UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 24, 2025
OMEROS CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| Washington | 001-34475 | 91-1663741 |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 201 Elliott Avenue West Seattle, WA |
98119 |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (206) 676-5000
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common stock, par value $0.01 per share | OMER | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.12b-2).
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
Registered Direct Offering
On July 24, 2025, Omeros Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Polar Asset Management Partners (the “Purchaser”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Purchaser in a registered direct offering (the “Offering”) an aggregate of 5,365,853 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), at a price per Share of $4.10, for gross proceeds of $22 million. The purchase price of the Shares represented a premium of approximately 14% to the closing price of the Common Stock on the date of the Purchase Agreement. The closing of the Offering is expected to occur on July 28, 2025, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
The offer and sale of the Shares has been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-268269), which was previously filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on November 9, 2022 and declared effective by the Commission on November 17, 2022.
The net proceeds to the Company from the Offering, after deducting the Placement Agent’s fees and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, are expected to be approximately $20.3 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, including for clinical and pre-clinical development of current and future product candidates, and for working capital.
On July 24, 2025, the Company also entered into a Placement Agent Agreement (the “Placement Agreement”) with D. Boral Capital LLC, as the exclusive placement agent (the “Placement Agent”), in connection with the Offering. Pursuant to the terms of the Placement Agreement, the Placement Agent agreed to use reasonable best efforts to arrange for the sale of the Shares, for which the Company will pay the Placement Agent a fee equal to 6.0% of the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Shares. The Company also agreed to reimburse the Placement Agent at the closing of the Offering for expenses incurred, including disbursements of its legal counsel, in an amount not to exceed an aggregate of $125,000.
The Purchase Agreement and Placement Agreement each contain customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Company, customary conditions to closing, indemnification obligations of the Company and the Placement Agent, including for liabilities under the Securities Act, other obligations of the parties thereto, and termination provisions. Such representations, warranties and agreements were made only for purposes of the respective agreements and as of specific dates, are solely for the benefit of the parties to each such agreement, and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties. Neither the Purchase Agreement nor the Placement Agreement is intended to provide any other factual information about the Company.
The foregoing is a summary description of certain terms of the Purchase Agreement and the Placement Agreement and, by its nature, is incomplete. Copies of the Purchase Agreement and the Placement Agreement are attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing descriptions of the Purchase Agreement and the Placement Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to such exhibits.
A copy of the opinion of Holland & Knight LLP relating to the validity of the Shares to be sold in the Offering is attached as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.
On July 25, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing the Offering. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
Recent Developments
In the prospectus supplement related to the Offering the Company provided updates on a number of matters related to its business and operations, which are set forth below.
Narsoplimab Biologics License Application Update
As previously disclosed, in March 2025, the Company resubmitted to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) the biologics license application (“BLA”) seeking regulatory approval for narsoplimab in hematopoietic stem cell transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (“TA-TMA”). The resubmission was accepted for review by FDA as a class 2 resubmission and, pursuant to the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (“PDUFA”), was assigned an initial target action date for the FDA decision of September 25, 2025. Following the submission of information in response to an information request from FDA, FDA informed the Company that the PDUFA date will be extended to December 26, 2025. The Company is having discussions with FDA to determine whether this extension is necessary and, if so, whether FDA can accelerate its review. To date, all analyses requested by FDA as part of its review have been consistent with and have provided statistically significant support of narsoplimab’s benefit demonstrated in the analyses submitted as part of the BLA resubmission. In addition, FDA has stated that, assuming no major deficiencies are identified during its review, labeling discussions are planned to begin no later than October 2025.
The Company also previously announced that it submitted a Marketing Authorization Application (“MAA”) for narsoplimab for the treatment of TA-TMA in the European Union. The European Medicines Agency (“EMA”) completed validation of the narsoplimab MAA, which confirms that the submission is accepted and starts the formal review process by EMA’s Committee for Human Medicinal Products. The Company expects an opinion on the MAA in mid-2026.
As with any BLA or MAA, there can be no guarantee that FDA or the EMA will complete their respective reviews within a given timeframe, or that the Company’s BLA or MAA will ultimately be approved.
PDE7 Inhibitor Program
As previously disclosed, in April 2023, the Company was awarded a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (“NIDA”), part of the National Institutes of Health, to develop, at NIDA’s request, its lead orally administered phosphodiesterase 7 (“PDE7”) inhibitor compound for the treatment of cocaine use disorder. NIDA awarded the grant to us for a total of $6.24 million over three years, of which the Company has claimed and received $1.5 million of funding to date. The grant is intended to support preclinical cocaine interaction/toxicology studies to assess safety of the therapeutic candidate in the presence of concomitant cocaine administration, as well as an in-patient, placebo-controlled clinical study evaluating the safety and effectiveness of OMS527 in adult cocaine users who receive concurrent intravenous cocaine. The preclinical studies, designed by NIDA toxicologists, have been completed successfully and provide the drug-interaction safety data necessary to support the human study of OMS527 in cocaine use disorder. Prior to being able to initiate the clinical in-patient study in cocaine users, FDA has requested that the Company provide additional preclinical information. The Company is having discussions with FDA regarding this request and the scope of the additional information to be submitted.
Capital Matters
As of July 18, 2025, there were 61,760,935 shares of Common Stock outstanding and the Company held cash and cash equivalents of approximately $26.0 million.
Partnership Discussions
The Company is in discussions regarding potential asset acquisition and/or licensing agreements in connection with certain of its clinical assets. The most advanced of these discussions relates to an agreement with a potential multi-billion total transaction value exclusive of royalties. Upon closing this transaction, the Company would expect to receive an upfront payment that would (1) provide for the repayment in full of the $67.1 million term loan outstanding under its secured credit facility, as well as related prepayment premiums, (2) allow for repayment at or prior to maturity of approximately $17.1 million aggregate principal amount of the Company's 5.25% convertible senior notes maturing February 15, 2026 and (3) provide sufficient additional capital for more than 12 months of post-closing operations. The Company would expect this transaction also would include near- and longer-term milestones that could provide substantial additional capital and, if regulatory approval is obtained, sales-based milestones and royalties with respect to commercial sales. The Company can provide no assurance that any transaction will be consummated on favorable terms or at all.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which are subject to the “safe harbor” created by those sections for such statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the anticipated closing of the offering and use of proceeds of the offering, expectations with respect to the timing and outcome of regulatory discussions and submissions and our ability to consummate licensing, partnering or other transactions and the benefits, if any, we would receive from any such transactions. These forward-looking statements are often indicated by terms such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “intend,” “likely,” “look forward to,” “may,” “objective,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “slate,” “target,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions and variations thereof. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information available to management only as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K. Omeros’ actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements for many reasons, including, without limitation, the risks, uncertainties and other factors described under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2025, as amended on April 30, 2025, and in our subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Given these risks, uncertainties and other factors, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Holland & Knight LLP. |
| 10.1 | Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 24, 2025, by and between the Company and the investor named therein. |
| 10.2 | Placement Agent Agreement, dated as of July 24, 2025, by and between the Company and D. Boral Capital LLC. |
| 23.1 | Consent of Holland & Knight LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1). |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated July 25, 2025. |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| OMEROS CORPORATION | ||
| Date: July 25, 2025 | By: | /s/ Gregory A. Demopulos |
| Gregory A. Demopulos, M.D. | ||
| President, Chief Executive Officer and | ||
| Chairman of the Board of Directors | ||
Exhibit 5.1

701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4700 | Seattle, WA 98104 | T 206.505.4000 | F 206.505.4099
Holland & Knight LLP | www.hklaw.com
July 25, 2025
Omeros Corporation
The Omeros Building
201 Elliott Avenue West
Seattle, Washington 98119
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Omeros Corporation, a Washington corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to the registration under the Securities Act by the Company of 5,365,853 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), issuable under the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 24, 2025 (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”). This opinion is being issued pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act and per the Company’s request. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein have the respective meanings provided in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
In so acting, we have examined original counterparts or copies of original counterparts of the following documents:
(i) The Securities Purchase Agreement.
(ii) The Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-268269) with respect to the Shares, filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on November 9, 2022 (the “Registration Statement”), under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”).
(iii) The notice of the Registration Statement’s effectiveness, dated November 17, 2022 (the “Notice of Effectiveness”), posted on the website of the Commission.
(iv) The prospectus, consisting of the Base Prospectus, as supplemented by a prospectus supplement, dated July 24, 2025, relating to the offering of the Shares, filed with the Commission on July 25, 2025 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (the “Prospectus” and the date of such Prospectus being the date of such prospectus supplement).
(v) The Company’s articles of incorporation.
(vi) The Company’s bylaws.
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(vii) Resolutions of the board of directors of the Company in connection with the Registration Statement.
We have also examined originals or copies of such records of the Company, certificates and web sites of public officials and of officers or other representatives of the Company and agreements and other documents, and made such other investigations, as we have deemed necessary, subject to the assumptions set forth below, as a basis for the opinions expressed below.
In rendering the opinions set forth herein, we have assumed:
(i) The genuineness of all signatures (whether manual, electronic or otherwise) and, to the extent that a signature on a document is manifested by electronic or similar means, such signature has been executed or adopted by a signatory with an intent to authenticate and sign the document.
(ii) The authenticity of the originals of the documents submitted to us.
(iii) The conformity to authentic originals of any documents submitted to us as copies.
(iv) As to matters of fact, the truthfulness of the representations made or otherwise incorporated in the Registration Statement and representations and statements made in certificates or web sites of public officials and officers or other representatives of the Company.
(v) That the offer and sale of Shares under the Securities Purchase Agreement complies in all respects with the terms, conditions and restrictions set forth in the Registration Statement and the Securities Purchase Agreement.
We have not independently established the validity of the foregoing assumptions.
Based on the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized by the Company and, when issued and paid for in the manner described in the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
Our opinion is limited to the laws, rules and regulations of the State of Washington, including all reported judicial decisions interpreting such laws, and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other laws.
This opinion letter has been prepared, and is to be understood, in accordance with customary practice of lawyers who regularly give and lawyers who regularly advise recipients regarding opinions of this kind, is limited to the matters expressly stated herein and is provided solely in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement and no opinions may be inferred or implied beyond the matters expressly stated herein. The opinions expressed herein are rendered and speak only as of the date hereof and we specifically disclaim any responsibility to update such opinions subsequent to the date hereof or to advise you of subsequent developments affecting such opinions.
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We consent to the reference to this firm in the Registration Statement under the caption “Legal Matters” as the attorneys who will pass upon the legal validity of the Shares and to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on the date hereof relating to the offering of the Shares. Our consent, however, shall not constitute an admission to our being experts as provided for in Sections 7 and 11 of the Securities Act.
| Respectfully submitted, | |
| /s/ HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP |
Exhibit 10.1
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of July 24, 2025, by and among Omeros Corporation, a Washington corporation (the “Company”), and each of the entities listed on the signature page hereto (each, an “Investor” and together, the “Investors”).
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to an effective Registration Statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Company desires to issue and sell to each Investor, and each Investor, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, the Company and each Investor, severally and not jointly, agree as follows:
1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediates, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person.
“Aggregate Purchase Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“Articles of Incorporation” means the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as currently in effect.
“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.
“Business Day” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.
“Bylaws” means the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as currently in effect.
“Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
“Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“Disclosure Document” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4.
“DVP” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
“Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.
“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all of the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.9.
“GAAP” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.9.
“Governmental Authorizations” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.12.
“Indemnified Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.9.
“Intellectual Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.13.
“Investor” and “Investors” have the meanings set forth in the recitals.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any change, event, circumstance, development, condition, occurrence or effect that, individually or in the aggregate, (a) was, is, or would reasonably be expected to be, materially adverse to the business, financial condition, properties, assets, liabilities, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) materially delays or materially impairs the ability of the Company to comply, or prevents the Company from complying, with its obligations under the Transaction Documents or with respect to the Closing, or would reasonably be expected to do so.
“Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.
“National Exchange” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question, together with any successor thereto: the NYSE American, The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Market, The Nasdaq Global Select Market and The Nasdaq Capital Market.
“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or any other entity or organization.
“Placement Agent” means D. Boral Capital LLC.
“Placement Agent Agreement” means the Placement Agent Agreement by and between the Company and the Placement Agent dated the date hereof.
“Prospectus” means the final base prospectus filed for the Registration Statement.
“Prospectus Supplement” means the supplement to the Prospectus complying with Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act that is filed with the SEC relating to the offer and sale of the Shares.
“Registration Statement” means the effective Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-268269) with the SEC which registers the sale of the Shares to the Investors, including all information, documents and exhibits filed with or incorporated by reference into such registration statement.
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“SEC Reports” means (a) the Company’s most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and (b) all Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K filed or furnished (as applicable) by the Company following the end of the most recent fiscal year for which an Annual Report on Form 10-K has been filed and prior to the execution of this Agreement, together in each case with any documents incorporated by reference therein or exhibits thereto.
“Securities Act” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“Share Price” means $4.10.
“Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable to the Investors pursuant to this Agreement.
“Short Sales” include, without limitation, (a) all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO promulgated under the Exchange Act, whether or not against the box, and all types of direct and indirect stock pledges, forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, short sales, swaps, “put equivalent positions” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act) and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis), and (b) sales and other transactions through non-U.S. broker dealers or non-U.S. regulated brokers (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock). For the avoidance of doubt, “Short Sales” shall be deemed to include any and all pledging or hedging activities.
“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement and the Placement Agent Agreement, including all exhibits and schedules hereto and thereto.
“Transfer Agent” means, with respect to the Common Stock, Computershare, Inc., or such other financial institution that provides transfer agent services as the Company may engage from time to time.
“WBCA” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.
2. Purchase and Sale of Securities.
2.1 Purchase and Sale. On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell, and the Investors, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, the number of Shares, for the aggregate purchase price, set forth opposite the Investor’s name on Exhibit A (the “Aggregate Purchase Amount”). The purchase price per Share is equal to the Share Price.
2.2 Closing. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 6 of this Agreement, the closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares (the “Closing” and the date on which the Closing occurs, the “Closing Date”) shall occur remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures on July 28, 2025 or at such later date as the Company and the Investors may agree. At the Closing, each Investor’s applicable Aggregate Purchase Amount shall be made available for “Delivery Versus Payment” (“DVP”) settlement with the Company or its designee. The Company shall deliver to each Investor its respective Shares to be purchased by such Investor at such Closing as set forth in Exhibit A. On the Closing Date, unless otherwise directed by the Placement Agent, settlement of the Shares shall occur via DVP (i.e., on the Closing Date, the Company shall issue the Shares in book-entry form, free and clear of all restrictive and other legends, registered in the names of the respective Investors, or in the names of nominees as designated by each such Investor, and cause the Transfer Agent to release directly such Shares to the account(s) at the Placement Agent identified by each such Investor; upon receipt of such Shares, the Placement Agent shall promptly electronically deliver such Shares to the applicable Investor or its nominee, and full payment therefor shall be made by the Placement Agent (or its clearing firm) by wire transfer to the Company). In the event that the Closing has not occurred within one Business Day after the expected Closing Date, unless otherwise agreed by the Company and such Investor, the Company and/or the Placement Agent, as applicable, shall promptly (but no later than one Business Day thereafter) return the previously wired Aggregate Purchase Amount to each respective Investor by wire transfer of United States dollars in immediately available funds to the account specified by each Investor, and any book entries for the Shares shall be deemed cancelled; provided that, unless this Agreement has been terminated pursuant to Section 7, such return of funds shall not terminate this Agreement or relieve such Investor of its obligation to purchase, or the Company of its obligation to issue and sell, the Shares at the Closing.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Company hereby represents and warrants to each of the Investors and the Placement Agent that the statements contained in this Section 3 are true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date (except for the representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be made as of such date).
3.1 Organization and Power. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Washington, has the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now conducted and described in the SEC Reports and is qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of its properties or the nature of its business requires such qualification, except where such failure to be in good standing or to have such power and authority or to so qualify would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Company’s subsidiaries is (i) duly incorporated and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has the requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and to own or lease its properties and (ii) qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, except in each case as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.2 Capitalization. The Company’s disclosure of its authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock in the SEC Reports containing such disclosure was accurate in all material respects as of the date indicated in such SEC Reports. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company were issued in violation of any preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company which have not been waived, and such shares were issued in compliance in all material respects with applicable state and federal securities law and any rights of third parties. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, there are no outstanding rights (including, without limitation, pre-emptive rights), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other equity interest in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind relating to the issuance of any capital stock of the Company or any such subsidiary, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the SEC Reports; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (except, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors’ qualifying shares) and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party.
3.3 Registration Rights. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company is presently not under any obligation, and has not granted any rights, to register under the Securities Act any of the Company’s presently outstanding securities or any of its securities that may hereafter be issued, other than such rights and obligations that have expired or been satisfied or waived.
3.4 Authorization. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into the Transaction Documents and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of the Transaction Documents, including the issuance and sale of the Shares. All corporate action on the part of the Company, its officers, directors and stockholders necessary for the authorization of the Shares, the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein, including the issuance and sale of the Shares has been taken, including, without limitation, the approval of the Board of Directors (or a committee thereof). Each of this Agreement and the Placement Agent Agreement has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by each Investor (with respect to this Agreement) or the Placement Agent (with respect to the Placement Agent Agreement) and that this Agreement or the Placement Agent Agreement, as applicable, constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of each Investor or the Placement Agent, as applicable, each of this Agreement and the Placement Agent Agreement constitutes (or will constitute) a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors generally or by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
3.5 Valid Issuance; Registration. The Shares being purchased by the Investors hereunder have been duly and validly authorized and, upon issuance pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, against full payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will be issued free and clear of any liens or other restrictions and the holder of the Shares shall be entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock. The issuance and delivery of the Shares does not (a) obligate the Company to offer to issue, or issue, shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Investors) pursuant to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, rights of participation or similar rights, or (b) result in any adjustment (automatic, at the election of any Person or otherwise) of the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under, or any other anti-dilution adjustment pursuant to, any outstanding securities of the Company. The Company has prepared and filed the Registration Statement in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, which became effective on November 17, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), including the Prospectus and any such amendments and supplements thereto as may have been required to the date of this Agreement. The Registration Statement is effective under the Securities Act and no stop order preventing or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus and/or the Prospectus Supplement has been issued by the Commission and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, are threatened by the Commission. The Company, if required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, shall file the Prospectus Supplement with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b). At the time the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto became effective, at the date of this Agreement and at the Closing Date, the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and the Prospectus, Prospectus Supplement, and any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time the Prospectus, Prospectus Supplement or any such amendment or supplement thereto was issued and at the Closing Date, conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or 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; provided that this representation and warranty does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Prospectus Supplement made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Investors furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of the Investors expressly for use therein. The Company was at the time of the filing of the Registration Statement eligible to use Form S-3. The Company is eligible to use Form S-3 under the Securities Act and it meets the transaction requirements with respect to the aggregate market value of securities being sold pursuant to this offering and during the twelve (12) months prior to this offering, as set forth in General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3. On the Closing Date, the Shares issued pursuant to this Agreement shall be freely tradeable on Nasdaq without restriction under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws, subject to compliance with applicable securities laws.
3.6 No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Placement Agent Agreement by the Company, the issuance and sale of the Shares and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) violate any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, (ii) conflict with or result in a violation of or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation, a change of control right or to a loss of a benefit under any agreement or instrument, credit facility, franchise, license, judgment, order, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulations, applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective properties or assets, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations) and the rules and regulations of any self-regulatory organization to which the Company or its securities are subject, or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or affected, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.7 Consents. No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of or registration with, any court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with the authorization, execution or delivery by the Company of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Shares and the performance by the Company of its other obligations under the Transaction Documents, except (a) as have been or will be obtained or made under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, (b) the filing of any requisite notices and/or application(s) to the National Exchange for the issuance and sale of the Shares in the time and manner required thereby, (c) customary post-closing filings with the SEC or pursuant to state securities laws in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares by the Company in the manner contemplated herein, which will be filed on a timely basis, or (d) such that the failure of which to obtain would not have a Material Adverse Effect. All notices, consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company is required to deliver or obtain prior to the Closing pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained or made or will be delivered or obtained or effected, and shall remain in full force and effect, on or prior to the Closing.
3.8 SEC Filings. The Company has filed all forms, statements, certifications, reports and documents required to be filed by it with the SEC under Section 13, 14(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act for the one year preceding the date of this Agreement and is in compliance with General Instruction I.A.3 of Form S-3. As of the time it was filed with the SEC (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, then on the date of such filing), each of the filed SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, and, as of the time they were filed, none of the filed SEC Reports contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. There are no outstanding or unresolved comments from the SEC staff with respect to the SEC Reports. To the Company’s knowledge, none of the SEC Reports are the subject of an ongoing SEC review. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included in the SEC Reports fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the SEC’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
3.9 Financial Statements. The consolidated financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports (collectively, the “Financial Statements”) comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing (or to the extent corrected by a subsequent restatement) and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the dates indicated, and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods therein specified, and have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods therein specified (except as otherwise noted therein, and except that any unaudited financial statements may not contain certain footnotes and are subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments). Except as set forth in the Financial Statements filed prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company has not incurred any liabilities, contingent or otherwise, except (i) those incurred in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practices since the date of such financial statements or (ii) liabilities not required under GAAP to be reflected in the Financial Statements, in either case, none of which, individually or in the aggregate, have had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.10 Absence of Changes. Since December 31, 2024, (a) the Company has conducted its business only in the ordinary course of business and there have been no material transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (except for the execution and performance of the Transaction Documents and the discussions, negotiations and transactions related thereto); (b) no material change to any material contract or arrangement by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of its assets or properties is subject has been entered into that has not been disclosed in the SEC Reports; and (c) there has not been any other event or condition of any character that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that none of the following will be deemed in themselves, either alone or in combination, to constitute, and that none of the following will be taken into account in determining whether there has been or will be, a Material Adverse Effect under this Section 3.9:
(i) any change generally affecting the economy, financial markets or political, economic or regulatory conditions in the United States or any other geographic region in which the Company conducts business, provided that the Company is not disproportionately affected thereby;
(ii) general financial, credit or capital market conditions, including interest rates or exchange rates, or any changes therein, provided that the Company is not disproportionately affected thereby;
(iii) any change that generally affects industries in which the Company and its subsidiaries conduct business, provided that the Company is not disproportionately affected thereby;
(iv) earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, floods, mudslides, fires or other natural disasters, weather conditions, global pandemics, including the COVID-19 pandemic and related strains, epidemic or similar health emergency, and other force majeure events in the United States or any other location, provided that the Company is not disproportionately affected thereby;
(v) national or international political or social conditions (or changes in such conditions), whether or not pursuant to the declaration of a national emergency or war, or the occurrence of any military or terrorist attack, provided that the Company is not disproportionately affected thereby;
(vi) material changes in laws after the date of this Agreement; and
(vii) in and of itself, any material failure by the Company to meet any published or internally prepared estimates of revenues, expenses, earnings or other economic performance for any period ending on or after the date of this Agreement (it being understood that the facts and circumstances giving rise to such failure may be deemed to constitute, and may be taken into account in determining whether there has been, a Material Adverse Effect to the extent that such facts and circumstances are not otherwise described in clauses (i)-(v) of this definition).
3.11 Absence of Litigation. There is no action, suit, proceeding, arbitration, claim, investigation, charge, complaint or inquiry pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, nor are there any orders, writs, injunctions, judgments or decrees outstanding of any court or government agency or instrumentality and binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries that have had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.12 Compliance with Law; Permits. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of, or has received any notices of violations with respect to, any laws, statutes, ordinances, rules or regulations of any governmental body, court or government agency or instrumentality, except for violations which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries have all required licenses, permits, certificates and other authorizations (collectively, “Governmental Authorizations”) from such federal, state or local government or governmental agency, department or body that are currently necessary for the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted, except where the failure to possess currently such Governmental Authorizations has not had and is not reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary has received any written (or, to the Company’s knowledge, oral) notice regarding any revocation or material modification of any such Governmental Authorization, which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, has or would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
3.13 Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries own, or have rights to use, all material inventions, patent applications, patents, trademarks, trade names, service names, service marks, copyrights, trade secrets, know how (including unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary of confidential information, systems or procedures) and other intellectual property as described in the SEC Reports necessary for, or used in the conduct of their respective businesses (including as described in the SEC Reports) (collectively, “Intellectual Property”), except where any failure to own, possess or acquire such Intellectual Property has not had, and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Intellectual Property of the Company and its subsidiaries has not been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part. To the Company’s knowledge: (i) there are no third parties who have rights to any Intellectual Property, including no liens, security interests, or other encumbrances; and (ii) there is no infringement by third parties of any Intellectual Property, except, in each case, which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No action, suit, or other proceeding is pending, or, to the Company’s knowledge, is threatened: (A) challenging the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ rights in or to any Intellectual Property; (B) challenging the validity, enforceability or scope of any Intellectual Property; or (C) alleging that the Company or any of its subsidiaries infringes, misappropriates, or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, trade name, service name, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others, except, in each case, which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with the terms of each agreement pursuant to which Intellectual Property has been licensed to the Company or any of its subsidiaries in all material respects, and to the Company’s knowledge all such agreements are in full force and effect. To the Company’s knowledge, there are no material defects in any of the patents or patent applications included in the Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have taken all reasonable steps to protect, maintain and safeguard their Intellectual Property.
3.14 Nasdaq Stock Market. The issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “OMER”. The Company is in compliance with all listing requirements of Nasdaq applicable to the Company. As of the date of this Agreement, there is no suit, action, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company by Nasdaq or the SEC, respectively, to prohibit or terminate the listing of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Market or to deregister the Common Stock under the Exchange Act. The Company has taken no action as of the date of this Agreement that is designed to terminate the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act.
3.15 Investment Company Act. The Company is not, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Shares will not be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
3.16 No Integration. Assuming the accuracy of the Investors’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 4, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Shares to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of any applicable stockholder approval provisions of the Nasdaq Global Market.
3.17 Brokers and Finders. Other than the Placement Agent, neither the Company nor any other Person authorized by the Company to act on its behalf has retained, utilized or been represented by any broker or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
3.18 Reliance by the Investors. The Company has a reasonable basis for making each of the representations set forth in this Section 3. The Company acknowledges that each of the Investors will rely upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Company’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Company set forth herein.
4. Representations and Warranties of Each Investor. Each Investor, severally for itself and not jointly with any other Investor, represents and warrants to the Company and the Placement Agent that the statements contained in this Section 4 are true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date:
4.1 Organization. The Investor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now conducted.
4.2 Authorization. The Investor has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out and perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. All corporate, member or partnership action on the part of such Investor or its stockholders, members or partners necessary for the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated in this Agreement has been taken. The execution, delivery and performance by such Investor of this Agreement has been duly authorized and each has been duly executed. Assuming this Agreement constitutes the legal and binding agreement of the Company, this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Investor, enforceable against such Investor in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited or otherwise affected by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and/or similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally or by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
4.3 No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Investor, the purchase of the Shares and the consummation by the Investor of the other transactions contemplated hereby will not conflict with or result in any violation of, breach or default by such Investor (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, conflict with, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation, a change of control right or to a loss of a material benefit under (i) any provision of the organizational documents of the Investor, including, without limitation, its incorporation or formation papers, bylaws, indenture of trust or partnership or operating agreement, as may be applicable or (ii) any agreement or instrument, undertaking, credit facility, franchise, license, judgment, order, ruling, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulations, applicable to such Investor or its respective properties or assets, except, in the case of clause (ii), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to materially delay or hinder the ability of the Investor to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
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4.5 Brokers and Finders. The Investor has not retained, utilized or been represented by any broker or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement whose fees the Company would be required to pay.
4.6 Investment Representations and Warranties. At the time such Investor was offered the Shares, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, either: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.
4.7 Intent. The Investor is purchasing the Shares solely for the Investor’s own account and not for the account of others, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act, and the Investor has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the same in violation of the Securities Act without prejudice, however, to the Investor’s right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such Shares in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Investor is purchasing the Shares as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, the Investor has full investment discretion with respect to each such account, and the full power and authority to make the acknowledgments, representations and agreements herein on behalf of each owner of each such account.
4.8 Investment Experience; Ability to Protect Its Own Interests and Bear Economic Risks. The Investor acknowledges that it can bear the economic risk and complete loss of its investment in the Shares and has knowledge and experience in finance, securities, taxation, investments and other business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investments of the kind described in this Agreement and contemplated hereby, and the Investor has had an opportunity to seek, and has sought, such accounting, legal, business and tax advice as the Investor has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision. The Investor acknowledges that the Investor (i) is a sophisticated investor, experienced in investing in equity securities and capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities and (ii) has exercised independent judgment in evaluating its participation in the purchase of the Shares. The Investor acknowledges that the Investor is aware that there are substantial risks incident to the purchase and ownership of the Shares, including those set forth in the Company’s filings with the SEC. Alone, or together with any professional advisor(s), the Investor has adequately analyzed and fully considered the risks of an investment in the Shares and determined that the Shares are a suitable investment for the Investor. The Investor is, at this time and in the foreseeable future, able to afford the loss of the Investor’s entire investment in the Shares and the Investor acknowledges specifically that a possibility of total loss exists.
4.9 Independent Investment Decision. The Investor understands that nothing in this Agreement or any other materials presented by or on behalf of the Company to the Investor in connection with the purchase of the Shares constitutes legal, tax or investment advice. The Investor has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors as it, in such Investor’s sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with its purchase of the Shares.
4.10 Access to Information. In making its decision to purchase the Shares, such Investor has had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules thereto) and the SEC Reports and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Shares and the merits and risks of investing in the Shares; (ii) access to information about the Company and its financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment. Such Investor acknowledges and agrees that such Investor and the Investor’s professional advisor(s), if any, have had the opportunity to ask such questions, receive such answers and obtain such information from the Company regarding the Company, its business and the terms and conditions of the offering of the Shares as the Investor and the Investor’s professional advisor(s), if any, have deemed necessary to make an investment decision with respect to the Shares and that the Investor has independently made its own analysis and decision to invest in the Company. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigation conducted by the Investor shall modify, limit or otherwise affect the Investor’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement. Such Investor also acknowledges that each of the Company and the Placement Agent may possess material non-public information not known to such Investor regarding or relating to the Company or the Shares, and such Investor acknowledges that it has not requested such information and agrees that neither the Company nor the Placement Agent shall have any liability whatsoever (and such Investor hereby waives and releases all claims which it would otherwise have) with respect to the non-disclosure of such information either prior to the date hereof or subsequent hereto. Each Investor further acknowledges and agrees that it has adequate information to enter into this Agreement and effect the purchase of the Shares.
4.11 Certain Trading Activities. Other than consummating the transaction contemplated hereby, the Investor has not, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with the Investor, directly or indirectly executed or agreed to execute, any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during the period commencing as of the time that the Investor was first contacted by the Company or any other Person regarding the transaction contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Investor that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Investor’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Investor’s assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of the assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Shares covered by this Agreement. Furthermore, in the case of an Investor whose investment advisor utilized an information barrier with respect to the information regarding the transactions contemplated hereunder after first being contacted by the Company or its representatives, the representation set forth above shall only apply after the point in time when the portfolio manager who manages such Investor’s assets was informed of the information regarding the transactions contemplated hereunder and, with respect to the Investor’s investment advisor, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company on behalf of other funds or investment vehicles for which the Investor’s investment advisor is also an investment advisor or sub-advisor after the point in time when the portfolio manager who manages the assets of such other funds or investment vehicles for which the Investor’s investment advisor is also an investment advisor or sub-advisor was informed of the information regarding the transactions contemplated hereunder. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement and to its advisors and agents who had a need to know such information, the Investor has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to the identification of the availability of, or securing of, available shares to borrow in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prohibit or restrict the Investors or their respective affiliates from trading in the Company’s securities (including Short Sales subsequent to the date that is six (6) months following the Closing Date) to the extent permitted by applicable law.
5. Covenants.
5.1 Further Assurances. Each party agrees to cooperate with each other and their respective officers, employees, attorneys, accountants and other agents, and, generally, do such other reasonable acts and things in good faith as may be necessary to effectuate the intents and purposes of this Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and compliance with applicable law, including taking reasonable action to facilitate the filing of any document or the taking of reasonable action to assist the other parties hereto in complying with the terms of this Agreement. The Investor acknowledges that the Company and the Placement Agent will rely on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Agreement. Prior to the Closing, the Investor agrees to promptly notify the Company and the Placement Agent if any of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement are no longer accurate.
5.2 Trading Activities. Each Investor agrees that it shall not, and that it will cause its Affiliates not to, execute or agree to execute any Short Sales of any securities of the Company from the date of this Agreement until the date that is six (6) months following the Closing Date.
5.3 Listing. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the listing and trading of its Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Market and, in accordance therewith, will use reasonable best efforts to comply in all material respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the rules and regulations of Nasdaq.
5.4 Disclosure of Transactions. The Company shall, by 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the first (1st) Business Day immediately following the date of this Agreement, issue a press release and/or file with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K (including, if applicable, all exhibits thereto, the “Disclosure Document”) disclosing all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and, if the Disclosure Document is a Current Report on Form 8-K, attaching this Agreement as an exhibit to such Disclosure Document. In addition, unless it has already done so by filing the Disclosure Document, on or before the Closing Date, the Company shall file with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing all material terms of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
5.5 Integration. The Company shall not, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that no Affiliate of the Company shall, sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that will be integrated with the offer or sale of the Shares for purposes of the rules and regulations of any National Exchange such that it would require stockholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless stockholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.
5.6 Withholding Taxes. Each Investor agrees to furnish the Company with any information, representations and forms as shall reasonably be requested by the Company from time to time to assist the Company in complying with any applicable tax law (including any withholding obligations).
5.7 Fees and Commissions. The Company shall be solely responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, or broker’s commissions (other than for Persons engaged by an Investor) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, any fees or commissions payable to the Placement Agent.
5.8 No Conflicting Agreements. The Company will not take any action, enter into any agreement or make any commitment that would conflict or interfere in any material respect with the Company’s obligations to the Investors under this Agreement.
5.9 Indemnification.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Investor and its Affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, trustees, members, managers, employees, investment advisors and agents (collectively, the “Indemnified Persons”), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation reasonable and documented attorney fees and disbursements and other documented out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim or proceeding, pending or threatened and the costs of enforcement thereof) to which such Person may become subject as a result of any breach of representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by or to be performed on the part of the Company under this Agreement, and will reimburse any such Person for all such amounts as they are incurred by such Person solely to the extent such amounts have been finally judicially determined not to have resulted from such Person’s fraud or willful misconduct. In addition, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation reasonable and documented attorney fees and disbursements and other documented out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim or proceeding, pending or threatened and the costs of enforcement thereof) arising out of or relating to (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Indemnified Person furnished in writing to the Company by such Indemnified Person expressly for use therein, or (ii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder in connection therewith.
(b) Any person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification and (ii) permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; provided that any person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in the defense of such claim, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such person unless (a) the indemnifying party has agreed in writing to pay such fees or expenses, (b) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such claim and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such person or (c) in the reasonable judgment of any such person, based upon written advice of its counsel, a conflict of interest exists between such person and the indemnifying party with respect to such claims (in which case, if the person notifies the indemnifying party in writing that such person elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such claim on behalf of such person); and provided, further, that the failure of any indemnified party to give written notice as provided herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations hereunder, except to the extent that such failure to give notice shall materially adversely affect the indemnifying party in the defense of any such claim or litigation. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for fees or expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all such indemnified parties. No indemnifying party will, except with the consent of the indemnified party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement unless such judgment or settlement (i) imposes no liability or obligation on, (ii) includes as an unconditional term thereof the giving of a complete, explicit and unconditional release from the party bringing such indemnified claims of all liability of the indemnified party in respect of such claim or litigation in favor of, and (iii) does not include any admission of fault, culpability, wrongdoing, or wrongdoing or malfeasance by or on behalf of, the indemnified party. No indemnified party will, except with the consent of the indemnifying party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement.
6. Conditions of Closing.
6.1 Conditions to the Obligation of the Investors. The several obligations of each Investor to consummate the transactions to be consummated at the Closing, and to purchase and pay for the Shares being purchased by it at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement, are subject to the satisfaction or waiver in writing of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct in all material respects, except for those representation and warranties qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all respects, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent any such representation or warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, except for those representations and warranties qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date.
(b) Performance. The Company shall have performed in all material respects the obligations and conditions herein required to be performed or observed by the Company on or prior to the Closing Date.
(c) No Injunction. The purchase of and payment for the Shares by each Investor shall not be prohibited or enjoined by any law or governmental or court order or regulation and no such prohibition shall have been threatened in writing.
(d) Consents. The Company shall have obtained any and all consents, permits, approvals, registrations and waivers necessary for the consummation of the purchase and sale of the Shares, all of which shall be in full force and effect.
(e) Transfer Agent. The Company shall have furnished all required materials to the Transfer Agent to reflect the issuance of the Shares at the Closing.
(f) Adverse Changes. Since the date of this Agreement, no event or series of events shall have occurred that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) Compliance Certificate. An authorized officer of the Company shall have delivered to the Investors at the Closing Date a certificate certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 6.1(a) (Representations and Warranties), 6.1(b) (Performance), 6.1(c) (No Injunction), 6.1(d) (Consents), 6.1(e) (Transfer Agent), 6.1(f) (Adverse Changes) and 6.1(i) (Listing Requirements) of this Agreement have been fulfilled.
(h) Secretary’s Certificate. The Secretary of the Company shall have delivered to the Investors at the Closing Date a certificate certifying (i) the Articles of Incorporation; (ii) the Bylaws; and (iii) resolutions of the Company’s Board of Directors (or an authorized committee thereof) approving the Transaction Documents, the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the issuance of the Shares.
(i) Listing Requirements. No stop order or suspension of trading shall have been imposed by Nasdaq, the SEC or any other governmental or regulatory body with respect to public trading in the Common Stock. The Common Stock shall be listed on a National Exchange and shall not have been suspended, as of the Closing Date, by the SEC or the National Exchange from trading thereon nor shall suspension by the SEC or the National Exchange have been threatened, as of the Closing Date, in writing by the SEC or the National Exchange; and the Company shall have filed with Nasdaq a Notification Form: Listing of Additional Shares for the listing of the Shares and Nasdaq shall have raised no objection to such notice and the transactions contemplated hereby.
(j) Prospectus Supplement. The Prospectus Supplement shall have been filed with the SEC.
(k) Wire Instructions and Instructions to Transfer Agent. The Company shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Investors and the Placement Agent (i) the Company’s wire instructions, on Company letterhead, and (ii) a copy of the irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent instructing the Transfer Agent to deliver the Shares on an expedited basis via The Depository Trust Company Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system to the account(s) at the Placement Agent identified by the applicable Investor.
6.2 Conditions to the Obligation of the Company. The obligation of the Company to consummate the transactions to be consummated at the Closing, and to issue and sell to each Investor the Shares to be purchased by it at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement, is subject to the satisfaction or waiver in writing of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of each Investor in Section 4 hereto shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date, with the same force and effect as though made on and as of the Closing Date and consummation of the Closing shall constitute a reaffirmation by the Investor of each of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Investor contained in this Agreement as of the Closing Date.
(b) Performance. Each Investor shall have performed or complied with in all material respects all obligations and conditions herein required to be performed or observed by such Investor on or prior to the Closing Date.
(c) Injunction. The purchase of and payment for the Shares by each Investor shall not be prohibited or enjoined by any law or governmental or court order or regulation.
(d) Payment. In accordance with Section 2.2, each Investor shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Company such Investor’s applicable Aggregate Purchase Amount for the number of Shares being purchased by such Investor at the Closing as set forth in Exhibit A, which shall be made available for DVP settlement with the Company or its designee.
7. Termination.
7.1 Termination. The obligations of the Company, on the one hand, and the Investors, on the other hand, to effect the Closing shall terminate as follows:
(i) Upon the mutual written consent of the Company and the Investors that agreed to purchase a majority of the Shares prior to the Closing;
(ii) By the Company if any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.2 shall have become incapable of fulfillment, and shall not have been waived by the Company;
(iii) By an Investor (with respect to itself only) if any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.1 shall have become incapable of fulfillment, and shall not have been waived by such Investor; or
(iv) By either the Company or an Investor (with respect to itself only) if the Closing has not occurred on or prior to the fifth Business Day following the date of this Agreement;
provided, however, that, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, the party seeking to terminate its obligation to effect the Closing shall not then be in breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement if such breach has resulted in the circumstances giving rise to such party’s seeking to terminate its obligation to effect the Closing.
7.2 Notice. In the event of termination by the Company or the Investor of its obligations to effect the Closing pursuant to Section 7.1, written notice thereof shall be given to the other Investors by the Company. Nothing in this Section 7 shall be deemed to release any party from any liability for any breach by such party of the other terms and provisions of this Agreement or to impair the right of any party to compel specific performance by any other party of its other obligations under this Agreement.
8. Miscellaneous Provisions.
8.1 Public Statements or Releases. Except as set forth in Section 5.4, neither the Company nor any Investor shall make any public announcement with respect to the existence or terms of this Agreement or the transactions provided for herein without the prior consent of the other parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to compliance with Section 5.4, nothing in this Section 8.1 shall prevent any party from making any public announcement it considers necessary in order to satisfy its obligations under the law, including applicable securities laws, or under the rules of any national securities exchange or securities market, in which case the Company shall allow the Investors reasonable time to comment on such release or announcement in advance of such issuance, and the Company will consider in good faith any Investor comments. The Company shall not include the name of any Investor in any press release or public announcement (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any filing with the SEC if so required by the applicable rules of the SEC) without the prior written consent of such Investor, except as otherwise required by law or the applicable rules or regulations of any securities exchange or securities market, in which case the Company shall allow the Investors, to the extent reasonably practicable in the circumstances, reasonable time to comment on such release or announcement in advance of such issuance. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8.1, Investor review shall not be required for Company disclosures that are substantially consistent with prior Company disclosures.
8.2 Notices. Any notices or other communications required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be given (a) when delivered if personally delivered to the party for whom it is intended, (b) when delivered, if sent by electronic mail during normal business hours of the recipient, and if not sent during normal business hours, then on the recipient’s next Business Day, (c) three (3) days after having been sent by certified or registered mail, return-receipt requested and postage prepaid, or (d) one (1) Business Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, freight prepaid, specifying next business day delivery, with written verification of receipt:
(a) If to the Company, addressed as follows:
Omeros Corporation
201 Elliott Avenue West
Seattle, Washington 98119
Attention: General Counsel
Email: [***]
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice):
Covington & Burling LLP
One CityCenter, 850 Tenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Attention: Kerry Shannon Burke, Matthew C. Franker
Email: [***]; [***]
(b) If to any Investor, at its address or e-mail address set forth on Exhibit A, or such address as subsequently modified by written notice given in accordance with this Section 8.2.
(c) If to the Placement Agent, addressed as follows:
D. Boral Capital LLC
590 Madison Avenue
39th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Syndicate Department
Email: [***]
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice):
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP
1460 El Camino Real, 2nd Floor
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Attention: Yian Huang
E-Mail: [***]
Any Person may change the address to which notices and communications to it are to be addressed by notification as provided for herein.
8.3 Consent to Electronic Notice. Each Investor consents to the delivery of any stockholder notice pursuant to Section 23B.01.410 of the Washington Business Corporation Act (the “WBCA”), at the e-mail address set forth below the Investor’s name on the signature page or Exhibit A, as updated from time to time by notice to the Company. To the extent that any notice given by means of electronic mail is returned or undeliverable for any reason, the foregoing consent shall be deemed to have been revoked until a new or corrected e-mail address has been provided, and such attempted electronic notice shall be ineffective and deemed to not have been given. Each party agrees to promptly notify the other parties of any change in its e-mail address, and that failure to do so shall not affect the foregoing.
8.4 Severability. If any part or provision of this Agreement is held unenforceable or in conflict with the applicable laws or regulations of any jurisdiction, the invalid or unenforceable part or provisions shall be replaced with a provision which accomplishes, to the extent possible, the original business purpose of such part or provision in a valid and enforceable manner, and the remainder of this Agreement shall remain binding upon the parties hereto.
8.5 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Venue; Waiver of Trial by Jury.
(a) This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to choice of laws or conflicts of laws provisions thereof that would require the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction, except to the extent that mandatory principles of Washington law may apply.
(b) The Company and each of the Investors hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(i) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating solely to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, to the general jurisdiction of the any state court or United States Federal District Court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York in the State of New York;
(ii) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts, and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same to the extent permitted by applicable law;
(iii) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to the party, as the case may be, at its address set forth in Section 8.2 or at such other address of which the other party shall have been notified pursuant thereto;
(iv) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction for recognition and enforcement of any judgment or if jurisdiction in the courts referenced in the foregoing clause (i) are not available despite the intentions of the parties hereto;
(v) agrees that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court may be enforced in the courts of any jurisdiction to which such party is subject by a suit upon such judgment, provided that service of process is effected upon such party in the manner specified herein or as otherwise permitted by law;
(vi) agrees that to the extent that such party has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process with respect to itself or its property, such party hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement, to the extent permitted by law; and
(vii) irrevocably and unconditionally waives trial by jury in any legal action or proceeding in relation to this Agreement.
8.6 Waiver. No waiver of any term, provision or condition of this Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be, or be construed as, a further or continuing waiver of any such term, provision or condition or as a waiver of any other term, provision or condition of this Agreement.
8.7 Expenses. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement to the contrary, each party shall pay its own out-of-pocket fees and expenses, including the fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants and consultants employed by such party, incurred in connection with the proposed investment in the Shares and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that the Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees (including, without limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company), stamp taxes and other taxes (other than income taxes) and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Shares to the Investors. The Company shall pay all Placement Agent fees relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
8.8 Assignment. None of the parties may assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement or designate another person (i) to perform all or part of its obligations under this Agreement or (ii) to have all or part of its rights and benefits under this Agreement, in each case without the prior written consent of (x) the Company, in the case of an Investor, and (y) the Investors, in the case of the Company, provided that an Investor may, without the prior consent of the Company, assign its rights to purchase the Shares hereunder to any of its Affiliates or to any other investment funds or accounts managed or advised by the investment manager who acts on behalf of such Investor (provided each such assignee agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and makes the same representations and warranties set forth in Section 4). In the event of any assignment in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the assignee shall specifically assume and be bound by the provisions of this Agreement by executing a writing agreeing to be bound by and subject to the provisions of this Agreement and shall deliver an executed counterpart signature page to this Agreement and, notwithstanding such assumption or agreement to be bound hereby by an assignee, no such assignment shall relieve any party assigning any interest hereunder from its obligations or liability pursuant to this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Placement Agent may assign any or all of its rights (including, without limitation, rights to indemnification and fees) under this Agreement to any of its Affiliates without the consent of the Company or any Investor.
8.9 Confidential Information.
(a) Each Investor covenants that it will maintain the confidentiality of all material non-public information provided to such Investor until such information (including the existence and terms of this transaction) is publicly disclosed by the Company, except that such information may be disclosed to such Investor’s outside attorney, accountant, auditor or investment advisor only to the extent necessary to permit evaluation of the investment, and the performance of the necessary or required tax, accounting, financial, legal, or administrative tasks and services and other than as may be required by law. The Company covenants and agrees that all material non-public information provided to the Investors by the Company or its representatives, including, but not limited to, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, shall be publicly disclosed and cleansed through (i) the filing and public dissemination of the disclosures contained in the Prospectus Supplement related to the offering of the Shares and (ii) the filing of a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC describing the material terms of this transactions contemplated hereby, in each case, no later than the Closing Date. The Company shall ensure that such disclosures are sufficient to render all material non-public information provided to the Investors no longer material or non-public under applicable securities laws.
(b) The Company may request from the Investors such reasonable and customary additional information as the Company may deem necessary to evaluate the eligibility of the Investor to acquire the Shares, and the Investor shall promptly provide such information as may reasonably be requested to the extent readily available; provided, that the Company agrees to keep any such information provided by the Investor confidential, except (i) as required by the federal securities laws, rules or regulations and (ii) to the extent such disclosure is required by other laws, rules or regulations, at the request of the staff of the SEC or regulatory agency or under the regulations of Nasdaq. Each Investor acknowledges that the Company may file a copy of this Agreement with the SEC as exhibit to a periodic report or a registration statement of the Company.
8.10 Reliance by and Exculpation of Placement Agent.
(a) Each Investor agrees for the express benefit of the Placement Agent, its Affiliates and their respective representatives that (i) it is not relying upon, and has not relied upon, any statement, representation or warranty made or information provided by the Placement Agent, its Affiliates or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives or agents, in making its investment or decision to invest in the Company, (ii) the Placement Agent is acting solely as placement agent in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and is not acting as an underwriter, initial purchaser, dealer or in any other such capacity, may have acquired non-public information with respect to the Company, and is not and shall not be construed as a financial advisor or fiduciary for such Investor, (iii) the Placement Agent, its Affiliates or their respective representatives have not made, and will not make any representations or warranties, agreements or covenants to or with the Investor with respect to the Company or the offer and sale of the Shares or any other matter concerning the Company or the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Investor will not rely on any statements made by the Placement Agent, its Affiliates or their respective representatives, orally or in writing, to the contrary, (iv) such Investor will be responsible for conducting its own independent due diligence investigation with respect to the Company and the offer and sale of the Shares, (v) such Investor will be purchasing Shares based on the results of its own independent due diligence investigation of the Company, and the Placement Agent, its Affiliates and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives, agents and controlling persons have made no independent investigation with respect to the Company, the Shares or the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of any information supplied to the Investor by the Company, (vi) such Investor has negotiated the offer and sale of the Shares directly with the Company, and the Placement Agent, its Affiliates or their respective representatives will not be responsible for the ultimate success of any such investment and (vii) the decision to invest in the Company will involve a significant degree of risk, including a risk of total loss of such investment. Each Investor further represents and warrants to the Placement Agent, its Affiliates and their respective representatives that it, including any fund or funds that it manages or advises that participates in the offer and sale of the Shares, is permitted under its constitutive documents (including, without limitation, all limited partnership agreements, charters, bylaws, limited liability company agreements, all applicable side letters with investors, and similar documents) to make investments of the type contemplated by this Agreement. This Section 8.10 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
(b) The Company agrees and acknowledges that the Placement Agent may rely on its representations, warranties, agreements and covenants contained in this Agreement and each Investor agrees that the Placement Agent may rely on such Investor’s acknowledgments, representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement as if such acknowledgments, representations, warranties or agreements, as applicable, were made directly to the Placement Agent.
(c) Each Investor acknowledges and agrees that none of the Placement Agent, its Affiliates nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives, agents or controlling persons (1) shall be liable for any improper payment made in accordance with the information provided by the Company or its representatives; (2) makes any representation or warranty, or has any responsibilities as to the validity, enforceability, accuracy, value or genuineness of any information, certificates or documentation delivered by or on behalf of the Company or its representatives pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated herein; or (3) shall be liable (x) for any action taken, suffered or omitted by any of them in good faith in connection with the purchase of the Shares or (y) for anything which any of them may do or refrain from doing in connection with this Agreement, except in each case for such party’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(d) The Company agrees that the Placement Agent, its Affiliates and their respective representatives shall be entitled to (1) rely on, and shall be protected in acting upon, any certificate, instrument, notice, letter or any other document or security delivered to any of them by or on behalf of the Company, and (2) be indemnified by the Company for acting as the Placement Agent hereunder pursuant to the indemnification provisions set forth in any applicable letter agreement between the Company and the Placement Agent.
8.11 Third Parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer on any Person other than the parties to this Agreement any rights, remedies, claims, benefits, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, and no Person that is not a party to this Agreement (including, without limitation, any partner, member, shareholder, director, officer, employee or other beneficial owner of any party to this Agreement, in its own capacity as such or in bringing a derivative action on behalf of a party to this Agreement) shall have any standing as a third party beneficiary with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Placement Agent is an intended third-party beneficiary of the representations and warranties, agreements and covenants of the Company and of each Investor set forth in Section 3, Section 4, Section 5.1, Section 6.1(g), Section 8.7 and Section 8.10, as applicable, of this Agreement, and shall have the right to enforce such provisions directly against the Company and/or the Investors, as applicable, and (ii) the Indemnified Persons are intended third-party beneficiaries of Section 5.9.
8.12 Independent Nature of Investors’ Obligations and Right. The obligations of each Investor under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Investor, and no Investor shall be responsible in any way for the performance obligations of any other Investor under this Agreement. Nothing contained herein, and no action taken by any Investor pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Investors as, and the Company acknowledges that the Investors do not so constitute, a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group, and the Company will not assert any such claim with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company acknowledges and each Investor confirms that it has independently participated in the negotiation of the transactions contemplated hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors. Each Investor also acknowledges that Covington & Burling LLP has not rendered legal advice to such Investor. Each Investor shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Investor to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. The Company has elected to provide all Investors with the same terms for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Investor.
8.13 Headings. The titles, subtitles and headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.
8.14 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party; provided that a facsimile or pdf signature including any electronic signatures complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com shall be considered due execution and shall be binding upon the signatory thereto with the same force and effect as if the signature were an original, not a facsimile or pdf (or other electronic reproduction of a) signature.
8.15 Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement (including all schedules and exhibits hereto), together with any side letter agreements with any of the Investors, constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto respecting the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements, negotiations, understandings, representations and statements respecting the subject matter of this Agreement, whether written or oral. No amendment, modification, alteration, or change in any of the terms of this Agreement shall be valid or binding upon the parties hereto unless made in writing and duly executed by the Company and the Investors of at least a majority in interest of the Shares then held by the Investors, provided that prior to the Closing the consent of all Investors shall be required. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may not be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may not be waived with respect to any Investor without the written consent of such Investor unless such amendment or waiver applies to all Investors in the same fashion. The Company, on the one hand, and each Investor, on the other hand, may by an instrument signed in writing by such parties waive the performance, compliance or satisfaction by such Investor or the Company, respectively, with any term or provision of this Agreement or any condition hereto to be performed, complied with or satisfied by such Investor or the Company, respectively. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else herein to the contrary, no amendment, modification, alteration, change or waiver of any provision of this Agreement that adversely affects the rights, interests or obligations of the Placement Agent shall be valid without the prior written consent of the Placement Agent, which consent may be granted or withheld in the sole discretion of the Placement Agent.
8.16 Survival. The covenants, representations and warranties made by each party hereto contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Shares. Each Investor shall be responsible only for its own representations, warranties, agreements and covenants hereunder. The last sentences of Section 8.7 and Section 8.11 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
8.17 Contract Interpretation. This Agreement is the joint product of each Investor and the Company and each provision of this Agreement has been subject to the mutual consultation, negotiation and agreement of such parties and shall not be construed for or against any party hereto.
8.18 Arm’s Length Negotiations. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties acknowledge and confirm that the terms and conditions of the Shares were determined as a result of arm’s-length negotiations.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
| COMPANY: | |||
| Omeros Corporation | |||
| By: | /s/ Gregory A. Demopulos | ||
| Name: | Gregory A. Demopulos | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
| INVESTOR: | |
| POLAR MULTI-STRATEGY MASTER FUND | |
| By its investment advisor | |
| Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. |
| By: | /s/ Elizabeth Summers | |
| Name: | Elizabeth Summers | |
| Title: | General Counsel and Secretary |
| By: | /s/ Kirstie Moore | |
| Name: | Kirstie Moore | |
| Title: | Legal Counsel |
| POLAR LONG/SHORT MASTER FUND | |
| By its investment advisor | |
| Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. |
| By: | /s/ Elizabeth Summers | |
| Name: | Elizabeth Summers | |
| Title: | General Counsel and Secretary |
| By: | /s/ Kirstie Moore | |
| Name: | Kirstie Moore | |
| Title: | Legal Counsel |
| Address: | |
| 94 Solaris Avenue, Camana Bay | |
| Grand Cayman KY1-1108 | |
| Cayman Islands | |
| with a copy to: | |
| c/o Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. | |
| Attention: Operations and Legal Department | |
| 16 York Street, Suite 2900 | |
| Toronto, Ontario M5J 0E6, Canada | |
| Email: [***]; [***] |
Exhibit 10.2
OMEROS CORPORATION
5,365,853 Shares of Common Stock
PLACEMENT AGENT AGREEMENT
July 24, 2025
D. Boral Capital LLC
590 Madison Avenue, 39th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Subject to the terms and conditions herein (this “Agreement”) Omeros Corporation, a Washington corporation (the “Company”), hereby agrees to sell up to an aggregate of 5,365,853 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”) directly to one or more purchasers (each, a “Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Purchasers”) through D. Boral Capital LLC, as Placement Agent (the “Placement Agent”). This Agreement and the documents executed and delivered by the Company and the Purchasers in connection with the Offering (as defined below), including, without limitation, a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), shall be collectively referred to herein as the “Transaction Documents.” The Placement Agent may retain other brokers or dealers to act as sub-agents or selected-dealers on its behalf in connection with the Offering. The Shares will be issued under the Registration Statement (as defined below) and pursuant to the terms of the Base Prospectus. The Shares shall be immediately transferable upon issuance.
The Company has prepared and filed in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the published rules and regulations thereunder (the “Rules”) adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-268269), including a related prospectus dated November 17, 2022 (the “Base Prospectus”) relating to common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, depositary shares, warrants to purchase common stock, preferred stock and/or debt securities, subscription rights to purchase common stock or preferred stock and units comprised of a combination of the foregoing securities, or any combination of those securities of the Company that may be sold from time to time by the Company in accordance with Rule 415 of the Securities Act, and such amendments thereof as may have been required to the date of this Agreement. Copies of such Registration Statement (including all amendments thereof and all documents deemed incorporated by reference therein) and of the related Base Prospectus have heretofore been delivered by the Company or are otherwise available to you.
The term “Registration Statement” as used in this Agreement means the registration statement, including all exhibits, financial schedules and all documents and information deemed to be part of the Registration Statement by incorporation by reference or otherwise, as amended from time to time, including the information (if any) contained in the form of final prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and deemed to be part thereof at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430B of the Rules. The Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission.
The term “Prospectus” means the Base Prospectus and any amendments or further supplements to such prospectus, and including, without limitation, the final prospectus supplement, filed pursuant to and within the limits described in Rule 424(b) with the Commission in connection with the proposed sale of the Shares contemplated by this Agreement through the date of such prospectus supplement. The term “Effective Date” shall mean each date that the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto became or becomes effective. Unless otherwise stated herein, any reference herein to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein, including pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, which were filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) on or before the date hereof or are so filed hereafter, but prior to the termination of the public offering contemplated by this Agreement. Any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any such document filed or to be filed under the Exchange Act after the date of the Registration Statement or Prospectus, as applicable, and deemed to be incorporated therein by reference The Company hereby confirms that the Placement Agent and dealers have been authorized to distribute or cause to be distributed each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) and are authorized to distribute the Prospectus (as from time to time amended or supplemented if the Company furnishes amendments or supplements thereto to the Placement Agent).
1. Agreement to Act as Placement Agent. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements contained in, and subject to the terms and conditions of, this Agreement:
(a) The Company hereby authorizes the Placement Agent to act as its exclusive agent to solicit offers for the purchase of all or part of the Shares from the Company in connection with the proposed offering of the Shares (the “Offering”). Until the Closing Date (as defined below) or earlier upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Placement Agent, solicit or accept offers to purchase the Shares otherwise than through the Placement Agent.
(b) The Company hereby acknowledges that the Placement Agent has agreed, as agent of the Company, to use its reasonable “best efforts” to solicit offers to purchase the Shares from the Company on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. The Placement Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to assist the Company in obtaining performance by each Purchaser whose offer to purchase Shares has been solicited by the Placement Agent and accepted by the Company, but the Placement Agent shall not, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, be obligated to disclose the identity of any potential purchaser or have any liability to the Company in the event any such purchase is not consummated for any reason. Under no circumstances will the Placement Agent be obligated to underwrite or purchase any Shares for its own account and, in soliciting purchases of the Shares, the Placement Agent shall act solely as the Company’s agent and not as principal.
(c) Subject to the provisions of this Section 1, offers for the purchase of the Shares may be solicited by the Placement Agent as agent for the Company at such times and in such amounts as the Placement Agent deems advisable. The Placement Agent shall communicate to the Company, orally or in writing, each reasonable offer to purchase Shares received by it as agent of the Company. The Company shall have the sole right to accept offers to purchase Shares and may reject any such offer, in whole or in part. The Placement Agent shall have the right, in its discretion reasonably exercised, without notice to the Company, to reject any offer to purchase Shares received by it, in whole or in part, and any such rejection shall not be deemed a breach of this Agreement.
(d) Each Share is being sold to the Purchasers at a price of $4.10. The purchases of Shares by the Purchasers shall be evidenced by the execution of Purchase Agreement by each of the Purchasers and the Company.
(e) As compensation for services rendered, on the Closing Date (as defined in Section 4 hereof), the Company shall pay to the Placement Agent by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Placement Agent, an aggregate amount equal to six percent (6.0%) of the gross proceeds received by the Company (the “Placement Fee”) from the sale of the Shares on such Closing Date. The Placement Agent may retain other brokers or dealers to act as sub-agents on its behalf in connection with the Offering, the fees of which shall be paid out of the Placement Fee.
(f) No Shares which the Company has agreed to sell pursuant to this Agreement and the Purchase Agreement shall be deemed to have been purchased and paid for, or sold by the Company, until such Shares shall have been delivered to the Purchaser thereof against payment by such Purchaser. If the Company shall default in its obligations to deliver Shares to a Purchaser whose offer it has accepted, the Company shall indemnify and hold the Placement Agent harmless against any loss, claim, damage or expense arising from or as a result of such default by the Company subject to and in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5(c) herein.
(g) The time and date of closing and delivery of the documents required to be delivered to the Placement Agent pursuant to Sections 3 and 4 hereof (the “Closing”) shall be at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) on July 28, 2025, (the “Closing Date”) at the office of Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP, 1460 El Camino Real, 2nd Floor, Menlo Park, CA 94025, or at such other time and location as the Company and the Placement Agent shall otherwise agree.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 3 and Section 5 of the Purchase Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference in this Agreement, as if made directly by the Company to the Placement Agent on the date of this Agreement, with the understanding that:
(a) any defined terms used in such incorporated sections shall have the meanings given to them in this Agreement or, if no definition is given to them in this Agreement, such defined terms will have the meanings given to them in the incorporated sections;
(b) in the event of a conflict in meaning or defined term between the incorporated sections and this Agreement, this Agreement shall control; and
(c) references to “this Agreement” in the incorporated sections from the Purchase Agreement means this Agreement.
3. Conditions of the Obligations of the Placement Agent. The obligations of the Placement Agent hereunder are subject to each of the following terms and conditions:
(a) Notification that the Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission in accordance with Section 4(a) of this Agreement and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules shall have been timely filed with the Commission in accordance with such rule.
(b) No order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus or any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules), shall have been or shall be in effect and no order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect and no proceedings for such purpose shall be pending before or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission, and any requests for additional information on the part of the Commission (to be included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Commission.
(c) The representations and warranties of the Company in the Purchase Agreement and incorporated by reference in this Agreement and in any certificates delivered pursuant to Section 3(d) shall be true and correct when made and on and as of the Closing Date as if made on such date. The Company shall have performed all covenants and agreements and satisfied all the conditions contained in this Agreement and the Purchase Agreement required to be performed or satisfied by it at or before the Closing Date.
(d) The Placement Agent shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate, addressed to the Placement Agent and dated the Closing Date, of the chief executive or chief operating officer and the vice president of finance or chief accounting officer of the Company, in their capacity as such officers, to the effect that: (i) the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company in the Purchase Agreement were true and correct when made and are true and correct as of the Closing Date; (ii) the Company has performed all covenants and agreements and satisfied all conditions contained herein and in the Purchase Agreement; (iii) they have carefully examined the Registration Statement the Prospectus and any individual Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and, in their opinion (A) as of the Effective Date the Prospectus did not include, and as of 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the date of this Agreement, no individual Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, included, any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (B) since the Effective Date no event has occurred which should have been set forth in a supplement or otherwise required an amendment to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and was not so disclosed; (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and, to their knowledge, no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending under the Securities Act and (v) there has not occurred any material adverse change in the assets, properties, condition, financial or otherwise, or in the results of operations, or business affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as a whole.
(e) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Placement Agent such further certificates or documents as the Placement Agent shall have reasonably requested.
4. Covenants and other Agreements of the Company and the Placement Agent.
(a) The Company covenants and agrees as follows:
(i) The Company shall prepare the Prospectus in a form reasonably approved by the Placement Agent and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by the Rules. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(ii) The Company shall promptly advise the Placement Agent in writing (A) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the Shares shall have become effective or any supplement to the Prospectus shall have been filed, (B) of any request by the Commission for any amendment of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for any additional information, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules, or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (D) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, in each case as it relates to the offer and sale of the Shares. The Company shall not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or any document incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus related to the offer and sale of the Shares unless the Company has furnished the Placement Agent a copy for its review prior to filing and shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Placement Agent reasonably objects. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(iii) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Shares (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Rules) is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Rules or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, the Company promptly shall prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (ii) of this Section 4(a), an amendment or supplement which shall correct such statement or omission or an amendment which shall effect such compliance.
(iv) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at the subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Placement Agent and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict or so that the statements in such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances prevailing at such time, not misleading, as the case may be.
(v) Reserved.
(vi) The Company shall furnish to the Placement Agent and counsel for the Placement Agent, without charge and upon request, so long as delivery of a prospectus by the Placement Agent or dealer may be required by the Securities Act or the Rules, as many copies of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments thereof and supplements thereto as the Placement Agent may reasonably request. If applicable, the copies of any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and Prospectus and each amendment and supplement thereto furnished to the Placement Agent will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(vii) The Company shall cooperate with the Placement Agent and its counsel with the offering under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Placement Agent may designate and shall maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Shares; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith, as a condition thereof, to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or subject itself to taxation as doing business in any jurisdiction.
(viii) The Company, during the period when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Rules) is required to be delivered under the Securities Act and the Rules or the Exchange Act, will file all reports and other documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15 of the Exchange Act within the time periods required by the Exchange Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
(ix) On or before completion of this offering, the Company shall make all filings required under applicable securities laws and by The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”).
(x) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company will issue no press release or other communications directly or indirectly and hold no press conference with respect to the Company, the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of any of them, or the offering of the Shares without the prior written consent of the Placement Agent unless in the judgment of the Company and its counsel, and after notification to the Placement Agent, such press release or communication is required by law.
(xi) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering of the Shares in the manner set forth under “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus.
(b) The Company agrees to pay, or reimburse if paid by the Placement Agent, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, all costs and expenses incident to the public offering of the Shares and the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement including those relating to: (i) the preparation, printing, reproduction filing and distribution of the Registration Statement including all exhibits thereto, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, all amendments and supplements thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein, and the printing, filing and distribution of this Agreement; (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates for the Shares to or as directed by the Placement Agent or the Purchasers; (iii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various jurisdictions referred to in Section 5(a)(vi), including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Placement Agent in connection with such registration and qualification and the preparation, printing, distribution and shipment of preliminary and supplementary Blue Sky memoranda; (iv) the furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) to the Placement Agent of copies of the Prospectus and all amendments or supplements to the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and of the several documents required by this Section to be so furnished, as may be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Placement Agent or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold; (v) the filing fees of FINRA in connection with its review of the terms of the public offering and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Placement Agent in connection with such review; (vi) inclusion of the Shares for listing on Nasdaq; and (vii) all transfer taxes, if any, with respect to the sale and delivery of the Shares by the Company to the Purchasers. The Company will reimburse the Placement Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including its legal fees and disbursements, in connection with the purchase and sale of the Shares contemplated hereby in an amount not to exceed $125,000 (including amounts payable pursuant to clauses (iii) and (v) above). Subject to the provisions of Section 7, the Placement Agent agrees to pay, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Placement Agent under this Agreement not payable by the Company pursuant to the preceding sentence, including, without limitation, the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Placement Agent.
(c) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Placement Agent has acted and is acting solely in the capacity of a principal in an arm’s length transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the Placement Agent, on the other hand, with respect to the offering of Shares contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the Offering) and not as a financial advisor, agent or fiduciary to the Company or any other person. Additionally, the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Placement Agent has not and will not advise the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company has consulted with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Placement Agent shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company or any other person with respect thereto, whether arising prior to or after the date hereof. Any review by the Placement Agent of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions have been and will be performed solely for the benefit of the Placement Agent and shall not be on behalf of the Company. The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Placement Agent has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary duty to the Company or any other person in connection with any such transaction or the process leading thereto.
(d) The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Placement Agent, and the Placement Agent represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission (each, an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”). The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. The Company represents that is has satisfied and agrees that it will satisfy the conditions set forth in Rule 433 of the Rules to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any Road Show.
5. Indemnification.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Placement Agent, its officers and employees and each person, if any, who controls the Placement Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities, joint or several (including any reasonable investigation, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted), to which they, or any of them, may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer-information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules, any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or in any Blue Sky application or other information or other documents executed by the Company filed in any state or other jurisdiction to qualify any or all of the Shares under the securities laws thereof (any such application, document or information being hereinafter referred to as a “Blue Sky Application”) or arise out of or are based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that such indemnity shall not inure to the benefit of the Placement Agent (or any person controlling such Placement Agent) on account of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities arising from the sale of the Shares to any person by or through the Placement Agent if such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in such preliminary prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or such amendment or supplement thereto, or in any Blue Sky Application in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing by the Placement Agent specifically for use in the Prospectus (the “Agent Information”). This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.
(b) The Placement Agent agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, each director of the Company, and each officer of the Company who signs the Registration Statement, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (including any reasonable investigation, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted) to which such party may become subject, under the Securities 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 any preliminary prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, 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, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, 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 or the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with the Agent Information; provided, however, that the obligation of the Placement Agent to indemnify the Company (including any controlling person, director or officer thereof) shall be limited to the amount of the Placement Fee actually received by the Placement Agent hereunder.
(c) Any party that proposes to assert the right to be indemnified under this Section will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim is to be made against an indemnifying party or parties under this Section, notify each such indemnifying party of the commencement of such action, suit or proceeding, enclosing a copy of all papers served. No indemnification provided for in Section 5(a) or 5(b) shall be available to any party who shall fail to give notice as provided in this Section 5(c) if the party to whom notice was not given was unaware of the action, suit or proceeding to which such notice would have related and was prejudiced by the failure to give such notice but the omission so to notify such indemnifying party of any such action, suit or proceeding shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than under this Section 5. In case any such action, suit or proceeding 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 in, and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof and the approval by the indemnified party of such counsel, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses, except as provided below and except for the reasonable costs of investigation subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof. The indemnified party shall have the right to employ its counsel in any such action, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the employment of counsel by such indemnified party has been authorized in writing by the indemnifying parties, (ii) the indemnified party shall have been advised by counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying parties shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party) or (iii) the indemnifying parties shall not have employed counsel to assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time after notice of the commencement thereof, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying parties. An indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any action, suit, and proceeding or claim effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
(d) No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is a party or could be named and indemnity was or would be sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (a) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability for claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (b) 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.
6. Contribution. In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in Section 5(a) or 5(b) is due in accordance with its terms but for any reason is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect to any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses (including any investigation, legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claims asserted, but after deducting any contribution received by any person entitled hereunder to contribution from any person who may be liable for contribution) incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Placement Agent on the other hand from the offering of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement or, if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Placement Agent on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The Company and the Placement Agent agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6 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. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6, (i) the Placement Agent shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the Placement Fee actually received by the Placement Agent; and no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 6, each person, if any, who controls an Placement Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Placement Agent, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. Any party entitled to contribution will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against another party or parties under this Section 6, notify such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission so to notify such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought shall not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any other obligation it or they may have hereunder or otherwise than under this Section 6. No party shall be liable for contribution with respect to any action, suit, proceeding or claim settled without its written consent.
7. Termination.
(a) This Agreement may be terminated by the Placement Agent, in the absolute discretion of the Placement Agent, by notifying the Company at any time at or before the Closing Date if (i) trading in the Common Stock has been suspended by the Commission or The Nasdaq Stock Market, (ii) trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. has been suspended or limited, or minimum prices have not been established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on any trading market, (iii) a banking moratorium has been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities, (iv) there has occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or (v) any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in the case of clauses (i) through (v), in the reasonable judgment of the Placement Agent, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to market the Shares or enforce contracts for the sale of the Shares.
(b) If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to any of its provisions, the Company shall not be under any liability to Placement Agent, and the Placement Agent shall not be under any liability to the Company, except that if this Agreement is terminated by the Placement Agent because of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, the Company will reimburse the Placement Agent for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of its counsel) incurred by it in connection with the proposed Offering or in contemplation of performing their obligations hereunder.
8. Tail Financing. Following the Closing Date, the Placement Agent shall be entitled to a cash fee equal to six percent (6%) of the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of any equity, equity-linked and/or equity derivative instruments to any investor actually introduced by the Placement Agent to the Company (the “Tail Financing”) since July 3, 2025, through the earlier date of (i) the date the Closing or (ii) date of termination of the engagement letter by and between the Company and the Placement Agent dated July 3, 2025 (such investors, the “Tail Investors,” and such period, the “Engagement Period”) if such Tail Financing is consummated at any time during the Engagement Period or within the six (6) month period following the expiration or termination of the Engagement Period (the “Tail Period”), provided that such financing is by a party actually introduced to the Company in an offering in which the Company has direct knowledge of such party’s participation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no fee shall be payable by the Company pursuant to this Section 8 if the Company terminates this Agreement for cause. The Placement Agent and the Company hereby agree that as of the Closing Date, the Tail Investors shall be comprised of those investors named in Exhibit A attached hereto.
9. Miscellaneous. The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities, rights of contribution and other statements of the Company, and the Placement Agent, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them 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 Placement Agent or the Company or the or any of their respective officers, directors or controlling persons referred to in Sections 5, 6 and 7 hereof, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares. In addition, the provisions of Sections 4(b), 5, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
This Agreement has been and is made for the benefit of the Placement Agent, the Company and their respective successors and assigns, and, to the extent expressed herein, for the benefit of persons controlling the Placement Agent, or the Company, and directors and officers of the Company, and their respective successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. The term “successors and assigns” shall not include any Purchaser merely because of such purchase. 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.
No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless and until the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and the Placement Agent.
All notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and mailed or delivered or by telephone or if subsequently confirmed in writing, or other electronic transmission (a) if to the Placement Agent, c/o D. Boral Capital LLC, 590 Madison Avenue, 39th Floor, New York, New York 10022 Attention: Equity Capital Markets, with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice) Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP 1460 El Camino Real, 2nd Floor Menlo Park, CA 94025 Attention: Yian Huang and (b) if to the Company, to its agent for service as such agent’s address appears on the cover page of the Registration Statement.
This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in such state.
This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof.
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among us.
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| OMEROS CORPORATION | ||
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/s/ Gregory A. Demopulos, M.D. |
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| Name: Gregory A. Demopulos, M.D. | ||
| Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
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| D. BORAL CAPITAL LLC | ||
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/s/ Philip Wiederlight |
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Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses
None.
Exhibit 99.1

Omeros Corporation Announces Pricing of $22 Million Registered Direct Offering
SEATTLE, WA – July 25, 2025 – Omeros Corporation (Nasdaq: OMER) (“Omeros” or the “Company”) announced that on July 24, 2025 it entered into a securities purchase agreement with Polar Asset Management Partners to sell approximately $22 million of its common stock in a registered direct offering.
Under the terms of the securities purchase agreement, the Company has agreed to sell 5,365,853 shares of its common stock at a price of $4.10 per share, which represents a premium of approximately 14% to the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of the securities purchase agreement.
The gross proceeds to the Company from the registered direct offering are estimated to be approximately $22 million, before deducting the placement agent’s fees and other estimated offering expenses. The offering is expected to close on or about July 28, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
The proposed offering of the common stock described above is being offered by the Company pursuant to a “shelf” Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-268269) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and declared effective by the SEC on November 17, 2022, and the accompanying prospectus contained therein.
The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus. A prospectus supplement describing the terms of the public offering will be filed with the SEC and will form a part of the effective registration statement.
D. Boral Capital LLC is acting as exclusive placement agent for the offering.
Copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to this offering may be obtained, when available, on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities of the Company, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Omeros Corporation
Omeros is an innovative biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing first-in-class small-molecule and protein therapeutics for large-market and orphan indications targeting immunologic disorders, including complement-mediated diseases and cancers, as well as addictive and compulsive disorders. Omeros’ lead MASP-2 inhibitor narsoplimab targets the lectin pathway of complement and is the subject of a biologics license application under review by FDA for the treatment of hematopoietic stem cell transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy. Omeros’ long-acting MASP-2 inhibitor OMS1029 has successfully completed Phase 1 single- and multiple-ascending dose clinical studies. OMS906, Omeros’ inhibitor of MASP-3, the key activator of the alternative pathway of complement, is in clinical development for treatment of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and complement 3 glomerulopathy. Funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Omeros’ lead phosphodiesterase 7 inhibitor OMS527 is in clinical development for the treatment of cocaine use disorder. Omeros also is advancing a broad portfolio of novel cellular and molecular immuno-oncology programs.
About Polar Asset Management Partners
Based in Toronto and founded in 1991, Polar is a global alternative asset manager. As of June 30, 2025, Polar managed US$6.0 billion across four primary offerings: the flagship Polar Multi-Strategy Fund, a US equity long/short strategy known as Polar Long/Short Fund, Polar Micro-Cap Fund, and Polar CRS Fund-1.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which are subject to the “safe harbor” created by those sections for such statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the anticipated closing of the offering. These forward-looking statements are often indicated by terms such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “intend,” “likely,” “look forward to,” “may,” “objective,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “slate,” “target,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions and variations thereof. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information available to management only as of the date of this press release. Omeros’ actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements for many reasons, including, without limitation, the risks, uncertainties and other factors described under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2025, as amended on April 30, 2025, and in our subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Given these risks, uncertainties and other factors, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
Contact
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