to the public of $6.50 per share. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company has also granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 692,307 shares of Common Stock. The Underwriters notified the Company of the exercise in full of their option to purchase the additional shares on March&nbsp;3, 2017, and the Offering, including the sale of shares of Common Stock subject to the Underwriters&#146; option, closed on March&nbsp;7, 2017.&#160; The net proceeds to the Company from the Offering, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, are expected to be approximately $31.9 million.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The shares of Common Stock are being offered and sold pursuant to the Company&#146;s shelf registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 (Registration No.&nbsp;File No.&nbsp;333-214211), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;4, 2016, as supplemented by a preliminary prospectus supplement, dated March&nbsp;1, 2017, and a final prospectus supplement, dated March&nbsp;2, 2017, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Company. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Underwriting Agreement has been filed with this report to provide information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Underwriting Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement, and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The foregoing is only a brief description of the material terms of the Underwriting Agreement, does not purport to be a complete description of the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement that is filed as Exhibit&nbsp;1.1 to this Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K and incorporated herein by reference.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.01.</font></b>  <b>Other Events.</b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On March&nbsp;2, 2017, the Company issued a press release announcing pricing of the Offering. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to this Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K and incorporated herein by reference.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In connection with the Offering, the legal opinion as to the legality of the Common Stock sold is being filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K and is incorporated herein and into the Registration Statement by reference.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.01.</font></b>  <b>Financial Statements and Exhibits.</b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&nbsp;Exhibits.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:17.25pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date: March&nbsp;7, 2017</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Underwriting Agreement,   dated as of March&nbsp;2, 2017, by and between the AXT,&nbsp;Inc. and   Needham&nbsp;&amp; Company, LLC, as representative of the several   underwriters named in Schedule I thereto.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AXT,&nbsp;Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), proposes to issue and sell 4,615,385 shares (the &#147;Firm Shares&#148;) of the Company&#146;s common stock, $.001 par value per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), to you and to the several other Underwriters named in Schedule&nbsp;I hereto (collectively, the &#147;Underwriters&#148;), for whom you are acting as representative (the &#147;Representative&#148;).&#160; The Company has also agreed to grant to you and the other Underwriters an option (the &#147;Option&#148;) to purchase up to an additional 692,307&#160; shares of Common Stock, on the terms and for the purposes set forth in Section&nbsp;1(b)&nbsp;(the &#147;Option Shares&#148;).&#160; The Firm Shares and the Option Shares are referred to collectively herein as the &#147;Shares.&#148;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company confirms as follows its agreements with the Representative and the several other Underwriters.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">1.</font></i><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i>Agreement to Sell and Purchase.</i></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company herein contained and subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, (i)&nbsp;the Company agrees to issue and sell the Firm Shares to the several Underwriters and (ii)&nbsp;each of the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company the respective number of Firm Shares set forth opposite that Underwriter&#146;s name in Schedule&nbsp;I hereto, at the purchase price of $6.09375 for each Firm Share.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company grants the Option to the several Underwriters to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to 692,307 Option Shares at the same price per share as the Underwriters shall pay for the Firm Shares.&#160; The Option may be exercised for the sole purpose of covering sales of shares in excess of the number of Firm Shares and may be exercised in whole or in part at any time on or before the 30th day after the date of this Agreement upon written or telegraphic notice (an &#147;Option Shares Notice&#148;) by the Representative to the Company no later than 12:00&nbsp;noon, New York City time, at least two and no more than five business days before the date specified for closing in the Option Shares Notice (an &#147;Option Closing Date&#148;), setting forth the aggregate number of Option Shares to be purchased and the time and date for such purchase.&#160; On an Option Closing Date, the Company will issue and sell to the Underwriters the number of Option Shares set forth in the applicable Option Shares Notice, and each Underwriter will purchase such percentage of the Option Shares as is equal to the percentage of Firm Shares that such Underwriter is purchasing, as adjusted by the Representative in such manner as it deems advisable to avoid fractional shares.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">2.</font></i><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i>Delivery and Payment.&#160; </i>Delivery of the Firm Shares shall be made to or as instructed by the Representative for the accounts of the several Underwriters in a form reasonably acceptable to the Representative against payment by the Underwriters of the purchase price by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to the order of the Company at the office of Needham&nbsp;&amp; Company, LLC, 445&nbsp;Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022, at 10:00&nbsp;a.m., New York City time, on the third (or, if the purchase price set forth in Section&nbsp;1(a)&nbsp;hereof is determined after 4:30 p.m., New York City time, the fourth) business day after the date of this Agreement, or at such time on such other date, not later than seven business days after the date of this Agreement, as may be agreed upon by the Company and the Representative (such date is hereinafter referred to as the &#147;Closing Date&#148;).</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To the extent the Option is exercised, delivery of the Option Shares against payment by the Underwriters (in the manner specified above) will take place at the offices specified above for the Closing Date at the time and date (which may be the Closing Date) specified in the applicable Option Shares Notice.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Shares shall be in definitive form and shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as the Representative shall request at least two business days prior to the Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be, by written notice to the Company, and shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company as instructed by the Representative through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (&#147;DTC&#148;).&#160; The Company agrees to make certificates representing the Shares or evidence of their issuance available for inspection at least 24&nbsp;hours prior to the Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be.&#160; If the Representative so elect, delivery of the Shares may be made by credit through full FAST transfer to the accounts at DTC designated by the Representative.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The cost of original issue tax stamps and other transfer taxes, if any, in connection with the issuance and delivery of the Firm Shares and Option Shares by the Company to the respective Underwriters shall be borne by the Company.&#160; The Company will pay and save each Underwriter and any subsequent holder of the Shares harmless from any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any failure or delay in paying federal and state stamp and other transfer taxes, if any, which may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the original issuance or sale to such Underwriter of the Shares.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">3.</font></i><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i>Representations and Warranties of the Company.</i>&#160; The Company represents, warrants and covenants to each Underwriter that:</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company meets the requirements for the use of Form&nbsp;S-3, a registration statement (Registration No.&nbsp;333-214211) on Form&nbsp;S-3 relating to the Shares, including a base prospectus relating to the Shares (the &#147;Base Prospectus&#148;) and such amendments thereto as may have been required to the date of this Agreement, has been prepared by the Company under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), and the rules&nbsp;and regulations (collectively referred to as the &#147;Rules&nbsp;and Regulations&#148;) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) thereunder, has been filed with the Commission, and has been declared effective by the Commission, and the offering of the Shares complies with Rule&nbsp;415 under the Act.&#160; A final prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus relating to the Shares and the offering thereof will be filed promptly by the Company with the Commission in accordance with Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;of the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations (&#147;Rule&nbsp;424(b)&#148;) (such final prospectus supplement, as so filed, the &#147;Prospectus Supplement&#148;).&#160; Such registration statement at any given time, including the amendments thereto to such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations (including Rule&nbsp;430B thereof), and any registration statement relating to the offering contemplated by this Agreement and filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(b)&nbsp;of the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations (&#147;Rule&nbsp;462(b)&#148;), is herein called the &#147;Registration Statement.&#148; The term &#147;preliminary prospectus&#148; means any preliminary prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus supplement) relating to the Shares and the offering thereof as first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b).&#160; The term &#147;Prospectus&#148; means the Base Prospectus together with the Prospectus Supplement, except that if such Base Prospectus is amended or supplemented on or prior to the date on which the Prospectus Supplement was first filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b), the term &#147;Prospectus&#148; shall mean the Base Prospectus as so amended or supplemented and as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement.&#160; Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, a preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, or the Prospectus 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, the Base Prospectus, a preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), after the time the Registration Statement initially became effective (the &#147;Effective Date&#148;), the date of the Base Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and deemed to be incorporated therein by reference pursuant to Item 12 of Form&nbsp;S-3 under the Act.&#160; The term &#147;Issuer Free Writing Prospectus&#148; means any &#147;issuer free writing prospectus,&#148; as defined in Rule&nbsp;433 of the Rules&nbsp;and</font>  </font>Regulations (&#147;Rule&nbsp;433&#148;), relating to the Shares 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&nbsp;433(g).</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>No order preventing or suspending the use of the Base Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement (including any related registration statement filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(b)) or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, threatened by the Commission.&#160; On the Effective Date, on the date the Base Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, or the Prospectus is first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;(if required), at all times during the period through and including the Closing Date and, if later, the applicable Option Closing Date and when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus is filed with the Commission, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (as amended or as supplemented if the Company shall have filed with the Commission any amendment or supplement thereto), including the financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, did and will comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Act, the Exchange Act, the rules&nbsp;and regulations of the Commission under the Exchange Act (the &#147;Exchange Act Rules&nbsp;and Regulations&#148;), and the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations and will contain all statements required to be stated therein in accordance with the Act, the Exchange Act, the Exchange Act Rules&nbsp;and Regulations, and the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations.&#160; As of the applicable effective date as to each part of the Registration Statement, no part of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement thereto, taken together, did or will contain an 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.&#160; At the Effective Date, the date the Base Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to the Base Prospectus, including any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement, is filed with the Commission, the date of first use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement, and at the Closing Date and, if later, the applicable Option Closing Date, the Prospectus did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As of the Applicable Time, neither (x)&nbsp;the Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time&#160; (as defined below), the Pricing Prospectus (as defined below) and the information listed on Schedule II hereto, all considered together as a whole (collectively, the &#147;General Disclosure Package&#148;), nor (y)&nbsp;any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;Applicable Time&#148; means 7 a.m.&nbsp;(Eastern time) on March&nbsp;2, 2017 or such other time as agreed by the Company and Needham&nbsp;&amp; Company, LLC.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:38.25pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus&#148; means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule II hereto.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Pricing Prospectus only if the actual time that form of prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;is prior to the Applicable Time.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Shares or until any earlier date that the issuer notified or notifies Needham&nbsp;&amp; Company, LLC as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including</font>  </font>information in any document incorporated by reference therein that has not been superseded or modified.&#160; If there occurs an event or development as a result of which the General Disclosure Package would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representative so that any use of the General Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented to correct such untrue statement or omission.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The foregoing representations and warranties in this Section&nbsp;3(b)&nbsp;do not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance on and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by the Representative specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus Supplement, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.&#160; The Company acknowledges that the statements set forth in the fifth and eleventh through fifteenth paragraphs under the heading &#147;Underwriting&#148; in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus constitute the only information relating to any Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by the Representative specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus Supplement, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>(i)&nbsp;At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a <i>bona fide</i> offer (within the meaning of Rule&nbsp;164(h)(2)&nbsp;of the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations) of the Shares and (ii)&nbsp;as of the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 of the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations (&#147;Rule&nbsp;405&#148;)), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The documents that are incorporated by reference in the Base Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus or from which information is so incorporated by reference, when they became or become effective or were or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations or the Exchange Act Rules&nbsp;and Regulations, as applicable; and any documents so filed and incorporated by reference subsequent to the Effective Date shall, when they are filed with the Commission, comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations or the Exchange Act Rules&nbsp;and Regulations, as applicable.&#160; No such documents were filed with the Commission since the Commission&#146;s close of business on the business day immediately prior to the date of this Agreement and prior to the execution of this Agreement, except as set forth on Schedule II hereto.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as set forth in Schedule III hereto, owned by the Company free and clear of all claims, liens, charges and encumbrances; there are no securities outstanding that are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for capital stock of any Subsidiary.&#160; The Company and its Subsidiaries are not engaged in any discussions or a party to any agreement or understanding, written or oral, regarding the acquisition of an interest in any corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, association or other entity where such discussions, agreements or understandings would require amendment to the Registration Statement pursuant to applicable securities laws.&#160; Complete and correct copies of the certificate of incorporation and of the by-laws of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries and all amendments thereto have been delivered or made available to the Representative, and no changes therein will be made subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the Closing Date or, if later, the applicable Option Closing Date.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(g)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The financial statements and schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus present fairly the financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the respective periods covered thereby, all in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the entire period involved, except as otherwise disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus.&#160; No other financial statements or schedules of the Company are required by the Act, the Exchange Act, the Exchange Act Rules&nbsp;and Regulations or the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations to be included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus.&#160; BPM LLP (the &#147;Accountants&#148;), who have reported on such financial statements and schedules, are independent accountants with respect to the Company as required by the Act and the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations and Rule&nbsp;3600T of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.&#160; The selected consolidated financial and statistical data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with the audited financial statements incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus.&#160; All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement or the General Disclosure Package regarding &#147;non-GAAP financial measures&#148; (as such term is defined in the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations) comply with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Act, to the extent applicable.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(h)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus and prior to or on the Closing Date and, if later, the applicable Option Closing Date, except as set forth in or contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, (i)&nbsp;there has not been any material change in the capitalization of the Company (other than in connection with the purchase and issuance of Common Stock pursuant to, exercise of options to purchase the Common Stock granted pursuant to, or the grants of restricted stock or restricted stock units pursuant to, the Company&#146;s stock option or equity incentive plans from the shares reserved therefor as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus), (ii)&nbsp;there has not been any Material Adverse Effect, (iii)&nbsp; neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred, except in the ordinary course of business as described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries entered into, except in the ordinary course of business as described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, any material transactions other than pursuant to this Agreement and the transactions referred to herein </p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and (iv)&nbsp;the Company has not paid or declared any dividends or other distributions of any kind on any class of its capital stock.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company is not, will not become as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby, and will not conduct its business in a manner that would cause it to become, an &#147;investment company&#148; or an &#147;affiliated person&#148; of, or &#147;promoter&#148; or &#147;principal underwriter&#148; for, an &#147;investment company,&#148; as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(j)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or their officers in their capacity as such, before or by any federal or state court, commission, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body, domestic or foreign, wherein an unfavorable ruling, decision or finding might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(l)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or any filing or declaration with, any court or regulatory, administrative or other governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Company of the transactions on its part contemplated herein, except (i)&nbsp;such as have been obtained under the Act or the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations and such as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws or the by-laws and rules&nbsp;of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority,&nbsp;Inc. (&#147;FINRA&#148;) in connection with the purchase and distribution by the Underwriters of the Shares, (ii)&nbsp;for the filing of a notice of listing of additional shares with The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC and (iii)&nbsp;where the failure to obtain any such consent, approval, authorization or order would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(m)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company has the corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement.&#160; This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.&#160; The performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i)&nbsp;violate the certificate or articles of incorporation or by-laws or other organizational documents of the Company, (ii)&nbsp;result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the assets of the Company pursuant to the terms or provisions of, or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or conflict with or constitute a default under, or give any party a right to terminate any of its obligations under, or result in the acceleration of any obligation under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, voting trust agreement, loan agreement, bond, debenture, note agreement or other evidence of indebtedness, lease, contract or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or their properties is bound or affected, or (iii)&nbsp;violate or conflict with any judgment, ruling, decree, order, statute, rule&nbsp;or regulation of any court or regulatory, administrative or other governmental agency or body applicable to the business or properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except in the case of (ii)&nbsp;and (iii)&nbsp;where such creation, imposition, breach, violation, conflict, default, right to terminate or acceleration would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(n)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all properties and assets described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus as owned by them, free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances or restrictions, except such as are described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus or would not reasonably be expected to be material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (and other than with respect to Intellectual Property (as defined below) rights that are addressed exclusively in Section&nbsp;3(s)&nbsp;below).&#160; The Company and its Subsidiaries have valid, subsisting and enforceable leases for the properties described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus as leased by them, except such as are described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus or would not reasonably be expected to be material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.&#160; The Company and its Subsidiaries own or lease all such properties as to the </p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">knowledge of the Company are necessary to their operations as now conducted, except where the failure to so own or lease would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(o)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>There is no document, contract, permit or instrument, affiliate transaction or off-balance sheet transaction (including, without limitation, any &#147;variable interests&#148; in &#147;variable interest entities,&#148; as such terms are defined in Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No.&nbsp;46, as codified in Accounting Standards Codification Topic 810) of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that is not described or filed as required.&#160; All such contracts to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company or such Subsidiary, constitute valid and binding agreements of the Company or such Subsidiary and are enforceable against and by the Company or such Subsidiary in accordance with the terms thereof, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and by equitable principles.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(s)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Except as disclosed in or specifically contemplated by the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus (i)&nbsp;each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns or has adequate rights to use or could obtain on commercially reasonable terms the trademarks, trade names, domain names, patents, patent rights, mask works, copyrights, technology, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), service marks, trade dress rights, and other intellectual property (collectively, &#147;Intellectual Property&#148;), in each case, sufficient to conduct its business as now conducted, and, to the Company&#146;s and its Subsidiaries&#146; knowledge, none of the foregoing Intellectual Property rights owned or licensed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is invalid or unenforceable, except such as would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii)&nbsp;the Company has no knowledge of any infringement by it, or by any of its Subsidiaries, of Intellectual Property rights of others, where such infringement could have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii)&nbsp;the Company is not aware of any infringement, misappropriation or violation by others of, or conflict by others with, rights of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to, any Intellectual Property other than any conflicts or violations that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iv)&nbsp;there is no claim being made against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company and its Subsidiaries, any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, regarding Intellectual Property or other infringement that could have a Material Adverse Effect, and (v)&nbsp;the Company and its Subsidiaries have not received any notice of infringement with respect to any patent or any notice challenging the validity, scope or enforceability of any Intellectual Property owned by or licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case the loss of which patent or Intellectual Property (or loss of rights thereto) would have a Material Adverse Effect.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Subsidiaries has any tax deficiency that has been or, to the knowledge of the Company, might be asserted or threatened against it that could have a Material Adverse Effect.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(v)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintains insurance of the types and in the amounts customary for companies of its size and type of industry, including, but not limited to, insurance covering real and personal property owned or leased by the Company and its Subsidiaries against theft, damage, destruction, acts of vandalism and all other risks customarily insured against, all of which insurance is in full force and effect, except where failure to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(x)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule&nbsp;13a-15(f)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act applicable to the Company and has been designed by the Company&#146;s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.&#160; Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, the Company&#146;s internal control over financial reporting is effective based on the framework meeting the requirements of Rule&nbsp;13a-15 under the Exchange Act used by management to assess such effectiveness, and the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting. &#160;Since the date of the latest audited financial statements incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus and 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.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(y)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule&nbsp;13a-15(e)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act) that are designed to ensure, at the reasonable assurance level, that material information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries is made known to the Company&#146;s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in all material respects.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(z)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company satisfies the eligibility requirements in existence prior to October&nbsp;21, 1992 for the use of a registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 for the offering of the Shares.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ee)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>No labor problem or dispute with employees of the Company exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened or imminent that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.&#160; The Company is not aware that any key employee or significant group of employees of the Company plan to terminate employment with the Company.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">4.</font></i><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i>Agreements of the Company.&#160; </i>The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company will not, either prior to the Applicable Time or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representative within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representative shall not have objected thereto in good faith.&#160; In the case of any report on Form&nbsp;8-K furnished to the Representative for review hereunder, the Representative shall use commercially reasonable efforts to complete its review within one business day after receiving the report, and its failure to complete the review by such time shall not delay the Company&#146;s timely filing of the Form&nbsp;8-K.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>So long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule&nbsp;172 of the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations), the Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many written and electronic copies of each preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representative may reasonably request.&#160; The Company</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">consents to the use of each preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by the Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith.&#160; If during such period of time any event shall occur that in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus as the Representative may reasonably request.&#160; The Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules&nbsp;and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless a copy of such document shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith; provided, that in the case of any report on Form&nbsp;8-K furnished to the Representatives for review hereunder, the Representatives shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to complete their review within one business day after receiving the report, and its failure to complete the review by such time shall not delay the Company&#146;s timely filing of the Form&nbsp;8-K.&#160; If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify Needham&nbsp;&amp; Company, LLC and, if requested by Needham&nbsp;&amp; Company, LLC, will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(g)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or reimburse if paid by the Underwriters all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i)&nbsp;the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing, (ii)&nbsp;the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, if applicable, (iii)&nbsp;furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus, and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (iv)&nbsp;the listing of the Shares on the NGSM, (v)&nbsp;any filings required to be made in connection with clearance of the offering of the Shares with FINRA (including the reasonable documented fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith), (vi)&nbsp;the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the state or foreign securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section&nbsp;4(f)&nbsp;and the preparation, printing and distribution of any Blue Sky memoranda or foreign jurisdiction offering wraps or memoranda (including the documented fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith), (vii)&nbsp;documented fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (viii)&nbsp;the transfer agent for the Shares, (ix)&nbsp;&#147;road show&#148; presentations to prospective purchasers of the Shares (including any travel expenses of the Company&#146;s officers, directors and employees in connection with attending or hosting meetings, but not including travel expenses for employees of any of the Underwriters; in the</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">event that the Underwriters and the Company shall charter any aircraft or other transportation in connection with the &#147;road show,&#148; the Underwriters and the Company shall each pay 50% of the cost incurred), and (x)&nbsp;all other costs and expenses of the Underwriters incident to the performance of their obligations hereunder not otherwise specifically provided for herein, including the fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters (in addition to those set forth in clauses (v)&nbsp;and (vi)); provided, however, that in no event under this clause (x)&nbsp;shall the Company be required to pay or reimburse if paid by the Underwriters any costs and expenses in excess of $90,000 in the aggregate.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(h)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under &#147;Use of Proceeds.&#148;</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(j)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date that is&#160; 90&nbsp;days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Needham&nbsp;&amp; Company, LLC, the Company will not (1)&nbsp;offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights to purchase, or otherwise dispose of any equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or other equity security (other than&#160; (i)&nbsp;the issuance of the Shares, (ii)&nbsp;the grant of options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, Common Stock or other securities pursuant to stock option and equity incentive plans disclosed in the Prospectus, (iii)&nbsp;upon the purchase and issuance of Common Stock, exercise of options or vesting of restricted stock or restricted stock units granted pursuant to stock option and equity incentive plans disclosed in the Prospectus, or (iv)&nbsp;pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement) or (2)&nbsp;enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1)&nbsp;or (2)&nbsp;above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(k)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>During the period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company (other than a registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8) without the prior written consent of Needham&nbsp;&amp; Company, LLC.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(l)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company will cause each of its officers and directors to deliver lock-up agreements to the Representative in substantially the form set forth in Schedule&nbsp;IV hereto.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">5.</font></i><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i>Further Agreements</i></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company represents and agrees that, without the prior written consent of Needham&nbsp;&amp; Company, LLC, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Company and Needham&nbsp;&amp; Company, LLC, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a &#147;free writing prospectus&#148; as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 of the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations.&#160; Any such Free Writing Prospectus the use of which has been consented to by the Company and Needham&nbsp;&amp; Company, LLC is listed on Schedule II and herein called a &#147;Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.&#148;</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company agrees that is has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and that it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules&nbsp;164 and 433 of the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission filing where required, record keeping and legending.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">6.</font></i><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i>Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters.&#160; </i>The obligations of each Underwriter hereunder are subject to the following conditions:</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>All filings required by Rule&nbsp;424 and Rule&nbsp;430A of the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations shall have been made.&#160; If the Company has elected to rely upon Rule&nbsp;462(b), the registration statement filed under Rule&nbsp;462(b)&nbsp;shall have become effective by 10:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>(i)&nbsp;No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of the Base Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall be pending or threatened by the Commission, (ii)&nbsp;no order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the qualification or registration of the Shares under the securities or Blue Sky laws of any jurisdiction shall be in effect and no proceeding for such purpose shall be pending before or threatened or contemplated by the Commission or the authorities of any such jurisdiction, (iii)&nbsp;any request for additional information on the part of the staff of the Commission or any such authorities shall have been complied with to the satisfaction of the staff of the Commission or such authorities, (iv)&nbsp;after the date hereof no amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Pricing Prospectus shall have been filed unless a copy thereof was first submitted to the Representative and the Representative does not object thereto in good faith provided, that in the case of any report on Form&nbsp;8-K furnished to the Representative for review hereunder, the Representatives shall use commercially reasonable efforts to complete their review within one business day after receiving the report, and its failure to complete the review by such time shall not delay the Company&#146;s timely filing of the Form&nbsp;8-K, and (v)&nbsp;the Representative shall have received certificates, dated the Closing Date and, if later, the applicable Option Closing Date and signed by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company (who may, as to proceedings threatened, rely upon their information and belief), to the effect of clauses&nbsp;(i), (ii)&nbsp;and (iii)&nbsp;of this paragraph.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus, (i)&nbsp;there shall not have been a material adverse change in the general affairs, business, business prospects, properties, management, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, in each case other than as described in or contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus, and (ii)&nbsp;neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have sustained any material loss or interference with its business or properties from fire, explosion, flood or other casualty, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or any court or legislative or other governmental action, order or decree, which is not described in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus, if in the judgment of the Representative any such development makes it impracticable or inadvisable to consummate the sale and delivery of the Shares by the Underwriters at the initial public offering price.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus, there shall have been no litigation or other proceeding instituted against the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their officers or directors in their capacities as such, before or by any federal, state or local court, commission, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body, domestic or foreign, in which litigation or proceeding an unfavorable ruling, decision or finding would, in the judgment of the Representative, have a Material Adverse Effect or if, in the judgment of the Representative, any such development makes it impracticable or inadvisable to consummate the sale and delivery of the Shares by the Underwriters at the initial public offering price.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Representative shall have received an opinion and a negative assurance letter, each dated the Closing Date and, with respect to the Option Shares, the applicable Option Closing Date, from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich&nbsp;&amp; Rosati, Professional Corporation, counsel to the Company, in form and substance previously agreed to </p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">between Wilson Sonsini Goodrich&nbsp;&amp; Rosati, Professional Corporation and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, counsel to the Underwriters.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(g)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Representative shall have received an opinion and a negative assurance letter, each dated the Closing Date and, with respect to the Option Shares, the applicable Option Closing Date, from Beijing AnLi Law Firm, counsel to Beijing Tongmei Xtal Technology, the Company&#146;s wholly owned subsidiary, in form and substance previously agreed to between Beijing AnLi Law Firm and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, counsel to the Underwriters.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Accountants shall have furnished to the Representative a letter, dated the date of its delivery, addressed to the Representative and in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, confirming that they are independent accountants with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries as required by the Act and the Exchange Act and the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations and with respect to certain financial and other statistical and numerical information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package.&#160; At the Closing Date and, as to the Option Shares, the applicable Option Closing Date, the Accountants shall have furnished to the Representative a letter, dated the date of its delivery, which shall confirm, on the basis of a review in accordance with the procedures set forth in the letter from the Accountants, that nothing has come to their attention during the period from the date of the letter referred to in the prior sentence to a date (specified in the letter) not more than three days prior to the Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be, which would require any change in their letter dated the date hereof if it were required to be dated and delivered at the Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(j)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>At the Closing Date and, as to the Option Shares, the applicable Option Closing Date, there shall be furnished to the Representative a certificate, dated the date of its delivery, signed by each of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, to the effect that:</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .4in;text-indent:.6in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Each signer of such certificate has carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package (including any documents filed under the Exchange Act and deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus) and (A)&nbsp;as of the date of such certificate, such documents are true and correct in all material respects and do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not untrue or misleading and (B)&nbsp;in the case of the certificate delivered at the Closing Date and the applicable Option Closing Date, since the Effective Date 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.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .4in;text-indent:.6in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement were, when originally made, and are, at the time such certificate is delivered, true and correct in all respects (in the case of any representation and warranty containing a materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualification) or in all material respects (in the case of any other representation and warranty).</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .4in;text-indent:.6in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Each of the covenants required to be performed by the Company herein on or prior to the date of such certificate has been duly, timely and fully performed and each condition herein required to be satisfied or fulfilled on or prior to the date of such certificate has been duly, timely and fully satisfied or fulfilled.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(k)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>On or prior to the Closing Date, the Representative shall have received the executed agreements referred to in Section&nbsp;4(l).</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(l)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Shares shall be qualified for sale in such jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably request and each such qualification shall be in effect and not subject to any stop order or other proceeding on the Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(m)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have filed a notice of listing of additional shares with respect to the Shares with the NGSM and the NGSM shall not have objected to such listing.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(n)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company shall have furnished to the Representative such certificates, in addition to those specifically mentioned herein, as the Representative may have reasonably requested as to the accuracy and completeness at the Closing Date and the applicable Option Closing Date of any statement in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, as to the accuracy at the Closing Date and the applicable Option Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company herein, as to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, or as to the fulfillment of the conditions concurrent and precedent to the obligations hereunder of the Representative.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">7.</font></i><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i>Indemnification.</i></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the partners, members, directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates of each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls each Underwriter within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, liabilities, expenses and damages (including any and all 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), to which they, or any of them, may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, liabilities, expenses or damages arise out of or are based on any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any &#147;issuer information&#148; filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;433(d)&nbsp;of the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations, or the omission or alleged omission to state in such document a material fact required to be stated in it or necessary to make the statements in it not misleading in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, or arise out of or are based in whole or in part on any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein or any failure of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder or under law in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; <i>provided</i>, <i>however</i>, that the Company will not be liable to the extent that such loss, claim, liability, expense or damage arises from the sale of the Shares in the public offering to any person by an Underwriter and is based on an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance on and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by the Representative, on behalf of any Underwriter, expressly for inclusion in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.&#160; The Company acknowledges that the statements set forth in the fifth and eleventh through fifteenth paragraphs under the heading &#147;Underwriting&#148; in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus constitute the only information relating to any Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters expressly for inclusion in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.&#160; This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Company might otherwise have.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signs the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, as set forth in Section&nbsp;7(a), but only insofar as losses, claims, liabilities, expenses or damages arise out of or are based on any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance on and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by the Representative, on behalf of such Underwriter, expressly for inclusion in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.&#160; The Company acknowledges that the statements set forth in the fifth and eleventh through fifteenth paragraphs under the heading &#147;Underwriting&#148; in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus constitute the only information relating to any Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by the</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Representative on behalf of the Underwriters expressly for inclusion in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.&#160; This indemnity will be in addition to any liability that each Underwriter might otherwise have.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Any party that proposes to assert the right to be indemnified under this Section&nbsp;7 shall, 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 Section&nbsp;7, notify each such indemnifying party in writing of the commencement of such action, enclosing with such notice a copy of all papers served, but the omission so to notify such indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party under the foregoing provisions of this Section&nbsp;7 unless, and only to the extent that, such omission results in the loss of substantive rights or defenses by the indemnifying party.&#160; 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.&#160; 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 incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense.&#160; 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 (i)&nbsp;the employment of counsel by the indemnified party has been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (ii)&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, (iii)&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 (iv)&nbsp;the indemnifying party has not in fact employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time after receiving notice of the commencement of the action, 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.&#160; 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.&#160; All such fees, disbursements and other charges will be reimbursed by the indemnifying party promptly as they are incurred. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i)&nbsp;includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii)&nbsp;does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified party.&#160; An indemnifying party will not be liable for any settlement of any action or claim effected without its written consent (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>If the indemnification provided for in this Section&nbsp;7 is applicable in accordance with its terms but for any reason is held to be unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under paragraphs (a), (b)&nbsp;and (c)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;7 in respect of any losses, claims, liabilities, expenses and damages referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable (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 the Underwriters, such as persons who control the Company within the meaning of the Act, officers of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and directors of the Company, who also may be liable for contribution) by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, liabilities, expenses and damages in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand.&#160; The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page&nbsp;of the Prospectus.&#160; If, but only if, the allocation provided by the foregoing sentence is not permitted by</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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 the Underwriters, on the other hand, with respect to the statements or omissions 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.&#160; Such relative fault shall be determined by reference to 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 the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.&#160; The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section&nbsp;7(d)&nbsp;were to be determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein.&#160; 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 Section&nbsp;7(d)&nbsp;shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this Section&nbsp;7(d), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.&#160; Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section&nbsp;7(d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discount received by it and no person found guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;11(f)&nbsp;of the Act) will be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.&#160; The Underwriters&#146; obligations to contribute as provided in this Section&nbsp;7(d)&nbsp;are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.&#160; For purposes of this Section&nbsp;7(d), any person who controls a party to this Agreement within the meaning of the Act will have the same rights to contribution as that party, and each officer 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.&#160; Any party entitled to contribution, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against any such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made under this Section&nbsp;7(d), will notify any such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission so to notify will not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any other obligation it or they may have under this Section&nbsp;7(d).&#160; No party will be liable for contribution with respect to any action or claim settled without its written consent (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld).</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section&nbsp;7 and the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i)&nbsp;any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriters, (ii)&nbsp;acceptance of any of the Shares and payment therefor, or (iii)&nbsp;any termination of this Agreement.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">material adverse change</font>  </font>in the financial or securities markets in the United States or in political, financial or economic conditions in the United States, any outbreak or material escalation of hostilities involving the United States, a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States, or other calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, shall have occurred, the effect of which is such as to make it, in the sole judgment of the Representative, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the public offering or the delivery of and payment for the Shares.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section&nbsp;10 hereof, the Company shall not be under any liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 4(g), 7 and 8 hereof; but, if for any other reason the purchase of the Shares by the Underwriters is not consummated or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations hereunder, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters) incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Shares.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Petkanics,&nbsp;Esq., Wilson Sonsini Goodrich&nbsp;&amp; Rosati, Professional Corporation, 650 Page&nbsp;Mill Road, Palo Alto, California 94304, or (b)&nbsp;if to the Underwriters, to the Representative at the offices of Needham&nbsp;&amp; Company, LLC, 445&nbsp;Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022, Attention: Corporate Finance Department, with a copy to Stanton D. Wong,&nbsp;Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Four Embarcadero Center, 22nd Floor, San Francisco, California 94111.&#160; Any such notice shall be effective only upon receipt.&#160; Any notice under Section&nbsp;9 or 10 may be made by telecopier or telephone, but if so made shall be subsequently confirmed in writing.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Needham&nbsp;&amp;   Company, LLC</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3,923,077</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Craig-Hallum   Capital Group LLC</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">692,308</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4,615,385</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1. The initial   price to the public of the shares, which is $6.50.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2. The number of   Firm Shares, which is 4,615,385.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3. The number of   Option Shares, which is 692,307.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">FORM&nbsp;OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NEEDHAM&nbsp;&amp; COMPANY, LLC</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:5.25pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As Representative of the several Underwriters</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ladies and Gentlemen:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned is a holder of securities of AXT,&nbsp;Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), and wishes to facilitate the public offering of shares of the common stock, $.001 par value per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), of the Company (the &#147;Offering&#148;).&#160; The undersigned recognizes that such Offering will be of benefit to the undersigned.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In consideration of the foregoing and in order to induce you to act as representative of the underwriters in connection with the Offering, the undersigned hereby agrees that, during the period commencing as of the date hereof and ending on the date that is ninety (90) days after the date (the &#147;Offering Date&#148;) of the final Prospectus Supplement relating to the Offering (the &#147;Lock-Up Period&#148;), the undersigned will not, without the prior written approval of Needham&nbsp;&amp; Company, LLC, directly or indirectly, (1)&nbsp;offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or (2)&nbsp;enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1)&nbsp;or (2)&nbsp;above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.&#160; The foregoing shall not apply to (a) issuances of securities solely made in connection with exercises of outstanding stock options of the Company, provided that any shares of Common Stock received upon such exercise will be subject to the trading restrictions discussed above, (b)&nbsp;forfeitures or the sale of shares of Common Stock to cover the undersigned&#146;s actual or estimated tax obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted stock and restricted stock units pursuant to the terms of restricted stock agreements, (c)&nbsp;the establishment of a written trading plan meeting the requirements of Rule&nbsp;10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, relating to the sale of shares of Common Stock, provided that shares of Common Stock subject to such plan may not be sold until the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, (d)&nbsp;a transfer of Common Stock or securities exercisable for Common Stock to (i)&nbsp;immediate family members, family partnerships, trusts, or other business entities, the only partners, beneficiaries or equity holders of which are the undersigned and /or a member of his or her immediate family or (ii)&nbsp;if the undersigned is a partnership, to another partnership or a limited liability company or other business entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the undersigned or (iii)&nbsp;if the undersigned is a trust, to a trustor or beneficiary of the trust, (e)&nbsp;transfers upon the death of the undersigned to his or her executors, administrators, legatees or beneficiaries or (f)&nbsp;other bona fide gifts, (g)&nbsp;the transfer of shares of Common Stock or any security exercisable for Common Stock that occurs by order of a court of competent jurisdiction and (h)&nbsp;sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of Common Stock in an amount not to exceed, when aggregated with all dispositions under this clause (h)&nbsp;or clause (f)&nbsp;(to the extent not continuing to be subject to the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement) by directors and officers of the Company who have executed similar lock-up agreements with the Representative in connection with the Offering, 250,000 shares; provided&#160; that, in the case of any transfers pursuant to clauses (d), (e), (f)&nbsp;and (g)&nbsp;above, (i)&nbsp;each transferee or donee agrees to be bound in writing by the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement prior to or at the time of such transfer, unless such transferee or donee is a charitable organization that cannot by law or by internal written policy execute such an agreement and (ii)&nbsp;solely with respect to transfers pursuant to clauses (d)&nbsp;and (f)&nbsp;above, no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under Section&nbsp;16(a)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such transfer (other than filing on Form&nbsp;5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period). For purposes of this paragraph, &#147;immediate family&#148; shall mean any relationship by blood, existing or prior marriage or domestic partnership or adoption not more remote than first cousin.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of Needham&nbsp;&amp; Company, LLC, the undersigned will not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.&#160; The undersigned confirms that he, she or it understands that the underwriters and the Company will rely upon the representations set forth in this Lock-Up Agreement in proceeding with the Offering.&#160; The undersigned further confirms that the agreements of the undersigned are irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned&#146;s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.&#160; The undersigned agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company&#146;s transfer agent against the transfer of securities held by the undersigned except in compliance with this Agreement.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If (i)&nbsp;the Company notifies you in writing that it does not intend to proceed with the Offering, (ii)&nbsp;the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the Offering is withdrawn, (iii)&nbsp;for any reason the underwriting agreement relating to the Offering shall be terminated prior to the &#147;Closing Date&#148; (as defined in the underwriting agreement) or (iv)&nbsp;the Offering Date shall not have occurred on or before April&nbsp;30, 2017, this Lock-Up Agreement shall be terminated and the undersigned shall be released from his, her or its obligations hereunder.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March&nbsp;7, 2017</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AXT,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4281 Technology Drive</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fremont, California 94538</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ladies and Gentlemen:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We have acted as counsel to AXT,&nbsp;Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), in connection with the filing by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)&#160; of a Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-214211), as amended (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), and declared effective on November&nbsp;4, 2016.&#160; Pursuant to the Registration Statement, the Company has issued and sold 5,307,692 shares of its common stock $0.001 par value per share (the &#147;Shares&#148;) pursuant to that certain underwriting agreement, dated March&nbsp;2, 2017 (the &#147;Underwriting Agreement&#148;), by and between the Company and Needham&nbsp;&amp; Company, LLC, as representative of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto..</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We have examined the Registration Statement, together with the documents incorporated by reference therein; the related prospectus, dated November&nbsp;4, 2016, filed with the Registration Statement (the &#147;Base Prospectus&#148;); the prospectus supplement, dated March&nbsp;1, 2017, in the form filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;of the Act relating to the offering of the Shares; and the final prospectus supplement, dated March&nbsp;2, 2017, in the form filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;of the Act relating to the offering of the Shares (together with the Base Prospectus, the &#147;Prospectus&#148;). In addition, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such other instruments, documents, certificates and records which we have deemed relevant and necessary for the basis of our opinion hereinafter expressed. In such examination, we have assumed: (i)&nbsp;the authenticity of original documents and the genuineness of all signatures; (ii)&nbsp;the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies; (iii)&nbsp;the truth, accuracy and completeness of the information, representations and warranties contained in the instruments, documents, certificates and records we have reviewed; (iv)&nbsp;the Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the parties thereto (other than the Company); (v)&nbsp;that the shares of Common Stock will be issued and sold in compliance with applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws and in the manner stated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; and (vi)&nbsp;the legal capacity of all natural persons. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein that were not independently established or verified, we have relied upon oral or written statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AUSTIN&#160;&#160; BEIJING&#160;&#160; BRUSSELS&#160;&#160; HONG KONG&#160;&#160; LOS ANGELES&#160;&#160; NEW YORK&#160;&#160; PALO ALTO&#160;&#160; SAN DIEGO<br> SAN FRANCISCO&#160;&#160; SEATTLE&#160;&#160; SHANGHAI&#160;&#160; WASHINGTON, DC&#160;&#160; WILMINGTON, DE</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><a name="PB_2_155809_55"></a><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We express no opinion as to (i)&nbsp;the effect of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, (ii)&nbsp;rights to indemnification and contribution which may be limited by applicable law or equitable principles, or (iii)&nbsp;the effect of general principles of equity, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, the effect of judicial discretion and the possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable relief, and the limitations on rights of acceleration, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated as of the date hereof filed by the Company and incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and to the use of our name wherever it appears in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and in any amendment or supplement thereto.&#160; In giving such consent, we do not believe that we are &#147;experts&#148; within the meaning of such term as used in the Act or the rules&nbsp;and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued thereunder with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including this opinion as an exhibit or otherwise.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">FREMONT, CA, March&nbsp;2, 2017, AXT,&nbsp;Inc. (NASDAQ: AXTI), a leading manufacturer of compound semiconductor substrates, today announced that it has priced its previously announced underwritten public offering of 4,615,385 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $6.50 per share.&#160; The offering is expected to close on or about March&nbsp;7, 2017 subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.&#160; AXT also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase at the public offering price up to an additional 692,307 shares of its common stock.&#160; After deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, the Company expects to receive net proceeds of approximately $27.7 million, assuming no exercise of the over-allotment option.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Needham&nbsp;&amp; Company, LLC is acting as the sole book-running manager and Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC is acting as co-manager for the offering.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AXT intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include the relocation of its </font>gallium arsenide product line, working capital, capital expenditures and other corporate expenses.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A shelf registration statement relating to the shares of common stock was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) and declared effective on November&nbsp;4, 2016.&#160; A prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC&#146;s website. Copies of the prospectus supplement (when available) and accompanying prospectus may be obtained from Needham&nbsp;&amp; Company, LLC, 445 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022, via telephone at (800) 903-3268 or by email to prospectus@needhamco.com.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction. Any offer, if at all, will be made only by means of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus forming a part of the effective registration statement.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AXT designs, develops, manufactures and distributes high-performance compound and single element semiconductor substrates comprising indium phosphide (InP), gallium arsenide (GaAs) and germanium (Ge) through its manufacturing facilities in Beijing, China.&#160; In addition, AXT maintains its sales, administration and customer service functions at its headquarters in Fremont, California.&#160; The company&#146;s</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#147;Safe Harbor&#148; Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995</font></b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and whether or not AXT will consummate the offering, prevailing market conditions, the anticipated use of the proceeds of the offering, which could change as a result of market conditions or for other reasons, and the impact of general economic, industry or political conditions in the United States or internationally.&#160; There can be no assurance that AXT will be able to complete the offering on the anticipated terms, or at all.&#160; Additional risks and uncertainties relating to the offering, AXT and its business can be found under the heading &#147;Risk Factors&#148; in AXT&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2016 and in the </font>prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.&#160; AXT assumes no duty or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements for any reason.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Contacts:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gary L. Fischer</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(510) 438-4700</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Leslie Green</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Green Communications Consulting, LLC</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(650) 312-9060</font></p>
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