Are you sure? Here is the last paragraph of page 22 of the agreement. Below this paragraph here in my post is Exhibit D - Lock Up Agreement. I won't offer my opinion here, people can read for themselves, or not. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/13552..._ex101.htm
(ff) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except for Sections 3.2(e) and 4.15 hereof), it is understood and acknowledged by the Company that: (i) none of the Purchasers has been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term, (ii) past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser, specifically including, without limitation, Short Sales or “derivative” transactions, before or after the closing of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities, (iii) any Purchaser, and counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, may presently have a “short” position in the Common Stock and (iv) each Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that (y) one or more Purchasers may engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the value of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined, and (z) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing stockholders' equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any of the Transaction Documents.
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
October ___, 2018
Purchasers under the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated October 5, 2018 (the “Purchase Agreement”) between Innovation Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) and the purchasers signatory thereto
Re: Offering by the Company
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the undersigned irrevocably agrees with the Company that, from the date hereof until ninety (90) days following the first closing date of the Company’s offering of registered securities pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-220419) and the Purchase Agreement (the “Offering”) (such period, the “Restriction Period”), the undersigned will not offer, sell, contract to sell, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the undersigned or any Affiliate (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) of the undersigned or any person in privity with the undersigned or any Affiliate of the undersigned), directly or indirectly, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), with respect to, any shares of common stock of the Company or securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable into, shares of common stock of the Company beneficially owned, held or hereafter acquired by the undersigned (the “Securities”); provided, however, that the foregoing prohibition shall not apply to sales of shares of the common stock of the Company made pursuant to a valid contract, instruction or plan that satisfies the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act (a “10b5-1 Plan”), provided that such 10b5-1 Plan existed or was entered into prior to the date hereof and provided that such sales were made at $2.00 (as adjusted for reverse and forward stock splits, recapitalizations and similar transactions following the date hereof) or higher. Beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. In order to enforce this covenant, the Company shall impose irrevocable stop-transfer instructions preventing the transfer agent of the Company from effecting any actions in violation of this letter agreement.
The undersigned acknowledges that the execution, delivery and performance of this letter agreement is a material inducement to the Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and the Company shall be entitled to specific performance of the undersigned’s obligations hereunder. The undersigned hereby represents that the undersigned has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this letter agreement, that the undersigned has received adequate consideration therefor and that the undersigned will indirectly benefit from the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Offering.
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This letter agreement may not be amended or otherwise modified in any respect without the written consent of each of the Company and the undersigned. This letter agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the principles of conflict of laws. The undersigned hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court sitting in the Southern District of New York and the courts of the State of New York located in Manhattan, for the purposes of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this letter agreement, and hereby waives, and agrees not to assert in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that (i) it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such court, (ii) the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, or (iii) the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper. The undersigned hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by receiving a copy thereof sent to the Company at the e-mail address in effect for notices to it under the Purchase Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. The undersigned hereby waives any right to a trial by jury. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. The undersigned agrees and understands that this letter agreement does not intend to create any relationship between the undersigned and the Purchasers and that no issuance or sale of the Securities is created or intended by virtue of this letter agreement.
By its signature below, the transfer agent of the Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that, reflecting this letter agreement, it has placed an irrevocable stop transfer instruction on all Securities beneficially owned by the undersigned until the end of the Restriction Period. This letter agreement shall be binding on successors and assigns of the undersigned with respect to the Securities and any such successor or assign shall enter into a similar agreement for the benefit of the Company.
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This letter agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together may be considered one and the same agreement.
_________________________
Signature
__________________________
Print Name
__________________________
Position in Company, if any
Address for Notice:
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
Number of shares of Common Stock
_____________________________________________________________________________
Number of shares of Common Stock underlying subject to warrants, options, debentures or other convertible securities
By signing below, the Company agrees to enforce the restrictions on transfer set forth in this letter agreement.
INNOVATION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
By: _________________________________
Name:
Title:
(ff) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except for Sections 3.2(e) and 4.15 hereof), it is understood and acknowledged by the Company that: (i) none of the Purchasers has been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term, (ii) past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser, specifically including, without limitation, Short Sales or “derivative” transactions, before or after the closing of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities, (iii) any Purchaser, and counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, may presently have a “short” position in the Common Stock and (iv) each Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that (y) one or more Purchasers may engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the value of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined, and (z) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing stockholders' equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any of the Transaction Documents.
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
October ___, 2018
Purchasers under the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated October 5, 2018 (the “Purchase Agreement”) between Innovation Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) and the purchasers signatory thereto
Re: Offering by the Company
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the undersigned irrevocably agrees with the Company that, from the date hereof until ninety (90) days following the first closing date of the Company’s offering of registered securities pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-220419) and the Purchase Agreement (the “Offering”) (such period, the “Restriction Period”), the undersigned will not offer, sell, contract to sell, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the undersigned or any Affiliate (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) of the undersigned or any person in privity with the undersigned or any Affiliate of the undersigned), directly or indirectly, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), with respect to, any shares of common stock of the Company or securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable into, shares of common stock of the Company beneficially owned, held or hereafter acquired by the undersigned (the “Securities”); provided, however, that the foregoing prohibition shall not apply to sales of shares of the common stock of the Company made pursuant to a valid contract, instruction or plan that satisfies the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act (a “10b5-1 Plan”), provided that such 10b5-1 Plan existed or was entered into prior to the date hereof and provided that such sales were made at $2.00 (as adjusted for reverse and forward stock splits, recapitalizations and similar transactions following the date hereof) or higher. Beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. In order to enforce this covenant, the Company shall impose irrevocable stop-transfer instructions preventing the transfer agent of the Company from effecting any actions in violation of this letter agreement.
The undersigned acknowledges that the execution, delivery and performance of this letter agreement is a material inducement to the Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and the Company shall be entitled to specific performance of the undersigned’s obligations hereunder. The undersigned hereby represents that the undersigned has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this letter agreement, that the undersigned has received adequate consideration therefor and that the undersigned will indirectly benefit from the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Offering.
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This letter agreement may not be amended or otherwise modified in any respect without the written consent of each of the Company and the undersigned. This letter agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the principles of conflict of laws. The undersigned hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court sitting in the Southern District of New York and the courts of the State of New York located in Manhattan, for the purposes of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this letter agreement, and hereby waives, and agrees not to assert in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that (i) it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such court, (ii) the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, or (iii) the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper. The undersigned hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by receiving a copy thereof sent to the Company at the e-mail address in effect for notices to it under the Purchase Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. The undersigned hereby waives any right to a trial by jury. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. The undersigned agrees and understands that this letter agreement does not intend to create any relationship between the undersigned and the Purchasers and that no issuance or sale of the Securities is created or intended by virtue of this letter agreement.
By its signature below, the transfer agent of the Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that, reflecting this letter agreement, it has placed an irrevocable stop transfer instruction on all Securities beneficially owned by the undersigned until the end of the Restriction Period. This letter agreement shall be binding on successors and assigns of the undersigned with respect to the Securities and any such successor or assign shall enter into a similar agreement for the benefit of the Company.
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This letter agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together may be considered one and the same agreement.
_________________________
Signature
__________________________
Print Name
__________________________
Position in Company, if any
Address for Notice:
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
Number of shares of Common Stock
_____________________________________________________________________________
Number of shares of Common Stock underlying subject to warrants, options, debentures or other convertible securities
By signing below, the Company agrees to enforce the restrictions on transfer set forth in this letter agreement.
INNOVATION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
By: _________________________________
Name:
Title:
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