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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-336517
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20171108
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20171108
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20171108

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MEI Pharma, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001262104
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				510407811
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-50484
		FILM NUMBER:		171185163

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3611 VALLEY CENTER DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92130
		BUSINESS PHONE:		858-792-6300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3611 VALLEY CENTER DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92130

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MARSHALL EDWARDS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030902
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 <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM 8-K
</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November&nbsp;8, 2017 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MEI Pharma, Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>51-0407811</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>3611 Valley Centre Drive, Suite 500, San Diego, California 92130 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: (858)&nbsp;369-7100 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any
of the following provisions (<I>see </I>General Instruction A.2. below): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate 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). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#9744;&nbsp;&nbsp;Emerging growth company </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#9744;&nbsp;&nbsp;If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Other Events </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On November&nbsp;8, 2017, MEI Pharma, Inc. (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), entered into
an At-The-Market Equity Offering Sales Agreement (the &#147;<U>Sales Agreement</U>&#148;) with Stifel, Nicolaus&nbsp;&amp; Company, Incorporated, as sales agent, pursuant to which the Company may sell, from time to time, an aggregate of up to
$30,000,000 of its common stock, par value $0.00000002 per share (the &#147;<U>Shares</U>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Shares may be issued and sold from time to time
through the sales agent pursuant to the Company&#146;s shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-217645). The Company has filed a prospectus supplement, dated November&nbsp;8, 2017, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the Shares. Sales of the Shares, if any, under this prospectus supplement may be made in transactions that are deemed to be &#147;at the market offerings&#148; pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, including by means of ordinary brokers&#146; transactions on the Nasdaq Capital Market at market prices, in block transactions, or as otherwise agreed upon by the sales agent and us. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company will pay the sales agent a commission of up to 3% of the gross sales price per share for any Shares sold through the sales agent under the Sales
Agreement. We have provided the sales agent with customary indemnification and contribution rights. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing description is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the Sales Agreement, a copy of which is included as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Daniel P. Gold</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Executive
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 1.1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MEI PHARMA, INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Common
Stock </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">($0.00000002 par value per share) </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">AT-THE-MARKET</FONT></FONT> EQUITY OFFERING SALES AGREEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">November&nbsp;8, 2017 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">STIFEL,
NICOLAUS&nbsp;&amp; COMPANY, INCORPORATED </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">One South Street, 15<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> Floor </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Baltimore, Maryland 21202 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MEI Pharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to
issue and sell from time to time to or through Stifel, Nicolaus&nbsp;&amp; Company, Incorporated (&#147;Stifel Nicolaus&#148;), as sales agent and/or principal (&#147;<U>Agent</U>&#148;), shares (the &#147;<U>Shares</U>&#148;<I>) </I>of the
Company&#146;s common stock, $0.00000002 par value per share (the &#147;<U>Common Stock</U>&#148;), having an aggregate offering price of up to $30,000,000 on the terms set forth in Section&nbsp;2 of this <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">At-The-Market</FONT></FONT> Equity Offering Sales Agreement (the &#147;<U>Agreement</U>&#148;). The Company agrees that whenever it determines to sell Shares directly to the Agent as principal, it will enter into a
separate agreement (each, a &#147;<U>Terms Agreement</U>&#148;) in substantially the form of <U>Annex I</U> hereto, relating to such sale in accordance with Section&nbsp;3 of this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;) a registration statement on
Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-217645),</FONT> and such amendments to such registration statement as may have been required to the date of this Agreement, under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<U>1933 Act</U>&#148;) and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the &#147;<U>1933 Act Regulations</U>&#148;). Such registration statement, at any given time, including the amendments thereto
to such time, the exhibits and schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> under the 1933 Act at such time and
the documents and information otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by Rule 430B under the 1933 Act (the &#147;<U>Rule 430B Information</U>&#148;) or otherwise pursuant to the 1933 Act Regulations at such time, is herein called
the &#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>.&#148; Any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations is herein called the &#147;<U>Rule 462(b) Registration Statement</U>&#148; and, after such filing, the term
&#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>&#148; shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. The Registration Statement at the time it originally became effective is herein called the &#147;<U>Initial Registration Statement</U>&#148;. The
prospectus in the form in which it appeared in the Initial Registration Statement is herein called the &#147;<U>Base Prospectus</U>.&#148; Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file with the Commission
a final prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus relating to the Shares and the offering thereof in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430B (&#147;<U>Rule 430B</U>&#148;) and Rule 424(b) (&#147;<U>Rule 424(b)</U>&#148;) of the 1933 Act
Regulations. Such final supplemental form of prospectus (including the Base Prospectus as so supplemented), in the form filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act is herein called the &#147;<U>Prospectus</U>.&#148; Any
reference herein to the Base Prospectus, or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> under the 1933 Act as of the
date of such prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For the purposes of this Agreement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Applicable Time</U>&#148; means, with respect to any Shares, the time of sale of such Shares pursuant to this Agreement; the
Prospectus and the applicable Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to such Applicable Time, taken together (collectively, and, with respect to any Shares, together with the public offering price of such Shares, the &#147;<U>General
Disclosure Package</U>&#148;) as of each Applicable Time and each Settlement Date, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each applicable Issuer Free Writing Prospectus will not conflict with the information contained in the Registration </P>
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Statement, the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus and each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the General Disclosure Package as of such
Applicable Time, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Issuer Free Writing Prospectus</U>&#148; means any &#147;issuer free writing prospectus,&#148; as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act
Regulations (&#147;<U>Rule 433</U>&#148;), including without limitation any &#147;free writing prospectus&#148; (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations (&#147;<U>Rule&nbsp;405</U>&#148;)) relating to the Shares that is (i)&nbsp;required
to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii)&nbsp;a &#147;road show that is a written communication&#148; within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii)&nbsp;exempt from filing with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Shares or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to
be filed, in the form retained in the Company&#146;s records pursuant to Rule 433(g). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Issuer General Use Free Writing
Prospectus</U>&#148; means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors (other than a &#147;bona fide electronic road show,&#148; as defined in Rule 433). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus</U>&#148; means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free
Writing Prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Statutory Prospectus</U>&#148; means the Base Prospectus, as amended and supplemented immediately prior to
the Applicable Time, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof, including the final prospectus supplement dated the date hereof. For purposes of this definition, Rule 430B
Information contained in a form of prospectus that is deemed retroactively to be a part of the Registration Statement shall be considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus as of the actual time that form of prospectus is filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and
other information which is &#147;described&#148;, &#147;contained,&#148; &#147;included&#148; or &#147;stated&#148; (or other references of like import) in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, or the Prospectus shall be deemed to mean
and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, or the Prospectus, as the case may be, prior to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, or the Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the filing of any document under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the &#147;<U>1934 Act</U>&#148;), incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, or the
Prospectus, as the case may be, at or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1. <U>Representations and
Warranties</U>. The Company represents and warrants to the Agent that as of the date of this Agreement, any applicable Registration Statement Amendment Date (as defined in Section&nbsp;3 below), each Company Periodic Report Date (as defined in
Section&nbsp;3 below), each Applicable Time and each Settlement Date (as defined in Section&nbsp;2 below): </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) <U>Registration
Statement</U><U> and Prospectuses</U>. The Company meets the requirements for use of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> under the 1933 Act without reliance on General Instruction I.B.6 of Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3.</FONT> Each of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto has become effective under the 1933 Act. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company&#146;s knowledge,
contemplated. The Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of the Registration
Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. The Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, at the
time each was filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. </P>
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Statement and the Prospectus, when they became effective or at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of
the Commission under the 1934 Act (the &#147;<U>1934 Act Regulations</U>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) <U>Accurate Disclosure</U>. Neither the Registration
Statement nor any amendment thereto, at its effective time, at each Company Periodic Report Date, at each Applicable Time and at each Settlement Date, contained, contains or will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or
will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. As of the Applicable Time, none of (A)&nbsp;the General Disclosure Package and (B)&nbsp;any individual Issuer Limited Use
Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto (including any prospectus wrapper), as of its issue date, at the time of any filing with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), at each Company Periodic Report Date, at each Applicable Time and at each Settlement Date, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, at the time the Registration Statement became effective or when such documents incorporated by reference were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, when read together with the other information
in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, did not and will not include 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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or
omissions from the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company
by the Agent expressly for use therein. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) <U>Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses</U>. No Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicts or will
conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, any Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein, and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has
not been superseded or modified. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) <U>Company Not Ineligible Issuer</U>. At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any
post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a <I>bona fide</I> offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Shares and at the date hereof,
the Company was not and is not an &#147;ineligible issuer,&#148; as defined in Rule 405, without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) <U>Independent Accountants</U>. The accountants who certified the financial statements and supporting schedules included in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are independent public accountants as required by the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act, the 1934 Act Regulations and the Public Accounting Oversight Board.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi) <U>Financial Statements; <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-GAAP</FONT> Financial Measures</U>. The financial statements included
or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at
the dates indicated and the statement of operations, stockholders&#146; equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles (&#147;<U>GAAP</U>&#148;) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting schedules, if any, present fairly in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The
selected financial data and the summary financial information </P>
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included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of
the audited financial statements included therein. Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or incorporated by reference therein, regarding <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;non-GAAP</FONT> financial measures&#148; (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G of the 1934 Act and Item 10 of Regulation
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K</FONT> of the 1933 Act, to the extent applicable. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission&#146;s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vii) <U>No Material Adverse Change in Business</U>. Except as otherwise stated therein, since the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (A)&nbsp;there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the business affairs or business prospects of the Company and
its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a &#147;Material Adverse Effect&#148;), (B)&nbsp;there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other
than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, and (C)&nbsp;there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the
Company on any class of its capital stock. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(viii) <U>Good Standing of the Company</U>. The Company has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which
such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ix) <U>Subsidiaries</U>. As of the date of this Agreement, the Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation,
association or other entity. The Company&#146;s former wholly-owned subsidiary, Marshall Edwards Pty Ltd, was legally dissolved in April 2012. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x) <U>Capitalization</U>. The authorized, issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are as set forth in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to this Agreement, pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans referred to in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus). The outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable.</FONT> None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company were issued in violation of the preemptive or other
similar rights of any securityholder of the Company. Except as described or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no options, warrants, agreements, contracts or other rights in
existence to purchase or acquire from the Company any shares of the capital stock of the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xi) <U>Authorization of Agreement</U>.
This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. All corporate actions (including those of stockholders) necessary for the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated in this Agreement have been obtained and
are in effect. The approval of the Company&#146;s stockholders is not required under the rules&nbsp;and regulations of any trading market for the Company to issue and deliver the Shares as contemplated in this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xii) <U>Authorization and Description of Shares</U>. The Shares to be sold by the Company pursuant to this Agreement have been duly authorized
for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when </P>
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issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement against payment of the consideration, will be validly issued and fully paid and
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable;</FONT> and the issuance of the Shares is not subject to the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company. The Common Stock conforms in all material respects to all
statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and such description conforms in all material respects to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same. No holder of
Shares will be subject to personal liability solely by reason of being such a holder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xiii) <U>Registration Rights</U>. There are no
persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities registered for sale pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise registered for sale or sold by the Company under the 1933 Act pursuant to this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xiv) <U>Absence of Violations, Defaults and Conflicts</U>. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (A)&nbsp;in violation of its
charter, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws</FONT> or similar organizational document, (B)&nbsp;in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company or
any subsidiary is subject (collectively, &#147;<U>Agreements and Instruments</U>&#148;), except for such defaults that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (C)&nbsp;in violation of any law, statute, rule,
regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their
respective properties, assets or operations (each, a &#147;<U>Governmental Entity</U>&#148;), except for such violations that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including the issuance and sale of the Shares and the use of the proceeds from the sale of
the Shares as described therein under the caption &#147;Use of Proceeds&#148;) and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without
the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any properties or
assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or Repayment Events or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material
Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of (i)&nbsp;the provisions of the charter, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws</FONT> or similar organizational document of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (ii)&nbsp;any
law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any Governmental Entity, except for such violations described in (ii)&nbsp;that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. As used herein, a
&#147;<U>Repayment Event</U>&#148; means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder&#146;s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or
repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xv) <U>Absence of Labor Dispute</U>. No
labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or any
subsidiary&#146;s principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, which, in either case, would result in a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xvi) <U>Absence of Proceedings</U>. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any Governmental Entity now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries, which could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect their respective properties or assets or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or
the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder; and the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any such subsidiary is a party or of which any of their respective properties or assets is the
subject which are not described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, could not result in a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
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described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which have not been so described and filed as required. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xviii) <U>Absence of Further Requirements</U>. No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration,
qualification or decree of, any Governmental Entity is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Shares hereunder or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such as have been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, state securities laws or the rules of Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (&#147;<U>FINRA</U>&#148;). Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, neither the Company nor, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, the Company&#146;s
officers, directors or any of its affiliates (within the meaning of FINRA Conduct Rule 5121(f)(1)), directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, or is an associated person (within the meaning of Article I,
Section&nbsp;1(gg) of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-laws</FONT> of FINRA) of, any member firm of FINRA. The Company satisfies the eligibility requirements in existence immediately prior to October&nbsp;21, 1992 for the use of a
registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> for the offering of the Shares. To enable the Agent to rely on Rule 5110(b)(7)(C)(i) of FINRA, the Company represents that, (i)&nbsp;as of a date within 60 days of the date
of this Agreement, the Company had a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-affiliate,</FONT> public common equity float of at least $150&nbsp;million or a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-affiliate,</FONT> public common equity float of at least
$100&nbsp;million and annual trading volume of at least three million shares and (ii)&nbsp;as of the date of this Agreement, has been subject to the 1934 Act reporting requirements for a period of at least 36 months. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xix) <U>NASDAQ Listing</U>. The Common Stock of the Company is registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the 1934 Act and is listed on the
NASDAQ Capital Market under the ticker symbol &#147;MEIP.&#148; The Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the 1934 Act or delisting the Common Stock from the
NASDAQ Capital Market nor has the Company received any notice that it is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of the NASDAQ Capital Market. The Company believes that it is, and it will in the foreseeable future continue to
be, in material compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements. A registration statement relating to the Common Stock on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> or other applicable form under the 1934 Act has become
effective. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xx) <U>Possession of Licenses and Permits</U>. The Company and its subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals,
consents and other authorizations (collectively, &#147;<U>Governmental Licenses</U>&#148;) issued by the appropriate Governmental Entities necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, including without limitation the United States Food
and Drug Administration (&#147;<U>FDA</U>&#148;) or any other federal, state or foreign agencies or bodies engaged in the regulation of pharmaceuticals, animal or human clinical studies or biohazardous substances, except where the failure so to
possess would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not,
singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in
full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Governmental
Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxi) <U>FDA Regulations</U>. The Company has operated and currently is in compliance with the United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act, as amended, and all applicable rules and regulations of the FDA and other federal, state, local and foreign governmental bodies exercising comparable authority, except where the failure to so operate or be in compliance would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The clinical studies conducted by or, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, on behalf of the Company that are described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus were, and, if still pending, are being,
conducted in all material respects in accordance with the protocols submitted to the FDA and all applicable laws and regulations; preclinical studies conducted by or, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, on behalf of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries that are described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus were, and, if still pending, are being, conducted in all </P>
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material respects in accordance with experimental protocols, procedures and controls; the descriptions of the tests and preclinical and clinical studies, and results thereof, conducted by or, to
the Company&#146;s knowledge, on behalf of the Company contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are accurate and complete in all material respects; and the Company is not aware of any other trials or studies, the results of which
reasonably call into question the results described or referred to in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; and the Company has not received any written notice or correspondence from the FDA or any foreign, state or local governmental body
exercising comparable authority requiring the termination, suspension, or clinical hold of any preclinical or clinical studies, or such written notice or correspondence from any Institutional Review Board or comparable authority requiring the
termination or suspension of a clinical study, conducted by or on behalf of the Company, which termination, suspension, or clinical hold would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company, its subsidiaries, or their
respective business operations, except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is in violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Pub. L.
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;104-191)</FONT> and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009, and the regulations promulgated thereunder and comparable state privacy and security laws. The Company has
not received written notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from any governmental authority alleging that any product candidate, operation or activity is in material violation
of any permit or Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act provision and has no knowledge that any such governmental authority is considering any such claim, litigation, arbitration, action, suit, investigation or proceeding; and the Company has not received
notice, either verbally or in writing, that any governmental authority has taken, is taking or intends to take action to limit, suspend, modify or revoke any material permits and has no knowledge that any such governmental authority is considering
such action. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxii) <U>Title to Property</U>. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property owned
by them and good title to all other properties owned by them, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (A)&nbsp;are described in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (B)&nbsp;do not, singly or in the aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by
the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries holds properties described
in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, are in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse
to the rights of the Company or any subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such subsidiary to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any
such lease or sublease. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxiii) <U>Possession of Intellectual Property</U>. The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, or can
acquire on reasonable terms, adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">know-how</FONT> (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential
information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property (collectively, &#147;<U>Intellectual Property</U>&#148;) necessary to carry on the business now operated by them except as such failure to
own, possess, or acquire such rights would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with
asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any of its subsidiaries therein, and
which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, singly or in the aggregate, would result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has not granted rights to develop, manufacture, produce, assemble, distribute, license, market or sell its products to any other person, and the Company is not bound by any agreement that
affects the Company&#146;s exclusive right to develop, manufacture, produce, assemble, distribute, license, market or sell its products. To the Company&#146;s knowledge, no employee of the Company is in or has ever been in violation of any term of
any employment contract, patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment agreement, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-competition</FONT> agreement, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-solicitation</FONT> agreement, nondisclosure agreement or
any restrictive covenant to or with a former employer where the basis of such violation relates to such employee&#146;s employment with the Company or actions undertaken by the employee while employed with the Company. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxiv) <U>Environmental Laws</U>. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A)&nbsp;neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule,
regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the
environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals,
pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos-containing materials or mold (collectively, &#147;<U>Hazardous Materials</U>&#148;) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution,
use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, &#147;<U>Environmental Laws</U>&#148;), (B) the Company and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable
Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, (C)&nbsp;there are no pending or threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation,
investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (D)&nbsp;there are no events or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">clean-up</FONT> or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or Governmental Entity, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental
Laws. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxv) <U>Occupational Safety Laws</U>. The Company (i)&nbsp;is in compliance, in all material respects, with any and all applicable
foreign, federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations, treaties, statutes and codes promulgated by any and all governmental authorities (including pursuant to the Occupational Health and Safety Act) relating to the protection of human health
and safety in the workplace (&#147;<U>Occupational Laws</U>&#148;); (ii)&nbsp;has received all material Permits required of it under applicable Occupational Laws to conduct its business as currently conducted; and (iii)&nbsp;is in compliance, in all
material respects, with all terms and conditions of such Permit. No action, proceeding, revocation proceeding, writ, injunction or claim is pending or, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, threatened against the Company relating to Occupational Laws
that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxvi) <U>Accounting Controls and Disclosure Controls</U>. The
Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain effective internal control over financial reporting (as defined under Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13a-15</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15d-15</FONT> under the 1934 Act
Regulations) and a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A)&nbsp;transactions are executed in accordance with management&#146;s general or specific authorization; (B)&nbsp;transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C)&nbsp;access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management&#146;s general or specific authorization;
(D)&nbsp;the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (E)&nbsp;the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission&#146;s rules and
guidelines applicable thereto. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the end of the Company&#146;s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (1)&nbsp;no material weakness in
the Company&#146;s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (2)&nbsp;no change in the Company&#146;s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the Company&#146;s internal control over financial reporting. The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13a-15</FONT> and
Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15d-15</FONT> under the 1934 Act Regulations) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission&#146;s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Company&#146;s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and principal
financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure. Neither the Company&#146;s board of directors nor the audit committee has been informed, nor is any director of the Company or the Company aware, of
(i)&nbsp;during the past 36 months, any &#147;significant deficiencies&#148; or &#147;material weaknesses&#148; (each as defined by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board) in the design or operation of the Company&#146;s internal controls
that could adversely affect the Company&#146;s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data, required to be disclosed by the Company in reports filed with the Commission that were not so disclosed; or (ii)&nbsp;any fraud, whether
or not material, that involves management or other employees of the Company who have a significant role in the Company&#146;s internal controls. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxvii) <U>Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.</U> There is and has been no failure on the
part of the Company or any of the Company&#146;s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection
therewith, including Section&nbsp;402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company, on the one hand, and the directors or officers or, to the knowledge
of the Company, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company, on the other hand, which is required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and which is not so described. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxviii) <U>Payment of Taxes</U>. All United States federal income tax returns of the Company and its subsidiaries required by law to be filed
have been filed and all taxes shown by such returns or otherwise assessed, which are due and payable, have been paid, except assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken and as to which adequate reserves have been provided.
The United States federal income tax returns of the Company for the past three tax years have been settled and no assessment in connection therewith has been made against the Company. The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all other tax returns
that are required to have been filed by them pursuant to applicable foreign, state, local or other law except insofar as the failure to file such returns would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, and has paid all taxes due pursuant to such
returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Company and its subsidiaries, except for such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been established by the Company. The charges, accruals and
reserves on the books of the Company in respect of any income and corporation tax liability for any years not finally determined are adequate to meet any assessments or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-assessments</FONT> for additional income tax
for any years not finally determined, except to the extent of any inadequacy that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxix)
<U>ERISA</U>. Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section&nbsp;3(3)&nbsp;of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (&#147;ERISA&#148;), that is maintained, administered or contributed to by the Company or any
of its affiliates for employees or former employees of the Company has been maintained in material compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules&nbsp;and regulations, including but not limited to, ERISA and
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#147;Code&#148;).&nbsp;No prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section&nbsp;406 of ERISA or Section&nbsp;4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any such plan excluding transactions
effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption, including, without limitation, pursuant to Section&nbsp;408 of ERISA and the regulatory guidance thereunder; and for each such plan that is subject to the funding rules&nbsp;of
Section&nbsp;412 of the Code or Section&nbsp;302 of ERISA, no &#147;accumulated funding deficiency&#148; as defined in Section&nbsp;412 of the Code has been incurred, whether or not waived, and the fair market value of the assets of each such plan
(excluding for these purposes accrued but unpaid contributions) exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such plan determined using reasonable actuarial assumptions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxx) <U>Insurance</U>. The Company and its subsidiaries carry or are entitled to the benefits of insurance, with financially sound and
reputable insurers, in such amounts and covering such risks as is generally maintained by companies of established repute engaged in the same or similar business, and all such insurance is in full force and effect. The Company has no reason to
believe that it or any of its subsidiaries will not be able (A)&nbsp;to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (B)&nbsp;to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to
conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not result in a Material Adverse Change. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxi) <U>Investment Company
Act</U>. The Company is not required, and upon the issuance and sale of the Shares as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
will not be required, to register as an &#147;investment company&#148; under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;1940 Act&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxii) <U>Absence of Manipulation</U>. Neither the Company nor any affiliate of the Company has taken, nor will the Company or any affiliate
take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed, or would be </P>
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expected, to cause or result in, or which constitutes, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares or to result in
a violation of Regulation M under the 1934 Act. The Company has not effected any sales of Common Stock which are required to be disclosed in response to Item&nbsp;701 of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K</FONT> under the 1933 Act which
have not been so disclosed in the Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxiii) <U>Rated Debt</U>. The Company has no debt securities or preferred
stock that is rated by any &#147;nationally recognized statistical rating agency&#148; (as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Section&nbsp;3(a)(62) of the 1934 Act). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxiv) <U>Foreign Corrupt Practices Act</U>. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director,
officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the &#147;FCPA&#148;), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer,
payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any &#147;foreign official&#148; (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any
foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA
and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith. To the knowledge of the Company, no person associated or affiliated with or acting
on behalf of the Company, including without limitation any director, officer, agent or employee of the Company has, directly or indirectly, while acting on behalf of the Company (i)&nbsp;used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts,
entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; or (ii)&nbsp;made any unlawful payment to domestic government officials or employees or to domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxv) <U>Money Laundering Laws</U>. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance
with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related
or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Entity (collectively, the &#147;Money Laundering Laws&#148;); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity involving the
Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxvi) <U>OFAC</U>. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee
or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is an individual or entity (&#147;Person&#148;) currently the subject or target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government, including, without limitation, the U.S.
Department of the Treasury&#146;s Office of Foreign Assets Control (&#147;OFAC&#148;), the United Nations Security Council (&#147;UNSC&#148;), the European Union, Her Majesty&#146;s Treasury (&#147;HMT&#148;), or other relevant sanctions authority
(collectively, &#147;Sanctions&#148;), nor is the Company located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions; and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Shares, or lend,
contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other Person, to fund any activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the
subject of Sanctions or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxvii) <U>Lending Relationship</U><I>. </I>Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, the Company (i)&nbsp;does not have any&nbsp;material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of the Agent and (ii)&nbsp;does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Shares to repay any
outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of the Agent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxviii) <U>Statistical and Market-Related Data</U>. Any statistical and
market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes, after reasonable inquiry, to be reliable and accurate and, to the extent
required, the Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xxxix) <U>Company Stock Plans</U>. With respect to the stock options (the &#147;Stock
Options&#148;) granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company and its subsidiaries (the &#147;Company Stock Plans&#148;) that are currently outstanding and not exercised, (i)&nbsp;each Stock Option intended to qualify as an
&#147;incentive stock option&#148; under Section&nbsp;422 of the Code so qualifies, (ii)&nbsp;each grant of a Stock Option was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Stock Option was by its terms to be effective (the
&#147;Grant Date&#148;) by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the board of directors of the Company (or a duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) and any required stockholder approval by the necessary
number of votes or written consents, and the award agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto, (iii)&nbsp;each such grant was made in accordance with the terms of the Company Stock Plans, the 1934
Act and all other applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements, including the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and any other exchange on which Company securities are traded, and (iv)&nbsp;each such grant was properly accounted for in
accordance with GAAP in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company and disclosed in the Company&#146;s filings with the Commission in accordance with the 1934 Act and all other applicable laws. The Company has not
knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no policy or practice of the Company of granting, Stock Options prior to, or otherwise coordinating the grant of Stock Options with, the release or other public announcement of material information
regarding the Company or its subsidiaries or their results of operations or prospects. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xl) <U>Cuba</U>. The Company does not do business
with the government of Cuba or with any person located in Cuba within the meaning of Section&nbsp;517.075, Florida Statutes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xli)
<U>Anti-Takeover</U>. The Company and its 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&#146;s charter documents or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could reasonably be expected to become applicable to the Agent as a result of the Agent and the
Company fulfilling their respective obligations or exercising their respective rights under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company&#146;s issuance of the Shares. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xlii) <U>No Commissions</U>. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any
person (other than as contemplated by this Agreement or any Terms Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the Agent for a brokerage commission, finder&#146;s fee or like payment in
connection with the offering and sale of the Shares. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xliii) <U>Deemed Representation</U>. Any certificate signed by any officer of the
Company delivered to the Agent or to counsel for the Agent pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any Terms Agreement shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to the Agent as to the matters covered thereby as of the
date or dates indicated in such certificate. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2. <U>Sale and Delivery of Shares</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to issue and sell exclusively through the Agent acting as sales
agent or directly to the Agent acting as principal from time to time, and the Agent agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell as sales agent for the Company, the Shares. Sales of the Shares, if any, through the Agent acting as sales
agent or directly to the Agent acting as principal may be made in negotiated transactions or transactions that are deemed to be <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;at-the-market</FONT></FONT> offerings&#148; as
defined in Rule 415 under the 1933 Act, including sales made directly on the NASDAQ Capital Market, or sales made to or through a market maker other than on an exchange or through an electronic communications network. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Shares are to be sold on a daily basis or otherwise as shall be agreed to by the Company and the Agent on that trading day (other than
a day on which the NASDAQ Capital Market is scheduled to close prior to its regular weekday closing time, each, a &#147;<U>Trading Day</U>&#148;) that the Company has satisfied its obligations under Section&nbsp;6 of this Agreement and that the
Company has instructed the Agent to make such sales. </P>
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For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing limitation shall not apply to sales solely to employees or security holders of the Company or its subsidiaries, or to a trustee or other person acquiring
such securities for the accounts of such persons in which Stifel Nicolaus is acting for the Company in a capacity other than as Agent under this Agreement. On any Trading Day, the Company may instruct the Agent by telephone (confirmed promptly by
telecopy or email, which confirmation will be promptly acknowledged by the Agent) as to the maximum number of Shares to be sold by the Agent on such day (in any event not in excess of the number available for issuance under the Prospectus and the
currently effective Registration Statement) and the minimum price per Share at which such Shares may be sold. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Agent shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell as sales agent all of the
Shares so designated by the Company. The Company and the Agent each acknowledge and agree that (A)&nbsp;there can be no assurance that the Agent will be successful in selling the Shares, (B)&nbsp;the Agent will incur no liability or obligation to
the Company or any other person or entity if they do not sell 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 to sell such Shares as required by this Agreement, and (C)&nbsp;the Agent shall be under no obligation to purchase Shares on a principal basis except as otherwise specifically agreed by each of the Agent and the Company pursuant to a
Terms Agreement. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of a Terms Agreement, the terms of such Terms Agreement will control. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not authorize the issuance and sale of, and the Agent as sales agent shall not be
obligated to use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell, any Shares (i)&nbsp;at a price lower than the minimum price therefor authorized from time to time, or (ii)&nbsp;in a number in excess of the number of Shares authorized from time to time
to be issued and sold under this Agreement, in each case, by the Company&#146;s board of directors, or a duly authorized committee thereof, and notified to the Agent in writing. In addition, the Company may, upon notice to the Agent, suspend the
offering of the Shares or the Agent may, upon notice to the Company, suspend the offering of the Shares with respect to which the Agent is acting as sales agent for any reason and at any time; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that such suspension or
termination shall not affect or impair the parties&#146; respective obligations with respect to the Shares sold hereunder prior to the giving of such notice. Any notice given pursuant to the preceding sentence may be given by telephone (confirmed
promptly by telecopy or email, which confirmation will be promptly acknowledged). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The gross sales price of any Shares sold pursuant to
this Agreement by the Agent acting as sales agent of the Company shall be the market price prevailing at the time of sale for shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock sold by the Agent on the NASDAQ Capital Market or otherwise, at prices relating
to prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. The compensation payable to the Agent for sales of Shares with respect to which the Agent acts as sales agent shall be up to 3.0% of the gross sales price of the Shares sold pursuant to this
Agreement. The Company may sell Shares to the Agent, acting as principal, at a price agreed upon with the Agent at the relevant Applicable Time and pursuant to a separate Terms Agreement. The remaining proceeds, after further deduction for any
transaction fees imposed by any governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory organization in respect of such sales, shall constitute the net proceeds to the Company for such Shares (the &#147;<U>Net Proceeds</U>&#148;). The Agent shall notify the
Company as promptly as practicable if any deduction referenced in the preceding sentence will be required. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) If acting as a sales agent
hereunder, the Agent shall provide written confirmation to the Company following the close of trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market, each day in which Shares are sold under this Agreement setting forth the number of Shares sold on such day, the
aggregate gross sales proceeds of the Shares, the Net Proceeds to the Company and the compensation payable by the Company to such Agent with respect to such sales. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) Under no circumstances shall the aggregate offering price or number, as the case may be, of Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement and any
Terms Agreement exceed the aggregate offering price or number, as the case may be, of Shares of Common Stock (i)&nbsp;set forth in the preamble paragraph of this Agreement, (ii)&nbsp;available for issuance under the Prospectus and the then currently
effective Registration Statement or (iii)&nbsp;authorized from time to time to be issued and sold under this Agreement or any Terms Agreement by the Company&#146;s board of directors, or a duly authorized committee thereof, and notified to the Agent
in writing. In addition, under no circumstances shall any Shares with respect to which the Agent acts as sales agent be sold at a price lower than the minimum price therefor authorized from time to time by the Company&#146;s board of directors, or a
duly authorized committee thereof, and notified to the Agent in writing. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) Settlement for sales of Shares pursuant to this Section&nbsp;2 will occur on the second
business day that is also a Trading Day following the trade date on which such sales are made, unless another date shall be agreed to by the Company and the Agent (each such day, a &#147;<U>Settlement Date</U>&#148;). On each Settlement Date, the
Shares sold through the Agent for settlement on such date shall be delivered by the Company to the Agent against payment of the Net Proceeds from the sale of such Shares. Settlement for all Shares shall be effected by book-entry delivery of Shares
to the Agent&#146;s account at The Depository Trust Company against payments by the Agent of the Net Proceeds from the sale of such Shares in same day funds delivered to an account designated by the Company. If the Company shall default on its
obligation to deliver Shares on any Settlement Date, the Company shall (i)&nbsp;indemnify and hold the Agent harmless against any loss, claim or damage arising from or as a result of such default by the Company and (ii)&nbsp;pay the Agent any
commission to which it would otherwise be entitled absent such default. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
Company and the Agent agree that no sales of Shares shall take place, and the Company shall not request the sale of any Shares that would be sold, and the Agent shall not be obligated to sell, during any period in which the Company&#146;s insider
trading policy, as it exists on the date of the Agreement, would prohibit the purchases or sales of the Company&#146;s Common Stock by its officers or directors, or during any other period in which the Company is, or could be deemed to be, in
possession of material <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-public</FONT> information; provided that, unless otherwise agreed between the Company and the Agent, for purposes of this paragraph (h)&nbsp;such period shall be deemed to end on the date
on which the Company&#146;s next subsequent Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> or Quarterly Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q,</FONT> as the case may be, is filed with the Commission. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) At each Applicable Time, Settlement Date, Registration Amendment Date and each Company Periodic Report Date, the Company shall be deemed to
have affirmed each representation and warranty contained in this Agreement. Any obligation of the Agent to use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell the Shares on behalf of the Company as sales agent shall be subject to the continuing accuracy
of the representations and warranties of the Company herein, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the continuing satisfaction of the additional conditions specified in Section&nbsp;6 of this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;3. <U>Covenants.</U> The Company agrees with the Agent: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) During any period when the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of Shares (whether physically or
through compliance with Rule 153 or 172, or in lieu thereof, a notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the 1933 Act), (i) to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus prior to any Settlement Date
which shall be disapproved by the Agent promptly after reasonable notice thereof and to advise the Agent, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or
any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the Agent with copies thereof, (ii)&nbsp;to file promptly all other material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the 1933
Act, (iii)&nbsp;to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act, (iv)&nbsp;to advise the
Agent, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus or other prospectus in respect of the Shares, of the suspension of the
qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the form of the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, and (v)&nbsp;in the event of the issuance of any such stop order or of any such order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus in respect of the Shares or suspending any such
qualification, to promptly use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order; and in the event of any such issuance of a notice of objection, promptly to take such reasonable steps as may be necessary to permit offers
and sales of the Shares by the Agent, which may include, without limitation, amending the Registration Statement or filing a new registration statement, at the Company&#146;s expense (references herein to the Registration Statement shall include any
such amendment or new registration statement). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Agent may reasonably request to
qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Agent may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may
</P>
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be necessary to complete the sale of the Shares, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to
service of process in any jurisdiction; and to promptly advise the Agent of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offer or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) During any period when the delivery of a prospectus is required (whether physically or
through compliance with Rules 153 or 172, or in lieu thereof, a notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the 1933 Act) in connection with the offering or sale of Shares, the Company will make available to the Agent, as soon as practicable after the
execution of this Agreement, and thereafter from time to time furnish to the Agent, copies of the most recent Prospectus in such quantities and at such locations as the Agent may reasonably request for the purposes contemplated by the 1933 Act.
During any period when the delivery of a prospectus is required (whether physically or through compliance with Rules 153 or 172, or in lieu thereof, a notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the 1933 Act) in connection with the offering or sale of
Shares, and if at such time any event shall have occurred 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 any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to
file under the 1934 Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, to notify the Agent and to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to the Agent as many
written and electronic copies as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than sixteen months after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the 1933 Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section&nbsp;11(a) of the 1933 Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) [Reserved]. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) To use the Net Proceeds received by it from the sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement and any Terms Agreement in the manner
specified in the General Disclosure Package. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) In connection with the offering and sale of the Shares, the Company will file with the
NASDAQ Capital Market all documents and notices, and make all certifications, required by the NASDAQ Capital Market of companies that have securities that are listed or quoted on the NASDAQ Capital Market and will maintain such listings or
quotations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) To not take, directly or indirectly, and to cause its affiliates to refrain from taking, any action designed to cause or
result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, under the 1934 Act or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) At each Applicable Time, each Settlement Date, each Registration Statement Amendment Date (as defined below), each Company Periodic Report
Date (as defined below) and each date on which Shares are delivered to the Agent pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have affirmed each representation, warranty, covenant and other agreement contained in this Agreement or
any Terms Agreement. In each Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> or Quarterly Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> filed by the Company in respect of any quarter in which sales of Shares were
made by or through the Agent under this Agreement or any Terms Agreement (each date on which any such document is filed, and any date on which an amendment to any such document is filed, a &#147;<U>Company Periodic Report Date</U>&#148;), the
Company shall set forth with regard to such quarter the number of Shares sold through the Agent under this Agreement or any Terms Agreement and the Net Proceeds received by the Company with respect to sales of Shares pursuant to this Agreement or
any Terms Agreement. </P>
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delivered to the Agent as principal on a Settlement Date and promptly after each (i)&nbsp;date the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented (other than (1)&nbsp;by an amendment or supplement providing solely for the
determination of the terms of the Shares, (2)&nbsp;in connection with the filing of a prospectus supplement that contains solely the information set forth in Section&nbsp;3(i), (3) in connection with the filing of any current reports on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> (other than any current reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> which contain financial statements, supporting schedules or other financial data, including any current report on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> under Item 2.02 of such form that is considered &#147;filed&#148; under the 1934 Act) or (4)&nbsp;by a prospectus supplement relating to the offering of other securities (including, without limitation, other
shares of Common Stock)) (each such date, a &#147;<U>Registration Statement Amendment Date</U>&#148;) and (ii)&nbsp;Company Periodic Report Date, the Company will furnish or cause to be furnished forthwith to the Agent a certificate dated the date
of effectiveness of such amendment or the date of filing with the Commission of such supplement or other document, as the case may be, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent to the effect that the statements contained in the certificate
referred to in Section&nbsp;6(e) of this Agreement which were last furnished to the Agent are true and correct at the time of such amendment, supplement or filing, as the case may be, as though made at and as of such time (except that such
statements shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to such time) or, in lieu of such certificate, a certificate of the same tenor as the certificate
referred to in said Section&nbsp;6(e), but modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented, or to the document incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, to the time of delivery of
such certificate. As used in this paragraph, to the extent there shall be an Applicable Time on or following the date referred to in clause (i)&nbsp;or (ii) above, promptly shall be deemed to be on or prior to the next succeeding Applicable Time.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) Upon commencement of the offering of Shares under this Agreement and each time the Shares are delivered to the Agent as principal on a
Settlement Date, and promptly after each (i)&nbsp;Registration Statement Amendment Date and (ii)&nbsp;Company Periodic Report Date, the Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Agent and to counsel to the Agent the written opinion and
letter of each Company Counsel or other counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, dated the date of effectiveness of such amendment or the date of filing with the Commission of such supplement or other document, as the case may be, in a form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel, of the same tenor as the opinions and letters referred to in Section&nbsp;6(c) of this Agreement, but modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented, or to the document incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, to the time of delivery of such opinion and letter or, in lieu of such opinion and letter, counsel last furnishing
such letter to the Agent shall furnish such Agent with a letter substantially to the effect that the Agent may rely on such last opinion and letter to the same extent as though each were dated the date of such letter authorizing reliance (except
that statements in such last letter shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such letter authorizing reliance). As used in this paragraph, to the extent there
shall be an Applicable Time on or following the date referred to in clause (i)&nbsp;or (ii) above, promptly shall be deemed to be on or prior to the next succeeding Applicable Time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l) Upon commencement of the offering of Shares under this Agreement and each time the Shares are delivered to the Agent as principal on a
Settlement Date, and promptly after each (i)&nbsp;Registration Statement Amendment Date and (ii)&nbsp;Company Periodic Report Date, the Company will cause BDO USA, LLP, or other independent accountants reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, to
furnish to the Agent a letter, dated the date of effectiveness of such amendment or the date of filing of such supplement or other document with the Commission, as the case may be, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel, of the
same tenor as the letter referred to in Section&nbsp;6(d) hereof, but modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as amended and supplemented, or to the document incorporated by reference
into the Prospectus, to the date of such letter. As used in this paragraph, to the extent there shall be an Applicable Time on or following the date referred to in clause (i)&nbsp;or (ii) above, promptly shall be deemed to be on or prior to the next
succeeding Applicable Time. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m) The Company consents to Stifel Nicolaus trading in the Company&#146;s Common Stock for Stifel
Nicolaus&#146; own account and for the account of its clients at the same time as sales of Shares occur pursuant to this Agreement or any Terms Agreement. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(n) If, to the knowledge of the Company, all filings required by Rule 424 in connection with this
offering shall not have been made or the representations in Section&nbsp;1 shall not be true and correct on the applicable Settlement Date, the Company will offer to any person who has agreed to purchase Shares from the Company as the result of an
offer to purchase solicited by the Agent the right to refuse to purchase and pay for such Shares. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(o) The Company will cooperate timely
with any reasonable due diligence review conducted by the Agent or its counsel from time to time in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or in any Terms Agreement, including, without limitation, and upon reasonable notice providing
information and making available documents and appropriate corporate officers, during regular business hours and at the Company&#146;s principal offices, as the Agent may reasonably request. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(p) During each period commencing on the date on which the Company has given an instruction pursuant to Section&nbsp;2(b) and ending on the
close of business of the Settlement Date of the last Shares sold pursuant to such instruction, the Company will not, without giving the Agent at least three business days&#146; prior written notice of a proposed sale or other transaction (which
notice shall not be required to specify the nature of such proposed transaction), (A) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any
option, right or warrant for the sale of, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for or repayable with Common Stock, or file any
registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing (other than a shelf registration statement under Rule 415 under the 1933 Act, a registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> or
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement) or (B)&nbsp;enter into any swap or other agreement or any transaction that transfers in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, any of the economic consequence of ownership of the Common
Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for or repayable with Common Stock, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (A)&nbsp;or (B) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other
securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (w)&nbsp;the Shares to be offered and sold through the Agent pursuant to this Agreement or any Terms Agreement, (x)&nbsp;equity incentive awards approved by the board of
directors of the Company or the compensation committee thereof or the issuance of Common Stock upon exercise thereof, (y)&nbsp;Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Shares as consideration for mergers, acquisitions, other
business combinations, joint ventures or strategic alliances occurring after the date of this Agreement which are not used for capital raising purposes and (z)&nbsp;Shares issuable upon exercise or conversion of outstanding warrants or other
derivative securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(q) If immediately prior to the third anniversary (the &#147;<U>Renewal Deadline</U>&#148;) of the initial
effective date of the Registration Statement, any of the Shares remain unsold, the Company will, prior to the Renewal Deadline file, if it has not already done so and is eligible to do so, an &#147;automatic shelf registration statement&#148; (as
defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) relating to the Shares, in a form satisfactory to the Agent. If the Company is not eligible to file an automatic shelf registration statement, the Company will, prior to the Renewal Deadline, if it has not
already done so, file a new shelf registration statement relating to the Shares, in a form satisfactory to the Agent, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 60 days after
the Renewal Deadline. The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the issuance and sale of the Shares to continue as contemplated in the expired registration statement relating to the Shares. References herein to the
Registration Statement shall include such new automatic shelf registration statement or such new shelf registration statement, as the case may be. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;4. <U>Free Writing Prospectus</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) The Company represents and agrees that without the prior consent of the Agent, it has not made and will not make
any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a &#147;free writing prospectus&#148; as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 under the 1933 Act; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) the Agent represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any
offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a free writing prospectus required to be filed with the Commission. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the 1933 Act
applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including any free writing prospectus identified in Section&nbsp;4(a) hereof), including timely filing with the Commission or retention where required and legending. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;5. <U>Payment of Expenses</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Company covenants and agrees with the Agent that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i)&nbsp;the fees,
disbursements and expenses of the Company&#146;s counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Shares under the 1933 Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration
Statement, the Base Prospectus, Prospectus Supplement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Agent; (ii)&nbsp;the cost of printing or
producing this Agreement or any Terms Agreement, any Blue Sky and Legal Investment Memoranda, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares;
(iii)&nbsp;all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section&nbsp;3(b) hereof, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Agent in
connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky and Legal Investment Surveys; (iv)&nbsp;any filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Agent in connection with, any required review by
the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (&#147;FINRA&#148;) of the terms of the sale of the Shares; (v)&nbsp;all fees and expenses in connection with listing or quoting the Shares on the NASDAQ Capital Market; (vi)&nbsp;the cost of
preparing the Shares; (vii)&nbsp;the costs and charges of any transfer agent or registrar or any dividend distribution agent; and (viii)&nbsp;all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not
otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, and Section&nbsp;7 hereof, the Agent will pay all of its own costs and expenses, including the fees of its counsel, transfer
taxes on resale of any of the Shares by it, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers it may make. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Company shall
reimburse the Agent for all of its reasonable <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">out-of-pocket</FONT></FONT> expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of a single counsel for the Agent incurred by the
Agent in connection with the offering contemplated by this Agreement, in an amount not to exceed $50,000 without the prior written consent of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;6. <U>Conditions of Agent&#146;s Obligation</U>. The obligations of the Agent hereunder shall be subject, in its discretion, to
the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company herein or in certificates of any officer of the Company delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof are true and correct as of the time of the execution of
this Agreement, the date of any executed Terms Agreement and as of each Registration Statement Amendment Date, Company Periodic Report Date, Applicable Time and Settlement Date, to the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its
obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Prospectus Supplement shall have been
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act on or prior to the date hereof and in accordance with Section&nbsp;3(a) hereof, any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the 1933 Act
shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the form of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule
401(g)(2) under the 1933 Act shall have been received; no stop order suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional
information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) On every date
specified in Section&nbsp;3(k) hereof and on such other dates as reasonably requested by Agent, Goodwin Procter LLP, counsel for the Agent, shall have furnished to the Agent such written opinion or opinions, dated as of such date, with respect to
such matters as the Agent may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) On every date specified in Section&nbsp;3(k) hereof and on such other dates as reasonably
requested by Agent, Morgan, Lewis&nbsp;&amp; Bockius LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Agent written opinion or opinions, dated as of such date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. Upon commencement of
the offering of Shares under this Agreement and each time the Shares are delivered to the Agent as principal on a Settlement Date, and promptly after each Company Periodic Report Date that relates to the filing of an Annual Report on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K,</FONT> Wilson Sonsini Goodrich&nbsp;&amp; Rosati, intellectual property counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Agent written opinion or opinions, dated as of such date, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) At the dates specified in Section&nbsp;3(l) hereof and on such other dates as reasonably requested by
Agent, the independent accountants of the Company who have certified the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
shall have furnished to the Agent a letter dated as of the date of delivery thereof and addressed to the Agent in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily
included in accountants&#146; &#147;comfort letters&#148; to underwriters with respect to the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) Prior to commencement of the offering of Shares under this Agreement, 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. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) Upon commencement of the offering of Shares under this Agreement and on such other dates as reasonably requested
by Agent, the Company will furnish or cause to be furnished promptly to the Agent a certificate of an officer in a form satisfactory to the Agent stating the minimum price for the sale of such Shares pursuant to this Agreement and the maximum number
of Shares that may be issued and sold pursuant to this Agreement or, alternatively, maximum gross proceeds from such sales, as authorized from time to time by the Company&#146;s board of directors or a duly authorized committee thereof or, in
connection with any amendment, revision or modification of such minimum price or maximum Share number or amount, a new certificate with respect thereto and (ii)&nbsp;on each date specified in Section&nbsp;3(j) and on such other dates as reasonably
requested by Agent, the Agent shall have received a certificate of two executive officers of the Company, one of whom shall be the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer, or Executive Vice President in the area of capital
markets and investments, dated as of the date thereof, to the effect that (A)&nbsp;there has been no Material Adverse Effect since the date as of which information is given in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented, (B)&nbsp;the representations and warranties in Section&nbsp;1 hereof are true and correct as of such date and (C)&nbsp;the Company has complied with all of the agreements entered into in connection with the transaction contemplated
herein and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) Since the date of the latest audited financial
statements then included or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section&nbsp;3(c) hereof with respect to the timely furnishing of prospectuses. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) On such dates as reasonably requested by the Agent, the Company shall have conducted due diligence sessions, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) All filings with the Commission required by Rule 424 under the 1933 Act to have been filed by each
Applicable Time or related Settlement Date shall have been made within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 424 (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) The Shares shall have received approval for listing or quotation on the NASDAQ Capital Market prior to the first Settlement Date. </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">18 </P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) Prior to any Settlement Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Agent such further
information, documents or certificates as the Agent may reasonably request. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;7. <U>Indemnification</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Agent against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the
Agent may become subject, under the 1933 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any &#147;issuer information&#148; filed or required to be filed
pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the 1933 Act, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will
reimburse the Agent for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Agent in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any
such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the
Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in strict conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Agent expressly for use
therein. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Agent will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the
Company may become subject, under the 1933 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in strict
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Agent expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any
such action or claim as such expenses are incurred. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a)&nbsp;or (b)
above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof;
but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection except and then only to the extent such indemnifying party is materially
prejudiced thereby. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent
that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the
indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section&nbsp;7 for any
legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the
written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought
hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i)&nbsp;includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising
out of such action or claim and (ii)&nbsp;does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section&nbsp;7 is unavailable to hold harmless an
indemnified party under subsection&nbsp;(a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Agent on the
other from the offering of the Shares to which such loss, claim, damage or liability (or action in respect thereof) relates. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Agent on
the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the
Company on the one hand and the Agent on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total commissions received by the Agent. The
relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on
the one hand or the Agent on the other and the parties&#146; relative intent, 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 contribution pursuant to this subsection (d)&nbsp;were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or
payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d)&nbsp;shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), the Agent shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total
compensation received by the Agent with respect to sales of the Shares sold by it to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which the Agent has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section&nbsp;7 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and
shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to the directors, officers, employees, attorneys and agents of the Agent and to each person, if any, who controls the Agent within the meaning of the 1933 Act and each broker dealer affiliate of the
Agent; and the obligations of the Agent under this Section&nbsp;7 shall be in addition to any liability which the Agent may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each director, officer, employee, attorney and agent
of the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.
<U>Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery</U>. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the Agent, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of
them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of the Agent or any controlling person of the Agent, or the
Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;9. <U>No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship</U>. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i)&nbsp;the Agent is acting solely in
the capacity of an arm&#146;s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Shares contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of such offering) and (ii)&nbsp;the Agent has not assumed an
advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Agent has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) or any
other obligation to the Company except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and (iii)&nbsp;the Company has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. The Company agrees that it will not claim
that the Agent has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;10. <U>Termination</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Company shall have the right, by giving written notice as hereinafter specified, to terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at
any time. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party, except that (i)&nbsp;with respect to any pending sale through the Agent for the Company, the obligations of the Company, including in respect of compensation
of the Agent, shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination; and (ii)&nbsp;the provisions of Section&nbsp;1, Section&nbsp;5(b), Section&nbsp;7, Section&nbsp;8, Section&nbsp;14 and Section&nbsp;15 of this Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Agent shall have the right, by giving written notice as
hereinafter specified, to terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section&nbsp;1, Section&nbsp;5(b), Section&nbsp;7,
Section&nbsp;8, Section&nbsp;14 and Section&nbsp;15 of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Unless earlier terminated pursuant to this Section&nbsp;10, this Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the issuance and sale of all
of the Shares by Stifel Nicolaus on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein except any termination pursuant to this clause (c)&nbsp;shall in all cases be deemed to provide that Section&nbsp;1, Section&nbsp;5(b), Section&nbsp;7,
Section&nbsp;8, Section&nbsp;14 and Section&nbsp;15 of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) This Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect until and unless terminated pursuant to Section&nbsp;10(a), (b) or (c)&nbsp;above or otherwise by mutual agreement of the parties; <U>provided</U> that any such termination by mutual agreement or pursuant to this
clause (c)&nbsp;shall in all cases be deemed to provide that Section&nbsp;1, Section&nbsp;5(b), Section&nbsp;7, Section&nbsp;8, Section&nbsp;14 and Section&nbsp;15 of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) Any termination of this Agreement shall be effective on the date specified in such notice of termination; <U>provided</U> 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 Shares, such sale
shall settle in accordance with the provisions of Section&nbsp;2(g) hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) In the case of any purchase by the Agent pursuant to a
Terms Agreement, the Agent may terminate this Agreement, at any time at or prior to the Settlement Date (i)&nbsp;if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any Material Adverse Effect, or (ii)&nbsp;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 judgment of the Agent, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Shares or to enforce contracts for the sale of Shares, or (iii)&nbsp;if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission
or the NASDAQ Capital Market, or if trading generally on the NYSE American or the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Stock Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum
ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental authority, or (iv)&nbsp;a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement
or clearance services in the United States, or (v)&nbsp;if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;11. <U>Notices</U>. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to Stifel Nicolaus
shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Stifel, Nicolaus&nbsp;&amp; Company, Incorporated </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">One South Street, 15<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> Floor </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Baltimore, Maryland 21202 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: Syndicate Department </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">and if to the Company to: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MEI Pharma, Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3611 Valley
Centre Drive </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Suite 500 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">San
Diego, California 92130 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: Chief Executive Officer </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;12. <U>Parties</U>. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Agent and the Company and, to
the extent provided in Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the officers, directors, employees, attorneys and agents of the Company and the Agent and each person who controls the Company or the Agent, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of Shares through the Agent shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13. <U>Time of the Essence</U>. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term &#147;business day&#148;
shall mean any day when the Commission&#146;s office in Washington, D.C. is open for business. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;14. <U>Waiver of Jury
Trial</U>. The Company and the Agent hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to jury trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;15. <U>Governing Law</U>. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;16. <U>Counterparts</U>. This Agreement
and any Terms Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto and thereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the
same instrument. This Agreement and any Terms Agreement may be delivered by any party by facsimile or other electronic transmission. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;17. <U>Severability</U>. The invalidity or unenforceability of any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such
minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable. </P>
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a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement between the Agent and the Company in accordance with its terms. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MEI PHARMA, INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Common
Stock </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">($0.00000002 par value per share) </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TERMS AGREEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">STIFEL,
NICOLAUS&nbsp;&amp; COMPANY, INCORPORATED </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">One South Street, 15<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> Floor </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Baltimore, MD 21202 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attn: Syndicate Department </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MEI Pharma, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and in the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">At-the-Market</FONT></FONT> Equity Offering Sales
Agreement, dated November&nbsp;8, 2017 (the &#147;<U>Sales Agreement</U>&#148;), between the Company and Stifel, Nicolaus&nbsp;&amp; Company, Incorporated (the &#147;<U>Agent</U>&#148;), to issue and sell to the Agent the securities specified in the
Schedule hereto (the &#147;<U>Purchased Securities</U>&#148;)[, and solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments, to grant to the Agent the option to purchase the additional securities specified in the Schedule hereto (the &#147;<U>Additional
Securities</U>&#148;)]*. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">[The Agent shall have the right to purchase from the Company all or a portion of the Additional Securities as
may be necessary to cover over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the Purchased Securities, at the same purchase price per share to be paid by the Agent to the Company for the Purchased Securities. This option may be exercised by the
Agent at any time (but not more than once) on or before the thirtieth day following the date hereof, by written notice to the Company. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of shares of Additional Securities as to which the option is
being exercised, and the date and time when the Additional Securities are to be delivered (such date and time being herein referred to as the &#147;<U>Option Closing Date</U>&#148;); provided, however, that the Option Closing Date shall not be
earlier than the Time of Delivery (as set forth in the Schedule hereto) nor earlier than the second business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised nor later than the fifth business day after the date on which the option
shall have been exercised. Payment of the purchase price for the Additional Securities shall be made at the Option Closing Date in the same manner and at the same office as the payment for the Purchased Securities.]* </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of the provisions of the Sales Agreement not specifically related to the solicitation by the Agent, as agent of the Company, of offers to
purchase securities is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, and shall be deemed to be part of this Terms Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein. Each of the representations and warranties
set forth therein shall be deemed to have been made at and as of the date of this Terms Agreement [and] [,] the Applicable Time [and any Option Closing Date]*, except that each representation and warranty in Section&nbsp;1 of the Sales Agreement
which makes reference to the Prospectus (as therein defined) shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty as of the date of the Sales Agreement in relation to the Prospectus, and also a representation and warranty as of the date of this Terms
Agreement [and] [,] the Settlement Date [and any Option Closing Date]* in relation to the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to relate to the Purchased Securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">An amendment to the Registration Statement (as defined in the Sales Agreement), or a supplement to the Prospectus, as the case may be,
relating to the Purchased Securities [and the Additional Securities]*, in the form heretofore delivered to the Agent is now proposed to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. </P>
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incorporated herein by reference, the Company agrees to issue and sell to the Agent and the latter agrees to purchase from the Company the number of shares of the Purchased Securities at the time and place and at the purchase price set forth in the
Schedule hereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a
counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement between the Agent and the Company in accordance with its terms. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 5.1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">November&nbsp;8, 2017 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MEI Pharma, Inc. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3611 Valley Centre Drive, Suite 500 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">San Diego, California 92130
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Re: <U>Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-217645)</U> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have acted as counsel
to MEI Pharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), in connection with the proposed issuance and sale by the Company, from time to time, of up to $30,000,000 of shares (the &#147;<U>Shares</U>&#148;) of common stock, par
value $0.00000002 per share (&#147;<U>Common Stock</U>&#148;), of the Company pursuant to that certain At-The-Market Equity Offering Sales Agreement (the &#147;<U>Sales Agreement</U>&#148;) with Stifel, Nicolaus&nbsp;&amp; Company, Incorporated as
sales agent under the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No.&nbsp;333-217645) (the &#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>&#148;) and the Prospectus Supplement, dated November&nbsp;8, 2017 (the &#147;<U>Prospectus
Supplement</U>&#148;), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<U>Act</U>&#148;) relating to the proposed issuance and sale of the Shares. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with this opinion letter, we have examined the Sales Agreement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus Supplement and
originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company and such other documents, records and other instruments as we
have deemed appropriate for purposes of the opinion set forth herein. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In our examination of the foregoing documents, we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies, the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents and the legal
competence of all signatories to such documents. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and assuming the receipt of the appropriate
consideration for the Shares, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized, and when the Shares are issued in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We express no opinion herein as to the laws of any state or jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of New York, the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware and the federal laws of the United States of America. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the heading &#147;Legal Matters&#148; in the document that forms a part of such Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are acting within
the category of persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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