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CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		16
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250808
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250808
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250808

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001378140
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		EIN:				222535818
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0430

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33417
		FILM NUMBER:		251198507

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		28 ENGELHARD DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE B
		CITY:			MONROE TOWNSHIP
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08831
		BUSINESS PHONE:		609-730-0400

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		STREET 1:		28 ENGELHARD DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE B
		CITY:			MONROE TOWNSHIP
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08831

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		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Ocean Power Technologies, INc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20061012
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registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</span></p>

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by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405
of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</span></p>

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August 8, 2025, Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) entered into a sales agreement with Ladenburg Thalmann &amp;
Co. Inc. (&#8220;Ladenburg&#8221;), pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per
share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), having an aggregate offering price of up to $40,000,000 (the &#8220;Shares&#8221;), to or through
Ladenburg, as sales agent (the &#8220;Sales Agreement&#8221;), from time to time, in an &#8220;at the market offering&#8221; (as defined
in Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of the Shares (the &#8220;ATM Offering&#8221;).</span></p>

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will also be able to sell shares of Common Stock by any other method permitted by law, including in negotiated transactions with the
Company&#8217;s prior written consent. Upon delivery of a placement notice and subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement,
Ladenburg is required to use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices, applicable state
and federal law, rules and regulations, and the rules of the NYSE American to sell the Shares from time to time based upon the Company&#8217;s
instructions, including any price, time or size limits specified by the Company. Ladenburg is not under any obligation to purchase any
of the Shares on a principal basis pursuant to the Sales Agreement, except as otherwise agreed by Ladenburg and the Company in writing
and expressly set forth in a placement notice. Ladenburg&#8217;s obligations to sell the Shares under the Sales Agreement are subject
to satisfaction of certain conditions, including customary closing conditions. The Company is not obligated to make any sales of Shares
under the Sales Agreement and any determination by the Company to do so will be dependent, among other things, on market conditions and
the Company&#8217;s capital raising needs.</span></p>

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Company will pay Ladenburg commissions for its services in acting as its sales agent in the sale of the Shares pursuant to the Sales
Agreement. Ladenburg is entitled to compensation at a fixed commission rate of 3.00% of the aggregate gross proceeds from the sale of
the Shares on the Company&#8217;s behalf pursuant to the Sales Agreement. The Sales Agreement contains representations, warranties and
covenants that are customary for transactions of this type. In addition, the Company has provided Ladenburg with customary indemnification
and contribution rights. The Company has also agreed to reimburse Ladenburg for certain specified expenses, including the expenses of
counsel to Ladenburg. The offering of the Shares pursuant to the Sales Agreement will terminate upon the termination of the Sales Agreement
by Ladenburg or the Company, as permitted therein.</span></p>

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Shares will be issued pursuant to the Company&#8217;s effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-275843), filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) on December 1, 2023, and declared effective by the SEC on December
12, 2023. The Company filed a prospectus supplement, dated August 8, 2025, with the SEC in connection with the offer and sale of the
Shares pursuant to the Sales Agreement.</span></p>

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foregoing description of the Sales Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Sales Agreement, which
is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference. A copy of the legal opinion and consent of
Porter Hedges LLP relating to the Shares being offered is attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1.</span></p>

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Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any shares under the Sales Agreement,
nor shall there be any sale of such shares in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration
or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.</span></p>

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8, 2025</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.</FONT></P>

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and Gentlemen:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">We
have acted as counsel to Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;<B><I>Company</I></B>&rdquo;), in connection
with the preparation for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<B><I>Commission</I></B>&rdquo;) of a prospectus
supplement (the &ldquo;<B><I>Prospectus Supplement</I></B>&rdquo;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;<B><I>Act</I></B>&rdquo;),
related to the Company&rsquo;s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-275843) (as amended, the &ldquo;<B><I>Registration
Statement</I></B>&rdquo;). The Prospectus Supplement relates to the issuance by the Company of up to $40,000,000 of shares (the &ldquo;<B><I>Shares</I></B>&rdquo;)
of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the &ldquo;<B><I>Common Stock</I></B>&rdquo;) pursuant to the terms of an
At Market Issuance Sales Agreement dated August 8, 2025 between the Company and Ladenburg Thalmann &amp; Co. Inc. (the &ldquo;<B><I>Agreement</I></B>&rdquo;).
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given such terms in the Agreement.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">For
purposes of the opinions we express below, we have examined the originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified, of: (i) the Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws, each as amended to date, of the Company; (ii) the Registration Statement; (iii) the Prospectus Supplement;
and (iv) the corporate records of the Company, including minute books of the Company, certificates of public officials and of representatives
of the Company, statutes and other instruments and documents as we considered appropriate for purposes of the opinions hereafter expressed.
In giving such opinions, we have relied upon certificates of officers of the Company and of public officials with respect to the accuracy
of the material factual matters contained in such certificates. In giving the opinions below, we have assumed that the signatures on
all documents examined by us are genuine, that all documents submitted to us as originals are accurate and complete, that all documents
submitted to us as copies are true and correct copies of the originals thereof and that all information submitted to us was accurate
and complete.</FONT></P>

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making our examination, we have assumed and have not verified (i) that all signatures on documents examined by us are genuine, (ii) the
legal capacity of all natural persons, (iii) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and (iv) the conformity to
the original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies thereof.</FONT></P>

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on the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, exceptions and qualifications set forth herein, we are of the opinion that, when (i)
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all necessary corporate action to authorize the issuance of the Shares and related matters; and (iii) the certificates for the Shares
have been duly executed by the Company, countersigned by the transfer agent therefor and duly delivered against payment therefor in accordance
with the Agreement, then the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.</FONT></P>

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opinions expressed herein are limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the federal securities laws of the
United States of America.</FONT></P>

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hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K. We also consent to the
references to our Firm under the heading &ldquo;Legal Matters&rdquo; in the Prospectus Supplement. In giving this consent, we do not
hereby admit we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder.</FONT></P>

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Stock</B></FONT></P>

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value $0.001 per share)</B></FONT></P>

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Market Issuance Sales Agreement</B></FONT></P>

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8, 2025</FONT></P>

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Thalmann &amp; Co. Inc.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">640
Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">New
York, NY 10019</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Ladies
and Gentlemen:</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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Power Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;<U>Company</U>&rdquo;), confirms its agreement (this &ldquo;<U>Agreement</U>&rdquo;)
with Ladenburg Thalmann &amp; Co. Inc. (the &ldquo;<U>Agent</U>&rdquo;) as follows:</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">1.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Issuance
                                            and Sale of Shares</U>. The Company agrees that, from time to time during the term of this
                                            Agreement, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, it may issue and
                                            sell through the Agent, shares (the &ldquo;<U>Placement Shares</U>&rdquo;) of the Company&rsquo;s
                                            common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &ldquo;<U>Common Stock</U>&rdquo;), <I>provided
                                            however</I>, that in no event shall the Company issue or sell through the Agent such number
                                            of Placement Shares that (a) exceeds the dollar amount of shares of Common Stock registered
                                            on the effective Registration Statement (as defined below) pursuant to which the offering
                                            is being made, or (b) exceeds the number of shares or dollar amount registered on the Prospectus
                                            (as defined below), or (c) exceeds the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common
                                            Stock, (d) exceeds the number or dollar amount of shares of Common Stock that would cause
                                            the Company or the offering of the Placement Shares to not satisfy the eligibility and transaction
                                            requirements for use of Form S-3, including, if applicable, General Instruction I.B.6 of
                                            Registration Statement on Form S-3 or (e) exceeds the number or dollar amount of shares of
                                            Common Stock that would cause the Company to fail to comply with the terms of that certain
                                            Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2025, by and among the Company and the
                                            investors referred to therein, as amended from time to time (the lesser of (a), (b), (c),
                                            (d) and (e), the &ldquo;<U>Maximum Amount</U>&rdquo;). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
                                            contained herein, the parties hereto agree that compliance with the limitations set forth
                                            in this <U>Section 1</U> on the number of Placement Shares issued and sold under this Agreement
                                            shall be the sole responsibility of the Company and that the Agent shall have no obligation
                                            in connection with such compliance. The issuance and sale of Placement Shares through the
                                            Agent will be effected pursuant to the Registration Statement (as defined below), although
                                            nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as requiring the Company to use the Registration
                                            Statement to issue any Placement Shares.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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the date of this Agreement, the Company has filed, or will file, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the &ldquo;<U>Securities Act</U>&rdquo;), with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &ldquo;<U>Commission</U>&rdquo;), a registration statement on Form S-3 (the &ldquo;<U>Current Registration Statement</U>&rdquo;),
including a base prospectus (the &ldquo;<U>Base Prospectus</U>&rdquo;), relating to certain securities, including the Placement Shares
to be issued from time to time by the Company, and which incorporates by reference documents that the Company has filed or will file
in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;<U>Exchange Act</U>&rdquo;), and the
rules and regulations thereunder. The Company has prepared a prospectus or a prospectus supplement to the base prospectus included as
part of the registration statement, which prospectus or prospectus supplement relates to the Placement Shares to be issued from time
to time by the Company (the &ldquo;<U>Prospectus Supplement</U>&rdquo;). The Company will furnish to the Agent, for use by such Agent,
copies of the prospectus included as part of such registration statement, as supplemented, by the Prospectus Supplement, relating to
the Placement Shares to be issued from time to time by the Company. The Company may file one or more additional registration statements
from time to time that will contain a base prospectus and related prospectus or prospectus supplement, if applicable (which shall be
a Prospectus Supplement), with respect to the Placement Shares. Except where the context otherwise requires, such registration statement(s)
or any post-effective amendment thereto, including all documents filed as part thereof or incorporated by reference therein, and including
any information contained in a Prospectus (as defined below) subsequently filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act or deemed to be a part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B of the Securities Actor any subsequent registration
statement on Form S-3 filed pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) under the Securities Act by the Company to cover any securities registered pursuant
the Registration Statement, including any Placement Shares, as a result of the end of the three-year period described in Rule 415(a)(5)
of the Securities Act, is herein called the &ldquo;<U>Registration Statement</U>.&rdquo; The base prospectus or base prospectuses with
respect to the Placement Shares, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, included in the Registration Statement, as
it may be supplemented, if necessary, by the Prospectus Supplement, in the form in which such prospectus or prospectuses and/or Prospectus
Supplement have most recently been filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act Regulations,
together with the then issued Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) (defined below), is herein called the &ldquo;<U>Prospectus</U>.&rdquo;</FONT></P>



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reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto shall be deemed to refer to and
include the documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein, and any reference herein to the terms &ldquo;amend,&rdquo;
&ldquo;amendment&rdquo; or &ldquo;supplement&rdquo; with respect to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer
to and include the filing after the execution hereof of any document with the Commission deemed to be incorporated by reference therein
(the &ldquo;<U>Incorporated Documents</U>&rdquo;). For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus or to any amendment or supplement thereto shall be deemed to include the most recent copy filed with the Commission pursuant
to its Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System, or if applicable, the Interactive Data Electronic Application system
when used by the Commission (collectively, &ldquo;<U>EDGAR</U>&rdquo;).</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Placements</U>.
                                            Each time that the Company wishes to issue and sell Placement Shares hereunder (each, a &ldquo;<U>Placement</U>&rdquo;),
                                            it will notify the Agent by email notice (or other method mutually agreed to in writing by
                                            the parties) of the number of Placement Shares to be sold, the time period during which sales
                                            are requested to be made, any limitation on the number of Placement Shares that may be sold
                                            in any one day and any minimum price below which sales may not be made (a &ldquo;<U>Placement
                                            Notice</U>&rdquo;), the form of which is attached hereto as <U>Schedule 1</U>. The receipt
                                            of each such Placement Notice shall be promptly acknowledged by the Agent by email confirmation
                                            to the Company. The Placement Notice shall originate from any of the individuals from the
                                            Company set forth on <U>Schedule 2</U> (with a copy to each of the other individuals from
                                            the Company listed on such schedule), and shall be addressed to each of the individuals from
                                            the Agent set forth on <U>Schedule 2</U>, as such <U>Schedule 2</U> may be amended from time
                                            to time. Provided that the Company is otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Agreement,
                                            the Placement Notice shall be effective immediately upon receipt by the Agent unless and
                                            until (i) the Agent declines to accept the terms contained therein for any reason, in its
                                            sole discretion, (ii) the entire amount of the Placement Shares thereunder has been sold,
                                            (iii) the Company suspends or terminates the Placement Notice, or (iv) this Agreement has
                                            been terminated under the provisions of <U>Section 13</U>. The amount of any discount, commission
                                            or other compensation to be paid by the Company to the Agent in connection with the sale
                                            of the Placement Shares shall be calculated in accordance with the terms set forth in <U>Schedule
                                            3</U>. It is expressly acknowledged and agreed that neither the Company nor the Agent will
                                            have any obligation whatsoever with respect to a Placement or any Placement Shares unless
                                            and until the Company delivers a Placement Notice to the Agent and the Agent does not decline
                                            such Placement Notice pursuant to the terms set forth above, and then only upon the terms
                                            specified therein and herein. In the event of a conflict between the terms of <U>Sections
                                            2</U> or <U>3</U> of this Agreement and the terms of a Placement Notice, the terms of the
                                            Placement Notice will control.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            of Placement Shares by the Agent</U>.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">a.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Subject
                                            to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, for the period specified in a Placement Notice,
                                            the Agent will use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading
                                            and sales practices and applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations and the
                                            rules of the NYSE American, to sell the Placement Shares up to the amount specified in, and
                                            otherwise in accordance with the terms of, such Placement Notice. The Agent will provide
                                            written confirmation to the Company no later than the opening of the Trading Day (as defined
                                            below) immediately following the Trading Day on which it has made sales of Placement Shares
                                            hereunder setting forth the number of Placement Shares sold on such day, the compensation
                                            payable by the Company to the Agent pursuant to <U>Section 2</U> with respect to such sales,
                                            and the Net Proceeds (as defined below) payable to the Company, with an itemization of the
                                            deductions made by the Agent (as set forth in <U>Section 5(b)</U>) from the gross proceeds
                                            that it receives from such sales. Subject to the terms of a Placement Notice, the Agent agrees
                                            that all sales of the Placement Shares by the Agent will be made only by methods permitted
                                            by law and deemed to be an &ldquo;at the market offering&rdquo; as defined in Rule 415(a)(4)
                                            of the Securities Act. Subject to the terms of a Placement Notice, the Agent may also sell
                                            Placement Shares by any other method permitted by law, including but not limited to privately
                                            negotiated transactions or sales made directly on or through the NYSE American (the &ldquo;<U>Exchange</U>&rdquo;),
                                            or any other existing trading market for the Common Stock, in negotiated transactions at
                                            market prices prevailing at the time of sale or at prices related to such prevailing market
                                            prices and/or any other method permitted by law with the Company&rsquo;s consent. &ldquo;<U>Trading
                                            Day</U>&rdquo; means any day on which Common Stock is purchased and sold on the Exchange.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">b.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">For
such time as the Agent is actively offering Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement, the Agent shall not for its own account engage
in (i) any short sale of any security of the Company, (ii) any sale of any security of the Company that the Agent does not own for the
account of the Agent or any sale which is consummated by the delivery of a security of the Company borrowed by, or for the account of,
the Agent, or (iii) any market making, bidding, purchasing, stabilization or other trading activity with regard to the Common Stock or
related derivative securities, or attempting to induce another person to do any of the foregoing, if such activity would be prohibited
under Regulation M or other anti-manipulation rules under the Securities Act.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Suspension
                                            of Sales</U>. The Company or the Agent may, upon notice to the other party in writing (including
                                            by email correspondence to each of the individuals of the other party set forth on <U>Schedule
                                            2</U>, if receipt of such correspondence is actually acknowledged by any of the individuals
                                            to whom the notice is sent, other than via auto-reply) or by telephone (confirmed immediately
                                            by verifiable facsimile transmission or email correspondence to each of the individuals of
                                            the other party set forth on <U>Schedule 2</U>), suspend any sale of Placement Shares (a
                                            &ldquo;<U>Suspension</U>&rdquo;); <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that such suspension shall
                                            not affect or impair any party&rsquo;s obligations with respect to any Placement Shares sold
                                            hereunder prior to the receipt of such notice. While a Suspension is in effect, any obligation
                                            under <U>Sections 7(l)</U>, <U>7(m)</U>, and <U>7(n)</U> with respect to the delivery of
                                            certificates, opinions, or comfort letters to the Agent, shall be waived. Each of the parties
                                            agrees that no such notice under this <U>Section 4</U> shall be effective against any other
                                            party unless it is made to one of the individuals named on <U>Schedule 2</U> hereto and acknowledged
                                            in accordance with this <U>Section 4</U>, as such Schedule may be amended from time to time.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            and Delivery to the Agent; Settlement</U>.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">a.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Sale
                                            of Placement Shares</U>. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained
                                            and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, upon the Agent&rsquo;s acceptance
                                            of the terms of a Placement Notice, and unless the sale of the Placement Shares described
                                            therein has been declined, suspended, or otherwise terminated in accordance with the terms
                                            of this Agreement, the Agent, for the period specified in the Placement Notice, will use
                                            its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices
                                            and applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations and the rules of the Exchange
                                            to sell such Placement Shares up to the amount specified in, and otherwise in accordance
                                            with the terms of, such Placement Notice. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) there
                                            can be no assurance that the Agent will be successful in selling Placement Shares, (ii) the
                                            Agent will incur no liability or obligation to the Company or any other person or entity
                                            if it does not sell Placement Shares for any reason other than a failure by the Agent to
                                            use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices
                                            and applicable law and regulations and the rules of the Exchange to sell such Placement Shares
                                            as required under this Agreement and (iii) the Agent shall be under no obligation to purchase
                                            Placement Shares on a principal basis pursuant to this Agreement, except as otherwise agreed
                                            by the Agent and the Company.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">b.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Settlement
                                            of Placement Shares</U>. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Placement Notice, settlement
                                            for sales of Placement Shares will occur on the first (1<SUP>st</SUP>) Trading Day (or such
                                            earlier day as is industry practice for regular-way trading) following the date on which
                                            such sales are made (each, a &ldquo;<U>Settlement Date</U>&rdquo;). The amount of proceeds
                                            to be delivered to the Company on a Settlement Date against receipt of the Placement Shares
                                            sold (the &ldquo;<U>Net Proceeds</U>&rdquo;) will be equal to the aggregate sales price received
                                            by the Agent, after deduction for (i) the Agent&rsquo;s commission, discount or other compensation
                                            for such sales payable by the Company pursuant to <U>Section 2</U> hereof, and (ii) any transaction
                                            fees imposed by any governmental or self-regulatory organization in respect of such sales.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">c.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Delivery
                                            of Placement Shares</U>. On or before each Settlement Date, the Company will, or will cause
                                            its transfer agent to, electronically transfer the Placement Shares being sold by crediting
                                            the Agent&rsquo;s or its designee&rsquo;s account (provided that the Agent shall have given
                                            the Company written notice of such designee at least one Trading Day prior to the Settlement
                                            Date) at The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit and Withdrawal at Custodian System
                                            (&ldquo;<U>DWAC</U>&rdquo;) or by such other means of delivery as may be mutually agreed
                                            upon by the parties hereto which in all cases shall be freely tradable, transferable, registered
                                            shares in good deliverable form. On each Settlement Date, the Agent will deliver the related
                                            Net Proceeds in same day funds to an account designated by the Company on, or prior to, the
                                            Settlement Date. The Agent will be responsible for providing DWAC instructions or instructions
                                            for delivery by other means with respect to the transfer of the Placement Shares being sold.
                                            The Company agrees that if the Company, or its transfer agent (if applicable), defaults in
                                            its obligation to deliver Placement Shares on a Settlement Date through no fault of the Agent,
                                            then in addition to and in no way limiting the rights and obligations set forth in <U>Section
                                            11(a)</U> hereto, it will (i) hold the Agent harmless against any loss, claim, damage, or
                                            expense (including reasonable and documented legal fees and expenses), as incurred, arising
                                            out of or in connection with such default by the Company or its transfer agent (if applicable)
                                            and (ii) pay to the Agent (without duplication) any commission, discount, or other compensation
                                            to which it would otherwise have been entitled absent such default.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">d.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Limitations
                                            on Offering Size</U>. Under no circumstances shall the Company cause or request the offer
                                            or sale of any Placement Shares if, after giving effect to the sale of such Placement Shares,
                                            the gross sales proceeds or aggregate number of Placement Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement
                                            would exceed the lesser of (A) together with all sales of Placement Shares under this Agreement,
                                            the Maximum Amount, (B) the amount available for offer and sale under the currently effective
                                            Registration Statement and (C) the amount authorized from time to time to be issued and sold
                                            under this Agreement by the Company&rsquo;s board of directors, a duly authorized committee
                                            thereof or a duly authorized executive committee, and notified to the Agent in writing. Under
                                            no circumstances shall the Company cause or request the offer or sale of any Placement Shares
                                            pursuant to this Agreement at a price lower than the minimum price authorized from time to
                                            time by the Company&rsquo;s board of directors, a duly authorized committee thereof or a
                                            duly authorized executive committee, and notified to the Agent in writing. Further, under
                                            no circumstances shall the Company cause or permit the aggregate offering amount of Placement
                                            Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement to exceed the Maximum Amount.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">e.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Sales
                                            Through Agent</U>. The Company agrees that any offer to sell, any solicitation of an offer
                                            to buy, or any sales of Common Stock or any other equity security of the Company shall only
                                            be effected by or through the Agent, and only the Agent, on any single given date; provided
                                            however that (i) the foregoing limitation shall not apply to (A) exercise of any option,
                                            warrant, right or any conversion privilege set forth in the instruction governing such securities
                                            or (B) sales solely to employees, directors, consultants or security holders of the Company
                                            or its Subsidiaries, or to a trustee or other person acquiring such securities for the accounts
                                            of such person and (ii) such limitation shall not apply (A) on any day during which no sales
                                            are made pursuant to this Agreement or (B) during a period in which the Company has notified
                                            the Agent that it will not sell Common Stock under this Agreement and (1) no Placement Notice
                                            is pending or (2) after a Placement Notice has been withdrawn.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">6.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Representations
                                            and Warranties of the Company</U>. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement or Prospectus
                                            (including the Incorporated Documents), or except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent
                                            SEC Report (but excluding any disclosures of risks set forth under the heading &ldquo;Risk
                                            Factors,&rdquo; disclosures of risks set forth in any &ldquo;forward-looking statements&rdquo;
                                            disclaimer or in any other statements that are similarly cautionary or predictive in nature),
                                            the Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with the Agent that as of the date of
                                            this Agreement and as of each Applicable Time (as defined below), unless such representation,
                                            warranty or agreement specifies a different date or time:</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">a.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Registration
                                            Statement and Prospectus</U>. The Company and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
                                            meet the requirements for and comply with the applicable conditions for the use of Form S-3
                                            under the Securities Act. The Registration Statement has been filed, or will be filed, with
                                            the Commission, and (i) as of the date of this Agreement, the Company has no reason to believe
                                            that it shall not be declared effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) as of any Applicable
                                            Time after the date of this Agreement, has been declared effective under the Securities Act.
                                            The Prospectus Supplement names Ladenburg Thalmann &amp; Co. Inc. as the Agent in the section
                                            entitled &ldquo;Plan of Distribution.&rdquo; The Company has not received, and has no notice
                                            of, any order of the Commission preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement,
                                            or threatening or instituting proceedings for that purpose. The Registration Statement and
                                            the offer and sale of Placement Shares as contemplated hereby meet the requirements of Rule
                                            415 under the Securities Act, at the time it becomes effective, and as of each Applicable
                                            Time, if any, will comply in all material respects with said Rule. Any statutes, regulations,
                                            contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement
                                            or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement have been so described
                                            or filed. Copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and any such amendments or
                                            supplements and all documents incorporated by reference therein that were filed with the
                                            Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement have been delivered, or are available
                                            through EDGAR, to the Agent and its counsel. The Company has not distributed and, prior to
                                            the later to occur of each Settlement Date and completion of the distribution of the Placement
                                            Shares, will not distribute, any offering material in connection with the offering or sale
                                            of the Placement Shares other than the Registration Statement (once effective) and the Prospectus
                                            and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) to which the Agent has consented,
                                            any such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. The Common Stock
                                            is currently listed on the Exchange under the trading symbol &ldquo;OPTT.&rdquo; The Company
                                            has not received notice from the Exchange to the effect that the Company is not in compliance
                                            with the listing or maintenance requirements of the Exchange. The Company has no reason to
                                            believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be in compliance with all
                                            such listing and maintenance requirements.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">b.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>No
                                            Misstatement or Omission</U>. The Registration Statement, when it became or becomes effective,
                                            and the Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, on the date of such Prospectus
                                            or amendment or supplement, conformed and will conform in all material respects with the
                                            requirements of the Securities Act. At each Settlement Date, the Registration Statement and
                                            the Prospectus, as of such date, will conform in all material respects with the requirements
                                            of the Securities Act. The Registration Statement, did not, and will not, contain an untrue
                                            statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
                                            or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus and any amendment
                                            and supplement thereto, on the date thereof and at each Applicable Time (defined below),
                                            did not or will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
                                            fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
                                            they were made, not misleading. The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus
                                            or any Prospectus Supplement did not, and any further documents filed and incorporated by
                                            reference therein will not, when filed with the Commission, contain an untrue statement of
                                            a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated in such document or
                                            necessary to make the statements in such document, in light of the circumstances under which
                                            they were made, not misleading. The foregoing shall not apply to statements in, or omissions
                                            from, any such document made in reliance upon, and in conformity with the Agent&rsquo;s Information.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">c.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Conformity
                                            with Securities Act and Exchange Act</U>. The Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any
                                            Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, and the Incorporated
                                            Documents, when such documents were or are filed with the Commission under the Securities
                                            Act or the Exchange Act or became or become effective under the Securities Act, as the case
                                            may be, conformed or will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities
                                            Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
                                            Registration Statement, or the use of the Prospectus has been issued, and no proceeding for
                                            any such purpose is pending or has been initiated or, to the Company&rsquo;s knowledge, is
                                            threatened by the Commission. For purposes of this Agreement, &ldquo;<U>free writing prospectus</U>&rdquo;
                                            has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">d.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Subsidiaries</U>.
                                            None of the Subsidiaries (as defined in <U>Section 25</U> below) is a &ldquo;significant
                                            subsidiary&rdquo; as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities
                                            Act. If the Company has no &ldquo;significant subsidiaries&rdquo;, all other references,
                                            except as set forth in this Section 6(d), to the Subsidiaries or any of them in this Agreement
                                            shall be disregarded. No Subsidiary owns any material assets or incurs any material liabilities.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">e.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Organization
                                            and Qualification</U>. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated
                                            or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction
                                            of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power and authority to own and use
                                            its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the
                                            Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation nor default of any of the provisions of its respective
                                            certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents.
                                            Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in
                                            good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the
                                            nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary,
                                            except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could
                                            not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in
                                            <U>Section 25</U> below) and no proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking,
                                            limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or
                                            qualification.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">f.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Authorization;
                                            Enforcement</U>. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into
                                            and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to carry
                                            out its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company
                                            and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized
                                            by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the
                                            Company, the board of directors or the Company&rsquo;s stockholders in connection herewith
                                            or therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals (as defined below). This
                                            Agreement and each other Incorporated Document to which the Company is a party has been (or
                                            upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance
                                            with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the
                                            Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited
                                            by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
                                            and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors&rsquo; rights generally,
                                            (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive
                                            relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution
                                            provisions may be limited by applicable law.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">g.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>No
                                            Conflicts</U>. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports (as defined below), the Registration
                                            Statement or the Prospectus, the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
                                            Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Placement Shares and the consummation by it of the
                                            transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision
                                            of the Company&rsquo;s or any Subsidiary&rsquo;s certificate or articles of incorporation,
                                            bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute
                                            a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default)
                                            under, result in the creation of any Lien (as defined in <U>Section 25</U> below) upon any
                                            of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights
                                            of termination, amendment, anti-dilution or similar adjustments, acceleration or cancellation
                                            (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt
                                            or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding
                                            to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the
                                            Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals,
                                            conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction,
                                            decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or
                                            a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or
                                            by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except
                                            in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected
                                            to result in a Material Adverse Effect.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            Consents and Approvals</U>. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization
                                            or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other
                                            federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other person, as such term is defined
                                            in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act (each, a &ldquo;<U>Person</U>&rdquo;)
                                            in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement,
                                            other than such as have been obtained or made by the Company and are in full force and effect
                                            under the Securities Act and such as may be required under applicable state securities or
                                            blue sky laws, FINRA or the Trading Market (as defined in <U>Section 25</U> below) (collectively,
                                            the &ldquo;<U>Required Approvals</U>&rdquo;).</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">i.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Issuance
                                            of Placement Shares</U>. The Placement Shares are duly authorized and, when issued and paid
                                            for in accordance with this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable,
                                            free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company. The holders of the Placement Shares will
                                            not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders. The Placement Shares
                                            are not and will not be subject to the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of
                                            the Company or similar contractual rights granted by the Company. All corporate action required
                                            to be taken for the authorization, issuance and sale of the Placement Shares has been duly
                                            and validly taken. The Placement Shares conform in all material respects to all statements
                                            with respect thereto contained in the Registration Statement.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">j.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Capitalization</U>.
                                            The capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the SEC Reports. Except as set forth
                                            in the SEC Reports, the Company has not issued any capital stock other than pursuant to the
                                            exercise of employee stock options under the Company&rsquo;s stock option plans, the issuance
                                            of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company&rsquo;s employee stock purchase
                                            plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents (as defined
                                            in <U>Section 25</U> below) outstanding as of such date. Except as set forth in the Registration
                                            Statement and the SEC Reports, no Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right,
                                            right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated
                                            by this Agreement, except for such rights as have been waived. Except as a result of the
                                            purchase and sale of the Placement Shares and as otherwise set forth in the Registration
                                            Statement and the SEC Reports, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to
                                            subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities,
                                            rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any
                                            Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments,
                                            understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound
                                            to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. Except as set forth
                                            in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, the issuance and sale of the Placement Shares
                                            will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any
                                            Person. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus,
                                            there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary with
                                            any provision that adjusts the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price of such security
                                            or instrument upon an issuance of securities by the Company or any Subsidiary. All of the
                                            outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully
                                            paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities
                                            laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights
                                            or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. The authorized shares of the Company
                                            conform in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration
                                            Statement and the Prospectus. The offers and sales of the Company&rsquo;s securities were
                                            at all relevant times either registered under the Securities Act and the applicable state
                                            securities or Blue Sky laws or, based in part on the representations and warranties of the
                                            purchasers, exempt from such registration requirements. No further approval or authorization
                                            of any stockholder, the board of directors or others is required for the issuance and sale
                                            of the Placement Shares. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the SEC Reports,
                                            there are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with
                                            respect to the Company&rsquo;s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge
                                            of the Company, between or among any of the Company&rsquo;s stockholders.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">k.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>SEC
                                            Reports; Financial Statements</U>. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements
                                            and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the
                                            Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the preceding two
                                            years (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such
                                            material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated
                                            by reference therein, together with the Prospectus and any Prospectus Supplement, being collectively
                                            referred to herein as the &ldquo;<U>SEC Reports</U>&rdquo;) on a timely basis or has received
                                            a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the
                                            expiration of any such extension, except as could not have or reasonably be expected to result
                                            in a Material Adverse Effect. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all
                                            material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable,
                                            and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact
                                            or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
                                            make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
                                            misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in
                                            all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations
                                            of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial
                                            statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting
                                            principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (&ldquo;<U>GAAP</U>&rdquo;),
                                            except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and
                                            except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP,
                                            and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its
                                            consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and
                                            cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal,
                                            immaterial, year-end audit adjustments. The agreements and documents described in the Registration
                                            Statement, the Prospectus, any Prospectus Supplement and the SEC Reports conform to the descriptions
                                            thereof contained therein and there are no agreements or other documents required by the
                                            Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder to be described in the Registration
                                            Statement, the Prospectus, any Prospectus Supplement or the SEC Reports or to be filed with
                                            the Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement, that have not been so described
                                            or filed. Each agreement or other instrument (however characterized or described) to which
                                            the Company is a party or by which it is or may be bound or affected and (i) that is referred
                                            to in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or the SEC Reports, or (ii) is material
                                            to the Company&rsquo;s business, has been duly authorized and validly executed by the Company,
                                            is in full force and effect in all material respects and is enforceable against the Company
                                            and, to the Company&rsquo;s knowledge, the other parties thereto, in accordance with its
                                            terms, except (x) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
                                            or similar laws affecting creditors&rsquo; rights generally, (y) as enforceability of any
                                            indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the federal and state securities
                                            laws, and (z) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable
                                            relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before
                                            which any proceeding therefore may be brought. None of such agreements or instruments has
                                            been assigned by the Company, and neither the Company nor, to the best of the Company&rsquo;s
                                            knowledge, any other party is in default thereunder and, to the best of the Company&rsquo;s
                                            knowledge, no event has occurred that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or
                                            both, would constitute a default thereunder. To the best of the Company&rsquo;s knowledge,
                                            performance by the Company of the material provisions of such agreements or instruments will
                                            not result in a violation of any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order
                                            or decree of any governmental agency or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over
                                            the Company or any of its assets or businesses, including, without limitation, those relating
                                            to environmental laws and regulations.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">l.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Material
                                            Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments</U>. Since the date of the latest
                                            audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed
                                            in a subsequent SEC Report, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has
                                            had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the
                                            Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables
                                            and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice
                                            and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company&rsquo;s financial statements
                                            pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has
                                            not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend
                                            or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made
                                            any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock, (v) the Company has
                                            not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to
                                            existing Company stock option plans and (vi) no officer or director of the Company has resigned
                                            from any position with the Company. The Company does not have pending before the Commission
                                            any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Placement
                                            Shares contemplated by this Agreement, no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence
                                            or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect
                                            to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, prospects, properties,
                                            operations, assets or financial condition that would be required to be disclosed by the Company
                                            under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that
                                            has not been publicly disclosed at least one (1) Trading Day prior to the date that this
                                            representation is made. Unless otherwise disclosed in an SEC Report, the Company has not:
                                            (i) issued any securities or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent,
                                            for borrowed money; or (ii) declared or paid any dividend or made any other distribution
                                            on or in respect of its capital stock.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">m.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Litigation</U>.
                                            Except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report, there is no action, suit, inquiry,
                                            notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
                                            threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties
                                            before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority
                                            (federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an &ldquo;<U>Action</U>&rdquo;)
                                            which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any
                                            of the Agreement or the issuance of the Placement Shares or (ii) could, if there were an
                                            unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
                                            Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof, is or has been
                                            the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or
                                            state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to
                                            the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by
                                            the Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the
                                            Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness
                                            of any registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act
                                            or the Securities Act.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">n.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Labor
                                            Relations</U>. No labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with
                                            respect to any of the employees of the Company, which could reasonably be expected to result
                                            in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company&rsquo;s or its Subsidiaries&rsquo; employees
                                            is a member of a union that relates to such employee&rsquo;s relationship with the Company
                                            or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective
                                            bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships
                                            with their employees are good. To the knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the
                                            Company or any Subsidiary, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term
                                            of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement
                                            or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant
                                            in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer
                                            does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to
                                            any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all
                                            U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment
                                            practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure
                                            to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
                                            have a Material Adverse Effect.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">o.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Compliance</U>.
                                            Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no
                                            event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would
                                            result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary
                                            received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any
                                            indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a
                                            party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation
                                            has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator
                                            or other governmental authority or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule,
                                            ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign,
                                            federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health
                                            and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case
                                            as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">p.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Regulatory
                                            Permits</U>. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, authorizations,
                                            registrations and permits issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the
                                            appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that
                                            are necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except
                                            where the failure to possess such permits could not reasonably be expected to result in a
                                            Material Adverse Effect (each, a &ldquo;<U>Material Permit</U>&rdquo;), and neither the Company
                                            nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation, suspension,
                                            modification, invalidation or termination of any Material Permit. The disclosures in the
                                            Registration Statement concerning the effects of Federal, State, local and all foreign regulation
                                            on the Company&rsquo;s business as currently contemplated are correct in all material respects.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">q.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Title
                                            to Assets</U>. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple
                                            to, or have valid and marketable rights to lease or otherwise use, all real property and
                                            all personal property that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries,
                                            in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for (i) Liens as do not materially affect
                                            the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed
                                            to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries and (ii) Liens for the payment
                                            of federal, state or other taxes, for which appropriate reserves have been made in accordance
                                            with GAAP, and the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real
                                            property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by
                                            them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries
                                            are in compliance.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">r.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Intellectual
                                            Property</U>. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents,
                                            patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade
                                            secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar
                                            rights necessary or required for use in connection with their respective businesses as described
                                            in the SEC Reports and which the failure to do so could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively,
                                            the &ldquo;<U>Intellectual Property Rights</U>&rdquo;). None of, and neither the Company
                                            nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of, the Intellectual
                                            Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate
                                            or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement. For clarity and avoidance
                                            of doubt, an application that is abandoned in favor of a continuation or divisional application
                                            pursuing the same of similar subject matter as the parent application shall not be considered
                                            an abandonment or termination of Intellectual Property Rights. Neither the Company nor any
                                            Subsidiary has received, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included
                                            within the SEC Reports, a written notice of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge that the
                                            Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person. To the knowledge
                                            of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing
                                            infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and
                                            its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality
                                            and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not,
                                            individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility
                                            against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses
                                            in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to, directors
                                            and officers insurance coverage. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to
                                            believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such
                                            coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary
                                            to continue its business without a significant increase in cost.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            With Affiliates and Employees</U>. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers
                                            or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none
                                            of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is presently a party to any transaction
                                            with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors),
                                            including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services
                                            to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, providing for the
                                            borrowing of money from or lending of money to or otherwise requiring payments to or from,
                                            any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in
                                            which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer,
                                            director, trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other
                                            than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement
                                            for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including
                                            stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">u.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Sarbanes-Oxley;
                                            Internal Accounting Controls</U>. The Company is in compliance in all material respects with
                                            any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective
                                            as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the
                                            Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the Applicable Time.
                                            Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, the Company maintains a
                                            system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i)
                                            transactions are executed in accordance with management&rsquo;s general or specific authorizations,
                                            (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements
                                            in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted
                                            only in accordance with management&rsquo;s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the
                                            recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals
                                            and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as set forth in the
                                            Registration Statement and Prospectus, the Company has established disclosure controls and
                                            procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and
                                            designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be
                                            disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded,
                                            processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission&rsquo;s
                                            rules and forms. The Company&rsquo;s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness
                                            of the disclosure controls and procedures of the Company as of the end of the period covered
                                            by the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the &ldquo;<U>Evaluation
                                            Date</U>&rdquo;). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under
                                            the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the
                                            disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date.
                                            Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the internal control over financial
                                            reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) of the Company that have materially
                                            affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial
                                            reporting of the Company.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">v.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Certain
                                            Fees</U>. Except as set forth in the Prospectus, no brokerage or finder&rsquo;s fees or commissions
                                            are or will be payable by the Company, or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company to any
                                            broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank
                                            or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. To the Company&rsquo;s
                                            knowledge, there are no other arrangements, agreements or understandings of the Company or,
                                            to the Company&rsquo;s knowledge, any of its stockholders that may affect the Agent&rsquo;s
                                            compensation, as determined by FINRA. The Company has not made any direct or indirect payments
                                            (in cash, securities or otherwise) to: (i) any person, as a finder&rsquo;s fee, consulting
                                            fee or otherwise, in consideration of such person raising capital for the Company or introducing
                                            to the Company persons who raised or provided capital to the Company; (ii) any FINRA member;
                                            or (iii) any person or entity that has any direct or indirect affiliation or association
                                            with any FINRA member, within the twelve months prior to the Execution Date. None of the
                                            net proceeds of the Placement Shares will be paid by the Company to any participating FINRA
                                            member or its affiliates, except as specifically authorized herein.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            Company</U>. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt
                                            of payment for the Securities will not be or be an Affiliate of, an &ldquo;investment company&rdquo;
                                            within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall conduct
                                            its affairs in such a manner so as to reasonably ensure that it will not be or become, at
                                            any time prior to the termination of this Agreement, an &ldquo;investment company,&rdquo;
                                            as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">x.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Registration
                                            Rights</U>. Except as noted in the SEC Reports, no Person has any right to cause the Company
                                            to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">y.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Listing
                                            and Maintenance Requirements</U>. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b)
                                            of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge
                                            is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the
                                            Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating
                                            terminating such registration. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus,
                                            the Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any
                                            Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that
                                            the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading
                                            Market. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company
                                            is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be,
                                            in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements. The Common Stock is currently
                                            eligible for electronic transfer through DTC or another established clearing corporation
                                            and the Company is current in payment of the fees of DTC (or such other established clearing
                                            corporation) in connection with such electronic transfer.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">z.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Application
                                            of Takeover Protections</U>. The Company and the board of directors have taken all necessary
                                            action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination,
                                            poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover
                                            provision under the Company&rsquo;s certificate of incorporation (or similar charter documents)
                                            or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become applicable as a result
                                            of the Agent and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under
                                            this Agreement.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">aa.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Disclosure;
                                            10b-5</U>. The Registration Statement (and any further documents to be filed with the Commission)
                                            contains all exhibits and schedules as required by the Securities Act. Each of the Registration
                                            Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, if any, at the time it became effective,
                                            including any information deemed to be a part thereof at the time of effectiveness pursuant
                                            to Rule 430A under the Securities Act, complied in all material respects with the Securities
                                            Act and the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations under the Securities Act
                                            and did not and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue
                                            statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
                                            or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus, as of its respective
                                            date, complies in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and
                                            the applicable rules and regulations. The Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, did not
                                            and will not contain as of the date thereof any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
                                            to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
                                            circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The SEC Reports incorporated by
                                            reference in the Prospectus, if any, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed
                                            in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules
                                            and regulations, and none of such documents, if any, when they were filed with the Commission,
                                            contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary
                                            to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
                                            not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus,
                                            if any, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all material respects
                                            to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations, as applicable,
                                            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 light of the circumstances under which
                                            they were made not misleading. No post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
                                            reflecting any facts or events arising after the date thereof which represent, individually
                                            or in the aggregate, a fundamental change in the information set forth therein is required
                                            to be filed with the Commission. There are no documents required to be filed with the Commission
                                            in connection with the transaction contemplated hereby that (x) have not been filed as required
                                            pursuant to the Securities Act or (y) will not be filed within the requisite time period.
                                            There are no contracts or other documents required to be described in the Prospectus, or
                                            to be filed as exhibits or schedules to the Registration Statement, which have not been described
                                            or filed as required.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">bb.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>No
                                            Integrated Offering</U>. Neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting
                                            on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security
                                            or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering
                                            of the Placement Shares to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes
                                            of any applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the
                                            securities of the Company are listed or designated.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">cc.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Solvency</U>.
                                            Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Applicable Time, after
                                            giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Placement
                                            Shares hereunder, (i) the fair saleable value of the Company&rsquo;s assets exceeds the amount
                                            that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company&rsquo;s existing debts and
                                            other liabilities (including known contingent liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the Company&rsquo;s
                                            assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business as now conducted
                                            and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular
                                            capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, consolidated and projected
                                            capital requirements and capital availability thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of
                                            the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all
                                            of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient
                                            to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to
                                            be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts
                                            as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in
                                            respect of its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead
                                            it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or
                                            reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the date hereof. The SEC Reports
                                            sets forth all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary,
                                            or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            Status</U>. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or
                                            reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries
                                            each (i) has made or filed all United States federal, state and local income and all foreign
                                            income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to
                                            which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges
                                            that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations
                                            and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all
                                            material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations
                                            apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority
                                            of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company or of any Subsidiary know of no basis
                                            for any such claim. The provisions for taxes payable, if any, shown on the financial statements
                                            filed with or as part of the Registration Statement are sufficient for all accrued and unpaid
                                            taxes, whether or not disputed, and for all periods to and including the dates of such consolidated
                                            financial statements. The term &ldquo;taxes&rdquo; mean all federal, state, local, foreign,
                                            and other net income, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, transfer, franchise,
                                            profits, license, lease, service, service use, withholding, payroll, employment, excise,
                                            severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property, windfall profits, customs, duties or other
                                            taxes, fees, assessments, or charges of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest and
                                            any penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts with respect thereto. The term &ldquo;returns&rdquo;
                                            means all returns, declarations, reports, statements, and other documents required to be
                                            filed in respect to taxes.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            Corrupt Practices</U>. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the
                                            Company or any Subsidiary, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any
                                            Subsidiary, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts,
                                            entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity,
                                            (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or
                                            to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed
                                            to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any
                                            person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law,
                                            or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
                                            of 1977, as amended (the &ldquo;<U>FCPA</U>&rdquo;). The Company has taken reasonable steps
                                            to ensure that its accounting controls and procedures are sufficient to cause the Company
                                            to comply in all material respects with the FCPA.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            To the knowledge and belief of the Company, the Company Auditor is an independent registered
                                            public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act. The Company Auditor has not, during
                                            the periods covered by the financial statements included in the Prospectus, provided to the
                                            Company any non-audit services, as such term is used in Section 10A(g) of the Exchange Act.
                                            &ldquo;<U>Company Auditor</U>&rdquo; means Baker Tilly US, LLP, with offices located at 14555
                                            Dallas Parkway, Suite 300, Dallas, Texas 75254.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            of Foreign Assets Control</U>. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company&rsquo;s
                                            knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary
                                            is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control
                                            of the U.S. Treasury Department.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            Real Property Holding Corporation</U>. The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real
                                            property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code
                                            of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon the Agent&rsquo;s request.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            Holding Company Act</U>. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is
                                            subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the &ldquo;<U>BHCA</U>&rdquo;)
                                            and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the &ldquo;<U>Federal
                                            Reserve</U>&rdquo;). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates owns or
                                            controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of
                                            any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total equity of
                                            a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.
                                            Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises a controlling influence
                                            over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to
                                            regulation by the Federal Reserve.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            Laundering</U>. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted
                                            at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements
                                            of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money
                                            laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the &ldquo;<U>Money
                                            Laundering Laws</U>&rdquo;), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or
                                            governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any Subsidiary
                                            with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company
                                            or any Subsidiary, threatened.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">ll.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>FINRA
                                            Affiliation</U>. To its knowledge, no officer, director or any beneficial owner of 5% or
                                            more of the Company&rsquo;s unregistered securities has any direct or indirect affiliation
                                            or association with any FINRA member (as determined in accordance with the rules and regulations
                                            of FINRA) that is participating in the Offering. The Company will advise the Agent and counsel
                                            for the Agent if it learns that any officer, director or owner of 5% or more of the Company&rsquo;s
                                            outstanding shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents is or becomes an affiliate
                                            or associated person of a FINRA member firm.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            of Directors</U>. The board of directors is comprised of the persons set forth in the SEC
                                            Reports. The qualifications of the persons serving as board members and the overall composition
                                            of the board of directors comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules promulgated
                                            thereunder applicable to the Company and the rules of the Trading Market. At least one member
                                            of the board of directors qualifies as a &ldquo;financial expert&rdquo; as such term is defined
                                            under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules promulgated thereunder and the rules of
                                            the Trading Market. In addition, at least a majority of the persons serving on the board
                                            of directors qualify as &ldquo;independent&rdquo; as defined under the rules of the Trading
                                            Market.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            with Privacy Laws; Cybersecurity</U>. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have
                                            a Material Adverse Effect, the Company (i) has operated its business in a manner compliant
                                            with all United States federal, state, and local, and non-United States, privacy, data security,
                                            and data protection laws and regulations applicable to the Company&rsquo;s collection, use,
                                            transfer, protection, disposal, disclosure, handling, storage, and analysis of data that
                                            is defined as &ldquo;personal data&rdquo; under applicable law (&ldquo;<U>Personal Data</U>&rdquo;),
                                            (ii) has been and is in compliance with its internal policies and procedures designed to
                                            ensure the integrity and security of the Personal Data collected, handled or stored by the
                                            Company in connection with its business, (iii) has been and is in compliance with its internal
                                            policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with, to the extent applicable to the
                                            Company, health care laws that govern privacy and data security and takes, and has taken,
                                            reasonably appropriate steps designed to assure its compliance with such policies and procedures.
                                            Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company
                                            has taken reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of its Personal Data, protected
                                            health information, consumer information, and other confidential information of the Company
                                            and any third parties in the possession and control of the Company (&ldquo;<U>Sensitive Company
                                            Data</U>&rdquo;). Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
                                            the Company&rsquo;s tangible or digital information technology systems (including computers,
                                            screens, servers, workstations, routers, hubs, switches, networks, data communications lines,
                                            technical data and hardware), software, websites, applications and telecommunications systems
                                            (the &ldquo;<U>Company IT Assets</U>&rdquo;) are adequate in capacity and operation for,
                                            in accordance with their documentation and functional specifications, the business of the
                                            Company as now operated as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, free
                                            and clear of all Trojan horses, time bombs, malware, and other bugs, errors, or defects that,
                                            in each case, create material risk of a security breach with respect to such Company IT Assets
                                            or Sensitive Company Data processed thereon. Except as would not reasonably be expected to
                                            have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company has used reasonable efforts to establish, and
                                            has established, commercially reasonable disaster recovery and security plans, procedures
                                            and facilities for the business of the Company consistent with industry standards and practices,
                                            including, without limitation, for the Company IT Assets and Sensitive Company Data held
                                            or used by the Company. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
                                            Effect, (i) to the Company&rsquo;s knowledge, the Company has not suffered or incurred any
                                            security breaches, compromises or incidents with respect to any Company IT Asset or Sensitive
                                            Company Data and (ii) to the Company&rsquo;s knowledge, there has been no unauthorized or
                                            illegal use of, or access to, any Company IT Asset or Sensitive Company Data by any unauthorized
                                            third party. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
                                            to the Company&rsquo;s knowledge, the Company has not been required to notify any individual
                                            of any information security breach, compromise or incident involving Sensitive Company Data.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            Agreements</U>. The Company is not a party to any agreement with an agent or underwriter
                                            for any other &ldquo;at the market&rdquo; or continuous equity transaction.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">pp.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Margin
                                            Rules</U>. Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Placement Shares nor the application
                                            of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in the Registration Statement and the
                                            Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
                                            System.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">qq.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Reserved</U>.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">rr.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Environmental
                                            Laws</U>. The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with all federal, state,
                                            local and foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment
                                            (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including
                                            laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants,
                                            contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, &ldquo;<U>Hazardous
                                            Materials</U>&rdquo;) into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing,
                                            distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials,
                                            as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands, or demand letters, injunctions, judgments,
                                            licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations, issued, entered,
                                            promulgated or approved thereunder (&ldquo;<U>Environmental Laws</U>&rdquo;); (ii) have received
                                            all permits licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws
                                            to conduct their respective businesses; and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions
                                            of any such permit, license or approval where in each clause (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure
                                            to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
                                            Adverse Effect.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">tt.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Consents
                                            and Permits</U>. The Company and the Subsidiaries have made all filings, applications and
                                            submissions required by, and possess and are operating in compliance in all material respects
                                            with all approvals, licenses, certificates, certifications, clearances, consents, grants,
                                            exemptions, marks, notifications, orders, permits and other authorizations issued by, the
                                            appropriate federal, state or foreign Governmental Authority necessary for the ownership
                                            or lease of their respective properties or to conduct their businesses as described in the
                                            Registration Statement or the Prospectus (collectively, &ldquo;<U>Permits</U>&rdquo;), except
                                            for such Permits the failure of which to possess, obtain or file would not reasonably be
                                            expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; the Company
                                            and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Permits,
                                            except where the failure to be in compliance would not reasonably be expected to have, individually
                                            or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; all of the Permits are valid and in full
                                            force and effect, except where any invalidity would not reasonably be expected to have, individually
                                            or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries
                                            has received any notice relating to the limitation, revocation, cancellation, suspension,
                                            modification or non-renewal of any such Permit which, if the subject of an unfavorable decision,
                                            ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate,
                                            a Material Adverse Effect, or has any reason to believe that any such license, certificate,
                                            permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course. The Company and each
                                            Subsidiary possess such valid and current certificates, authorizations or permits issued
                                            by the appropriate state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct
                                            their respective businesses, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received, or
                                            has any reason to believe that it will receive, any notice of proceedings relating to the
                                            revocation or modification of, or non-compliance with, any such certificate, authorization
                                            or permit which, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably
                                            be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The Company
                                            has not applied for &ldquo;approved enterprise&rdquo;, &ldquo;benefited enterprise&rdquo;
                                            or &ldquo;preferred enterprise&rdquo; status with respect to any of the Company&rsquo;s facilities
                                            or operations.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">uu.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Regulatory
                                            Filings</U>. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has failed to file with the
                                            applicable Governmental Authority any required filing, declaration, listing, registration,
                                            report or submission, except for such failures that would not reasonably be expected to have,
                                            individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. All such filings, declarations,
                                            listings, registrations, reports or submissions were in substantial compliance with applicable
                                            Laws when filed and no deficiencies have been asserted by any applicable regulatory authority
                                            with respect to any such filings, declarations, listings, registrations, reports or submissions,
                                            except for any deficiencies that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
                                            in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">vv.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Reserved</U>.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">ww.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Reserved</U>.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to the Agent or to counsel for the Agent pursuant to or in connection with
this Agreement shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company, as applicable, to the Agent as to the matters set
forth therein.</FONT></P>

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                                            of the Company</U>. The Company covenants and agrees with the Agent that:</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">a.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Registration
                                            Statement Amendments</U>. After the date of this Agreement and during any period in which
                                            a prospectus relating to any Placement Shares is required to be delivered by the Agent under
                                            the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant
                                            to Rule 172 under the Securities Act) (the &ldquo;<U>Prospectus Delivery Period</U>&rdquo;),
                                            (i) the Company will notify the Agent promptly of the time when any subsequent amendment
                                            to the Registration Statement, other than documents incorporated by reference or amendments
                                            not related to any Placement, has been filed with the Commission and/or has become effective
                                            or any subsequent supplement to the Prospectus has been filed and of any request by the Commission
                                            for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus related to the
                                            Placement or for additional information related to the Placement, (ii) the Company will prepare
                                            and file with the Commission, promptly upon the Agent&rsquo;s request, any amendments or
                                            supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus that, in the Agent&rsquo;s reasonable
                                            opinion, may be necessary or advisable in connection with the distribution of the Placement
                                            Shares by the Agent (<I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that the failure of the Agent to make
                                            such request shall not relieve the Company of any obligation or liability hereunder, or affect
                                            the Agent&rsquo;s right to rely on the representations and warranties made by the Company
                                            in this Agreement and provided, further, that the only remedy the Agent shall have with respect
                                            to the failure to make such filing shall be to cease making sales under this Agreement until
                                            such amendment or supplement is filed); (iii) the Company will not file any amendment or
                                            supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares (other
                                            than an Incorporated Document) unless a copy thereof has been submitted to the Agent within
                                            a reasonable period of time before the filing and the Agent has not reasonably objected thereto
                                            within two (2) Business Days (as defined below) (<I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that (A)
                                            the failure of the Agent to make such objection shall not relieve the Company of any obligation
                                            or liability hereunder, or affect the Agent&rsquo;s right to rely on the representations
                                            and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement and (B) the Company has no obligation
                                            to provide the Agent any advance copy of such filing or to provide the Agent an opportunity
                                            to object to such filing if the filing does not name the Agent or does not relate to the
                                            transaction herein provided; and <I>provided, further</I>, that the only remedy the Agent
                                            shall have with respect to the failure by the Company to obtain such consent shall be to
                                            cease making sales under this Agreement) and the Company will furnish to the Agent at the
                                            time of filing thereof a copy of any document that upon filing is deemed to be incorporated
                                            by reference into the Registration Statement or Prospectus, except for those documents available
                                            via EDGAR; and (iv) the Company will cause each amendment or supplement to the Prospectus
                                            to be filed with the Commission as required pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule
                                            424(b) of the Securities Act or, in the case of any document to be incorporated therein by
                                            reference, to be filed with the Commission as required pursuant to the Exchange Act, within
                                            the time period prescribed (the determination to file or not file any amendment or supplement
                                            with the Commission under this <U>Section 7(a)</U>, based on the Company&rsquo;s reasonable
                                            opinion or reasonable objections, shall be made exclusively by the Company).</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">b.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Notice
                                            of Commission Stop Orders</U>. The Company will advise the Agent, promptly after it receives
                                            notice or obtains knowledge thereof, of the issuance or threatened issuance by the Commission
                                            of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, of the suspension
                                            of the qualification of the Placement Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or
                                            of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose; and it will promptly
                                            use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its
                                            withdrawal if such a stop order should be issued. The Company will advise the Agent promptly
                                            after it receives any request by the Commission for any amendments to the Registration Statement
                                            or any amendment or supplements to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or
                                            for additional information related to the offering of the Placement Shares or for additional
                                            information related to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing
                                            Prospectus.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">c.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Delivery
                                            of Prospectus; Subsequent Changes</U>. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company
                                            will use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all requirements imposed upon
                                            it by the Securities Act, as from time to time in force, and to file on or before their respective
                                            due dates all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed
                                            by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, 15(d) or any other
                                            provision of or under the Exchange Act. If the Company has omitted any information from the
                                            Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act, it will use its commercially
                                            reasonable efforts to comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the
                                            Commission pursuant to said Rule 430A and to notify the Agent promptly of all such filings.
                                            If during the Prospectus Delivery Period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus
                                            as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
                                            to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
                                            then existing, not misleading, or if during such Prospectus Delivery Period it is necessary
                                            to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus to comply with the Securities
                                            Act, the Company will promptly notify the Agent to suspend the offering of Placement Shares
                                            during such period and the Company will promptly amend or supplement the Registration Statement
                                            or Prospectus (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission
                                            or effect such compliance; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that the Company may delay the
                                            filing of any amendment or supplement, if in the judgment of the Company, it is in the best
                                            interest of the Company.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">d.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Listing
                                            of Placement Shares</U>. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will use its
                                            reasonable best efforts to cause the Placement Shares to be listed on the Exchange and to
                                            qualify the Placement Shares for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions in
                                            the United States as the Agent reasonably designates and to continue such qualifications
                                            in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Placement Shares; <I>provided</I>,
                                            <I>however</I>, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith to qualify
                                            as a foreign corporation or dealer in securities or file a general consent to service of
                                            process in any jurisdiction. The Company will reserve, from its duly authorized capital stock
                                            the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement based on
                                            the assumed price per share in the Prospectus.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">e.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Delivery
                                            of Registration Statement and Prospectus</U>. The Company will furnish to the Agent and its
                                            counsel (at the reasonable expense of the Company) copies of the Registration Statement,
                                            the Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference therein) and all amendments
                                            and supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus that are filed with the Commission
                                            during the Prospectus Delivery Period (including all documents filed with the Commission
                                            during such period that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein), in each case
                                            as soon as reasonably practicable and in such quantities as the Agent may from time to time
                                            reasonably request and, at the Agent&rsquo;s request, will also furnish copies of the Prospectus
                                            to each exchange or market on which sales of the Placement Shares may be made; <I>provided</I>,
                                            <I>however</I>, that the Company shall not be required to furnish any document (other than
                                            the Prospectus) to the Agent to the extent such document is available on EDGAR.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">f.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Earnings
                                            Statement</U>. The Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon
                                            as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company&rsquo;s
                                            current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement covering a 12-month period that satisfies the
                                            provisions of Section 11(a) and Rule 158 of the Securities Act.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">g.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Use
                                            of Proceeds</U>. The Company will use the Net Proceeds as described in the Prospectus in
                                            the section entitled &ldquo;Use of Proceeds.&rdquo;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">h.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Notice
                                            of Other Sales</U>. Without the prior written consent of the Agent, the Company will not,
                                            directly or indirectly, offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to sell or
                                            otherwise dispose of any Common Stock (other than the Placement Shares offered pursuant to
                                            this Agreement) or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, warrants
                                            or any rights to purchase or acquire, Common Stock during the period beginning on the date
                                            on which any Placement Notice is delivered to the Agent hereunder and ending on the second
                                            (2nd) Trading Day immediately following the final Settlement Date with respect to Placement
                                            Shares sold pursuant to such Placement Notice (or, if the Placement Notice has been terminated
                                            or suspended prior to the sale of all Placement Shares covered by a Placement Notice, the
                                            date of such suspension or termination); and will not directly or indirectly in any other
                                            &ldquo;at the market&rdquo; or continuous equity transaction offer to sell, sell, contract
                                            to sell, grant any option to sell or otherwise dispose of any Common Stock (other than the
                                            Placement Shares offered pursuant to this Agreement) or securities convertible into or exchangeable
                                            for Common Stock, warrants or any rights to purchase or acquire, Common Stock prior to the
                                            termination of this Agreement; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that such restrictions will
                                            not be required in connection with the Company&rsquo;s issuance or sale of (i) Common Stock,
                                            restricted stock units, options to purchase Common Stock or Common Stock issuable upon the
                                            exercise of options or conversion of restricted stock units pursuant to any employee or director
                                            stock or benefits plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan (but not Common
                                            Stock subject to a waiver to exceed plan limits in its dividend reinvestment plan) of the
                                            Company whether now in effect or hereafter implemented; (ii) Common Stock issuable upon conversion
                                            of securities or the exercise of warrants, options or other rights in effect or outstanding,
                                            and disclosed in filings by the Company available on EDGAR or otherwise in writing to the
                                            Agent; (iii) Common Stock, or securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock,
                                            offered and sold in a privately negotiated transaction to vendors, customers, strategic partners
                                            or potential strategic partners or other investors conducted in a manner so as not to be
                                            integrated with the offering of Common Stock hereby; and (iv) Common Stock in connection
                                            with any acquisition, strategic investment or other similar transaction (including any joint
                                            venture, strategic alliance or partnership).</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">i.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Change
                                            of Circumstances</U>. The Company will, at any time during the pendency of a Placement Notice,
                                            advise the Agent promptly after it shall have received notice or obtained knowledge thereof,
                                            of any information or fact that would alter or affect in any material respect any opinion,
                                            certificate, letter or other document required to be provided to the Agent pursuant to this
                                            Agreement.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">j.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Due
                                            Diligence Cooperation</U>. During the term of this Agreement, the Company will cooperate
                                            with any reasonable due diligence review conducted by the Agent or its representatives in
                                            connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, providing
                                            information and making available documents and senior corporate officers, during regular
                                            business hours and at the Company&rsquo;s principal offices, as the Agent may reasonably
                                            request.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">k.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Required
                                            Filings Relating to Placement of Placement Shares</U>. To the extent that the filing of a
                                            prospectus supplement with the Commission with respect to a placement of Placement Shares
                                            becomes required under Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, the Company agrees that on such
                                            dates as the Securities Act shall require, the Company will (i) file a prospectus supplement
                                            with the Commission under the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act
                                            (each and every filing under Rule 424(b), a &ldquo;<U>Filing Date</U>&rdquo;), which prospectus
                                            supplement will set forth, within the relevant period, the amount of Placement Shares sold
                                            through the Agent, the Net Proceeds to the Company and the compensation payable by the Company
                                            to the Agent with respect to such Placement Shares, and (ii) deliver such number of copies
                                            of each such prospectus supplement to each exchange or market on which such sales were effected
                                            as may be required by the rules or regulations of such exchange or market; provided that
                                            the Company may satisfy its obligations under this Section 7(k) by making a filing in accordance
                                            with the Exchange Act including such information.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">l.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Representation
                                            Dates; Certificate</U>. Each time during the term of this Agreement that the Company:</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify; width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify; width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(i)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">amends
                                            or supplements (other than a prospectus supplement relating solely to an offering of securities
                                            other than the Placement Shares) the Registration Statement or the Prospectus relating to
                                            the Placement Shares by means of a post-effective amendment, sticker, or supplement but not
                                            by means of incorporation of documents by reference into the Registration Statement or the
                                            Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(ii)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">files
                                            an annual report on Form 10-K under the Exchange Act (including any Form 10-K/A containing
                                            amended financial information or a material amendment to the previously filed Form 10-K);</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(iii)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">files
                                            its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act; or</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(iv)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">files
                                            a current report on Form 8-K containing amended financial information (other than information
                                            &ldquo;furnished&rdquo; pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K or to provide disclosure
                                            pursuant to Item 8.01 of Form 8-K relating to the reclassification of certain properties
                                            as discontinued operations in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
                                            No. 144) under the Exchange Act.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.75in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Each
date of filing of one or more of the documents referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) shall be a &ldquo;<U>Representation Date</U>&rdquo;),
the Company shall furnish the Agent (but in the case of clause (iv) above only if the Agent reasonably determines that the information
contained in such Form 8-K is material) with a certificate, in the form attached hereto as <U>Exhibit 7(l)</U>. The requirement to provide
a certificate under this <U>Section 7(l)</U> shall be waived for any Representation Date occurring at a time at which no Placement Notice
is pending, which waiver shall continue until the earlier to occur of the date the Company delivers a Placement Notice hereunder (which
for such calendar quarter shall be considered a Representation Date) and the next occurring Representation Date on which the Company
files its annual report on Form 10-K. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) upon the delivery of the first Placement Notice hereunder and
(ii) if the Company subsequently decides to sell Placement Shares following a Representation Date when the Company relied on such waiver
and did not provide the Agent with a certificate under this <U>Section 7(l)</U>, then before the Agent sells any Placement Shares, the
Company shall provide the Agent with a certificate, in the form attached hereto as <U>Exhibit 7(l)</U>, dated the date of the Placement
Notice.</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">m.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Legal
                                            Opinions</U>. On or prior to the date of the first Placement Notice given hereunder, the
                                            Company shall cause to be furnished to the Agent a legal opinion and a negative assurance
                                            letter of Porter Hedges LLP (&ldquo;<U>Company Counsel</U>&rdquo;), or other counsel reasonably
                                            satisfactory to the Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. Thereafter,
                                            within five (5) Trading Days of each Representation Date with respect to which the Company
                                            is obligated to deliver a certificate in substantially the form attached hereto as <U>Exhibit
                                            7(l)</U> for which no waiver is applicable, and not more than once per calendar quarter,
                                            the Company shall cause to be furnished to the Agent written opinions and a negative assurance
                                            letter of Company Counsel in form and substance previously agreed, modified, as necessary,
                                            to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented;
                                            <I>provided that</I>, in lieu of such opinions and negative assurance for subsequent periodic
                                            filings under the Exchange Act, Company Counsel may furnish the Agent with a Reliance Letter
                                            to the effect that the Agent may rely on the opinions and negative assurance letter previously
                                            delivered under this Section 7(m) to the same extent as if it were dated the date of such
                                            letter (except that statements in such prior letter shall be deemed to relate to the Registration
                                            Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented as of the date of the Reliance Letter).</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">n.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Comfort
                                            Letter</U>. On or prior to the date of the first Placement Notice given hereunder and within
                                            five (5) Trading Days after each subsequent Representation Date, other than pursuant to <U>Section
                                            7(l)(iii)</U>, the Company shall cause its independent accountant to furnish the Agent letters
                                            (the &ldquo;<U>Comfort Letters</U>&rdquo;), dated the date the Comfort Letter is delivered,
                                            which shall meet the requirements set forth in this <U>Section 7(n)</U>; provided, that if
                                            requested by the Agent, the Company shall cause a Comfort Letter to be furnished to the Agent
                                            within five (5) Trading Days of such request following the date of occurrence of any restatement
                                            of the Company&rsquo;s financial statements. The Comfort Letter from the Company&rsquo;s
                                            independent accountants shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent,
                                            (i) confirming that they are an independent public accounting firm within the meaning of
                                            the Securities Act and the PCAOB, (ii) stating, as of such date, the conclusions and findings
                                            of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters ordinarily covered
                                            by accountant&rsquo;s &ldquo;comfort letters&rdquo; to underwriters in connection with registered
                                            public offerings (the first such letter, the &ldquo;<U>Initial Comfort Letter</U>&rdquo;)
                                            and (iii) updating the Initial Comfort Letter with any information that would have been included
                                            in the Initial Comfort Letter had it been given on such date and modified as necessary to
                                            relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as amended and supplemented to the
                                            date of such letter. In addition, on or prior to the date of the first Placement Notice given
                                            hereunder and within five (5) Trading Days after each subsequent Representation Date, the
                                            Company shall cause its Chief Financial Officer to furnish the Agent a certificate of its
                                            Chief Financial Officer in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">o.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Market
                                            Activities</U>. The Company will not, directly or indirectly, (i) take any action designed
                                            to cause or result in, or that constitutes or would reasonably be expected to constitute,
                                            the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate
                                            the sale or resale of Common Stock or (ii) sell, bid for, or purchase Common Stock in violation
                                            of Regulation M, or pay anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of the Placement
                                            Shares other than the Agent.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">p.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Investment
                                            Company Act</U>. The Company will conduct its affairs in such a manner so as to reasonably
                                            ensure that it will not be or become, at any time prior to the termination of this Agreement,
                                            an &ldquo;investment company,&rdquo; as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">q.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>No
                                            Offer to Sell</U>. Other than an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus approved in advance by the
                                            Company and the Agent in their capacity as agent hereunder pursuant to <U>Section 23</U>,
                                            neither of the Agent nor the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than
                                            the Agent in their capacity as such) will make, use, prepare, authorize, approve or refer
                                            to any written communication (as defined in Rule 405), required to be filed with the Commission,
                                            that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy Placement Shares hereunder.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">r.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Sarbanes-Oxley
                                            Act</U>. The Company will maintain and keep accurate books and records reflecting its assets
                                            and maintain internal accounting controls in a manner designed to provide reasonable assurance
                                            regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements
                                            for external purposes in accordance with GAAP and including those policies and procedures
                                            that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly
                                            reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company, (ii) provide reasonable
                                            assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of the Company&rsquo;s
                                            consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP, (iii) that receipts and expenditures
                                            of the Company are being made only in accordance with management&rsquo;s and the Company&rsquo;s
                                            directors&rsquo; authorization, and (iv) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention
                                            or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company&rsquo;s
                                            assets that could have a material effect on its financial statements. The Company will use
                                            commercially reasonable efforts to maintain such controls and other procedures, including,
                                            without limitation, those required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and
                                            the applicable regulations thereunder that are designed to ensure that information required
                                            to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange
                                            Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in
                                            the Commission&rsquo;s rules and forms, including, without limitation, controls and procedures
                                            designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports
                                            that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company&rsquo;s
                                            management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or
                                            persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding
                                            required disclosure and to ensure that material information relating to the Company is made
                                            known to them by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which such
                                            periodic reports are being prepared.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">8.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Representations
                                            and Covenants of the Agent</U>. The Agent represents and warrants that it is duly registered
                                            as a broker-dealer under FINRA, the Exchange Act and the applicable statutes and regulations
                                            of each state in which the Placement Shares will be offered and sold, except such states
                                            in which the Agent is exempt from registration or such registration is not otherwise required.
                                            The Agent shall continue, for the term of this Agreement, to be duly registered as a broker-dealer
                                            under FINRA, the Exchange Act and the applicable statutes and regulations of each state in
                                            which the Placement Shares will be offered and sold, except such states in which it is exempt
                                            from registration or such registration is not otherwise required, during the term of this
                                            Agreement. The Agent shall comply with all applicable law and regulations, including but
                                            not limited to Regulation M, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
                                            including the issuance and sale through the Agent of the Placement Shares.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">9.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Payment
                                            of Expenses</U>. The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations
                                            under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, filing, including any fees required
                                            by the Commission, and printing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements
                                            and exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment and supplement thereto and each Free
                                            Writing Prospectus, in such number as the Agent shall deem reasonably necessary, (ii) the
                                            printing and delivery to the Agent of this Agreement and such other documents as may be reasonably
                                            required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Placement
                                            Shares, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates, if any, for the
                                            Placement Shares to the Agent, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any capital
                                            duties, stamp duties or other duties or taxes payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery
                                            of the Placement Shares to the Agent, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the counsel, accountants
                                            and other advisors to the Company, (v) the fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agent
                                            of: (1) up to $50,000 payable upon execution of this Agreement, (2) up to $25,000 for any
                                            program &ldquo;refresh&rdquo; executed pursuant to this Agreement (which shall mean the filing
                                            of a new registration statement, prospectus or prospectus supplement relating to the Placement
                                            Shares and/or an amendment of this Agreement), and (3) up to $3,500 for each calendar quarter
                                            for expenses associated with ongoing due diligence; provided no such payment shall be required
                                            in any calendar quarter in which amounts pursuant to subsection (v)(2) of this Section 9
                                            have been paid by the Company; (vi) the fees and expenses of the transfer agent and registrar
                                            for the Common Stock, (vii) the filing fees incident to any review by FINRA of the terms
                                            of the sale of the Placement Shares, and (viii) the fees and expenses incurred in connection
                                            with the listing of the Placement Shares on the Exchange.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">10.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Conditions
                                            to the Agent&rsquo;s Obligations</U>. The obligations of the Agent hereunder with respect
                                            to a Placement will be subject to the continuing accuracy and completeness of the representations
                                            and warranties made by the Company herein (other than those representations and warranties
                                            made as of a specific date or time), to the due performance in all material respects by the
                                            Company of its obligations hereunder, to the completion by the Agent of a due diligence review
                                            satisfactory to it in its reasonable judgment, and to the continuing reasonable satisfaction
                                            (or waiver the Agent in its sole discretion) of the following additional conditions:</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">a.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Registration
                                            Statement Effective</U>. The Registration Statement shall have become effective and shall
                                            be available for the sale of all Placement Shares contemplated to be issued by any Placement
                                            Notice.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">b.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>No
                                            Material Notices</U>. None of the following events shall have occurred and be continuing:
                                            (i) receipt by the Company of any request for additional information from the Commission
                                            or any other federal or state governmental authority during the period of effectiveness of
                                            the Registration Statement, the response to which would require any post-effective amendments
                                            or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which have not, as of the
                                            time of such Placement, been so made; (ii) the issuance by the Commission or any other federal
                                            or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
                                            Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; (iii) receipt by the Company
                                            of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from
                                            qualification of any of the Placement Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation
                                            or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; or (iv) the occurrence of any event that
                                            makes any material statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any
                                            material document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in
                                            any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement,
                                            the Prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not
                                            contain any materially untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
                                            fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading
                                            and, that in the case of the Prospectus, it will not contain any materially untrue statement
                                            of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
                                            to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
                                            not misleading, which changes shall not as of the time of such Placement have been so made.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">c.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>No
                                            Misstatement or Material Omission</U>. The Agent shall not have advised the Company that
                                            the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, contains
                                            an untrue statement of fact that in the Agent&rsquo;s reasonable opinion is material, or
                                            omits to state a fact that in the Agent&rsquo;s reasonable opinion is material and is required
                                            to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">d.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Material
                                            Changes</U>. Except as contemplated in the Prospectus, or disclosed in the Company&rsquo;s
                                            reports filed with the Commission, there shall not have been any Material Adverse Effect,
                                            or any development that would reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect,
                                            or a downgrading in or withdrawal of the rating assigned to any of the Company&rsquo;s securities
                                            (other than asset backed securities) by any rating organization or a public announcement
                                            by any rating organization that it has under surveillance or review its rating of any of
                                            the Company&rsquo;s securities (other than asset backed securities), the effect of which,
                                            in the case of any such action by a rating organization described above, in the reasonable
                                            judgment of the Agent (without relieving the Company of any obligation or liability it may
                                            otherwise have), is so material as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with
                                            the offering of the Placement Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">e.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Legal
                                            Opinions</U>. The Agent shall have received the opinions and negative assurances of Company
                                            Counsel required to be delivered pursuant to <U>Section 7(m)</U> on or before the date on
                                            which such delivery of such opinions are required pursuant to <U>Section 7(m)</U>.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">f.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Comfort
                                            Letter</U>. The Agent shall have received the Comfort Letter required to be delivered pursuant
                                            <U>Section 7(n)</U> on or before the date on which such delivery of such letter is required
                                            pursuant to <U>Section 7(n)</U>.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">g.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Representation
                                            Certificate</U>. The Agent shall have received the certificate required to be delivered pursuant
                                            to <U>Section 7(l)</U> on or before the date on which delivery of such certificate is required
                                            pursuant to <U>Section 7(l)</U>.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">h.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Secretary&rsquo;s
                                            Certificate</U>. The Agent shall have received a certificate, signed on behalf of the Company
                                            by its corporate Secretary, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">i.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>CFO
                                            Certificate</U>. The Agent shall have received a certificate, signed on behalf of the Company
                                            by its Chief Financial Officer, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">j.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>No
                                            Suspension</U>. Trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended on the Exchange
                                            and the Common Stock shall not have been delisted from the Exchange.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            Materials</U>. On each date on which the Company is required to deliver a certificate pursuant
                                            to <U>Section 7(l)</U>, the Company shall have furnished to the Agent such appropriate further
                                            information, certificates and documents as the Agent may reasonably request and which are
                                            usually and customarily furnished by an issuer of securities in connection with a securities
                                            offering of the type contemplated hereby.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            Act Filings Made</U>. All filings with the Commission required by Rule 424 under the Securities
                                            Act to have been filed prior to the issuance of any Placement Notice hereunder shall have
                                            been made within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 424.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">m.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Approval
                                            for Listing</U>. The Placement Shares shall either have been approved for listing on the
                                            Exchange, subject only to notice of issuance, or the Company shall have filed an application
                                            for listing of the Placement Shares on the Exchange at, or prior to, the issuance of any
                                            Placement Notice.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">n.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>No
                                            Termination Event; Insurance</U>. There shall not have occurred any event that would permit
                                            the Agent to terminate this Agreement pursuant to <U>Section 13(a)</U>. The Company and its
                                            Subsidiaries shall maintain, or caused to be maintained, insurance in such amounts and covering
                                            such risks as is reasonable and customary for the business in which it is engaged.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">o.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>FINRA</U>.
                                            The Agent shall have received a letter from the Corporate Financing Department of FINRA confirming
                                            that such department has determined to raise no objection with respect to the fairness or
                                            reasonableness of the terms and arrangements related to the sale of the Placement Shares
                                            pursuant to this Agreement.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">11.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Indemnification
                                            and Contribution.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            Indemnification</U>. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent, their partners,
                                            members, managers, directors, officers, employees and agents and each person, if any, who
                                            controls the Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
                                            the Exchange Act as follows:</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(i)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">against
                                            any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, joint or
                                            several, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
                                            a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or the
                                            omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or
                                            necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or arising out of any untrue statement
                                            or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any related Issuer Free Writing
                                            Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or
                                            alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
                                            in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(ii)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">against
                                            any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, joint or
                                            several, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any
                                            investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened,
                                            or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such
                                            alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to <U>Section 11(d)</U> below)
                                            any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company, which consent shall
                                            not unreasonably be delayed or withheld; and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(iii)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">against
                                            any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket
                                            fees and disbursements of counsel), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending
                                            against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or
                                            body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement
                                            or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such
                                            expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above, <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that this indemnity
                                            agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent
                                            arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made
                                            in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or in any related Issuer Free Writing
                                            Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) solely in reliance
                                            upon and in conformity with the Agent&rsquo;s Information.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            by the Agent</U>. The Agent agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its directors
                                            and each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if
                                            any, who (i) controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act
                                            or Section 20 of the Exchange Act or (ii) is controlled by or is under common control with
                                            the Company against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the
                                            indemnity contained in <U>Section 11(a)</U>, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue
                                            statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendments thereto) or
                                            in any related Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
                                            thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Agent&rsquo;s Information.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">c.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Procedure</U>.
                                            Any party that proposes to assert the right to be indemnified under this <U>Section 11</U>
                                            will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against such party in
                                            respect of which a claim is to be made against an indemnifying party or parties under this
                                            <U>Section 11</U>, notify each such indemnifying party of the commencement of such action,
                                            enclosing a copy of all papers served, but the omission so to notify such indemnifying party
                                            will not relieve the indemnifying party from (i) any liability that it might have to any
                                            indemnified party otherwise than under this <U>Section 11</U> and (ii) any liability that
                                            it may have to any indemnified party under the foregoing provision of this <U>Section 11</U>
                                            unless, and only to the extent that, such omission results in the forfeiture or material
                                            impairment of substantive rights or defenses by the indemnifying party. If any such action
                                            is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of its commencement,
                                            the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in and, to the extent that it elects
                                            by delivering written notice to the indemnified party promptly after receiving notice of
                                            the commencement of the action from the indemnified party, jointly with any other indemnifying
                                            party similarly notified, to assume the defense of the action, with counsel reasonably satisfactory
                                            to the indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified
                                            party of its election to assume the defense, the indemnifying party will not be liable to
                                            the indemnified party for any legal or other expenses except as provided below and except
                                            for the reasonable costs of investigation subsequently incurred by the indemnified party
                                            in connection with the defense. Each indemnified party will have the right to employ its
                                            own counsel in any such action, but the fees, expenses and other charges of such counsel
                                            will be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (1) the employment of counsel by
                                            the indemnified party has been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (2) the indemnified
                                            party has reasonably concluded (based on advice of counsel) that there may be legal defenses
                                            available to it or other indemnified parties that are different from or in addition to those
                                            available to the indemnifying party, (3) a conflict or potential conflict of interest exists
                                            (based on advice of counsel to the indemnified party) between the indemnified party and the
                                            indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party will not have the right to direct
                                            the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party) or (4) the indemnifying party
                                            has not in fact employed counsel to assume the defense of such action within a reasonable
                                            time after receiving notice of the commencement of the action, in each of which cases the
                                            reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel
                                            will be at the expense of the indemnifying party or parties. It is understood that the indemnifying
                                            party or parties shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the
                                            same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements
                                            and other charges of more than one separate firm admitted to practice in such jurisdiction
                                            at any one time for an indemnified party. All such fees, disbursements and other charges
                                            will be reimbursed by the indemnifying party promptly after the indemnifying party receives
                                            a written invoice relating to fees, disbursements and other charges in reasonable detail.
                                            An indemnifying party will not, in any event, be liable for any settlement of any action
                                            or claim effected without its written consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
                                            written consent of each indemnified party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of
                                            any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding relating to the matters
                                            contemplated by this <U>Section 11</U> (whether or not any indemnified party is a party thereto),
                                            unless such settlement, compromise or consent (1) includes an unconditional release of each
                                            indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding
                                            or claim and (2) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability
                                            or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">d.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Contribution</U>.
                                            In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification
                                            provided for in the foregoing paragraphs of this <U>Section 11</U> is applicable in accordance
                                            with its terms but for any reason is held to be unavailable from the Company or the Agent,
                                            the Company and the Agent will contribute to the total losses, claims, liabilities, expenses
                                            and damages (including any investigative, legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in
                                            connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or
                                            any claim asserted, but after deducting any contribution received by the Company from persons
                                            other than the Agent, such as persons who control the Company within the meaning of the Securities
                                            Act or the Exchange Act, officers of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and
                                            directors of the Company, who also may be liable for contribution) to which the Company and
                                            the Agent may be subject in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative
                                            benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Agent on the other hand. The relative
                                            benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Agent on the other hand shall be
                                            deemed to be in the same proportion as the total Net Proceeds from the sale of the Placement
                                            Shares (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total compensation
                                            received by the Agent (before deducting expenses) from the sale of Placement Shares on behalf
                                            of the Company. If, but only if, the allocation provided by the foregoing sentence is not
                                            permitted by applicable law, the allocation of contribution shall be made in such proportion
                                            as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in the foregoing
                                            sentence but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Agent, on the
                                            other hand, with respect to the statements or omission that resulted in such loss, claim,
                                            liability, expense or damage, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant
                                            equitable considerations with respect to such offering. Such relative fault shall be determined
                                            by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
                                            material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
                                            supplied by the Company or the Agent, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge,
                                            access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The
                                            Company and the Agent agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant
                                            to this <U>Section 11(d)</U> were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other
                                            method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred
                                            to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim,
                                            liability, expense, or damage, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this <U>Section
                                            11(d)</U> shall be deemed to include, for the purpose of this <U>Section 11(d)</U>, any legal
                                            or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating
                                            or defending any such action or claim to the extent consistent with <U>Section 11(c)</U>
                                            hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this <U>Section 11(d)</U>, the Agent
                                            shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the commissions received by it
                                            under this Agreement and no person found guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
                                            meaning of <U>Section 11(f)</U> of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from
                                            any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this
                                            <U>Section 11(d)</U>, any person who controls a party to this Agreement within the meaning
                                            of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, and any officers, directors, partners, employees
                                            or agents of the Agent, will have the same rights to contribution as that party, and each
                                            officer and director of the Company who signed the Registration Statement will have the same
                                            rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the provisions hereof. Any
                                            party entitled to contribution, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action
                                            against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made under this <U>Section
                                            11(d)</U>, will notify any such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but
                                            the omission to so notify will not relieve that party or parties from whom contribution may
                                            be sought from any other obligation it or they may have under this <U>Section 11(d)</U> except
                                            to the extent that the failure to so notify such other party materially prejudiced the substantive
                                            rights or defenses of the party from whom contribution is sought. Except for a settlement
                                            entered into pursuant to the last sentence of Section 11(c) hereof, no party will be liable
                                            for contribution with respect to any action or claim settled without its written consent
                                            if such consent is required pursuant to <U>Section 11(c)</U> hereof.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            and Agreements to Survive Delivery</U>. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained
                                            in Section 11 of this Agreement and all representations and warranties of the Company herein
                                            or in certificates delivered pursuant hereto shall survive, as of their respective dates,
                                            regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Agent, any controlling persons,
                                            or the Company (or any of their respective officers, directors or controlling persons), (ii)
                                            delivery and acceptance of the Placement Shares and payment therefor or (iii) any termination
                                            of this Agreement.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">a.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
                                            Agent may terminate this Agreement, by written notice to the Company, as hereinafter specified
                                            at any time (1) if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since
                                            the date as of which information is given in the Prospectus, any Material Adverse Effect,
                                            or any development that is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or, in the
                                            reasonable judgment of the Agent, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable
                                            to market the Placement Shares or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Placement Shares,
                                            (2) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United
                                            States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation
                                            thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective
                                            change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each
                                            case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the reasonable judgment of the Agent,
                                            impracticable or inadvisable to market the Placement Shares or to enforce contracts for the
                                            sale of the Placement Shares, (3) if trading in the Common Stock has been suspended or limited
                                            by the Commission or the Exchange, or if trading generally on the Exchange has been suspended
                                            or limited, or minimum prices for trading have been fixed on the Exchange, (4) if any suspension
                                            of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market
                                            shall have occurred and be continuing, (5) if a major disruption of securities settlements
                                            or clearance services in the United States shall have occurred and be continuing, or (6)
                                            if a banking moratorium has been declared by either U.S. Federal or New York authorities.
                                            Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that
                                            the provisions of <U>Section 9</U> (Payment of Expenses), <U>Section 11</U> (Indemnification
                                            and Contribution), <U>Section 12</U> (Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery),
                                            <U>Section 18</U> (Governing Law and Time; Waiver of Jury Trial) and <U>Section 19</U> (Consent
                                            to Jurisdiction) hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.
                                            If the Agent elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this <U>Section 13(a)</U>,
                                            the Agent shall provide the required notice as specified in Section 14 (Notices).</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">b.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
                                            Company shall have the right, by giving two (2) days written notice as hereinafter specified,
                                            to terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time after the date of this Agreement.
                                            Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that
                                            the provisions of <U>Section 9</U> (Payment of Expenses), <U>Section 11</U> (Indemnification
                                            and Contribution), <U>Section 12</U> (Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery),
                                            <U>Section 18</U> (Governing Law and Time; Waiver of Jury Trial) and <U>Section 19</U> (Consent
                                            to Jurisdiction) hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">c.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
                                            Agent shall have the right, by giving two (2) days written notice as hereinafter specified,
                                            to terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time after the date of this Agreement.
                                            Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that
                                            the provisions of <U>Section 9</U> (Payment of Expenses), <U>Section 11</U> (Indemnification
                                            and Contribution), <U>Section 12</U> (Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery),
                                            <U>Section 18</U> (Governing Law and Time; Waiver of Jury Trial) and <U>Section 19</U> (Consent
                                            to Jurisdiction) hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">d.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Unless
                                            earlier terminated pursuant to this <U>Section 13</U>, this Agreement shall automatically
                                            terminate upon the issuance and sale of all of the Placement Shares through the Agent on
                                            the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein except that the provisions of <U>Section
                                            9</U> (Payment of Expenses), <U>Section 11</U> (Indemnification and Contribution), <U>Section
                                            12</U> (Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery), <U>Section 18</U> (Governing
                                            Law and Time; Waiver of Jury Trial) and <U>Section 19</U> (Consent to Jurisdiction) hereof
                                            shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">e.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">This
                                            Agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless terminated pursuant to <U>Sections
                                            13(a)</U>, <U>(b)</U>, <U>(c)</U>, or <U>(d)</U> above or otherwise by mutual agreement of
                                            the parties; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that any such termination by mutual agreement
                                            shall in all cases be deemed to provide that <U>Section 9</U> (Payment of Expenses), <U>Section
                                            11</U> (Indemnification and Contribution), <U>Section 12</U> (Representations and Agreements
                                            to Survive Delivery), <U>Section 18</U> (Governing Law and Time; Waiver of Jury Trial) and
                                            <U>Section 19</U> (Consent to Jurisdiction) shall remain in full force and effect. Upon termination
                                            of this Agreement, the Company shall not have any liability to the Agent for any discount,
                                            commission or other compensation with respect to any Placement Shares not otherwise sold
                                            by the Agent under this Agreement.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">f.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Any
                                            termination of this Agreement shall be effective on the date specified in such notice of
                                            termination; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that such termination shall not be effective
                                            until the close of business on the date of receipt of such notice by the Agent or the Company,
                                            as the case may be. If such termination shall occur prior to the Settlement Date for any
                                            sale of Placement Shares, such Placement Shares shall settle in accordance with the provisions
                                            of this Agreement.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">14.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Notices</U>.
                                            All notices or other communications required or permitted to be given by any party to any
                                            other party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing, unless otherwise
                                            specified, and if sent to the Agent, shall be delivered to:</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Ladenburg
Thalmann &amp; Co. Inc.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">640
5th Avenue, 4th Floor</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">New
York, NY 10019</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Attention:
General Counsel</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">with
a copy to:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Blank
Rome LLP</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">1271
Avenue of the Americas</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">New
York, NY 10020</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Attention:
Leslie Marlow or Brad Shiffman</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">E-mail:
leslie.marlow@blankrome.com and <U>brad.shiffman@blankrome.com</U></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">and
if to the Company, shall be delivered to:</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Ocean
Power Technologies, Inc.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">28
Engelhard Drive, Suite B</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Monroe
Township, NJ 08831Attention: Robert Powers</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief
Financial Officer</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Email:
<U>rpowers@oceanpowertech.com</U></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">with
a copy to:</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Porter
Hedges LLP</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">1000
Main Street, 35<SUP>th</SUP> Floor</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Houston,
Texas 77002</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Attention:
Kevin Poli</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">E-mail:
<U>kpoli@porterhedges.com</U></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Each
party to this Agreement may change such address for notices by sending to the parties to this Agreement written notice of a new address
for such purpose. Each such notice or other communication shall be deemed given (i) when delivered personally, by email, or by verifiable
facsimile transmission (with an original to follow) on or before 4:30 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day or, if such day is
not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day, (ii) on the next Business Day after timely delivery to a nationally-recognized
overnight courier and (iii) on the Business Day actually received if deposited in the U.S. mail (certified or registered mail, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid). For purposes of this Agreement, &ldquo;<U>Business Day</U>&rdquo; shall mean any day on which the
Exchange and commercial banks in the City of New York are open for business.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">An
electronic communication (&ldquo;<U>Electronic Notice</U>&rdquo;) shall be deemed written notice for purposes of this <U>Section 14</U>
if sent to the electronic mail address specified by the receiving party under separate cover. Electronic Notice shall be deemed received
at the time the party sending Electronic Notice receives confirmation of receipt by the receiving party. Any party receiving Electronic
Notice may request and shall be entitled to receive the notice on paper, in a nonelectronic form (&ldquo;<U>Nonelectronic Notice</U>&rdquo;)
which shall be sent to the requesting party within ten (10) days of receipt of the written request for Nonelectronic Notice.</FONT></P>

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                                            and Assigns</U>. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company
                                            and the Agent and their respective successors and the affiliates, controlling persons, officers
                                            and directors referred to in <U>Section 11</U> hereof. References to any of the parties contained
                                            in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the successors and permitted assigns of such
                                            party. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party
                                            other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assigns any rights,
                                            remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly
                                            provided in this Agreement. Neither party may assign its rights or obligations under this
                                            Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">16.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Adjustments
                                            for Stock Splits</U>. The parties acknowledge and agree that all share- related numbers contained
                                            in this Agreement shall be adjusted to take into account any share consolidation, stock split,
                                            stock dividend, corporate domestication or similar event effected with respect to the Placement
                                            Shares.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">17.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Entire
                                            Agreement; Amendment; Severability</U>. This Agreement (including all schedules and exhibits
                                            attached hereto and Placement Notices issued pursuant hereto) constitutes the entire agreement
                                            and supersedes all other prior and contemporaneous agreements and undertakings, both written
                                            and oral, among the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter hereof. Neither this
                                            Agreement nor any term hereof may be amended except pursuant to a written instrument executed
                                            by the Company and the Agent. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained
                                            herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable
                                            as written by a court of competent jurisdiction, then such provision shall be given full
                                            force and effect to the fullest possible extent that it is valid, legal and enforceable,
                                            and the remainder of the terms and provisions herein shall be construed as if such invalid,
                                            illegal or unenforceable term or provision was not contained herein, but only to the extent
                                            that giving effect to such provision and the remainder of the terms and provisions hereof
                                            shall be in accordance with the intent of the parties as reflected in this Agreement.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">18.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>GOVERNING
                                            LAW AND TIME; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL</U>. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
                                            IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF
                                            CONFLICTS OF LAWS. SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME. THE COMPANY HEREBY
                                            IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT
                                            TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR
                                            THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">19.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>CONSENT
                                            TO JURISDICTION</U>. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
                                            OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, FOR
                                            THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED
                                            HEREBY, AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING,
                                            ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT, THAT SUCH
                                            SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM OR THAT THE VENUE OF SUCH
                                            SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS IMPROPER. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE
                                            OF PROCESS AND CONSENTS TO PROCESS BEING SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY
                                            MAILING A COPY THEREOF (CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED) TO SUCH PARTY
                                            AT THE ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE
                                            SHALL CONSTITUTE GOOD AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE OF PROCESS AND NOTICE THEREOF. NOTHING CONTAINED
                                            HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT IN ANY WAY ANY RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED
                                            BY LAW.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">20.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Use
                                            of Information</U>. The Agent may not use any information gained in connection with this
                                            Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including due diligence, to
                                            advise any party with respect to transactions not expressly approved by the Company.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">21.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Counterparts</U>.
                                            This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
                                            an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery
                                            of an executed Agreement by one party to the other may be made by facsimile transmission.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">22.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Effect
                                            of Headings</U>. The section and Exhibit headings herein are for convenience only and shall
                                            not affect the construction hereof.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Permitted
                                            Free Writing Prospectuses</U>. The Company represents, warrants and agrees that, unless it
                                            obtains the prior consent of the Agent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned
                                            or delayed, and the Agent represents, warrants and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior
                                            consent of the Company, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed,
                                            it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Placement Shares that would constitute
                                            an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a &ldquo;free writing
                                            prospectus,&rdquo; as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission. Any
                                            such free writing prospectus consented to by the Agent or by the Company, as the case may
                                            be, is hereinafter referred to as a &ldquo;Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.&rdquo; The
                                            Company represents and warrants that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted
                                            Free Writing Prospectus as an &ldquo;issuer free writing prospectus,&rdquo; as defined in
                                            Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to
                                            any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where
                                            required, legending and record keeping. For the purposes of clarity, the parties hereto agree
                                            that all free writing prospectuses, if any, listed in <U>Exhibit 23</U> hereto are Permitted
                                            Free Writing Prospectuses.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">24.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Absence
                                            of Fiduciary Relationship</U>. The Company acknowledges and agrees that:</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">a.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
                                            Agent is acting solely as agent in connection with the public offering of the Placement Shares
                                            and in connection with each transaction contemplated by this Agreement and the process leading
                                            to such transactions, and no fiduciary or advisory relationship between the Company or any
                                            of its affiliates, stockholders (or other equity holders), creditors or employees or any
                                            other party, on the one hand, and the Agent, on the other hand, has been or will be created
                                            in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective of whether
                                            or not the Agent has advised or is advising the Company on other matters, and the Agent has
                                            no obligation to the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
                                            except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">b.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">It
                                            is capable of evaluating and understanding, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks
                                            and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">c.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">No
                                            Agent has provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the transactions
                                            contemplated by this Agreement and it has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory
                                            and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">d.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">It
                                            is aware that the Agent and its respective affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions
                                            which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and the Agent has no obligation
                                            to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory
                                            or agency relationship or otherwise; and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">e.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">It
                                            waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against the Agent
                                            for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the sale
                                            of Placement Shares under this Agreement and agrees that the Agent shall not have any liability
                                            (whether direct or indirect, in contract, tort or otherwise) to it in respect of such a fiduciary
                                            duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on its behalf or in right of
                                            it or the Company, employees or creditors of Company, other than in respect of the Agent&rsquo;s
                                            obligations under this Agreement and to keep information provided by the Company to the Agent
                                            and its counsel confidential to the extent not otherwise publicly-available.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">25.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Definitions</U>.
                                            As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below:</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.75in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&ldquo;<U>Agent&rsquo;s
Information</U>&rdquo; means the information in the eighth paragraph of the &ldquo;Plan of Distribution&rdquo; section of the Prospectus
Supplement.</FONT></P>

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Time</U>&rdquo; means (i) each Representation Date and (ii) the time of each sale of any Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement.</FONT></P>

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Stock Equivalents</U>&rdquo; means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire
at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is
at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.</FONT></P>

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Free Writing Prospectus</U>&rdquo; means any &ldquo;issuer free writing prospectus,&rdquo; as defined in Rule 433, relating to the Placement
Shares that (1) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (2) is a &ldquo;road show&rdquo; that is a &ldquo;written
communication&rdquo; within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (3) is exempt
from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Placement Shares or of the offering that does not
reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed,
in the form retained in the Company&rsquo;s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the Securities Act.</FONT></P>

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means a lien, charge, pledge, securities interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.</FONT></P>

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Adverse Effect</U>&rdquo; means (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Incorporated Document
or the Agreement, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company&rsquo;s ability to
perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Incorporated Document or the Agreement.</FONT></P>

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172</U>,&rdquo; &ldquo;<U>Rule 405</U>,&rdquo; &ldquo;<U>Rule 415</U>,&rdquo; &ldquo;<U>Rule 424</U>,&rdquo; &ldquo;<U>Rule 424(b)</U>,&rdquo;
&ldquo;<U>Rule 430B</U>,&rdquo; and &ldquo;<U>Rule 433</U>&rdquo; refer to such rules under the Securities Act.</FONT></P>

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means any subsidiary of the Company and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed
or acquired after the date hereof.</FONT></P>

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Market</U>&rdquo; means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date
in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the New York
Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).</FONT></P>

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references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information that is &ldquo;contained,&rdquo; &ldquo;included&rdquo;
or &ldquo;stated&rdquo; in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (and all other references of like import) shall be deemed to
mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be.</FONT></P>

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references in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall
be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR; all references in this Agreement to any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus (other than any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses that, pursuant to Rule 433, are not required to be filed with the Commission)
shall be deemed to include the copy thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR; and all references in this Agreement to &ldquo;supplements&rdquo;
to the Prospectus shall include, without limitation, any supplements, &ldquo;wrappers&rdquo; or similar materials prepared in connection
with any offering, sale or private placement of any Placement Shares by the Agent outside of the United States.</FONT></P>

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the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between the Company and the Agent, please so indicate in the space provided below
for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement between the Company and the Agent.</FONT></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Very truly yours,</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 45%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>/s/
    Philipp Stratmann</I></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Philipp Stratmann </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 45%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    Adam Cabibi</I></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Adam Cabibi</FONT></TD>
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<th class="th"><div>Aug. 08, 2025</div></th>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_DocumentType', window );">Document Type</a></td>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_AmendmentFlag', window );">Amendment Flag</a></td>
<td class="text">false<span></span>
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<td class="text">Aug.  08,  2025<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityFileNumber', window );">Entity File Number</a></td>
<td class="text">001-33417<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityRegistrantName', window );">Entity Registrant Name</a></td>
<td class="text">Ocean
Power Technologies, Inc.<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityCentralIndexKey', window );">Entity Central Index Key</a></td>
<td class="text">0001378140<span></span>
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<td class="text">22-2535818<span></span>
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<td class="text">DE<span></span>
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<td class="text">28
                           Engelhard Drive<span></span>
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<td class="text">Suite B<span></span>
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<td class="text">Monroe
Township<span></span>
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<td class="text">NJ<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode', window );">Entity Address, Postal Zip Code</a></td>
<td class="text">08831<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_CityAreaCode', window );">City Area Code</a></td>
<td class="text">(609)<span></span>
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<td class="text">730-0400<span></span>
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<td class="text">false<span></span>
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<td class="text">false<span></span>
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<td class="text">false<span></span>
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    Purchase Right<span></span>
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<tr class="re">
<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_TradingSymbol', window );">Trading Symbol</a></td>
<td class="text">N/A<span></span>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="ro">
<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_SecurityExchangeName', window );">Security Exchange Name</a></td>
<td class="text">NYSEAMER<span></span>
</td>
</tr>
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<div style="display: none;">
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the XBRL content amends previously-filed or accepted submission.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_AmendmentFlag</td>
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<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
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<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:booleanItemType</td>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_CityAreaCode">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Area code of city</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_CityAreaCode</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:normalizedStringItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>For the EDGAR submission types of Form 8-K: the date of the report, the date of the earliest event reported; for the EDGAR submission types of Form N-1A: the filing date; for all other submission types: the end of the reporting or transition period. The format of the date is YYYY-MM-DD.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:dateItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_DocumentType">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>The type of document being provided (such as 10-K, 10-Q, 485BPOS, etc). The document type is limited to the same value as the supporting SEC submission type, or the word 'Other'.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_DocumentType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:submissionTypeItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Address Line 1 such as Attn, Building Name, Street Name</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:normalizedStringItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityAddressAddressLine2">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Address Line 2 such as Street or Suite number</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityAddressAddressLine2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:normalizedStringItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Name of the City or Town</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:normalizedStringItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Code for the postal or zip code</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:normalizedStringItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Name of the state or province.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:stateOrProvinceItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityCentralIndexKey">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>A unique 10-digit SEC-issued value to identify entities that have filed disclosures with the SEC. It is commonly abbreviated as CIK.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityCentralIndexKey</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:centralIndexKeyItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Indicate if registrant meets the emerging growth company criteria.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:booleanItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityFileNumber">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Commission file number. The field allows up to 17 characters. The prefix may contain 1-3 digits, the sequence number may contain 1-8 digits, the optional suffix may contain 1-4 characters, and the fields are separated with a hyphen.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityFileNumber</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:fileNumberItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Two-character EDGAR code representing the state or country of incorporation.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:edgarStateCountryItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityRegistrantName">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>The exact name of the entity filing the report as specified in its charter, which is required by forms filed with the SEC.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityRegistrantName</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:normalizedStringItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>The Tax Identification Number (TIN), also known as an Employer Identification Number (EIN), is a unique 9-digit value assigned by the IRS.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:employerIdItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_LocalPhoneNumber">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Local phone number for entity.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_LocalPhoneNumber</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:normalizedStringItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
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